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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1897
Page
8
Rev. Talmage urges young men to avoid unpayable debts and moral ruin, arguing that borrowing to secure luxuries leads to social damage, personal bankruptcy, and spiritual decline. He contrasts legitimate borrowing for essentials with debt to obtain needless comforts, and calls for self reliance, religious devotion, and a private safe room to resist temptation.
The piece praises President McKinley and the Republican platform for civil service reform, a protective tariff, and currency plans. It contrasts this with four years of Democratic leadership, notes Dingley law gains with factory reopenings, and cites silver and gold bond debates involving McLean and Hanna.
The passage notes free silver advocates rejoice as silver sinks lower, arguing it proves silver is the monetary base. It predicts silver’s role in undermining gold-bug parity theories tied to wheat prices and recalls a Republican pledge for an honest dollar and American tariff, urging scrutiny of the party’s stance.
The article lauds the currency commission bill pushed by Stone of Pennsylvania after the president endorsed currency reform. It notes swift House passage and Senate referral, praising Republican alignment with popular demand while warning of possible Senate defeat and political risk. It forecasts 1896 style unity with honest money factions in 1900.
Toledo Blade editorial proclaims the Dingley tariff as an epoch making law bringing renewed hope to manufacturers and farmers. It credits tariff reform with restoring industrial conditions, predicts steady improvement, and warns against Wilson era policies while urging confidence and vigorous effort.
A vintage craft article teaches children to assemble a chinaman paper figure using pinwheel colored papers tissue and cotton. Instructions cover patterns for shirt legs hands hat and head with braided thread for a pigtail and glue assembly for the finished figure.
The column compiles editorials from several papers praising tariffs and prosperity. It notes St. Louis Globe-Democrat and others criticizing campaign rhetoric, while voicing support for tariff benefits and wage impacts in the United States and uneasy views from English papers. It cites Cleveland Leader Philadelphia Press Sioux City Journal Toledo Blade and Chicago Inter Ocean.
A little girl awakens distressed by a dream in which she did not pass a school test. An adult suggests possible causes like bears, a broken dolly, or slipping on stairs, and notes the distress stems from a classmate dogs having ramination. The line is attributed to Elizabeth R. Burns in Youth's Companion.
Louise Berger, 16, sheltered in a beech tree as a black bear approached while her father Michael Berger and his dog watched from the woods near Kettle Creek. The bear clambered to the tree and reopened the chase before Louise signaled for help. Mr. Berger fired two shots, killing the bear, and Louise sent her brother George to assist with the carcass.
A blind pig born to a Pennsylvania farmer was sold at three months and later found returning home by following the crooked two mile route through a village of cross streets. The animal navigated the way back without aid, demonstrating instinct in a remarkable journey.
Charles I Till recounts the tale of Peter Spots, a fire company dog who escaped a baker’s shop by crashing through a show window to rejoin his crew after recognizing the siren and guide. The crew jokes about paying for the broken glass, and the dog earns probation with the chance to stay with the unit.
The parrot belonging to Mission Street saloon keeper Tom Sawyer is found on a residence steps. In police court both sides swear to ownership as the bird answers with expletives and insults, ending when Sawyer is accused of drunkenness.
Four year old Robbie bursts in breathless to tell of a bagpipe band marching up the street. He claims a man with a dead pig that sings is nearby, prompting a quick family inquiry in this Chicago Record item.
A brief dialogue on mutual trust between friends, highlighting the delight of a trusted companion and the convenience of reciprocal trust as noted by the Columbus State Journal.
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