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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
8
Louise and Mary flee a mansion fire as Louise races to recover Gordon's notebooks. Gordon, dazed by smoke, regains footing and is saved as Louise, Mary, and he escape the blazing building. Gordon jokes about the mishap while Louise frets over her role in the peril.
Louise confesses an unintended deed while Gordon and Langford shield two frightened women from a fiery night. A crowd swirls outside the burning building as secrets loom and a perilous plan unfolds in Langford’s rooms with plans to move the party to safety.
George Williston, a small ranchman, reports cattle thieves seen near the Three Bar ranch on an island in the Missouri river. Langford vows to purge the region, while Williston and his daughter defend their home. The story follows love, legal intrigue, and a courthouse blaze as outlaws kidnap Williston and Langford rescues the daughter.
A Timely Message presents the prophetic ministry of Isaiah and King Ahaz with notes on Isaiah’s family and the themes of judgment and mercy. The piece cites Isaiah 7 and 8 and discusses the prophet’s wife, two sons, and the structure of the Book of Isaiah as a long biblical collection.
The sermon contrasts King Ahaz with a faithful prophet. Ahaz seeks Assyria for aid amid peril, while the prophet trusts God and believes the seemingly impossible is possible with divine help. The message explains God’s mercy in warning against worldly alliances and the deceit of a heart hardened by sin.
In ancient Judah King Ahaz distrusts the prophet Isaiah who warns against idol worship and warns that victory comes from following God not aligning with powerful nations. Ahaz feigns listening while resenting Isaiah and pursues his own policy despite prophetic counsel.
In a moment of weakness Isaiah contemplates retreat from God’s battle against Israel’s peril. He resists holier-than-thou complacency, then experiences a night vision of God’s glory and healing, declaring, Here am I send me, prepared to be God’s messenger.
Harper's Weekly notes how typewriters now render Arabic Syriac Armenian Hebrew and other scripts. Turkey bans printing without government permit so Turkish Arabic character typewriters face customs checks. Lagdad Syria Persia Bombay and India show diverse usage of polyglot machines with Chinese remaining resistant.
The West India Committee Circular notes a patent request for a process to extract wax from sugar cane rind. Wax in the cane refuse is recovered with a new method, yielding a material similar to beeswax for commercial use. Consular Reports.
An injunction halted the burial of Morris H. Stein just before his funeral. Judge Hugh Brennan barred Undertaker J. L. Shank from burying the body while Jacob Stein seeks to prove a murder claim and questions the validity of the wife Mary Bayard Stein. Separate injunctions also restrain Mrs. Stein from disposing of the body.
Frank Fleahl late pro prietor of the Collings creamery in Collins disappears on the 8th taking cash from creditors and plans to open a Cambridge creamery. He sold property and is not yet located with ongoing questions about his whereabouts and sudden departure. Creditors attach assets and wages due to staff. The case becomes a seven day wonder in Collins.
Marshalltown reports the Towa Central Railway company plans contracts totaling 61250 for motive power and rolling stock. Six Baldwin mogul engines and two Baldwin switch engines, 200 box cars, 251 gondola cars, all from Mt. Vernon Car Company, IL, with bids out for thirteen cabooses and fifty steel side cars. Mt Vernon promises to start within 30 days, producing 25 cars daily to meet expected heavy traffic.
On a farm six miles from Fort Dodge a two weeks old infant has died. The mother is 12 and the father 18, noted as the state's youngest married pair. They wed when she was 11 and he 17, and now live with the groom’s father, praised for their industry and thrift.
George McCabe a former Burlington brakeman sues for 25000 damages claiming negligence caused his foot to be severed. He says his foot was caught in an unlocked switch while attempting to loosen a defective coupler, leading to his injury.
Patrick Henry Davis is named as the suspect in a Des Moines man and his aunt’s killings in Mansfield Ohio. Police say jealousy drove the double murder and note Davis was found in Mansfield around 4 am in a exhausted, disheveled state seeking arrest.
The mayor met with a delegation of colored residents to stop nonresidents described as undesirable from coming to Mason City. An agreement was reached to halt immigration and curb petty depredations attributed to these visitors.
Marengo prepares to host a new denatured alcohol manufacture facility. Charles I Cooper of Milwaukee organized local investors forming a 10 000 capital company with H H Brimmer as president J C Baker as secretary and H W Oldaker as treasurer. The plant will occupy Brimmer’s ground west of town and aims to start in a few months with a capacity of 200 gallons daily using grain fruit and vegetables as inputs.
In Ottumwa two prisoners William Day and Stanley Wiley escaped the Wapella county jail during supper. Day and Wiley, one a Black man and one a White man, drew a revolver on trustees John Smith and B. Wyatt as the meal was being served and fled. Police search the town for the pair and for the person who smuggled the gun into Day. This marks the third jail delivery in several weeks.
Dubuque mayor announces permanent closure of his namesake liquor lease after an injunction citing ongoing operation on election day. Claim states the plant was not run by him but by his wife.
Sheriff Jackson Deputy Garvin of Ottumwa and Washington officers captured William Day colored and Stanley Wiley white after a three day chase and cornfield fight near Washington. Day was shot in the leg during the fight and both men were returned to Ottumwa after escaping from the Wapello jail by holding up guards at supper time on the date specified.
Muscatine officials approve a petition to allow saloons after a unanimous board vote. Only 159 names were removed from 2,057 signers. The Law Enforcement League intends to appeal to the district court. Saloons have remained closed since January 1.
Hainlaine of New Orient brought a $6500 hog to Creston fair grounds for exhibition. The hog died overnight due to intense heat while in transit, with the owner estimating a loss of $1,000.
A pleasure outing on the Burlington river ended in drowning when 22 year old Fred P. Strunk disappeared while swimming below Burlington. He was last seen in the river near the Burlington area during a summer outing with companions.
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