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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
3
A verse reflecting on babies lost to death and the hope of a Heaven where those small lives might laugh and run. The speaker recalls tiny feet, hands, dimpled fists, and red lips, expressing enduring grief and longing from Houston Post readers.
In Cat Hollow a boy nicknamed Little Johnnie kills a rival at Charley Casey's and faces hanging. The camp coerces a makeshift pardon scheme but the sheriff judge Fritz Stoessel upholds the law. Johnnie rides to Dry Rock and escapes by rope trick, ending with Stoessel mourning the boy's death.
The article notes that most surnames originated as descriptive nicknames reflecting owners or occupations. Examples include Peel indicating baldness, Grace from fat, Grant meaning big, and Elephant denoting a clumsy person. Surnames like Parkers Warners Barkers La boucheres Bell Cameron Curtis Forster Napier Palmer Wainwright Webster Wright reflect roles or traits.
A typical cow hide yields about 35 pounds of leather per hide. The estimate reflects common conversion from hide weight to usable leather and varies with hide size and processing quality.
Iowa reports record corn production for 1905 totaling 346 871 840 bushels valued near 122 million dollars. Oats next with 146 439 240 bushels worth about 37 million, lifting state crop value above 300 million. Sage notes pasture not counted, season the best since 1900. A single 15 member state board of control is proposed for many state schools with details on appointments and salaries.
The Iowa Supreme Court held it legal to ship liquor into the state C D O and ordered Schlitz Brewing to refund $5 000 for beer sent to John Hamilton in Linn County. The decision clarifies the mulct law and paves the way for purchasers to recover payments.
Ex District Attorney Charles D. Fullen reports that John J. Ryan of St. Louis has been promised immunity and cannot be prosecuted over a Dubuque grand jury indictment for fraudulent mail schemes. Iowa losses exceed $150,000 from Ryan’s turf investments and related ruses. Post Office funding in Des Moines faces pushback with calls that $500,000 is insufficient, and Postmaster McKay argues at least $1,000,000 is needed to meet city business needs.
agitation for a commission form of city government spreads from Des Moines to Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids. The push aims at a law authorizing municipalities to organize under the Galveston system, with first class cities possibly leading a general assembly passage.
A grave believed to be the Indian chief Mahaska may have been found on J E Barnett’s farm, 1.5 miles northwest of Eddyville. The site lies near the Des Moines river pumping station in the Northwestern railway right of way, within an area locals call the Indian burying grounds. The grave appears well prepared in accordance with traditional burial customs.
The Iowa supreme court affirmed the conviction of Fenton Whitnah of Page county for killing Charles Middaugh in a duel that began with fists and ended with knives. Whitnah faces ten years in prison as the state bans duels whether by guns knives or fists.
In a ruling framed in plain terms the Iowa Supreme Court held a voter cannot cast a ballot where he eats but must vote in the precinct of his established residence. Dr J L Sayre of Osage was ordered to stand trial for illegal voting after an acquittal.
A legislative commission studying indeterminate sentences and reformatories favors a law authorizing courts to impose indeterminate terms. The proposal would let judges sentence non murder offenders to the penitentiary within fixed minimum and maximum limits and seek a parole board creation.
The state board of control reports farm shop and garden outputs for institutions rose by about 135 000 in value in the biennial period just ended Mount Pleasant Clarinda Independence and Glenwood lead in value of products Rumors say Postmaster McKay of Des Moines may be exonerated from political activity charges The pure food committee meets in Des Moines to push a pure food law Municipal forests gain support Ackley receives a free electric light plant from John Rath Viaduct legislation urged by the railroad commission Census figures show 718 782 school age persons in one census and 749 612 in another Attorney General forwards bonds ruling for extended terms Corn growers awards at the state house and a possible bid by Col H H Rood for secretary of state Des Moines hosts Corn Belt Meat Producers meeting and a permanent horticultural station is proposed Supreme Court may rehear Shaw vs Marshalltown soldiers preference case.
Mrs Putney of Nashua and Mrs Jennie Meloy of Mason City meet in Mason City after a long separation. Meloy, 44, recalls being adopted as an infant after her father died leaving her mother in destitute condition in central Illinois. A Lloyd county man facilitated the reunion in NASA.
Two men robbed a general merchandise store and forced Patrick OConnor to open the safe. They rifled the safe then fired into the floor to threaten him into revealing more. OConnor pleaded for mercy, noting his pocketbook with a large amount of money had recently been saved from disposal.
Caceola H Enock Evans, a very wealthy city resident, was found dead in the barn that housed him for many years. He came west young, amassed a fortune, and hoarded it. His life and death are shrouded in mystery and unlikely to be solved. He had relatives here and at Murray but was estranged. Authorities expect vast wealth to be divided among heirs.
In Cornele Bluffs the city jail was wrecked by a dynamite blast but W J Davis the sole prisoner escaped with a heel injury and burns from ash and stove debris. Davis who was under arrest on suspicion of blowing up a restaurant last week survived with minor injuries.
Gov Cumming issues a requisition to bring Pat Crowe back to Iowa for a streetcar robbery in Council Bluffs on July 2 2006. Lillian C Bolton testified she overheard Crowe confess to robbing the car and two passengers.
Ottumwa grapples with the death of 16 year old Frank Adams from a gutshot wound in Hiteman. Brothers Waltar Napler 16 and Oscar Napler 11 are held in Albia on murder charges. The Napler youths say the shooting was accidental.
Matthew Baldes was convicted of beating his wife to death on his Hawarden area farm in October. Judge Hutchinson sentenced Baldes to life in state prison.
News in Brief Manchester reports Judge I C Platt decides for M Mord of Cedar Rapids in a paying controversy. Iowa Agricultural union to meet January 5 at Iowa State College. Other items include sentences for horse stealing, a Rock Island crash at Waterloo, and various local incidents across Iowa.
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