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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
5
Poem excerpt reflecting on babies who have died and the hope of heaven. The speaker imagines tender memories of babies, their feet hands and lips, and asks if heaven includes babies playing in sunshine. Attributed to J. W. Levis in the Houston Post.
A rough camp tale unfolds in Cat Hollow as Little Johnnie kills Ah Sam and faces hanging. Judge Fritz Stoessel presides with a rope and crate, while Threefinger Bill and the crowd scramble for a pardon in vain. Johnnie dies, steady to the end as Stoessel declares the law.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes surnames began as nicknames describing owners. Peel indicated baldness, Graze signified fat, Grant meant big, Elephant described clumsiness, Parkers cared for noble parks, Warners tended warren rabbits, Barkers made tanning bark, La boucheres were butchers, Bell implied handsomeness, and many others traced to trades or traits such as crooked noses polite foresters and wagon builders.
The average cow hides yields about 35 pounds of leather per hide. The figure reflects typical yield from a standard size bovine hide used in tannery processing.
A devotional piece retells Mary and Jesus in Nazareth with family scenes at the well and home. It recalls Mary pondering events, the baby Jesus growing in wisdom, and a mother revealing to Jesus the birth story of Bethlehem, the star, and angelic praise.
Iowa’s 1905 crop year yields a state total of 346,871,840 bushels of corn valued near 122 million dollars, with oats at 146,439,240 bushels worth about 37 million. Sage notes pasture value and farm consumption aren’t counted, boosting overall agricultural value beyond early estimates. A separate commission recommends a single 15 member board of control for the state universities and colleges, with a governor appointed executive committee and salary rules.
The Iowa supreme court decided it is legal to ship liquor into Iowa C O D and buyers may recover money paid for the liquor. In the case John Hamilton versus Schlitz Brewing Company the court ordered the brewery to return $5,000 for beer shipped to Hamilton in Linn county D O C, finding the practice violated the mutual law.
Iowa residents who fell for John J. Ryan schemes face no federal charges after Assistant U.S. Attorney General Robb informed Fox District Attorney Charles D. Fullen that Ryan has been granted immunity. Prosecutors previously indicted Ryan in Dubuque last spring for alleged fraudulent mail use. It is believed Ryan extracted over $150,000 from Iowa through cooperative turf investments and other schemes.
Postmaster McKay of Des Moines and other leading citizens oppose a $500 000 post office appropriation. They claim Des Moines needs at least $1 000 000 to build a facility large enough for current and future business, arguing the Shaw proposal is insufficient.
Des Moines considering a commission form of government copied from Galveston Texas. Other Iowa cities may back a law to authorize such municipal organization. Ottumwa and Cedar Rapids show interest and seek system details for possible legislative action.
A possible Mahaska grave was found on J. E. Barnett's farm about 1.5 miles northwest of Eddyville near the Des Moines river pumping station. The site lies in the Northwestern railway right of way within the local Indian burying grounds. The grave appears well prepared per native burial customs and may be the long sought location.
The Iowa supreme court upholds Wonton Whitnah’s conviction for killing Charles Middaugh in a duel that began with fists and ended with knives. Whitnah receives a ten year prison sentence.
The Towa supreme court ruled that a man cannot vote where he eats but must vote in the precinct of his established residence. In the case of Dr JL Sayre of Osage, acquitted on illegal voting in his dining precinct, the court reversed and Sayre must stand trial.
The legislative commission on indeterminate sentences favors a law letting courts impose minimum and maximum terms for crimes other than murder and proposes a parole board. Other items note farm product values at state institutions rising by about 135000, rumors about Des Moines Postmaster McKay, and plans for a fixed state horticulture station in Des Moines.
In Mason City a 65 year old Nashua woman Mrs Putney and her 44 year old daughter Mrs Jennie Meloy reunite after 42 years apart. Meloy recalls destitute infancy when her father died and her mother lived in Illinois. An Iowa county man learned the tale and arranged the Nashua meeting.
Two gunmen robbed Patrick O Connor and forced him to open the safe at his general merchandise shop. The safe was emptied but the thieves fired into the floor to intimidate him for more. O Connor had just saved his pocketbook with a large sum of cash missing from the register.
A very wealthy Osceola resident, Hnoch Evans, was found dead in his barn where he lived for years. He came west young, earned and hoarded wealth, and his death is shrouded in mystery. Relatives in the area and Murray are estranged, leaving large sums likely to be divided among heirs.
W. J. Davis, the city jail inmate, survived a dynamite blast that nearly wrecked the building. He escaped with a heel injury and burns from flying coals. Davis had been under arrest on suspicion of blowing up a restaurant last week.
Gov Cummins issues no requisition for Pat Crowe’s return to Iowa after a Des Moines case involving a street car hold up in Council Bluffs on July 2 1905. Lillian C Bolton of Council Bluffs testified she overheard Crowe discussing the robbery with others.
Ottumwa teenage victim Frank Adams died from a gunshot wound received at Hileman. Walter Napler 16 and Oscar Napler 11 are jailed in Albia charged with murder. The Napler brothers claim the shooting was accidental.
Matthew Baldes was sentenced to life in state prison after being convicted of beating his wife to death on October 16 at his farm near Hawarden. Judge Hutchinson delivered the sentence in Orange City.
In Manchester Judge I C Platt awards the decision to M Ford of Cedar Rapids in a payment dispute. Other briefs note Iowa Agricultural union event at Iowa State College on January 5 and various local incidents through Cedar Falls to Ames including suicides, deaths, and accidents.
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