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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1911
Page
1
The piece notes farmer finances have softened after a decade of relative strength. Local renters lag in bank balances as corn and livestock prices fall from last year's peaks, prompting less buying. It also covers political chatter around Perry Holden and party dynamics, plus a reflection on the New York Tribune’s 70th anniversary.
The piece notes a tariff plan to equalize wool costs, warns against high profits by jobbers, and recalls Saydenham E Ancona’s 1861 wartime service while poking at Des Moines political intrigues. It also teases John MacVicar as governor hopeful and urges restraint on swearing after January 2.
A compact note states that savings deposits in post offices are not large enough to lure thieves. The remark implies little incentive for yeggmen to target postal savings.
The Denison Review surveys Cummins career from liquor trade to Senate campaigns. It accuses him of relentless ambition, manipulating friends, and pursuing his own political ascent while discrediting opponents and shaping party factions.
The piece argues against Ames professor Holden as Iowa governor favoring a sturdy farmer with practical experience. It warns against politics free of reality and predicts entanglements and failure for idealistic administrations while endorsing hard work and integrity in leadership.
The Dubuque Times Journal notes the tariff board’s wool schedule report shifts opinion on tariff revision. It highlights how Taft’s veto is challenged by the board’s revision call and questions congressional unity among supporters of tariff change.
The Manchester Press notes The Saturday Evening Post backs parcels post for catalog houses yet objects to bearing transport costs for national magazines. The piece contrasts Post master General Hitchcock’s demand with industry resistance.
The Kansas City Journal reports Billy Sunday earned at least 180000 in three years from Wichita revival meetings plus more from public offerings. Wichita editor Henry Allen praised Sunday's work and suggested editors hope he remains active in preaching. The piece notes the source is the Wichita Beacon and defends the earnings as honest charitable giving.
The Marion Register notes the Marshalltown Times-Republican claim that anyone can buy and carry a grip of dynamite or a jug of whiskey. It argues whiskey kills more people because there is more whiskey, comparing the danger of both commodities in blunt terms.
The Chicago Tribune quotes that some men in Congress are friends of the old soldiers for political purposes only. The Dubuque Times Journal notes this may be better than having no friends at all for the soldiers.
Chicago records note Andrew Carnegie earns about forty four thousand dollars daily and could affix Red Crcas stamps to all outgoing mail, illustrating vast wealth and charitable scope.
A Marshalltown Times-Republican piece portrays an Iowa farmer selling timothy seed for over 1600 dollars after hauling fourteen loads of barley. It argues such farm cash, mortgages, and credits show the economy recovering as demand meets supply with cash circulating in rural areas.
The piece reflects on grief during the holidays and offers solace through eternity, faith, and the belief that angels roll away the stone. It emphasizes divine love as immortal and argues joy can exist alongside sorrow as believers look toward heaven.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette criticizes Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison for a New Year’s Eve proclamation that effectively permits late night revelry. The piece argues the mayor’s order signals an unwarranted concession to vice and could lead to undisciplined, disgraceful celebrations in the city.
The Anti Saloon League presses President to remove Secretary Wilson for attending the Brewers' Congress in Chicago. Judge A Z Blair of Ohio acts as spokesman for the drys and vows to oppose the president's renomination if demands are not met. The piece condemns low level motives behind the purity push.
A man arrives on Christmas afternoon to honor a vow with a token for his beloved. He asks her to wear it as a symbol of their love and proposes unity. She opens a small box and reveals a bright silver thimble gleaming inside.
A satirical exchange lists names as candidates for the world’s greatest men. Bobbie and George Washington spar over who joins the group, with Teddy among the debated selections.
The Monticello Xpresa files note a December of extreme cold with 15 to 18 degrees below zero. Entries mention a possible tannery, hog prices at 8.50 per hundred, marriages of Mrs. Clarriett Cook and R. J. Ashley, a Baptist pastor’s resignation, a house fire on the 22nd, a boy collecting a cat skin bounty, a suicide near Colburg, railroad ties sold to Davenport & Northwestern, a Sacred Heart pastor injured in a runaway, a Bowen resident’s accidental rifle discharge, and the Monticello house run by Longendyke & Stewart preparing a streetcar style service. the oldest house in town sits at First and Main.
The program for the New Year's concert at the Congregational church on January 1, 1912, 8 15 pm features Harry Dyer Jackson as organist Alice Maude Jackson pianist Mrs George S Bardill soprano Ruth Pinkerton contralto with pieces by Aylward Bizet Guilmant Hawley Old Welsh melodies Rubenstein Tosti Chaminade Nevin and others including Gavotte from Mignon and Marche Religieuse.
A Washington Star brief presents a clash over women’s independence. Mr Meekton’s wife Henrietta counters with a defiant claim that a woman can be self-reliant, but the husband notes a constraint posed by back-hook dresses.
Chicago Record Herald notes odds of five to one that Theodore Roosevelt may again seek the presidency. Wall Street financiers offer bets hoping to lure the colonel into a final political decision.
The progressive campaign in Iowa aims to push the Cummins slate toward the national convention. It emphasizes a bold, driverless path for the delegation, signaling a clash with established party leadership and agenda.
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