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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
5
The piece notes an Iowa girl who had her spleen removed and now leads a healthy life, praising her resilience. It then critiques building and loan associations, a Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar plan, and critiques on road and political laws and figures including Judge Parker as a potential Democratic candidate.
A Nebraska man served fifteen years for stealing a two cent postage stamp. The piece argues the punishment fits the intent of the crime, noting the theft involved holding up a mail car and risking human life. It condemns sentimentality toward criminals and urges protection of society.
Reports from Chicago detail a devastating fire at the Iroquois Theatre during Mr Blue Beard causing hundreds of deaths and many injuries. The Chapman sisters of Anamosa, Iowa, are listed among the missing. their father J H Chapman is a Jones County official.
Senators Dolliver and Cousins push bills to repeal the bankruptcy law while Senator Hoar leads the judiciary committee and appears likely to block repeal. Outside urban centers, sentiment favors repeal.
In several Iowa counties there is a noticeable increase in the number and amounts of mortgages recorded. The surplus derives mainly from speculative activity tied to boomed lands in the Dakotas and Canada.
Senator Gorman leads the national democratic group urging Judge Parker’s election, though his ambition raises questions about motives and strategy in the political fight.
The Migland Construction company proposes a six mile spur from the Anamosa Waterloo main line into Independence with free right of way and a five percent tax on city and Washington or Sumner townships. The deal would cost Independence roughly $70,000 to $80,000, a price many feel is too high for the return offered.
A brief note recalls Charles A. Dana listing ten indispensable books. The set includes the Bible Shakespeare the Declaration of Independence the Constitution Bancroft’s History of the United States Irving’s Life of Washington Franklin’s Autobiography Channing’s Essays on Napoleon Bonaparte Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and Tarbell’s Early Life of Lincoln.
The Post Office Department will issue stamps featuring portraits for the St Louis World’s Fair. Denominations include one cent Robert Livingston and two cent Thomas Jefferson with three cent James Monroe and four cent McKinley. Designs are being prepared at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Colors will match other denominations. Stamps similar in size to the Chicago World’s Fair stamps.
Allen Edleman a stock farmer near Olin filed a deed of assignment in Jones county stating he cannot pay debts. The estate lists real estate valued at about 26000 and personal property near 11000. Creditors named include Don Glick Olin Peoples Savings Bank Delmar Exchange Bank Maquoketa Oxford Junction Savings Bank Wyoming National Bank Anamosa National Bank Citizens Savings Bank Olin and many others with various mortgage and overdraft claims.
A depot accident left John Kammel with a broken right leg and a head cut after slipping from a platform while weighing poultry. The past week saw the deaths of Aegerter family members in Randolph Nebraska and the passing of Nicholas Knepper at his West Cascade home aged 74. Rev. Feurstein’s silver jubilee was celebrated at Lemars with Rev. Albers delivering a purse of $100 from St. Mary’s parish. The Kehoes moved from Castle Grove to Cascade, occupying the Shaffer residence, as Fagan & Kehoe succeeds D. A. English in local business.
An anecdotal sketch recalls Joe Cannon during his second term driving after a March adjournment when a township supervisor questioned pay while in office. Cannon replies that wages run while working, and later defends a rule breach with a signature bow remark. Also notes a few unrelated quips about diplomats and papal bequests.
H F Camp resigns as manager of the Jones County Telephone company effective January 1. He will be succeeded by C Patta of New York Latta a young experienced electrician with strong recommendations. Camp plans to pursue other ventures and will move with his wife to Waterloo after the new year. The community wishes them well.
J. H. Lathrop and Frank Lathrop residents of this locality purchased farms near Washington Iowa. They will move their families in the spring and are highly respected. Possession will be taken March 1 1904.
An old man with a fish on his back travels the world for nearly thirty years promoting Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil as a health tonic. The advertisement claims strength for consumptives children and the weak, noting enduring trust from generations and urging purchase from Scott & Bowne chemists in New York.
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