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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1900
Page
5
President McKinley at 57 appears aged beyond his years. The state temperance league scores by eliminating all saloons under mulct petitions filed before October 1 1897. A house poll predicts failure for a plan to create and endow three normal schools. One more such school would meet present state needs.
Governor Shaw nominates Col H H Rood Mount Vernon for the board of control vacancy created by ex Governor Larabee’s resignation. Senate confirmation required. The piece also notes opposition from some legislators to politically tinged appointments and discusses nonpartisan municipal ticket printing.
The present session considers increasing guard pay from 50 to 65 dollars per month. Bills in both houses push the raise, arguing higher wages are needed to recruit and retain competent staff. Warden and supporters note some guards are worth more, while others would require careful selection to boost efficiency.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruling alters the mulct law by requiring new petitions of consent in counties where the code changed in 1897. It affects saloons under older consent forms, with Jones County exempted, and may close many establishments until fresh petitions are approved by county boards. The case centered on O C West vs Judge C A Bishop, regarding contempt for liquor sales contrary to injunction.
Reports from the war in South Africa say the Boers are gaining the upper hand over the English. General Buller has suffered reverses that discourage British resolve. Boers have shown strong tactics and fortifications, with Ladysmith likely to fall and the conflict expected to extend through the summer. Supporters now speak of Boer victory prospects.
Representative Sokol introduces a bill to place control of school textbooks in the county superintendent rather than the county auditor in counties with textbook uniformity. Auditors oppose the duty, while superintendents favor it as aligned with their work.
The remark suggests a controversial stance linking funding to staffing levels, with critics arguing the bill targets nurse positions while supporters frame it as a matter of budget and program scope. The comment implies a conflict over how many nurses the school should employ.
State health board reports two smallpox cases in Hawkeye and one in Sugar Creek township Cedar county with schools and church services suspended in the region. Muscatine city council bans visits to the sick amid scarlet smallpox concerns. A Tipton quarantine and Cedar county cases prompt local worries as towns enforce health safeguards.
From the State Register Governor Shaw sent to the senate Friday morning the nomination of Colonel Henry H. Rood of Mount Vernon to replace Governor Larrabee. Rood, born 1841, served in the Civil War with the 18th Iowa Infantry and later held posts on Gen Blair and Govs Sherman Larrabee and Shaw staffs. He built a long clothing business and Probate College trustee role, linking his fitness to the presidency with familiarity to the governor and to the state institutions.
The Iowa capital reports Hon John Cownie, appointed to the state board of control, is also paid by the federal agricultural department at 800 dollars annually plus expenses. Citizens see a conflict with the spirit of the office and call for his resignation to preserve the board’s integrity.
The Dubuque Telegraph, a Bryan supporter and silver coinage advocate, criticizes Uncle Horace Boies as a presidential candidate. It mocks his age and stamina, suggesting he lacks vigor for the office yet still aspires, echoing a famed quip about age and attraction.
Illinois senator Billy Magon was expelled from the Old Tippecanoe club in Chicago after roasting the club secretary. The public opposes Magon holding any political office.
A nostalgic poem recalls a boy who kissed his teddy and toy soldiers goodbye and dreamed until an angelic song woke him. Years pass as the toys wait in dust for a familiar touch, while the boy grows and wonders what became of Little Boy Blue Engene Wield.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes 716 rural free delivery routes now operate boosting revenue and lowering costs in districts. Rural home delivery increases mail and goods activity, consolidates sorting at central stations, and replaces many small post offices with wagon routes selling stamps and money orders. The system educates and comforts farm residents, reduces farm monotony, and should rapidly expand to denser districts, with the Post Office Department meeting demand ahead of need.
Matt Techirg the surveyor reports the Chicago Dubuque and Omaha line reaches Toledo marking the end of the proposed route. Two survey paths will be compared before selecting the best, with return work from Gladbrook to Dubuque and through Delaware county towns to Monticello and Vinton.
The Freeport Journal notes how terms like chick and hen affect women differently than men hear phrases such as gay dog or bull. It contrasts reactions to animal or playful labels, concluding that both genders show sensitivity to language, with women often reacting more strongly to certain terms.
Rev. L Roche read a donor list showing about $13 000 raised for the new church. Many have yet to pay in full, but once settled the construction debt will be cleared. Plastering proceeds rapidly and interior decorations will follow. St Martin’s is described as a noble Iowa building with few equals when finished.
A small 1920s style ad promotes Weeks Break-Up-a-Cold Tablets with the claim no cure no pay and a price of 25 cents. The seller is O. H. Soetjesole and associates.
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