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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1899
Page
3
In this 1899 Washington dispatch Dr. Talmage urges shared responsibility over selfishness. He urges supporting merchants mechanics farmers doctors lawyers and teachers with encouragement, recognizing burdens they bear and the daily challenges they face.
A sermon-style exhortation urges parents and community figures to support and inspire youths and peers. It contrasts cheerful, practical guidance with grim talk and recounts anecdotes from history and religion to advocate bearing one another's burdens and the sacredness of helping others toward freedom and inheritance.
Des Moines reports the state board of control and authorities oppose county insane asylums, citing disorganization in state hospitals and care quality. The board cut costs, audited staffing, and noted improvements after transferring patients from Anamosa to Mount Pleasant, while addressing sensational charges at Knoxville and financial strains in Knoxville and Anamosa facilities.
The will of Caroline Waite, deceased in Iowa Falls, directs sale proceeds of her estate amounting to several thousand dollars to the Baptist college in Osage. The estate comprises salable town and city property, reflecting her Baptist faith and desire to aid a weaker Baptist institution. A separate note cites Germany’s exports to the United States last year at $82,350,514, down from $97,237,088 in 1807, with the decline mainly in sugar.
The soldiers home report shows six months of operation cost 37040.05 dollars with an average 30 residents. Government reimbursements totaled 24915.85 dollars and other income 355.70 dollars, leaving net state cost 8406.40 dollars. Per capita state cost is 15.79 dollars for six months.
George Beresford Ernest Foyle once of Des Moines faced an indictment for bigamy after Polk County grand jury returned it October 26. His wife May Guthrie testified as prosecuting witness. Foyle had married in Des Moines February 22 and was living with Miss Guthrie when authorities intervened.
The Supreme Court upheld a lower ruling that Western Union Telegraph Company failed to deliver a telegram from Mrs. McPherson to MePeek in Henry county. McPeek sued for damages and received $300 after the operator left the message on the door and McPherson’s husband killed a marshal in Morning Sun. The case centers on a telegram sent September 20 1890 and a missed $300 reward offered by the governor.
The secretary of the state board of control has sent to county clerks an order requiring county commissioners to obtain permission from the board before removing insane patients from state hospitals. The attorney general questions state custody, while the board plans to press its interpretation of power, likely testing it in court.
H. S. Atkinson who led Burlington Institute for over a year left January 1 for a holiday in the east and the directors accepted his resignation. His letter cites several accounts he hopes to settle someday. A creditors meeting reveals he owes many sums across the city and owes substantial salaries to teachers.
J. 8. Browning of Sioux City states the dust of Columbus is held privately in the United States. A renowned American collector owns the remains, which were bought from a Spaniard during the world’s fair for $5,000. The dust may be in New York or Washington.
Mary A. Trowbridge and W. J. H. Weowbridge faced a court order dated January 14 1807 to expunge from records a divorce decree after failure to pay costs. The order directs the records be erased as if never granted and that the spouses' relations be unchanged.
The January pensions at the Marshalltown soldiers home reached a record with 440 members paid 12 366 28, retaining 8 138 18. Of the total, 2 576 335 went to depend ent relatives and 1 651 75 will go to the state. Bishop Potter said saloons are poor men s clubs and a social necessity in New York.
Letha Jackson, a former Steamboat Rock intermediate teacher, was dismissed after discipline reports. The Iowa Supreme Court reversed the district court ruling and ordered the lower decision null, recalling the case amid public school debates. The board had sought pay for the year, but the higher court nullified the lower court judgment.
Good Shot an Indian resident of Pine Ridge agency was bound over to the U S court in Sioux City on a murder charge. The victim Whe eeline was found murdered with brutal mutilation after a mounted policeman reported the body to Maj. Clapp. Indians at the reservation show strong interest and mixed sentiment toward the case.
The Iowa supreme court sustains a controversial building and loan law, ruling it valid retroactively. The statute exempts associations from usury penalties and allows wit- nesses of dues fines fees premiums and interest on loans to exceed legal rates. In Town Savings and Loan Association v Heldt et al the court rejects class legislation challenge, affirming profit-sharing status and the law’s validity.
Police hold Hartley in Boone after six arrests in two months for various offenses. Once wealthy and respected, his downfall came from gambling and drinking, and he now boasts about jail knowledge in Boone and Des Moines.
Keokuk starts a city rock pile project to employ the unemployed. The city runs its own quarry and now trucks rock to a vacant block where the jobless will work on the piles and receive standard wages, under a concession secured by the Associated Charities.
It is reported that prime Hamilton real estate sold for taxes last year to a Kingham man was bought while owners held tax receipts and were unaware of claims. The bondsmen of last year’s tax collector Eugene Athey are locating involved parties and offering to redeem the properties for the owners at no cost to them.
Auditor Merriam rules foreign insurers cannot protest paying the 34 percent tax to obtain certificates of authority. The ruling follows a federal court decision declaring the law unconstitutional. W W Castle reports Hawaii resembles New England and its people feel at home there. F N McGavie of Keokuk and Eva Jack of Fort Madison wed in Unionville Missouri on November 1 1898.
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