Educational Reform and Political Turmoil in 1879 Era
The Express reports evolving school policy under Von Ccelln restricting teacher detention of students without parental consent. It notes English politics with Cool's Topeka papers and Ingalls news, plus a graphic on Italian crisis, British distress, and poet Richard H. Dana's death at 91 in Boston. It highlights Senator Allison's rising influence and long, admiring portrait of his character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tfon. Jos
Kansas
Topeka
Ingalls
Richard H. Dana
Boston
Bryant
Longfellow
Emerson
Whittier
Dana
Senator Allison
Senate Judiciary Committee
Washington
Allison
Appropriations
Senate
Stanley Matthews
Treasury Department
Alison
Estate Holdings Across Britain Counted in Magnificence
The Bankers Magazine summarizes Britain’s land ownership: 10 071 estates worth 1 000 acres or more totaling 52 038 005 acres. England Wales hold 18 695 529. Scotland 17 584 828. Ireland 15 802 739. Ownership condensed to about 7 000 individuals, with deer forests in Scotland totaling 1 320 000 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banker's
Magnerite
Great Britain
England
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Wyoming Moves To Bond For County Seat And City Hall
A Wyoming city council proposal would authorise a twelve thousand dollar bond issue for a two story brick city hall with jail in the basement, payable in ten years at eight per cent. The measure ties the building to county seat relocation and cites editorials praising the move. Local debate over county official salaries and court costs is noted with figures from Frisbie and Heitchen and figures for 1878 costs cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming
Monticello
Center Junction
Madison
Oxford
Rome
Yale
Smith
Jones
Frisbie
Sheriffs Office
Heitchen
Ellison and
Hubbell
Jones County
Robert Johnson
Clinton
The Value of Music Across the Family Life
A reflective essay notes diverse tastes in music and the joy of cultivating a special gift. It contrasts critics with Handel and Beethoven, urges nurturing artistic talent, and argues that the agreeable and useful enrich life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beethoven
Handel
Pope
St Cecil Ia
John
Garrett
Brother Garrett
Gurrell
Jack
Montreeno Board of Education Minutes January 30 1879
The Montreeno TA Board of Education met at the Presidents call with members Phillips Wright Moulton Birdsall Wales. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Bills were allowed for the Teachers Fund and Delinquent Fund including salaries for L Foster Kate Curtis Wright Campbell Mathews Duer Grassmeyer Moody and others. Receipts from the hall for the school exhibition and Huntine lecture were tallied totaling 72.74 and 9810.00 respectively, placed to the Contingent fund. Adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limo
Anna Moody
P. Burnight
W. D Boswell
L. Foster
Dalty
Lott
IL M. Wright
Committee On Tall
Council Proceedings Coend Rolls February 3 1879
Council met in regular session with all members present. January scale report shows drafts and coal costs. several salaries and janitorial charges approved. Bills for various services allowed. City Attorney directed to prepare a statement of liabilities from 1873 road and sidewalk works. Dr Cohn asked for spectacle license payment. ordinance read. Adjourned to March 1879. Acting Mayor C W Gurney. Recorder pro tem B D Paine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.W. Gurney
Chatman
D. B Paine
Pra
Jno
G. Wood
Dexter Page
Engin
Pohe Weeder
M. M. Moulton
Robert Young, Jr
O. Duer Muslin
Cohn
C. W. Gursey
B.D. Paine
Center Junction notes on church building plans and local life
The Center Junction column reports a two thousand dollar fundraising push for a new brick church 80 by 50 with basement. It notes Rev. Rickels revival work, dairy prospects near Amber, and a Center Junction wolf hunt, plus Wyoming events including a sleigh ride to Maquoketa and plans for a Creamery as town debates liquor licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Houston
D.W. Sutherland
EW. McGinty
A. O. U. W. Lodge
Marshall Town
Llough Rickels
Langworthy
Burr Oak Church
Amber
Wyoming
Maquoketa
Farmer's Institute
Opera Hall
Tom Hood
Tom
Babcock
Madison Township
Jim Stevenson
Spitzer
Meir
Will Hunitton
Hoss
Temperance Column Calls for Public Support and Vigilance
The Temperance Union urges public backing and moral support to curb liquor traffic. It stresses persistent, community-backed effort, promotes prohibitory action, and invites readers to join, contribute, and submit articles to the Temperance Column at Post Office Box No. 301. Meetings occur Thursdays at 3 PM at the M E Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exerneas
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Medusa
Union
TK Express
Temperance Questions Stir Debate Over City Saloon Licenses
A sober citizen asks how hard Christian effort must be to counteract ten licensed saloons and whether license revenue covers prosecutions and evils. The piece questions temperance policing, city assets, and the danger of drink in relationships and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
United States
Marriage Licenses Listed for Local Residents
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs including A. Hutton with Billa Beckwith, Joseph Wasson with Carrie Sawyer, Beraneck with Josephine Hendrick, Hutton with Adthe Horton, Benjamin Davis with Bertha Rodis, Jno Sutton with Ida Long, John Tardman with B Countly, J B Lincoln with Sarah McBride, M E Cook with Eliza Simpson, and Charles Petit with Amelia LeClare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Hutton
Billa Beckwith
Joseph Wasson
Carrie E. Sawyer
Beraneck
Josephine Hendrick
IT. D. White
Adthe Horton
Benj. Davis
Bertha Rodis
Jno
Diphtheria Links to Contaminated Wells in Patterson
The Patterson New Jersey outbreak illustrates the link between drinking water and disease. Decayed matter in wells near sewers and graveyards allowed pathogens to reach residents, sparking diphtheria and malaria fever. The piece warns against wells within 100 feet of soil matter and urges safer drinking water practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson
N. J
Thne
Real Estate Transfers and Legislative Talk Mentioned
A jumble of land transactions lists transfers among Jamak B Wood Mary Merrill Sam Easterly Thos Easterly Wm J McCleary and others in Fairview Monticello Oxford Junction and surrounding areas with varied sums. The Waterloo St. reporter notes preliminary talk of legislative candidates Col Parker Marshalltown S M Yoran Jones and W P Perrin Chickasaw praised for past service and potential influence if reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamak
Wood
Mary Merrill
Leta
Wilcox
Fairview
Sam
John Baxterly
Sam Esaterly
Rome
J McCleary
M Barto
Neil Grevunfield
Monticello
Nendereon
Tress
Pheba
Redcock
Delis Albrook
S & M Yousse
Cimnamings
Kramer
Jack Lapie
Yates
OW Magen
H Hagen
Wayne
Ewlee
Margaret Wooda
Lovell
John Bryan
H Fritz
Lot
Oxford
Tunchom
CA &F
Whiting
Lucy M VanVliet
Radd
Searereeenese
Wi & Sophia
Sa&d RR
Ain Soc
St R Oxford
Hagen
IL Tagen
Col. Parker
Marshalltown
M. Yoran
Jones
W.P. Perrin
Chickasaw
Waterloo Steporter
Desolation of a Man Facing Inevitable Decline
A narrator laments a fall from virtue as indulgence turns to ruin. He describes the lure of wine, the hollow joy of past pleasures, and the fevered longing for repetition while confronting a deepening despair and impending death.
Hawkeye Diamond Seed Dropper promises higher corn yields
Four years of development yield the Hawkeye Diamond Seed Dropper a simple durable tool for planters. It cuts planting delay, reduces markers and land marking, cuts weight, and claims to raise yields by about ten bushels per acre while enabling faster field work and easier row management.
Diamond Seed Dropper Pricing and Ordering Notes
The Tankeye Seed dropper sells for ten dollars, less than half the price of any other check tower. To order the Diamond Seed Dropper specify the planter and wheel type, as fastenings vary by planter. Orders should be sent early to ensure fulfillment.
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the Express
Trunapar
Jour Buaxcuann
von Ccelln
State Teachers’ Association
Tnter High School
Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
God
Kearney
China
Potter Committee
Yesterterday
Smitt
M. Weed
Tilden
The
Tribune
Weed
South Carolina
Pelton
Gramercy Park
A.W. Frisbie
Anamosa Journal
Anamosa
Seberareenteseeenes
Dean Swift
Board of Education
Delinquent Fund
Council Proceedings
C.H. M
Temperance
G. W. Miller
Temperance Union
M. EB. Church
Brown & Boman
Deaslera
Firetclans Harneau Shop
First Street
New School House
Iowa
Parker
Scet 12 & Tiara
Hawkeye
Price
J. D. Sullivan
Cascade, Iowa
Ruthin Rta
Palmer & Paine
Monticello Lodge
A. OC
Palmer & Paine‘e
N. W. Austin
O. K. Aldrich
Oo, Bayt
Jno. O. Duer & Co
Sam. Kahn
One Price
MLE Heavy
Dauntless
Argand
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