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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
1
Harvey Ingham editor of the Upper Des Moines Algona refused to back Mr. Cummins for governor last summer and faced payback in politics. His outspoken stance cost him re election as Regent of the State University.
lawmakers urge trimming St Louis Exposition funding to 250 000 amid sen Healey push against retroactive property taxes. critics warn tax ferrets burden Iowa taxpayers while Fort Dodge residents seek fair public burdens and levy reform.
The Knights of Fidelity, a guild of wholesalers, oppose Archbishop Keane’s temperance drive and pass resolutions ordering Dubuque saloons to close 11 p m to 5 a m and on Sunday till 1 p m. Most saloons ignored the order last Sunday, but officials expect enforcement as the munici law penalties loom. Archbishop Keane pursues the reform.
The text argues for J A T Hull over Judge Prouty, urging Hull’s proven decade in Congress and leadership with the Capital and State Register backing him. It cites past examples showing that experience matters and asks Polk County voters in March primaries to nominate and reelect Hull.
The Jones county column records multiple local items. Obituaries note Mrs. Bowser and Mrs. Hay. Wyoming town history recounts its founding, early settlers, and incorporation details, plus a long verse fragment about Little Boy Blue.
A clergyman reports a Donkey club plan after services to form a line outside the church and stare at women. He notes any member seen escorting a young woman home will be expelled from the club.
John D. Sullivan, carrier of rural mail route No 2, has mounted his new mail car on bolts. The marriage of W F Kenney of Washington township and Miss Jl la Hayes of Albany New York is announced to take place in Dubuque next week. Miss Hayes is sister of ex County Clerk James A Hayes. Croston Bros sale Tuesday largest ever in this section attended by hundreds of farmers from twenty miles away. Auctioneer Kean busiest man, sold from 10 am to 9 pm. Total sale nearly $6000 with good prices for everything offered.
Reflections of a Bachelor is a column from the New York Press featuring wry maxims on gender and destiny. The Delhi Milwaukee rail note recounts a horse leading a freight train eight miles to Hopkinton, crossing ten bridges, and arriving on time, with a jest about veracity.
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A list of state cases appears alongside a critique of the Des Moines Leader as a yellow journal. The Burlington Hawkeye promotes a liberal club offer including The Town Homestead Farmers Institute Editions and The Poultry Farmer, bundled with The Burlington Hawkeye for $2.20 per year.
A vintage ad touts De Witt's Little Marly Risers as a safe speedy laxative to stimulate the liver and relieve constipation. It claims they open the bowels, improve mood and health without griping.
A promotional block extols Scott's Emulsion as a cure for weak bodies and thin blood. It links a cycle of illness to kick starting health, asserting stomach, blood and flesh improvements and self-sustaining strength with outside help from Scott & Bowne. The ad invites free samples from 409 Pearl St New York and lists druggists.
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