07 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
1
The Jones County Medical association met in Monticello last Tuesday with low attendance amid doctors tending patients. The piece praises country physicians for self sacrifice, urges timely payment and fair fees, noting rural rates are far lower than city charges.
The Anamosa Eureka urges county town councils to act against tramp fees and county jail expenses, urging local lodging instead of repeated arrests. The Cedar Rapids Republican and Des Moines Register debate press bias and laws on penitentiary visitors. The House passes a Civil War pension bill varying from $12 to $20 monthly, awaiting the president's signature.
Senator Lambert proposes abolishing the state printer and binder offices and outsourcing contracts on a four year cycle under a qualified supervisor with a salary cap of 1800 dollars. Democratic caucuses stall on primary bills while party members display limited enthusiasm. Other actions include a Cedar Rapids court powers measure and a liquor misdeed bill. A prison labor binder twine factory is debated for the penitentiary to avoid free labor competition.
A group of New Jersey Republicans pressured John F. Dryden to retire his bid for the Senate. Dryden, head of Prudential Insurance, faced criticism for his liberal image, contrasted with other insurers who drew more scrutiny for similar stances.
The passage notes five states considering bachelor taxation bills arguing that taxing single men could deter bachelorhood or spare women from misery. It questions forcing bachelorhood and suggests leaving it alone, praising those who remain unmarried.
Sub committees drafting the proposed primary election bill are entirely composed of Cummins progressives and Democrats. Even Senator Crossley, a leading backer of the plan, is omitted from the committee. This ensures the state may adopt a plurality law if the committees prevail.
A coal train wreck near Des Moines last Monday killed seven miners and left twelve wounded. The accident is described as small compared with harsher wrecks reported during winter, which have disrupted passenger traffic on several lines.
The state fish and game warden predicts the legislature will pass a law requiring every Iowa hunter to obtain a license and pay 1.10 dollars yearly. The measure aims to curb trespassing by youths on farm land each fall.
A Burlington Hawkeye commentary notes the public calls for transportation rate reductions while other prices rise. It questions whether lawmakers can balance demands for cheaper rail travel with fair profits for rail companies, urging calmer debate on a “square deal” between public and carriers.
Edward Ringlep of Maquoketa dies at thirty five. B F Smith dies at Ana Maria aged seventy seven after running a brickyard since 1867. Theodore Fischer of Maquoketa aged forty six dies, survived by wife and five children. Marshalltown undertaker H K E Simkins dies of blood poisoning from an embalming needle. Ohio hog theft sentence stands per Marshalltown Times Republican. Archbishop Keane to lead another temperance rally in Dubuque with Pauliet Fathers. Muscatine’s First Congregational Church burned Saturday, losses about fifty thousand with eighteen thousand insured. John Brown, fourteen, shot in the lungs by cousin Elwood Baker while playing with a revolver in Clinton. Mrs Alice Butler pushes Dubuque and Davenport line, asks Dubuque for ten thousand toward a promotion fund. Mrs Adolph Cagasen of Dyke locks children inside. fire injures two girls. A. A. Cole and J L Cole publish misuns in Olin Recorder. dissolution agreed. A A Cole to continue paper. Mrs Jerome Andrew of Clinton county carries a live snake in her stomach. operation possible. A month old unnamed babe abandoned on Prof Klein’s doorstep in Dubuque with note from Waterloo asking finder to care for child. identity unknown.
A high school principal recalls a boy challenging an easy algebra problem. The teacher says George Washington was a surveyor at your age, and the boy retorts that Washington was president at the teacher’s age.
Miss Laura Rauch a former teacher in No 2 Richland township has agreed to finish the term after Miss Alice Kingsley death cut it short. Mr Clifford B Paul left for Des Moines as district representative. The death of Miss Alice Kingsley Cascade who taught in No 2 Richland township was a surprise to many with a large gathering paying last respects to a Christian life.
Hopkinton residents report Jimmie Martin narrowly escaped serious injury after a mishap unloading ice at the depot. Backing from a car with a block of ice, the tongs slipped, he fell and was unconscious briefly, though he recovered. In other news, Miss Mabel Tesar and Bert Smith married in Waterloo last week.
Extreme cold broke with a snow storm yesterday afternoon. The thermometer rose many degrees, bringing until now promised sleighing conditions for the region.
Due to falling below the 500 member requirement, the Loyal Legion of Plymouth unanimously merges with the Home Guards of the World. The Plymouth order, with seven lodges and about 6500 members, consolidates through approval by the state auditor and transfer papers issued Saturday.
Rev Holmes recounted at Congregational church how Samuel I P Smith, son and namesake of the hymn author and of the author of America, is now serving a fifteen year sentence for embezzlement after a meeting in Anamosa penitentiary. The incident underscored themes of repentance and national devotion.
A reflective critique of college education describing a graduate overwhelmed by theory. It argues four years of study can cloud judgment, dull decisiveness, and prevent applying knowledge to real life. It warns against treating a diploma as an assurance of success.
A list of petit jurors summoned for the March term of court to appear at the Anamosa courthouse on Monday March 11 1907 at 10 oclock a m. Names include Boots R T Rome Bateman J E Monticello Baumgartner Ed Hale Cavanaugh Jas East Richland Courtney O H Fairview Conley T A Monticello Ellis J W Wayne Eye Selo Wyoming Elliott N Rome Flannigan Hd Washington Fagan J B Scotch Grove Clackin H H Greenfield Graham Geo Monticello Gildner J H Fairview Hildenbrandt P L Scotch Grove Harms Herman Lovell Ireland Jas Fairview Jansen Peter Hale Jamison Frank Rome Maire John West Richland Miller G W Madison Mizaur Frank Oxford Miller Wess Greenfield Miller F Rome Miler J F Oxford MacFarlan R W Monticello McKinstry E Fairview Newman O A Greenfield Osborn L D Fairview Pealer Frank Wyoming Rowen John Jr Fairview Scroggie Geo Clay Stivers J M Fairview White M M Rome Waggoner Walter Fairview Wherry J T Oxford
District records show warrants issued for bridge work at Inglis Lead Mine and Fremont. painting bridges in tair view and Greenfield townships. road filling at Pence and Will Underwood farms. lumber sales and repairs across multiple townships. jail macadam work and building supplies for courthouse. poor farm goods purchased. stock and milk sold. board adjourned to 8:30 am.
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