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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1896
Page
2
The grand jury indicts every Mason City druggist for illegal sales of intoxicating liquors. The silver wing of the state Democratic party backs ex Governor Boies for president and will convene in Independence on the 15th to discuss the matter. A prohibition measure may bar smoking for those over 21.
Marshalltown imposes an eighty mill levy with forty percent allocated to school purposes. The note contrasts the local tax burden with Monticello’s total levy of four hundred fourteen mills, implying residents would vanish at such a level.
Last Friday the secretary of state transmitted to the legislature a statement listing the Iowa towns raised by census to second class city status. The towns named are Denison Eldora Marengo Bedford Toledo Lake City Iowa Falls Tipton Monticello Harlan Mystic and Cresco.
Jones county readers are reminded that eastern Iowa timber land can be bought for ten dollars per acre or less. Such land is easy to clear and, once cultivated, increases in value due to soil quality and location, yielding three times the worth of typical southern land.
Uncle Richard Clarkson of the State Register has several libel suits stemming from the fra cas involving medical students tied to the Des Moines grave robberies. If the students had any link to the vandalism Clarkson’s actions may nearly expose it.
The State Register reports leaking rumors that visiting committees file house and senate reports by the institutions visited. It calls the practice common and notes the reports lack independence, suggesting many are written by management and that committee examinations are a farce.
The Dubuque Herald and Anamosa Journal endorse Senator Allison, urging respectful treatment and support if nominated. They cite Hon. W J Knight of Dubuque as backing the senator and calling for victory with a strong push to the White House.
Constable Gib Root raided Prairieburg on Saturday with two search warrants. Schucknecht, facing nuisance charges, reopened the saloon but officers found five kegs of beer and bottled beer in a private house. Beer was destroyed and the saloon business likely halted for the time.
The Miller Bros bank at Earlville was burglarized last Monday morning with two dynamite blasts. The safe was blown open and the building damaged though the cash was not taken, leaving only $50 in pennies. No clues to the burglars exist.
Des Moines reports progress on code codification with Senate proposals to abandon current work and remake it. House passes H F 31 framing fraternal benevolent societies. Waterman monument debate shifts to military committees as brass discusses renaming and site plans.
In southern Brazil and Venezuela a large mantis preys on birds as part of its cannibalistic diet. The insect, four to five inches long with formidable pincers, ambushes prey such as canaries warblers and chickadees by resembling a leaf or twig, then seizes it with razorlike claws.
A dialogue contrasts romantic desire for carefree youth with the loss of daily responsibility and discipline. The speaker longs to be a boy again and endure constraints such as curfews and truthfulness, while the friend questions literal interpretation and guards, highlighting tension between sentiment and practicality.
A well to do traveler rents a Boston inn for a week and, after staying a week, clears his bill unfixed. The landlord jokes that he has missed his guest, implying the guest’s abrupt departure without settlement.
Psalmlike verse from the Toronto Globe extols the godly man who avoids wicked talk and paths, who follows the Master’s will in daily work and thoughts, prospers like a green tree, while the evil doer drifts toward ruin in the storm.
In the San Gabriel canyon mining boom era a famed Indian is known as Kicking Tom. He bets a burro for one hundred dollars and defeats the vicious jack with a decisive kick, though bruised, he recovers in a few days. The account comes from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A local sport named Salazer walked into Cantina del Teatro gambling rooms and, during a monte hand, revealed a ten dollar bill containing two thousand dollars in folded one thousand dollar bills. He won two thousand fourteen dollars, paid after a delay, and left calmly.
A critique on New York City being the Paris of America noting the distinction between its eminent role in national life and the shallow, lavish conduct of its social leaders. The piece contrasts the city’s prestige with the superficial elite and includes quoted snippets from periodical humor and maxims.
Chairmen of to governed accordius announce a Central Committee meeting following the convention. agenda and participants to be confirmed.
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