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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
8
Dr. Talmage urges Christians to voices for righteousness and confront the dumb spirit of silence that freezes zeal. He cites historical witch persecutions, mute deaf examples, and calls for bold questions and active witness to rebuke sin and win souls.
In Des Moines the Iowa Supreme Court overturned a long standing rule, deciding that an adjourned mulet petition can be canvassed only in a regular or special session. The ruling reverses the Fortieth Iowa decision and holds December 26 as part of the November meeting, making the board action legal.
A bulletin from the Town experiment station Ames summarizes field crop experiments for Iowa farmers. It covers corn varieties with ripening dates and per acre yields, shallow versus deep cultivation results, seed selection methods with photographs, corn shrinkage data, and two years of work. Wheat, oats, barley variety tests are detailed, plus growing data for rape, spelt, soybeans, kohl rabi and sugar beets. Bulletin 55 is mailed free on request.
Miss Margaret Tittentore of Marshalltown travels eastward in a reported romance. She leaves for the Far East with Mrs Dean, mother of Lieut Woo Dean, after an engagement breakup. She sails aboard a transport, denies male disguise, and proceeds to Taku and Peking to meet Miss Conger and Miss Pierce.
A major Des Moines fire that destroyed the Miaankel Bros department store and caused over 500000 in damage has prompted a coalition to push for higher insurance rates. Insurance firms and commercial exchanges are reviewing the losses from the incident and a prior Harringon ironworks blaze.
A traveling oculist going by UL Lewis faces police trouble in Oskaloosa for selling glasses using a horse trades method. He claimed ties to Dr Lukens of Oskaloosa and promised refunds for unsatisfactory pairs. Authorities allege the scam extends from New Sharon where he used the alias Smork and claimed Dubuque as home.
Charles J. Boyle also known as Tadward J. Lyman lies in Knox County jail on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. He allegedly posed as Merchants' Reference Bureau agent at Buttato New York offering Pan American Exposition positions to Knox College students for one dollar ahead and collected payments. Arrest reported at Carinnell. Parents said to reside at Gainnell and be well to do.
John Riley of Sioux City sues the railroad for 1075 dollars after a passenger train struck a rock rolled onto the tracks. The company argues Riley failed to keep the track clear, claiming partial responsibility for the accident.
Postal authorities in Sioux City opened an investigation into a letter sent to Chicago bootmakers that threatened to rationize them. Post Office Inspector Stuart called the jibe a threat and a violation of postal laws, saying the sender likely meant it as a joke.
Two boys ages five and seven Seward and Oberly Van Hook were found with a letter pinned to the elder’s coat and delivered to the Illinois Centre. With no guardian claiming them they were sent to the St Francis orphan asylum in Du Suque.
The mayor and two city council members return from Omaha where they studied a proposed Creston to Winterset electric rail line via Macksburg. Lyman Waterman leads the venture with $400,000 pledged. The line would carry passengers and freight, supply light and power, and require franchise rights in Creston and Winterset.
A mail clerk in Sioux City named Pack unknowingly on a package of letters connected two separated families in Port Augusta and Sioux City. The mixup, involving a South Australian clerk, led Mrs. Julia Hymons to open correspondence and confirm Pack's family link. Pack’s mother and sister will join him in Sioux City after travel arranged by the reunion invitation.
The town supreme court ruling leaves Senator-elect N. Smith of Burlington in a strange position. He was elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator McArthur, who resigned to become a United States clerk. Smith’s term ends January 1902, so he serves no days or earns pay, and the forthcoming 1902 election will seat his successor. Smith incurred several hundred dollars in election expenses.
Joe McCrary a Mills County convict writes to Mills County National Bank Chenwood enclosing a draft for one thousand dollars and asks the money be invested profitably. The note recalls his 22 years of small savings earned after long hours at odd jobs. McCrary was 16 in 1875 when he shot James Lymann and William Doran dead from ambush with a shotgun.
Brandt of Clinton was taken to the county home by the sheriff after his family reported trouble and possible insanity. He appeared before the insane commissioners who refused to pronounce him insane. Dr. Brands, long known as a physician, is mentioned in connection with the case.
Thomas Dealtry of Slows, City recalls a youth in England when he and a royal grandchild joined in a mock boxing tilt. He says the Kaiser was extremely nervous and would accept punishment before admitting defeat.
Rich mond of Chariton a colored inventor has secured a patent for a mining device touted to replace three miners in coal work. He holds a rapid firing gun patent and seeks government interest. The Fierce Manufacturing Co of Pierre South Dakota will manufacture the mining machines for market.
A unnamed young farmer west of Colfax was deceived after answering a matrimonial ad in a paper. The woman promised marriage, persuaded him to buy a cloak, and stole $45 before vanishing. Police note no further details on her identity or whereabouts.
One hundred farmers near Keota plan a spring build of a nine mile telephone line connecting Keota and South English with access to long distance switchboards at both ends.
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