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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1911
Page
5
Anamosa papers discuss Welch Company, a $50 000 local stock plant for school supplies, its turbulent leadership, and the push to restore W M Welch. The piece argues success rests on leadership, not capital, and notes broader concerns on immigration, politics, and public policy.
Prof H H Freer and Dr Dobson of Cornell College in Monti discuss an endowment campaign aiming to push the school into the million dollar class within the year. The college now has 600000 in endowment plus buildings and recently secured a 100000 promise from the Rockefeller Foundation on condition of raising 300000 more. The active men have already secured 136000 and expect to cover the rest before the deadline. The piece notes fire losses in the United States average 2.47 per capita versus 0.33 in Europe and argues for stone and slate roofing to reduce fires. It mentions only nine or ten U S colleges with invested funds near a million.\n
John Cownie emerges from hayloft to favor Canadian reciprocity, with Senator Young opposing. The joke likens Cownie to a ground hog who vows to stay still for six weeks, underscoring the politik whimsy of the moment.
Senator Young declares his bid for the senate in 1912 and warns progressives he will use the old primary law to force a public vote if lawmakers fear a special primary. He says the law was enacted by the progressive faction when they needed Democratic votes and cannot be retained now.
Mr. Carnegie says rich men's wives should not envy, urging daughters to wed the poor, though few engagements with wealthy partners in town seem likely to break. The Iowa house passed the daylight saloon bill 60 to 35, closing saloons at 8 pm and opening at 7 am. Beverly from Jones county voted with the minority against the bill.
The Clinton Herald endorses the Times view that the state fair benefits agriculture and state advertising yet questions yearly state funding. It suggests Des Moines and other cities should contribute if the fair is turned over to them and improvements are funded by the urban centers.
Harvey Ingham quotes flattery from Senator Young claiming he has scared the lights and liver out of the Iowa progressives in Washington. The remark frames Young as the strongest appeal yet used to keep safe on the job.
The Topeka Capital recalls a bygone era as a family album scene resurfaces. An old fashioned girl appears with a photograph album linked to a local craftsman incident for her gentleman carers.
Lightning hit the Missouri state capitol causing damage while Champ Clark asserts an alibi. Hig rod is up in Washington as events unfold.
Dyersville leader Peter Freyman Sr. dies at 70 and Hazel Green widow Mrs. Jacob Mangold passes after brief illness. Anamosa jail holds W M Hamilton for alleged watch theft. Grundy Center tops Anamosa 47 18 as season wins reach nine. Norway resident Cyrus Tow burned by kerosene cleaning a car engine. Diamond to Steamboat line to end. Streckfus buys property in Rock Island. Dubuque post office becoming regional supply hub with mail forwarded from there. Honey Creek farmer John Henry Barr commits suicide at 60 after prior insanity and asylum discharge. Iowa Agricultural College reports Guernsey heifer Rouge II nets 159.09 profit on milk and butterfat. Maquoketa Sentinel debates local auto dealers and trade patterns. Cremation rising slowly in Iowa with Davenport crematory reporting 40 in 1910. Ryan St Patrick’s Church dedicated with high mass and cornerstone laid. building costs total 35000.
A Cedar Rapids Republican notice argues against liquor sales and use, warning it harms individuals and families. The piece urges temperance sermons and laments the continuing problem of strong drink. It emphasizes biblical imagery of temptation and advises avoidance for happiness and welfare.
The Topaz Creamery Co at Oxford Junction collapses after the Exchange Bank places a $12,000 mortgage on real estate and chattels. Zellar & Son seize assets, while creditors from Clinton, Lowdon, Wheatland and Wyoming weigh claims. Clarence Simpson vanishes with three bull pups as lawsuits loom and bankruptcy fights begin.
The passage argues that Lincoln spoke little and told few tales during his White House years, yet his frontier wit remained central. It cites a Worcester 1848 tale of a Yankee peddler with one pair of trousers to show how his stories underlined his views on leadership and national duty.
Law notes reveal that at least four Supreme Court justices and perhaps five never attended law school. In the early 19th century few judges studied formally, with Woodbury Baldwin and Story cited as exceptions, while leaders like Chief Justice Elsworth and Chief Justice Marshall lacked law school guidance.
The Chicago Tribune denounces the ship subsidy policy as a costly second class mail rate for newspapers. It notes Uncle Sam bears nine cents per pound for Tribune issues while the paper pays one cent per pound, and it condemns rate hikes proposed by the president and postmaster general.
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