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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
6
Des Moines Jefferson Day banquet features Bryan and General J B Weaver at table, signaling clash with gold bugs and Cleveland admirers. The event foregrounds public ownership issue as Weaver and allies confront Bryan.
Bowen arranged preliminary work with the powers for a settlement benefiting Venezuela. The text suggests a favorable view of his determined approach and his client’s advantage from his actions.
Congressman Cousins, back in Washington from Chicago, announced his private bills passed. His measure creating reserve agents for government funds at national banks in cities under 50 000 is in conference. The house vote was 15000 to 30000 and a likely compromise around 25000.
The Clinton County Advertiser urges Democrats to join with saloon keepers to push repeal of the mulci law, arguing national issues frighten it. It warns Republicans against backing a liquor-driven platform and notes voters will not concede liquor sellers more privileges or immunity for law breakers.
The St Louis Globe Democrat cites Missouri data showing 41 counties pay female teachers $20 to $30 monthly and 19 counties pay under $30 for all teachers. In Pennsylvania six counties pay under $30 monthly and one county spends $27.60 per pauper. A bill seeks a $30 monthly minimum for public school teachers.
The piece notes Cedar Rapids residents invested over six figures in fraudulent schemes that promised five percent weekly dividends. It mocks the greed and gullibility, praises Monticello residents for avoiding such schemes, and warns against risky mining stocks and oil bonds while praising homegrown prudence.
A Cedar Rapids hotel fire at 1:30 this Friday leaves ten unaccounted for as three bodies are found in the ruins. Injured guests flood local hospitals and several staff members are named for heroic acts including Ed Scofield who saved five men and all but one of the girls.
The article reports on a New York City press club banquet where Senator Tillman defended shotgun and tissue ballots in South Carolina. He claims 30 000 more black voters than whites and asserts free schools have produced more black than white students, provoking sharp rebukes from guests.
The Iowa Supreme Court held a $500 note given for signing a consent to sell intoxicating liquor invalid as public policy. Justice Deemer notes consent cannot be a commodity for pay and warns against blackmailing the law. The report adds a Brussels church clock powered by sun heated atmospheric expansion.
News from Dubuque and surrounding towns reports John D. Sullivan of Cascade gains a restored monthly pension of 12 dollars. Other items note Captain Hobson’s Dubuque lecture, a 25000 dollar Strawberry Point hotel opening with banquet for 375, a worker injured in a Dubuque pearl button plant elevator fall, a fatal gasoline wood saw incident in Central City, and a jealous Davenport woman’s kerosene arson attempt.
A discussion on child study and the teacher's role in recognizing each pupil's unique mind. Emphasizes tailoring education to individual needs, handling dull or gifted learners, and balancing graded schools with flexible, elective study paths.
An advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion of pure cod liver oil as a health tonic for all ages. It claims the product strengthens the consumptive, aids weak children, and revives pale adults, noting its long history and nationwide distribution by Scott & Bowne in New York.
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