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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1902
Page
1
The House approved a bill to create a three member commission to audit all county treasurer accounts. The measure faces likely Senate approval and follows vigorous debate over rural route mail contracts and bond premiums funded by counties.
A political piece condemns railroad lobby efforts against local electric trolley votes in Iowa while warning of rising smallpox outbreaks in Des Moines. It notes increased farm land values from better communications and urges decisive quarantine enforcement to stamp out the disease.
Devaney of Cascade receives a six dollar monthly pension while Anamosa Prison reports 426 inmates in January. Sheriff Arnold appoints his son as deputy, and Clay Mills post office closes transferring mail to Onslow. A painter for the BNRR is killed at Cedar Rapids crossing. Smallpox alarms Western College and Cascade residents urge quarantine due to a local outbreak.
A toast to the spinster praised as a selfless, nurturing figure. The old maid is described as loving, tactful, and generous, supporting children, households, and young lovers with patience and warmth. She is portrayed as essential and admirable despite stereotypes, a quiet pillar in family life.
On March 1 the principal banks in the vicinity will drop interest from four to three and a half percent. A $1000 savings deposit yields $85 yearly. after $250 assessment and 60 mills in taxes, net revenue is about $20. Tax ferrers and lower rates may push funds into realty and other investments. Banks plan loans to customers at five percent.
The Iowa State Register reports that lawmakers broadly believe congressional redistricting is dead as the Payne bill, carried in the senate by Fitchpatrick, was shelved. Interviews show few supporters and doubts any single plan could pass.
Readings offered as answers to the prize definition of home include home as a casket of jewels domestic happiness a heaven fruit blossoming shelter from the world a central telegraph office for love a place where faults are hidden by charity and a home where one is treated well yet grumbles most.
A sermon-like meditation argues that sanctification and godliness outshine material gain and public praise. It emphasizes sincere worship, consecrated citizens, and Faith leading to good deeds, urging forgiveness through deliberate forgetting and obedience as fathers’ blessing.
In a Chicago Tribune column a Gibson girl defends skirt choices against male judgment. She rejects labels of scatterer of disease or immodesty and declares she will wear any skirt she pleases regardless of public opinion.
Gillen writes family in this city that he is improving the open winter in Oklahoma to complete a substantial dwelling and other buildings on his claim. He expects about 125 acres in crop next season, plowing under way, and has set out a thousand fruit trees and an extensive vineyard. Mrs. Gillen and he plan to stay until next fall, originally intending to be away only during winter.
Olin has smallpox after a visitor, Miss Easterly, stayed with Ed Jeffries in Onslow. Dr H Matthey of Davenport diagnosed Monday and ordered quarantine for the patient.
Howard Hicks of Hazel Green travels to Ames Iowa on Monday to attend the State Agricultural College.
James Moss of Cascade is arrested on the complaint of Matt Kurts for breaking and entering Kurts home. Moss will face a preliminary examination before a Dubuque justice of the peace on the 22nd. Herman Fagen and Frank Kies of Cascade are charged with the same offense. The trio allegedly entered Kurts home while he was away and damaged the interior with an ax. They are also accused of stealing a gloves and a watch and chain from a trunk. The defendants are said to have been intoxicated at the time.
William C. Whitney urges democracy to adopt McKinley as a principal guide for the party. The piece notes Democrats earlier quoted Lincoln over Jackson and hints at future references to McKinley. Also included are items on Hughes anti pass bill, Roosevelt’s Schley findings, and Ames College enrollment.
FE. M. Loop visited Monticello on Tuesday to review the contract for a new Monticello State Bank building to be erected this season. He has also been asked to bid on a large church planned for Oelwein.
A circus report claims monkeys with consumption show fewer deaths after regular dosing with Scott's Emulsion. A keeper spilled the tonic near the cage and the primates eagerly drank it, leading to cheaper replacements and a claimed parallel to human consumption. The ad promotes Scott & Bowne products and offers a free sample.
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