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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
6
Poem reflects on moving past winter sorrow toward hopeful spring. Talks of summertime after frost, waking violets beneath snow, and renewal of joy, faith, and beauty as life progresses toward spring. Credits Eben Rexford, Detroit Free Press.
Ralph Lorrimer and Joan Meredith face a dire choice as love clashes with social duty. He reveals the costs of eloping and she discovers the depth of self sacrifice, leading to a tragic parting as she dies for his sake. The tale unfolds on a rural bridge and ends with a grim fate.
The Chicago Tribune reports a New York Herald claim that Wilson era customs receipts in January 1896 show sufficient revenue, then rebuts with decade-spanning figures. It argues January spikes mislead about annual revenue, noting 1895 totals and Wilson law flaws, including refunds and sugar bounty issues.
A dialogue shows Mrs. Billus planning a tea for tomorrow evening with John Aly and Mrs. Gillus noting the schedule. Mr. Billus agrees reluctantly and offers dinner downtown while another guest mentions needing an X. The excerpt ends with a Byron quote on melancholy.
The text argues wages fall when production drops and imports rise, with foreign competition squeezing American workers. It cites tariff reform as essential to revive business, noting missteps in policy moved production abroad and caused unemployment. It also critiques a bond issue for favoring a select group.
The Chicago Times-Herald warns that Secretary Carlisle’s bond underwriting lacks executive foresight. Bidders underestimated payment risk, some aiming profit, not payment, undermining treasury profits and exposing the government to swindlers. The piece calls for moving the treasury out of banking and criticizes reliance on a flawed monetary system.
The piece argues that a Republican majority reduced national spending but warns of a slip toward balanced budgets. It predicts it may take a decade to recover from Democratic waste, cites a $420,000,000 gap versus the 53rd Congress, and contemplates impacts on the Monroe Doctrine and international finance.
A collage of editorials and notices cites tax and debt issues under Cleveland andWilson era politics. It includes complaints of bond sales, currency talks, and campaign nominating ads, referencing the Chicago Tribune Iowa State Register and Albany Journal amid Democratic and Republican commentary.
A boy describes trapping a spider to steal its silk and spin a fabric from it. He builds a spinning machine to wind silk from the spider, then learns the silk clumps together and proves impractical. He also recounts experiments with a bee and an ant on the web, noting the spider’s near blindness and eventual defeat by the ant.
The piece explains the life saving patrol from sunset to sunrise with two patrolmen exchanging checks between stations. Time-detectors record hours, and duty rotates weekly. Keepers enforce punctuality, and the system covers all coastal nights with three four hour watches. Also includes a children’s Q A about man’s greatest need with soap and water.
Ten children competed in a line up to spell words, each miscue reducing the field by one. Final round crowned a single winner when the last youngster with yellow hair correctly spelled the final word.
A humorous fragment depicts Fred mimicking a professor and joking about rising in the world by a tiny hammer gesture. The piece links to a 2. C. tradition where Greek writers note nose pulling as an insult between map makers.
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