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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
5
The winter shows Providence siding against coal barons with thrift at home. Families tightening budgets outpace political campaigns as McKinley’s election remains unsettled with electors due January 11. Nonetheless, hopeful office seekers press on despite economic strain.
Fifteen small Iowa colleges claim alumni parity with larger institutions, urging the legislature to grant them standing. The push draws counterweights from bigger schools, suggesting a clash over clout and influence in state government.
Tipton voters did not choose the postmaster candidate. Congressmen Cousins was urged to announce a recommended name, and he replied that he has decided to recommend H. L. Brotherlin when the proper time arrives, per the Advertiser.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat editor J B McCullough, 54, took his own life after years of relentless work. The piece notes his strong faculties and leadership in building a major Republican paper in a Democratic city, warning about the dangers of overwork and lack of rest.
Lawyers urge legislature to end elective status for the supreme court reporter and allow appointment and removal by the court. They note the current reporter is two years behind, hindering judges and attorneys, and argue appointive tenure would ensure timely work. They clarify the critique targets performance, not Mr. Salinger’s ability.
The article chronicles a shift by Debs from anarchist ties to socialism. It cites his Chicago strike leadership, a fall populist phase, and now a belief that private capital makes property sacred and human life cheap. He portrays the competitive system as cannibalistic and claims workers face subjugation and starvation under it.
An old admonition urges readers to remain calm when receiving a bill from a home merchant. It stresses that merchants trusted customers to pay for essentials and warns against quick temper or insults. A tempered approach is valued as trustworthy and prudent.
J. K. Macomber, city solicitor of Des Moines and former physics professor, attacks so called fad teachers in public schools. He argues specialists in music, drawing, penmanship, and mud modeling disrupt core subjects and drain funds from essential instruction. He stresses English grammar, spelling, reading, and arithmetic as the true aim of public schools.
First National Bank of Anamosa sees officer changes as C H Lull and his son John fail re election. Lull and son sell stock as L Schoonover becomes president with C S Millard cashier. Consolidation with Schoonover private bank likely at his former stand opposite the court house.
The Manchester Democrat touts local prosperity and cites $120,000 deposited in the First National Bank of Manchester, while noting Jones county banks and a Monticello State Bank report showing deposits over $500,000. The piece calls this one of the two big banks in the area.
The Iowa segment notes Senator Allison will remain in the Senate with no cabinet offer. Hull and Cummins are named as likely Cabinet contenders, backed by the Iowa delegation and Mark Hanna. The Jones County rural teacher list follows, detailing many names by district and teacher.
A young man was sentenced to 30 days in county jail plus a $100 fine and costs after pleading guilty in Jones district court for putting his arm around a girl and attempting a kiss while driving. The local editorial argues jail crowding and fines are excessive and questions male readers about similar memories.
The Cherry sisters performed as living pictures in Chicago drawing loud howls from the audience. The piece included Psyche's Mirror and comparisons to Miss Addie, with speculation on the audience’s reaction and the concept behind the act. Separately, teachers in Eastern Iowa counties formed an association during the Des Moines session and elected officers with plans to meet at Tipton.
The New Year’s Number of the Youth’s Companion includes Senator Lodge of Massachusetts writing The Life of a Senator. Future issues will feature The Life of a Congressman by Hon. Thomas B. Reed and a Clergymen’s stories sequence. Publishers offer free colored Prospects for the volume from Youth’s Companion, 308 Columbus Avenue, Boston.
A Whittier poem extols sowing seeds, training flowers, and planting trees as noble deeds. It asserts blessings come to those who give, and time of harvest will come whether on earth or heaven, celebrating generosity and enduring worth.
A brief biographical sketch of Irinarch Ivansvich Vredensky, a poor, sickly boy who rose as a distinguished linguist and educator in St. Petersburg military schools before blindness and death ended his promising career. His translations of Dickens and Cooper helped popularize Western literature in Russia.
The term wheat comes from the Saxon word hwaete meaning white reflecting the flour’s lighter color than other grains. This historical note links grain nomenclature to its pale flour appearance and origin in old language.
Stephen Fiske profiles Charles Dickens in The Ladies' Home Journal noting his disciplined routine at Fechter's chalet. Dickens worked from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. writing or handling letters and proofs, then planning plots with a series of character questions written in blue ink.
Reported in 1808 that a massive fire in Bombay destroyed buildings valued at $8,000,000. Locals interpreted the disaster as a sign of the anger of the god Siva the Destroyer and offered penitent rites during the blaze to avert further destruction.
The Basel cantonal system makes fire insurance compulsory and a monopoly under the General Obligatory Mutual Fire Insurance Institution within the finance department. Buildings are valued by a government appointed panel, then categorized into four risk classes with premiums from 60 centimes to 1 franc 80 centimes per 1000 francs value, with possible add ons for exceptional hazard not exceeding 6 francs per 1000 francs.
A humorous exchange notes how different outfits shift mood and focus. The speaker remarks riding toga inflates energy, business suit sparks work thoughts, evening dress triggers social thoughts, while a bath leaves the mind blank.
The Toronto Mail quotes the Boston Globe joking that prehistoric man may have eaten pie but not all of it, noting that prehistoric pie is a staple at many railroad restaurant menus.
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