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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1904
Page
6
The Iowa Capitol fire likely caused up to 800 000 dollars in damage and will force temporary quarters for the legislature with no adjournment. Governors, local officials, and state leaders reflect on the incident and the evacuation of luxury chambers.
A winter surge of deadly rail wrecks highlights repeated orders violations and operator negligence. The author argues superior officials share blame, urges higher damages to deter catastrophes, and claims life should not be priced in court.
Local notes report a weight gain for a resident, a house fire injuring a man, a telephone line change in Jones County, a holiday family reunion, and tax sale statistics. The Anamosa Journal items cover a Woodmen anniversary, a marriage in Marion, sheriff-elect Hogan’s call, a joke about leap year, and a local wedding in Anamosa.
Dr Mirick of Monticello and Dr Davies performed an operation on Mrs John Lassack last Wednesday morning and she is getting along nicely. Mrs Fred Williams leaves for Monticello with household goods. many friends regret their move due to train changes. George Hill, formerly station operator, is very ill with appendicitis at his parents home in Delmar. Maquoketa doctors and Dr McMeel performed an appendectomy on a patient, who is said to be recovering. Mrs George Wosoba died at the Anamosa Sanitarium after abdominal tumor surgery, shocking the community as she had seemed to be improving and was on the road to recovery. The operation occurred Tuesday with death last evening at eleven o’clock.
Postmaster Tibbitts receives a sealed commission with Santa’s autograph on Christmas Eve at the Johnston residence as Ellen Elizabeth Johnston marries Charles Hodge Williamson M D in Hopkinton. James Ewart dies in Mitchell South Dakota from Brights disease and his funeral is held in Hopkinton. He was born in County Down Ireland and moved to Dakota in 1882 after starting the Ewart Bros stock ranch in Mitchell.
A Milwaukee report shows Wisconsin underpaying women teachers compared with Iowa and other states, as the railroad commission faces scrutiny over salary disparities. The finding highlights gender pay gaps in education and prompts calls for salary reform and monitoring.
Mr and Mrs John Denision announce they will remain in Denver for an indefinite period as Mr Denison improves daily in health. The piece also notes the Cascade turkey king Kingsley shipped a 34 pound tom, raised by John McQuillen of Richland township, and dedicated to Tom Kingsley. Also details the marriage of Miss Josephine Shaffer and Charles J Cash at St Martin church with a private reception at the bride’s mother's home. Josephine Shaffer is described as a longtime Cascade resident and Moore & Moore clerk with St Martin and Mt St Joseph schooling.
A collection of witticisms and maxims on honesty, reputation, love, and social behavior. The author muses on argument, ambition, engagement, and personal conduct with insights about life and human folly.
A satirical set of musings from the New York Press. The piece treats sightedness and beauty as subjective concepts and mocks Santa Claus’s supposed generosity if he earned his living. It also pokes fun at philosophy, furnace efficiency, education, and women's reactions to magazine images.
William Jennings Bryan argues farming offers safety and success for educated, diligent youths. A ten thousand dollar start, vibrant soil, diversified crops, improved stock, and time for reading yield health, vigor, and heart, with rich rewards.
An actuary for a temperance life company reports a study of 29 000 abstainers and 382 000 nonabstainers showing abstainers enjoy up to ten percent longer life expectancy across ages 40 to 80. The study, based on whole life policies of the lower middle class, is presented as thorough and reliable, urging reflection for drinkers.
The advance recalls a chorus of questions about labor, bosses, delegates, and public figures. It lists the labor boss and walking delegates as major players, notes humor about the moon and trust stocks, and ends with a quip about leaving 1904 in a will.
A Cedar Rapids Republican note suggests targeting city officials from the mayor downward instead of arresting theater managers and stage hands. It accuses officials of accepting theater passes as concessions and hints at ordinance violations meant to protect the public being sidestepped.
In Keytesville a small boy posed a riddle to his parent quoting a joke from the Kansas City Star. The parent answered with a mock confident tone, but the boy retorted that the answer was a goat, then ran off.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette says the tax ferret law harms only those who evade taxes and hide property. Editorial notes rising political heat as the coming presidential campaign approaches. A Clinton county paper urges Roosevelt impeachment for recognizing the Panama government, hoping friends shield the president from the editorial.
Davenport judge Waterman declares no authority to announce him as a congressional candidate. He notes he left the supreme bench for business, a higher post than congressman. The piece adds Taft’s cabinet potential depending on his Philippine governorship record.
The McClellan banquet seems to be a Cleveland meeting with Mr. Olney as spokesman for the Democrats of the Host. Parker stock has fallen noticeably. The Rochester Democrat notes the Kilkenny cats tale as a suggested method to handle the San Domingo nuisance by fencing the area and letting chronic revolutionists settle it themselves.
The article contrasts old time salt pork as a remedy with the modern Scott's Emulsion. It claims fat supports the consumptive, praises Scott's Emulsion for easy digestion and lung support, and offers a free sample on request.
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