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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
5
The Des Moines Register and Leader discuss whether age disables or enhances a statesman, citing examples from Gladstone to Dandolo and noting how veterans maintain vigor. The piece condemns reformers and bossism, defends primary reform, critiques liquor interests against prohibition, and highlights Taft Roosevelt alignment and local GOP candidates including E R Moore, Penrose, and Burton F E Sweet.
The article notes jewelry shops and dressmaking outfits set up on Atlantic steamers for the Europe bound journey. It warns these shops will find little on the return trip as shops in London and Paris will dominate sales once the ships reach their destination.
The State Central Committee refused Second district representation citing a proxy holder as an unaccredited standpatter, yet allowed one Cummins man to sit and vote despite his residence in St. Paul.
The piece argues whether state and national assurances should extend to protecting honest citizens from losses in horse trading and from failures due to bad investments. It references Safe Young and a Des Moines writer who contributed a card to a capital paper in the 11th district.
A New York woman who bequeathed her brain to science did not leave a large estate. The report notes the settlement and emphasizes the modest size of the remaining assets.
The Cedar Rapids Republican reports a heated scene as a non resident votes in the state central committee while another non resident with a proxy is denied a place and vote. The piece denounces the actions as outrageous and contrasts them with past precedents under Cummins machine.
Cedar Raunds Record warns the state primary law entrenches boss control by limiting candidate numbers chosen at Des Moines. It argues the change channels the field to a single governor candidate backed by managers, diminishing voter free choice and concentrating nomination power.
The article recalls Iowa politics before reform, noting that the Republican state central committee set delegate apportionment by secretary of state votes rather than Hutchinson’s gubernatorial vote. It contrasts that with the current reform era described as ongoing.
Reception at the Hawk-Eye office acknowledges the Monticello Express calendar featuring a Robert Stevenson sentiment. L M Carpenter and wife left Tuesday for Texas to spend the winter, planning to visit San Antonio and Corpus Christi during their southern sojourn.
Davenport residents voted down the untried Des Moines city government plan. Various local items follow including obituaries, weddings, lawsuits, and unusual local incidents from Iowa towns such as Waterloo Anamosa Dubuque and Independence.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes rapid progress on the Milwaukee extension of the Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. Train service to Marmarth North Dakota starts January 12 with local service between Harlowton Montana and Mosseshell Montana. Construction crews advance west from Marmarth while others move east in Mosselshell valley toward a Yellowstone bridge at Miles City. The coast extension aims to reach Seattle early in 1909.
The column notes the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Boots in Morley at age eighty three, born in St. Lawrence County New York, and mentions her poor health spouse. It also records a Corpus Christi passenger Mr George L Schoonover may stay a month or more, and recollections of quail trapping by Mesars J B Chapin and W Chapin in 1854-5 yielding 144 dozen birds sold at 25 to 50 cents per dozen. Agnes Hutchinson of Capon Illinois is hired as German Latin instructor for Anamosa High School, with prior posts in Mapelton Minnesota and Middleton Michigan, and cites her education at Rockford College and Michigan University. A Providence Bulletin excerpt discusses Rough Riders cavalry movement, noting the commander in chief witnessed only foot cavalry action.
The Kennebec Journal notes that his praise of Texas and a duck hunting trip there mark among the few actions by Mr. Bryan in years that have not widened the rift within his party.
Special correspondence from Washington notes Senator Tillman irked by pension bill backlogs and urging timing changes. The piece profiles Platt and Depew, reflects on aging figures, Cannon and Knox prospects, and describes new House and Senate office buildings plus potential attendance issues. Also mentions near capital land prices and soil restoration talk, with observations by Frank J. Stillman.
A satire on bachelor life noting happiness without family rows through wealth. It jokes that rich men avoid large families, men drink to keep resolutions, women fear balloon drops in best attire, and a girl's dilemma hinges on judging a man by his mother's dress or the flowers he sends.
A satirical piece rails at political conventions and gender rivalry. The author mocks habitual self promotion among women and men, noting women’s loudness and men’s susceptibility to flattery while lampooning public discourse.
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