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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1906

Page

2

Moses the Prince of the Palace

A Bible story narrative follows Moses adopted by Pharoah's daughter in Egypt. The princess trains him while Moses retains faith in the Hebrew God. He rejects Egyptian worship, reveals his true mission, and his foster mother pledges help as he grows into a young leader.

Moses Joachim Palace Temple Mosco Mroteye Apis Osiris Heaven Abraham Isaac Jacob Ace

Iowa General Assembly Opens with Official Seatings and Committee Picks

Des Moines reports the first Iowa General Assembly has organized both houses, announced standing committees, and set up routine work. Speaker George W. Clarke was unanimously re elected. Senate officials include President Pro Tem James A. Smith and Secretary George A. Newman, with many county and city names listed for clerks, doorkeepers, and janitors. The session also discusses Crossley’s primary bill and committee assignments with minor reshuffles.

Russell Woodard Des Moines General Assembly Lowa George W. Clarke Adel B. F. Cummings C. R. Benedict L. W. Mkhoulton W. C. Ramsey Harry ©. Griffin Ralph H. Clock Walter McCulla Mollie Heist Col Thomas M. Pace Bill T. J. Alexander A. M. May Hester Runyan J. B. Lewis Jacob Nunwelter E. F. Moon W. B. Crowell Ihad Maxon J. R. White J. V. Snorey R. G. Schuey T. W. Hazleton W. S. Moore John Wheeler R. T. Holmes George A. Newman George A. Wilson John L. Gillespie Lois Rigby Cecil Dixon John Connolly R. B. Huff Muscatine Muscatine County F. W. Myers Polk County Tom KE. Brown Blencoe Monona County A. G. West Newton Jasper County D. W. Sheehan Sigourney Keokuk County J. H. Carter Redfield Dallas County W. McFadden Council Bluffs Pottawattame County L. B. McAlIpin Clarinda Page County M. E. Erwin Dubuque Dubuque County J. H. Stewart Washington Washington County H. Armstrong Riceville Mitchell County Thomas Hagen Hardy Humboldt County Jeff Logan P. S. Ervin Chariton Lucas County William Thompson Ottumwa Wapello County

Governor Receives Carrolls Views on Insurance Report

The governor has transmitted to the legislature a supplementary report from Auditor Carroll on insurance legislation with his endorsement. Carroll notes new developments since his last annual insurance reports and addresses key issues raised by recent inquiries.

Carroll Cummins

Two Pass Bills Proposed in Legislature

Two measures relating to passes were introduced. Senator Hughes of Iowa county proposed an anti pass bill banning gifts and use of passes by all public officials and convention delegates. Hanna of Kossuth county introduced a house bill requiring railroads to issue passes to state officers judges congressmen and all legislators.

Crossley Senate United States Committee On Elections Iowa Hughes Iowa County Hanna Kossuth

Pratt murder trial near Rockwell City hinges on arsenic poisoning

Dr A M Linn testified for the Iowa state board of health that Josiah Pratt died from arsenical poisoning. Mrs Pratt denies administering the poison or being in love with farmhand Will Persing. Prosecution cites love for Persing as motive. State rests, defense begins.

Rockwell City A. M. Linn Iowa State Board of Health Pratt Josiah Pratt Will Persing

Masquerade as Boy for Eight Years Ends in Dubuque

Lillian Burke, living as a boy for eight years and known as Bob Gavin a night waiter at the Newport restaurant and Hotel Julien buffet in Dubuque, is revealed as a girl. She confessed after a fellow employee became suspicious. manager Keeley discharged her.

Dubuque Lillian Burke Bob Gavin Newport Keeley

Crowe Indicted in 1905 Street Car Hold-up Case

Pat Crowe was indicted by the Pottawattamie county grand jury for alleged complicity in a July 2 1905 street car hold-up that yielded about 60 from two conductors and a motorman. Arthur Levi is charged on the same count. Crowe awaits trial in February in Omaha for robbery linked to the Cudahy kidnapping from five years prior. A gubernatorial requisition from Iowa waits on Nebraska Governor Mickey until the Omaha case is resolved.

Council Bluffs Pat Crowe Pottawattamie County Grand Jury Arthur Levi Crowe Omaha Cudahy Cummins Iowa Mickey Nebraska

Tama man Roy Hull sentenced for first degree murder

Roy Hull of Tama, twenty, was sentenced by Judge Burnham to life imprisonment for the first degree murder of Daniel Leary foreman at the Armour paper mill in Toledo.

Marshalltown Roy Hull Tama Burnham Hull Daniel Leary Armour Paper Mill Toledo

Fire destroys Morrison cafe in Marquardt building

A fire of likely incendiary origin broke out in the Morrison cafe kitchen in the Marquardt building early the other day, destroying the cafe and causing about 100000 dollars in damage to the block and contents.

Des Moines Morrison Cafe Marquardt

Intercollegiate football suspended by state normal school

Cedar Falls athletic board suspends all intercollegiate football for next year and will not schedule or organize a team. Other briefs note charges of perjury in Marshalltown, a Muscatine murder suspect release, bogus check case, and various local civic changes.

Cedar Falls The State Normal School Marshalltown Webster R. A. Elzy Davenport Henry Nagel Josephine Collet Carl Brady Muscatine Gest Rock Island Ijl Illinois Myrtle Thompson Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett Company Clark Clinton Iowa State Firemen Peterson Ida Grove A. M. Wallace J. G. Mehrings Ida Grove Exchange Bank B. P. Smith Leonard Thompson Elkader Evans Ramsay Mines Iowa Falls Des Moines National Banks of Iowa State Bank Fort Dodge Webster County Olson Henrietta Welland Richard Montezuma Myra Bradbury Burns Dallas Center Lorenzo Loren Collins Dallas County Fairfield Calvin Snook Jefferson County Frank Connelly Brady Brothers

Earth's Decreasing Yield Warns of Resource Exhaustion

Prof Nathaniel Shaler warns that iron use in the US has surged from under ten pounds per person per year to over 500 pounds, coal per capita has risen to two tons, and even with gains in drainage and irrigation, food supplies strain the world. He predicts a near food limit, slower births, and major shifts in power sources as coal declines.

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler Prof Shaler United States Europe America Italy Greece Spain England Belgium Misissippi Malthus France Roosevelt Illinois North America Africa Nile Zambesi Congo Niger Andes Himalayas

Preservation Meeting Proposes Buffalo Pastures and Uses

Ernest Harold Baynes, elected secretary of a new buffalo preservation society, outlined uses for a larger bison population including use as oxen. He cited his photo with harnessed calves and noted his ties to a 180-bison herd on the Corbin estate in Meriden New Hampshire, the country’s finest besides a Western Indian herd. The plan calls for dividing buffalos into widely spaced herds to prevent disease with ranges large enough to restore their native habitat.

Ernest Harold Baynes Mr. Baynes Meriden N. H Corbin

Testing a Building Safety and Vibration Monitoring

Pall Mall Gazette notes a method for detecting structural movement in public buildings like St Pauls Cathedral by taping brown paper over cracks to reveal movement. It also mentions an electrical vibration measuring device beyond simple observation.

St. Paul’s Cathedral Abbey Pall Mall Gazette

Familiar Plea at Church Fair Mixed with Chance Draw

The Pittsburg Post recalls a church fair where a pretty girl notes chances at ten dollars each and a man, marked by urgency, asks for only a half chance in a terse, evocative moment.

Pittsburg

Gratified Ambition

A Chicago Tribune item quotes a policeman praising a chauffeur who boasts of a near record speed. The exchange highlights a tense moment as the driver offers to testify at a trial, calling the officer to swear to the claim.

George Chicago Tribune

Religious Report on Missions and Movements Abroad

A broad religious update notes one ordained missionary serving 900000 heathen un in Fulbourn England the poor receive sixpence for church attendance. It cites the Methodist Ministers Relief with 642259 paid to widows and orphans of deceased preachers. It mentions Korean Christian revival and plans for a Pius IX canonization process.

Fulbourn England Methodist Ministers’ Relief Association, of Boston Sacred Congregation of Rites Pius IX Pius X Ray Frank Okazaki Seattle Puget Sound

Call of the Canadian West and rising farm prospects

The West shows strong agricultural gains with near 100 million bushels of wheat and thriving rye and barley. American settlers rush to Saskatchewan and Alberta as new railways unlock free homesteads, with Dominion Agents guiding newcomers.

Western Canada Saskatchewan Alberta Dominion Canadian Prairies Toronto “Star

Also Mentioned on This Page

Moses the Prince of the OUR Wopyright, Wa J. 4. Bowles Solons Reelect Clarke House Geo. W. Clarke Teachout Polk Buchanan Wapello Greeley Story Harris Crose Page Hambleton Mahaska Carstensen Lamkin Lyon State University E. W. Clark Darrah Meredith Hospital For Institution van Eaton Agricultural College de Mar Garst and Mattes Board of Control Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Ericson Greene Madison Young State Board of Control Bailey Wesley Coz South Third Street Cox Dairy Commission State Food and Dairy Commission Cummings Clarke Committee On the Suppression of Interperance Weeks Federal Relations Committee Iowa State News Religious Report W.C. Swearer Korea New York Outlook Young Men’s Christian Association of Seoul Tere Gant Prairies EB. W. Wright Main Street Haverhill Mass Pean Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N. Y Carters Becher & Thompson, Srottune Spokane
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