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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1910
Page
5
The article discusses high food prices and calls for economic frugality and urban rural shifts, urging less luxury and more farming. It notes Linn county’s bid to redraw the Highteenth Judicial district, rural school debates, transportation costs, and local notices from Manchester to Waterloo including obituaries and political campaigns.
The passage notes a thirty day meat abstention as a dull period for butchers and a potential rise in bread demand. It suggests a true protest against high prices would be an agreement to eat nothing for a month, with wheat prices likely to react.
Waterloo man H Basher has filled nomination papers for governor on the Democratic ticket. He says it is disquieting to jump into the primary race without Des Moines for orders.
To advance his ambitions Mr Cummins stirred a county political ruckus in Iowa and helped swing half the county offices to the democrats. He appears set on repeating the move in congressional districts, signaling a broader bid for power.
Report notes twenty four wet counties remain in Iowa and predicts one fewer next year if Jones county saloon keepers ignore public opinion demands.
A new celestial object is described as jumping ahead of Halley’s comet, with observers calling it the Dr Cook of the skies. The remark underscores a striking, unnamed advance in the heavens.
A Des Moines Capital warning describes a man who, after taking his first drink, becomes a killer and takes his own life. The account cites a murder of his son and a fatal wounding of his wife as consequences of giving in to the initial liquor temptation.
In the report from St. Louis, insurgents are vague about aims while their reduced noisy behavior signals a desire to seek re election.
Cascade January 18 report lists sick list names John Heery O H Huntington Sr J K McDermott Mrs J P Lane and daughter visiting Dubuque a Mr Will of Wisconsin guest of Len Will Mrs Fred Ludeman and son Floyd leaving for Las Vegas New Mexico baby girl born to Mr and Mrs John Croston Clarence Wood guest of Huntington Jr and family Mr Agnew Sr buried in South Garryowen. Also births losses moves and local events including Dubuque County Farmers Institute meeting notes and prize winners.
Prairieburg notes record Mrs Effie Whitney returning from Maquoketa and numerous visits by residents across Anamosa Cedar Rapids Lost Nation Lake Mills and Coggan. Names include Mr and Mrs Jos Holub Fred Tess Amy Whitney and Mary Richley among others with short trips to Anamosa Cedar Rapids Maquoketa Rock Rapids and Lake Mills.
Onslow notes list Cedar Rapids business, calls, and a fall injury to James Kirkpatrick. Mrs. P. A. Maple dies aged 80 with funeral at Onslow Presbyterian Church. Long obituary details a Maple family history and survivors. Notices announce 280 acre Delaware county farm for sale and Henry Heiken auction with livestock hay oats and machinery. Creamery stockholder meeting set for Feb 7 in Monticello with officers elected.
Center Junction reports ice hauling by Loomis and Co. Thos Dawson received a car of soft coal on Monday. Several residents make visits and moves, including Mrs. Thos Dawson to Clinton and Miss Minnie Dawson planning a Clinton visit. John Alexander moves to Henry Dirks’s vacated farm as Isa and Fannie Carson travel to Monmouth, Flossie Carson and Belle Moncrieff to Monticello, and local families host relatives. A new M. CO. Club for women forms with W. E. Loomis as president. The K Ks hold a social at J F Livingstone’s with games and music. Henry Dirks’s family plans to move to Longmont Colorado this week amid mixed feelings.
A City Journal synopsis notes Representative Dawnson plans to distance himself from current political games. He argues the field offers little lure to a man seeking honest work in another line of life.
Moral reflections warn that envy distorts perception and true piety requires generosity. The text warns against hatred cloaked in holiness and suggests the best cure for worry is helping someone in need.
Davenport and Manchester interurban railway company elected officers at its annual stockholders meeting held last week in Davenport. Officers named include President L Matthews Manchester Vice president J A Voorhees Monticello Secretary F W Rank Moline Treasurer T F Halligan Davenport Directors include G W Baker T F Halligan Henry Vollmer Sam T White Davenport J A Voorhees Father M S Murphy Monticello L Matthews N B Richardson Manchester and F W Rank Moline.
The St Paul Pioneer Press reports President appoints H. S. Graves of Yale as forester succeeding Gifford Pinchot. The choice defuses criticism of the president and suggests the Pinchot dismissal was personal rather than policy driven, signaling a shift in forestry leadership.
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