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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1898
Page
4
Des Moines dispatch reports the Iowa state board of control took full charge July 1, completing salary lists and cutting higher pay while maintaining lower grades. Equal pay for men and women doing the same work is adopted, with a focus on position value over individual.
A correspondent reviews Iowa college's 50 years of work at Grinnell. Founded in 1848 with one instructor and eight students, it grew to 32 professors and over 600 students. Alumni work in 36 states and overseas, with leaders Magoun Gate Herron Macy and others shaping Protestant education in the West. The celebration drew nearly 300 alumni and noted educators, promising future progress in higher education.
Jacob McKissick of Reno is linked to a shooting from decades ago in Fremont County. The current suit by Forby of Chillicothe Mo alleges damages over McKissick’s reminiscence of the killing. McKissick owns property in Hamburg and has Riverton ties while Allen is long deceased. Frank Fee sues the National Masonic Accident Association for $625 claiming eye injury from a Creston baseball game umpire incident.
Colors were presented at Grand Army hall to Battery A Sixth Iowa Volunteer Artillery of Burlington by the Women’s Relief Corps of Burlington. Speeches were given by Hon. A H Stutsman Commander Stevens and Hon W W Dodge of Burlington and Rev Phillip G Davidson of Macon Missouri. The battery now is Des Moines.
The Iowa prohibitionists listed candidates for state offices led by Secretary of State Malcolm Smith and Auditor Edgar Brintnall with several county nominees. A Congress slate includes Woodring Van Ness Turner Orwig Parsons Hoffman Hoffm and others, and the platform endorses total liquor prohibition, free ballots, labor rights, and arbitration while opposing war profits and supporting the saloon’s abolition.
The 33rd annual State Sunday School association convention met in Cedar Rapids. Oskaloosa was chosen to host next year. Officers elected include President O S Thompson Cherokee First VP G B Shoemaker Toledo Second VP M Hedge Oskaloosa General Secretary Mrs Mattie Batley Shenandoah Treasurer G W Dickey Cedar Falls Executive Committee N H Hart Kale D A Porterfield Tracy T Scott Rodgers Chariton. The report cites 474 138 Sunday school scholars in the state and $2 551 raised with nearly 5 000 in the parade. A resolution urges support for Cuba freedom and warns against restoring Spanish rule under any terms in the current conflict.
Judge and Mrs. Phineas Casady observed their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reaffirmation of vows at their Des Moines home. The couple were the only living pair married in Des Moines fifty years ago, with the original ceremony performed by Ray Thompson Bird and a second service by D A B Marshall. The couple have spent the last four decades in the same mansion.
William Ross aged eight escapes death twice in Webster City. He fell 40 feet from the Minois Central bridge and was unharmed but injured. Soon after he fell 25 feet from the Northwestern bridge and only suffered bruises and shock. His parents deem him charmed. A rainstorm and lightning struck Truro Christian church, burning it to the ground.
A curbside astronomer explains Jupiter’s moons to a derby wearing patron while a serenader below is interrupted when a Maine portrait crashes through a window. The joke ends with the singer retreating in pain as a voice above declares they remember.
The notice praises a proposed U S England alliance as making enemies unlikely to prevail. It also promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as boosting bodily strength enriching the blood building muscles steadying nerves and increasing appetite while noting a woman's trial with family cooking methods.
The lake and rail layouts of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad remain nearly identical to 1897. Freight to Lake Superior goes via Northern Steamship and Owen line to Lake Michigan ports. Translake Erie links Cleveland to Detroit through Detroit Navigation Co, Ashley & Dustin, and the Black River Ohio Car Ferry lines between Sandusky and Detroit.
Detroit resident Max R. Davies first sergeant of Co. B led efforts in the Spanish American War era. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing his chronic indigestion after years of trials. He endorses the treatment and provides purchase details from Dr Williams Medicine Company.
In a Washington event, a dialogue recalls the moment when the Spanish minister and attaches were sent home, touching on diplomatic tensions observed in Chicago Tribune coverage.
Grain-O described as a tasty nourishing drink replacing coffee. It allegedly aids digestion and strengthens the nerves, not a stimulant, suitable for both children and adults, and sold by grocers at about the price of coffee.
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