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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1896
Page
5
Rev. DeWitt Talmage delivers a sermon on Vashti from Esther urging humility and faith. He extols quiet, faithful women as queens in daily duty, contrasts veiled virtue with bold vanity, and warns of ruin from dissolute living amid Persia’s splendor.
A sermon interweaves Vashti's silent endurance with historical figures Galileo Newton and others, urging steadfast faith, divine justice, and eternal life. It contrasts resignation with quiet resistance, concluding that salvation hinges on admission to Heaven through Christ's covenants and the inspiration of virtuous exemplars.
The piece argues that Hebrew worship and its Psalms carried strong joy, surpassing modern hymnody in exultant tone. It contrasts ancient exultation with today’s worship and stresses the impact of uplifting conversation over learned rhetoric as moral influence.
Two religious quotes discuss the love of beauty and aristocratic virtue. Rev George C Lorimer extols humans as creators of beauty through deeds while Rev KE Lee defines aristocracy as knightly service and self denial rooted in Christ, stressing humility over luxury.
Burlington hosts a weeklong program marking Iowa's semi centennial with Governor day Pioneer and Old Settlers day Educational day and more. The report also covers a tragic engineer’s death near Burlington and a Veterans reunion at Correctionville with a mock battle and regimental leadership.
Observations on how perch hear via air bladder vibrations to a drum like internal ear. Notes differences in donkey and horse ears and describes elephant ear size and acute hearing including a middle ear canal to the pharynx and pressure sensations when blocked. Jellyfish have ear stone-like lime globules for hearing function.
A Cleveland labor clash at the West View quarry ends in deaths and many injuries. Sheriff Leek deploys 40 deputies and militia as 700 strikers clash with police three miles from Levrep. Vinton Machulski dies from a back wound and John Melosky dies later.
R G Dun notes large market movements mostly speculative and short lived. Mills shut down to align July August output with low cotton prices and heavy stocks. wool sales down. print cloth prices drop. Iron output down and many repairs underway. wage disputes largely settled. TradeStreet reports dull overall with lower prices for wheat and iron, higher petroleum and coal, cautious outlook amid weak farm prices.
A mob riot erupted at a July Minneapolis female bicycle race after admission rose from 25 cents to 1.25. Police moved in as riders were dragged from wheels and grandstand and buildings were damaged. Injured include three officers. management faced charges for obtaining money by false pretenses.
A cloudburst at Wegee creek near Bellaire Ohio drowns James Berey his wife and child and wipes out the Bellaire Zanesville and Cincinnati railroad bridge a large trestle on the Pittsburgh and Ohio Valley railroad and several buildings including a Presbyterian church. In Wheeling West Virginia rail traffic on the Baltimore and Ohio and the Ohio River roads is nearly suspended as multiple bridges are washed out between here Parkersburg and Grafton. An eight year old girl, daughter of Porter Richie of Turkey Run, drowns when a house is swept away and wreckage traps her.
Daniel H. Youmans the well known New York hatter and his wife died when their carriage drove into a lake near Bergen on Saturday. They had left New York June 18 for a continental tour. Youmans was born in Orange County New York sixty years ago. His wife was younger. He built a famed hat business and was reputedly very wealthy.
Alliance Ohio July 7 A manifesto and principles declare it is a citizen's right to affiliate with the party that best suits his views. The document endorses free coinage at sixteen to one equal suffrage for men and women direct presidential and Senate elections immigration limits and adoption of initiative and referendum.
The steamer Three Friends was pursued by the Spanish warship Alfonso XII off Key West on July 7. Both ships used full steam as the Three Friends led by eight to ten miles. Reports say the warship fired on the steamer and crept toward the three mile limit while U S warship Maine and cutters prepare to intercept. Great excitement grips the area.
Miss Minnie Kiel, 13, was killed in a Bellevue area meadow Saturday afternoon while en route to a neighbor’s for a dance. Her body lay undiscovered for a day. the skull showed blows from a stone and club amid a fierce struggle. No sexual assault suspected. authorities note she was popular and jealousy among young men is suspected.
Mrs John H Scott of Kaneville Kaneville Ill saturated her clothing with kerosene and set it afire at home on July 4. She died early Sunday morning in what is believed a temporary insanity act. Her husband, John H Scott, was a prominent Kaneville merchant and long time postmaster.
Gen Linares reports 1500 troops halted Jose Maceo and Periquito Perez as they moved toward Ramon. The Gato Juemado clash lasted six hours with rebels losing 69 dead and 2 of the kinghts killed. 24 soldiers badly wounded and many more lightly hurt. In South Carolina a Consolidated Mining and Milling plant in Deadwood burned. built 1895, idle since a stockholder dispute, valued at 90000 dollars with 600 dollars insurance on the assay office.
Advices from Cypress report severe shocks across the island with residents of Limosal and Larnaca deserting homes and sheltering in open fields in tents.
In Milwaukee on Monday Judge Johnson upheld the Keeley law as constitutional and dismissed the county demurrer in suits for Keeley treatment ordered by county judges. Notice of appeal to the supreme court will be filed, placing the case on the next calendar.
Iowa's semi centennial commission held its first meeting in Burlington to set the program and date. The event is planned for the first week in October with invitations to Cleveland Stevenson McKinley and the Democratic nominee. Governors from neighboring states are to attend Governors day with their staffs.
A 16 year old insane youth named Teddie Anderson escaped from a Norfolk hospital last October. Found in Hamilton county Iowa in February he was sent to the county farm and escaped again in April. He is large for his age with light hair and eyes. Notify C I Anderson Closter Boone County Nebraska or box 107 Stanhope Iowa if seen.
R. Dawson was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for the murder of Walter Scott in Des Moines the day before last Christmas. Judge Holmes cited great provocation and indicated the verdict was unwarranted, remarking that other men in Des Moines might have acted similarly under the circumstances.
Mary Kane who lived with Elizabeth Mahoney was shot three times by James Mahoney after years of rejection. Sheriff Wheeler jailed Mahoney in Cherokee, age 40, as the 16 year old victim is identified. Three killed by lightning strike during Sioux City storm. Mrs Mary Paulsen died at the scene and Mr and Mrs Richardson were killed together at Newell.
A carriage carrying 25 people was struck by a Manawa locomotive and the occupants dispersed. Among the injured, F H Wead sustained both legs amputated and died, while George Trest the driver suffered dangerous injuries.
Joseph T. Jackson of Keokuk drowned in the Mississippi above Warsaw NL while sewing for min now. He married in a balloon at Quincy NL on July 4 1893 and is survived by his wife. He was to have made an ascent at Carthage IL on July 4.
Reports say saloon keepers failed to secure 65 percent county voter support as required by the mulch law, leading to injunctions closing all saloons in Oelwein. The item also lists diverse local events and incidents from surrounding towns.
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