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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1879
Page
4
A Mississippi paper comments on Prohibition, currency fears, and party fortunes. It critiques greenback economics, predicts strong anti communist sentiment, and notes support for John Russell for State Senator. It questions Democratic party strength and lampoons party fortunes amid a turbulent political season.
The planned Volga river bridge near Samara on the Siberian Battalion line is described as a major project with a plaza 83 feet high, construction employing about two thousand workers, and an estimated cost near 4 490 000 rubles. Completion aimed for next year is noted amid broader 19th century rail and bridge expansion. The text then shifts to Memphis pestilence coverage and a political debate over Foster and Pickenlooper in Ohio with various papers shown criticizing opponents and defending Hatton's campaign funds.
Superintendent Von Cassis will lecture Argeuat the Honda Pickamp and the state university president will also address the Institute. Minutes record claims allowed including fence, nails, and cement freight. A damages petition for water damage was referred to the city attorney. meeting adjourned to Friday evening.
The writer mourns neighbor John Stevenson, noting his passing and urging faithfulness. Local farmers report poor wheat due to chintz bugs, some fields destroyed while others look good. Flood damage has ruined grass. Black Oak school is closed for a period. M.E. F.
The Sixth Session will be held at Wyoming from August 11 for two weeks. Rev. C. E. Aldrich leads as conductor with instructors Luther Foster Et Weld Miss Kate Curtis W. W. Morse and L. T. Wip. The State Committee’s Counse will guide study. Teachers urged to register opening day and stay through the session.
Readable notes from Wyoming and nearby towns describe social gatherings, travel plans, injuries, weather, and railroad activity. Mentions Rev Goodale’s lawn sociable, Manchester excursion to Lake Minnetonka, Loomis family tickets, a broken shoulder from wrestling, an accidental fence collision, a diphtheria death in Monticello, a hay fever escape, a horse incident, and Midland extension work with tax conditions in Boulder township.
Attorney General Me rtukin sought action against Martin Hulsey former warden and bondsmen to recover state funds. Trial before Judge Shane considered a $400 house rent item and a $350000 bond signed by Martha Felsey and others. Judge Shane took the case under advisement with a decision pending.
Phineas Curtis sues Davenport & Northwestern Railway for $5,000 in damages after being forcibly ejected from a train near Donahue for offering sixty eight cents instead of eighty for a seventeen mile trip. The petition claims excessive violence and health harm from the wet, rainy conditions. The case raises the right of a conductor to eject a passenger who cannot pay more than the standard fare before boarding.
A Bubaque Telegraph critique argues that sensational indecency in papers harms family morals. It warns editors who publish lurid trials or erotic letters damage youth, calling such editors criminals and urging readers to reject vile papers to curb their spread.
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