25 Jul 1901
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
1
The item notes 1901 as a heat record year while recounting ongoing debates in British and American politics. It mentions the Schley controversy resurfacing, a plea for a three months imprisonment for an English earl over a second marriage, Des Moines Republicans rejecting a governor support pledge, Cedar Rapids water works suits, fears of reform mayor lawsuits, and a letter from a candidate for Lieutenant Governor challenging spelling norms.
The Cummins managers offer Harriman second place on the ticket if he joins forces with them. They warn that field candidates will not accept such a proposal and would view any collaboration as treachery to their current supporters.
Murphy of the Dubuque Telegraph predicts the state convention may reject endorsing the Kansas City platform, aligning with the Ohio plan and relieving true Democrats from supporting the ticket amid ongoing disagreements.
The report notes David B. Hill once faced exclusion at a Kansas City gathering yet gains support as populists shift toward him. It predicts Bryan will be sidelined in three years while Bryan defectors back Hill and even Charlie Towne favors his leadership position.
The postmaster general will be praised for orders excluding from pound postage those papers used as advertising media with subscription lists built by gaming contests and gifts. Standard books on fixed days, claimed as regular issues, also face setbacks as government loss at news agents cannot continue.
The push for Cummins as governor divides Republicans who fear county losses and bolster third party Prohibitionist chances. Critics warn the Cummins camp ignores the prohibition issue and could invite a strong anti-Republican canvass.
J J McCarthy, president of the State Bar association, warns that perjury is widespread as contradictions appear in hotly contested cases. He argues witnesses lie and that convicting perjurers is hard when lies concern immaterial matters. He calls for legal change to treat any lie under oath as a crime.
Report from Des Moines estimates Cummins at 684 delegates with Peery at 297. The Second and Fourth districts show opposition and concessions in Town and Johnson counties threaten delegations. Cummins may fall short of first ballot nominating votes, with a decisive convention still expected to excite the party.
A New Jersey find claimed as petrified human remains sparked a convocation of ethnologists and paleontologists. The object proved to be a limestone boulder with hair and skin fragments later revealed as fibrous glue and false hair, sparking discussion on fraud in petrified body gimmicks.
The Covenanters plan to lay the corner stone of a new church in Hopkinton today. Several local items include Deaths Nathan H. Brainard former editor of the Iowa City Republican died yesterday and Josephine Kudra of Cedar Rapids died at 64 from heat. A wreck near Iowa City injured ten. a boy in Clinton drowned. and a man in Garnaville died after a rattlesnake bite. The State Bar association schedules its next session in Dubuque July 15 and 16 next year.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Mr. Cummins, State Treasurer Gilbertson, and Tom Way drive a house to house invasion into Senator Trewin’s home counties. It argues Trewin’s loyal Republican record and courteous conduct keep him strong toward the governorship, while Cummins’ tactics provoke opposition and ridicule. It warns northeastern Iowa canvassing has harmed Cummins and will complicate the convention in Cedar Rapids.
The Belle Plaine Union cites Toledo Chronicle figures showing forty eight Fifth district delegates for Cummins. The Chronicle assigns Marshall and Grundy counties to the Des Moines railway attorney, while noting potential margins from Tama and Benton's votes that could sway the total.
The Dubuque Telegraph urges Ohio Democrats to vote Republican for governor by a 200000 majority while Mr Bryan endorses the nominees and asks Democrats to support them. Authorities must improve connections or publish another schedule.
A reflective column humorously weighs love and life with wry insight. Observations compare hope and despair, weather as insult, and parental anecdotes about children.
An editorial argues against keeping a boy home from school to work delaying education. It urges parents to sacrifice for their children's schooling, stressing that good training early in youth is essential and that boys should earn their own money only after solid schooling.
Post office limits rural carriers from acting as agents for express firms or wholesalers and prohibits carrying on business that interferes with official duties. They may sell newspapers as news agents and collect subscriptions. Carriers must pay second class postage on newspapers received by express for sale on routes, with county papers mailed free. Private errands for patrons on routes are allowed if not interfering with duties.
A woman buys a novel coffee pot from a traveling peddler and learns her hardware dealer husband keeps a similar item in his shop for half the price. She asks why he does not advertise to reach customers who do not know what is for sale.
A case of smallpox is reported in Springville and the system is quarantined to prevent spread. No broader outbreak is expected as authorities monitor the situation closely.
An Omaha wholesale liquor representative named Brown was arrested in an Eastern Iowa town for violating the prohibition law. He was told to bond before the mayor, but could not, and paid $10 cash to the marshal as a temporary bond. He then left on the 7:20 train after realizing the mayor would not be available.
A Sheldon Sun reader, proudly Hoosier, rejects refined teas and formal dinners. The narrator describes hearty rural hospitality with crackers and ice, olive and chipped beef, and family visits that stretch from Saturday night to Sunday. Simple corn bread, bacon, boiled potatoes, coffee, and pie anchor daily meals.
The town of Onslow employs a monthly salary for the town marshal but officials report salaries are insufficient to attract a man to the post. Citizens refuse to shoot unlicensed canines as required by local ordinance, causing the marshal's vacancy, according to the Wyoming Journal.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee from druggists. Each box bears E. W. Groves signature and is priced at 25 cents.
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