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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1903
Page
5
The piece contrasts natural disposition with education in wealth creation noting that true millionaires act from innate drive rather than schooling. It argues scholars rarely become money makers while industrial masters prosper by inherent business focus. It also urges Iowa good roads funding focus on skilled road making.
Mr Thos A King, guard force member at Anamosa penitentiary, plans to seek the sheriff nomination after supportive talks in Monticello. A Jones County native and staunch Republican, he emphasizes merit over expediency and vows energetic, decisive service without pledges. He previously ran in 6 years ago and lost by a single vote to Arnold.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald endorses stronger respect for law while recalling past disbelief of the mule law. It warns that disobedience to one statute breeds violations of others as mobs staged public demonstrations.
The Root farm sells berries on the bushes at five cents a pound as Major Noble Winner reports harvesting over a ton of fruit with help from a ladder last Monday. Curtis exposes fake insurance firms in Des Moines citing Minnesota officials as sources and notes broader town papers have long challenged them. An upcoming winter push aims to license and examine music teachers to raise professional dignity and exclude incompetents. Wall Street stock losses are highlighted as a caution to western investors amid market swings.
The bulletin lists eight mild smallpox cases near Tipton and a string of local calamities and events. Killed: Horace Holloway, a Rock Island brakeman near Waterloo. Drownings and accidents occur at Davenport, Stillwater, Maquoketa river, and West Branch. Fire and crime reports include an arm wound from a burglary in Cedar Rapids and an embezzlement case in Martelle. A powder explosion in Lowell kills and injures, with multiple family and civic updates across Iowa.
Tillman and Burton trade pointed remarks about the negro as they argue for and against during the Chautauqua assemblies. The exchange appears to unfold amid a crowd of respectable churchgoers as they move from one debate point to another, wallets in hand and smiles on display.
The Danville sheriff faced a mob with a shotgun and stood in his own castle, setting an example for nervous men easily overpowered by crowds. He warned against bitter political persistence, urging restraint over clamor as a veteran politician contends with disappointment.
The Danville sheriff reports fourteen men already under arrest for participating in a lynching of a Black man and will push forward with prosecution.
The Des Moines insurance men concede that Mr. Curtis knows how to stand up for his position. There is little discussion of local politics beyond the county seat.
A bulletin from the Iowa Experiment Station Ames on butter quality lists deterioration sources and rancidity causes. Professors McKay Larson report bacteria in wash water as a deterioration factor and present practical removal methods with tables and cuts. Free copies are available from Prof. C F Curtis Ames Iowa.
The Iowa weather bureau notes splendid conditions in the past week with substantial gains in corn and overall gains across districts. Hay crops are heavy and high quality, with southern areas completing harvest and threshing in progress.
Iowa Day at the St. Louis fair is scheduled for June 17 1904 to mark the 281st anniversary of the discovery of Iowa by Marquette and Joliet. The event ties local history to a regional celebration with planned activities and observances.
The piece lauds Henry Ward Beecher as a powerful orator and a world leader in eloquence. It credits his England tour during the Civil War era with shifting sentiment toward the northern cause and praises his ability to mobilize support without destroying Puritan roots. Beecher is called a great man whose oratory advanced liberal ideals and national unity.
A Tipton Advertiser note assesses a young man selling stock in a rubber plantation venture in Central America. The piece argues local surplus funds favored risky ventures abroad over investing at home, and claims investors seldom gain tangible benefits from such schemes.
In the Astor Library reading room on a hot day last week two men who removed their coats were told to put them back on by an attendant citing rules and the presence of women. One man quipped about a nearby woman's X ray waist, arguing for decorum and suggesting she cover her shoulders to protect the young men.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald criticizes local union representatives for voting down a motion condemning strike violence. It argues the unions and brick-throwing criminals have damaged unionism and public esteem, urging stronger condemnation of such actions.
A note from the Anamosa Journal discusses the wide disparity in tax money and credits among Monticello Wyomi ng and Anamosa. It suggests Anamosa residents may have funded Belaski schemes and questions the local financial allocations.
James C Marshall to reform school after a Dearborn and Sons break in at Stone City and D M Stuart sent away. Debate over alleged Olin battery purchase for Tuesday game and its questionable impact. Jarl Miller suffers another paralysis stroke affecting hip leg and arm, last week illness followed by recovery hope.
The writer outlines a simple budgeting scheme for incomes from one to four thousand dollars. He advocates setting aside ten percent for rent and dress, two to three tenths for housekeeping, ten percent for holidays, and one to two tenths for unforeseen events. He would save one hundred dollars yearly on a thousand dollar income and values independence and self-respect.
A column parodies marriage roles noting that the man rows while the woman steers and that women flirt with clever men to trap dull ones. It mocks brides who seek solitude yet invite others, and jokes about wedding presents being swapped for disliked items.
The Cedar Rapids Republican notes Vinton and nearby towns race to outdo each other for fall carnivals. Each town claims its event will be better, but observers fear the outcome may be worse.
In a recent talk to ministerial candidates Bishop Fowler of the Methodist Episcopal church advised choosing a wife for common sense rather than religious zeal. He quipped that given two options, he would marry the woman with sense over the woman with only faith.
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