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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1882
Page
2
A letters page row pits H K and H. T. against Prohibitionists and anti Prohibitionists. Discussion centers on temperance, saloons and crime with references to Cincinnati and Chicago papers and a voiced preference for the Prohibition side.
Summary of civil and criminal docket entries from Jones County District Court May Term 1882. Includes verdicts for State v John Matthews and State v Henry O’Brien, sentences for Hood Woodyard and related costs, and numerous civil suits with continuances, judgments, and guardianship actions.
The Davenport Gazelle critiques the 1882 city report of Atchison Kansas, noting saloon receipts of 9420.63 and county revenue of 11624.18 under a supposed prohibition regime. It cites 405 drunkenness trials in a year and 473 intoxicated-person prosecutions, arguing statistics show prohibition failed. Florence Toole, a fourteen year old with noted literary talent, is also mentioned.
The two platforms reaffirm Republican aims like labor protection and fair governance, condemning patronage and the spoils system. Independent Republicans oppose patronage, boss rule, and machine politics, calling for Civil Service reform and open state conventions with citizen representation.
The piece contrasts Northern and Southern attitudes toward elections and punishment. It cites Philadelphia Republicans convicted for election fraud and Albany repeaters facing Sing Sing, then notes South Carolina federal court cases in Charleston where election-law prosecutions are portrayed as a farce, reflecting regional temperaments.
The Chicago Journal discusses protests over election law and jury sanctimony in South Carolina. It condemns jurors who shielded guilty defendants and criticizes newspapers praising those actions as a threat to republican governance and ballot box purity.
Poem lauds Amin as a unifying leader who rose above rivals to heal a nation. It calls him the standard bearer who guided the Union, endured burdens, and sacrificed for others. The piece contrasts him with Washington and Jefferson, elevating Lincoln as the enduring symbol of faith and unity.
A Democratic blast attacks Republicans framing a nationwide infernal machine plot. It cites Vanderbilt and Tweed Ring as corrupt hints while warning the party must win in the fall to avoid ongoing debauchery and a split presidency. The piece likens political poison to a deadly virus and mocks reform efforts. It cites Booth, Johnson, and Arthur with satirical tone.
The article details Queen Victoria’s private dining routine at Windsor Castle with Princess Beatrice. It describes the intimate dining room, menu custom, wines, staff in uniform, and post dinner social areas including the drawing rooms, St George's hall for state banquets, and the queen’s evening activities with Beatrice, readers, or music.
A roundup of diverse items: sermons on cosmology from Rev C A Johnson, a limit on ministers’ tenure in Wilmington Presbytery, Gov Hoyt praising woman suffrage in Cheyenne, Spurgeon on his sermon library, John Hudson forming Day Dawn religion, Mormon missionary expulsion waves in Georgia Mississippi, Ohio teachers debating moral training and language skill, and a floating Chapel of Our Savior in New York with Seamen’s congregation attention.
The Hartford crowd critiques the Malley case and its link to a fastidious exclusive New Maven society. They portray the Malley lads as the son and nephew of a vul ar but money making storekeeper, noting their attire schooling and wealth, while denying any ties to New Haven.
A collage of ads and anecdotes promotes Dr. Guysett's Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla as a cure-all for malarial fevers and liver disorders. It contains testimonials, claims of miraculous relief, and side notes lampooning modern quackery while marketing tonics, toning pills, and patent medicines to readers.
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