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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1879
Page
2
The page surveys multiple topics from party tactics and factional plots to Chinese policy, evolution versus religion, and lectures by Prof. Page and President Bissell. It cites Blaine criticisms, Teller Committee findings, and a Lansing convention nominating a coalition ticket.
The President vetoed the bill known as the Anti-Chinese act last Saturday. The veto was sustained in the House by 109 to 65. The President defended treaty obligations while condemning the bill's method of abrogation as unfit and demagogic.
The Town elections last Monday show broad opposition to prohibition with Republicans suffering most as anti license sentiment grows. Voters fear prohibitory laws may derail parties next fall and hurt temperance aims. The piece critiques enforcement limits, arguing laws should reflect public morality and resist overreaching state power.
A historical overview traces the Oriental plague in Russia and Europe from ancient times to the 19th century. It cites fatality rates, dates, and regions, noting hygiene, vaccination, and public health as key remedies while detailing devastating outbreaks from Rome to London and Constantinople.
The passage contrasts Western sanitation with Asia where alluvial marshes, hot moist air, crowded houses, decaying matter, and malnutrition create favorable conditions for disease. It notes Asia offers these factors in abundance and cites ignoble courage in the Far East.
A 1879 letter compares the Potter committee’s electoral vote scrutiny with Gallatin’s early Treasury investigations into Hamilton. The writer argues the election system is flawed yet praises Hamilton’s venerable integrity, contrasting partisan zeal with objective inquiry in Jefferson era.
A fragmentary letter argues tobacco’s temperance in an era of iconoclasm and public debate. It notes monarchs and politicians from Queen Elizabeth to Napoleon, discusses temperance societies, and reflects on personal tobacco use across generations with tongue in cheek.
A Dixon, Ti letter from March 3 1879 discusses emancipation, a veteran struggle with vice, and a claim that mastery of one’s own spirit surpasses conquering a city. The writing recalls Mr HL and the G English phrasing of the period with a respectful sign-off.
Our Own Correxpondent notes Center Junction moves to build a local creamery with farmers forming a stock company and pledging about 900 dollars. Other items include a county justice resignation, a dog incident leading to a five dollar fine, and local rent and farming changes across the county.
In Wyoming the municipal election showed strong voter zeal amid a county seat dispute. The bond party won the mayoralty and three trustees while others favored delaying bond issuance until after the fall election. Voters and spouses supported county seat removal with bonds debated by supervisors.
The record enumerates several property transfers including Murry to Mary Afurry, Aw Win Binninga to Luke Wetherson, and A E Meuk to Finley. It notes various lots in Fairview and West Hill additions with prices ranging from 100 to 7500 dollars, detailing parcel boundaries and nearby streets, with multiple entries for 100 00 300 0 values.
The Boston Cultivator summarizes egg trade volumes and values in the United States, noting New York receipts, exports, and Massachusetts consumption. It details Boston's 1878 egg receipts by format, regional origins and proportions, and a reporter anecdote about an editor's travel woes on a railroad pass.
A temperance feature quotes locals and visitors describing Monticello as a model temperance town. It notes a strong education system, four church editives and five organizations, two newspapers with party organs, a population near twenty five hundred, and ten saloons as the town’s temperance standing.
The author denounces rum traffic as humanity’s great foe, linking alcohol to pauperism lunacy disease and crime. They marshal crises from Chicago to London and urge voters to back pledges for State and national prohibition, with strict sales penalties to curb alcohol abuse.
A sober reflection on the harms of intoxication contrasts Cleopatra’s fame with the drunkard’s losses. Time, money, self respect, social standing, conscience, reason, and hope all erode as drink dominates. The piece warns that once hope fades the drinker seeks oblivion.
A Vineland New Jersey editorial links alcohol’s harms to church and civic duty. It urges Christians to oppose license and support temperance through active voting and moral suasion, citing social costs and urging immediate action. The piece notes Vineland's 10,000 people and minimal public costs.
Patentees urge readers to contact L. E. Brown & Co in Cincinnati for agent opportunities selling a Russia iron cake pan with detachable rim and removable center tube. Two pans in one, easy to use, promising strong commissions and high daily sales. write for descriptive circular and terms, specifying local territory.
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