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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1910
Page
5
The Independent essays by Mr. Slosson compare major U.S. universities, noting similar undergrad instruction and differences mainly in athletics and social life. The piece also recalls ex-Senator Platt’s death, Taft reception, Roosevelt critiques, a Knoxville speech, a church-fire scare, and Booker T. Washington’s remark on Booker Coleman’s win.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette replies to an Express editorial arguing against favoring the State University over the Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. It warns alarm if the board narrows its view to a single type of institution and defends both schools’ technical prestige and rights.
The board is warned against Carnegie foundation efforts to standardize and regulate education. Critics fear overreach will homogenize colleges and draw Western reformers under Eastern control.
General Gordon ends his brief senate term with praise for colleagues as lavishly as healing lotion for bruises. The scene turns comic as ex Confederate soldiers depart, drawing whispers that politicking in Congress has become fashionable to condemn.
The article notes Mr. Pinchot's admission that he knew little of the charges and his claim of three untrue statements in a letter to the president. It calls his tone vindictive and cites his volatile French nature as rising. It also mentions George Bernard Shaw's stance on property and marriage.
A political battle centers on Chicago saloons that campaign against prohibition by appealing to personal liberty. Supporters argue the campaign reflects disrepute of drinking establishments while opponents push for the dry measure to curb alcohol use.
Oklahoma Republicans, hoping to carry the state next fall, pass resolutions endorsing Taft. The president is also expected to receive favorable news from Iowa before the election.
The Chicago Evening Post ponders whether spring will arrive as March Lamb and Lion and February Ground Hog offer hopeful collaboration. The item frames a lighthearted cross‑seasonal forecast with local whimsy and no concrete weather data.
The Cedar Rapids Republican critiques the sociology department at the University of Wisconsin Madison for inviting radical speakers. It argues such ideas corrupt students, noting Emma Goldman and a free love advocate as examples. The piece dismisses free love as antiquated and unsuitable, citing primitive social orders.
The Manchester Press notes debate in the agricultural press about cows losing their cud or swallowing their tongue. It cites cattle oddities, a heifer mislaying cud for a week, and suggests artificial cud substitutes like harness wax or spruce pomade to aid mastication.
Emigrant cars bound for Howard and Mitchell counties depart Tipton in a single day. Local farmer John W. Burkley, 32, near Vinton, hanged himself over farm settlement worries. Waterloo buzzes over Willie Hoffman, 13, a high school boy preacher. Mrs. John Wunderlich, Cedar Rapids Commercial Club secretary’s wife, dies leaving husband and two children. Anamosa rector A H Beaver seeks release from Webster City post to return to Anamosa. Cornell wins Cedar Rapids state college oratorical contest. Henry S Coleman of Boone to represent state. Buds, floods, and spring’s factors noted. Warden bans cigarette smoking at Anamosa Reformatory. Cornell defeats Baker University in central bank debate at Baldwin, with Olson, Strawman, and Putnam representing Cornell. judges include Blackmar, Olin, Hodder. Cornell leads in two of fifteen similar contests over twelve wins.
In an October 21 1836 address to the New York City law association Chancellor Kent warned of a turbulent era. He cited wealth hunger luxury speculation and erosion of respect for past wisdom as signs of public mind illness and urged bar members to persevere for professional honor and reputation.
The Dubuque municipal primary produced no real contests for nominations except one alderman seat. The piece criticizes the primary law as a gold brick and argues only the nonpartisan primary serves public interest, citing skepticism toward partisan preliminaries and politicians’ self interest.
The Hopkinton Leader reports Mrs. Geo Brazelton ill with pneumonia but improving. H C Jackson resigns as justice of the peace and assessor and plans to depart for Long Beach California. The first annual academic debate between Leander Clark and Lenox is set for Friday night March 11 in the Hopkinton chapel. August Gudenhauf of North Fork is on the sick list. Jerry Mahoney sold seven hogs ten months old averaging 370 pounds. maps quoted at four dollars per hundred. Rural carriers report disputes over accepting loose pennies in mail boxes for postage stamps with the department directing carriers to decline pickups.
In Iowa a mayor asserts an ordinance barring saloons within 300 feet of churches. He orders the church relocated within three days, citing enforcement of the law.
Mrs. Stacy recovers and walks near Dr Skinner's store on a sunny afternoon. Capt Tarbox reports 1909 auction sales between eighty and ninety. W A Ladd of Morley named postmaster succeeding Bert Stingley. Geo Schoonover and H G A Harper attended Clinton Consistory and helped Manny Chaplin and Wm Symons in conferring degrees.
Henry Watterson notes a humorous misprint in a New York paper that ran shipping news alongside obituaries. A long list of respectable names appeared under the marine head Passed Through Hell Gate Yesterday, illustrating a startling irony in early 19th or 20th century press layout.
The Masonic and Eastern Star fraternities held a farewell reception for Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Richardson at their lodge rooms last Friday evening and presented them with souvenir spoons. The couple will move to What Cheer, where friends extend best wishes.
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