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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1903
Page
4
Iowa farmers receive guidance from Prof. P. and Holden on choosing seed corn grown locally, testing germination, and proper shelling and planter testing. The state fair directors allocate 17,900 dollars for fair expenses and improvements including streetcar outlets, sidewalks, repairs, and new wiring.
The Fifty-seventh congress passes a public building bill allotting 5000 dollars for sites at Mason City and Webster City and 750 dollars for extra ground at Council Bluffs plus 5000 dollars more for Centerville. The bill also allows national banks in Sioux City Dubuque Davenport Council Bluffs and Cedar Rapids to handle government funds replacing Omaha and Chicago as fund receivers.
The Emmet County Fair Association votes to discontinue all fairs and exhibitions under its direction. A meeting is set for the 20th to consider selling the association property and winding up its affairs.
The Iowa Collegiate association held its oratorical contest at the Masonic opera house in Ohsaloosa with 1,500 attendees. Roy Talley of Simpson College won first prize of 100 dollars and a berth in the interstate contest. Belle McCord of Cornell placed second and Thorvaldsen Risser of Iowa College third. Judge included President G B McLean of the State University.
Seventeen institutions in Iowa found homes for 610 friendless children during 1902, per the newly completed yearly summary in the board of control offices. It marks the first year the board received reports from these homes under the recent supervising law.
John McGill, long believed dead after escaping an 1878 asylum, has reappeared in Council Bluffs with his family. He reportedly traveled from Kansas, regained his sanity, and connected with his children becoming wealthy in the process.
Speaker Henderson plans move from Du buque to New York to join Reed Simpson Thacher Barnum, succeeding the late ex Speaker Reed. The firm, famed for major corporate litigation, includes Judge Barnum noted for many high profile cases.
In Decorah district court Judge Hobson ruled a mulet sa loon cannot operate without written consent from property owners within fifty feet of the saloon building. The decision applies even though the internal partition places the saloon room more than fifty feet from the building’s exterior.
Two mail pouches containing letters bound for Rock Island routes between Vinton and Sioux Falls were stolen from push trucks at Cedar Rapids Union Station. Thousands of letters rifled were found in a nearby slough, half a mile north. nothing of value remained.
Sentenced to 18 years in the penitentiary for the holdup at the Sul livans home in Hamilton. Frank Baird, one of three masked men, wounded during the robbery, faces possible non recovery from his injuries.
Gov. Cummins grants a full pardon to Jesse Hunt for burglary near Lamont. Marshalltown to vote March 20 on extending city limits. Echo post office closed. Mondamin mail routed. Des Moines Elks to build a $40,000 clubhouse. Albia fire razes three buildings in a $35,000 loss. Armory ammo explosion sparks long fire fight. Sheldon district camp meeting set for Spirit Lake in June. Milford Odd Fellows plan a 50 foot front temple. Ottumwa Baptist church to cost $20,000. Rural movement from Humboldt tied to spring land rush. McNeeley to be Judge Birdsall's aide and private secretary in Third District. Runnells bank robbers frightened away. a few hundred dollars taken. Dr. A D Griffin dies. George N Tallman fatally injured in sleep fall. Keosauqua mill boiler kills Anton Mies and George Nies. Winterset Sackock case jurors unable to agree. James Davis convicted in Sioux City murder of Little Jim. B Boston of Lone Tree Bank dies by own hand. Cedar Rapids morgue body identified as A P Johnson of Orion Ill.
The first volumes of the Official Register for 1903 have left the state binder and are now with Secretary of State Martin. It includes 594 pages and features an expanded table of contents, new militia law copy, and national census data. The edition will be 20,000 copies with 1,000 clothbound.
Oscar F. Lockray of Meckling South Dakota wed Sarah R. Haden of Sioux City in Vermillion after a private detective traced her travels from Council Bluffs to Denver Madison Aberdeen Grand Forks Ortonville and St Paul. She later remarried in Sioux City and vanished leaving her husband with their eight month old child.
Rural free delivery will start April 1 in Iowa with multiple routes in Bonaparte Cantril Upton Doud Station Kalona West Point Bentonsport Pierceville Birmingham Crawfordsville Farmington Fort Madison Denmark Milton Selma Keosauqua Lebanon Pittsburg Mount Hamis Big Mound and Riverside. Routes include carrier counts lengths areas and populations served, with several post offices to be discontinued or shifted to rural carriers.
Reports say a tract in Franklin county may yield gold. Dirt from postholes east of Dows showed fine gold. samples sent to Deadwood assayer valued at 3.40 per ton. Further tests planned this spring, recalling earlier gold excitement near Goodell.
The Iowa State Traveling Men's association and the United Commercial Travelers' association press for strict enforcement of fire escape laws for hotels and for stronger amendments. Fire chiefs are measuring taller buildings to compel compliance with iron stairways and escapes per 2,500 square feet of surface area.
Keeney brothers closed a successful Indianola horse sale with 215 head sold for a total of 42000 dollars. The sale featured many first class animals rather than farm stock and drew buyers from Iowa and other states, with twenty head averaging 215 dollars.
Northeastern Iowa picnic association of the Modern Woodmen of America plans its next annual gathering at Waverly on June 9. The group covers counties in the north half of the state as far west as Estherville and attracts thousands.
Iowa State College engineers report on months of brick tests led by Prof. A Marston. Comparing Iowa brick with other states reveals equal or superior crushing strength durability and freeze thaw resistance. Seven Iowa plants from diverse regions provided varied clays and manufacturing methods for the assessment.
Mrs. Bert Reed of New Sharon and her mother Mrs. Sarah Secor of Spencer were joyfully reunited after nearly 30 years apart. As a child Mrs. Reed’s father died and she was taken away by grandparents who moved from Melrose without telling anyone. The grandparents died in 1882, she married Bert Reed, and they settled in New Sharon. Mrs. Lewis never ceased searching for her child and, though remarried, kept looking until a mutual friend helped them connect this week.
President Seerley of Cedar Falls Illinois normal school laments exclusion from the Cecil Rhodes scholarship committee chosen by President Harper in Chicago. Iowa State College at Ames also omitted from representation, as the committee includes denominational school heads while direct state representation is left out.
A county recorder at Fort Madison has filed an old Iowa land patent issued August 26 1850 to Amos McMillan for 160 acres. The document was signed by Governor Ansel Briggs and Secretary of State J H Bonney.
In St Louis on March 10 the defense filed a sweeping denial of all charges in the Wabash Railway’s injunction suit. The joint answer asserts the company never restricted employment by union status, denies conspiracies, cites wage disputes since 1894, and says grievances were ignored by Wabash officials prompting union boards to step in. The motion to dissolve the injunction rests on improper grant and lack of equity.
Former President Grover Cleveland arrived in New York to attend the Beecher memorial in Brooklyn. He rejected reports of political discussions with Edward B. Shepard and William Whitney, stating he is not in politics and has no plans to participate actively. He said he might advise if needed but will stay out of partisan action.
In Salt Lake City on March 10 Chaplain Porter provoked Democratic ire by offering a minority prayer. Democrats moved to dismiss him. the measure failed on party lines. Also brief items note Senate confirmation of Page Morris as U.S. district judge for Minnesota, and a fatal shooting in Floyd County Virginia after a family quarrel.
A snow plow being moved on the Old Colony street railroad in Fall River Massachusetts derailed on a steep hill and smashed into two passenger cars. Five people were hospitalized with wounds and about a dozen more were injured by glass and splinters as the air brake failed.
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