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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
5
A column laments eccentric bills in the legislature including a proposed death for incurables and lauds Susan B Anthony while critiquing Governor Cummins and Senator Dolliver. It notes the Optimus weekly in Cedar Rapids and cites large immigrant and outmigration movements from Jones and Ida counties to the northwest during the season.
The Iowa Senate passed a mild anti pass bill by unanimous vote signaling public demand for reform. It bans passes for state county city judicial and legislative officers candidates delegates to conventions and political committee members while excluding railroad workers and newspaper editors.
Sioux City Journal notes Senator Dolliver endorses a united Republican Party for harmony over factionalism. He cites principle and policy over personalities, saying Perkins gains incidentally from the shift while Dolliver remains a consistent statesman.
The Manchester Press criticizes Mr Cummings for a hasty conversion to the railroads cause. It argues his prior legislative votes favored railroads and opposed Governor Larrabee and Iowa farming and business interests, suggesting the public distrusts his sudden change of heart.
In the Toledo Chronicle a note that Major Rathbun, veteran Republican, is quietly organizing his campaign line. He is not expected to be left behind when the contest heats up, despite Governor Cumming and Editor Perkins drawing more press attention.
The Burlington Hawkeye reports W. J. Bryan now argues a stable government must exist before Philippine independence. Taft and other Republican leaders face criticism for echoing that stance. The piece questions whether party members will dodge taxes and how loyalty to policy will play out.
The senate approved an anti pass measure and a nurse licensing bill. The circle removal from Australian ballots passed the house 76 to 9. The Dashiell high school football ban failed in the house. A title quieting bill for single grantor deeds was amended to extend claim filing to two years. Both houses enacted child labor prohibitions, to be harmonized. The house fixed county officer terms to two years starting 1906, and adopted a resolution urging Cummins to explain alleged railway lobbying against a primary election bill. A millage tax for state educational institutions drew support from a slim senate committee majority. The educational board bill was set as a 10:30 special order. The Lewis joint resolution to elect US senators by popular vote passed the house 57 to 22.
The Cedar Falls Gazette urges progressives not to label Republicans as corruption breeders. The Marion Register defends civil discourse, denounces name calling, and says it has resisted factional mudsling for five years.
A collection of maxims urging practical living and moral conduct. It covers frugality, honesty, and diligence while warning against trifling talk. Prominent themes include early rising, prudent spending, avoiding deceit, and keeping focus on useful work and counsel.
A satirical column mocks harmful household tips suggesting dangerous acts such as lighting biscuits with gasoline and chloroforming servants. It stacks absurd do nots for household management and ends noting menacing hints cannot be appeased, undercut by ridicule of patriarchy.
The piece warns that alum baking powders are unhealthy for raising foods and are banned or restricted in many places. It notes prohibitions in foreign countries and in the District of Columbia, and mentions typical consumer prices from ten cents per pound to twenty five ounces for a quarter.
Archbishop Keane will deliver the Iowa State University baccalaureate address next June. Dyersville aims to complete a railroad line to New Vienna this season after last year's grading. Fayette county plans an inter high school declamatory contest. At Iowa City Inn Mary Queen of Scots faces mock trial, found not guilty. Manchester Light, Heat and Power Co. expands capital and installs steam heat to the business district. Mrs. Alice I. Jones dies at sea en route to Cedar Rapids. she was a notable writer. Tipton considers a local hospital. Maquoketa highlights a five acre high school grounds with 520 students graduating by June 1906. Gower township Cedar county court blocks a new school house contract. James McElroy dies in Sabula. oldest Iowa pioneer claim cited. Jones county pioneers trace early settlement including Sutherlands and Adam Sutherland.
The Greater Cedar Valley Circuit was formed with R C Plummer of Forest City as president HH B Stanberry of Mason City as secretary and D K Stacy of Albert Lea as starting judge. Purses start at 300 with pace and trot events set for July and August across Marion Mason City Albert Lea Forest City Dows Webster City Annamosa and back to Marion.
A prominent druggist calls Scott's Emulsion life saving. The ad asserts it remedies improper and weak development from infancy to old age, restores flesh and vitality, and repairs waste through unique nourishment. The text claims its action is straightforward and not a secret, usable by any system to gain benefit.
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