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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
6
Elwyn Norman seeks Kathryn Randall's hand and uses a bold plan to win consent from Benjamin Randall. A dinner in the banquet room becomes a battleground as Elwyn leverages a mocked claim of $500 with a deputy present. Benjamin capitulates, praising Elwyn's resourcefulness while hinting at a future marriage.
A gale swept away portable houses provided to a tribe displaced from Warner's ranch in San Diego County. The moved residents are left homeless after the storm.
The government selects white fish from the Great Lakes and red salmon from the Pacific coast as premier stock for New Zealand rivers, aiming to improve food fisheries.
Public notices in Paris state that all theater and amusement announcements are displayed on pillar billboards along the boulevards and that it is illegal to disfigure walls with posters.
The government operates 392 distributing stations in Ireland to improve poultry, and has held over 3,000 meetings this year to promote Irish poultry interests.
A brief quotation from the Houston Post contrasts views on love and foolhardy conduct with statements about men loving more than once.
In a Midian house, Zipporah frets as Moses debates his call to lead the Hebrews. Jethro ponders Moses’s plan while Zipporah’s feelings hint at a budding romance. Moses vows to wait for God to open the way for deliverance of his people.
Iowa Senate approves Hughes pass prohibition bill barring railroads street railways telegraph and telephone firms from issuing passes to state and national officials with exceptions for railroads commissions and newspapers. Violation becomes a misdemeanor. measure awaits House approval amid administration support.
The upper house recalled the Garst bill from the lower house for reconsideration and then passed no motion to reconsider. The measure would ban Sunday baseball and other Sabbath amusements and was sent back to the judiciary committee amid opposition. Representative Hambleton signaled intent to pursue a separate anti Sunday baseball bill if needed. A separate bill to allow verdicts by nine or more jurors was killed in the house after judiciary committee opposition to changing the tradition of unanimous twelve jurors. A joint convention memorialized the late Speaker David Henderson with addresses by Senator Dunham and Representative Kendall.
Des Moines and numerous Iowa towns report bills passed or debated including Yale incorporation, Woolbine town status, and inheritance tax issues. Petitions from Sioux City businessmen oppose anti Sunday baseball while Oskaloosa residents back a Dobson congress bid. Reeves and local officials announce candidacies, scandals, burns, and deaths accompany fires and storms.
Iowa towns Cedar Rapids and Muscatine held municipal elections. Cedar Rapids Republicans won most seats and mayoral race by about 1000 to 1500 votes. In Muscatine Democrat Jacob Asthalter captured the mayoralty by roughly 4 percent, Republicans won two alderman posts, one ward tied, Democrats carried one.
The Republicans in convention nominated a city ticket headed by Mayor P A Sawyers and included Heitor Fred W Sargent auditor W f Tree treasurer Capt TC Pras cott assessor C G C Wales engineer M Holming police judge H I Sims superintendent of markets O Skogerson. The Democrats held primaries nominating Mayor W G Sears solicitor Stason treasurer George B Whittemore engineer J M Lewis police judge Sam Page.
Body of an unknown man about six feet one or two inches tall and weighing around 274 pounds was found against a new bridge east of town. Investigation suggests foul play though no letters or identification were found. only mark reads "C. Bator" on the shirt. Police report the man appears to be around forty years old.
A freight train collision on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line injured four workers and fatally killed Hoaten of New Virginia. A large stock stock was killed and one engine demolished after the first section of the train broke in two.
The writer known as Alice Lgentritz Jones, en route to Cuba, died of apoplexy aboard a ship. She was a recognized author with works including Water Mark, Unveiling a Pravallel, Beatrice of Bayou Teche, and Chevalier De St Denis, and was connected to the Iowa literary scene.
A new trial was granted in the mining suit of James Doyle against James F P Burns over shares and dividends of the Port land Gold Mining company of Cripple Creek valued at 600000. Two trials have occurred. Doyle won 447000 in the first, the second reached five of Parnes.
A fire at the Opera House Barnes in Des Moines caused $25,000 damage to the Observatory building and total losses estimated at $84,000, with partial insurance coverage. An opera troupe’s set and three ujatta tind were also destroyed in the blaze.
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