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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
5
Bremer county resident Charlie Miller rails against doctors and calls for harsh pricing and malpractice limits. Iowa legislature honors Senator Dolliver with a joint session while politics, primary reform, and court expansion debate unfold. Headlines note libel cases, a Linn County judge, and Roosevelt’s ill-timed border march drawing wide attention.
Buxtons sold Wheat land Gazette to O O Jackson while Cedar county saw two million dollars in real estate transfers in two weeks of March. Deaths include John Gronan of Dubuque and 92 year old John J Ackerman of Cedar county. Census counts show Decorah 3592 and Waukon 2026. Anamosa population 2938 with state reformatory inmates. A Waucoma fire destroyed Mabel Husband millinery and nearby homes and the OU, M and St Paul depot.
The March term of the District Court ends Monday with no civil docket and all state cases continued. Judge Ellison returns to Council Bluffs Tuesday to finish a case. Grand jury filed final report after five days with several indictments and dispositions noted including guilty pleas and divorces.
Editorial urges Iowa Republican legislators to end the deadlock over the U S Senate race. It argues a chosen group should compromise and elect a capable Republican, stressing the state’s interests above personal or newspaper rivalry and demanding immediate action.
Notice announces probate proceedings for James C McLees and John Coohey in Jones County Iowa. It names Clerk H G A Harper and dates March 7 1911 and March 10 1911 with probate hearings set for March and May terms respectively. Interested parties may appear to contest.
The Vipton Advertiser notes Cedar county land transfers show value gains over ten years from 7.60 to 10.00 dollars per acre annually and top farm prices once around 100 dollars per acre now double that amount. The piece credits plain farming results and suggests further gains with intensive farming as seen in Europe.
In a hush court scene in Honduras a boxing figure declines to testify as proceedings proceed without incident. The judge maintains order while observers note the absence of comment from the athlete.
In the Springfield Republican perspective, senators of the era rarely stay resigned after leaving office and sometimes retract resignations quickly. The piece notes that some resign for governorships or minor reasons and that today even when a resignation is offered it may be reversed, while deaths among senators are noted as less common.
The Kansas City Times notes that the new Ways and Means Committee approaches suggest Congress could transact more business than the president anticipated in his call, raising expectations of a busier special session.
Public Opinion notes Taft’s leadership as progressive and ready to head the reform movement. The Washington Herald highlights Taft’s drive to lead the procession of change. The Detroit Free Press contrasts global hardship with domestic pessimism as two million Chinese starve.
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