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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
6
A nostalgic poem about returning home after wandering, recalling youth, pranks, and family worry. The speaker longs to reconnect with friends, childhood places, and the old town while choosing to avoid dwelling on sorrow. The piece ends with the promise of finding a paradise by returning home.
A solicitor questions Hedgehog in a libel action against Mr. Svendelein. Postcards and letters are examined for publication and authorship with emphasis on who saw them. The dialogue recalls a row between Hedgehog and Svendelein and hints at a costly bill and possible settlement through counsel.
In a libel case, Hedgehog denies stealing the Roughshed diamonds while Svendelein claims truth as defense. The defense collapses then Hedgehog is jailed, Pitt uncovers Svendelein’s possession of the diamonds, and Hedgehog is pardoned after confessing a convoluted self incriminating scheme.
The Rockwell Cooperative Society, Iowa s largest farmers group, wrapped up its seventh annual meeting in Mason City. It reported handling 378000 bushels oats 35000 bushels corn 18000 bushels flax 1500 bushels timothy with total business of 25333165 dollars and costs under 2500 dollars. WN Densmore was elected president for the eighth time, and the society lists 491 members including top county farmers.
A peculiar disease described as pink eye has reached Al bia and is spreading rapidly. A score of residents were affected and new cases appear daily. Eyeballs grow inflamed, eyelids swell within hours causing severe pain, and physicians report difficulty stopping the outbreak.
Dispatches say the Catholic archdiocese of Dubuque will divide with Sioux City as the seat of the new see. Very Rev Timothy Treacy of Sioux City named first bishop. The diocese will cover Lyon Osceola Dickinson Emmet Kossuth Sioux O'Brien Clay Palo Alto Plymouth Cherokee Buena Vista Pocahontas Humboldt Woodbury Sioux City Carroll Greene Boone counties.
Ray Van Tassell was found guilty at New Hampton of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment. He admitted giving his wife a fatal dose of strychnine on June 5, justifying the act by poverty and the need to support their child.
Dawson charged with killing his son in law Walter Scott after the marriage of his daughter Clara Dawson was arraigned in Des Moines. He pleaded not guilty and cited illness as the reason for delaying arraignment.
The estate of FE W McFarland seeks 10000 dollars in damages from Stanhope Royster alleging McFarland caused the death of Royster’s daughter by her suicide after marriage. The incident occurred in Boone on January 10.
Scott County supervisors introduce mounted police with sixteen stations linked by Davenport telephone lines. Each beat covers about 25 miles per day and the system takes effect in April.
Aged farmer George Deming near West Liberty died by suicide from a bullet wound after financial and health troubles. Others include Jewell Lutheran College president N C Hill's death, Jokichi Uchida’s suicide at Cornell College, two Adair elopers married in Chicago, Osceola County Agricultural Society elected Ker D Dunlap as president, Hub clothing store attached in Dubuque, and several fires and crimes across towns. Earlier notes report old settlers dead in Jeldora, a mount Pleasant donor to Oskaloosa college, and a Muscatine high school bonds election with 1 000 women voting. multiple business failures and court cases also appear.
Des Moines dispatches detail senate and house actions on juvenile reform opium ban and medical college appeals. Measures include a one tenth mill levy for a state university building fund, amendments on soldiers monuments, and ethics changes for public officers.
San Francisco March 17 Judge Slack dismissed the contest to the will of James G Fair filed by Dr Marc Levingston and by the school teachers pension commission The court ruled the contests were legal The children withdrew their contest of the trust clause will with permission to file again within a year Anguss testimony claimed Italy republished the will and set aside 50000 dollars for the trust clause support
The steamship Umatilla departed for Victoria and Puget Sound ports carrying at least 100 miners with outfits bound for Alaska gold fields.
A compact reflection collection quotes Dryden Fuller Milton Burns Cowley and Alice Cary on genius restraint work and integrity. It ponders the restless mind the dignity of daily labor and the limits placed on great men by society and circumstance.
The piece attacks Democratic policy and claims the revenue bill failed. It cites Treasury figures from Carlisle’s tenure, noting bond sales and deficits while accusing the administration of hiding the deficit and blaming greenbacks for treasury strain. It quotes the Boston Herald summary to argue a fourth bond sale was needed to protect the currency.
An editorial argues the Democratic Party is crippled by Grover Cleveland's perceived push for a third term. It questions Democratic fidelity to founding principles, notes silent leadership, and warns that office holders and mugwumps threaten a nominating bid.
A New York Tribune analysis warns of a year of uncertainty after the coming presidential election, with dull business, possible foreign competition, and restrained cotton goods pricing. It cites large 1895 imports of wool, cotton goods, earthenware, and gloves, plus heavy foreign wool in 1893 and ongoing domestic employment strain, indicating potential price weakness and economic tension for several states and industries.
Newspaper clippings note the enduring Republican party since its origin and anticipate a major victory this year. Horace Boies of Iowa reportedly declines a presidential bid, while Democrats worry over a nominee and the party's Electoral College prospects. The tariff law is criticized as a revenue failure with deficits and bond financing to cover expenses.
Washington notes from the Louisville Courier-Journal predict trouble for Democrats over a sound money plank. Cleveland favors a firm platform and a strong candidate to oppose a trimmer, while free silverleaners may push Chicago toward a split with a sound-money faction.
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