Grand jury urges jail and sheriff home bathrooms addition
The grand jury report recommends adding bathrooms to both the jail and the sheriff’s home. It notes inmate care is good under steward T A King and wife but insists inmates be better housed and clothed. It criticizes the old home’s miserable condition, loose windows, inconvenient rooms, and extensive plaster loss, urging safer, more sanitary facilities.
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Grand Jury
County Isa
Righ
T. A. ‘King
State Penitentiary
T. A. King
J. A. Green
Statewide primary bill passes senate amid amendments
The bill to nominate public officers cleared the senate by 46 to 2 last Tuesday, with changes requiring a nominee to win at least 35 percent of votes for the office. A Democratic plan allowing cross party caucus participation failed on party lines. Eleven Democratic senators explained their support as responding to public demand despite misgivings. The no votes came from Senators DeArmand and Nichola.
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Senate
DeArmand
Nichola
Debating Teams Shine at Iowa State College Ames
Iowa State College at Ames shows two winning debating teams this season, one beating Iowa College at Grinnell and another defeating Drake University at Des Moines. The college also took top honors in a state oratorical contest.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
College
Grinnell
Drake University
Des Moines
Agricultural College
Local politicians clash in Sidney mayoral race talk
J. B Estes who ran against Hon. William P Hepburn for congress last fall now runs for Sidney mayor. The piece laments office fever among small men, notes Roosevelt's boom for Taft, Fairbank's St Patrick speeches, and Cannon's response, ending with why not Roosevelt for another term.
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William P Hepburn
Congress
Funning
Sidney
Roosevelt
Taft
Fairbanke
St. Patrick Societies
Chicago
Joe Cannon
Seed corn tester ad offer from Des Moines banker senator
A Des Moines seed corn tester promotion is criticized as gratuitous advertising from a local banker who also serves as a state senator. The narrator declines to provide free publicity despite the official claims on stationery.
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Des Moines
Thirty Five Percent Clause Favored Over Minority Feature
The thirty five per cent clause in the primary bill is preferred to the committee bill's unrestricted minority feature. This expensive campaign machinery will start functioning a year from now.
Iowa Legislature Sees Rail Bills Halted by Governor Move
Governor Cummins pressured passage of antirailroad measures but eighteen rail bills were sent to indefinite postponement. The house approved an anti tipping rule for hotels and eateries and a jury list reform bill. Other actions include the state marshal bill debate, a hunters license tax, minority stockholder representation, lower sleeper car rates, and concurrent canned goods sale extensions.
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Cummine
House
Committee On
Boards of Supervisors
A. O. Rankin
Senate
Missouri
House “of Representatives
Mattes
Holmes
Iowa
Whipple
Dunham
Delaware County
Warren
District Court
Cummins
John T. ‘Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Board of Control
Paul
Hoge
Anamosa club opposes Saunders-Holmes bill reformatory aims
The Commercial club of Anamosa circular opposes the Saunders-Holmes indeterminate sentence bill and its reformatory plan at Anamosa. The club seeks to keep Anamosa as a penitentiary hub, moving reformatories elsewhere, while detailing the anti graft provisions banning gifts and kickbacks in business transactions.
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The
Commercial Club
Anamosa
Saunders-Holmes
House
Expulsions and deaths feature scattered Iowa notes
The report lists six students expelled for drunkenness at State University and several obituaries including William Weston of De Witt who died by self-inflicted hanging. It covers railway plans for a Clinton Mississippi bridge, church calls, and various local incidents, robberies, and legal matters across Iowa with multiple named individuals and towns.
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State University
William ‘Weston
de Witt
Northwestern Railway Company
Mississippi
Clinton
W. B. Hill
Congregational
Rockwell
Earlville
W. J. Muha
Stanwood
St. Paul
Henry Ernester
Luxemburg
Dubuque County
E.S. Wetherbee
Coggon Monitor
Grinnell
Central City
Herald
Chester Cummings
Waterloo
Rathbun
Marion Register
Des Moinés
George A. Grey
20Th Iowa Infantry
Clayton County
L. W. Nott
Marion
Davenport
Dubuque
Keane
Minneapolian
Rochester
M. W. Savage
Intenational Stock Food’ Co
Minneapolis
Delaware County
Harry Spangler
Manchester
Monticello Residents Visit Town and Local Builder Secures Contract
Arthur Kiburz and wife of Monticello were in town last Saturday with Mrs. Kiburz staying with her ailing mother Mrs Cronk hite. Cedar Rapids contractor Mr Ford arrived early in the week and secured the contract to construct a two story brick building between the Citizens Savings Bank and Magonic building. The Chicago hog market last Tuesday averaged 6.67 dollars, with notable price comparisons to prior days and years.
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Arthur Kiburz
Monticello
Taxpayers demand full county minutes and reports
The Hopkinton Leader charges the Vinton county board and auditor with failing to publish financial reports and complete minutes. It urges taxpayers to insist on full records including what is approved, noting some reports are merely marked received and filed. It argues better detail would reduce suspicions and improve accountability.
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Vinton Eagle
Hopkinton Leader
Board of Supervisors
Eagle
Grand Jury Report on County Jail and State Penitentiary
The grand jury visited the county jail the sheriff's home and the state penitentiary and found the jail in reasonably good condition with three prisoners and improvements suggested for bathrooms. It praised the penitentiary's sanitary condition management and commissary, and commended the county home steward while noting cramped old housing and needed clothing for inmates. Foreman J. A. Green signed the report.
Oratorio of the Crucifixion at Congregational Church Easter
Easter Sunday at 3 p.m. the Apollo Club presents the Crucifixion with about forty singers under Mr O B Crane at the Congregational church. Mr M Kenyon Jr resigns from the Journal and moves to Marshalltown for a new newspaper post. Mr William Doyle dies at the sanitarium aged ninety one. his body sent to Jackson township to his son David. survivors include two daughters and three sons.
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Journal
Marshalltown
Congregational Church
Apollo Club
O. B. Crane
Cunningham
Dubuque
William Doyle
Jackson Township
David Doyle
Doyle
London
Castle Grove
Maggie Cheshire
Huron
South Dakota
David,John and
Hopkinton Notices of Local Disturbances and Marital News
Miss Katie Lux improves after a serious appendicitis attack and plans hospital surgery. Hopkinton teachers enjoyed a fraternal visit to Monticello and praised its schools. A. W. McDonald, cashier of Farmers State Bank, married Miss Lillian M. Livingston at her father Robert Livingston’s Center Junction home with many friends attending and Hopkinton promising a warm welcome.
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Katie Lux
Hopkinton
Monticello
Neigboring
A. W. McDonald
Farmers State Bank
Governor Cummins Signs Firecracker Bill
Governor Cummins signed a new firecracker bill into law, signaling tighter regulations on consumer fireworks. The legislation sets licensing requirements and safety standards for vendors and expands fines for violations.
Happenings of Forty Years Ago in Monticello March 1867
The Express notes marriages including Louis Rieger and Maggie Hullett on March 3 and Ira Greenwood with Lillies T. Lusk on March 12. Deaths include Warren Van Fleet on the 15th aged 80 and Sumner Hopkins on Bowen's Prairie aged 68.
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Fhe Express
Louis Rieger
Maggie J. Hullett
Warren van Fleet
Ross
Bowen‘s Prairie
Sumner Hopkins
Bowen's Prairie
Herman Sandhouse
Charles E
C. E. Wales
Messrs
Town and Pierce
Ira Greenwood
Lillies T. Lusk
F.M. Hicks
Bowens Prairie
A. D
R. H. Cometook
Lena Hopkins
Laura Smith
Alice Cool
Jennie Moore
Perry Bates
Mary Cutler
Amelia A. Hull
Willie Mee- Mahon
Katie Delahunt
Alice Burnight
Mary Smith
George Slade
Carrie Taylor
Matthew Delahunt
Milton Ogden
Wesley Bryan
Henry Acker
Isaac Austin
Jacob Shields
Isaac Simington
Alice Doyle
Lore McKee
Luis G. Austin
Alice Kehoe
Frankie Babcock
Mattie Hutton
William Bingham
Benjamin Railsback
Delia Bab‘cock
Emma Bonewitz
Victor Hubbard
Horace M. Johnston
Cecil Hosford
Elesa M. Applegate
John Quirk
Mary Varvel
Mary E. Ooder
A. J. Schoonover
Katie Hubbard
Sidney Toogood
Miles Austin
Mary Sleeper
Katie Davenport
James Fifield
James M. Pease
Arthur Carey
William R. Richardson
Eliza J. McLellan
Sarah
Frank P. Gautt
Robert Quirk
Jennie Davidson
Ella Secrest
Charles Marvin
Small Towns Face Pressure From Cheaper Rail Travel
The Mt. Vernon Hawkeye notes a bill to cap promenade costs for grocers lawyers and doctors may fail to win support. The Mechanicaville paper predicts many small businesses may struggle within two years after cheap rail travel expands markets. It argues cities and small towns both have roles in the coming decade.
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Mt. Vernon Hawkeye
Mechanicaville Pioneer Press
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