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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
3
The essay extols Christ's blood as substitute sacrifice, arguing life for life and substitution as central to Christianity. It links biblical blood symbolism to modern acts of selfless service by pastors, doctors, soldiers, and mothers, culminating in a Waterloo and a battlefield of faith where the Lamb and Lion are honored.
Des Moines dispatch outlines legislative debate over limiting state census to simple counts and the push for using qualified enumerators. It notes the new dental practice law raising admission fees to ten dollars, license renewals, and a smaller board, with funds to be audited by the state treasury.
The report says Iowa will nearly triple wheat acreage this spring to about 3,000,000 acres from 1,000,000 last year, yielding around 30,000,000 bushels versus 10,000,000 previously. Corn and oats decline by roughly 2,000,000 acres, with total corn acreage dropping to about 7,000,000. corn yield could fall by at least 60,000,000 bushels.
Ferguson was dragged from the Elmond jail, beaten, snowbound, and left in a barn on Charles Mather's farm two miles from town until frostbite forced amputation. Seven young men of that race were arrested. Masons and Odd Fellows lodge members press for prosecution.
State Dairy Commissioner W. K. Boantman records 44,264,105 pounds of butter shipped to principal markets in the year. About 10,000,000 pounds of dairy and ladle butter moved from Iowa by farmers to eastern markets. Creamery butter entered 14 states and territories amid generally low prices due to ample supply.
In Judge Peabody's court Willis Smith on trial for attempting to shoot Mrs Folz over her daughter Ida confessed he has a wife and child in Chicago. He had been jailed previously for carrying concealed weapons and faced embezzlement allegations of $80 from a young woman in an Illinois city.
Mrs. George Kralik attempted suicide by drinking lye in Creston then tried to strike herself with an iron coupling pin. She was in precarious condition after traveling from Russell, Kansas, to Creston. her husband could not explain a motive.
The Evangelical church at Mackey was burned to the ground by incendiaries and the Methodist church was found broken open. The pulpit chair lay under debris saturated with kerosene. A pile of kindling burned briefly on the floor and then died out, failing to ignite the building.
Rippey Greene county lacks a mayor and only part of a council after a city election was entirely overlooked. The 400 resident town now confronts municipal matters with no clear leadership or full governing body.
Ottumwa federal officers obtained confessions from two jailed members to dismantle a counterfeit ring operating around Centerville and Mystic. Named suspects include Bill Benson Liam Steele and fd Searey among two other accomplices.
Mrs. Cordelia Wolmes of Jefferson county sues the executors of A. J. Connable’s estate in Keokuk district court seeking a fourth interest valued at 300000 under an alleged oral contract.
Mr and Mrs W M Smith of Carrall celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Davenport shop refinery safe robbed of 300 dollars. Daniel McCann dies in Fort Madison at 84. Mrs S W Woodard badly burned. husband seriously burned. Des Moines sues ex City Clerk Hooker and bondsmen for 5594. Anamosa prison record 608 inmates. Vorace Purdy inherits 150000 from aunt in White Plains. Cedar Rapids backs moving county seat from Marion to Cedar Rapids. Theodore Wilson dies in New York City pneumonia. John Norton Burlington grain merchant dies at 40. Mrs William Semper jumps into Wapsipinicon river at Clinton. Andrew Denen dies in Sioux City after poisoning. Burglars steal goods from George W Young store. Michael Boozell found dead. heart disease. Father Charles Carroll dies in Dubuque at 34. Augusta Dolliver dies in Minneapolis. Missouri River bridge near Sioux City opens after idle period. Griffin barn near Atlantic burns with cattle horses mules hogs valued at 5000. John Hemping dies at 78 in Cole. Red O Brien sentenced to 14 years in Savannah for bank robbery. First National Bank of Sioux City resumes business after suspension.
Flood reports from Wisconsin and Michigan describe extensive property damage along the Pine River and nearby streams. Logs broke loose clogging a bridge. several depots and dams were wrecked or washed away. A drowning incident near La Crosse left Barnhard Koch, his wife, and a child dead after their wagon overturned in rapid floodwaters.
Berlin marks the centenary of Emperor William I with a royal visit to his mausoleum, a procession along a decorated route to Brandenburg Gate, and the unveiling of a monument to William I. Colors captured from France adorn the ceremony as cannon flank the monument and a banquet follows at the castle.
Constantinople March 28 The opinion prevailing is that the Crete blockade by foreign fleets will prove useless. Col. Vassos, Greek commander, is well supplied, and the likely move is to withdraw Turkish troops to enable Greek troop withdrawal from Crete.
In Waukegan on March 3 the National American Woman Suffrage Association and the Illinois Equality Association began a month of northern county work. The organizers will establish county associations and recruit in 20 counties from Waukegan to Woodstock and on to Pelvidere Rockford Galena Freeport Mount Carroll Oregon Sycamore Wheaton Geneva Joliet Yorkville Ottawh Princeton Dixon Morrison Cambridge Peoria and Bloomington.
The Supreme Court, by Chief Justice Peckham, holds the Trans Missouria Freight Association contract restrains trade and must be abandoned, reversing lower courts that dismissed the government bill. Justices Field Gray Shiras and White dissent.
Center City Minnesota March 23 At one o clock this morning George Kelly was hanged in the county jail for complicity in the murder of Edward Paul and Jacob Hayes. Kelly died ten minutes after the neck broke. The execution was witnessed by officers the jury and newspaper men. Assigned Louisville March 23 Louisville Chair company assigned liabilities 60 000 assets larger. Washington March 23 United States will take no action on Crete blockade Secretary Sherman says he will acknowledge receipt of notes from powers representatives. New York March 23 Six bodies found in boat from lost steamship St Naziere picked up by Creale crew none alive.
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