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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
6
The piece reflects on Easter night tornadoes causing loss and urges shelter in cellars or caves. It also critiques the push for a minimum wage for women, arguing many wrongdoing stems from unwillingness to work and not low pay, blaming lack of guidance and strong sexual impulse rather than wages.
The senate recently passed a bill by unanimous vote aiming to favor surviving spouses with full estate rights up to 7500 dollars when a spouse dies intestate. It tightens the current provision that grants only a half interest in estates without issue or a will, while proposing guardrails against potential injustices for second marriages. The piece also covers European powers’ military postures and political maneuvering in the United States, including Bryan’s tour and the Illinois senate fight, plus a suggestion to appoint Gasaway Davis as ambassador to Britain.
A roundup of regional events includes deaths of Henry Hellberg Sr at Anaomoga aged over 80 and B Auundsen longtime De Corah Posten publisher. Cedar Rapids to gain extensive streetcar track upgrades and an interurban line to Mt. Vernon. storm damage to barns near Zwingle and Oxford Junction. Perry mayor assaulted amid hobo unrest. Anamosa elections feature two major tickets. Also notable deaths include banker David G. Scott and Dr J F H Sugg. The Iowa Northern Railway orders a motor car for its Dyersville line survey. Local church notes report Olin pastor quarantined.
The piece lauds American projects in the Philippines, praising Manila’s modernization, education, and commerce since 1908 1912, noting flood of improvements from roads and irrigation to schools and a major university while highlighting demographic shifts and the beneficial role of U S influence. It cites trade gains with Hawaii, a growing prison system, and vocational education empowering women as signs of progress.
A pithy remark on fame as a restless journey, suggesting celebrity life is an endless campsite with room for all seekers. The note frames fame as a universal stage where attention fluctuates like campers arriving and departing.
President Wilson faced several refusals from good men for government roles none of whom were Iowa men. Richard Olney rejects the British court, W F McCombs declines the French ambassadorship, and Obidiah Gardner resists pension commissioner duties. The president should not press any of these picks with Jerry Sullivan or risk losing them.
The senator seeks party restructuring noting previous disorganizing efforts. He warns that methods used to break up cannot be used to build up and bind the party anew.
A Cedar Rapids Republican essay notes southern influence grows in Congress with big committee chairs and prestige. It argues the South’s unity and strength bring benefits while the North fragments, calling southerners gentlemen and solidly united.
Henry Krose named for Vinton and A J Johnson for Marshalltown by Democrats. Republicans doubt Senate will confirm as long as partisan obstruction persists, reflecting ongoing struggle over appointments and a lingering gag rule.
A week of disaster as tornadoes devastate Omaha and Terre Haute. Hundreds die, with Omaha alone near 200 killed and thousands displaced. Widespread destruction includes homes churches and schools across Nebraska Iowa and Indiana. Property losses exceed six million dollars with substantial insurance coverage.
A day after severe floods hit Ohio Indiana and Missouri, Dayton reports indicate hundreds possibly thousands killed as the city drowns in rising waters twelve to twenty feet deep. Four streams meet at Dayton with floodwaters sweeping the business district, leaving the city largely submerged and impassable. The scene recalls the Johnstown catastrophe as rescue efforts struggle in a waterlogged plain.
The New York Herald argues that Democratic senators should advance progress by abolishing about three fourths of Senate committees rather than squabbling over chairmanships, urging a sweeping reform to streamline action.
Multiple items list for sale and rent including barred Plymouth Rock eggs at 75 cents for 15 eggs, South Dakota farm bargains, windmills and pumps, Y W C A meals in Cedar Rapids, a 220 acre farm for rent in Wayne and Scotch Grove, water waste cautions from Mayor EE Heap, road work bids in Scotch Grove, Monticello Dairy Produce Depot sale of cream and milk with tuberculosis free cows, and a farm dairy announcement from Rudolph Bohren.
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