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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
5
Anamosa April 2 1903 E J Woop announces candidacy for sheriff of Jones county pending county Republican convention. George A Estabrook of Marshall county seeks Fifth district representative on the Republican state central committee with home county endorsement.
The Polk County Democrats nominate Walt H Butler for the legislature. The Kansas City platform is said to be reaffirmed with Butler on the ticket. Paul Blouet known as Max O Rell dies in Paris of cancer, mourned by American admirers for his wit and caustic attire.
Farmers in northwest Iowa face widespread crop damage as excessive rainfall floods low lands. The Iowa Congregational churches convention at Creston set an annual working salary of 1800 dollars, though the congregation typically fixes pay rather than the ministers.
Hiram C Wheeler once the state’s large farm owner and gubernatorial candidate for governor Horace Boies lost his Towan holdings and moved to Texas amid reports of his financial failure. Wheeler is not the only Towan facing failed hopes of striking riches elsewhere.
The Chicago dailies republish Des Moines dispatches on the Iowa idea and the stubborn stand-pat position. A few Iowa papers still overemphasize the subject, but they are not numerous.
Dr. E Benjamin Andrewa, once an Eastern educator and now Nebraska University president, declares he no longer believes in free coinage of silver. The move is not considered startling amid unsettled views and public indifference to his judgment.
The Wyoming Journal notes broad support for primary elections in many areas while acknowledging critics who have observed the system at Des Moines and nearby places. It recalls how a democratic township in a neighboring county of Delaware influenced nominations by its votes in a primary.
The Insurance Press reports that old line life insurers in the United States paid beneficiaries more than $1,000,000 daily on working days in 1902, totaling about $320,000,000 in losses. Regular companies pay death claims and matured endowments equal to about 1.5 percent of insurance in force annually.
A severe lesson for auto mobile racers stems from the first stages of the Paris to Madrid race. Eight people were killed and others injured as "devil wagons" powered by engines up to 92 horsepower sped along public highways at high speed. The disaster highlights the need for speed limits by law as motor vehicle development continues.
Article reports Daniel B. Miller assistant attorney general official in the post office department faces arrest after removal over bribery tied to a ruling allowing turf investment circulars. Government vows swift punishment for all involved. Also notes Iowa climate and crop service bulletin for week ending May 25 reports continued wet weather delaying corn planting, with Mississippi river counties faring better but Missouri river districts hit by heavy rain hail and wind.
Last Sunday a cyclone swept western Nebraska and Iowa causing at least fifteen deaths. In Rolfe Iowa Pocahontas county a Chinese laundryman was killed and several stores and many homes were destroyed. Rolfe was previously struck by a cyclone four years ago.
The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald argues that reconciling Cleveland and Bryan democrats is impossible due to fundamental differences over money policy and trust issues. It asserts Cleveland is aligned with Wall Street interests and Roosevelt on trusts, making harmony with Bryan Democrats unlikely and warning Eastern Democrats to stay true to Bryan's platform and the six million voters who backed him.
Des Moines Register-Leader reports Dr. D. K. Pearson of Chicago refused to donate to Iowa colleges. Dr. L. Bookwalter of Western College Toledo notes Pearson told him Iowa’s rich enough to fund itself. References to McCormick Coe King Cornell and Cedar Rapids illustrate widespread denial.
A Cedar Rapids Republican note critiques the Monticello Express for limiting emblems on a gentleman’s watch chain. It argues manners remain a broad topic and questions vulgarity in such displays. The piece treats social norms and grooming with a satirical tone.
It is evident that Mr. Roosevelt will now be pleased to receive convention endorsements.
A poetic conceit where the speaker imagines dying and being mocked for unpaid ten dollars. The verse repeats the grief laden scenario of a visitor mentioning the debt, prompting a comic, spectral response, then the speaker collapsing again. The couplet structure and archaic tone echo a humorous obituary style parody.
From the Manchester News recounts how Hugh Rose, visiting near Hopkinton in 1837, faced a black bear alone in a deserted log cabin. With no bullets, he fashioned a ball from a brass button, loaded a gun, and killed the bear at close range.
The piece recalls a rural past when boys dropped corn by hand behind a horse drawn shovel plow for small wages. It contrasts then and now noting labor conditions, wages, and the appeal of farm life versus city life, with a view of changing times.
Mrs Mary L Sturtevant died at her son James Sturtevant s home in Emmetsburg and her remains were moved to Scotch Grove for burial beside her husband George Sturtevant. Rev A W Smith conducted funeral services at Center Junction. Ben H Chamberlain purchased Dr J W Kirkpatrick s office assets and plans to practice medicine in the old Kirkpatrick office by June 20.
Mrs Dr White Mrs Dr Truax and Miss Mattie Herrick attended Davenport on news of Glenn Herrick drowning. At the regular meeting Jennie Holmes and June Renne were re elected to their rooms by unanimous vote. The board opened bids for the new school house but did not decide to let the contract so bids were not made public.
Lost Nation conducted its first municipal election last Monday with L. Rutenbeck elected mayor.
The roll of recent Iowa news spans Oxford Junction deaths and a widow left with four children, a high school principal admitted to the bar, clergy retreat in Dubuque, a Milwaukee switchman killed in Marion, a Clinton tragedy, and a deaf elderly woman struck by a train. Also noted are Vinton Methodist jubilee, a Independence law firm death, Iowa City to Cedar Rapids electric railway contracts, a Dubuque society member jailed in Anamosa, a Ced ar Rapids suit over breach of marriage, National Encampment delegates, Ames Engineering Hall dedication, student enrollment growth, and edition printing mishaps at the Cascade Pioneer.
An old advertisement extols Scott's Emulsion as flesh and blood for convalescents and the sickly, claiming it feeds nerves and organs and has provided “the great giver of human flesh” for nearly thirty years.
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