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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
6
A 1902 sermon extols Jesus as the Light of the World using sun imagery and biblical references. It links spiritual enlightenment to Christ’s cradle, cross, and tomb, contrasting worldly progress with divine illumination and moral clarity.
The article contrasts the self righteous publican with the contrite sinner, showing how Jesus as the Light reveals sin and purifies. It urges believers to reflect that Light, explaining that disciples become lights only by allowing Jesus to illuminate inner life and live out faith. It warns against loving worldly things that eclipse this glow.
Secretary of War Root defended administration policies at Cooper Union New York on October 30 praising Roosevelt for coal strike settlement and arguing that trusts arise from industrial progress not tariffs. He cited rising production and wages while highlighting gains for labor and consumers amid ongoing capital labor interplay.
The Indianapolis Journal notes Democratic senators spent three weeks drafting material to frame imperialism as a campaign issue. The Indianapolis News contrasts British free trade labor decline with American protectionist tariffs, citing higher wage shares.
After W. J. Bryan spoke for an hour and a half in Durango California the hall needed fire department aid to prevent a blaze. He will not address the river again says the Indianapolis News.
The Iowa State College agronomy department invites all Iowa farmers to attend a two week corn judging school starting January 17. It features daily classes, sample corns from top breeders, expert talks, and a certificate exam with cash premiums for top judges. Prominent seed corn breeders will present on selecting storing and breeding seed corn.
Jack Phillips of Wapello County seeks relief after a 1900 manslaughter conviction for killing Clarence Debard outside Jal Don during the county fair. The former special policeman struck Debard with a billy after Debard resisted arrest, leaving him unconscious and later dying in jail.
Grace Cushing sued Patrick Hederman for slander after he claimed she had been unchaste. The Supreme Court affirmed the trial court in Crawford County, ruling that the victim’s marital status does not affect whether such language constitutes defamation. The lower court had awarded $1,200 in damages.
State board of health records two leprosy cases: one from Gilmore City and another from Humboldt. The Humboldt patient is a 21 year old Scandinavian woman who arrived five years ago. Isolation recommended within families as town has no leper home. Conditions in town deemed not highly contagious due to climate food and sanitation.
Gov Cummins grants parole to Frank A Pierce and Alvard V Garton both Polk county men who spent months in Mt Measant inebriate department. They must remain abstinent keep proper company and avoid liquor or narcotics outlets with monthly reports to the governor.
Dr. O C Tremaine a Webster City physician with large practice and former Hahnemann College lecturer is taken to a private Wisconsin asylum. He has been failing under intense mental strain from hard work and close application. His condition is serious.
West of the normal school campus a new Cedar Falls addition has been platted by George I. Wilson. He has laid out 244% acres in lots, which will be placed on the market at once.
Des Moines delegates of the Town Equal Suffrage association denounced the last Iowa General Assembly for rejecting the petition to place the suffrage question before voters. They praised the senate action, mourned Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and elected officers including Mrs. Mary J. Cogeshall as president, Mrs. C. A. Reynolds as vice president, and Mrs. Weaner C. Stockman as recording secretary.
The Central Church of Christ in Des Moines celebrates four years as a fully integrated institution with a 24 room educational setup run by Rev TH D Treedon. Nearly 400 students enroll yearly in evening classes including trades such as dressmaking cooking and music with social clubs recreation clubs and gymnasiums. The institution has its own directory and welcomes nonmembers to study in its departments.
Curator Charles Aldrich of the historical department reports the battleship Town model recently received from Washington is on display and drawing attention from visitors. The department also unveiled a parchment facsimile of the Declaration of Independence and an engraving of Chief Justice The Marshal. Additionally 200 volumes of vital statistics from 1880 to present were turned over by the board of health, expanding genealogical materials with marriage birth and death records for Iowa.
Webster county case rules damages for the death of a child under five may not exceed 3000. Original verdict was 8000, Judge Weaver reduced to 6000 then Supreme Court reversed to cap at 3000. Plaintiff Mrs Criveley challenges Webster County in the ruling.
The Cedar Falls creamery operated by Unale and Wild made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of creditors. Le Clair Martin named assignee and now runs the business as before until a buyer is found. Assets are about 8000 dollars while liabilities reach 13000 dollars.
Green the sole eyewitness to the Powell homicide in Sioux City was fatally struck by a train at Dow City while attempting to board a freight car. Police report Numley remains at large, leaving Powell’s case without an immediate path to justice.
The administrator of Christopher Leonidas and his son sues Dan Breen and the Diamond Jo Line for $10,000 damages, alleging a fatal shooting in Davenport last July.
President Theodore Roosevelt spent Sunday afternoon at Cedar Mountain battlefield in Brandy Station Virginia with Secretary Root and Secretary Cortelyou and Dr. Rixey. An eyewitness described the battle as Judge Grimsley gave the explanation while Roosevelt greeted townspeople.
Reports from Tapachula Chiapas detail ash covered fields and ash clogged streams after the Sant Maria volcano eruption. Neighboring haciendas face food shortages while coffee planters may fare better than cattle raisers. No loss of life reported amid widespread regional alarm and prolonged darkness.
Four Algonquin youths Tigin Th s Prank Louis Sehbuette Charles Woodrich and James Woodrich were killed early Sunday when a milk express on the Chicago Northwestern struck their buggy at the main street crossing. Louis Sehbuette died at a hospital. All lived in Algonquin except James Woodrich from Kilbourne City Wisconsin. They were en route to Dundee before daylight and did not see the train due to darkness and buggy cover.
A great blaze in Amoy, China, caused losses of 5 million dollars in the native quarter and 300 thousand in the British concession. Captain Wife of the Wanchow and six Chinese were killed, with fears of more lives lost. Two thousand native buildings and several British businesses were burned.
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