14 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
1
Iowa coverage notes Governor Shaw may sign a Thanksgiving proclamation with Methodist tone while 7 counties vote Democratic. Cummins delays appointment decisions until mid December. Clerical posts pay up to 1500 yearly. Georgia debates abolishing divorce laws. Dubuque editor Murphy defends Democratic loss and faces critique. Hearst Chicago American editors jailed for contempt after political cartoons.
Clara Belle Brown of Washington warns that suffrage experiments fail and women do not want the ballot. The Iowa legislature faces a winter fight as advocates prepare for action. Also the state election board allows amendment of nomination papers after a wrangle, placing the Democratic candidate on the ballot and angering Republicans.
The article notes President Roosevelt's intent to reappoint capable federal workers and his marked independence in post office decisions in southern states. It also discusses a recent removal for civil service violations and warns of a land boom in Jones County with prices up to 100 dollars per acre, urging caution amid rising debt and looming hard times.
State dairy association hosts its twenty fifth annual convention in Dubuque this week. Northeastern Iowa Presa Association to meet in Waterloo on Thursday and Friday. News items include high school football results, local deaths, a Parkersburg sidewalk suit, smallpox cases, and a bank robbery attempt in Coggon.
Osage resident Mr. W N Eaton active candidate for speaker of the house declares no opposition as he talks with reporters. He is a close ally of Governor Cummins and previously ran for speaker two years ago, losing to Dr. D H Bowen amid anti Cummins sentiment.
The past year saw two hundred twenty two deaths caused by railroads in Iowa. Seven were passengers, 65 employed workers, and 165 trespassers. Injuries totaled 867 with 104 passengers, 623 employees, and the remainder not in those groups.
Anamosa Journal misreports the Chicago yellow journal editors were summoned before Judge Kohlsaat to answer contempt of court charges. The item signals a mistaken courtroom reference and reflects early 20th century press confusion about legal proceedings.
In the unofficial Des Moines Register tally for Iowa's 5th congressional district Cummins wins pluralities in Benton Cedar Grundy Jones Linn Marshall Tama counties with totals like 2 887 2 191 1 565 2 058 4 901 2 782 2 789 and Phillips trails in several counties totaling a district wide Republican plurality of 8169.
The Cascade Pioneer salutes Mr. McQuillen as he narrowly defeats Mr. Kutch for a three term board seat. The three offices contest featured Democrats with three nominees and Republicans with two. Taudein defeats Blake in the landslide for the city, while Sullivan outruns McQuillen and Kutch. McQuillen wins by 183 votes for the third term.
A collection of adages and observations from the Sioux City Journal includes sayings on responsibility etiquette and humor. It also reports Buel Wilson, a 16 year old from Pennfield Ohio missing since Sept 27, with details on his appearance and bicycle departure. The government crop report notes US corn yield at 16.4 bushels per acre vs 25 in 1900, marking the lowest on record, and Jones county shows the republican ticket leading the state ticket with Cummins trailing Sokol by over 100 votes.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald credits local concerns and possible common insanity for the outcome, contrasting with other papers that blamed the free silver plank in the political argument.
Archbishop Keane of Dubuque urged men at St. Raphael's Cathedral to sign total abstinence cards and join a battle against saloons described as a grand army of the devil. He warned of personal and civic ruin from intemperance and recalled a priest attacked after denouncing a rogue saloon. The Paulist-ordained pastor emphasized church and state unity against liquor.
The November number features the opening chapters of F Hopkinson Smith's The Fortunes of Oliver Worn with illustrations by Walter Appleton Clark. It also includes Russia of To-day by Henry Norman, General F W Green on the US Army's 1861 vs today, Roosevelt's With the Cougar Hounds, Marquis Ito The Great Man of Japan by Frederick Palmer, and Among the Dunkers by Nelgon Lloyd. Baltimore American notes a Hanna confusion in Schley inquiry.
An old advertisement touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure for child malnutrition. It claims the remedy strengthens children to grow eat sleep and play and urges readers to request a free sample and buy from druggists. The copy stresses health as a child’s right and warns against blight in fruit trees as a metaphor.
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