16 Nov 1905
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1905
Page
1
The first Iowa state census bulletin lists Jones County population at 20 427 with 10 598 males and 9 829 females. Native-born residents number 11 614 with 6 227 born of foreign parents, and 2 573 residents foreign born. colored population 13. It compares 1885 1890 1895 1900 and 1905 population for incorporated towns.
The assessment argues McClellan is stronger than his organization while Hearst is weaker than his supporters, calling McClellan the creature of a debased political club and Hearst the creator of yellow slanderous journals.
The passage argues that if Hearat contest fraud in the Tammany organization overcomes McClellan’s 3000 plurality, James G. Blaine would have won the presidency. It notes Cleveland’s small New York plurality and alleges Tammany’s corruption similar to present times.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports Rev. Wm A Sunday received a 3600 bank offer for a week in Aledo Illinois after converting a thousand sinners. The Burlington Hawk Eye argues the price of souls at 360 each and mocks the editor for valuing a year of the paper higher than a human soul.
Jones county divvied printing of delinquent tax sale notices among four local newspapers. The total publishing cost is 10.40, less than the space occupied by the headings. The author recalls past rates, noting no extravagance in today’s advertising of the delinquent tax list.
A Missouri court has temporarily blocked the state superintendent of insurance from revoking the New York Life Insurance Co. license. The paper notes the company is not insolvent and urges that the action results from partisan impulse and poor judgment, predicting the injunction suit will be decided against the superintendent.
Wallace's Farmer argues tariffs should benefit the many, not a few, preserving farmer protections. The piece notes a Republican majority in Iowa opposing Governor Cammiss Canadian reciprocity in competitive products to shield farmers from free or reduced tariffs favoring Canadian meat butter and grain imports. Rural Republicans resist freer Canada-U S farm goods competition.
Mt Vernon students faced injuries in a Cornell class rush while Anamosa planned iron stairs. Urbana suffered a $25,000 loss from a Benton county fire. Traer spends $900 on sidewalk costs and faces an appeal question. Iowa City教育 board restricted high school football. A Guttenburg mill boiler explosion killed two men. A Cedar Rapids tariff letter argues iron and steel duties remain favorable. A marriage license near Prairieburg prompts concerns over age. Population comparisons for area towns are listed.
L. T. Schemmel of North Fork arrived in Hopkinton this morning with 60 hogs to deliver to 8 Hogan. The hogs weighed 16,800 pounds and Schemmel received a $76.60 check. The note ends with a remark on farming rivaling the newspaper business.
In the Cedar Rapids Republican from Waterloo a Waterloo cream separator maker is described as wealthy and central to reform gatherings on tariff revision. The piece questions reciprocity and duty removal, asking if he and other politicians would sacrifice local industry to aid foreign competition.
In a tense contest, deer hunters in the Northern woods and college athletes on campus vie for entries to the mortuary record. The competitive atmosphere raises concerns over hazards and acknowledgments tied to both groups.
Prairieburg news notes Frank Holab and George Bebeo gathered in a load of chickens Tuesday. Manchester Press predicts Congress will not adjourn next spring until a railroad rate law with presidential signature is enacted.
The Monticello Express recalls that a lodge of Good Templars was organized in Monticello about forty years ago. Current reports say there are no active Good Templars in town today.
The piece humorously notes how a girl's ideal partner changes as she ages from 16 to 80, listing quirky preferences such as toothpick shoes and microscope mustache at 16, a chief justice at 20, a congress member at 25, a country doctor or preacher at 80, and any editor wearing pants at 35.
In a candid exchange, Capt. Rathbun and Vinton Fagle discuss republican virtue, health, prosperity, and the Dingley tariff while anticipating congressional action on railways. They claim broad support except from agitators and expect swift, fair railway legislation.
Mrs Loskot was taken to Anamosa by Sheriff Hogan and tried before insane commissioners then sent to Independence for care. Her illness is episodic and not always dangerous, with delusions she lost property. Marshal Sobotka and Trustees Leffingwell and Kul accompanied her. Miss Beulah Field nearly suffered a serious accident when a clothes line struck her in the forehead as she ran to school. A physician treated her and she recovered with no lasting harm.
The Oxford Mirror notes growing passenger complaints about current railway facilities and criticizes service quality. Liverymen are the only group reportedly benefiting, with talk of adding a noon passenger run but no action yet. The Maquoketa Business Men's Club discussed the issue, but no immediate results followed. Passengers await improvements to restore former service levels.
Anamosa Eureka urges residents to shop at home and support local merchants who sell within their line of goods while condemning out of town purchases. The Wyoming Journal notes poor Milwaukee Road time Card changes complicating travel from Wyoming Monticello and Anamosa impacting same day Chicago trips and urging later freight connections to improve service.
Hopkinton Leader reports residents along the Milwaukee line from Monticello protest timetable changes that ruin service for towns off the main route. Anamosa Eureka notes heat plant at Hotel Gillen, installed by Bert Scott, costing about $2,300 and ready soon with fifty radiators supplying comfort for guests and proprietor R L Bedell.
William Fleming suffers a broken leg after a colt kick in the past two weeks. Mr and Mrs Payne near town welcome a baby boy. mother and child reported thriving by Dr Burke. John S Reid and Florence M Minehart wed Nov 8 1905 in Anamosa. About seventy ride to Anamosa to see Harbor Light. Twenty couples gather at Marick home for dancing. John Marick Harp Orchestra provides music.
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