21 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1901
Page
1
The preacher extols hope drawn from Hebrews 6 19 as a divine anchor. He urges faith in heavenly promises to lift despondency, heal wounded families, save wandering youth, and renew moral vigor in society with vivid biblical imagery and personal anecdotes.
A long prose exhortation extols two inventions telegraph and telephone as tools for worldwide salvation and daily uplift. It urges faith, lists biblical visions of a renewed world, and invites readers to find comfort in memory and song while promoting hope for health wealth and eternal safety.
A compact remark notes that few savages have ever been known to stammer, presenting a curious observation on speech among primitive peoples.
The First National Bank in Leroy was robbed by burglars who took 2000 dollars in cash. The outside door lock was picked and the vault opened with nitroglycerin. The bank building was wrecked but no one saw the robbers or crew. This was the eighth bank robbery in Iowa in a month.
Joseph Naberhaus a local farmer near Breda his wife and child were poisoned by strychnine in their food at church. The father nearly died while the wife and child needed doctors to revive them. Neighbors fear the repeated attacks. Henry Erts is arrested on the charge.
Oscar Gardner’s former trainer Jenks Dillon was shot twice and killed during a quarrel at a saloon in Clinton. Anna Crawford claims self defense and has been arrested. Thurston, an alleged accessory, also faces arrest as the investigation proceeds.
Commandant Horton at the soldiers home in Marshalltown received a letter from Frederick Rosebrock of Osnabruck Prussia asking for Dietrich M Miller a former home member who is the sole direct heir to 25000 left by his recently deceased brother Miller left the home in 1898 and his present whereabouts are unknown
Barbers statewide organize a fund to support passage of a 1901 licensing bill after a 1900 failed measure. The measure passed the House last session but died in the Senate.
Dan Yew, a Mergenthaler linotype operator in the Iowa Capital office Des Moines, broke the world record for speed by producing 3 344 lines of nonpareil in eight hours. This equals 86 944 cms with an estimated 244 touches per cm totaling 217 360 keyboard touches.
Robbers dynamited the Bank of Plymouth blowing the safe vault and wrecking the building. About $1500 in savings was secured before the robbers escaped and left no crew behind.
Ex President George A Gates named Pomona University head in Los Angeles Cal. Judge Shiras voids Lyon county school bonds. Iowa Dairy association elects S B Shilling president. Saloon warning issued in Council Bluffs. Bonesteel killed by train near Lincoln Neb and Jessie Bailles slashed by brother Louis Bailles. Wreck near Slater kills a tramp. Bonn's garden burns. No saloons remain Franklin county. McCoy electrocuted at Council Bluffs tower. Glidden dies in Sioux City works accident. Holden dies at Hampton. Northwest Iowa Horticultural meeting set for Rockwell City Dec 3 4 5. William Beck of Dubuque dies at 66. Enoch post office discontinued to Bedford.
The twenty second biennial report to Gov Shaw outlines requests for another one tenth mill building tax. Proposals include a 200000 medical building, 1000 for electrical and physical apparatus, 7000 yearly for a main library plus 1500 for a law library and 1000 for a medical library, plus 1000 for publications and 5000 yearly for repair and contingencies. The regents warn that earlier fire hazards persist and urge more funding. The university reports 2122 students from 30 states and 10 countries, with 77 percent Iowa born, 92 percent Iowa residents, and a growing staff across seven colleges and 57 departments.
Census bulletins detail Iowa and national statistics on school age youths and males fit for military and voting duties. Iowa reports 767 370 school age persons with 387 930 boys, 457 860 military age males and 635 298 voting age men. Native born and foreign born white numbers dominate, with small counts of negroes.
Garden City in Johnson county begins with brisk sale of over 10000 dollars in business lots. Early enterprises include two lumber yards two elevators two banks a drug store and smaller shops. The town sits in an rich agricultural district with German Norwegian and American farmers near Sherman and Buckeye.
A symposium by presidents from Iowa colleges argues hazing is obsolete and gentle class rushes replace older customs. Contributors include William Beardshear of Ames Cornell College Mount Vernon and George E MacLean of Iowa State University.
The following counties will forego the $200 state money guaranteed to fair districts holding fairs due to reports not filed by November 1: Appanoose Bremer Butler Calhoun Carroll Cerro Gordo Clarke Clay Crawford Decatur Dickinson Floyd Fremont Greene Grundy Hamilton Harrison Howard Ida Jefferson Lucas Lyon Mesha ka Monongomery Osceola Lyons Sac Scott Union Van Buren Wapello Washington Webster Woodbury Worth.
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