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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
5
Dr. Talmage extols the word Come as the universal invitation in scripture and religious life. He urges repentance faith and immediate action, recounts examples of mercy and peril, and invites listeners to enter the Gospel boat and find peace through Christ.
A New York Herald quips on marriage and duty, noting how both duty and pleasure pull people in different directions. It laments folly, sin, and unequal rule, suggesting the upright prosper while the other kind wins out in the end.
Special correspondence from Des Moines notes the Iowa supreme court rulings on tax ferrets and omitted property tax collection. It reports upcoming Capital Improvement Commission actions in Iowa City to plan statehouse renovations and decor. Also covers St Louis exposition funding, convict populations, and assorted state notices.
A new $1,000,000 canning combine including all Iowa factories is organized in Cedar Rapids with Chicago capitalists and local lawyers drafting articles. The plan cedes state canning control to a single corporation owned by factory owners to insure uniform prices and reduce competition, raising prices on a smaller current corn surplus from 1900.
Efforts to bring the mulet saloon to Franklin county hinge on a petition signed by 2 200 bona fide residents. The county, with one large town and strong anti saloon sentiment, makes success unlikely. Iowa Wins Horse Awards MecLanglin Bros Emmetsburg won all first prizes for French draft French coach and Percheron stallions at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo.
Millie Cooper the handsome young assistant postmistress of Manson made two dramatic suicide attempts in Fort Dodge. She jumped from a rear platform as the Illinois Central train crossed the Des Moines river bridge and later leaped from the bridge into the river. Both falls caused only minor injuries. The acts followed a broken heart as her fiancé failed to appear for the wedding.
At Davenport the Unitarians of Iowa approve erecting a Des Moines memorial church to serve as state headquarters and set up a permanent Lake Okoboji summer school. Officers named include President Rev. Arthur M. Judy Des Moines Vice President Rev. Mary A. Safford Des Moines Treasurer Homer Miller Des Moines Trustees Rev. E. M. Hodgin Humboldt Granville B. Healy Sioux City Mrs Mary Emsley Mason City.
The Iowa Supreme Court reverses the Montgomery County ruling in the University of Illinois case. John Hayes of Red Oak is held as surety on Charles W. Spalding’s bond. Hayes must reimburse the university for a proportionate part of the loss from funds misused by the cashier.
Des Moines police arrested Bert Conklin and George Adams on breaking and entering charges. They are suspected in a scheme to rob a Rock Island freight car carrying pig lead and spelter en route from Omaha to La Salle Illinois, with ties to a Omaha Davenport route.
John Diehl a farmer was arrested at Independence for destroying a contract after giving a $100 note for blue sky territory rights to sell a patent wire fence. He read the note, chewed it and spat it out. Bail posted for his appearance amid town sympathy.
In a fierce clash at Drake University Des Moines three men were seriously injured. William Peck a sophomore was kicked in the head and lay unconscious for an hour. Charles McVey a freshman had a rib broken. Charles Coffman a sophomore sprained his knee badly. The freshmen won due to numbers.
At Burlington sessions the State Library association chose Grinnell as the site for the next meeting. Elected officers include President F. F. Dowley of Cedar Rapids, vice president C. M. Crapo of Burlington, secretary Miss Margaret Brown of Des Moines, and treasurer M. H. Douglas of Grinnell.
The Iowa state board of control, overseeing prisons hospitals the soldiers home and schools for the blind and deaf, will ask the next legislature for at least 800000 in addition to the 1250000 annual maintenance needs.
News in Brief outlines several items from across Iowa including a push to form a Des Moines board of trade, Mrs Edwin Conger en route to China, rumored absorption of the C I and D by the C and N W, a Des Moines cruiser picture sent to the state historical department, a barn fire in Quasqueton with Loss of horse and feed, and various other local incidents and notices from Oska Joosa to Dubuque.
A state health report shows 646 cases in 1599 1900 and 4148 cases in 1900 1901 with 25 deaths overall. Hamilton County led with 433 cases, while six counties escaped major outbreaks. Deaths totaled 25 across multiple counties. Secretary J F Kennedy anticipates a mild winter spread.
The cruiser Des Moines in Quincy Massachusetts will carry a new library funded by Des Moines citizens. Ensign Killin proposed replacing a silver service with a sailors library, noting officers benefit from it while sailors rarely see the silver. Eight hundred dollars has been raised with many expecting triple that amount. a special library room is promised, and Des Moines council may provide a silver service after books are bought.
The Iowa State College at Ames will extend its stock judging and grain scoring course to two weeks each winter. Last year over 300 enrolled in under a week. this year capacity aims for 500. The program runs January 6 to 18 with horses, cattle, sheep, and hog sessions on specified days. Tuition is free with a $2 charge for heat lights and janitor service.
Rural free delivery will be established in Iowa on November 15 with Haydin county and Eldora Hobson areas as added service. Five carriers will serve Ackley with 125 miles of routes. Alden and Iowa Falls receive multiple routes and new carrier counts. Several post offices will be discontinued or supplied by rural carriers, including Hughes and Cot age Wills.
Twelve more O'Brien county land cases were transferred from state courts to the federal court in Iowa, bringing total pending cases to 40 in the northern district. Six remain in O'Brien county while plaintiffs from Ramsey county Minnesota claim title to thousands of acres bought from the Sioux City and St. Paul railroad. defendants say they are homesteaders.
State supreme court rules cities cannot impose fines for violing mulet law prohibiting open saloons on election days holidays or Sundays in Iowa. Violators under mulet law lose rights and face prohibitory law. city penalties cannot be reduced to nominal fines.
Word reaches Onawa that Peter Carmichael a switchman from Ashtown township four miles north of Onawa was shot and killed by Boers in South Africa He left a wife and four children who were taken to the British frontier and turned over to the army destitute with all property destroyed Carmichael left here about twelve years ago for the Orange Free State
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