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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1897
Page
6
Rev. Talmage denounces lies in daily life from agricultural to ecclesiastical falsehoods. He cites Ananias and Sapphira and warns that deception appears in farms, markets, shops, workshops, and social circles, urging honesty as a divine duty.
An orator condemns social vanity and ecclesiastical lies, urging truth in all life. He argues that small sins carry eternal weight, warns against misrepresentation among churches, and compares life to a perpetual masquerade that ends in truth revealed before God.
Rev. Robert Macdonald of Boston argues the story of Jonah and the whale challenges believers. He decries spiritual paralysis from refusing foreordination and free will reconciliation.
Reverend Henry C. McCook of Philadelphia laments the common use of hell to describe the afterlife instead of the term hades in the Presbyterian creed. He frames this linguistic choice as a misfortune affecting doctrinal tone.
Rev. Dr. Peatt of Universalist Cedar Rapids argues that early nature myths evolved into hero myths and then acquired moral significance, tracing religion’s development through personality given to nature’s forces.
Des Moines reports on the upcoming November 2 election detailing registry rules under Section 1084, which require a new voter registry for the election year. It lists offices to be filled including governor and railroad commissioner and notes a new legal holiday February 28 for Washington's birthday. The piece covers Grain Gambling defined by the Supreme Court, the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance union convention in Grinnell, and Epworth League progress in Town. Governor Drake’s condition is update with Adjt. Gen. Wright noting slow improvement at Excelsior Springs.
Ti dorn residents Mr and Mrs Tr Lamprecht fear for son Henry who last spoke of returning from Alaska in 1897 and has not been heard from since. Meanwhile Tred K Bosler, an elder local, was found dead under a wagon bridge north of Burlington with serious injuries.
Gov. Tanner of Illinois urged Gov. Drake to investigate Iowa militiamen alleged to have joined riots at Fulton Michigan during the removal of the Modern Woodmen of America headquarters. Illinois sent correspondence and Rock Island statements. Des Moines forms the first Klondike company with $100,009 capital stock.
The new code prohibits killing pinnated grouse woodcock ruffed grouse and wild turkeys before January 1 1900. It bans trapping shooting or killing these birds from December 1 to September 1 for various species and bars hunting along public highways or from concealment devices. Decoys may be used for wild geese and ducks but hunting from boats at dawn or dusk is prohibited.
Judge enjoins Sioux City from issuing bonds warrants or other evidence of indebtedness and blocks tax levies based on city certified levy. City auditor closes. State Bank Building and other large owners claim debt limit around 300000 with current debt near 2000000 and fear $250000 more bonds from the council.
Draining Mud Lake to Hamilton county has consumed thousands of dollars. Prof. D. A. Went began the project three years ago, bought riparian rights, and drained water, but floods reasserted. He now contracts with a Des Moines banker to finish, with a half ownership of 3,000 acres and 30 workers digging ditches and building dikes.
Du Buque wholesale liquor dealers seek protection under the mulet law. A petition signed by half the city's voters could authorize sale of liquors, shielding compliant establishments from Prohibitory Law prosecutions. Saloonkeepers will abstain from circulating petitions. legality depends on the law’s other strict provisions.
Governor Drake will be petitioned to pardon Boomer of Waukon who received a deposit while knowing the bank was insolvent. The district court sentenced him to five years in Anamosa penitentiary. The supreme court affirmed the judgment. Boomer was taken to the prison by the sheriff and shown through by the warden before returning to the hotel lip service. He later walked back to the prison and tearfully told the warden his story of disgrace.
Deeds dated over five centuries ago have been received by Simon Sogard and his brother J B Sogard of Webster City. The records, from Christiania Norway’s government museum, concern a farm long owned by the Sogard family and the birthplace of Simon Sogard. The first dated 1381 shows the long history of the property.
H Joster Bain of the Iowa geological survey says a bluff south of Hawarden contains chalk and clay that with a touch of purer chalk could yield cement equal to Portland. An eastern geologist confirms the analysis. Dubuque Receives Gratitude From Quebec Relative For Monument. Mormons Begin Missionary Crusade in Marshalltown with Elders Coon Wallace Watt from Utah planning six months to spread faith. Miss Jennie Vance shoots a youth attempting to enter her Oskaloosa home by mistake. Joe escapes unharmed.
In Coalfield Monroe county Iowa a diphtheria outbreak has caused eight deaths in six days and numerous new cases. The village is quarantined by nearby towns and nearly every well has run dry, leaving residents in a state of fear and depopulation.
Judge Byron Rice aged 71 a prominent state pioneer died at his Des Moines home. Born May 4 1886 in Madison county New York he traced Revolutionary ancestry. Admitted to practice law in Tihnen New York in 1849 he moved to Des Moines and married Cornelia Calder of Cedar Rapids on September 19 1854.
The Union Veterans' union of Town conducted a three day session in Cedar Rapids to organize a permanent state body. Officers elected include Commander Morgan of Davenport and first deputy commander Gillette of Fort Madison with deputies and medical staff named alongside chaplain Rev. Albrook of Mount Vernon.
An open electric car on the Water loo and Cedar Falls Interurban line jumped the trestle approach to the Cedar River bridge, falling 12 to 16 feet to the riverbank and tipping onto its side. One passenger was likely fatally injured and several others including the motorman and conductor sustained injuries.
The court holds certificates in fraternal insurance such as the Ancient Order of United Workmen cannot be assigned. The case, moved from Poll district by Mrs. C D Crocker, named Mrs. Annie Wogan as beneficiary who joined her husband in the assignment.
In Keokuk John Harris shot and killed George Kebo after Kebo broke into Harris’s home. Kebo fired first and Harris answered, killing Kebo instantly. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of justifiable homicide.
The Davenport session of the Town Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows elected officers including Grand Master J. C. Koons Burtington Deputy Master I J Bubben Marshall Towns Grand Warden J Ed Meinder Os Evola Grand Secretary William Musson Des Moines Grand Treasurer A J Morerison Marengo Grand Representative J W Dulln Clinton.
A Maquoketa jury hearing the George Moore head murder case against Albert Rowland’s slaying on April 8 failed to agree. Other items note electric railway poles for Hoong to Boonesboro, G A dedications in Dubuque, and various local deaths and legal cases.
Boston police link William Matthews to a mail box theft gang traced through New York arrests. The gang planned to use keys to steal checks and money across cities including St Louis New Orleans Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh and eventually New York. Reports note prior seizures in 1890s and Sing Sing confinement for several members.
Michigan Central and Lake Shore roads face Gov. Pingree in a mandamus suit to compel sale of mileage tickets valid for two years at 20 to the purchaser and family. Michigan Central charges 40 with many conditions. Lake Shore declines. Pingree will pursue the case through all courts, citing exemptions for Pheronda under special charters.
Dublin dispatch outlines two views on the Irish famine. Government critics say distress looms without swift relief, while clergy and politicians cite crop failure, particularly in southern and western districts, urging prompt measures to avert severe hardship.
From the Spanish capital comes word Maj Manuel Tapia Rinno and a guerdlin force clashed with Cuban insurgents near La Chorrera and Managua. Four enemy soldiers died, including insurgent leader Gen Adalofo Castillo. Castillo's body arrived in Havana on Monday.
In Brodericks village Wilkesbarre county a midnight to 3 AM riot followed a longstanding feud between boardinghouse proprietors John Lolich and George Hornick. Bolich supporters attacked Mor nick's house with stones axes and clubs. John Garvie fired from an upstairs window injuring or killing a man. Steve Muri died from a heart wound. Charles Sloch was also wounded.
Cairo reports the dervishes killed every male of the Jaalin tribe after their refusal to join Khalifa forces against the British. Women were taken, 150 maidens sent to the Khalifa, and many women and children tossed into the river near Berber and Met rach, leaving the left bank depopulated. Funeral news follows from Hope cemetery for Dr Newton Bateman with tributes from educators. A Georgetown mineral strike in the East Argentine district claims a vein averaging up to 25,000 to the toll.
London notes report the death of Rev John Stoughton D D a prominent Congregational minister and author born in Norwich in 1807.
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