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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1896
Page
5
W C Bremerman Boone post master is accused of embezzling 2600 dollars after grain bucket shop speculation. A Des Moines Republican Sidney Foster delivered a strong speech at Olin last Monday with a hall crowded beyond capacity.
Vermont voters last Tuesday backed the Republican party by a nearly doubled majority, signaling a strong rebuke to populism and socialism. Josiah Grout won the governorship with the largest gubernatorial majority in state history.
County democracy fears rising anti free silver sentiment and sends Parsons the wandering Kansas populist to stem the tide. The message argues the tide has turned against modern democracy and that most readers oppose depreciated money and the Chicago platform vagaries.
The Jones county Republican convention produced a unified slate with all principal nominees having served one term. Voters face a clean, rivalrous but good natured process and a forecast of two more years of stable county governance.
The Sound Money Democrats held a national convention in Indianapolis. Ex-Governor Flower of New York was chosen as temporary chairman. He praised by applause a critique of the Chicago convention’s platform and warned that radical forces threaten the nation, urging Democrats to reject the un-American direction and defend constitutional government.
In Jones county the Republican convention at Monticello renominated incumbents for all terms expiring January first. McQueen wins clerk after Fairview delegates switch to him. Harvey Richardson is renominated for auditor and M W Herrick for county attorney. Peet secures supervisor seat amid formal ballots, with Sokol renominated.
C B Hopkins and family visit Mia in Jefferson as they travel by wagon. T R Marshall and family attend the national encampment in St Paul. Delegates named to county convention at Monticello. township ticket listed with long-standing officials. Local business moves, baseball results, fair attendance declines, and residents visiting Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls.
Miss Bessie McNamara and Alfred H. Leresh tied nuptials at Temple Hill church at 10 this morning. A reception follows at the bride’s parents’ home east of town. Oren Osborn of Alba, Calis a guest of his sister Mrs A N Reade. J W Wright shipped five carloads of cattle to Chicago. A free silverite rouses a crowd on the street corner.
Thomas Bader suffers from bowel inflammation in Clay. Prof Scroggie from Hopkinton visits Bader’s family. B J Hicks of Dexter visits Clay friends. John Dennison and wife visit in Taylor county. Lizzie Dennison will study at Lenox college next year. Sadie and Hilda French plan Cedar Falls schooling. A Scotch Grove youth who attended Monticello fair and later saw a doctor claims a remedy for a lame back. At the Republican caucus at the stone school house delegates elected to the county convention: John Russell Sr Joe Hanna Geo Hanna R A Scroggie O Snyder.
Mr and Mrs Orlando McDaniel and W T Cameron attend the national encampment in St Paul. Lem Richards of Kansas City visits his brother in law R W Chatterton and once ran a Wyoming mercantile. John Sokol becomes principal of Oxford Mills schools and shows teaching promise. Lizzie Paul and daughter return home with sisters Mrs Cameron and Mrs Grafton. Josie Ribbon begins fall term in district 8 Scotch Grove. Local streets bustle as schools open with new principal Fred Williams. Wm Livingston reports three year old colts weighing 3160 pounds. Presbyterian picnic set for September 5 at Supple's bridge. M E school invited and accepts. Spencer brothers buy fine carriage and team for social rides. 8 L Gilbert travels to Epworth with Vine De Witt, seminary student, Verdie Litten also bound for Epworth. Ira Stimson has not found a position in the shoe department.
The local work on cutting down Barber hill is finished and praised as a fine job. Tra the salesman notes better travel between here and Wyoming. A road supervisor is urged to reduce tax on the road and trim the hill north of the cemetery. Henry Halsey covers John Johnson’s business. Washington township reports strong GOP support there.
Sept 1 1896 readings report health improvements in Windom Minnesota and a stiff neck ailment. School openings and caucus results share space with a detailed obituary for Mrs Dayton Cunningham born Berta Crouch Prairieburg 1866 died August 29 at 29 Prairieburg plans funeral services. The piece lists delegates for a county convention at Monticello and township offices, along with social visits and agricultural fair mentions in Minnesota.
Langworthy September 2 records a well attended quarterly meeting at the MBE church with most locals at the Monticello fair, described as first class. Threshing is under way and grain is in bad condition. Henry Stutt is pleased with his threshing outfit and is noted as a diligent hustler. Mr and Mrs John Heyen are the…
The article extols South Dakota farming prospects with rising land values east of the Missouri River and rapid access to Chicago and Milwaukee markets. It notes profitable stock raising, growing cattle and sheep, and dairy output, inviting readers to contact W. E. Powell in Chicago or the local ChicagoMilwaukeeStPaul railway agent for information and land purchases.
List of unclaimed letters remaining in the Monticello Iowa post office advertised August 31 1806 includes Miller H C Rice Shamer C Salberg Jno Jensen L St Alexander P M The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway offers excursion tickets to Des Moines September 3 at low rates with return until September 12 notes Nw2
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