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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1909
Page
1
The article follows rival claims over the North Pole discovery with Peary's telegrams supporting Cook on travel distance and polar locality. It notes the competition, the political dynamics, and related reflections on safety and navigation. It also covers Iowa population trends, farm rents, local incidents, court notices, and a Minnesota governor's surgery.
James J. Hill warned at a bankers conference that rural populations are shrinking despite agricultural advances. He argued this shift could raise farm prices and threaten feeding the nation. The piece also notes New York Democrats meeting at Saratoga to reorganize with Principles, with Mr. Parker's prominence fueling partisan divisions.
The piece argues President Taft fails to take decisive action against insurgent radicals, facing daily attacks and insinuations over his leadership and sword drawing metaphor. The Des Moines Register and Leader is not satisfied with his stance.
Reading rooms and editors note lower hunting stories from Africa available at reduced prices during the unsettled Cook-Peary controversy.
A call goes out for a conference of progressive Republicans in the Eighth district to select a single congressional candidate. The text asserts that the nominating process is now citizen driven, with no boss control and the people supreme.
The text portrays Sawyer Lovett as Harriman’s successor in Union Pacific and Southern Pacific control. It characterizes him as cold and lacking human kindness, suggested by his portraits.
The piece notes the absence of fall elections lets politicians dodge choosing sides between the Cookies and Pearyites. Cannon declares he is not ready to retire, a move stirring Western insurgents into loud disapproval.
The president begins a broad tour through communities, meeting citizens and listening to concerns as part of a long journey to engage with the public state by state.
Sioux City Journal notes Walt Wellman may be considered for the arbitrator capacity in the ongoing dispute. The report highlights his potential involvement amid negotiations and potential rulings.
Bulletin No. 5 summarizes weed eradication experiments by Prof. Pam mer and related findings. It will be mailed to any applicant addressing C. F. Curtiss, Director, Iowa Experiment Station, Ames Iowa.
An old Quaker, not strictly observing faith, is caught kissing the cook by his wife behind the door. He calmly warns, if she does not stop peeking, it will cause trouble in the family.
Sioux City Journal notes that a perceived meat price increase may relate to earlier reductions in duties on meats. The piece invites reflection on how tariff policy shifts influence retail meat costs.
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls a courtroom quip duel between a lawyer and a doctor. The lawyer pressures the physician to admit errors, the doctor replies doctors err like lawyers, and the lawyer retorts that lawyers’ mistakes hang in the air, contrasting odds in murder trials.
In a humorous exchange Mr Dooley jokes that Christian Scientists need more science and doctors more Christianity. He quips that with a good nurse, it would not matter who is called in.
A strong delegation departs next Tuesday for Cornell College in Mt Vernon led by Miss Olive Gould Mabel Sones Bell Johnson and Miss McMurrin Mesars Leigh Pearson Arthur Simpson and Rolland Edison Evangelist O F Barrett and his musical helpers Mr and Mrs Loren G Jones opened their campaign last Sunday to a large audience A threshing belt accident injured Peter Leven requiring amputation by Dru King Hejmnian and Fred Sigworth Students bound for Iowa State University include Ross Fife M Gorman George Fisher Stanley Streeter and Mary Remley The Jackson Republican notes Clinton Dubuque Interurban project stalled and engineers seek capital without success.
Dr. Bentley recovers enough for daily street exercise. Hazel Green’s Jerry Mahoney buys 200 acres of the Wm Rourlke estate at 85 dollars an acre. Rev Harold Anderson and Miss Woitsh Anderson return from a year in Berlin studying at the university. Prof W B Guthrie and wife head back to New York after summer with Iowa relatives. Guthrie resumes with the College of the City of New York.
Hopkinton notes Wm Welch of Monticello bought the late A G Smith farm, Union township. The 296 acre property sold for 85 dollars per acre totaling 25000, one of the region’s oldest and best farms, long kept in good condition. The Wyom ing Journal reports Diamond Creamery Co Monticello Iowa now runs nine routes and added five teams as business from Wyoming rose 59 percent since January.
Alfred Perrine of Siloam Springs Arkansas shares observations from Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Texas noting Iowa faring better than other states. He cites corn drought in Texas and southern Kansas and strawberries near Siloam Springs needing rain. Butter prices rise with creamery forecasters predicting over 40 cents. Chicago Tribune questions Dr. Cook’s authenticity.
A brief city note quotes a humorous line about surplus poles. It reflects a light moment in Chicago with no significant event or actions recorded. The tone suggests casual chatter among gentlemen in a public or social setting.
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