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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
4
A mosaic of bize topics spans crime and education with notes on executions in Haiti, Harvard fundraising, a New York dentist sent to Sing Sing for forgery, and social trends. It surveys marriages in Denver and New York, a bachelor tax proposal in Massachusetts, and Wellesley teaching onion cultivation amid light satire.
A Cleveland man files for divorce claiming his wife has hardly spoken to him in years illustrating a failing marriage and emotional distance. The case highlights deteriorating communication and potential grounds for dissolution.
The Russian czar orders a grand opera to celebrate his ancestors with a performance that may include bomb explosions as part of the music and dramatic effect.
The per capita circulation stands at 34.43 dollars while many retirees end the week with less than 0.43 dollars each in hand.
A learned professor concludes that men favor blond women, yet he cannot count on brulette husbands to help publicize his finding.
A New York man apologized in his will to his wife for not leaving more money. In Washington a woman jury fined a man for swearing as a public matter. The piece ends with a quip about swinging a coal shovelful past the furnace door.
Portland cement innovator Johnson remains alive at 100 and vigorous. The note hints longevity tied to venting over Fletcherizing, suggesting a counterintuitive health idea.
A Wilkes Barre Alderman declares face paint essential and disputes its link to divorce. The remark questions when aldermen gained authority over divorce matters in Wilkes Barre.
A Boston professor explains that a man who allows his wife freedom in decisions acts as a philosopher and a diplomat. He argues this is the only practical path a husband can take.
Three men in New Jersey, disguised in hobble skirts, captured a highwayman who had been terrorizing women residents of the section. The incident adds another favorable word for the much criticized garment.
A court ruling sustains a wife's right to annex marital funds without the husband’s knowledge or consent, reflecting a controversial interpretation of property rights and marriage law in the state. The decision sparks debate over implications for husbands and the balance of financial autonomy within unions.
Travel to Europe this year will be heavier than ever before with more travelers. The autumn leaf season will see tighter checks at the customs house and more careful processing than in the past.
Ex-President Eliot at Harvard says six or eight children suit the average family. He overlooks modern realities such as the burden on parents and resources in today’s economy.
Professor Salisbury of the University of Chicago says the world is expanding and someday will be twice its current size to support Chicago’s ambitions for future greatness.
The passage humorously imagines a chain of future transports from cars to airplanes and then submarines, suggesting social leaders might adopt each breakthrough as soon as the previous becomes commonplace, ending with a wry note on the limits of foresight.
A Baltimore newspaper runs a half page article about an arrest tied to a claim that the suspect can craft a good salad dressing. The London Times questions why American papers sometimes focus on trivial matters.
A New Hampshire legislature proposal would fine individuals who eavesdrop by telephone. Supporters argue some view a home telephone as essential, while critics question privacy and enforcement.
The article suggests the existence of a coffee trust and notes ample grounds for inquiry, signaling scrutiny of potential coordinated practices in the coffee trade. A caller reports suspicions while authorities consider formal probes and market effects.
A Brooklyn man seeks proposals from young women to marry him. He wants beauty sweetness cooking skill and willingness to live on a farm. He recently inherited 3000 dollars and treats it as compensation for these qualities. He appears to be shopping for a bargain bride.
Des Moines reports that improved permanent highways would transform rural life by enabling year round market access, supporting intensive farming and higher land values. The plan could elevate earnings for distant farmers and attract investment, though benefits vary across Iowa’s 32 million acres.
Florence Winn Forshaw settles with Rock Island after the Green Mountain wreck. Provisional terms pay 4000 if permanent injuries are found or 1000 if injuries are temporary. Additional legal steps hinge on medical conclusions.
United Commercial Travelers will meet in Clinton for three days starting June 1. Officials expect at least 3 000 visitors. Cedar Rapids travelers will use a Special train and Mason City Waterloo groups will join. Dubuque travelers will arrive by steamer.
Western Iowa SSM endorses a bill to place all state deer under game warden control outside public parks. The plan aims to capture deer and relocate them to different parks as farmers report crop damage from deer.
A man and woman in a buggy set fire to grass and weeds along the road for about a mile in Lake township near Muscatine endangering farm property barns and houses. Officers have not yet arrested them.
Perry Tag Day proved highly successful as the local King's Daughters raised $1,060 for the hospital fund. A whistle at the electric light plant blew each time a hundred dollars was secured, with tags sold at ten cents each.
Mr and Mrs G A Pfeiffer of Philadelphia donate a Cedar Falls home valued at 24000 and twenty thousand dollars in cash to the Evangelical association for the aged.
Bayard authorities report the post office safe was opened by experts in Council Bluffs. Robbers who worked the combination escaped with about $1,000. No clues found at the scene.
A blaze destroyed two implement stocks a meat shop a hotel a barber shop a blacksmith shop a livery barn and three warehouses causing an estimated loss of 30000 dollars.
During Geo. Cier's funeral in Clarion a frightened team in the procession threw occupants from a buggy including the widow and Peter Stone the deceased's grandfather. The incident occurred as mourners gathered, causing alarm but no further injuries are reported.
R G Coutts a Grinnell contractor and brickstone cement worker will return to his old home in Aberdeen Scotland this summer, thirty six years after leaving. He has served as mayor of Grinnell.
Protestant ministers in Sioux City agree not to officiate at marriages where either party is a divorcee. An exception is allowed only if the divorce is on scriptural grounds.
Laverne Leslie Barton aged 68, a pioneer and Civil War veteran, died at the farm he homesteaded shortly after his 1865 army discharge. He settled there after service and lived to the date of death on his long held property.
Edward Lovsey, 9, drowned at Lineville pond in February. His father James R. Lovsey and brother Ray Lovsey sue Western Union Telegraph Co for 2000 damages claiming delayed transmission of death notices worsened the tragedy.
A seventy foot tall stack fifty two inches in diameter weighing 10,000 pounds was built five feet from the old stack at Curtis Bros. & Co. factory and skidded into position in minutes after removing the old one. It marks the first time such a feat was accomplished in Iowa.
A large blaze in Union township burned thousands of acres as unknown arsonists started the fire. High northwest winds fanned the flames, destroying hay, grain and small buildings across several sections.
Des Moines reports J G Lucas editor of the Register News Madrid has withdrawn from the race for state printer due to business engagements that would prevent fulfilling duties if elected. Remaining candidates include four for state printer and three for state binder.
J. B. Yeocum had his wife arrested for larceny after she searched his pockets while he slept. The county attorney dismissed the charge, ruling she had a perfect right to the money if she wanted it. Mrs Yeocum has gone to visit friends at Clinton.
Ralph Swan aged 18 was assaulted Sunday evening March 12 on his way home from church and died the next day. The county attorney has heard all the case and is making an investigation. It is believed he was mistaken for another person.
Fairfield Jefferson county voters approve a county hospital by a near 300 majority a half mill tax for ten years. City wards support the tax with about 800 majority while rural Brookville and Cedar precincts vote against it.
Funeral for Geo. A. Pearsons of Washington, brother of Mrs. J. P. Dolliver, was held at the Dolliver home in Fort Dodge. He had not lived there for years but visited often and served as assistant secretary of the agriculture committee in the senate.
Bishop A F Swengel of Harrisburg Pa presided at the eighteenth annual session of the Des Moines conference United Evangelical church in Marshalltown with about 100 visitors and lay members attending.
Three Fairfield youths armed with revolvers and ammunition set out for Mexico to join insurgents. They took $62 from John Demarsh after being told to deposit the money in a bank. The sheriff rounded them up and sent them home.
Rev. H. Weissbrodt aged 68 pastor of the German Lutheran church in Dayton Iowa died suddenly while driving home He dropped the lines and fell backward toward the buggy but his housekeeper caught him preserving him from a fall The death occurred in Fort Dodge Iowa vicinity
Samuel Saucerman aged 71 died suddenly at his West Fifteenth and Center residence from heart failure. He was a founder of the Trimmer movement, noted philanthropist and advocate for boys.
Mrs. Clara F. Hudson sues William Bossingham, a prominent farmer, claiming two years of affection and promises of marriage ended without nuptials. The suit seeks relief for breach of promise.
John Jopling formerly a miner in Boone and superintendent of a Pittsburg Kansas mine died while attempting to rescue several entombed workers. The incident highlights his brave action and the dangers of mining.
In a high school debate from Missouri Valley Logan defeated Sigourney to secure the advance. The winner will travel to Iowa City in April to face the northern half state champions for the state championship.
John Jackson 20 engine dispatcher for the C M St P road was fatally crushed while moving an engine in Mason City as the cab and tender closed in.
Mr and Mrs J F Eikenberry of this city marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Mr Eikenberry born March 1881 and Elizabeth his wife six months younger. They have eight children and all are living.
Peter Gretcen Jr faces trial soon on a charge of killing his brother Casper Gretcen. He says he shot Casper to save their sister's life.
A fierce blaze Wednesday destroyed a large portion of New York's state capitol in Albany. The fire began on the third floor and damaged the state library and legislative libraries. 600,000 volumes were lost or imperiled. One guard is missing presumed dead. Authorities consider an electrical push button a possible cause and martial law was declared as repairs and investigations begin.
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory blaze on Greene Street and Washington Place killed 141 mostly female workers. At least 1,500 were present. 86 identified, 12 hospitalised, and many victims leaped to deaths as doors, aisles, and fire escapes failed.
San Francisco Prize Fighter Jack Johnson was ordered to serve 25 days in county jail by Acting Police Judge Treadwell. The judge moved to prevent questions about the legality of the original sentence, which Johnson appealed to the superior court.
In Tangier a 3000 strong Berber force attacked Fez aiming to seize Sultan Mulai Hafid. Native troops repelled the attack after a fierce battle, preserving control of the Moroccan capital.
A $500000 blaze destroyed the business section of Pollock Louisiana on Thursday. Twenty eight buildings including two hotels multiple stores and residences were burned.
Lina Cavalieri admits divorce proceedings against husband Robert Winthrop Chanier after returning from St. Peters burg in a distinctive attire. The notice outlines the couple's pending separation and filed petition in Paris.
W G Evans elected president of the Denver Northwestern Pacific railroad to succeed the late David H Moffat. Evans is also president of the Denver City Tramway company and was chosen in a Wednesday meeting held in Denver Colorado.
The last spike completing the Copper River and Northwestern railroad from Cordova to Kennicott was driven on Thursday. Ore trains will run within two days, marking the completion of the line to Bonanza Copper Mountain.
Columbus Ohio reporters note the house approved the Wiganan bill 89 to 13 to elect U S senators by popular vote under the Oregon plan. The measure moves to the senate for further action.
The Oklahoma capital relocation dispute reached the Supreme Court as Guthrie presented its claim in a printed brief arguing for moving the capital to Oklahoma City. The case marks the start of formal high court action on the long contested issue.
Tecuelgalpa Honduras reports President Davila resigned on Tuesday and Dr Francisco Bertrand was sworn in as the new president immediately afterward. Bertrand takes office amid a rapid political transition with the oath administered in the capital region.
Washington reports flatly deny that President Taft aided Senator Aldrich in pushing William Lorimer into the U S senate. Edward Hines testified that Taft wished Lorimer elected, a claim the President had previously denied in a letter to a friend. A Lorimer case reopening is anticipated after Congress convenes next Tuesday as Springfield hearings proceed.
Pittsburg official Dickison MacAllister of Harrisburg locked himself in a drawing room lavatory on Panhandle No. 10 between Columbus and Dennison Ohio and smashed windows in a wild attempt to jump. Accompanied by I M Jorden and John C Hays of Chicago, he grew violent after leaving Chicago and barred the lavatory door as fellow passengers and a Pullman conductor could not calm him.
Washington reports banking leaders and the currency commission of the American Bankers Association adjourned after two days to meet at Chairman Aldrich. They largely find the Aldrich currency bill acceptable with minor phrasing changes and intend an active summer campaign to complete the measure by the start of Congress's Sixty-second session next December.
Independence Kansas A A Truskett seventy years old of Caney Kansas wealthy businessman convicted of second degree murder in Lima Ohio oil man J D L Neeley. Jury deliberated about twenty seven hours before verdict.
Interlocutory decree of divorce in New York favors Edna Goodrich Goodwin from Nat C. Goodwin the comedian. Justice Giegerich signs the order which bars Mr Goodwin from remarriage during his first wife’s lifetime.
Burlington Washington rancher William Weegin, previously renamed in report, became violently insane on Thursday and used a rifle to shoot three passers-by, John Ranke William Ranke and John Ware, all residents of Burlington, causing their deaths on the county road.
St. Petersburg reports the Holy Synod issues an edict prohibiting Jews from bearing Christian first names, marking a religious policy move by the church authorities.
Commander Robert F. Peary was commissioned a rear admiral in the civil engineer corps with rank dating from April 6, 1909, the day he reached the North Pole, under an act of Congress.
The Right Rev. John Philip Dumoulin bishop of Niagara Province died suddenly in Hamilton Ontario on Wednesday at age seventy five. His death leaves the Niagara diocese to mourn a long serving church leader.
Justice Wright rules that the bucket shopping act is unconstitutional depriving citizens of liberty of contract. Edward Artemus of Jersey City Louis A Cella of St Louis and others faced indictments after raids in seven cities. Government plans appeal to Supreme Court to uphold prosecutions and continue action in related cases.
Frank E Heidemann pleaded guilty to the murder of Marie Smith a ten year old schoolgirl in Asbury Park New Jersey. He was indicted after a signed confession to a detective and told of killing the child with a hammer in woods near Deal Lake on November 9. Heidemann collapsed in court and sobbed when he whispered guilty.
Joseph Christock faced death with calm defiance in a public execution in the county jail yard. Refusing priestly aid, he walked to the gallows before 1,500 spectators, waved, and smilingly allowed the noose to be tightened. He died twelve minutes after the trap sprung.
The funeral of Edward Blackehin a leading Mason was held in Urbana on Wednesday. Blackshaw initiated the effort to unite the Grand Council with the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, a step that remained until 1882.
The privy council on Wednesday ratified the treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States. The signatory exchange will occur on April 4.
Mrs. Marie Esther Sturgeon celebrated her 104th birthday in Muskegon Michigan. She is said to have attended church regularly for 100 years and retains good health and most faculties.
New York reports a lily shortage with wholesale Florists saying the Easter lily crop is about one third as large as last season. The limited supply points to higher prices and potential shortages for the holiday season.
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