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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
1
A collage of witty quips and short items from Monticello Iowa. Memorable lines touch on nickels diets taste and fashions. The items reference Lipton cheese teeth bicycles dances and a bishop of jokes. The piece also notes a California sun magnet and a Los Angeles burglar anecdote.
A professional burglar has stopped wearing gloves to avoid fingerprints. He now washes the safe after completing the theft, ensuring no traces remain.
The Indian chiefs of the west found nothing else in New York as interesting as the buffalo at the Bronx. They wonder if buffalo are scarcer than skyscrapers in Buffalo Bill country.
A member of the Albany legislature advances a plan to tax city cats as retribution for cats taxing people. The idea highlights public humor and political stunt in contemplating feline taxation.
A butcher sorts patrons by beef steak purchases: those who never buy are poor, those who buy twice weekly are well to do, and those who buy more often are rich.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph writer likens George Washington to Honus Wagner to show that locals still hold the first president in high esteem. The piece argues the city’s pride traces to its founding figures and cultural icons.
Historical note states the average lifetime of a United States $1 silver certificate is a little over a year and cites many cases where it lasted far less, even minutes.
The hoboes union plans a petition to the president demanding more freedom. It questions whether freedom means access to chicken houses, grain trains, or emancipation from mandatory baths.
The widow of a New York policy king signed a $30,000 check to a spiritualistic medium under the direction of her husband’s guest, a move described as a poor policy by observers after the séance.
A Virginia youth attempting a Benjamin Franklin style kite experiment during a thunderstorm was instantly electrocuted, according to the report. The incident links lightning and risky exploration during scientific curiosity.
An expressive line condemns larceny in the senate restaurant by joking about substituting tinware for silverware to foil souvenir hunters, casting light on attitudes toward theft wrapped in a mock technique.
An Indiana young woman received 23000 dollars for a broken heart in a striking example of emotional damages. The case highlights the growing monetization of personal heartbreak in rental market terms.
A city man aims to return to farm living but admits he never lived on a farm and lacks basics such as starting a kitchen stove in freezing weather.
In France the inventor of the cold storage system receives the Legion of Honor. In the United States many people openly express their wish to honor the same author with eggs laid in April and sold on the second December thereafter.
Des Moines reports a serious labor famine hit railroads across Iowa and the Middle West. Shortages stem from Balkan war related attrition and annual harvest labor shifts, delaying repairs on Milwaukee and other lines after a harsh winter.
Six damage suits against the Rock Island railroad filed in Iowa City district court for the April term. The major actions stem from a La Salle Illinois box car fire that killed one man and seriously injured another. Plaintiffs include Bessie Adams of Kalona seeking 18000 and Sam Williamson of Town City seeking 11775 for injuries.
Oelwein lodge of Knights of Pythias held a public social evening in memory of its 25th anniversary. About 406 attended, with members from nearby towns. Dr. J. F. Cole received a gold medal.
The Dews business district plans oiling streets to curb dust nuisance. The council has bought a sprinkler to apply crude oil to streets in both business and surrounding residential areas.
Local bankers back a plan to erect an armory in Mason City with a large second floor to house two National Guard companies. The project aims to provide ample floor space for military needs in the community.
Former Congressman Charles HE Pickett will be guest of honor at a Cedar Falls Commercial club banquet honoring a newly built post office. The event is set for April 17.
Iowa Wesleyan College begins its last two months of the 1913 term. The Men's Glee Club, nearly finished with its spring tour, gave a home concert in the college auditorium at Mount Pleasant.
Manchester endures an outbreak with five families under quarantine for diphtheria. Only two of the cases are in critical condition as health officials track the spread of disease.
Town county records show 156 deeds for farm land filed in March with total consideration of 1,226,617.70 dollars.
The Council Bluffs Association of Congregational Churches holds its annual spring meeting in Shenandoah on April 15 and 16 with churchmen from Creston participating.
The new council reappointed city solicitor F. E. Northup, fire chief I. T. Kirby, and city physician Dr. F. P. Lierle in Marshalltown.
P O Shipman a wealthy farmer near Wapello died of heart failure while preparing horses in the barn for church. He was 72 years old.
One hundred laborers from Council Bluffs worked ten hours without pay to reconstruct homes in Council Bluffs that were destroyed by the recent tornado.
J. J. Hillard has been elected superintendent of the Postville schools at a salary of 1400 dollars yearly. He is the first teacher placed by the University of Iowa's department of education this year.
Luther college underwriters F E Reishus G O G Rahn and C S Knutson won a unanimous decision against Gustavus Adolphus college of St Peter Minnesota in Decorah.
Davenport. The state of Iowa, via its legal department, seeks an indictment against Ike Richardson a former Davenport saloonkeeper for the murder of Arthur Wundram a minor. Prosecutors allege Richardson gave Wundram a large glass of whisky while intoxicated then left him exposed in a barn to die from cold.
A blaze early Tuesday morning leveled the Julien hotel in Dubuque. About 200 guests and employees were believed to have escaped. several forced to flee in night clothes. The hotel, built for 250000 dollars, threatened nearby buildings before firefighters halted the spread.
Scott county reports 2,084 farms cultivating 263,184 acres in the annual crop report. Corn led with a 4,088,249 bushel yield, followed by oats at 1,065,266 bushels. Waste land totals 1,526 acres.
Robbers entered the post office at St. Olaf and removed a weighted safe to a shed rear, blew it open with explosives, and took about $100 in cash $50 in stamps and valuable papers the postmaster's property They then stole a handcar and escaped.
At the first board meeting C. M. Perrine was named president of the Boone Commercial association. George B. Irick of the Boone National Bank was elected vice president, Otto C. Herman of the Security Savings Bank became treasurer, and W. F. Hargen was chosen secretary.
Monticello saloon paper circulated while Anamosa again stirs over a petition on election day to secure 80 percent signatures to open saloons under the mulet law. Proponents claim wets have sufficient signers to trigger the measure.
At the Mitchell Association of Congregational Churches J A Ryan of Charles City was elected moderator of the conference and delegate to the national conference. The next meeting will be held at Rockwell.
Plans are set for the Western Grain Dealers association annual convention to be held in Sioux City on Friday and Saturday. I A Fields expects about 300 attendees from Iowa South Dakota and Nebraska.
Brownie Wadley Staples, defendant in the divorce case that ended with Dr. Staple's death in the courtroom, applied for appointment as administratrix of the deceased man's estate valued at more than $100,000 in Dubuque.
The Iowa Music Teachers Association will hold its annual meeting in Cedar Falls in early June with expected attendance exceeding two hundred teachers. Organizers anticipate sessions, workshops, and networking for members across the state.
Dunlap in Harrison county hosts the ninety four year anniversary of the I O O F and Rebekah lodges on April 25 with the county convention planned for the same day.
In Kinross area, J I Neswander sold his farm near Kinross for 248 41 an acre setting a county record for land values. The sale marks a high point in Keokuk county land prices.
Ed Hanan of Williamstown, a 14 year old, shot himself with a shotgun. His body was found twenty four hours later in a corn crib. People who knew him cannot explain the act.
The seniors of the home technology department at Ames have been granted a chapter by the national Omicron Nu sorority. The organization accepts only institutions with high grade work in domestic science.
Mason City man Rolland Straw convicted of selling liquor twice in a year receives one year in Leavenworth federal prison. He had been sentenced to thirty days in jail last November.
A domestic science short course will be held at Sac City from April 21 to 26 under the Current Events club. Mrs Louise H Campbell of Ames will serve as the instructor.
Washington April 8 suffragettes stormed the capitol to present petitions for a constitutional amendment granting equal suffrage. About 150 reserved seats were allocated for the demonstrators as members of both houses watched the ceremonies with prominent congressional ladies among the demonstrators. London April 8 campaign of revenge for Emmeline Pankhurst sentence gathers pace amid outrages including destruction of Ayr racecourse grandstand in Scotland and an attempted arson at Kelso racecourse.
Washington April 10 Connecticut ratified the amendment allowing direct election of U S senators. With 36 states needed, most have acted and governors must notify Secretary Bryan for proclamation. First elections under the system will occur in 1914 for seats starting March 4 1915.
Border reports from Nogales Ariz and Naco Sonora describe Yaqui Indians siding with neither side in Sonora revolt. Captives tortured near Guaymas, Mexican towns under fire, and Durango feared to be taken. Federals at Naco press renewed attacks amid martial law with soldiers and shells seen across the border.
Washington reports that hundreds of corporations will avoid federal corporation tax as the Supreme Court rules that lease-only income means not doing business. The Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad case prompted relief for about 300 cases involving $700,000 paid into the treasury. Numerous railroads and about 100 telegraph companies lease property to a single operator.
Washington April 10 Senator Sherman of Illinois introduced his first bill to favor relief for the heirs of Gen Phil Sheridan and other officers. The Supreme Court had ruled retirement pay should include four years at West Point, a decision that led to back pay for Generals Grant and Sherman but not for Sheridan and many others.
John Keast a renowned American boat builder died in New Haven on Monday aged seventy one. He was famed for constructing shells used by Yale University for many years.
Victor H. Hedquist, a patient from Cook county, was killed on the Kankakee state hospital grounds by fellow patient Seymour Peck on Wednesday.
The steamer Nan tucket, sailing from Baltimore to Boston with twenty eight passengers, collided with an unknown barge near Cross Rip lightship in Nantucket Sound on Wednesday.
Tokyo on Tuesday report said Takaagi Kato diplomat and minister of foreign affairs in the Saionji cabinet has joined Prince Katsura's party and is likely to become vice president.
McAlester Oklahoma April 9 Bank examiners took charge of the First National Bank of Canadian. A shortage estimated at twenty thousand dollars was alleged to have been used in promoting a town site.
Secretary McAdoo announces a personnel reshuffle in the customs service at Philadelphia to bring in new blood. He calls for the resignations of Collector Chester W. Hill Surveyor Perry M. Lyttle Appraiser Fred P. Vincent and Naval Officer Walter T. Merrick all of Philadelphia.
Cairo Illinois April 10 The steamer Illinois under Adjutant General Dick son sails to the Wabash river bottoms bearing provisions and clothing for 3000 destitute families and rations for ten thousand people for a week. No relief yet at Cairo as the river holds at 54 feet and rising. If rains continue relief may be delayed for days.
Fear of an attack on Justice Sir Charles Montague Lush, who sentenced Mrs Pankhurst to three years, led Scotland Yard to assign him a bodyguard on Wednesday.
Henry Tappen of Hempstead Long Island died at 44 from heart disease after arriving from San Antonio Texas with two carloads of polo ponies. He was married. The death occurred Wednesday.
Boston April 9 The committee on constitutional amendments reported adversely on votes for women measures and the state senate killed all hopes of the suffragettes by accepting the report.
A German soldier with five children drowned after a rowboat capsized on the River Saale near Bernburg on Monday afternoon during a requested outing. The incident occurred April 9 and involved the soldier rescuing or accompanying the children when the vessel upset.
In Charleroi on April 9, Frank L. Kramer of Newark New Jersey claimed the Grand Prix du Frintempts 200 meters final by half a length with a time of 13.15 seconds.
The cigar store of John J. McDevitt famous as the millionaire for a day was robbed during Wednesday night in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. Much of his stock and $18 in cash were stolen.
Edward Ludlow formerly British vice consul to Florida was sentenced in London to ten months imprisonment for obtaining money and clothes under false pretenses. The sentence was handed down on a Wednesday.
Twenty two pickets were arrested in Marleton on Tuesday for attempting to prevent the Duplan silk mill employer from going to work. Sixteen of the detainees were girls. They were sent to jail after the protest at the factory.
Miss Helen Taft reported the loss or theft of a silver meshbag presented by her friends when she left the White House. The incident occurred in Baltimore on Tuesday.
April 11 reports from Rome describe the pope's fainting episode and prolonged prostration with fever at 103 degrees. Doctors use strophantin to ease heart palpitations, while Cardinal Pimpili calls for special prayers in Rome churches.
In Buffalo on Wednesday a street car riot left several seriously wounded by gunfire and knives as 3,000 troops patrolled the streets. The International Railway reported conditions far worse than during the Carmen strike and service was suspended after six.
Washington on April 11 reports thousands of post office workers nationwide gain eight hour work day coverage under a new decision. The ruling excludes postmasters and assistant postmasters from the eight hour requirement.
The Municipal News, Los Angeles, reports the end of its weekly newspaper venture after publishing thirty two editions.
A jury found Oscar M. Olson not guilty in Minneapolis Minnesota after he shot and killed Clyde Darling, who was an admirer of Olson's wife. The verdict was delivered Tuesday.
Whitall hall at Haverford College in Haverford Pennsylvania was badly damaged by fire Tuesday morning and for a time it was feared the flames would spread to other college buildings.
Twenty three people were killed when a Congo train with its locomotive plunged through a bridge over the river near Boma. The wreck occurred at a height of about 150 feet above the water on Sunday.
An executive order issued by President Wilson to protect plumage birds in the canal zone is now in effect, forbidding their destruction under heavy penalties, as enforced by the canal commission.
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