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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1912
Page
4
The Monticello Express surveys spring trends from smaller hats to hobble skirts while noting jokes on fashion ads and public scenes. It jokes about crime, etiquette, and current events from Burma to New York with a satirical tone and brief quips.
A woman writer notes chewing gum steadies nerves yet she probably earns more from chewing the rag. A Boston paper reports a family of six survived three months on $2 a week, making it hard to guess what they lacked to eat.
The passage notes the frequent pattern of Wu Ting Fang securing prominent roles whenever the Chinese government undergoes leadership shifts. The tone suggests a cheerful view of his adaptability and influence across administrations.
A Yale professor notes that twelve dollars and sixty one cents per week suffices and assumes any excess earnings are returned to the Yale treasury, highlighting austerity in university budgets.
The trend of wearing jewels in the heel is noted as rising among high stepping dancers and performers. It reflects a niche fashion choice tied to stage presence and ornate costumes.
Yale proceeds with construction of a stadium costing seven hundred thousand dollars this year. The project reflects ongoing efforts to upgrade campus facilities and expand athletic capacity.
A New Jersey minister condemns all musical instruments as immoral. He is asked to justify what harm a bass drum could possibly do.
A message of sympathy is issued to the citizens of 4237 as another prophecy foresees the world’s end in the year 4237. The note urges calm and reflection while acknowledging public concern over the forecast.
A New Jersey woman was brought into court on charges after being found with a revolver. The report notes a remark implying women should not overstep traditional privileges during leap year.
A man in Pennsylvania reappears after a period away and is promptly jailed. The pattern suggests such poetic resurrections are discouraged by this legal consequence.
A group of fanatical Russian women attacked a man they adopted as their savior, attempting to crucify him. He called the police, indicating he wished to live rather than die.
A New York surrogate rejects altering a will after a wealthy spinster argued her cat held a soul and reasoning capacity. The case cites ancient Egypt era beliefs as part of the motive, reflecting long established views on animal sentience.
A Kansas judge declares it a crime to marry on nine dollars a week explaining the act is aggravated by poverty, but notes mitigation if the bride’s father is wealthy. The ruling underscores class factors in marital legality and social norms of the era.
A waiter in court testimony says tips are decreasing and should deter the public from tipping. He notes many give tips as fashion rather than need, urging an end to this practice and arguing it harms service culture.
John Swan of Story City, president of the Citizens' bank, files in federal court for bankruptcy after his son, the cashier, absconds with bank funds. Liabilities total 82391.14 while assets are 70682.72, leaving depositors owed over 45000. Des Moines observers say the son’s speculative losses caused the collapse.
About four to five hundred boys will take part in the Des Moines Sunday School Athletic association field meet at Drake Stadium on May 4. Eligibility requires four Sundays’ attendance in the boy’s represented Sunday school. The association also announced its upcoming baseball schedule opening in mid May.
Ursula Yeager of Emmet county widow of Joseph J. Yeager gains $9,000 damages from the Rock Island railroad for the death of her husband, a brakeman, after the state supreme court affirmed the Emmet county district court verdict.
Modern Woodmen camps opposing higher rates plan a special insurgent convention in town starting at 10 o clock Friday morning April 19. An estimated 1 000 to 2 500 delegates are expected to attend and register formal protest against the new rates.
A. M. Deyoe state superintendent sets dates April 17 and 18 for the annual spring meeting of county superintendents at the State Teachers College in Iowa Falls.
The twenty second annual convention of the photographers association of Iowa will be held here May 7 8 and 9 Plans for the reception and entertainment of 400 delegates and visitors are being made.
The Iowa conference of the Evangelical association closed its sessions in Cedar Falls with Bishop William Horn of Cleveland, Ohio presiding. Ministers were assigned to charges.
Professor L T Wilson formerly superintendent of Eden schools has been chosen as the new superintendent here for a salary of 1400 dollars. More than forty applicants sought the position.
Chief Engineer J. J. Drummond and fifteen surveyors from the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway are in Maquoketa surveying a route for a proposed cutoff from the main line.
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Dental Society will mark its 50th anniversary at the annual meeting in Des Moines May 4 to 12. Leaders and members from across the state are expected to attend the celebration and related events.
Government expert travels to assist Dr Sumner of the state board of health and local physicians as they examine a typhoid fever outbreak. Fifty cases are reported in Oskaloosa.
President J G Bowman of Iowa University was the guest of honor at the Clinton County Alumni association annual banquet.
Police seized about 100 pints of liquor at the C B and Q depot in Albia. The shipment was consigned to Joe Robinson but the recipient could not be found and the liquor will be destroyed.
Walter Senders of Garner was struck as two Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul trains entered the station. Both legs were severed in the accident.
Iowa City hosted four New York and Boston investors this week as they met local promoters of the Iowa City Davenport interurban project. They praised the line location and noted an improved resurveys by Mr Coon. The party visited Davenport Cedar Rapids and estimated the cost at about 2 000 000 dollars.
Dr Fr A Seemann president issues call for annual meeting and election to be held in Dubuque on April 26. Topics include election spring grading and posting of permanent signs. Highway runs from Sioux City to Dubuque via Le Mars Fort Dodge and Waterloo.
Waterloo requests admission to the Bush League as Mason City Waterloo 18 arrives at the door for membership. President Conroy has received an inquiry letter and clubs discuss the matter. Six members currently exist: Mason City Ft. Dodge Estherville Emmetsburg Clear Lake and Humboldt.
The Elkader Co operative Commission company, formed by local farmers, ends its second year with 128 carloads of stock shipped totaling $143,000. Stock buyer Thomas Barton and horse buyer John S Layton contributed over 100 carloads and 22 carloads of horses respectively.
Hugh Van Pelt resigns as state dairy expert for the Iowa State Dairy Association to lead a department at Kimball's Dairy Farmer in Waterloo. He is succeeded by E S Estell, formerly his first assistant.
The Dubuque Pure Food Show, held under the Dubuque Retail Grocers' association, opens for two weeks. The 1909 event drew 18,000 attendees, and this year organizers expect about 36,000 visitors.
One hundred delegates from across the country gather for the supreme convention of the American Nobles. The agenda includes a proposed change of headquarters from Waterloo to Denver.
Bishop Horn adjourned the Evangelical Association conference of Iowa after deciding the next annual gathering will be in Ackley. Ministers are instructed to report to new stations on April 21.
The public market, successfully run last summer and fall, will be revived this year once farmers have garden produce ready for sale. The city council will be asked to provide quarters for a permanent market in the downtown district.
Otto Wagner center fielder for Sioux City Western is sold by Sioux City management to the Wilkes-Barre club in the New York state league.
John Reed of Clinton died in the insane ward at the state reformatory last night. He had been sentenced to life for the killing of Tollkeeper A. Lundgren on the bridge here in March 1910.
Miss Mayme Butler age 19 daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Butler of Elkhorn township sustained severe burns while trying to build a fire in Fort Dodge physicians report she has a slight chance of recovery.
The 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs Ole Jacobson was maimed after playing with a dynamite cap. He loses three fingers and a thumb on his left hand and part of a finger on his right, with lifelong injuries anticipated.
Iowa City plans a new Kelley factory with a $60,000 initial investment. It will operate at a yearly expenditure of about $100,000, boosting local industry and jobs.
Hampton Knights of Pythias organize a new company to construct a 66 by 132 foot building in the city this summer. The plans include an opera house on the ground floor and active operations are anticipated soon.
Lawrence Becker a 65 year old retired farmer living in Grundy Center committed death by own action by hanging himself in his barn. He was found by a neighbor and death was reported to authorities.
The House Military Affairs Committee defends former Adjutant General Fred C. Ainsworth, challenging President Wilson and Secretary Stimson. It accuses Wood of aiding removal and says Stimson distorted Ainsworth’s papers while detailing five year enlistment debates and congressional authority over the War Department.
Henry D. Mudge, president of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, warned that if interstate freight rates on transcontinental routes fall after the Panama Canal opens, western railroad termini would likely move to Denver. He said reduced rates would prevent railroads from competing as transcontinental carriers with the canal.
President Taft signs into law the act creating a bureau of child labor in the Department of Commerce and Labor. The ceremonial pen was presented to Dr. A J McKelway, secretary for the southern states of the child labor committee.
In New Castle Pennsylvania the third set of twins arrives at the home of Constable and Mrs. Jack Fee. The report notes this is the third set to reach their home, highlighting the remarkable birth sequence.
Santa Fe New Mexican report says the house bribery investigation committee voted 9 to 6 to file an adverse report against four house members accused of bribery and recommends their unseating.
A news dispatch from Tientsin reports anti foreign riots in Shensi, China, where Moham Medans are said to have been massacred. The violence prompted concern in London and raised fears of ethnic clashes amid foreign tensions.
Philadelphia officials and mine operators meet to settle differences over a suspension in the anthracite regions. United Mine Workers President White says demands will be renewed if no satisfactory agreement is reached and warns there will be no arbitration or Erdman act mediation. He adds neither Taft nor Roosevelt has a role and rejects outside interference.
Judge A L Sanborn of the United States district court names two receivers for the Allis Chalmers Company D W Call president and Gen Otto H Falk of this city prominent manufacturer and Merchants and Manufacturers association president The appointment follows actions by First National Bank Wisconsin National Bank creditors and W W Nichols bondholder and stockholder of New York
Minneapolis Norwegian residents form group to raise 10000 for Bjornstjerne Bjornson memorial during Norway freedom centennial celebration on May 17 1914. A broader fund of 1000000 is being raised by Norwegians of America to present to Norway, including a four volume history of Norwegians in the United States.
General William Booth head of the Salvation Army worldwide is eighty three and in good health aside from partial blindness. He plans May 23 surgery to restore his sight and doctors expect up to ten years of good vision afterward.
The department of California and Nevada announces authorization for Sons and Daughters of Civil War Veterans to wear the bronze G A R button by resolution aimed at preserving the decoration amid fading availability.
A series of earthquakes caused considerable damage in the Greek islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca, according to reports from Athens. The tremors damaged buildings and disrupted daily life on the two islands.
Frank Law leaped from the thirty first floor of the Bankers Trust building and landed unhurt in the sub treasury enclosure as a large crowd witnessed the stunt.
In Lincoln Nebraska Stevens the three year old daughter of Joseph Kopp was killed at play when a gust of wind blew a pane of glass from a storefront window onto her in front of the grocery.
The 30 passengers aboard the Ontario were rescued after a fire broke out in the hold and the ship grounded off Montauk Point. A wireless SOS brought help from New London, Boston, and New York while boats ferried evacuees to a tug. The 41 crew remained with the captain and later extinguished the blaze with aid from Hether Plain station.
A committee of the Free Mason provincial grand lodge of Forfarshire ruled that Jack Johnsons hurried initiation into the Dundee lodge was illegal. The meeting was invalid and the initiation null, with the lodge directed to show cause for possible suspension.
Lieut Marion Howze, aid to General Grant, refutes rumors of ill health and permanent retirement. He states Grant went south for rest on a physician advised ordinary leave, gave no public addresses to avoid mail interruptions.
Two United States Army members, Sergeant Harry Van Reed and Private Frank Coonfield, were arrested for robbing tailor D A Caldwell of his watch, a diamond stickpin, and a small amount of cash after receiving food and shelter at Caldwell's home. They were arraigned in Judge Caverly's court, but with no counsel their cases were continued.
In Excelsior Minnesota women vow to keep the village dry after the latest election even if it means buying saloon licenses at 1500 dollars each. The town near Minneapolis had just voted wet after years of prohibition.
In Philadelphia two Yale students died in a speeding automobile accident. John Lew is Hoffman and Arthur L Ryerson were home for the Easter holidays. Ryerson was the Hoffman guest.
Rock Island J r Henry McCaskrin, linked to a public address that preceded riots with two fatalities and troop involvement, was nominated by Republicans for state's attorney.
The steamer Muirfield has left Cape Breton bound for England carrying 6 000 tons of coal, the first cargo of Canadian coal ever sent from Cape Breton to England.
J Pierpont Morgan met with two antiquarians in Florence Italy for a long conference. All participants refused to discuss the subject under consideration and appeared bound by secrecy.
Milan report Charles W Morse was questioned about leaving Florence but refused to answer, saying he was resting for the present.
An American newspaper man reports the execution of Thomas Fountain of Las Cruces New Mexico by Pancho Villa's rebels after Fountain, a captain of a federal gun, concealed parts of the weapon and faced a court martial. He waited in a private quarters as rebels searched for the missing parts and was killed by a bullet from behind. Washington sought clemency and a held engineer remained prisoner with possible release unknown.
In San Francisco the California Supreme Court upholds the validity of Claus Spreckels' will ending years of litigation over a $10,000,000 estate. Five million dollars were contested among Claus A. and Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs. Emma C. Ferris, while John D. and Adolph B. Spreckels receive only gifts made before death.
The Cairo area reports the river at 63.9 feet and falling as business resumes. Adjutant General Frank 8. Dickson plans further flood refugee aid and state-supplied relief. The government steamer Noko passed Cairo with thousands in donated provisions and tents from St. Louis plus government supplies. Railroads cannot restart service into Cairo until week’s end.
Claims aggregating 4 506 566 were filed against the estate of the late D H Moffatt in a Denver district court. Those familiar with the Colorado railroad builder banker and mining man say heirs will realize only about 750 000 from an estate valued at 10 to 15 million.
Pedro Iascurlan was sworn in as minister of foreign relations in Mexico City to replace Manuel Calero, marking a cabinet transition in New Mexico.
Ja Thomas Carney a 66 year old prominent businessman was roasted alive at his home trying to retrieve furniture from a burning shed. A pile of burning boxes blocked the doorway trapping him inside.
A blaze in Providence caused about 200000 dollars in damage to Lin Dimond Sons department store in the business district. Firefighters battled the flames to prevent further spread.
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