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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
5
A collection of quips and anecdotes from early 20th century media commenting on rail and road dangers aeroplane feats and social curiosities. It notes new york antics a highwayman poems flights and casual social satire with a wry view of modern modern life.
Vassar College reports that a new women’s fire brigade has been formed by students. It is expected that the group will operate without the existing hook and ladder company, focusing on modern firefighting methods and volunteer service.
A London professor argues the most humane way to kill an oyster is to eat it. A California surgeon who removed his own appendix shows people will go to extremes to avoid paying a doctor bill.
In view of a threatened baseball probe, officials may curb on-field chatter this season. The comment suggests umpires could ease enforcement to avoid aggravating tensions during the investigations.
A Chicago preacher argues for formal education in courtship, while others believed courtship should be learned informally and not taught in schools.
A noted forecaster who warned of a severe winter remains reminded that he must pay his coal bill like any other resident, adding a practical twist to his confident prediction.
The report notes a drop of about 2,000 titles compared with 1910, a development praised by literary enthusiasts as a sign of quality over quantity and a triumph for selective publishing.
A remark about adding flirtation to girls education ignites controversy. The article notes enthusiasm for broad curricula and jokes about future courses such as teaching young ducks to swim.
The text asserts that cold feet signal displeasure with something and adds a corollary about a wife's cold feet causing displeasure at night. It reads as a wry aphorism about domestic comfort and mood, attributed to an unnamed eminent authority.
A London magistrate ruled that a cabman cannot recover a fare from an intoxicated passenger. The ruling suggests cabdrivers may still collect multiple fares from intoxicated riders in practice.
A Spanish prince pursues royal approval for his marriage to an American girl, described as the queen of creation, with the line suggesting a deeper truth about their bond and the needed consent from royal authorities.
Twenty five rats dyed pink were released in Seattle streets for study. The unexpected arrival of the pink rodents unsettles residents as they head home, with potential unseen dangers implied by the city setting.
A man who predicted a long cold winter fails to match actual coal costs. His forecast drew attention last fall, but current bills show regular payments similar to those of the opposite guesser.
A London physiology professor argues for cruelty to oysters by humans, noting the oyster has nervous sensibility but asserting that eating an oyster is a sudden and merciful way to kill it as part of the prevention campaign.
Des Moines reports work on the Allerton branch of the Rock Island Line has begun with about 60 miles of grading between Carlisle and Allerton. The force will grow to 500 as crews are assembled. Track laying will start soon with an expected completion by September 1, creating a St. Paul to Kansas City air line and opening rock Island routes to Atlantic tidewater and the Pacific coast.
Sioux City reports a young farmer near Blencoe Indiana lies unconscious and delirious in St Josephs hospital after a blow to the head with a tree limb during a dispute with Calvin Henry over farm machinery. William Martin, Henrys brother in law, is involved in the altercation. Hope for recovery is fading.
Naked baby girl body found in the Boone river by N V Daniels in Webster City. Coroner takes possession. Skull crushed on one side. Doctors estimate about five months old. Body believed to have floated down from miles above.
The Iowa state branch of the Women's Missionary Association of the United Brethren church held its annual convention in Waterloo this week. Delegates from across the state attended, with more than a hundred women present.
In Creston 3 year old Charles Wilson grandson of Mr and Mrs A L Edward was swept into Summit lake by strong winds while he asked to go out to play. An hour later his body was recovered from the lake.
In Fort Dodge the board of supervisors ruled the poll books used for the consent petition are legal, marking a victory for liquor forces. Drys had challenged the books as not from the last election, but the decision sustains the petition framework for the liquor fight.
Des Moines report confirms Frank Millet the famous artist, presumed dead in the Titanic disaster, was a cousin of Mrs. C. A. Cumming of Des Moines. Mrs. Cumming’s middle name is Millet, and her husband Prof. Cumming knew Millet personally.
Police Judge Utter opened a long Des Moines police court session to handle a large backlog of about fifty drunks and vagrants. The entire morning was needed to dispose of the rush of cases.
Tipton police report arrest from Holstein Nebraska of Clara Bowers of Bennett Iowa charged with murdering an illegitimate child. Her brother Gus Bowers is also under arrest.
Gustaf Larson, who aided the government canal project at the Des Moines rapids in the Mississippi, has died at his Keokuk home at age 73. The veteran canal builder, long involved in public works, passed away peacefully.
Claude Duncan was fined $300 for bootlegging by Judge Clyde in Charles City.
Madrid leader S. B. Williams, 52, longtime grain businessman and notable Boone county resident, died at his home in Madrid yesterday. He had been active in local commerce for many years.
John H. Finley president of the College of the City of New York will deliver the commencement address at the University of Iowa on June 12, as arranged by President John G. Bowman.
James Thomas, charged with killing Joe Mason in a revolver duel at Twelfth and Cherry streets, was captured by a posse in Gowrie Indiana and brought back to Des Moines last night.
A large barn on J. B. Cecel's farm at Aplita was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Fifty sheep confined in the barn were killed in the blaze.
Newton police report quotes Roy Fiske the assistant city clerk describing how he defrauded the city of water and light rentals over two years. He says he used the adding machine to falsify totals, recording false figures to cover losses and used the funds for living expenses.
Des Moines reports United Mine Workers of America vote four to one to accept the operators wage scale. W H Rodgers, district president, announced by wire from National Secretary Edwin Perry that 70 percent turnout across the territory shows acceptance. The message says pending local counts cannot alter the result and the strike will end once districts agree on conditions to accompany the new scale.
Mrs. Sarah B. Hasty of Mason City charges her husband Charles Hasty with bigamy. She says he married her in 1910 and already had a wife and three children in Peoria Illinois. They wed May 9 1910 at Storm Lake and she has a one year old child.
An 800 pound dynamite blast at the Lehigh cement plant wrecked windows at both Lehigh and Northwestern States plants. Fragments damaged Edward Cimijotti and William Balmat farm cottages over a half mile away, totaling sixty broken windows. Twenty laborers' cottages also damaged.
The churches of Lamoni Iowa invited the Re organized Latter Day Saints to hold the 1913 annual conference in Lamoni. Independence is cited as the only larger center for the church, making Lamoni a key location for the gathering.
Des Moines reports 19 year old Fred Dexter was ordered by Judge Mce Henry to the Knoxville inebriate hospital. His mother says he is a confirmed user of drugs and liquor. He confessed to deputies that he uses five different drugs.
In Hopkinton an intercollegiate debate between Dubuque German college and Lenox college ended in a unanimous Lenox decision. The subject was that parcels post advocated by ex Postmaster Meyer should be adopted.
A farmer north of town visited county auditor Frase with eight live cub wolves requesting the state bounty of two dollars per cub. The incident occurred yesterday and the animals were brought to the auditor's office for evaluation.
Davenport Mrs. C. C. Miller aged sixty was fatally burned by a gasoline stove explosion. She lies in the hospital with physicians stating she cannot recover.
This morning Dubuque resident Barrington Almamosa was sentenced to twenty years for breaking and entering after pleading guilty.
Davenport Mrs. C Aliller died this morning from burns sustained when a gasoline stove in her kitchen exploded yesterday.
George L. Thompson of Lamont Illinois, an animal husbandry sophomore, captured the gold medal awarded by Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Percheron Society of America, for best judging of draft horses by sophomores.
The Twenty second annual session of the Women’s Home Missionary association for the Davenport district met here this week with a large delegation in attendance.
Henry Smith aged 37 a Telegraph-Herald bookbinder died after being pinned under a car that started suddenly in Dyersville. He was leaning against the vehicle when it moved forward. The fatal accident occurred in the vicinity of the Telegraph-Herald office.
After a society meeting it was announced that 19000 dollars had been raised for a new Friends church edifice to be built in Oskaloosa, with several thousand more in sight.
In Washington on April 18 a grand memorial ceremony honored John Paul Jones as the first American navy admiral. President Taft, members of Congress, diplomats, and a large crowd attended. The statue by Charles H. Niehaus cost 50000 dollars and stands at Potomac park foot of Seventeenth street with Hastings designing the pedestal. Admiral Dewey triggered the unveiling as the Dolphin fired a salute.
The Hard Grey carrying 200 passengers ran ashore at Cape Born in Newfoundland waters near Halifax. The government boat Minto rushed to assist while the Earl Grey, en route between Charlottetown PEI and Pictou NS, called repeatedly for help and reportedly sank after sending a sinking message.
Richard Wayne Neff president of a soap company is gravely wounded in Cincinnati and believed to have shot himself. He held fifty shares in the Second National Bank which he would be required to pay in at face value to help restore the bank’s $1,000,000 capital after its takeover by clearing house banks. He also signed a $365,000 note for directors of the Cincinnati Trust Company when it ceased to exist.
Kansas City April 18 The Trails congress opened and backs connecting historic trails to form a national continental highway. Governor Hadley praised the plan as delegates from automobile organizations and good roads groups urge feasibility and desirability.
A tornado struck Delassus and Knoblick in St. Francois county on Saturday, killing three people and injuring more than twenty, with two in critical condition. Delassus was nearly wiped out, Knoblick badly damaged, and Farmington suffered heavy losses to buildings and livestock.
Miss Harriet Quimby American aviatrix crosses the English Channel from Dover to Hardelot landing near Boulogne Sur Mer in two hours. She is the first woman to fly the channel solo and holds a French pilot's certificate learned to fly in France.
The United Fruit company's steamer Boundbrook from Jamaica to Boston struck rocks at Rase's Chasm off Gloucester harbor Tuesday. Seven passengers were rescued by the Gloucester life saving crew and ferried ashore. At high tide the vessel floated and anchored.
Discussion of plans for the federation of ten railway crafts whose members work on forty seven lines west of the Mississippi river was resumed at a session of the railway workers conference in Kansas City Missouri on Wednesday.
A water tower on a hill in Long Prairie Minnesota collapsed Wednesday flooding the town streets. Officials warn the loss will be heavy as emergency crews assess damage and secure the area.
J Pierpont Morgan celebrated his seventy fifth birthday in Aix les Bains France. Cablegrams to firm members report he is in excellent health and enjoying the observance on Wednesday.
A Maine Central passenger train overturned on four coaches at Kingfield Maine on Wednesday. Fourteen to fifteen people were aboard sixteen ? no injuries reported to occupants or cars.
A city fire in Butte Montana began in the warehouse section and spread into the business district. High winds aided the blaze, which was under control after several hours. Six business blocks and thirty houses were destroyed with damage estimated at 1 250 000.
To protect depositors and prevent panic the Cincinnati clearing house associates supplied funds to the Second National Bank on Tuesday, preventing closure and stabilizing the bank.
The cruiser Washington carrying Secretary of State Knox and his party returned from a South American trip and passed Cape Henry on Tuesday en route to Norfolk Virginia.
In Washington on April 12, just before adjournment the house approved 25000 dollars for expenses of the investigation into the shipping trust and 4000 dollars more to wind up the Stanley committee inquiry.
A band of Mexican revolutionists reportedly crossed the Rio Grande into the United States eight miles west of Del Rio Texas and attempted to blow up the Southern Pacific railroad bridge there.
A cyclonic windstorm caused heavy damage across the gulf coast states and grazed Chicago. Ponchatoula and Goodbee reports include destroyed buildings and fatalities, with two to four inches of rain and snow mixed with rain in parts of Illinois and Missouri.
Representative Graham of Illinois, chair of the interior department expenditures committee, leveled a sharp floor attack accusing Representative Mann of Chicago of knowingly uttering a falsehood. The dispute arose from Mann’s claim that Graham had befriended and advised Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray, described as a woman lobbyist active in Indian legislation.
Omaha officials Chief John Briggs of South Omaha Lancaster county Sheriff Gus Hyers and John Trouton deputy state fire warden face charges of manslaughter after Roy Blunt farmer was killed during a jailbreak attempt by three escaped convicts from Lincoln penitentiary. Warrants were issued for the trio.
Dover report states the Delaware Republican state convention elected six delegates for the national convention. Senators Henry A. DuPont and Harry A. Richardson, Gov. Simeon S. Pennewill, Edmund Mitchell, Dr. George W. Marshall, and Ruby Wall were named. Delegation not pledged but favors President Taft, whose administration the convention endorsed.
London April 17 the home rule bill gained first reading by 360 to 266 amid ministerial cheers and waving hats and handkerchiefs.
Charleston April 18 delegates to the Republican national convention at Chicago named Aaron R. Prioleau and T. L. Grant were instructed for Taft.
Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst pastor of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church in New York marked his seventy years Wednesday. A leader in civic and reform movements for nearly five decades, Parkhurst’s birthday was noted in dispatches from New York dated April 19.
The Brooklyn National League club released outfielder Davidson to the Omaha club of the Western league last Wednesday.
Albany April 13 The State Bar association adopted regulations by William B. Hornblower of New York opposing the recall of judges and judicial decisions.
Fire sparked by an engine burned sixty acres and destroyed fifteen box cars in the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul yards at St Louis Park Minneapolis on April 13. The blaze raised concerns about yard safety and transport disruption in the suburb.
Survivors aboard the Cunard liner Carpathia recount the Titanic disaster off Newfoundland. Reports note 1,601 deaths among 2,340 aboard, with many women and children saved. Lifeboat accounts describe lingering lights and the ship sinking stern first, amid shattered orders to push speed.
Leslie M. Shaw told Judge Arthur that Atlantic money for the Atlantic North and South railroad purchase is expected from London any minute. The information was relayed to the court via J. J. Hess, attorney for Receiver Harlan, in Atlantic yesterday.
More than 100 persons took the examination for state pharmacists certificates in the house chamber of the state house today. George D. Newcombe of Creston, newly appointed member of the state board of pharmacy commissioners, was present.
The Commercial club voted to hold Road Drag day at Owasa on June 20. The program will be announced later and will include lectures on road improvement, ball games, foot races, merry-go-rounds, bang music, and many other attractions.
Brooklyn National League club releases outfielder Davidson to the Omaha Western League club.
Marshalltown Iowa St Pauls Episcopal Church extends a call to Rev. Harry M Babin of Trinity Episcopal Emmettsburg to become rector here succeeding Rev William Pence James
Webster City note states 14 year old Dewey Glaman died this morning at St. Joseph's Mercy hospital from a hunting accident that occurred a few days ago when he was accidentally shot in the spine.
Ames report says A H Snyder resigns from Iowa State College extension work to take the role of associate editor at Successful Farming in Des Moines. He is noted as a longtime standby in Iowa State College agricultural extension.
Creston reports E. H. George M. J. Noble and George Williams were each sentenced to five years in the Anamosa reformatory. George was found guilty of forgery while Noble and Williams were convicted of larceny.
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