28 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1910
Page
1
A Monticello Express column riffs on diverse topics from meat boycotts and hens to spring's bland promises and fashion trends. It humorously notes mail volume at month’s start, odd foods, weaponry, misread demographics, and gossip about a tenor and historic burnings as news travels slowly.
A historical note claims rodents are accused of transmitting bubonic plague and two St. Louis girls contracting leprosy. The text suggests the "rats" are metaphorical, tied to Asiatic hair and scapegoating, with gendered bias implied.
The piece discusses calling an aeroplane shed a hangar versus shed, notes the bureau of Indian affairs promoting demonstration farms to teach wards of the nation better farming, and muses that passing through a comet could disinfect the atmosphere, cure colds, sprout hair, and reduce gas.
The writer notes the charm of old face to face proposals over wireless ones from Harvard student in Honolulu to a recipient at sea. The risk of interception and wrong recipient is cited, contrasting modern tech with traditional courtship.
A New Jersey magistrate is likened to a stern parental hero as a noble Roman figure who sent his own son to fall. The remark casts the official in Brutus like terms, underscoring a harsh, duty driven reputation.
Two adventurers plan to motor through Niagara River whirlpool despite no practical benefit. The feat mirrors other hypnotic challenges that captivate daring minds like the allure of the North Pole.
The English Laundry Record argues the future of the laundry trade rests on washing clothes with soap rather than alkalies, a principle held to be true in both England and the United States.
A Chicago man seeks to remove the coat lapel buttonhole while another wishes to banish the hatpin from women's attire. The whimsical debate illustrates fashion changing with the times as cultural spotlight lingers.
Des Moines notices Iowa State Board of Health designates April 25 to May 1 as statewide clean up days to rid yards of winter debris and prevent disease. Secretary Guilford H. Sumner urges officials and clubs to pass resolutions and promote concerted action for a purer state.
Funeral services for the late Judge T. M. Fee drew broad attendance at the Centerville Methodist church. Major Hamilton, 83, from Ottumwa, attended as the last captain of the Thirty-sixth Iowa regiment along with army comrades, judges, and district bar. Rev J R Hanley delivered the sermon as stores paused for one hour. The Masonic ritual, plus G A R and Company E lodges, were in attendance.
Oskaloosa reports approval of a plan to make May 12 the anniversary of the Mahaska statue dedication and the annual celebration of the Improved Order of Red Men of Iowa. The head officers endorse the plan and expect to attend. Six to eight drill teams will compete for prizes as thousands of braves from the town reservation gather for a war dance with the great chief in attendance.
Father Saunders of St. Mary’s Boone is chosen by Bishop Garrigan for the Corpus Christi parish vacancy. He will become vicar general and be invested as monsignor, assuming the new pastorate May 1. He is 63, long serving the diocese, and led St. Mary’s for six years after a 35 year priesthood.
The Maple Valley Firemen's Association and local fire department officials convened to announce the 1910 annual tournament will be held July 15 in Lake City. The date is earlier than usual to avoid conflict with the Chautauqua running July 24 to 30.
Fifteen freight cars burned in the Northwestern yards. Some were empty box cars and several were boarding cars. The flames consumed the clothes and belongings of a number of laborers.
The city faces two claims totaling seven thousand dollars for February slip injuries. Ralph Lucky seeks five thousand dollars for a broken leg and Kate Dougherty claims two thousand dollars for a broken arm.
Atlantic to Council Bluffs will follow the south route for the final lap of the river to river state road. Local promoters decided this at a conference held here.
Mrs Hodkinson of Woodburn arrives in Fort Dodge to take up work as assistant superintendent of Benedict home at Willowedge, joining the Willowedge facility staff under the Benedict home program.
Villisca to host a two day Firemen's Tournament July 4 and 6 with departments from about a dozen cities. Local efforts promise a grand event featuring horse team races and ample plans by the fire department and business leaders to ensure a top exhibition in southwestern Iowa.
About 200 to 300 Iowa manufacturers are expected in Marshalltown for the Iowa State Manufacturers association annual convention on June 8 and 9. Secretary George A. Wrightman of Des Moines has met the Commercial club entertain ment committee, and the organization plans to host a profitable gathering this year.
William Smith, about 40, manager of an elevator, shot himself in the temple at the Farmers Bank in Lamoni after inquiring about his account and being told he had withdrawn all his money. He fired a revolver lying on the counter, dying almost instantly.
Fred Kleinworth a north Mason City farmer was found dead in his bedroom from strangulation by a tight wire. Authorities believe self infliction may be involved though the motive remains unknown. He left a fine family and was known as an enterprising temperate man.
A $30,000 damage suit filed by Mrs. Millie Fish of Trenton Missouri against the Rock Island Railway was ordered transferred from Town City to the United States northern district court at Cedar Rapids by Judge R P Howell. The plaintiff alleges her husband Norman G Fish a brakeman was killed through the companys negligence.
Mayor C. A. Bolter of Logan announces major park improvements including cement walks a fountain and ground leveling funded by Mr and Mrs Bolter to enhance the city’s appearance.
By a 521 to 166 vote Boone city grants a twenty five year franchise to Boone Electric Company for street railway and electric light plants. John Reynolds manages the local company and it announces an immediate expenditure of 50000 dollars for improvements.
Percy Hess of Iowa City, a young civil engineer, writes home from South America about meeting William Jennings Bryan. He recalls the pleasure of assisting the eminent Nebraskan during the visit and work on railroad construction projects abroad.
Oskaloosa reports the two week strike by 300 girls at the local garment factory has been settled and operations resumed. The dispute stemmed from a small misunderstanding with no clear fault identified by participants.
A Boone party headed by L S Moore and including his niece Miss Elizabeth Hill and Misses Susie and Eleanor Moore of Des Moines will leave Boone around June 11 for New York. They will sail to Germany to witness the Passion Play at Oberammergau.
Rev. Walter White of Mexico Missouri has been called to lead the First Christian church in Cedar Rapids. It is not known whether he will accept the call.
Relatives report the death of Mrs. Ella Royce wife of H E Royce former Des Moines Iowa lines superintendent for Rock Teland railway in Chicago due to heart disease.
Claus Peterson a Swedish miner aged 45 died at the hospital in Oskaloosa after a holdup by two negroes. The attackers escaped and authorities have no clue to their identity.
W A Kendall a longtime local agent for the B C R N and Rock Island railroads died at 62 after thirty eight years of service. He was widely known in the state and left a widow a son and a daughter.
The board of supervisors of Mahaska county have sold a bond issue of 75000 at 4 percent. Bonds were issued to fund outstanding warrants.
A gas explosion at the Mulga mine of the Birmingham Iron and Coal company entombed 41 workers, 15 white and 25 Black, as rescuers raced to the shaft. Superintendent Johns and a man named Bonds survived gas exposure but confirmed all were dead.
Six inmates including Arthur Hewitt Thomas Keating Bob Clarke John Gideon Frank Grigware and Theodore Murdock escaped Thursday by hijacking a switch engine with dummy pistols and forcing the engineer to drive six miles to a broken bridge. Clarke and Gideon were captured soon after while Hewitt Keating hid before surrendering. Grigware and Murdock remain at large as deputies and farmers scour the countryside eleven miles west of the prison.
The Chicago and Western Illinois bridge over the Wabash at Clinton Indiana was dynamited causing heavy damage. Two explosions damaged two piers and a man seen fleeing the scene. No motive is known.
President Taft reportedly desires New York Governor Charles Hughes to join the United States Supreme Court bench. The report indicates the administration’s preference amid court reform discussions.
The late Charles T. Yerkes home and art gallery at Sixty eighth Street and Fifth Avenue sold at public auction Wednesday for 1 239 000 to a real estate firm. It is reported the property was bought for Thomas F P Ryan.
Spain sends large reinforcements to Ceuta on the Moroccan coast and concentrates war material there. Barracks are set up outside the ramparts as part of heightened coastal defenses.
Rev. Thomas J. Fitzgerald pastor of St. Patrick's Catholic Church died in New Orleans on Tuesday at age 35. He was lauded as the hero priest after the riot in New Orleans several years ago.
In defiance of a peace declaration between the Rapid Transit Company and its workers, strike sympathizers continued dynamiting cars on Tuesday, signaling ongoing unrest in the city.
Democrat James S. Havens defeated Republican George W. Aldridge to win the Thirty second district seat in Rochester New York. Havens ran on tariff reform and moral issue of bossism while Aldridge faced corruption allegations over a $1000 insurance check. Havens carried Rochester by about four thousand narrowing a prior Republican plurality.
In a bloody clash between strikers and township constables at McKees Rock near Pittsburgh seven people were wounded. Constable James M. Daniels is gravely shot, Hungarian striker Joe Birnet was also shot, plus an unnamed striker. A fleeing striker was struck by a train and swept over a bank into the river and not recovered. A farmer named Hannan was shot in the hand and two unknown foreigners were carried off badly injured. The confrontation occurred at dusk in the Bloody Angle near prior strike violence and looting at the Victor bank.
Decatur Alabama based firm Yancey & Co headed by Alan Knight filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition. The case marks one of the south’s largest cotton firm failures with branches in several southern cities. Federal grand jury probing a cotton pool led by James A. Patten paused hearings to organize evidence. officials indicate the probe signals a move to end futures dealings on staple commodities.
A thousand miners and coke oven men employed by the Davis Colliery company, led by president and former U S Senator Henry G Davis, receive a five percent wage increase. The boosted plants include Coalton Herring Junior and Bower.
Sir John Henry William Schroder head of J H Schroder & Co bankers died Thursday in London. He was born in 1825.
United States Senator Daniel, previously stricken by paralysis in Daytona Beach Florida, has improved enough to be brought north to his Lynchburg Virginia home immediately after weeks of illness.
Washington report states nearly 200000 was raised for the African Methodist Episcopal church in the just ended fiscal year. The sum was presented to the church's financial board during a Wednesday session here.
Frank P. Walsh argues Chicago medical experts manipulated lab reports and accuses the state of denying Hyde access to viscera. He links motive to Mrs. Logan Swope’s influence over Colonel Swope’s will while the court upholds the state's use of testimony about other alleged murders. Pearl Keller testifies as defense objections focus on Hunton death details.
Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Paris under guard as a reigning sovereign, with troops surrounding the railway station to clear crowds. American Ambassador Bacon and embassy staff greet him along with French officials. The visit includes receptions by President Fares and Foreign Minister Pichon, and the Roosevelts attend the Comédie Française in a shared box.
William R Hearst after a half hour conference with President Taft issued a public endorsement of the Taft administration. The statement praises Tafts earnestness sincerity and efficiency noting Taft has accomplished more in one year than Roosevelt did in his first year. Hearst contrasts Roosevelts seven years with Tafts one and doubts a panic will mark Tafts term.
Governor Harmon vetoed the Anderson Sunday baseball bill ruling it unconstitutional. The bill would have let villages and cities vote on permitting baseball on Sunday.
Reservoirs of the Standard Oil company in the Bakersfield oil district burned on Thursday causing heavy losses. Point Richmond, California reports the incident and damage.
James Jackson, president of Eclipse Coal company, was Tuesday sent to jail after failing to post bond for his appearance to answer charges of swindling customers by selling short weight coal.
Danbury Conn. Mark Twain shows improvement after a period of illness but remains under care. Reports say he passed a comfortable night and appeared bright and cheerful Tuesday.
Council Bluffs Iowa April 23 after a good roads meeting in the county the Rock Island route was chosen for the river to river drag road through Pottawattamie starting next week surveyors will begin at Atlantic to fix grades and drags will be set soon motorists may use this end within a month amid booster rivalry among towns.
At the closing session of the Master Horseshoers convention in Des Moines subcommittees were appointed to organize each Iowa county. J. C. Buckley of Detroit attended. Woolgar of Des Moines was named vice president, Warren of Wapello became secretary treasurer, and O'Toole was re elected president. Gordon of Davenport was chosen to again serve as state organizer.
Des Moines reports indicate Miss Garrison head of Mitchellville school for girls will be removed soon amid troubles from her harsh rule. Governor Carroll reportedly plans to replace her after recent investigations.
Des Moines reports two Iowa National Guard companies in bad condition. Company I of the Fifty-fifth at Creston and Company L of the Fifty-fourth at Newton should be mustered out.
Albert Wolter, 19, was convicted of the murder of Ruth Wheeler, a 15 year old stenographer. The sensational case in New York ends with a death sentence to be carried out in the electric chair.
Paris on April 23 reports President and Mme Fallieres hosted a 104 cover dinner at the Elysee in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. The palace was fully illuminated as gardens were guarded and security tightened during the event.
Francisco Guthrie was acquitted by a Benton county district court jury in Vinton Iowa regarding the December 27 1900 murder of his wife Mrs Rose Guthrie in Belle Plaine.
Fire, likely incendiary, damaged Standard Lumber Company yards in Dubuque Iowa for the third time in a week, causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars in lumber. Authorities investigate the fires and search for suspects.
Moses Jord an, a 45 year old farmer from Lee county, dies from a fractured skull after being struck by Abraham An derson, a Negro, in Keokuk Iowa on April 23. He did not regain consciousness.
Washington April 23 many letters endorsing Judge Deemer of Iowa for the United States supreme bench are being received at the White House.
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