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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
6
In the Glenarm estate narrative, the narrator meets Olivia Gladys Armstrong in the empty St. Agatha’s chapel during an evening visit. He witnesses her organ performance, praises her music, and learns she will soon depart the estate. The scene unfolds with tension over social boundaries and potential romantic interest.
The narrator discovers a hollow air current and a concealed trap door beneath a cement floor in the school cellar. He and Bates suspect a dangerous intruder. the scene ends with the trap opening to reveal a hidden passage or chamber.
The passage recounts Saul's growing fear and hatred of David after David gains favor, including attempted murder with a spear, plots against him, and David's escape with help from Michal. Jonathan's intervention gives David hope as he becomes a fugitive, vowing to meet again with Jonathan and uphold their oath before God.
The text argues that work defines life and idleness drains energy. It cites Carlyle urging active deeds and words as seeds that endure. It notes many people lack freedom to choose work and must grow to like their duties.
Sermonette contrasts Saul’s fear of David with David’s devotion to God and nation. It warns that persistent disobedience leads to divine withdrawal, asks readers to heed and avoid the unpardonable blasphemy against the Holy Ghost.
David wins fame at Saul's court after defeating the Philistines and charming the king with his harp. Jealous courtiers plot against him as Saul delights in the young warrior who leads Israel to victory and faces public praise from returning troops.
A celebrated actress exits a train in Sioux Falls and asks for her suitcase. The porter mistakes it for a treasure chest while she jokes that the large case holds all her divorce suits to date.
The speaker notes that Egyptians built monuments to last, allocating vast labor. He cites a king spending 10,000 men on a temple and claims 2,000 workers labored three years to move a single massive stone from Elephantine to Sais.
George McKown, once manager of Fairbanks Morse in Webster City, was arrested in Bakersfield California on embezzlement and arson charges. Pinkerton detectives located him after a lengthy search. serial fire losses and lavish spending tied to the Northwestern Foot Shoe Company are described, with indictments and allegations of misused funds exceeding ten thousand dollars.
A northwestern express rear ended a stock train near Belle Plaine injuring multiple aboard the stock train. One man, John Luster of Ketchum Idaho, is dead while brakeman Kline of Boone Iowa faces fatal neck and back injuries and engineer William Fuller of Boone Iowa sustains a leg injury. A carload of sheep was destroyed and no passenger was harmed.
Waterloo city council unanimously approves the water works franchise over the mayor's veto. The measure goes to voters on August 28 after a lengthy fight. It guarantees artesian water with one well per 4 000 residents and allows rate regulation and an accountant in the water company office.
The Franciscan Sisters of St. Louis closed a contract to buy 43 acres for a new Catholic hospital two miles from Waterloo's business center on Independence avenue. Land cost over 200 dollars per acre, possession March 1, with construction to begin next spring for a $100,000 facility. The city will provide a $30,000 bonus.
James Farrell a 39 year old horseman died from glanders contracted while tending a sick horse he cared for. Doctors say such cases are extremely rare. Farrell, a well known figure in the local scene, died after close attention to the ill animal.
Olson a prominent Henry county pioneer farmer died instantly near Swedesburg after falling from a load of hay. His neck was broken and he lived with his daughter. He was about 73 years old and widely known in the area.
Angelina Sinclair, 18 months old, daughter of Jas Sinclair of Melrose, died at the hospital from suffocation caused by a grain of corn in the windpipe. She had been scheduled for an operation that morning but choked at about 4 o clock.
In Iowa City the Joy family home suffered a gas stove explosion injuring sisters Blanche and Genevieve Joy. Both girls sustained severe burns and Genevieve’s skin peeled away from her eyes to her throat, leaving them badly burned and nearly blinded.
The board of regents of the state university establishes a new school to train high school and college teachers. Dr. I. E. Bolton is named dean with plans for a regional binding program. Notable appointees include Judge W. D. Ryans and Col. C. A. Clark to the college law faculty, Elizabeth Hopkins to public speaking, Alice Wilkinson as physical director, and George W. Wansehild to German. A school of observation will allow supervised teaching in Town City Schools. Dr. Frederick Holton and President Maclean will direct, with Holton declining offers elsewhere.
George H. Berkey city salesman for Tolerton Warfield company shot himself after his employers alleged a shortage in his accounts. Berkey, a well known grocery salesman for about fifteen years, came to Sioux City from Oskaloosa and left behind rumors of a $3000 shortage.
An unknown man with a bullet in his back walked to a Fort Dodge clinic after a quarrel over a craps game at a railroad camp five miles away. He resisted being stretched for surgery and required four men to hold him while Dr. vane removed an eight gauge bullet.
Roy Bridge eleven year old boy was fatally injured while coasting down Connell hill. He ran in front of a summer car, was dragged about two rods, and suffered multiple fractures with severe internal injuries and profuse bleeding. The driver attempted to stop but the car could not be halted in time. this was the second accident at that location.
Florence Mank five years old died during surgery at Mercy hospital after a peanut became lodged in her windpipe while she attended an entertainment with a bag of peanuts. Doctors failed to remove the kernel and she died within an hour.
J. W. Grossman, a local junk dealer, was bitten on a Cedar Rapids bound train and developed blood poisoning. His head swelled to nearly twice its size and he lies in a critical state.
J T Houser attorney for the Iowa Anti saloon league filed petitions against all Muscatine saloonkeepers alleging operation wide open and not per the law. The petitions were filed by G W Pool of Wilton and likely backed by the Muscatine Ministerial association.
W J Keeley of the Julien hotel in Dubuque reports two silver tea pots missing two months ago have been recovered. The items were shipped from Clinton and authorities suspect the thief’s conscience prompted the return.
Des Moines reports Mrs. Fred West, indicted for the murder of "Baby Jim" at her maternity hospital, is again jailed after bondsman W. and Gerlach withdrew from her bond and ordered her arrest.
In Mason City Sam Buckley struck John Faktor with a gas pipe on the head and left him unconscious. Buckley was bound over to the grand jury on a $500 bond.
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