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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
1
A playful collage on heat waves, air economy, and leisure with references to summer life. It riffs on aviation as sport, moral duty to animals, fashion through the hobble skirt, Peoria borrowing funds, and New York’s world’s fair aura. Notable asides touch Mars canals explorer Schiaparelli and a motorboat caper then a wealthy chauffeur after a shopping spree.
Opinion contends that a woman in a hobble skirt resembles the type likely to wear such attire. The remark frames fashion as a social signifier and reflects era specific attitudes toward tailoring and female presentation.
Two inmates at the Cooperstown New York jail reportedly found a razor blade and used it to cut their way to freedom. The blade described as a common item, aided their escape.
With tact the Minneapolis committee in charge of the International convention for the prevention of smoke entertained the delegates at a banquet instead of a smoker.
A New Jersey man awaiting execution by electric chair blamed his attorney for interfering and saving him from death. He has likely lived in New Jersey most of his life and shows understandable disappointment at narrowly escaping the sentence.
The movement urges friends and relatives to refrain from kissing brides and babies at gatherings. It notes that such kisses occurred long before public health campaigns and are likely to persist beyond these crusades.
The text argues that keeping women on farms requires making farm life less burdensome and more appealing to women. It links harsh conditions for farmers' wives to higher insanity rates and asserts that improving motherhood will uplift the region.
Maharajah Sir Sayaji III Gaekwar of Baroda India travels to New York and Boston amid remarks on his wealth and progressive rulership. He is noted for having a son studying at Yale University signaling American influence.
A New Jersey woman seeks a divorce after believing she was dying and marrying a man on her deathbed. The ceremony occurred amid family and funeral arrangements, and she now questions the validity and future of the union.
The demolition of a 22 story New York City building to clear ground for a new structure promises strong returns at about $675 per square foot. The episode underscores the need for careful study of economic conditions by property owners planning improvements.
The Queen of Bulgaria requested a cigarette at the Paris foreign office but the foreign minister had none. No international complications are anticipated from the incident.
A remark on humor’s lifespan suggests today’s wit may fade by 1960 though some jokes trace to centuries past. Antecedents imply humor could endure, leaving room to consider its immortality.
In Dubuque a group of about forty boys participate in the Park Plan extending manual training on a farm. They study farming truck gardening and stock raising at Swiss Valley and the Trappist monastery before a week at a Manchester fish hatchery. Professors Horschem Iaick and Bliss accompany the group as they learn practical agriculture through active participation.
The Diamond Creamery, burned two weeks ago, is being replaced by a larger concrete block creamery of 60 by 100 feet with a concrete foundation and cement floors. A matching feather factory of the same size and material will follow, making it the world’s largest feather plant.
Owasa designates Thursday August 4 as its annual road drag day with Peter Ransom a leading local enthusiast and Dr Ward King of Maitland Mo among speakers. Music contests rides a bowery dance and a merry time are planned as a regular annual celebration like Sauer Kraut and Bean days in Iowa towns.
J E Jackson, a dairyman from Marshalltown, fined C H Hicks twenty five dollars for selling milk under the three per cent butter fat standard. Jackson alleges Hicks supplied the retailer and will argue wholesalers must bear liability for products failing pure food standards.
Miss Nina Nohanshelt recovered a gold watch stolen four years ago in Des Moines. A local jeweler repairing the piece found her engraved name on the case and notified her. The purchaser had bought the watch years earlier.
A large farm sale near Creston saw the George Herring place west of the city transfer to J. C. Voorhees of Anita. The property comprises 370 acres with a total consideration of 80000 dollars, about 135 dollars per acre.
Harry Cutler injured in a runaway accident while attempting to pass with James Dutton driving. Cutler seriously hurt. a $300 horse was killed in the incident.
Harry Awtry aged about 30 is dead at his home near Taintor after being struck on the head with a hay stacking apparatus of home construction authorities report. The incident occurred in the evening leaving investigators to determine motive and details.
W I F Wolfner, vice president of the National Cooperage Co of Peoria, has purchased the National Denatured Alcohol Plant in Marshalltown. He denies buying it for the so called whiskey trust.
Police say they are closing in on the suspect in a Mason City homicide driving northward and seen along the route. Officers believe the fugitive remains on the move as inquiries continue.
Des Moines Iowa reports the Chicago Great Western Railroad is conducting a preliminary survey from Des Moines to Clarion and rumors say it may buy the St Paul and Des Moines railway if it fails to build. The survey is about halfway finished as officials in Des Moines discuss potential routes and future connections.
Death of the last Sioux participant in the Custer battle is revealed as Maj. James McLaughlin and his brother-in-law Joe Buisson hold a complete account. The material details the engagement that killed every man in General George A. Custer’s force and ties to the upper Mississippi river.
The river stage is six inches above low water, the lowest since 1864. The steamer Sidney, the sole large packet on the river, has been withdrawn from the St. Louis to St. Paul trade due to low water, ending through traffic for the first time at this season.
Lester Harris twenty, son of K E Harris, a prosperous farmer north of town, was struck by an eastbound Rock Island fast train while returning home from town. His body was thrown about forty feet. his horse bolted and halted before the engine leaving Harris with no chance to escape.
A large blaze in Lamotte Dubuque County destroys property valued at about 14000. Milwaukee depot and stock yards suffer 5000 Cahill Grain elevator and lumber yard 6600 Sylvester Nestor Milk depot and Goodsell milk depot 400 two cars of live cattle and hogs 2000 and other property. Origin of the fire remains undetermined.
Ida County board of supervisors let a contract for a 61 foot concrete arch bridge across the Odebolt river at this point. It will be the first concrete bridge in Ida county, and officials aim to have every bridge and culvert in the county made of concrete within ten years.
William J. Bryan faced harsh opposition from his own party at a Grand Island Nebraska convention where his county option plan was defeated by a 645 to 195 vote. He had urged support for county option as the liquor issue and warned of nationwide prohibition if rejected.
Isaac Marse an escaped convict from Canon City Colorado was identified and arrested at a boarding house in Oskaloosa He confessed to being the wanted man and offered no resistance a reward had been posted for his capture.
Washington reports American lives and property in northeastern Nicaragua are not in danger per a dispatch from Commander Hines of the gunboat Dubuque. The Tacoma returned to Bluefields from a coastward trip where Americans were said to be at risk. The state department also says it has no official knowledge of Madrid commissioners Dr Modesto Barrios and Dr Sebastian Salinas in New York to restore friendly relations.
A hay fire at the Oscar Brewster farm four miles east of Keosauqua destroyed the barn and granary and killed four work horses. The loss is about 8000 dollars with partial insurance coverage.
Pella will install water works this season and bids for part of the project have been accepted. Bonds totaling 60000 dollars with 5.6 percent interest have been sold.
Ridgeway Virginia former mayor A H Bousman was assassinated Monday by a dynamite bomb hurled from the street while he lay in a hammock. He died an hour later. No clues to the killer or motive have been found.
The Mason City and Clear Lake railway company and a suburban ten mile line to Clear Lake have incorporated under Delaware law for $1,000,000. The action creates a new corporate entity to operate the lines and develop the summer resort city connections.
One of the biggest canning factories in the middle west nears completion in Marshalltown. The plant will operate during the corn and tomato seasons and year round, revolutionizing local industry.
John Junkin, condemned for the slaying of Clara Rosen Ottumwa choir girl, was hanged at Fort Madison penitentiary at noon on the 29th.
A Chicago concern was awarded the contract to decorate the Marshalltown business section in purple and white for the Iowa Elks annual convention scheduled August 16 18 in the city.
Colfax veteran Captain W N Clark a noted G A R man went abroad to Germany to see the Passion play at Hamm and will likely visit Egypt on his return from the trip last year he also journeyed to Egypt in the service of his travels
Seattle dispatch notes steamer Mackinaw bringing $200,000 in gold bullion from Nome via Kotzebue Sound ports. Officers warn of the worst ice conditions in the Bering Strait in 17 years, affecting passage and safety.
A party of Russian railroad men arrived to study American rail and water terminals. They will visit Chicago and St. Louis during their tour of western cities.
Paymaster Eugene A. Priceu of the receiving ship Philadelphia and Clerk Garrity are under arrest as the paymaster corps are confined to quarters at Puget Sound Navy Yard while investigators probe the disappearance of 2200 from the ship's safe in Seattle Washington.
An earthquake and volcanic eruption Tuesday at Usu bay on Hokkaido’s southern coast have reportedly killed many people. Authorities and rescue teams are assessing damage as public moments of concern spread a local emergency.
A general strike by 37 unions was decided to pressure Otis Elevator company over hiring machinists for elevator construction. The move could halt work on 37 ongoing Chicago buildings affecting about 28,000 workers, with carpenters exempt. Union agents notified workers at affected sites after the decision.
Ottumwa Iowa reports the Democratic state convention adopted a local option plank after a rough resolutions committee battle, putting the liquor question to the people. Temporary chair Jerry B. Sullivan of Des Moines attacked Theodore Roosevelt in his speech as Claude Porter is ratified for governor.
Oklahoma Supreme Court orders Guthrie to remain capital until legality of election is settled. All state officers except the governor must return to Guthrie and stay there. the governor may move but all official acts must appear as done in Guthrie.
In response to Libby's urgent request Governor Norris detailed Company L of the Montana National Guard to assist in battling large forest fires in the Big Snowies forest reserve. Kalispell reports little change and rain is hoped for across the region.
Edward Stafford of Cleveland Ohio paroled from a two year burglary sentence to return home and participate in the division of an estate valued in the thousands left by a relative in Kansas City Missouri.
A house about six miles from Union burned Wednesday in La Grande Oregon killing Mrs. J C Dean and her adopted daughter. The fire left no survivors and authorities investigated the cause while neighbors aided in the aftermath.
In Honolulu the special election on whether Hawaii should become dry and prohibit liquor imports ended with wets winning 3 833 to 915. The tally confirms support for allowing alcohol in the territory under the ongoing political debate.
Craig Biddle former judge of the common pleas court of Philadelphia died Thursday at his Andalusia summer home. He was eighty seven years old.
John Junkin, condemned for Clara Rosen's murder, faced execution calmly at the state penitentiary Fort Madison on July 30. He dictated prayers and forgiveness to Father Zaiser and expressed remorse before death.
Wade H. Frost assistant surgeon of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital, with the state board of health, investigates infantile paralysis in Mason City. Fifty five defined cases exist with about seventy total cases and three deaths. several other deaths undetermined.
A large frame warehouse owned by ex Mayor H A Crockett, a hides and wool dealer, was destroyed by fire in Clinton Iowa on July 30. The loss is estimated at 30000 dollars with the insurance expected to cover the damage.
Clear Lake Iowa July 30 after long litigation George Ade a pioneer resident here and for years in charge of the camp grounds will get a one third share of an English estate of over 50000 pounds
Mason City police arrest Tomo Martinovich on bootlegging charges. A plainclothes officer says he bought beer from Martinovich at a joint operating near Memorial University.
Cedar Falls Iowa July 30 seventy four young people received certificates diplomas and degrees from the summer school of the Iowa State Teachers college at Cedar Falls
President Taft sent a dispatch to Warren G. Harding congratulating him on his Ohio gubernatorial nomination. Taft, resting after vacation in Beverly, Mass, said he read the Ohio platform and was satisfied. The Garfield administration delegates helped Harding on the third ballot, and the platform was adopted with few no votes.
The Keystone party gathers 117 delegates from 52 counties to oppose Republican and Democratic nominees. It denounces both parties as liquor industry controlled and omits any Roosevelt reference from its platform. William H. Berry, a former state treasurer, is named governor nominee after a 1905 upheaval exposing the capitol scandal.
Nelson W. Aldrich denounced Bristow of Kansas as a liar amid insurgent attacks. He said Bristow has told so many lies he could not begin to deny them all. He noted charges would be different if raised on the senate floor.
A mixed auto tour ended in tragedy when a fast eastbound Pennsylvania freight struck the car a mile east of Etna Green. Mrs. Melville Brooks and Mrs. C. H. Thoring were killed instantly. Mr. Brooks died later. Mr. Thoring was severely hurt but not in danger. The Brookses lived in Lima Ohio and the Thorings in St. Marys Ohio.
Mrs. Mary Fosdick died from injuries after a runaway in Streator Illinois on Wednesday. Her companion Joseph Wolferman was injured and is held pending investigation.
Berlin declines to use its friendly offices for President Madriz to stop what it calls U S interference in Nicaragua. The note comes amid tensions over American involvement in Central American affairs.
George H. E. Hall a Seattle pioneer died by his own act last week and bequeathed 15000 to the Seattle Humane Society to improve conditions for working horses.
Census data show Oyster Bay New York has birth rate five to six percent higher than the death rate over the past decade. Government enumerator notes a persistently tight population growth as mortality edges ahead of births.
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