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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
6
Iowa parole board explains its action in returning Clarence Skaggs to Anamosa after his parole violations. Skaggs accused of absconding and other misdeeds while his 20 year burglary term expires. The board argues enforcing parole safeguards citizens and prisoners alike.
The Moscow born adventurer known as Count Nicholas ds Toulouse Lautrec is released from prison in Riga after serving time for forged bonds and swindling. He claims a dramatic career from war wounds to escapes, with earnings and media deals cited as proof of his renown. He has lived in Chicago as a car conductor and holds American citizenship.
Chester residents recount a Delaware Bay whale sighting seen as a war omen. locals recall 1810s and 1860s whale appearances linked to conflicts, including Edward Oulen who describes a frightful hull-like object and a sudden splash as they fled to shore.
The Temps lauds Harvard University president Dr Abbott Lawrence Lowell calling him a leading American thinker whose visit will strengthen Franco American ties. It notes his Harvard era began amid a shift away from German methods in American universities.
In Cottonwood Falls Kansas stock raisers report coyotes nearly extinct due to fencing and bounty payments. Farmers kill, trap, and raid dens for bounties securing scalp rewards that once reached 300 to 400 dollars yearly. Woolf depredations and den raids spur eradication to protect livestock.
Paris reports two Seine tribunal judges fell asleep during a dull case as heat and long pleadings wore on. A colleague nudged one judge with a toe and he whispered to a named reference, asking if it was Eugenie, provoking laughter as the court dissolved.
Des Moines reports the Interstate Commerce Commission decisions in Iowa rate cases upholding shipping interests. The ruling affects class freight rates statewide, with Des Moines area interests praising the outcome. The impact in dollars is vast, promising hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings to Iowa shippers.
Boone Thomias McKerson, held on horse theft charges at Victor, wrote a full confession detailing his Boone visit and escape from a pursuing posse. He claims to be 70 years old, a Civil War veteran, and says his pursuit past Malcolm’s corn fields evoked old government service. He refuses to name accomplices and remains unable to post bond.
Chariton reports a guard, Everett Cooley of Company A 48, deserting after three days at camp. He hiked seventy miles home to Des Moines to avoid capture and then rode a train back, with military court proceedings guarded and details undisclosed. It is likely he will be returned to Charles City, camp of the fifty third regiment, to serve his sentence when the regiment breaks camp.
A southwest Reinhbeck crash killed Pauline Hern 18 and injured Carl Tern Jr 7 who suffered internal injuries and a broken arm. Lou Rahder sustained a broken shoulder and his wife a broken hip. Driver Carl Bern, Pauline and Carl Jr’s father, tried to pass another car and crashed into a ditch, overturning the vehicle.
The late Lord Northampton owned a famed Tudor house at Compton Wyngates Warwickshire. It features battlemented towers mullioned windows and has remained unaltered since Henry VIII. Its chimneys are all different and the estate boasts 365 windows.
Hamburg reports J. M. Bechtel and A. A. Simons have disposed of their apple crops. The two large Fremont county orchards may yield between 5 000 and 10 000 barrels in total though exact figures are not yet known.
The first woman jury to hear a felony case in California found a woman not guilty after two hours of deliberation in an alleged blackmail attempt trial in San Francisco.
In Long Branch New Jersey a curious woman aided the recovery of most of the 50000 dollars in jewels stolen from New York lawyer Harry L Haas. Detective work by Mrs Eugene Scott led to arrest of James Mela Scote in Greenwich Connecticut with Rhind also implicated. McIntyre confessed and Rhind denied involvement as police recovered jewels from a satchel. The case expanded to include Mary Kruger the seventeen year old maid.
A two-foot rattlesnake with five rattles slithered into Fred Land’s house two and a half miles northwest of Greenfield. Mrs. Land was alone when she summoned neighbors who killed the reptile.
J A Gerhardt a real estate dealer from Applington was killed instantly when his automobile struck a fence near Parkersburg. He was thrown from the car and his neck broken in the crash.
Sixty one members of the Bible class at the First Presbyterian church petition Governor Clarke asking clemency for Arence Skages, a convict whose case stirs strong controversy.
Henry Witzke, a farmer, was arrested at Storm Lake by state dairy and food inspector L P Anderson for selling rotten eggs. He pleaded guilty and was fined court costs.
A Jeremiary Taylor devotional summarizes the Mark gospel scene of a ill woman who, after twelve years of suffering and failed cures, touches Jesus’ garment in faith. Jesus perceives the faith, calls her daughter, and grants healing and forgiveness, illustrating personal faith over creed and church.
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