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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
2
The Express argues nature study neglected astronomy in youth. It urges parents to share evening skies and star lore, noting how early memories of constellations shape lifelong wonder. It recalls Beecher and Bowditch family star memories.
Land office officials say young farmers from Iowa Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Illinois dominate homesteading as they seek land capable of producing alfalfa and diverse crops with irrigation. Eastern farmers seek quick watered snaps, while midwestern settlers push into the Rocky Mountain states, shifting opportunity away from aging western cowpunchers.
About 40 000 recent graduates face life choices beyond traditional professions. The New York Herald urges choosing work aligned with natural inclination or at least not distasteful, and pursuing success through probity and hard work, noting science and industry open new fields.
The English periodical the Bystander claims New York's Four Hundred lacks refinement and asserts there is no culture in America. It notes English cousins admire Americans only when they can profit from them.
A newspaper item notes King Edward turning down an invitation to visit Canada. It contrasts fears about vacations threatening jobs with a story of a Newfoundland dog that rescued two drowning boys, swimming them to shore after nearly drowning himself.
A brief note highlights King Alfonso moving on foot along a Spanish street, described as a simple pedestrian procession with onlookers noting his calm pace and modest presence.
Reports from Odessa and St Petersburg describe a large mutiny suspected at Sevastopol with rebels gaining the upper hand. Communications with Sevastopol are cut, Governor Kaulbars has not returned, and a torpedo boat destroyer signaled for action as unrest spreads to Cronstadt and elsewhere.
An Akron Ohio siding collision between a north bound Cleveland Akron and Columbus line accommodation and a south bound passenger train injured nine people. Local crews responded to the scene at Silver Lake, with passengers reported shaken but not fatally harmed.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, under the assumed name Mme W Cheney, arrived incognito in New York aboard the La Gascogne. She has been abroad for three months and is much improved in health.
A bucket of beer was hurled into the face of Sarah Hawkins a Black woman in St Louis and a sharp object injury was noted. William Green involved in the incident and Tiny Watson a Black woman who threw the beer faces serious incident and possible charges.
In Tonopah Nevada Stuart Burney a teamster was killed in the corral of the Headlight stable. John Kemnan another teamster was fatally beaten by robbers. Both men were attacked with a gas pipe.
In Mexico City the impartial reports handbills urging Americans to flee before September 16 were circulated by an American who went from station to station posting the pretender proclamation.
Lightning hit the Walnut Grove church in Decatur Illinois as Sunday school ended. Carl Sut ton suffered probable fatal burns. Earl Emerson had a finger burned off and Early Byer’s toe burned off.
Reports from Mexico City indicate Central railroad strikers are losing ground as new workers take their places. Officials doubt the strike will spread beyond the current group.
After Saturday's election tragedy in Cold Springs Texas BH B Adams candidate for tax assessor and his brother Sam were killed and others wounded. The sheriff requests rangers to assist investigations and security.
Minnesota state railroad and warehouse commission orders railroads to produce all statistics records used in merchandise rate hearings. The move targets the Great Northern with possible expansion to all roads, prompted by shipper attorney Manahan who argued statistics misrepresent earnings trends. The hearing featured sharp exchanges as Manahan attacked the railroad legal counsel’s character.
In Minneapolis and the northwest a severe farm labor shortage stalls harvests. Minnesota needs about fifteen thousand workers across Minnesota Iowa and the Dakotas while only about a thousand are available. Wages offered range from 1.75 to 3 dollars a day with board, yet many jobs go unfilled.
Tony Bartello was caught near Elmdale Thursday. He stabbed to death Bud Stone, a conductor, in Lowell Michigan. Stone led a gang of laborers. Bartello headed the group.
Gen Brugere former commander in chief of the French army is in a dangerous condition following appendicitis surgery. There is little hope for his recovery and he remains near death in Paris.
President Roosevelt appointed Fred Morris Dearing of Missouri as second secretary of the American legation at Havana Cuba. Dearing presently serves as private secretary to Senor Quesada in Cuba.
The July statement from the director of the mint shows total coinage of 6,303,164 dollars at United States mints. Gold coinage amounted to 6,175,000 dollars and silver to 128,164 dollars.
William H. Belcher, former mayor of Paterson, was sentenced to 12 years in Trenton state prison on embezzlement charges. He surrendered Monday after a year’s disappearance, having embezzled between 100000 and 150000 from friends and the Manchester Building and Loan association. He spoke of hardships and poverty during his wanderings before the court, while Justice Scott stressed the victims’ losses and denied clemency.
The state of Illinois secured a judgment of 6532.40 against former State Treasurer Henry Wulff and bondsman Floyd W. Whittemore in Sangamon circuit court. The suit, filed to recover fees for registering county, township and municipal bonds, was appealed to the state supreme court with a possible December hearing after disagreements over October term.
Admiral Evans of the Atlantic fleet reports possible salvage of the collier Nero aground on Block Island. Damage and weather conditions are under review as efforts proceed.
Seventy five lithographers in four Minneapolis printing houses walked out Friday in response to a general strike order from national headquarters.
Information from an army officer says Capt. Elmore F. Taggart known for his divorce case is near marriage to a wealthy Spanish señorita. The pair reportedly met in Manila and plan a wedding in Wooster Ohio.
United States District Attorney Robert T. Devlin has begun an investigation into an alleged lumber dealers’ combination. If the facts warrant, prosecution will follow.
The Italian steamship Sirio carrying about 800 aboard from Genoa to Buenos Ayres wrecked on Bajos Hormigas off Cape Palos Spain. About 300 emigrants, mostly Italians and Spaniards, drowned. the captain killed himself claiming imprudence. Survivors, many Hong suffering, were rescued and a bishop from Brazil reported missing.
The seventeenth annual session of the trans Mississipp i commercial congress will meet in Kansas City November 20 to 23. The executive committee urges concerted action on river navigation across the trans Mississipp i states and asks regional commercial bodies to send strong delegations.
John Carle, a starving homeless youth, approached William D. Pearson from behind on West Twenty Third Street and stabbed him in the back. After grabbing Pearson’s wallet, Carle fled as bystanders closed in. he later told the court he killed to steal food, having eaten nothing since Friday.
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson, wife of the Boston financier, died at Dreamwold in Scituate on Sunday after months of heart illness. Surrounded by family, all her children except Arnold were at her bedside. Arnold arrived home shortly after the death.
At a Baltic landowners congress in Riga on Sunday a resolution supported selling crown and church lands and the gradual expropriation of estates exceeding the maximum allowed size.
Memorial services for the late Rear Admiral Charles J. Train, who died August 4, were held on shore Sunday morning. Representatives of the American, French and Chinese fleets attended.
Old Orchard Beach Me a death reported of A L Grant a member of the theatrical firm Calm Grant owners and lessees of theaters He died Sunday at his Grand Beach summer home after a long illness He was based in Lawrence Mass and prominent in theater management
William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan with Miss Grace Bryan joined Col. Moses Co. Wetmore of St. Louis and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Dunlap with daughter of Jacksonville for a Saturday sightseeing visit in Venice.
Gorham of Olympia Washington recalls six years of back pain after a cold. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring clear urine and regular passages within a week and ending his suffering after six boxes. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The 1905 Indian cotton crop was larger than the normal average with about 20,000,000 acres planted and a yield near 3,500,000 bales. Exports reached over 2,125,000 bales valued above $81,000,000, with Japan Germany Belgium and Italy as top buyers totaling about 1,500,000 bales. Japan alone imported nearly 500,000 bales.
A Canton theological student’s humor headed thesis links biblical figures to baseball deeds. Abraham makes a sacrifice, the Prodigal Son hits a home run, Cain a base hit, David a long throw, Moses parts seas and shuts out enemies, Eve and Adam steal first and second, Isaac meets Rebecca with a pitcher, Samson strikes out against the Philistines, and the devil coaches in the blend of scripture and sport.
A compilation of aphorisms on desire, courage, conscience, learning, and self-improvement. Includes Seneca on desire, Syrus on guarding safety, Juvenal on conscience, Danish and Spanish notes on learning and pride, and an Anna Jameson line about self competition and a French image of a babe.
A fragmented ornate quip page showcases wry lines about life theater wealth and manners. The piece satirizes chorus cooks rainbow gold and youth finance while playing on social tropes and moral sayings with irony.
A physician reports relief in fifteen pediatric constipation cases using Grape Nuts as a natural remedy. He endorses pre digestion and nerve support, argues for healthy bowel habits and proper chewing for teeth, and cites The Road to Wellville as a related read.
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