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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1909
Page
1
The London correspondent of a Chicago paper notes James A. Patten has stopped talking about wheat. He remains silent despite bait offered to elicit a comment, vowing not to talk and to avoid risking commentary like a country editor who ended an editorial on corn with an ears joke.
The phrase contrasts style with influence, suggesting reformers matter through deeds rather than appearance. It notes perception can misjudge leadership based on hair length and necktie size, implying substance over style drives change.
Arthur Du Bois of counsel for the public service commission and his family misidentify turnips for radishes at dinner. The gardener admits deliveries were misplaced and laughs along as the room learns the mistake.
John Montgomery fifteen year old toppled from a homemade flying contraption on his father’s house roof. A bicycle rear propeller powered the craft while a hot air balloon lifted the frame. The device proved too heavy and Montgomery struck the ground fracturing a skull and suffering possible internal injuries.
Prof Geo F Kay of the Iowa geological survey reports rich clay and lithographic stone deposits in the area. Local business leaders organize a commercial club led by W F Brown as president to push development with Cedar River water power noted as excellent. Executives include Joseph Hallack D H Murphy and R D Williams with McCloud and Bert Johnson on the committee.
The Waterloo Cedar Falls and Northern Railway announces approval of system improvements and a six mile interurban extension from Denver to Waverly. The project budget is set at 500000 dollars.
Three hundred spectators watched Mayor Kirshman lead police to tear down a barn within the fire limit built by S. M. Keeny. Keeny, a liveryman, had sued the mayor and F. A. Miller, fire committee chair, for 1000 dollars. The barn was rebuilt.
The conversion of farmland to crops via drain tile and ditching will cut the hay crop by an estimated 100000 tons across this part of the state. Hundreds of acres previously productive hay land have been drained and replanted.
Four people drowned near Davenport include John Hogan father of Rev. Henry Hogan of Fairfield Iowa at the ferry dock Danny Defenbaugh of Battendorf Harvey Gregg of Moline and F N Diercks of Toronto Iowa while bathing local report states four drownings on the riverfront during a bathing period
In Marshalltown an 18 year old, Joseph Neuroth son of Chris Neuroth a noted Haverhill farmer, died from sunstroke after being struck by the heat while working in an oats field Thursday. He never regained consciousness.
Bolen, a two year old child of Mr and Mrs I Bolen, was thrown from a passenger car platform by an engine bump and crushed to death under the wheels, witnessed by its mother.
A Des Moines area woman may receive $10,000 if she proves she is the sister of William Patrick O Hara, a farmer who died July 23 at Camp Dennison near Cincinnati, Ohio. The case hinges on verified family ties and official records.
Martin Caffrey aged 21 drowned in a pond two miles from Caloma Franklin township. The incident was reported from Knoxville Word with no further details on circumstances or rescue efforts.
Britt Sam Benson completes sale of a 360 acre farm near Crystal Lake for 20000 in cash. Purchaser is Co H Hargrove of Des Moines. The property will be converted into a stock farm.
Under W R C guidance and G A R support a large reunion of the Third Iowa Cavalry and Thirtieth Iowa Infantry is set for Bloomfield on September 30 and October 1.
A group of fourteen returning from a hayrack picnic near Albia startled a railroad freight train. Miss Agnes McGuire was struck by the locomotive, losing both feet and dying shortly after. Miss Louis Shrope, riding with her father, was thrown when her horse ran away and died from injuries.
Friday August 13 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's 1859 visit to Council Bluffs. Lincoln viewed the surrounding area from Mount Lincoln Lookout, a site later tied to his impression leading to the Union Pacific terminus at that point.
In Knoxville Iowa Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Lundy marked their sixtieth anniversary on July 25 following a July 25 1849 wedding. The couple, married in Marion County when the area was a primeval wilderness, are noted for long married life in the community.
Dr A E Kepford state tuberculosis lecturer led a Storm Lake Chautauqua demonstration on an infected dairy animal. The animal from a nearby private herd showed clear tubercular signs making the展示 highly practical. Kepford says the Iowa Chautauqua first to attempt such a demonstration and foresees great value.
Des Moines reports efforts to stop liquor deliveries in the state to non permit holders. District court decisions hold railroads and express companies may not deliver to non permit holders. Attorney General Byers reportedly argues the practice is illegal under state liquor laws.
In Iowa City residents ask if the town will lie on a proposed electric railway line linking Omaha and Chicago. Local surveying work has begun with out initial local investment, with financing expected from major centers connected to the project.
Miss Gertrude Gregory daughter of Councilman George Gregory left for Oakville to enter the state tuberculosis sanatorium. She is a student at the state university and was stricken with pneumonia last spring affecting her lungs.
Mrs. W. J. Teeters wife of Prof. Teeters dean of the College of Pharmacy at the university died of convulsions in Iowa City. Her husband is reported in New Mexico and their only child was killed in a runaway last year.
Mason City Iowa August 2 John Carl won a drayman was killed at Blue Worth by a Northwestern freight train.
Terrence Matthews a Milwaukee railway painting crew member was injured when a car shifted to a sidetrack ran over him after a day of drinking. He was found asleep and lost an arm in the incident.
The grand lodge of Iowa International Order of Good Templars will meet in Paullina during the fourth week of August. A public meeting on one evening will feature the program.
Articles of incorporation were drawn for the second brick and tile factory by the Farmers Co operative company of Mason City with a capital stock of 400000. This is the ninth similar factory here.
A Centerville man and his wife were arrested after alleging they assaulted Pete Fisher age 80 at midnight to rob him of $200 in gold hidden in his bed at his home. Police report indicate Fisher survived the attack.
Before the glacial era North American and European plants thrived in Spitzbergen and across the Arctic. Arctic expeditions found fossil leaves and fruits of magnolias sassafras hickories maples birches lindens cypress and sequoias, proving a warm north pole climate. Asa Gray helped develop the natural selection theory linking this distribution to climate and winds, explaining plant differences on east and west coasts and recounting arctic remnants in Lake Erie gorges and Massachusetts coastal areas.
A historical analysis discusses the Pacific coast lacking many Atlantic slope tree species, noting fewer maples and oaks and inferior timber. It explains how shallow Behring Strait seas and potential land bridges could have enabled plant and animal migrations, supported by mammoth bones found across straits and a pole-to-pole migration theory.
As glaciers advance northward temperate trees cannot survive on exposed shores. Prof Gray notes trees may “take to the woods” and a southward forest movement begins. Seeds disperse by wind water and animals spreading species along parallel belts across oceans until favorable conditions shift with the retreat of the ice.
The glacial period forced many arctic species into central Europe and eastern North America, replacing and driving back local fauna. Large predators and mammals vanished or retreated, while insects like Alpine butterflies persisted only on mountain summits such as Mount Washington and the Rockies.
The White Star liners under way will be larger than the Mauretania and Lusitania but not as big as once thought. They measure about 60 feet between perpendiculars and 890 feet overall with a beam of 92 feet and depth of 64. Power includes two 15 000 horsepower engines for wing propellers and a 10 000 horsepower turbine for the central propeller, enabling a sea speed of 19.5 knots.
Professor Ernest F Nichols of Columbia has been elected president of Dartmouth College in Hanover New Hampshire. Born 1869 in Leavenworth Kansas he studied at Kansas Agricultural College Cornell University Colgate University and Berlin under Planck and Rubens.
Rev Nelson P Dame preaches noon talks on morality to Wall Street brokers near the old custom house, succeeding Rev W J Wilkinson as Trinity church missionary. The addresses mix plain speech with broad moral themes and are hosted by the evangelistic campaign committee.
At a family gathering, Master William Bloggins slips away for a private moment and faints to a pallid face after a cigar. Mrs. Bloggins fears smoke danger, but Willie reveals the cause is romantic love sparked by his father's song.
The Zambesi Boat club hosted an international regatta on the Zambesi river a mile above Victoria Falls with four Cape Colony and Natal clubs. The piece notes shrinking world perceptions since Livingstone and likens the event to a Rhodesian Henley. It ends by imagining a northern golf link near the pole.
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