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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
6
A Chicago 1905 sermon warns that summer and vacation tempt Christians to ease and excess. It urges temperance in all things, including rest, prayer, and finances, to avoid wrecking spiritual vitality and prepare for the fall. The piece cites Paul and Jesus to stress discipline, devotion, and purposeful leisure.
Washington notes Lt. Gen. Young assuming command of the Army of the United States at noon and presenting ranks. Gen. Miles arrives in undress coat to be greeted by Gen. Corbin with officers paying respects. Miles departs for San Francisco to attend Grand Army encampment. gifts given include a silver loving cup and a vase of flowers.
At the Philadelphia National League park on Saturday afternoon a walk over the left field bleachers collapsed. The disaster killed nine and fatally injured many others as over 10 000 fans watched two Boston vs Philadelphia games. The 200 foot section dropped twenty feet to the sidewalk below after a disturbance in the street drew crowds toward the railing.
The effort to introduce the American peso in the Philippines is meeting resistance with many provinces skeptical of the new coins. Manila bankers, after a conference with Gov Taft, pledged support to secure acceptance of the peso as the standard of value and to promote use of the coins.
Rock Island Railroad grants wage increases to conductors and trainmen completing a yearlong union drive. Estimated $10,000,000 added to western payrolls and about 40,000 workers share in the raise across 50 railroads. A second item notes Matthew McGrath, aide to Special Agent O Keefe, killed in a car thief chase at Illinois Central yards.
Sheriff Bosquit reports five Folsom convicts located at a ranch 15 miles east of Grizzly Flats and a posse with hounds pursuing them after a tip. Also notes a $75,000 annual salary for U S Steel president William E Corey, and Democratic primary results showing H D Money nominated for Senate and James K Vardaman for governor.
Chicago reports a large attendance expected for a Congregational summer assembly at Potawatomi Point near New Buffalo Michigan from August 15 to September 1915. It aims to be undenominational with teachers from Oberlin Yale and other seminaries and invites all to attend and study.
An Empire American Nitroglycerin plant magazine near Bluffton Indiana exploded at 12 45 PM Wednesday destroying the plant. Workers William Woware Edward Radabaugh and William Steffy were killed by the blast. Whitaker Wright the London and Globe Finance promoter was released from jail with sureties for a 2000 bond.
The poem notes a star streaking westward across the night sky, leaving a brief glow that marks its journey. The lines speak of paths of men and the meteor’s passage through God's wide eternity, as recounted by S. i. Kiser in Chicago Record-Herald.
A Philadelphia Globe note details flamingo appearance with scarlet plumage, black wing feathers, and white undersides. It explains their height, flocking behavior, nest construction, sentinels at flock ends, coordinated flying in bands, and preference for standing on one leg.
During a severe thunderstorm in Chambersburg Pennsylvania a rooster in the public square was struck on the head by a lightning bolt. The bird died instantly and its feathers burned off its back and sides, debunking the belief that feathers insulate against electricity.
Town Topics reports a sharp departure of Gayboy's stenographer after Bo found multiple letters from his wife in his desk, suggesting a personal scandal as the motive for leaving.
A cock robin angrily alarms a Scranton mill owner as a female robin nests on the upright saw frame. The owner halts the mill to protect the eggs, allowing two broods to hatch and depart by frost, with the birds eventually leaving the frame to fend for themselves.
The St. Marys and Saratoga are among three American schoolships on the Atlantic coast for nautical training. The St. Marys is New York City run, supervised by a U S navy officer, while the Saratoga and Enterprise are state controlled. After two cruises and exams, graduates receive a certificate qualifying them as quartermasters or junior officers on transatlantic liners.
A child watches a cow with a neck bell and stays by its side until the animal moves away. She then asks her mother if the cow rings the bell to call the calf to supper, expressing delight at the sound.
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