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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
A miscellany of comments and curiosities including social satire on rights and prosperity, mackerel fishing yields off Milford England, Guanajuato silver wealth, UK newspaper counts, idle freight cars, Georgia peach car needs, Cambridge oarsmen versus Harvard, heat and ice trade, a Texas spelling bee, a Minnesota divorce precedent, and Prince Helie’s bride income plan.
Estimates indicate about 12 million dollars were spent on Fourth of July fireworks and explosives this year. The article also notes that the average death rate in celebrating the holiday may resemble that of a regular battle, suggesting high risk and casualties.
British suffragettes show a blunt approach to politics, insisting that when seeking rights, one should not be deterred by scruples modesty or courtesy and must demand action with a firm tone.
The announcement states the project required six months of work by 150 men and a cost of at least 250000 dollars. It notes the effort aimed to pre pare the plans and implies Chicago may react with disappointment or envy.
Robert Sewell of Stidham a Creek Indian is described as one of Oklahoma's most widely traveled men having visited England Europe South America Australia and resided in multiple regions.
The article notes that the pure food law will be strictly enforced against patent medicines. It suggests that cures for catarrh and corn removers must truly perform their claimed functions, while joking that catarrh foods hardly fit under the food category.
Blind Tom, famed as a musical prodigy born a slave near Columbus Georgia, died last month at his daughter-in-law’s home. As a boy he copied birds and rain sounds, memory for any heard piece, could play two melodies and whistle a third. Yet Youth's Companion notes he remained intellectually a child under guardians.
Commander Peary holds the flag at the Roosevelt mainmast showing patches from earlier polar expeditions. If the flag reaches the north pole and returns to the United States it would rank among the most notable star spangled banners in history.
The Louisiana house approved a bill making bomb throwing when life is endangered punishable by death and sent it to the senate. The Troy Times notes rising outrage and a stronger resolve to curb high explosive crimes and protect lives.
Harry K. Thaw filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in U S court aided by New York attorney Marschauser. He lists assets of 128012.38 and liabilities at 453140.43 with receiver Roger O Mara appointed. Loans from Thaw mother totaling 191500 are not disputed while several creditor claims exceed smaller amounts and some are disputed.
Mrs Eva Jones a balloonist with a carnival company fell 900 feet when her parachute rope snapped. She became entangled in tree branches 30 feet above ground, was rescued unconscious, and diagnosed with multiple broken ribs and internal injuries. Doctors expect recovery.
Boston recorded its heaviest electrical disturbance in years on Friday with a nearly hour long storm. The rain gauge at the weather bureau measured 1.65 inches causing basement flooding in downtown areas and two feet of water in press rooms of several newspaper offices on Washington Street.
Fifty passengers on a Chicago Peoria and St. Louis train traveling from Peoria to Springfield narrowly escaped death when the locomotive and baggage car ran 50 feet onto a burning wooden bridge above a high embankment. The rails spread the engine bumped and turned over as the passenger coaches stopped short of the fire. The baggage car burned completely.
The First National Bank of Belle Plaine Minnesota was closed by order of the comptroller of the currency after banking examiner reports of insolvency. President J G Lund died by his own hand. George C Ball was named receiver.
President H. H. Harrington of the Agricultural College resigns, the board in Corpus Christi accepts. R. T. Tilmer, commissioner of agriculture, is elected to fill the vacancy.
The National Anti Asiatic Immigration league of the United States was formed Friday night in Washington with a declaration of principles and a constitution adopted.
A section foreman northwest of Bellingham, Washington, flagged a Northern Pacific passenger train after discovering a large pile of ties and iron on the track a few miles southeast of the city. The failure prevented damage to the train and passengers.
The New York building department signed off on plans for a $10,000,000 62 story office building for the Equitable Life Assurance Society to replace its current Broadway residence.
Count Zeppelin's giant dirigible, after a rapid dash from Nackenheim via Mayence, crashed in an open field near Echterdingen during a storm. The forward motor failed, a gust toppled the craft, and a fiery explosion followed. Several soldiers were hurt and four engineers on the forward platform were injured but survived.
Oyster Bay N Y President Roosevelt says in a late night statement that he alone authorized the original order discharging the battalion of negro soldiers over the Brownsville Texas incident and refused to suspend it Gen Henry C Corbin’s contention that Taft bore no blame is endorsed as correct by the president through his private secretary Rudolph Forster The message reiterates that the responsibility rests entirely with the president.
Trade unionism in Canada spark a broad strike with 12,000 workers quitting across the Canadian Pacific system. Montreal reports 2,200 idle, Winnipeg 1,500, and 2,000 from Fort William to Vancouver. No incidents occurred as executives led the walkout, halting railway shop activity nationwide.
The Turkish cabinet led by Constantinople Said Pasha resigns. Sultan accepts and invites Sheik ul Islam Jemahedin Effendi and Kiamil Pasha to form a new government. Mehmed Ali Bey reportedly relieved of his post in Washington. A palace aide allegedly stabbed the sultan, but the mail vest prevented harm.
Ten municipal officials of Mile Ind parish were convicted Friday after a month long trial. Although the sums involved were small, the case drew the greatest interest in the community.
King Frederick and Queen Louise hosted 400 Danish-Americans including Col. Listoe of New York for a luncheon in Copenhagen. The event carried greetings from President Roosevelt.
A San Francisco letter from whalers in the Arctic reports thorough searching for the missing gasoline schooner Olga has found no trace of the vessel.
The National Association of Retail Jewelers chose Omaha as the site for its year convention next year after Cincinnati venue efforts. Detroit and several other cities failed to secure the gathering.
Senator William Boyd Allison died at his Locust street home in Dubuque aged 79 after noon on Tuesday from heart failure per doctors Hancock and Lewis. Gov Albert B Cummins of Iowa announced his candidacy to succeed Allison in Congress and said an interim appointee would fill the seat for the remainder of the term.
In Rushville Indiana John Tribbey a well to do farmer was found bound to a tree Thursday covered with tar and feathers. He said he had been removed from his home by 18 masked men who tortured him and left him near the tree.
Mrs R R Mc Whirter of Cairo Iowa was found dead at her home with a pillow over her head and cotton in mouth. Officials believe she killed herself from grief over her son's penitentiary sentence in Wapello county.
The steamer Premier under Capt Stevens was burned to the water's edge at Warren's Landing the northern terminus of Lake Winnipeg. Six passengers and two crew members perished in the blaze.
Taft spent Friday driving 40 miles over the Virginia and West Virginia mountains to attend Greenbriar county’s first horse show as the event’s chief attraction. In the evening he led the German at the Greenbriar hotel.
Chief Wilkie of the secret service seeks to test legality of creating and selling stage money like $100 bills. He plans a legal action to determine whether such notes violate current law and how the public and authorities should treat them.
Arthur F. Sweeney associate editor of the Kankakee Republican was waylaid and beaten by Perry Labounty a pressman from the Gazette amid a newspaper rivalry in Kankakee Illinois The assault followed a clash between the two papers.
Adjt. Gen. Critchfield reports five governors will attend the September 1 dedication of the Fort Meigs monument at the site near Toledo Ohio.
Relief pours in from the United States and Canada for the Elk River district fires. About 6 000 left homeless and estimates put deaths around 200 to 250 with losses near 7 500 000 dollars. Trains evacuate sufferers and towns like Michels and Hosmer plan reconstruction.
Copenhagen reports that explorer Mylius Erichsen and two companions perished in a northeast Greenland snowstorm after their ice floe drifted to sea. They weakened on the ice and could not reach the station, while an Eskimo messenger died upon delivering the news.
Paris suffered two hours of darkness after an attempted general strike by electricians mirroring the 1907 movement. Officials attribute the maneuver to revolutionary laborites seeking revenge for a Seine prefecture order closing the labor exchange to federated unions amid recent disturbances.
In Koh-Si-Chang harbor Bangkok Siam a British bark Lyndhurst unloaded naphtha when a lighter carrying 3000 packages of the fuel blew up. No injuries reported in the incident and explosion caused minor damage to nearby craft.
Honolulu crack rifle team of the National Guard of Hawaii sailed Wednesday on the steamer Alameda to participate in the national rifle competition at Camp Perry with teams from the regular army and the National Guard.
Detroit authorities report the International Brotherhood of Teamsters rejected efforts by the United Teamsters of America to merge the two unions. The move preserves separate leadership and membership structures amid ongoing labor organizing.
New Orleans officials report L. V. Guillotte register of conveyances for Orleans Parish was indicted by the grand jury on embezzlement charges. The indictment covers irregularities in his office spanning several years.
Keokuk Iowa reports the drowning of William O Bienness assistant engineer on the Keokuk and Hamilton bridge after he opened the engine room door and fell into the Mississippi River Tuesday.
A train carrying non union men to Blocton mines was fired on by striking miners near Blocton Alabama. Three men died Conductor Joe T Collins O S Dent deputy sheriff and Willard Howell. Eleven were wounded including Major F H Dodge and E C Cox. Guards and militia were deployed and arrests expected as investigations began.
Gov Willson singles out Bracken county judge and county attorney in a Sunday statement for dis regard of their oaths. He explains remission of Bracken county fine against Wainwright Lee for breach of the peace and describes county conditions as extreme due to officials' sympathy with night riders. He promises immunity to those resisting intimidation by lawless elements.
In a Sunday accident two and a half miles west of Sylvan ia an automobile fell from an embankment. Charles W. Pohlmann a Cleveland importer and merchant tailor and Father George Vahey pastor of Columb hill's parish Cleveland were killed. Mrs. Charles W. Pohlmann his daughter Florence and F C Dietzel a Cleveland dentist survived.
Two Methuen Massachusetts police officers Charles H. Emerson and Frank McDermott were found dead after an overnight search. They had been dispatched Saturday night to pursue petty raiders plundering chicken yards and vegetable gardens near the town outskirts.
Stockholders and creditors of Pillsbury Mills and Pillsbury Washburn Flour Milling petitioned the federal district court in Minneapolis to appoint receivers to run the business. The court named three receivers to oversee the reorganizing process.
Special dispatches from Teheran describe the shah of Persia as a virtual prisoner among wild tribesmen. They threaten to raze the palace and sack Teheran unless Emperor funds are provided, placing him in a desperate, comic yet tragic bind.
Buntaro Kamagi, after three years in the U S Army in the Philippines and an honorable discharge, applied for citizenship in Seattle but was refused by Judge C H Hanford of the federal court.
Two sons of David James of Minersville drowned in the Missouri river near Nebraska City on Sunday afternoon.
Levi P Brockway of Anoka Minnesota reports five months in a hospital ending with a diagnosis of incurable and a six month life expectancy. He describes heart trouble smothering spells fainting and impaired sight before using Deans Kidney Pills which he says addressed the cause and left him well. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A distressed man explains to a woman that travelers along the route are too poor to provide free meals after the financial panic. The dialogue depicts hardship and scarcity among poor pedestrians seeking handouts.
Mrs David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes two years of eczema pain and sleepless nights. After trial of multiple doctors and various creams she found relief with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills. Three applications yielded best sleep in months and healed ankles. No relapse after a year.
In New York's Bohemian set a well known writer and his wife are noted. Their four year old daughter, asked if her mamma could sew, admits she has never seen her mother sew yet claims she can smoke a cigarette, highlighting a humorous family moment.
A tale of a summer resort boarder who discovers eggs are always fried. The waiter explains Boiled eggs are available but carry risk, implying a cautionary note about flavor or safety at remote eateries. The exchange highlights rural pantry quirks and hotel humor.
A York state woman reports ten years of stomach and liver trouble eased by stopping coffee and using Grape-Nuts with Postum. She gained twenty pounds, feels renewed energy, can work longer, and notes she can eat in moderation without ill effects. The letter, labeled There's a Reason, is from Postum Co. and promotes the cereal.
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