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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
1
A collage of jesting lines and notes on weather, fashion, health, and manners. The column lampoons trends from parascience to parlor life, mentioning travelers hazards, pennies saved, and the quirks of modern living with light satire.
The note suggests affordability of hats for horses in summer, stating worth labels are unnecessary and implying simple practical purchase. It frames hats as accessible items for horse care without extra branding.
When no other news is available scientists discuss the appearance or disappearance of spots on the sun. The topic draws researchers to explain solar activity and its possible effects on Earth.
A Philadelphia newspaper voices frustration over persistent noise in a designated section of the city. The article argues the disturbance disrupts residents, invites complaints, and calls for municipal action to curb the sound levels.
A reflective quip about needless noises during outings and a five year old boy’s matriculation at New York University. It notes the future possibility of him carrying a cane and laments old fashioned sayings used in mixed company.
A neurologist calls love lunacy in a quip about life and death. A New York youth toppled into the North River chasing a fly ball, a risky habit that seems to follow him as he pursues what he aims for.
Dr. Wood Hutchington declares no stomach issues exist though his verdict clashes with clam bake experiences. The quip implies a mismatch between medical certainty and culinary indulgence.
A quoted line argues a $200 per pound opium tax would mostly burden plumbers who rely on pipes, implying limited impact on others and suggesting practical difficulty in compliance or passage of such a levy.
Fall fashions for women feature hip pockets in suits. The line hints at practical design, noting pockets may aid security by keeping valuables in handbags, with a nod to pickpockets and everyday use.
A line reports a rumored new Washington dance called the luncheon lurch and questions if it resembles the kitchen sink. A separate item notes New Jersey men who killed cats then found bullfrogs were harming chickens, used in debates against capital punishment.
A scientist reports growing a rooster lacking crow capability leaving the bird with only its strut. The researcher notes the bird may still strut even without crowing, raising questions about intended traits and poultry biology.
The ankle bracelet is not a new fad. Firee islanders have for centuries worn iron bands above the Achilles tendon and ball and chain still used in many state prisons.
A Philadelphia court offered a fiancée the choice of surrendering an engagement ring to her fiancé's bankruptcy trustee or paying an equivalent cash sum. The remark contrasts with American claims of chivalry.
Farmers in Scott and Morgan townships struggle to defend four to seven foot peat beds burning for a week. Haymakers started the blaze by lighting a bumblebee nest while burning clover hay, and despite trenches and fourteen wells the fire threatens six miles of field and possibly four miles further if it crosses the road. Dense blue smoke blankets the area as the land becomes unusable.
Wright county moves to consolidate Rowan and four rural schools into one district. A petition circulates for a special election to approve the consolidation. If ordered the district would receive 789 annually from the state plus an endowment for domestic science manual training and agricultural courses.
Drought conditions in southwestern Iowa trigger multiple fires destroying ten threshing outfits and large amounts of grain in stacks and shocks. Henry Dungan of Missouri Valley loses his separator while Fred Schwertley's farm stacks a big wheat pile go up in flames. Five wagons and tools are also ruined.
Henry Elmore and his granddaughter Isma Patterson drowned while swimming in the Mississippi River near Big Island during a family camping trip. Two other rescuers reached shore after all four entered the water. Elmore and Isma perished as he attempted to save the child. Their bodies were recovered within an hour.
Venezuelan revolutionary forces under ex president Cipriano Castro muster about 12 000 troops advancing on Barquisimeto while 7 000 government troops depart Caracas led by President Gomez to oppose Castro. Generals Gonzalez Penuela Navas Araujo and their units reinforce rebel and loyalist actions across Lara Zulia and Maracaibo. The federal council heads will govern as Gomez campaigns south.
Osceola resident G R Fisher of Beacons field files in district court seeking 17000 damages from B F Elston for Eva M Fisher’s death on June 14 due to injuries from a runaway near Van Wert caused by careless driving.
W. B. Ligget believed his 3-year-old son was cremated when a barn burned recently. The child was last seen in the barn before the blaze and later found hiding in a nearby cornfield after fearing the fire started by a lit match.
A Rockford A chapter report details injuries when Irvin Jones was trapped under a threshing engine. Lyle Wood escaped death after a runaway accident. A barn door was breached and the Howells’ farm residence burned, with losses estimated at $5,000.
Jonathan B. Henderson, 34, a brakeman for Missouri Pacific, was killed at the Union Pacific transfer in Council Bluffs when he was thrown under moving wheels while alighting. He left a widow in Council Bluffs and two daughters in Panora, Iowa, where relatives still reside.
Anna Vana, two, daughter of Albert and Albertina Vana, died when a stove toppled from a porch where children played. The portable stove was knocked over by another child, falling several feet and crushing the infant at the family home.
The dedication of Trinity college built by the Catholic order of St. Francis is set for the first week of September before the school opens on September 8. Archbishop J J Keane of Dubuque will deliver the oration and Bishop P J Garrigan will lead the dedicatory ceremony.
Red Oak sees fifty new residences rising at eight thousand dollars each, plus a twenty thousand dollar project for Mr Replogle. A federal building valued at seventy five thousand dollars and two additional apartment houses are also planned, signaling a major expansion.
Cedar Falls professor H F Pasini quits as Cedar Falls public playground director and former Teachers College coach to take athletic director job at King College Bristol Tennessee. He will start September 1.
News briefs from Clifton Arizona Nashville Tennessee Paris France Cowes Isle of Wight Kirksville Missouri report church destruction a bishop ban on dances a cholera serum discovery a regatta victory and a murder charge in a rejected suitor case.
The Ruthven Commercial Club organizes a three day event from September 16 to 18 featuring free attractions ball games and horse racing as part of a fall festival.
Harrison County Holiness association schedules a ten day meeting at Woodbine from Friday August 3 to Monday August 18. Rev Dean of Sioux City and Rev Dobson of University Park will fill the pulpit during the special meetings.
Willard King, mowing weeds on the Rock Island right of way, was struck by a flyer while trying to move his horses. He suffered broken leg, broken hand, and broken ribs.
Fire destroyed the Ringsted cement products plant causing a loss of 10000 dollars fully insured. The plant will be rebuilt at once.
Stanton H. F. Bailey of this vicinity, aged 89, has drawn comment for his unusual vigor. He has worked the harvest season as a full hand in the field, outperforming younger men and earning admiration for his strength.
Sam R. Young of the Glenwood Tribune has disposed of his interest in the paper. He has not decided upon his future work.
Two people identified as Miss Bertha Junge and William Leutken were killed and Mrs. Charles Hansen was probably fatally injured when struck by an eastbound Chicago and Northwestern train at Clinton. The victims were walking on the railroad tracks.
T W Bardydt a Burlington capitalist died in Pasadena California and left 19000 to the Burlington hospital and 1000 to the Y M C A of this city.
The city council approved an ordinance to issue fifteen thousand dollars in water works bonds following the April 2 election this year.
The two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Steen living four miles from town died after ingesting fly poison.
State health board records two infantile paralysis cases from Hopkinton involving a 2 year old and a 3 year old. The report notes the ages and locality but provides no further details.
The Algonquin club has arranged a city tennis tournament on the club grounds during fair week from August 11 to 16.
Council orders removal of mechanical pianos from Sioux City streets after a protest petition signed by physicians and business leaders. The action follows community concerns and aims to curb street noise and obstruction.
W. W. Reeser, a farmer near town, was seriously injured when his horse bolted into a telephone wire across the road, causing a runaway accident in Missouri Valley.
The Grinnell light plant is sold by J. A. Radford of Chicago to Federal Light & Power Co of Boston. The buyer is also negotiating to purchase the plant at Colfax.
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Captain James Searles, a prominent business man and former president of the Iowa State Marble Dealers' association. A civil war veteran, he died Friday at age 75.
Cipriano Castro former dictator of Venezuela planned his present invasion while in Dresden months ago. He lived there quietly with German friend Herman Wolfram.
Diggs former state architect Maury I. Diggs faced jury selection before Federal Judge Van Fleet for alleged violation of the white slave law in a case tied to co defendant Drew Caminetti in San Francisco on August 7. The trial focuses on charges and the roles of the two men in the alleged illicit affair.
National Guard patrols Yuba county hop fields after a clash between hop pickers and a sheriff s posse leaves four dead and eight wounded. Sacramento reports the deadly riot occurred on August 6.
William P Longfellow, nephew of the poet, dies at his Gloucester home aged seventy seven. An architect of note he edited a dictionary of architecture and contributed to the field.
Famed senator Foraker testifies at a senate hearing to defend the late vice president James Schoolcraft Sherman. The testimony comes amid a broad set of disclosures from National Association of Manufacturers letters showing lobbying efforts from congressional districts to the White House and Capitol.
President Wilson accepted Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson's resignation to take effect October 14 and named former Governor John Lind of Minnesota as his personal representative to Mexico City. Lind will advise the embassy and await a stable Mexican administration before formal accreditation. Governor Lind and his wife departed by rail to Mexico to proceed via New Orleans or Galveston.
Five WV legislators were sentenced by Judge W S O'Brien after a bribery conviction tied to the early year US senator election. Rhodes Duff Asbury each got six years, Smith five years and six months, Hill five years. All were disqualified for life from public office.
Secretary McAdoo ordered telegrams to presidents of clearing house associations in 68 western southern and Pacific cities inviting a representative or committee to Washington to discuss government fund deposits aimed at easing crop movement this fall.
In Tower City Pennsylvania on Saturday eighteen miners died in a double blast at the East Brookside mine of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company. Two men were rescued alive after the explosions struck thirteen victims in the first blast and five more in a subsequent effort to reach the trapped men.
In St. Louis on August 7 a strike vote is being held by the Western Federation of Miners for about 4000 miners in St. Francis county Missouri. The district is one of the world’s largest lead districts.
Samuel W. Williams a three time Populist vice presidential candidate died in Vincennes Indiana after surgery for appendicitis at Good Samaritan hospital on August 7.
An unknown assailant fired two bullets at Detective Chief Stephen Malone as he sat in his office at the Omaha police station. The incident occurred on August 6, with no injuries reported. Police investigated the shooting and sought leads.
In Hamburg on August 6 two people drowned and 24 were seriously injured when swept from a dock into the Ble river at Wittenburg by the wash of the steamer Augusta Victoria.
President Wilson sent the nomination of Prof. Paul S. Reinsch of the University of Wisconsin to the Senate to be minister to China. Confirmation is expected.
Lansing Iowa August 7 a clam fisherman named John Wendt of Lansing reports the richest pearl of the season found at the river bottom. The pearl weighs about 50 grains and was brought to light from the Mississippi River near Lansing.
Knights of Columbus and families totaling about 26 000 arrived in Boston for the supreme convention. The event opened with a solemn high mass at Holy Cross Church.
I F In gram of Detroit has returned to Lansing to report on the strike to Governor Ferris. He expressed confidence the strike would end soon before leaving Calumet Michigan on August 6 1911.
John Lind, U.S. president's special representative, travels to Mexico but faces a hostile response from the Huerta government unless he delivers credentials and U.S. recognition. Mexican officials warn Lind of persona non grata status if conditions are not met. Washington debate grows over protecting Americans as Senator Clark calls for a foreign relations investigation.
Washington August William J Price of Danville Kentucky was chosen by President Wilson for minister to Panama The president also named Brand Whitlock of Toledo Ohio for a European post and sent nominations to the senate for Preston Mc Goodwin of Oklahoma as minister to Venezuela and W H Sawtelle of Arizona as United States Judge District of Arizona
Unofficial estimates place Anthony N. Brady's wealth near that of J. P. Morgan, though the will provides no clue to the estate's size. The statement comes from New York sources dated August 8.
Whitman Massachusetts August 7 police report a shoeworker Charles Leach of East Bridgewater Road killed his wife and four children then died by suicide.
George W. Hays was inaugurated as Arkansas governor in Little Rock on August 8. He becomes the fifth chief executive since January 1 and was elected in the July 23 special election.
Washington August 8 Justice Bernard of the District of Columbia Supreme Court dismissed the rule sought by Major Beecher B Ray to compel the War Department to show why he should not be promoted The ruling ends the petition and clears the way for potential advancement.
The body of Robert M. Hughes a wealthy planter from Hughes Arkansas was found in the basement of a Memphis furniture store police believe he fell into an elevator shaft while investigating the area.
Three thousand more knitting mill operatives joined the strike in New York, bringing total strikers to about ten thousand. The movement is led by Miss Jennie Pursely, with women comprising most participants.
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