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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1910
Page
3
A collection of quips and observations featuring aviation puns heat jokes and social curiosities. The items mention a German scientist counting germs in a raisin a failing flying machine joke about caming and a New York woman seeking an honest lawyer with a mistaken jewel to ice delivery gag.
A St Louis professor links noise to shortened fire and suggests even the whistle of a milkman may affect early calls. An expert notes music may aid cow milk flow but cautions against overreaching. A London money glut is noted, while a Worlda mother of 13 receives a souvenir spoon from the state and tries to cash in on stamps.
A California girl fined $25 for racing her car against a steam locomotive defended the thrill as worth the cost. The magistrate warned that speed maniacs value excitement over public safety and urged penalties heavier than the rush of railroad speed on open roads.
The Royal Academy of Science of Prussia awarded the Leibniz gold medal to a young man formerly a Columbia University student in New York. This marks the first American recipient of the prize, given only for high scholarship across fields.
The forest fires threatening the giant Sequoias in California are under control and the danger is past for now. The big trees are unique natural curiosities of the United States and, if burned, could not be replaced, prompting hopes they endure for hundreds of years beyond their already long life.
The Salmon, a U S Navy submarine, completed a voyage from Quincy Massachusetts to Bermuda through rough seas and heavy waves, showing seaworthiness on the surface as well as beneath. This successful run adds to the list of American submarine achievements.
The article notes a female attorney, after exhausting all legal avenues, cried in court. It claims no male counterpart has ever answered such a display, highlighting a gendered assertion about courtroom emotion and effectiveness.
Gold continues to pour from Alaska in a steady stream with prospects for a record year. The recent addition to world supply is unprecedented and the United States receives a large portion of the output, remaining well fixed despite recent large exports.
The note advises tying yourself in before going to sleep on an upper window to prevent falls. It emphasizes safety and suggests securing with a rope or harness as a precaution.
An expert cautions that diving accidents remain common during bathing seasons. He warns that familiarity with routine dives leads to ignoring depth, urging swimmers to heed the risk before plunging into rivers.
Des Moines officials push a full hearing for Police Chief Yeager over charges by W C Barber of the Iowa Anti Saloon League. Commissioner Roe demands an immediate inquiry while Yeager is away in Deer Lodge Montana seeking a convict. League plans to file over thirty cases to shut about twenty five drug stores and ten saloons.
Fort Dodge Iowa August 18 oats in northern Iowa yield an average of forty bushels per acre with good quality. Small grain cutting mainly finished threshing in progress. Wheat and barley yield twenty bushels per acre. Elevators load fifty cars daily of old grain to make room for new. Corn in the region is in fine condition though some areas lack rain.
Des Moines reports that entries for the Iowa state fair August 25 to September 2 will mark the largest livestock department in state history. The horse division lists 101 exhibitors with 1,120 horses, cattle 858 animals and 71 exhibitors, 587 sheep, and the swine pavilion housing over 2,000 hogs though final swine totals await closed lists.
Cedar Rapids Iowa August 13 county supervisors announce they will meet in Cedar Rapids for the fifteenth annual convention August 17 18 and 19. State associations of county auditors and county treasurers will also meet there on the same dates.
Marshalltown Iowa August 13 Judge C B Bradshaw of Toledo fix Friday August 19 as the date to issue his decision in the last of the state's equity cases in the local saloon injunctions.
Des Moines reporter reports A. C. McFarland a well known mail carrier living at 1046 Sixth Avenue died suddenly of apoplexy while at work in the post office building and en route to his home.
In Des Moines on August 13 a partially decomposed middle aged man was found in the river at East First and Raccoon streets. Gale Banks, 16, of 1544 Buchanan street, discovered the body yesterday afternoon.
John Parker a 50 year old teamster living with Lewis Cox at Tenth and Morgan streets was drowned in the Raccoon river at the foot of Eleventh street at 8 o clock last night.
Camp Perry Ohio opens national rifle contests as 1000 marksmen arrive from across the United States after Ohio State Rifle Association matches. The week features 14 special matches and three core national events starting August 22, with Major W B Martin the current individual military champion.
In Detroit at the Hotel Ponchartrain the twenty fourth annual National Fraternal Congress opened with President Thomas H. Cannon presiding. Gov Warner and Mayor Breitmeyer welcomed attendees as insurers briefed on a proposed measure affecting five billion dollars of nine billion in outstanding fraternal certificates. Insurance leaders Hartigan and Folk spoke on the plan to regulate fraternal insurance and pressure those still not adjusting rates to adequate levels.
On the fiftieth anniversary of his accession Prince Nicholas formally becomes king and Crown Prince Danilo is heir. Queen Milena is crowned alongside him as Montenegro adopts the name Zeta. Foreign diplomats attend a grand ceremony. a new royal order is created. The court at Cettinje will mirror Vienna’s strict court.
The annual meeting of the National Sheriffs' Association opened in Springfield Illinois and runs through Wednesday. Charles W. Peters of Chicago serves as president, John K. O'Rourke of Butte Montana is vice president, and William A. Gerber of St. Paul Minnesota is secretary and treasurer.
Mason City Iowa August 13 A traveling salesman D R Wilson was pushed into a fountain while listening to Carrie Nation and was badly hurt He is hospitalized in Mason City Hospital with injuries sustained in the incident
Fort Dodge Aug 13 The Superior Clay Works company at a stockholders meeting doubled its capitalization of 50000 for the purpose of making extensive additions to their brick and tile plant.
Engineer F O Whalen of Great Western ex tra freight No 248 was seriously injured when the runboard beside the boiler gave way and threw him to the ground beside the track in Riceville Iowa on August 13.
Benjamin Sheldon exhibits a corn stalk from his farm northeast of town that stands over ten feet tall and bears several well developed ears, drawing local attention in Manchester Ja on August 13.
Treasury figures show the Payne-Aldrich tariff in its first year produced ordinary receipts of 678.85 million dollars, beating every year except 1907. The year ended last Saturday tallied a surplus of over 20 million dollars despite a June 1909 deficit, with corporation tax at 27.09 million and receipts nearly matching the assessed tax.
A southwest gale fueled a blaze in Boston that destroyed property valued at 2,000,000 dollars Tuesday night and endangered the city's business and manufacturing area. The General Alarm summoned all city fire apparatus and prompted calls for aid from Brookline Cambridge and Somerville with equipment rushed to the conflagration.
The naval collier Marcellus Hes sank ten hours after being struck by the Norwegian fruit steamer Rosario di Giorgio. The vessel went down in the Atlantic at latitude 36 longitude 74 08 near Norfolk Virginia.
The Kaufman versus Langford boxing match set for Philadelphia ballpark Thursday night was canceled after Langford refused to fight. Al Kaufman of California remains prepared for a different opponent.
London actor Robert Loraine completed a flight across the Irish Sea from Blackpool to Llandudno in over 650 miles, earning aviator qualification on Wednesday.
Mrs. Jennie McCarthy was badly burned Wednesday when a gasoline stove ignited while she carried it from the kitchen to the street. She escaped death by rolling in the roadway mud to smother the flames.
Aviator Walter A. Brookins and seven spectators were badly injured when his Wright bi plane crashed near the grandstand at Interlaken field Asbury Park after a gusty landing attempt The dead and gravely injured include 14 year old George Burnett of Spring Lake who died at Long Branch hospital Brookins survived with a broken nose and contusions amid a chaotic scene and urgent efforts to free the crowd trapped beneath wreckage.
Commissioner Cabell targets butter mergers and blenders used to emulsify milk and butter. The resulting product is taxed as adulterated butter at 10 cents per pound and the maker faces a $600 annual tax. if oils are used, the product is oleomargarine and taxed under the oleomargarine law. The merger machines claim to produce two pounds of butter from one, plus milk.
The Indiana state camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America convened in Glenwood on Tuesday with President O Perry Everson of Crawfordsville delivering the opening address. Secretary Sam D Symmes reported the order is in excellent condition and five new camps will be instituted soon.
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster a prominent lawyer and civic leader died at Garfield hospital after several months of illness. She was seventy years old and a leading figure in Washington civic life.
Virginia Wardlaw one of three sisters under indictment for the murder of Mrs Ocey W Snead died Thursday in a Newark New Jersey house of detention cell. Her death ends involvement in the case while authorities continue to pursue other defendants and legal actions.
News from Tuesday reports American wrestler Dr. B F Roller sustaining two broken ribs in a contest with Gama the East Indian wrestler in London. The injury ends Roller's participation in the match and prompts medical attention.
Iowa's corn crop outlook is brighter than the ten year average even with dry conditions, according to the weekly bulletin of the Iowa crop bureau released Tuesday.
W J Myers shot and killed his wife Grace their seven year old son Ralph and Frank Bouton at 2934 Cottage Grove Avenue before apparently taking his own life. Police believe Myers a crack shot owner of a shooting gallery fired the bullets after a quarrel and separation.
Thomas G. Lee, Armour & Co. dressed beef sales manager, indicted by a federal grand jury. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest. The panel accuses Armour executives including A. R. Onion of destroying stenographers’ notebooks and links alleged price fixing at weekly meetings of packing firms. Judge K M Landis ordered Onion and others to testify.
The legendary boxer Joe Gans known as the Old Master died in Baltimore on Wednesday from consumption. A former lightweight champion and beloved figure for nearly two decades, he wished to pass away in his mother’s arms after a hurried return from Arizona where a string of illness reduced him to a skeleton weighing 65 pounds.
In July 52,727 foreigners entered New York harbor. Ellis Island records show 12,985 illiterate among them and 1,127 were barred. Immigrants brought $1,537,794 in money.
Frederick J. Hebring a Newark fireman died by his own hand at an aunt's home on Thursday, the tragedy linked to his failure to secure rapid promotion.
Cape May New Jersey five people died when an express train struck a car at a West Jersey and Seashore crossing. Among the dead were Fritz Mergenthaler and his wife, the son of the linotype inventor.
Edward Holman twelve years old was arrested at Hammond Wednesday and brought to New Orleans He is charged with robbing several post offices.
Senator Gore in Oklahoma exposed telegrams naming Sherman Curtis and others as part of alleged pressure tied to the McMurray Indian land deals. He said the telegraphs show lobbying activity, not direct exoneration, amid payments of 25 000 bribes and 30 000 000 land contracts. Six hundred Indians at Sulphur signed contracts valuing 30 to 40 million dollars in land, with 10 percent fees for attorneys. James H. Godfrey testified on the campaign to sign the signatures and expedite sale negotiations.
The Illinois miners dispute opens at the special international convention in Indianapolis. President Lewis urges harmony while reporting national strike stakes and proposing that Illinois strikers pay over 10 cents a ton for shot-firers costs. Secretary Perry opposes Lewis and pushes making the Illinois strike the union's main issue until Peoria demands are met.
Following the revocation of railroad passes under the interstate commerce law, telegraph companies announce that the franking privilege is soon to be withdrawn from those who have used it.
Congressman Lamb of the Third district is renominated for reelection by a Democratic primary with a roughly 700 to 800 margin in a total vote around 6,000. The result solidifies Lamb's position as the party candidate in the upcoming election.
New York reports Senator Stephen B Elkins of West Virginia arrived in the city on Tuesday denying cable dispatches from Italy claiming his daughter Katherine is betrothed to the Duke of the Abruzzi.
Police raided Jim Long’s tea store in Kansas City and seized more than $4,000 worth of opium found packed in a trunk ready for shipment.
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