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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1907
Page
2
A compilation of quips and observations from various figures including King Leopold, Dr. Isaac Funk, and Thomas Edison on crime, politics, science, and society. The piece notes absurdities and speculative crimes while surveying opinions on vaccination against burglary, beards for women, and public notoriety.
Chicago and New York report limited impact from the general strike order by S. J. Small. Union officials expect wider action as 47,000 railroad telegraphers and Armour & Co. staff join discussions on arbitration and wage increases. President Gompers signals possible arbitration while Roosevelt remains uninvolved.
A Denver newspaper asks readers to believe that a married pair in Colorado have shared six decades without a single cross word. The claim seems implausible yet highlights a life rumored to be exceptionally tranquil and uneventful.
The state rules that a man who has not been found guilty should not have his counterfeit presentment displayed in the rogues gallery. Mr Molineaux’s portrait will be removed from the collection under this decision.
In Neosho Missouri a young man seeking shade crawled beneath a box car and dozed off using a rail as a pillow. Moments later investigators found he had clearly lost his head due to the heat.
The passage cites Dr Long describing water spider air carriage to offspring and a cock sparrow hoarding bread while a bear pulls a trapped log, then notes human manners exceed animal tolerance. It asks what Dom John Burroughs would say in response to these observations.
The British announce a fifty thousand pound gift to Lord Cromer in recognition of his years as diplomatic agent in Egypt. The amount enables comfortable living and maintains his status as a distinguished ex-officer, suggesting his career yielded more public value than private wealth.
The Louisville Courier-Journal argues that since women’s clothing in Japan has remained unchanged for 2,500 years the men there should also possess the most serene countenances among civilized people.
An evangelist from York Pennsylvania asserts a divine gift to speak in an unknown tongue and preaches sermons that others cannot understand. The claim faces skepticism as proponents look for conclusive proof.
A satirical note from a national convention critiques how statistics can mislead and distort public understanding, suggesting a grim 300 year projection that would mark everyone in the United States as an idiot.
Morristown New Jersey housewives form action to regulate wages for housemaids calling them hired girls. The effort denotes organized labor among domestic workers and raises questions about wage standards and treatment.
The Vatican issues a communique denying any accord or confidence in Italian ministries or political groups. It states the pope’s general policy toward Italy will not be changed regardless of the Italian government's stance, signaling ongoing firmness in its position.
In tropical countries timber durability is believed to vary with the moon phase. India tests are inconclusive, yet the belief is widely held. A systematic, carefully planned series of experiments is urged to settle the question.
Summary of terms offered by operators to postal officials includes a 30 minute time allowance. A 15 percent wage rise is requested with eight hours for day operators and seven and a half for night operators. Overtime pay at time and a half and abolition of the split trick. Promotions to be merit based. Additional telegraphers to be paid at established class rates. Lunch and relief to be provided with four and a half hour work blocks and temporary higher ratings paid at corresponding salaries.
Mrs. Madeline Langholtz was exonerated by a coroner's jury after admitting her father George Wasser killed his wife and that she then killed him. The jury ruled the death of Mrs. Wasser came at the hands of her husband, unnamed in the verdict, after a ten minute deliberation.
A man lies unconscious as a physician confirms he blew out the flame not the gas. He weakly protests that the gas blew him out, insisting the flame was extinguished by his own hand.
A Bristol Connecticut party of five collided with the New York Pittsfield express at Ashley Falls Crossing near Great Barrington Massachusetts. Charles J Root 40 a Bristol automobile manufacturer and his mother died of injuries Mrs Root died en route to Pittsfield Mary Root 14 was critically injured Katherine Root suffered internal injuries. Miss Roberts sister of Mrs Root also injured.
A storm in Chicago killed five people and injured many as a dilapidated tenement at 55 Ivry Street collapsed while residents slept. The structure, raised on jacks for relocation, fell at 1:30 a.m. crushing occupants including Annie Nosal and her family.
A devastating Old Orchard Beach fire Thursday night killed two people and seriously injured three others while destroying seventeen hotels sixty cottages and numerous stores. The blaze centered at Horgan's drug store with the Olympia hotel annex cited as the likely ignition source. Insurance coverage was limited to about 150000, and the season ended abruptly as residents slept on the beach awaiting dawn.
Distrust of government policy and the Pope Manufacturing failure join with a looming monetary squeeze to wreck the stock market. Prices fell to new lows in a panic that surpassed the Northern Pacific crisis of 1901, with Harriman and Hill issues, Reading, St. Paul, coppers, American Smelting and steel stocks hardest hit.
J Warren Hastings a long time United States subtreasury official was arrested Friday on embezzlement charges for $3000 taken from a package of $105000 prepared for shipment to Washington. The shortage was covered by J H Vassar, the specie clerk who counted the money before shipment.
George Wasser 57 murdered his wife in Harlem then was killed by his daughter after a gun battle at the Wasser home. Mrs Wasser died from wounds and Wasser died later. The daughter was arrested and said her father had long practiced cruelties on the family.
Acting Judge Advocate General Porter reports 3913 total court martial trials last year a drop of 683 with 82 officers involved 28 convicted and 1011 desertion cases 782 AWOL. Four officers were dismissed by sentence amid concerns the anti canteen act spurred illicit liquor resorts near bases undermining discipline.
Secretary of War William H. Taft departed Washington for a worldwide trip to fulfill a Filipino promise to return to Manila for the opening of their first legislative assembly. He is joined by W. W. Michier and an attendant, with Mrs. Taft and son Charles joining later in the journey. Fred W. Carpenter will meet the party in Seattle.
Bank robbers blew the safe at Farmers State Bank in New Felden near Crookston Wednesday night and escaped with 2200 dollars. No injuries reported. Local authorities investigate the theft.
Baltimore announces the Maryland Republican state convention nominations for governor George R. Gaither attorney general Hammond Urner comptroller James P. Baker clerk of the court of appeals Thomas Parran.
A Philadelphia doctor recounts a case from Harper's Weekly where an Irishman under orders to take one ounce of whisky three times daily became intoxicated. The wife misinterpreted the unit, believing an ounce equals 16 drams, and gave Pat multiple doses.
A housewife warns against misusing household ink for blueing and praises Defiance Starch for stronger, thinner application. It claims laundry stiffness improves without masking fabric quality and suggests avoiding ink mishaps with proper starch.
A married couple's quarrel wanes to muttered exchanges as a canary in a cage contemplates singing. The woman boasts of family regard for her intelligence, prompting the husband to retort bitterly. The dispute then flares anew with jubilation.
Bergen justice of the peace sentences Henry Meyer seven feet two inches tall to 90 days in jail for stealing four bags of oats. Each inch and each bag equals one day, delivering a novel in court sentencing. Nes News report from Nunda, New York.
Mrs. Myles notes a 24 year old London dry goods man's son is bankrupt after disposing of 2,100,000 since reaching adulthood. Mrs. Styles shrugs, while Mrs. Myles jokes that a boy’s ambition led to a grand misadventure in gambling and finances.
A philanthropist jokes about money and a bath in a sharp exchange with Redface Leary who resists the notion and mocks the bath as a mermaid.
London Punch suggests a quirky cause for Raisuli's animosity toward Caid McLean. The charge is that McLean introduced bagpipes to Morocco, fueling a long standing grievance between the two figures.
The ad argues Grape-Nuts provides absorbed nourishment from one pound equal to ten pounds of meat bread or oats. It claims the wheat and barley base is transformed into readily usable sugar and cites a testimonial of gain from Grape-Nuts. It promises health balance and urges reading The Road to Wellville.
Raleigh Beaufort jury returns a not guilty verdict for KE A Kline a railroad construction contractor on peonage charges. He was held in $1,000 bail on another peonage indictment.
Goshen and nearby communities dominated the National Junior Choral contest at Winona Lake. Warsaw and Winona also placed with strong showings as Goshen earned a majority of the top numbers in the event.
In San Francisco the primary yielded a sweeping win for the Ryan ticket aligned with reform against bribery graft and supportive of the current mayor and board of supervisors.
Gov Folk signed an order commuting the death sentence of Lord Frederick Barrington to life imprisonment for the murder of James McCann in Kansas City Missouri.
Grand Rapids Michigan Madeline Conley shot and killed her husband James A Conley at 88 Commerce Street Thursday afternoon. An involvement by another man is suggested and the wife was arrested.
George Everett known as Burton and Munson escaped from jail in Seattle last Wednesday night. He is wanted for burglary in Rockland Illinois and Detroit Michigan.
Nathan Jaffa of Roswell New Mexico was appointed secretary of New Mexico on Wednesday to succeed Secretary H Reynolds who resigned.
Amos S. Miller aged 83 and Susan McClay aged 80 were married in Lancaster. They walked four miles to the home of the justice who performed the ceremony and planned to set up housekeeping. Each spouse had been married three times before.
Rio de Janeiro authorities approve three Japanese settlements in the state. The government sanction clears the project for establishing new communities in Brazil.
The battleship Vermont will complete its final trial run on September 8 with full engine and battery firings to test guns carriages and fittings and to confirm ship strength. The final trial run for the Kansas is scheduled to begin on October 6.
Col Francis Suydam Keese, Civil War veteran and Rutgers College alumnus born in New York in 1841, died Sunday at Cynwyd suburb aged 66. He served with distinction during the war.
A 30 foot motor boat in the Smaconnet river exploded Sunday night near Tiverton killing two people and seriously injuring five others.
An earthquake was recorded at the observatory Saturday night starting 6 38 and lasting 50 minutes. The event was estimated to be 5600 miles away from Laibach.
The International Socialist congress opened in Stuttgart on Sunday with more than 900 delegates from 25 nationalities. Herr Bebel, the socialist leader in the Reichstag, delivered the first address.
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