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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
6
The Monticello Express highlights seasonal topics from cool temperatures to travel by air, playful quips about crime and trends, and light local curiosities. It notes dates, places, and generic remarks on summer life with a playful, newspapery tone.
A pithy note contrasts the injurious effects of soft drinks with the notion of sleep or slumber, humorously stating beverages do not cause victims to lie down with boots on.
A housewife who stayed cheerful during the canning season is celebrated posthumously as she rests in the hereafter with the angels.
The headline asks about the fate of the man known for wearing a cabbage leaf in his hat during hot weather, a distinctive local figure whose whereabouts are now sought.
A Los Angeles man posts an advertisement seeking a homely wife as a publicity ploy, highlighting the lengths some will go to gain newspaper attention.
Editors plan to entice men to wear corsets but the idea meets little favor in the current hot weather. The story highlights fashion pressure and public reaction, noting skepticism from readers and authorities on gendered style shifts.
The article praises Hiram Maxim for removing flash and sound from cannon fire and suggests his continued work to make all such shots harmless would be a major public benefit.
Readers face a puzzling vacation choice as budgets shrink with today’s tight currency. The column weighs where to travel and how to afford trips, offering practical tips for planning and saving during financial strain.
Gaby Deslys favors pearls over diamonds noting their quiet beauty and origin from the clam, highlighting a preference in elegance and restraint.
A bold claim suggests an end to all flies within ten days, leaving only fly trap and fly paper sellers to lament the lost market. The remark frames a nationwide pest problem as a business irony for pest control suppliers.
A dispatch reports the death of a man who died from excitement after catching a large fish. The article does not specify the size of the fish.
Citizens in Newark New Jersey used 400 pounds of dynamite to kill mosquitoes but authorities prefer safer sane methods like swatting.
A Connecticut man arrives home to discover a monument stands in his memory, realizing his memories and presence had accompanied him throughout the Klondike journey.
A preacher declares false hair signals a sinful heart, criticizing the appearance of waitresses. The remark sparks debate over modesty and faith in the community.
Among those who welcome the heat is the youngster who knows a swimming hole in a shady brook. Not is he bothered about raiment.
An uptick in coal prices looms, seemingly not driven by weather conditions, suggesting impact on households and industries amid the current climate.
A terse line notes the death of an aviator today, treated with minimal space and irony in the brief history of aviation. The apathetic treatment underscores the era’s cavalier attitude toward fatal crashes and the loss of a pilot.
A judge states that stealing an umbrella is not a crime and adds that telling a fish story does not grant membership in the Ananias club. The remarks serve as a caution on moral rhetoric over legal fault.
A regional court ruling affirms male authority within a domain described as the hore, rejecting challenges that would contravene broad economic principles. The decision reinforces traditional hierarchy in a context marked by legal debates over power and ownership.
The Sixteenth annual convention of the State Association of County Supervisors opened in Mason City with a large attendance. Sessions span three days in Mason City and Clear Lake, with President F T Morris presiding. Main topics include roads bridges and drainage. Social events feature band concerts boating on White Pier Clear Lake and country trips. officers listed include Vice-president J W Holden Secretary J H Taggart and Treasurer C F P Walker.
Authorities hunt for Richard Buchholtz a 21 year old German farmer missing from his home west of Dunlap. The search is organized but relatives offer no reason for his departure and he left behind his money and personal property.
W O Holcomb former supervisor sold his Jordan area farm in Boone County for 500 dollars per acre the highest price ever paid for Iowa agricultural land. The property includes a fine house and modern amenities with grounds designed by a specialist from Ames College.
Judge M W Robert Ottumwa Hon Parley Sheldon Ames and Attorney General Cosson form the committee to examine Fort Madison penitentiary conditions and charges against Warden Sanders at the institution.
William Wade, alleged bootlegger, was arrested by Deputy U S Marshal George Bidwell of Des Moines. Wade is charged with dispensing intoxicating liquor to his friends without a government license.
St Charles held the twenty sixth annual Old Settlers Picnic with large crowds. Orators included Hon T B Perry of Albia and Hon L M Temple of Osceola, and Edgar R Harlan served as curator.
The remains of Albert Terry and James Golden, two young men who recently drowned in the Mississippi, have been recovered.
Harriet Long of Webster City sues the city seeking 3000 dollars for injuries from a fall on a defective sidewalk. The case highlights municipal liability and personal injury.
Arthur Phillips a motorman on the Clinton Street Railway lines shot himself in what is believed to be a suicide attempt.
Charles City Adams Stoehr sues the town for 5000 dollars claiming injuries from falling into a sewer ditch. The suit alleges the accident occurred on city property and seeks compensation for damages.
Dr Hartbeck a leading veterinary surgeon in Colesburg was drowned while crossing a swollen stream near his home in Dubuque.
The council has awarded contracts to resurface twenty two blocks of streets at a rate of 1.86 dollars per square yard. The project aims to improve road conditions across the town.
Samuel Baldauff a pioneer and leading merchant of Oskaloosa died suddenly at Monmouth Illinois while en route by automobile to Chicago. He stopped for a day’s visit with friends in Monmouth.
A fire destroyed the Hamm brewery agency in Oskaloosa. Tom William managed the business and authorities suspect the blaze was accidentally started by tramps.
An automobile driven by Dr. S. J. Smith and his son crashed through a bridge west of Iowa City as they passed over it, causing the structure to give way and the car to fall ten feet. The incident details the occupants and location with no injuries stated.
James Dunkerton founder of the Blackhawk county town Dunkerton died in Waterloo at old age. He had lived in the county for fifty nine years.
Mason City Iowa Edward Dickinson leads with the most profitable dairy herd in Iowa after a yearlong contest among 1200 dairymen in North Iowa. His fifteen cows averaged 293 pounds of butter per cow totaling 4391.5 pounds.
The nineteenth annual camp meeting of the Iowa Conference of the Evangelical association opened in Waterloo with Bishop S. P. Spreng of Cleveland as leader. A large attendance of ministry and laymen from across the state marked the opening session. The camp meeting will run two weeks. The Iowa branch Young People's alliance conference opens next Monday.
Matt Willson of Vinton uses a threshing machine purchased in 1873. He threshes this year and reports it did as good work as any machine. He says the unit demonstrates what proper care of farm machinery can achieve.
A power outage at Arnold's park pavilion in West Okoboji left dancers in darkness until owner rerouted car headlights into the pavilion. The sudden illumination lit the auditorium and the dance continued merrily throughout the outage.
Four immigrants from cholera infected districts in Russia are bound for Centerville in Appanoose County to work in the mines, as reported by the Iowa state board of health.
C B Stilson aged 74 longtime Black Hawk county recorder died at his Waterloo home after serving six terms. He was a member of Company K Seventh Iowa cavalry and served as grand recorder of the Town Workmen when it closed in 1910.
Catholics in Dubuque react to Bishop J. J. Keane of Cheyenne being named archbishop of the Dubuque Archdiocese. Archbishop Keane, who has resigned, is in a weakened condition and has not been notified of his successor.
Washington March 1 Representative Hubbard nominated Fred Colvin a veteran Iowa newspaper man for postmaster at Correctionville Angela D Hall was appointed postmaster at Bluegrass Scott county
Mason City police uncovered a wholesale theft by a railroad freight hand crew led by John Klama foreman of the Northwestern railroad who was arrested and charged with stealing automobile supplies.
Justin Barry editor of the Waller News announces candidacy for Liun county representative on the Republican ticket. He has worked with the Republican county central committee for twenty years in Cedar Rapids.
Grundy Center report states Mrs Julia Clay sues her husband H W Clay for divorce. The couple reside four miles north of Conrad and are described as wealthy. She accuses cruel and inhuman treatment and seeks $40000 alimony.
Clarinda Mrs. Wooden sues L. L. Platt for 18400 damages after Platt's auto struck and killed John Wooden, a veteran, prompting the widow to seek compensation for his death.
Congressman Chas. E. Pickett delivered the keynote at Worthington's annual harvest home picnic hosted by the Modern Woodmen of America. Local residents attended the event.
Mapleton Woodmen of the World unveiled a monument honoring the late G. E. Henry who was killed last fall in Sioux City, the ceremony marking a tribute to the former local figure.
Allison Freeze, intoxicated, attacked his son Ben with a corn knife. He inflicted two ugly wounds and a severe wrist artery injury. Prompt surgical action saved the boy's life.
More than a thousand people crowded the curb as fifty wagons lined the street during the opening day of Cedar Rapids new city market place.
Dr. Luther Freeman resigns as president of Morningside College and will become pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbus Ohio. He plans to begin his new duties in October.
Western Packing company, wrecked by a blaze, will start immediate rebuilding of a $25,000 structure in Spirit Lake and aim to be operating at full capacity within a few months.
Former President Roosevelt discusses his congressional testimony on the steel corporation and the Tennessee Coal and Iron property. He says motives were irrelevant to saving the community and stopping the 1907 panic was the decisive outcome.
Paris author Edmond Rostand of Cyrano de Bergerac was seriously injured when his car overturned near Cambo. He suffered a bruised head and abdominal injuries but doctors expect a recovery.
In Albuquerque New Mexico mail sacks swept away by the Pecos flood of 1905 were found in the river bed. The mail remained intact enough to be forwarded to its original destinations after a six year delay.
Henry C. Good, president and general manager of the Goodwin Clothing Company, Knoxville, died suddenly presumably from a dose of headache powder. The cause is under investigation and police are awaiting autopsy results.
Clarence Key, seventy five, grandson of Francis Scott Key author of The Star Spangled Banner, died at the Confederate Home in Pikesville Maryland. He served in the Civil War and passed away after a long life linked to the famous family.
A volcano on Hondo island, Asami-Yama, erupted at night. A large party of foreign visitors ascended the mountain and narrowly escaped fumes from the crater, sending Tokyo watchers into alarm.
Dr H W Wiley testified that three Roosevelt cabinet members Cortelyou Straus and Wilson reversed a government ruling against Corn Products Co after the firm offered money for affidavits supporting the name corn syrup He cited a 1907 Wilson letter as evidence of official overreach and authority beyond Dunlap.
President Taft vetoes the joint resolution admitting New Mexico and Arizona to statehood citing disapproval of the recall of judges clause in the Arizona constitution. The veto blocks both territories from joining the Union unless Congress can override with a two thirds vote.
At Grant Park Chicago during a mass aviation display two pilots died in separate accidents. Lt. Crox Johnstone of Chicago disappeared after his Moisant monoplane crashed into the lake following a glide. W R Badger of Pittsburgh, a millionaire, died when his Baldwin red devil biplane collapsed during a dip near the field.
Delegates rejected Henry Watterson's liquor stance amendment as the majority report extending the county unit law to all counties passed. The platform endorses the Democratic Congress and state representatives, condemns Republicans, and supports popular election of U S senators direct primaries and good roads.
London reports a general strike declared by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and allied unions calling out about 100,000 members. The move aims to suspend traffic immediately, leveraging skilled laborers to disrupt UK railway operations if upheld.
Former Justice Henry Gildersleeve is reported to consult with Lewis Cass Ledyard on drafting a marriage settlement for Col. Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine Force. Astor gave Miss Force a $25,000 diamond ring and, in Newport, a sapphire ring an enameled diamond studded watch a dalmond bar pin and diamond hair ornaments.
Hanover report notes Major H R Rathbone, Lincoln aide wounded during the assassination attempt, died at Hildesheim asylum for the criminal insane where he was imprisoned for murdering his wife. He will be buried on Wednesday.
Rome reports the pope now with normal temperature and improved condition after illness. For the first time since his illness, doctors allowed a departure from liquid diet, ordering rice and chicken.
Paris Midi reports sixty soldiers at the Marseille garrison have been hospitalized as suspected cholera cases amid a citywide health scare.
The ashes of Brig. Gen. A. B. Nettleton of Chicago who died here were interred with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Nettleton formerly served as an assistant secretary of the treasury.
United States cavalry will be ordered to the border at Yuma Arizona to patrol the boundary due to threatened trouble in Lower California. The move signals heightened border security amid regional tensions.
After months of work the large dirigible built to cross the Atlantic is complete in Akron. Melvin Vaniman plans to ship the balloon to Atlantic City, New Jersey, early next week for the voyage attempt.
General Pascual Orozco arrives from Chihuahua with 200 men and raids Juarez gambling houses. He proclaims martial law in the border city.
James Arbuckle aged fifty, son of Edin burgh Scott, and relative of a prominent family, killed himself in Hammond Indiana. The act was attributed to love for Mary Williams thirty of Chicago, a niece of James Black township trustee.
Mrs. Baker Hill, a ninety nine year old resident of Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, had an appendicitis operation and her doctors report she is making good progress toward recovery.
President Taft vetoed the Underwood wool tariff measure citing doubts it provides the intended remedy. He notes Schedule K is the most complex part, with varied wool rates and compensatory duties, and says insufficient data prevent judging proper amendments. The message follows cabinet discussions and signals likely vetoes of farmers free list and cotton tariff measures.
From Sing Sing prison Captain Peter C. Hains Jr. sues Claudia Hains his estranged wife in Brooklyn court. He is the army officer charged with killing former friend William Be. Annis at the Bayside Yacht Club three years ago and seeks freedom through the suit.
Edmond Rostand, author of Cyrano de Bergerac and Chantecler, was seriously hurt when the automobile he rode in overturned near Cambo. He sustained a bruised head and abdominal injuries but is not fatally injured.
General Leconte was inaugurated as president of Haiti in Port au Prince. An immense crowd attended and a wave of enthusiasm followed the ceremony.
In Washington the senate approved a resolution for an inquiry into the election of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin. The move followed a technical error in previously passing a similar measure without reference to the contingent expenses committee.
In a storm near La Crosse Wisconsin eighteen year old Laura Hanson was killed by a bolt of lightning while in bed. The tragedy occurred during a severe electric storm sweeping the region. Authorities confirm theVictim is Miss Laura Hanson of the area.
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