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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
1
The piece notes President Taft facing hastily drafted tariff bills that failed to sway his veto, urging a December session to revise tariffs with insights from a congress created tariff board. Congress faces partisan rifts and Iowa figures show Clarke favored, Harmon and Wilson supported, with Cummins attacked over La Follette endorsement.
Des Moines reports praise for Iowa products and a splendid fair despite restricted train service limiting attendance from northeastern areas. Two fatalities and numerous injuries occurred at Elgin auto races when a grandstand collapsed, while aviator Harry N. Atwood journeyed St Louis to New York in eleven days with 28 hours 31 minutes airborne, predicting future daily long flights and an average speed of about 44.33 mph.
A Panic at a Cannonsburg Pennsylvania electric theater followed by shouts of fire caused the deaths of twenty six people. Officials warn many theaters nationwide face similar dangers from narrow aisles and blocked exits. Authorities urge rapid improvements with ample exits in at least two directions.
The Cedar Rapids papers mirror Chicago Sunday editions, with Chicago print dated Saturday. Observers note wagon loads of Sun day dated papers sent from Chicago on Saturday afternoon or early evening arriving in Iowa towns like Monticello and Cedar Rapids.
Word from the Fourth congressional district reports State Senator Adams of West Union will seek Congress next spring. His supporters push the candidacy and pre empt voting precincts as they rally to back him, despite rivals’ ambitions.
The piece notes lighter winter labor demand with railways threatening wage-driven cuts and layoffs for economic reasons. Locally the canning firm finds it hard to hire during packing, while post Congress adjournment only party factions and personal interest drive activity, yielding a general sense of relief countywide.
The insurgent group abusing President Taft will face his judicially minded counterattack as he exposes their hypocrisy. He plans to reveal the grandstanders during his trip next month after his Massachusetts address.
In New York a law would impose a $1000 fine on false statements about real estate value or description in letters circulars or newspaper ads. The idea, seen as necessary by agents, contrasts with how such rules might affect Texas land trade if adopted out west.
The real Docheites predict Christ will appear at Zion City before 1912 ends. They question who trains to blasphemously impersonate the Savior.
If Senator Cummins continues to push the La Follette nostrums he will rely heavily on newspaper support from Marshalltown and Council Bluffs, signaling a regional pressure on his candidacy.
The passage argues that the early English strike was less severe than space writing correspondents claimed, noting that the event’s impact appeared overstated by some reporters.
A Sioux City Journal editorial criticizes radicals and conservatives while endorsing President Taft's middle path. It argues for measured tariff protection, regulated big industries, and strengthened representative government with careful selection of lawmakers and judges. The piece frames Taft as the moderate alternative between extremes.
Central City closes a revival with 80 conversions. Hardin County buys 13500 dollars in voting machines. The Jackson county fair is at Maquoketa next week. State fair attendance peaks. A normal training course will be added to Manchester high school. Bernard wins tenth straight by defeating Cascade 1 to 0 last Sunday.
Sheriff Bill Loftus arrives in Central City on Monday by motorcycle and says his prospects for becoming the U.S. representative from the 5th district are improving daily.
The image shows four generations led by 75 year old Mrs John Siebels born in Hanover Germany who came to America in 1872. Her daughter Mrs John Gerdes born in Oldenburg Germany has eight living children and has been a widow ten years. The third generation includes Mrs Otto Otten of Amber with four children. Anna Otten is eleven and the youngest generation member in the photo.
The piece argues that bond and stock trends mirror national welfare, not drive it. Despite yields improving to 7 9 percent, buyers stay away and banks hold idle money, signaling a fragile recovery and the need for sober leadership to revive industry.
Minneapolis Journal notes the president's firm stand on requiring removal of the judiciary recall before statehood. Congress weakly bypassed the recall, but the president insists Arizona must remove it now, promising future change if desired. He also cites his veto of the wool bill as proof that convictions guide policy over politics.
A Chicago man asserts cows produce more milk when they hear music, speculating on whether The Blue Danube or other tunes affect quality.
A Santa Fe Employees' Magazine piece riffs on a child's question to Papa about who provides the meat for the train. The cartoonish inquiry probes whether the cow catcher or the train butcher supplies the meat, wrapped in humor.
The Sioux City Journal note indicates the La Follette presidential movement continues to be shaped by its design planners and projectors, keeping the core strategy under expert direction.
Sheriff Hogan reports Winnipeg telegrams identify two men matching the Anamosa reform school escapee Smiteh and guard shooter Mecum. The suspects, using aliases Jones and Kelley, were captured after a street gunfight that killed Constable Traynor. Canada will try them first. Iowa will seek extradition after their sentences.
Jem Mace the English pugilist born in the 19th century turns eighty. Dr. Weir Mitchell over eighty still writes stories while practicing medicine. President Eliot past seventy is considered fit for the ambassadorial post. The Life asks what blends in life to yield a hale long life.
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