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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
3
A collection of remarks on aviation, auto safety, smuggling, and public figures. The piece jokes about aviators, chiding reckless driving and praising flying while noting ongoing dangers in football and other social issues. It blends humor with commentary on era concerns and public policy.
A note on the high end of philanthropy funding germ-proof hospitals as a refined act of generosity while contrasting it with germ-free humanity as the real solution to mortality.
Oculists say reading on street cars causes eye strain and trouble. They urge readers to stop reading while riding and to reserve reading for home to avoid further eye problems.
A church census in Chicago reports 900000 regular attendees. The article asks how many are women and how many men who contribute offerings.
A New York life convict who invented an airship will be released on bail to refine his invention. The judge notes that progress delays justice and risk of being pushed aside if blocked by routine proceedings.
Cuba reports an excellent sugar crop this year promising good revenue and extra prosperity for its people. Analysts say development of natural resources and political stability could push Cuba toward becoming one of the wealthiest nations of its size.
A Danish inventor proves incandescent lamps can glow with a wireless current. A bigger goal is directing current to perform a single task without interference, making wireless telegraphy more useful by avoiding cross currents.
The passage proposes linking science studies of severe ocean storms with forest fire impacts to create strategies that could neutralize their destructive effects for mankind. It argues that understanding interactions between weather and wildfires may yield societal gains.
The new Irish ship is described as a sixth of a mile long and four times the height of the Bunker monument. The article notes society’s rush to grand projects and recalls the old saying that small things matter.
The bass fed on crickets grasshoppers frogs lizards and small crawlers with one constant: fried bass remained delicious after capture.
The text argues for two options to avoid legal costs: purchasing jewelry locally or declaring it to save on attorney fees. It suggests that avoiding lawyers may be prudent in certain financial circumstances and hints at tax or transfer considerations.
The Iowa state pharmacy commission ruled that soap club plans delivering soaps and medicines constitute itinerant vending under code section 2595 and require a $100 annual license. The decision, signed by Secretary Ed J Moore, prompts possible court challenges from Larkin-like firms. Separately Des Moines City Railway appeals a $5,800 damages verdict to the Iowa Supreme Court after Miss Fannie Parker was injured in a collision with a Rock Island engine. Parker and a dismissed employee, Ralph Cohoe, were involved in the trial and ensuing controversy.
Harry Rorabaugh aged 32 a conductor for the Des Moines City Railway company was burned to death at 2058 Gasturand awvenue when a crude oil heater he was repairing exploded and covered his body with burning oil. Neighbors pulled him from the wreckage but he was burned beyond recognition.
Four people escaped death as a fire consumed the Lozier home at 3104 Easton Boulevard. A. G. Lozier woke his wife and baby and fled through an upstairs window, then returned to rescue roomer Frank Drummond who was semiconscious in a back room.
The Polk district court life term for Charles Davenport following a breaking and entering conviction has been upheld by the state supreme court. Judge Miller presided in the original case. Davenport is identified as a Black man.
Paul W. Carroll elder son of Governor and Mrs. B F Carroll will wed Miss Hesse Lillie of Plainview Minnesota on November 30. The ceremony will be held at the bride s parents home in Plainview.
Co. C. Jackson, a detective, was unanimously appointed night captain and assistant chief of police by the city council.
J W Welch proprietor of a chain of lunch rooms in the middle west says Des Moines has higher living costs than Omaha. He personally owns one lunch room in Des Moines and operates others across the region.
A coal miner named James Eliott was killed instantly at Hast Fourth Street when the miner's special train arrived in the city near the Maple Block mine.
Des Moines maintains status as the healthiest small city in the United States with only four contagious disease cases reported by the city health department.
Governor Carrell issued requisition papers for the return to Webster county of Thomas Will who is under arrest in Missouri and wanted for the alleged theft of barbed wire from Robert Healy of Fort Dodge.
Market Master L O Pouchot urges Des Moines housewives and Chauncey Depew club members to push for full weight based grocery sales to end short weighing. He notes Iowa recognizes weight and dry measure and cites common underweights in bushels. He urges buyers to request meat by weight and warns against buying by small cash amounts. He lists legal weights per bushel for various produce and goods.
Louis Brandeis for the Atlantic Seaboard traffic committee argues that Eastern lines should not raise rates to gain income. He says railways can gain net income through efficiency, not higher weight rates, and that stockholders, not shippers or consumers, should bear any burdens.
Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant argues for a U S system of conscription to grow the army from about 85,000 actually serving toward 250,000 with yearly quotas for districts. He cites Germany as proof and says costs would rise by roughly 50 percent to about 200 million dollars. He contends the plan would curb mob spirit and crime.
Post office inspectors raid Bun Brothers Inc offices as a fifth prisoner, 8 W Preston, is captured in Portland Oregon. C Harry Tobey alleged head of the firm remains in custody in New York with Tobey and Preston to stand trial. Several relatives tied to Burr Brothers face charges for using the mails to defraud. Public reaction at the Flatiron Building drew many onlookers. Hitchcock hails raid as the start of further actions.
Premier H. H. Asquith faced a suffragette assault after promising a franchise bill. A mob confronted him outside the House of Commons, with Miss Henrietta Williams striking him in the face as police intervened and he escaped into a taxicab.
A small boy’s cigarette butt set hay ablaze at the Longman and Baird slaughter house on Southeast Blev enthe street. The fire destroyed the plant, burning 250 dressed beeves and about 700 dollars worth of hides. Total loss nears 30000 dollars. buildings insured, beef partially covered.
A jury verdict in Judge McHenry's court awards Sarah Gordon, widow of William Gordon, $2,850 from the Rock Island Railroad. Gordon, a brakeman, was killed nearly ten years ago. The case has been twice reviewed, including a prior district court trial and a Supreme Court passage.
The Des Moines Commercial Club announces a committee of 300 representative citizens to act as a tribunal in the dispute between the city and the street car company. The group is expected to play a leading role in settling the franchise question.
The Des Moines City Railway seeks shared financing with the city to audit the company banks. It offers to cover half the auditing cost if the city pays the remaining half so the council can confirm the capitalization is equitable.
Des Moines aims to rehabilitate the Agar Packing company by issuing 200000 dollars in bonds payable within twenty years. The plan is promoted by the Greater Des Moines committee.
Flossie Shook, 22, married Max Koch of Runnells after release from Mitchellville informatory. Gable residents petition to force Illinois Central to keep a depot in town. Ruth Bayliss acquitted of rotten eggs assault in district court. Daniel W. Hamilton announces Democratic bid for Iowa US senator. M J Newell wounded when Walker Street car collides with his wagon. City mission to be opened on the east side of town.
Doctor Hawley Crippen was executed at 8 20 a m on Wednesday in the Pentonville prison courtyard for the murder of his wife Belle Elmore Crippen. The hangman’s trap released him and four physicians declared him dead eighteen minutes later. the crowd outside remained quiet as the news spread.
Henry M Hoyt longtime counselor in the state department died here Sunday from peritonitis after four days of illness. A Yale graduate from Taft's 1878 class, Hoyt recently worked on Ottawa negotiations for the reciprocity treaty with Canada and previously served as solicitor general at the department of justice.
Rev. George R. Flinn of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Wilkesbarre danced and sang in his pulpit to illustrate the need for attention to both physical and spiritual welfare. The performance to In the Good Old Summer Time aimed to engage the congregation and emphasize holistic well being.
Stanley Ketchel’s body, the middleweight champion murdered near Springfield Missouri, was exhumed by three brothers John Leon and Alexander Ketchel who said they heard he had been beaten to death and not shot.
An Atlantic coast wireless conversation between Key West Florida and Norfolk Virginia was clearly picked up by Mare Island navy yard operator Bennish on Tuesday. Every word of the exchange between the two operators was distinctly read.
In Saigon French Indo China floods wash away one thousand lives and leave four hundred boats lost in Quangugal province Annam. Local authorities warn of continuing heavy rain and rising rivers while relief teams mobilize to assist affected communities.
A fire in a mail car from Boston damaged a through car en route to San Francisco in Schenectady on Monday, destroying a large portion of the mail and papers aboard.
The jury weighing the murder charge against Mrs. Fannie L. Flanary was discharged after four days without a verdict. The defendant is accused of shooting and killing her husband with a temporary insanity defense offered.
In London Baron Loreburn the lord chancellor spoke on the Lansdowne resolutions in the house of lords and declared himself in favor of home rule for Ireland.
Premier Briand, attending the Jules Ferry monument dedication in the Tuileries, was struck twice in the face by a Royalist. The premier suffered only minor injuries as guards and a large crowd restrained the assailant.
The district court sustained the 14 year sentence of Abraham Ruef former political boss found guilty of bribing supervisors and refused to grant a new trial. Ruef remains imprisoned pending any further appellate action.
Washington rosters show Democrats with 227 seats, Republicans 163, and one Socialist. The party holds a majority of 63 and a plurality of 64.
Columbus Ohio report of the death of Dr. H M Kinsman a thirty third degree Mason and prominent national figure in the fraternity from heart disease on Thursday.
Claude Grahame-White flew a Kleriot aeroplane in a seven mile race against a motor car and won easily in 9 minutes 46 seconds on Monday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Nellie McMahon, who faced murder charges in the death of Ira W. Thomas a prominent local attorney, was acquitted Tuesday as the jury found her insane. The verdict ends a high profile case in Sturgis South Dakota.
Detroit Minnesota report says Bauer a farmer near Detroit shot and killed his wife Tuesday and then died by suicide with the same gun. Family troubles were cited as the reason for the tragedy.
Santa Fe New Mexico reports the constitutional convention adjourned Tuesday with 71 Republicans voting for and signing the Constitution. All but seven Democrats signed, and all but 19 voted for the measure.
Brazilian mutiny on the battleship Minas Geraes and other ships leaves officers killed and harbor control seized. Congress meets in special session to consider amnesty and reforms to end the crisis, with sailors demanding better pay and abolition of corporal punishment.
In Guerrero near Ciudad Porfirio Diaz Francisco I Madero leader of the opposition force was badly wounded in a Thursday clash with 200 rurales and cavalry led by Colonel Fuentes and Lieutenant Nicanor Valdez. The engagement was fierce as federal troops pushed the rebels into the hills with reports of deaths on both sides and Madero carried from the field. Washington reports from Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson say the Mexican government holds control of the revolution with continuing fighting elsewhere and mixed messaging from Mexico City.
Eight year old Walter Danielson of Menominee, Michigan, was shot Wednesday in Mensomville by an unknown hunter who mistook him for a deer. The incident ends the hunter’s flight as the boy died. it marks the state’s third buck fever victim of the year.
Washington News reports the papal appointment of Rev. Edward D. Kelly of Ann Arbor as auxiliary bishop of Detroit, revealed by Rome and conveyed to Detroit on Thursday.
Oda Hubbell a farmer near Barnard Missouri his wife and two children were shot dead at their home Sunday night by an unknown assailant who then set the house on fire to hide the crime.
Two young men entered the Norfolk office of Dr. L. B. Firey on Monday and, at gunpoint, bound him to a chair. They took all the money from the office and fled.
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