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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1903
Page
3
Des Moines Iowa November 30 The state railroad commission investigates wrecks in the past two years focusing on the Waterloo disaster and the hours trainmen work. The inquiry may prompt a report to the legislature this winter on safety and fatigue.
The State Farmers Institute convenes in Des Moines December 7 to 9 with plans for a statewide farmers institute system. Speakers include John Hamilton, C I Curtiss, Mrs F A Squires, Eugene Secor, and A B Storms. Gov Cummins will speak, Industrial Education topics loom, and a good roads push is announced with W H Moore and Senator J T Brooks among participants.
County schools remain unsupplied for the winter as salaries are blamed for the shortage. Officials note eight to ten schools lack teachers, with the winter term two months overdue. remedy centers on raising teacher pay rather than recruiting more staff.
Promoted Lieut. George Stafford of the United States Navy, hometown Atlantic, appointed chief executive officer of the Des Moines. The vessel will soon enter commission at Quincy Massachusetts and is described as one of the finest ships in the fleet.
The Iowa building at the St Louis fair nears completion in a southeast corner location near major entrances. Former Governor Larrabee donated a two manual organ with 30 stops 1512 pipes and nine pedals to be placed at the grand stairway, with mahogany casing and decorative front pipes. President Larrabee says Iowa will bring many visitors second only to Missouri and will feature regular musical entertainments at the Iowa building.
The executive council awarded Wilcox Bros of Aurora the contract for a $1100 carrier system in the new storage building north of the capitol. The system will automate book handling and access. A new key policy requires a $1 deposit to borrow an outer door key and departmental heads must ensure return of keys with a $1 penalty.
The Iowa district miners union reports a strong defense fund with a quarterly increase of 15412.88 and total receipts of 43636.88. Expenditures totaled 5956.08 leaving a balance of 37680.10. An additional 1296.59 was raised for widows and orphans from the Lost Creek disaster.
The final lot sale of the season occurred at Readlyn on the Waverly cutoff between Waverly and Oelwein. As with other new towns on the Omaha extension, Readlyn's opening was successful with many lots sold.
A Cresco man J W Booth who faced two years for perjury chose death by his own hand rather than await a pardon. Booth had hoped for clemency as his case neared a supreme court review after a suspension of sentence. He had quarrelled with his father in law H H Perkins, who was acquitted after alleged shooting at Booth.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters lists 32 principal U S cities. Des Moines ranks tenth in fire loss per capita with $1.66. Washington D C has the lowest $0.49 per capita, Birmingham shows the highest at $8.53. The share of electrical fires rose from 0.75 percent in 1901 to 4.31 percent in 1902.
The Iowa Railway club plans a railroad men’s magazine titled the Iowa Railway Club Journal. Al Moore of Des Moines, longtime railroad and newspaper figure and author of railroad stories, will oversee the project full time. The club will also issue a journal of meetings for absent members.
Special correspondence reports a meeting of State Marshal clubs in Des Moines on January 13 and 14 to urge a law creating five marshal districts and appointing 55 marshals funded by the mulet tax. A. C. Rankin leads the effort with broad legislative support and about 100 clubs involved.
Grace Harmon of Cedar Rapids asked Denver police to compel Edward D. Davis an express messenger to pay her fare, saying he promised marriage after a divorce. She found he lived with his wife, scorned her pleas, and had compelled to return penniless.
George A. Wells issues the final crop report detailing acreage and yield estimates for Iowa crops. Corn grades, wheat, oats, rye, and barley yields are provided with per acre averages and total production figures for each crop.
In Chicago D L Buckner of Macedonia was crowded from the Alley LL platform as a crowd surged toward a approaching train. He fell under the wheels and died before the motorman could stop. Buckner’s pockets held a bank book with $5,000 and cattle sale receipts.
H C Rich of Sorah near Atlantic and his brother D B Rich of Extra were held up by two masked men near a Kansas City hotel after leaving Union depot. They had traveled to buy farm land and were left penniless after the $5200 robbery.
The State Association of Mutual Insurance Companies in Des Moines refused membership to the Des Moines Hall Association and the Farmers Live Stock Mutual Insurance Association of Perry amid charges of false representations by their solicitors. Officers were elected: President James A. Swallow of Shenandoah and Secretary H. M. Ramsey of Waterloo.
Report details a Rock Valley post office break in where only a small amount of stamps was taken. The event is part of a wider Iowa spree this summer with at least twenty post offices robbed for sums ranging from two hundred to two thousand dollars and no arrests to date.
Residents faced threats of gunfire as three blasts shattered the Green Mountain bank building. Robbers fled on a hand car after stealing $1,000, while a liquidation notice appeared on the Bank of Ireton doors.
Muriel Armitage of Detroit says a six month Peruna regimen cured her five year struggle with uterine irregularities and hysteria. She credits the tonic with restoring health after failed medical trials and calls Peruna a proven remedy for female ailments caused by catarrh.
An advertisement argues that pelvic catarrh causes broad weakness and nervousness, claiming Peruna cures catarrh permanently. It urges women worsening symptoms to seek Dr. Hartman in Columbus Ohio for free advice if results are not prompt.
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