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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
4
A portrait gallery of American missionaries in China led by Arthur H. Smith and including Gailey Robertson Beebe Nelson Park Fulton Scher eschewsky and Hall. The piece notes their influence on Chinese education culture and reverent links to events like the Boxer upheaval and the Roosevelt era.
Prominent Georgia women organize model country schools five months into eight month terms under the Federation of Women's Clubs. Danielsville and Watters district win bids to host schools, with kitchens, workshops and libraries to support longer sessions and community renewal. The effort showcases women's leadership in rural educational reform.
President Branson of the Georgia state normal school wrote to Mrs. Lindsay Johnson, then president of the State Federation of Woman's Clubs, asking the association to raise $1,000 to support five months of maintenance for a model county school. The passage highlights cooperation between club women and educators across states.
Some men gain credit for modesty while they refrain from self praise because they fear they cannot do the subject justice.
Gov Albert B Cummins spoke to the largest Davenport audience yet at Burtis Opera House and later at First Presbyterian Church. He warned that Davenport officials must obey the law or be displaced and said the city is one of the best in the world. The evening crowd neared 2000 with many turned away.
State authorities uncover extensive forgeries at Corwith State Bank by cashier J H Standling who fled. Bank Examiner Leland Windsor reports forged paper exceeding sixty thousand dollars and a move to appoint a receiver. money was pocketed as notes bore the signatures of wealthy farmers.
A strong artesian well was struck at 200 feet on Polk lands south of Des Moines near Yader bridge while testing for coal by the Coin Prospecting company. Water rushed from a four inch pipe to four feet high, the flow capped due to casing, and the water carries notable iron and minerals with a rust-like deposit forming around the site. The Polks may have the water analyzed and marketed as a mineral water.
Iowa Agricultural College won the overall judging contest at the international livestock show in Chicago on February 2. Ontario finished second and Missouri third in general averages. Iowa retained the bronze trophy for horse judging and Ontario won the cattle sheep and swine trophy. Iowa claimed three of five Armour scholarships while Missouri won two and Ontario was ineligible.
Chariton bank turmoil centers on Mrs. Mallory and Mrs. Thayer, chief stockholders, who return from abroad to decide policy. Depositors urge a permanent receiver, with H. M. Bostwick of Woodbine named by the controller of the currency. Crocker is found to have kept two separate ledgers for official and private use.
Davenport saloon keepers sign a petition urging Mayor Waldo Becker to place all Davenport taverns under strict surveillance and enforce Neal agreement terms plus a 10 o'clock closing. They seek citywide conformity and hope to avoid court battles while backing a measured push for stronger law enforcement.
Mrs. Martha Pickering died after being shot at East Fourth and Des Moines streets while returning from the Empire theater. Accompanied by her sister Mabel Adair and soldier Alexander McIntosh, she was struck in the neck as a man in a soldier's uniform fled. McIntosh said the bullet was aimed at him. police note prior associations with soldiers.
Des Moines reports Frank Palmer a prominent Iowa literary and political figure died of pneumonia in Chicago on the 8th. Born October 11, 1827 in Manchester Indiana he held multiple offices including state printer publisher and congressman. Survived by son Robert F. Palmer and a Chicago teacher daughter.
Dr H J C Reed of Diagonal admits guilt to two indictments for illegal sale of intoxicating liquor and a permanent injunction violation. Judge Towner imposes 500 dollars for each indictment and 500 dollars for contempt totaling 1500 dollars. 132 gallons seized from Diagonal and Maloy stores ordered destroyed.
John Welsch aged truck gardener was fatally injured while crossing the Burlington track in Keokuk. He had lived in Keokuk over fifty years and died two hours after the accident in a local hospital.
Boone attorney R. I. Dale has been indicted by the grand jury on a charge of criminal libel. He filed affidavits in the Collins Mowerson case alleging Deputy Sheriff Mowerson was drunk when he attached Collins property.
Cedar Rapids resident Jack Allen a machinist about 50 years old out of work and despondent died by his own action in his room by taking poison. The death is reported as an apparent suicide and authorities are investigating the circumstances.
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