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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
3
A wry collection of quips on politics science weather and sport. The author riffs on California comets Maine hogs diamonds and dueling, noting harsh truths about inflation fire insurance and school football bans. Observations mix humor with social critique of early 20th century life.
Annual statistics show more hunting deaths than football fatalities inviting claims for reform. The text argues shooting humans in hunting should stop, noting the hunters are not publicly displayed for admission fees, unlike some football spectacles.
The city records that 500000 quarts of champagne were consumed on New Year’s Eve. The remark highlights a festive turnout and the scale of celebration in the city.
A scientist claims a possible explanation for the aurora borealis while commentators debate why people still view a harsh winter with epidemics coal shortages and railway wrecks as healthful, noting travel dangers and fatal snows.
The president of a leading ice firm predicts ice prices will stay low next summer. He argues this will aid widespread use of dependable ice consumption and help popularize winter storage and supplies, benefiting consumers and distributors.
A New York husband counters his wife's divorce suit by asserting she promised financial support before their marriage. He argues the claim should persuade the court, noting the seriousness of such a promise in seeking support.
The Seine flood covered about nine square miles of Paris with rising waters threatening the city. President Fallieres and Premier Briand toured flood areas as 100000 homeless sought shelter and aid, with $200000000 in losses and a $200000 public subscription including $1400 from the American Chamber of Commerce.
Zeigler mine, town of Zeigler, and about 10 000 acres of coal lands in Franklin county have been sold for 8 000 000 to an eastern corporation. The new owners plan to reopen the Leiter property and prepare it for operation. The Zeigler mine has been sealed since 1908 after an explosion killed 28 workers, eight bodies remain unrecovered.
The Ballinger Pinchot inquiry resumes with Gravis presenting papers and witnesses. Glavis recounts a December 1907 Washington visit and Ballinger’s push for a thorough investigation despite ties to claimants. A 1908 sequence shows clear listing of Cunningham claims resisted and later withdrawn.
New York reports trainmen and conductors on the Baltimore and Ohio threaten a strike after partial wage demands are refused. Officials stand firm but hope trips by two union leaders to Baltimore may avert a rupture.
Kansas City report states multimillionaire Thomas H. Swope and his nephew Chris Swope died from strychnine poisoning. Telegram from Chicago to John G. Paxton says toxicologists have analyzed vital organs for ten days and will send an official report. no arrests expected before next week.
Minneapolis session of Independent oil producers says they will sue Standard Oil Company to recover 281.5 million dollars.
A large crew of carpenters and artisans has started work on a new wing for the Harriman mansion at Arden New York, continuing the late magnate's construction plans.
A wireless dispatch reports Frank A. Burrelle, a pioneer in the press-clipping business, died at sea last Tuesday while traveling from Costa Rica to New Orleans.
Ferdinand Cohen, a hotel waiter, was brought back from Chicago after an abduction incident with heiress Roberta B de Janon. He was committed to prison without bail to await trial on a kidnaping charge.
Barnum’s famed smallest man in the world Reuben Steere is dying of pneumonia at his Putnam area home. He is 72 years old, weighs 66 pounds and stands 47 inches tall.
New York reports Columbia University will admit women to law and medicine courses for the first time. They will enroll in the summer session beginning in July.
Advices from Bokhara report the emir dismissed the prime minister blamed for Sunnite Shiah clashes. Peace is declared as the riot ends in St. Petersburg era wording.
Albert H. Willard was found not guilty by reason of sanity in the killing of his son in law Beck last May. The jury determined Willard was sane at the time of the shooting.
Frightened by a strange man in her kitchen Mrs. Andrew Roy shot him twice in her Zanesville home. The miner's wife said the man had wandered the neighborhood for days and he is believed to die from the wounds.
The Arabic mission of the Reformed Church of America has secured permission to build a hospital at Bassorah near the Persian Gulf, per Consul General Harris at Smyrna.
President Taft after a talk with James J. Hill dismissed rumors of a new aggressive anti trust drive and called sensational market stories unfounded. Washington says prosecutions under the anti trust law will follow the administration's stated policy as in January 1910. New York sees price declines amid reports of expected Supreme Court rulings in tobacco and Standard Oil cases.
Federal court long session focused on documentary evidence from the Black Hand trial. Letters and receipts show extortion demands from 500 to 10 000 dollars with death penalties for nonpayment. A book found in Joe Lima's safe lists Society of Banana rules and members, including the defendants.
The state senate approved the Dailey primary bill by 28 to 13 after a lengthy debate focused on the Gibson blanket ballot amendment. Initial roll call showed 26 yeas needed. before absentees were called, 26 votes were recorded in the affirmative.
President Taft donors $50 to Morris Brown College Atlanta Ga for the development of the industrial department. The contribution marks one of the latest gifts in the drive supporting the Negro institution.
Arrangements are set for a three day aviation meet in El Paso Texas in February. renowned aviator Louis Paulhan will be the principal attraction drawing crowds and aviation enthusiasts from the region.
Brazetti a 60 year old Italian miner at No 3 mine in Spring Valley leapt into the shaft on Wednesday. His body fell 503 feet and was mashed to pulp after the plunge, ending his more than twenty years of work at the mine.
A Chicago grand jury indicted Paul Redieske Michael McGovern Otto Nethof Richard Burke John MacNichols Ralph Bonnell Joseph Maher J C Parks Max Languth and Robert Green on conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses and related charges in the Lawrence Avenue sewer project. They allegedly defrauded the city of 254000 by submitting only one sixth of the required concrete and brickwork. Bond amounts were set at 20000 for McGovern and Redieske and 5000 for the others. The case followed weeks of investigation by State's Attorney Wayman.
The Navy Department says it fights the tobacco trust by buying 30 000 pounds of plug tobacco from the Booker Company of Lynchburg Virginia, an independent concern not affiliated with the trust. The contract price is 35 44 cents per pound, and officials note bids under 36 14 cents would not have won.
New York news reports Katherine Clemmons Gould must pay 3165 dollars for furs and millinery bought before her separation. A supreme court jury found against her for the full amount with interest. Mrs Gould receives 36000 dollars in alimony annually from Howard Gould.
The New York Central Twentieth Century Limited derailed a quarter mile west of St Johnsville. The engine overturned after sliding 300 feet. Fireman Mandville of Syracuse was crushed beyond recognition. Engineer John Scanlon of Fort Hunter was fatally crushed when attempting to leap. Most passengers were thrown from berths with some injuries.
New York The Inter borough president Theodore P Shonts announced on Friday a wage increase for 6000 subway and elevated railroad workers in response to higher living costs. The hike takes effect February 1.
Amoy China consular staff changes report A D Foster Marine Hospital surgeon and American vice consul appointed last October has been transferred to Hongkong leaving Amoy duties.
Elyria Ohio reports the death of Uncle John Ramsey aged 119 in a county infirmary. Ramsey, once a slave, escaped about the Civil War era and was regarded as the state's oldest person.
Gen. Chamorro defeats Madriz forces under Gen. Vasquez at Acoyapa as Estrada mobilizes for an assault on Managua. Chamorro is wounded after leading a charge on a battery while English gunners fire. reports delay due to telegrams. Madriz disputes Medina acquittal reports and awaits Masaya court ruling.
A Pennsylvania flyer derailed two Ohio towns leaving a trail of deaths and injuries. In Loudonville Roy Covert and his wife were struck. Mrs Covert died and her husband fatally injured. At Crestline the train hit a car killing J H Sigler and Charles Wichelberger. Curtis Doerrer was injured. The crash left Doerrer with internal injuries.
In Omaha on February 2 reports center on L. T. Cooper selling his New Discovery claimed to purge tape worms from patients. Parish priest Father John Baptist Arnolis says a sixty foot worm left his system after four doses. Cooper claims vast sales and ongoing city excitement over the remedy.
A thoroughbred English setter owned by Reginald F Clifford ran through Auburn Sunday biting twelve people including six children and six men. The dog was captured after breaking a barn chain and was killed. its head will be sent to Cornell for hydrophobia testing.
Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas said he liked the president calling Taft a fine man after his first meeting with President Taft at the White House on Saturday. He had never met the president before.
William Hagelaken aged 25 angrily smashed a plate glass window of the New England National Bank in Kansas City Missouri after a teller refused to cash a small check he presented.
Moses Goottman a wealthy New York manufacturer was shot and killed by a burglar whom he surprised looting his home on East One Hundred Ninth Street.
A Brighton to London train at 40 miles an hour struck Shoots Nest Station on the London and Brighton line yesterday, killing eight people and injuring about thirty in the wreck.
In Ann Arbor Mrs Henry Depew, wife of a wealthy farmer, was killed when a shotgun discharged after she accidentally knocked it against a churn. The incident occurred on Wednesday in the Depew home.
Christiania reports the cabinet resigned on Thursday and the king asked President Bratlia of the Storthing to form a new administration. Strong conservative leader Bratlia may lead the new government after the upheaval.
Doranto Pietro of Italy defeated John ny Hayes of New York in the marathon at Recreation Park on Sunday with a slow time of 2 41 35.
The speaker asserts resilience to criticism claiming thick skin. He states his tolerance for scolding and dismisses the impact of verbal reproach on his nature. The remark frames a household dynamic about enduring criticism.
A claimed patent remedy promises rapid action on colds and coughs. The mixture uses two ounces glycerine half ounce Concentrated Pine and half pint good whiskey with doses every four hours. Instructions advise shaking bottle before each use and obtaining ingredients from a druggist. The pine product is sold in half ounce vials labeled Concentrated. The ad asserts hundreds were cured last winter.
A concise paraphrase of Horace Walpole’s maxim emphasizes living with sensible discretion and timing. The line values practical judgment and adaptability over rigid rules. It captures a timeless approach to decision making.
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