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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
4
A collage of witty items and trivia notes from The Express Iowa touches on topics from modesty and gossip to science and world fairs. It jokes about smokeless tobacco, aging in storage eggs, New York floorwalkers, and London’s future population, ending with Zola’s remark on English hair pins and a playful line about manicures.
Philadelphians can point to the annual army versus navy football clash as a proud town tradition amid the talk of pacific somnolence, highlighting the long standing rivalry and local enthusiasm for the big matchup.
Washington residents unable to travel tour the new union station and compare the experience to a trip to Niagara Falls, feeling a swell of grandeur despite no plans to journey far.
Football under revised rules reduces fatalities this year and makes play more engaging. Public sentiment shifts to condemn unfair play and brutality, signaling a move away from violence in the game.
Italy led all European nations in foreign postal orders drawn in the United States during November with Italians sending home over 600000 dollars. The amount signals strong remittance activity and a bright outlook for Italy.
An English postman retires after four decades of duty. He has traveled 239,686 miles in his career though tailors' bills and love letters carried are not recorded.
After the financial crisis bankers urge establishing a central bank in the country to manage the national currency. The present system is antiquated and in need of respectful examination of improvements.
Elinor Glynn argues the American man is a hunter of dollars and implies her findings reveal a broader, more startling insight into the masculine bent, suggesting the discovery may be only preliminary to a larger revelation.
The newly published volumes show Queen Victoria as a vigorous thinker and adept letter writer. Her correspondence with Tennyson dispels the view of her as mere symbol, highlighting her grasp of men and events and her talent for eloquent writing.
French and South American delegates presented a copy of Rodin's The Awakening of Humanity to Mons Bourgeois. In acceptance he spoke of hearing the whispering of the universal conscience and the beating heart of humanity, calling The Hague conference worthwhile if it inspired that message.
President Roosevelt officiated for the seventh time at the New Year's reception with Mrs. Roosevelt and cabinet members in attendance. A long line formed along Pennsylvania Avenue as dignitaries, diplomats, and military officers greeted him, including three Central American peace negotiators and Admiral Dewey. Dr. Starr celebrated his 100th birthday as Roosevelt praised the Oldest Inhabitants association. Secretary Cortelyou rejoined guests after recovering from illness.
In Russellville Kentucky after a night raid by unidentified riders three men were shot two tobacco warehouses and a planing mill burned, triggering a state investigation by Fire Marshal Ayres as local officials prepare special court action. Separately a marketing clash between Burley growers and American Tobacco Company buyers stalled as 1907 crop negotiations collapsed with a 15 cent minimum price sought by growers and 12 cents offered by buyers.
The last newspaper man asked if the president was tired and received a hearty no. Chief Asher Stone reported shaking hands 5 645 times during the session. Mrs Roosevelt and cabinet ladies stood with the president in the blue room as the reception ended at 1 57 p.m.
Governor Folk named Virgil Rule to succeed Circuit Judge Jesse McDonald who resigned. Rule is 46 and formerly worked as a St. Louis newsboy, advancing from street vendor to jurist in Missouri.
Louis M. Givernaud, a founder of Givernaud Gros, described as the first to establish silk manufacturing in the United States, died in Los Angeles Thursday from heart trouble at age 73.
Columbus governor Harris announced a New Year pardon for Dallas Washburn of Huron County who had been imprisoned since 1896 for second degree murder after killing a woman. The decision was disclosed Wednesday.
Two men were killed and others injured in an explosion in converter No 3 at United States Steel Edgar Thompson plant in North Braddock near Pittsburg on Wednesday.
Judge Pritchard of the United States circuit court placed the Seaboard Air Line Railroad system in receivership. R. Lancaster Williams of Richmond and Davies Warfield of Baltimore were named receivers with bonds set at 50000 each. The decree grants immediate possession of the main line from Portsmouth to Tampa and 2382 miles of branches east to coast points and west to Atlanta Montgomery and Birmingham.
Chicago mourns Dr. Nicholas Senn, famed surgeon known as the fighting doctor. Rising to fame during the Spanish War he served as surgeon general of the Sixth Army Corps and chief of operating staff in Cuba. born St. Gall Switzerland October 31, 1844.
Lansing Circuit Judge Wiest ruled that mixing cereal and water into sausage constitutes adulteration, bringing the product under the state pure food law’s prohibition. The decision defines adulteration to include improper additives that alter the sausage beyond approved standards.
Charles Carroll Marsh aged 27 son of the late congressman Marsh killed himself at his home near Warsaw Illinois on Friday. Ill health and melancholia are given as the causes according to the report.
Berlin court jailed editor of Die Zukunft for four months and ordered payment of all trial costs in the Harden Von Moltke libel suit concluding Friday evening.
Ardmore Oklahoma reports Lamar Jackson a full-blooded Choctaw from Atoka has been appointed to a cadetship at the United States military academy at West Point by Congressman Charles D. Carter of the district.
Secretary Metcalf announced Capt. J. E. Pillsbury is chosen as chief of the navigation bureau of the navy department after a Thursday conference with President Roosevelt.
Gov. Hanly ordered battery A and eight companies of infantry from Indianapolis and other cities to assist police in Muncie Indiana. Martial law not declared. troops to work with police. Rioting resumed Friday with 60 arrests and multiple injuries.
In Collinsville George Steger home an oil lamp explosion ignited fire that claimed the lives of three children aged eight four and 18 days who were asleep in bed. Their mother Mrs Mary Steger was seriously burned while trying to rescue them.
Paris suburbs along the Western railroad staged a riot at St. Lazare terminus after continuous delays cost workers hours and jobs. Police faced a barricade for an hour until the fire department forced them back. Officials blame cold weather for the disruption.
Second officer Mexico City Portas arrives at Vera Cruz reporting the steamer Ibero sank in a December 2 storm with all aboard lost except three.
Mrs John Van Ness Roberts a noted New York society figure died Friday night at a Riverside Drive apartment from a drug prescribed for a weak heart. Coroner to investigate whether poisoning was intentional amid reports of recent financial losses. her husband died in Germany five years ago.
Charles Becker aged 67, director of the National Bank of Belleville, suffered melancholia and committed suicide Thursday by shooting. Becker had served as Illinois state treasurer in 1888 under Gov. Fifer.
Robbers wrecked the safe at the Fairmount bank ten miles from Enid Oklahoma early Thursday and escaped with 1200 dollars in currency. Local authorities investigate the break in and seek leads on suspects and motive.
London reports the divorce petition of Alice Thaw, American heiress and sister of Harry K. Thaw, seeking an annulment from the Earl of Yarmouth. The proceedings are to be held in camera with sealed papers, amid long standing domestic strife and public interest surrounding Thaw's murder trial. The couple’s mismatch in social standing and his extravagant lifestyle prompted her to bankroll many expenses.
Washington awarded Edward McGrath, station agent at Stowell Milwaukee, a railroad life saving medal after he risked his life to save six year old Emma Hummich who darted onto a crossing as an oncoming train approached. He shouted a warning but acted to lift her clear of danger despite being a cripple.
An explosion at the Rochester Fireworks company's finishing room on Main Street East destroyed part of the building. Sadie Ernst was instantly killed, Lil O’Connor died soon after at a hospital, and May Calligan, badly burned, is expected to recover.
John D. Rockefeller donated 2,191,000 to the University of Chicago on Thursday. Two million will be used for endowment with securities producing about 80,000 a year. His total benefactions to the university exceed 23,000,000.
John H. Willkie chief of the Secret Service reports a new counterfeit five dollar silver certificate of the 1889 series bearing the portrait of the Indian chief Onepapa has been discovered in Washington. The note is linked to alleged fraud and authorities urge verification of currency.
Ned John Browl died in the collision in Hastings while visiting Holstein residents and Magles convention attendees. G I Fisher suffered fatal injuries and Roy Signor was seriously injured in the same wreck Friday night.
Augusta Fahri a 28 year old cashier at A. E. Johnson Steamship agency is jailed on a charge of embezzling about $5 000 from the company. She denies the accusation.
Owen Moran the English featherweight champion battled Abe Attell the American champion to a 20 round draw at Colma Arena in San Francisco on a Wednesday.
Incipient riots erupted on the East Side as landlords clash with striking tenants over rent and decorative flags. Police reserves used night sticks. five tenants were arrested and at least one woman was knocked senseless. Wives and daughters joined the fighting alongside heads of households.
In Ludington Leonard Brown from Grand Rapids shot his wife at a farm where she stayed and then wounded Robert Johnson, who died hours later. Brown and Johnson both survived. In Easton Pat Frank Smith murdered his wife during a home intrusion, then attempted suicide. his father, told by the son, was stunned as Smith also wounded himself. Both doctors report recoveries.
In Muncie Indiana Sunday workers did not block streetcar lines as strike breakers operated all day. Cars ran from morning to dusk with only minor scattered stones on the outskirts and no deputy sheriffs or troops present for protection.
A passenger train on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy and a freight train on the Chicago Great Western collided in East Dubuque Iowa. Two persons were killed and a third possibly fatally injured in the Sunday wreck.
The first day of local ice skating ended in tragedy as two boys and a man who attempted rescue drowned at Jamaica, Long Island, on Sunday.
In Boine Idaho the prosecutions over the Steunenberg murder wrap up with the acquittal of George A Pettibone and Charles H Moyer president of the Western Federation of Miners. Harry Orchard and Jack Simkins remain under indictment with Orchard still in Prosecutor Vanduyns hands.
An automobile carrying Miss Bessie Turney age 17 and her cousin A B Faris was crushed between two Hodiamont street cars Sunday afternoon. Turney suffered a broken ankle and possible internal injuries while Faris had both legs frozen. No passengers were hurt.
Annie Catron of 927 Main St Cincinnati Ohio writes that Peruna cured her longstanding catarrh of the head and throat after other remedies failed. She notes offensive breath, bad stomach, headaches and discouragement, then a month of Peruna and complete cure with improved general health. She also recommends Peruna tablets and Man a lin laxative and offers a free Peruna Almanac for 1908 from the drugstore.
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