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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1913
Page
10
Despite last election tension, Kenyon secured reelection as political figures clash and crowd scenes calmed. Voters faced long lines and protests as results confirmed reruns and continued factional disputes.
Des Moines Iowa—Committee appointments for the lower house were made by Speaker Cunningham after a four day recess. Five leading chair posts went to rivals in the speakership race, including Gerrit Klay heading judiciary and Jacob s heading ways and means. The session crafts a broad agenda with taxation changes and public-works ideas amid a push for education and farm programs. The piece also notes federal job ambitions among Iowa Democrats and several corporate filings.
London reports a startling tale of Anne Gabrielle Babutl, the woman behind Greuze's famed portrait, who rose from bookseller’s daughter to a muse then thief. The narrative, chronicled by John Rivers, claims she stole her husband’s money, ruined his name, and inspired the artist’s most celebrated likeness.
London reports nearly 500000 soldiers killed or wounded in the Balkan conflict with extensive spending. Serbs sent 300000 to allies, Bulgarians 300000, Montenegrins 75000, Greeks 120000, with varied casualties and daily expenditures. Totals include Turkey 300000 killed or wounded and multi‑nation revenue losses across the belligerents.
Rio Blanco correspondent Julius L. Roberts was badly bruised when his horse slipped in a fissured gulch near Meeker Colorado. He was pitched into an abandoned wolves cave but clung to a shelf rock six feet below the surface to save himself.
Eight women started work at the College of Physicians and Surgeons laboratories for one dollar a day. They breathe into sixteen ounce bottles in refrigerators as food particles are removed from the breath, then the vapor is chemically analyzed to improve air conditions in sick rooms.
Senator Francis and Senator Lancils urge Iowa be opposed to Congress granting the Des Moines River Power Company rights to build fourteen dams on the Des Moines River. They argue an absolute monopoly lasting 75 years and delayed full development threaten state water rights and future development.
The will of Mrs Katharine Van Liew Howell died in London Aug 6 1911 leaves 72000 real estate and 29100 personal property. Son Benjamin Hunting Howell of Ridgewood NJ named executor and heir to about 85000 plus 31000 and a half interest in 72 Brook Street London leasehold shared with sister Erla L Howell. Ra pellie J H Howell receives 100. The bequest cites care given during illness as reason for favor.
Mrs. Agnes Brennan disappeared after her husband failed to bring a gift. He was arrested and charged with breaking his parole, which required him to turn over his wages to her.
The Hugoton county commissioners rented the county jail to a family after prisoners vanished for a long period. Ford, Kansas, reported no inmates for two and a half years and offered its calaboose for cheap use as a chicken house.
Ames prepares a large public reception for former secretary of agriculture Tama Jim Wilson upon retirement. The Ames College crowd plans a grand event honoring a longtime dean of agriculture for his service to better farming.
Fr. Dodge James J Marlin and Miss Jélva Hartin wed publicly to save costs under Bargain Day offers. Hastings Presbyterian minister and local merchants provided a free marriage service and $200 in gifts of household necessities to the couple who married that day.
Mrs Henry Marsh appeals to police to search for her husband Marah former general car foreman of the Minneapolis and St Louis railway who left in November went to work for the Chicago terminal and disappeared December 1 three children remain with the mother in Marshalltown
Elmer Cassady thirteen of New Jersey captured a large loon after a tense struggle in a shallow pond. While tending muskrat traps he chased the bird as it fought to dive. The loon bit and knocked him into the water before Cassady wrestled it to shore and paraded it for classmates.
New York reports Mrs. Julian Heath of the housewives league cutting apple prices at the Queensboro Bridge Market. Baldwin apples usually 12 to 15 cents a quart go on sale at 6 cents a quart as she argues retailers keep prices high. A week long campaign targets retailers to lower prices.
In Pittsburg, H. B. Kirkland vice-president of American Conduit company argued he could not live on less than $6,000 a year and sought to limit his wife’s alimony to $15 weekly, current level.
In Trenton New Jersey William Booze of Park Island donated a Civil War drum to the state in memory of Jacob Booze a drummer boy of the First New Jersey Volunteers. The drum engraved with battle records becomes a prized state relic acknowledged by Wilson who lauded the gift as a meaningful public spirit and generosity.
Savannah writer notes that Letta Crabtree, once a top screen star, has earned nearly $200,000 from Georgia real estate ventures, highlighting her post fame business success in Savannah.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania William Peck once deemed hopelessly consumptive coughed up a windom tooth from his lung and is rapidly recovering after the mysterious emission.
The license clerk issued 32,887 marriage licenses in Chicago, an increase of 8,874 from 1911, reflecting growing marriage activity in the city.
Tanmeburg livery elevator on the Milwaukee system between Sanborn and Mason City is full of grain and turning away thousands of bushels due to lack of cars. The urgency grows as moving time nears and tenants who must deliver grain to elevators face disruption.
Emil Huedner died and Mamie Huedner was seriously injured when their carriage was struck by a Northwestern freight train at a grade crossing in Alamont.
Fort Dodge report of Hmmet Pooler twenty five who died after four days of suffering from hiccoughs triggered by bending to lift something.
About 150 Davenport Rock Island and Moline manufacturers with interests capitalized over 100 million held a banquet to discuss labor conditions and the proposed liability legislation affecting employers in the region.
Mason City report states Fred Shuman who assaulted John Sullivan foreman of the concrete gang on Milwaukee railroad round house extension tried to kill himself in jail. The incident follows an attack earlier in the day.
Registrar Knapp reports 2,131 regular students enrolled at Iowa State College with 732 short course students finishing before the new semester, marking the highest enrollment in the institution's history at High Water Mark, Ames.
Jonathan Roberts aged 93 died at Roberts' Grove after living on the same farm for fifty eight years marking a long tied to the land life in his community.
Sermon on the born in Bethlehem as the savior and lord, praising the gospel of redemption. The text emphasizes Christmas as the great gift, messengers of angels, and the call for personal acceptance of Christ. It links Christ’s birth to mission and universal mercy across nations and ages.
A Hawthorne quote argues that inner insincerity taints all pleasures and life itself becomes a dramatic act, even amid sincere relatives and friends.
A Daily Thought quotes Doctor Guy Saulus urging entry into a new world where success comes via cooperation rather than competition, framing collaboration as the path to triumph today.
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