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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
2
A collection of humorous snippets and sharp asides from diverse topics including suffrage, foreign conflicts, fashion, crime, and daily life. The items touch on political irony, social trends, and wartime fears with a tongue in cheek tone.
President Wilson orders immediate hearings in the Diggs Caminetti and Western Fuel cases and directs appointing the ablest special counsel. He forwards Attorney General McReynolds's report praising diligence and calls for prompt selection and vigorous prosecution.
A public discussion questions current English punctuation use. Proponents urge simpler writing and fewer commas to improve clarity and readability across genres.
A running horse breaks a new world record while a gas meter daily shatters records. A New York doctor declares only one in five men is fit to marry, yet every girl believes she has found the right one.
A curious report notes a fisherman escaping quicksand by casting a line over a tree and hints at a testimonial. An animal trainer dies from a snake bite at seven years old. A Washington preacher urges young men to invite young women to church on Sundays. Gothamites plan action against tainted pie, challenging a cherished national tradition.
A fragment notes St Louis stages a phono graph concert in every street car and aldermen seek lasting glory by demanding moving pictures as part of the plan.
A critic questions Doctor Wiley, a food specialist, over his authority to lecture on dogs. The remark argues dogs are not food, or at least not known as such, challenging his stance.
The Yale boys and other Knickerbockers seek relief from a restrictive routine, hoping for renewed freedom and lighter duties.
A Boston woman intends to fly a biplane across the ocean, saying such daring feats are necessary to stay in the swim. The note frames aviation bravado as a modern necessity for staying current.
The passage presents Edison as a model due to his success while criticizing his twenty hour workdays as a terrible example for others to follow. It contrasts admiration with the dangers of extreme labor patterns.
The report highlights Greece finding an ancient island buried for more than 2,000 years. Commentary then shifts to a controversial figure accused of anti vivisectionist rhetoric speaking 330000 words in her own defense, prompting debate over gender and capability.
A brief note describes a man using a new lawn sprinkler for the first time during bright days, illustrating the lighter moments of spring and the novelty of suburban gadgets.
President Wilson signed the sundry civil appropriation bill and said he would have vetoed the $300,000 anti trust prosecution provision if it could be separated. He argued the item unjustifiably limits enforcement but would not impede justice as a whole. He noted other appropriations already fund enforcement and promised impartial interpretation of statutes.
A series of blasts at the Husted Milling plant in Buffalo on Tuesday killed four workers and injured about sixty, many fatally, as walls collapsed and a Nickel Plate passenger train passed nearby. A worker was blown through the roof and over a trestle, while engineers in the train cab were blown from the locomotive.
Paris reports American ambassador Curtis Guild was robbed at the King Edward VII apartment of Mrs Guild of 1000 dollars in cash and two letters of credit totaling 50000 dollars. Entry gained while the couple were away. thief escaped before discovery of the loss.
Indianapolis on June 24 witnessed the opening of what promises to be a spectacular murder trial. Dr William B Craig faced the court to answer a murder charge in the mysterious case of Dr Helen Knabe found dead in her bed October 24, 1911.
Federal authorities arrested John B. Parker of Dyersburg Tennessee on a counterfeiting charge. Officers found dimes and nickels made from black tin and other heavier metal in Parker's possession and workshop.
Eleven thousand garment workers adhered to a strike order in Cincinnati on June 26 causing full factory closures. Suburban areas Mount Healthy Reading Covington and Newport also felt the effect as factories shut down.
In Cleveland on June 26 two boys drowned and a third was saved by a pulmotor after their raft capsized at Stone's Levee. The trio were playing on the raft when it went over.
John D Rockefeller arrives in Cleveland with Mrs Rockefeller and Miss Lucy Spelman for a summer stay at his Forest Hill residence. The party is accompanied by household staff as they settle in.
In Berea, Ohio, an auto tour crashed after being struck by a Lake Shore train. Two occupants died at once, one died later and three were seriously injured. Local responders rushed to the scene to assist those injured.
Arch deacon Hudson Stuck the Episcopal missionary reached the summit of Mount McKinley on June 7 after months of ascent from Fairbanks Alaska. The party delayed three weeks in crossing a three mile ice ridge created by last summer's earthquake before achieving the peak.
Joplin Missouri June 27 Mrs Sachel Carlyle a chambermaid receives word from Baltimore Maryland that she and her mother are each heirs to one ninth of an estate valued at fourteen million dollars worth of property through a distant heirship claim.
Washington reports Perry’s historic battle flag is en route to Erie Pennsylvania? Ensign Lowry U. S. N. will accompany the Niagara for the centennial celebration cruise as part of the commemorative events.
Frankie Burns of Juisey fights Johnny Coulon to a ten round draw in Kenosha Wisconsin. Burns predicted he could hold his own against the reigning light heavyweight champion and delivered a solid performance to equal the bout.
Chicago June 25 leave to carry his case up to the U S district court of appeals was granted to Jack Johnson the pugilist who was sentenced to a year and a day in Joliet for violation of the Mann act.
Albany reports Governor Sulzer accuses Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy of masterminding a conspiracy to ruin his reputation. He says Murphy sought to influence legislation patronage and primaries and warned of ruin if he refused. Sulzer asserts he refused to join a criminal scheme to loot the state.
A million dollars in gold, Nome’s first shipment of the year, was received by the steamers Senator and Victoria completing their initial Bering Sea round trip. News notes include coast defense exercises planned for Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay in early August and a youth shooting attempt in Washington.
Belgrade report: Bulgarians defeated at Zletovo as Serbians attacked when Bulgarian forces crossed the river. After fierce fighting the Bulgarians broke and retreated leaving many dead and wounded and abandoning positions in Serb territory.
A wind storm near La Crosse Wisconsin on June 27 leveled the largest tents of a carnival company. The storm, almost a tornado, caused heavy damage as wild animals sought to escape the enclosure.
East Orange June 27 George Thatcher sixty four the minstrel is dead. He died of cancer which forced him to leave the stage three months ago while touring in The Littlest Rebel.
In Calgary on June 25 a jury found Arthur Pelkey not guilty of causing Luther McCarty’s death in the May 24 prize fight. The court ruled Pelkey acted without criminal liability amid the arena controversy.
Beckley West Virginia June 25 Following a joint resolution adopted by the United States Mine Workers the strike in the New River coal district is announced to begin July 1.
Washington June 27 after a two day clash the senate democratic caucus approved free sugar and free wool in the tariff revision. The anti free wool vote fell to six. A proposal to retain underwood rates and a countervailing duty on wheat and flour sparked heated debate as the agricultural schedule resumed.
Iowa temperance groups launch a coordinated campaign to demand repeal of the mulct law as a condition for gubernatorial lieutenant governor and legislative candidates in 1914. They will publish records of votes and seek pledges from candidates, with state health and law enforcement efforts also highlighted.
An engine and seven freight cars of the Maryland Electric Railway plunged from a bridge into the Severn River when the drawbridge opened. The engineer and fireman jumped to safety with no injuries. The caboose and crew remained on the tracks as the train derailment halted road traffic for hours.
President Ray mond Poincare of France arrived at Portamouth aboard the Courbet after England’s newest warships fired a royal salute at Spithead. The visit opened tragically when a gun salute at Cherbourg killed two gunners and wounded two. The president then boarded the French battleship for London.
Thirteen Scotch and Irish immigrants were killed and more than forty injured when the Imperial Limited of the Canadian Pacific railroad wrecked three miles east of Ottawa Ontario. The section fell into the river. most victims were bound for the Canadian northwest.
Night riders in Batesville Mississippi attack the Tay lor Hutchinson farm house firing bullets. Hutchinson and his son emerge. the boy is killed and the father loses an arm. Local authorities report a violent hate crime with lethal force used against the family.
Fire at the Tennessee Military Institute in Sweetwater threatens campus buildings in Knoxville area. Estimated loss set at 75000 dollars as flames rage with the structures deemed at risk.
Bath New York June 25. Fred F Gard ner an aviator was drowned when his aeroplane turned turtle and fell about 100 feet into Keuka Lake. He tipped the machine too sharply during a turn.
John Ross, cousin of H. K. Thaw, was struck and killed by a train in Franklin Pennsylvania on June 25. Authorities believe the death was intentionally caused. Ross had been an inmate at a state institution for the feeble-minded.
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