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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
6
The Express argues most vacations fail when misfit to individual needs. Two weeks is the common limit for workers, so the wisest choice is what the person most wants to do, regardless of others. Pursue a hobby or diversion that matches yearly leisure patterns, even if unconventional.
National Congress concludes with major actions on railroad rate reform meat inspection and pure food laws. It also approved Panama Canal funding plan, statehood for Oklahoma and Indian Territory, and consular service reforms, while immigration and several labor bills fail or stall.
New York, Harry K. Thaw pleaded not guilty at arraignment on the Stanford White murder charge with a possible draw to amend the plea. District attorney investigations delve into the Bohemian underworld and Nesbit Thaw ties as former Gov. Black joins the defense, while White’s autopsy notes Bright's disease and tuberculosis.
A Plainfield merchant uses a thumb print inked on checks to cover the figures and deter fraud. A Miami University commencement features Senator Dolliver in gown mischief as he quips about being laughed at his clothes.
A Washington woman who married the son of Nicaragua’s president after a two week honeymoon now seeks a divorce. The brief dissolving of the union highlights domestic strain amid rapid marriage.
The Spanish Cortez president says Alfonso will make a good husband, implying stable work and bringing his earnings home. The remark centers on future prospects and domestic expectations without detailing concrete actions or dates.
A reflective line notes that a person's legacy rests on deeds rather than riches. The author argues public esteem fades with money unless followed by meaningful actions and contributions.
The measures require interstate carriers to publish rates and routes, make oil pipelines and other services subject to common carrier rules, restrict railways to transportation, and include private freight cars with charges. Public rates must stay fixed for 360 days, rebates banned, and court review limited. The ICC expands to seven members with $10 000 salaries.
The document outlines multiple inspections for livestock before slaughter and for carcasses after. It describes tagging of carcasses as sound or condemned, possible second inspections, and labeling of canned or packaged meat under government supervision. It also requires sanitary inspections for establishments handling interstate or foreign commerce to ensure perfect sanitary conditions.
The pure food law bans manufacture sale or delivery of adulterated or misbranded foods drugs or liquors and sets penalties for violations. It requires examinations of specimens and enables prompt court action. Adulteration risks include deviations from National Formulary standards weak strength or quality and misbranding by false labeling or misrepresentation of contents.
The Shoshone or Wind River reservation in Wyoming holds about 6,500 homesteads of 160 acres and the Crow lands in Montana will accommodate a similar number. Registration for the Crow lands ran June 14–28, and Shoshone registration ran July 16–31. The Shoshone drawing happened August 4 in Lander Wyoming, and the Crow drawing occurred July 2 in Billings Montana.
Bemidji Minnesota report states lumber jack Martin Branley was found unconscious on a sidewalk with severe facial injuries and died an hour later. Eight men were taken into custody in connection with the incident.
In Travemuende Germany the emperor departed by special train to Potsdam. The move is viewed as signaling the forthcoming accouchement of Crown Princess Frederick William with implications for the royal succession.
Senor Perez Cabellero, Spanish ambassador to Italy, has been appointed minister of foreign affairs succeeding the late Duke of Almodovar. The minister had been associated with Almodovar at Algeciras.
James Patterson and his wife, both about eighty, died during a visit to their daughter after the man fell down cellar stairs breaking his neck while the woman collapsed from heart disease.
In Brockton Massachusetts the White-Dunham Shoe company a boot and shoe maker with ties to Boston collapses with liabilities about 400000 and assets just over 300000.
Carm I1].-Indicted with 652 others by the White county grand jury for vote selling George Micks pleaded guilty. He was disfranchised for five years and sentenced to three months in jail.
Waukesha Wis N H Seston hospitalized then died in the penitentiary last week. He admitted on his deathbed to killing an elderly couple at Black Earth years ago for money and burning their home and bodies afterward.
Edmund F. Lotz of Stillwater aged 30 son of James D Lotz committed death by own action in Hutchinson Minnesota on Wednesday after reportedly attempting to shoot his fiancee Miss Dunbar.
Manning Iowa resident Mrs T Willadsen writes to Mrs Pinkham expressing life saving gratitude for her remedy and saying she cannot express her thanks in words.
A reader credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her menstrual regularity and health after years of illness and failed medicines. The letter urges other women with irregular or painful periods or related symptoms to seek the remedy, noting free advice from Mrs. Pinkham and the Lynn Mass address.
An ad references a stingy man who never pays compliments and promotes Mrs Winston's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and teething pain. It also notes a cigar by Lewis' Single Binder and claims a competitive system creates waste but builds fine qualities.
An advertisement from Dr. R. St. Kline offers the Great Nerve Restorer claimed to cure nervous disorders including St Vitus Dance. It cites a $2.06 trial and treatise and lists addresses at 931 and 933 Arch St Philadelphia Pa.
The Denver Times recounts a humorous incident at a Lakewood hotel where a boy asks an elderly woman to crack walnuts. She replies she cannot bite due to lost teeth, prompting the boy to ask her to hold his walnuts while he fetches more.
The U S Supreme Court grants a permanent injunction with costs against Paul B Hudson and others of New York City restraining sale of a foot powder imitating Foot-Ease. Allen S Olmsted of Le Roy N Y owns the T M Foot-Ease. court finds fraud and infringement in packaging and advertising. Each genuine package bears Olmsted’s facsimile signature.
An amusing anecdote from the Metaphysical Magazine tells of the Beaver family in rural Michigan known for mischief. After a boy is bit by a rattlesnake, the minister prays asking divine chastisement, requesting snakes to bite the others and especially the old man to bring repentance.
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