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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
3
A collation of light items and oddities from the era includes science notes on venom use in medicine and a new illuminating gas, sketches of scholars and jokes about jokes, Roosters tobacco chewing, a Peary lecture joke, and trivia on immortals and postures of literature. It jokes about Finnish suffrage and insanity, blondes in sun, and America Germany postage quirks, ending with a note on poetry’s enduring appeal.
A Scots influenced view claims American men are enslaved to their wives whims but notes no movement toward emancipation. The piece suggests men accept, even boast of, their subservience.
The piece critiques new lyrics set to Dixie and notes Leon Delagrange’s Rome flight of over six miles with a machine seen by the Italian royalty. It recalls Salisbury’s private warning to Cromer about Turkish posts and ends with musings on space and the habitability of a neighbor world.
In Roosevelt Wisconsin a diverse slate of officers appears with Polish and other ethnic surnames such as Strzelewicz Cichocki Szalaj Zakczewicz Swetlik Terlaw Kedzierski Perzanowski Orzechowski Uemanski and Walter Tyler. Possible Tyler misprint for Tylor noted.
An adviser notes that ten years ago Parliament Yard hummed with cabs nightly, but now cabs are scarce as members use buses or the underground to save money. cab fares are seen as an unnecessary expense.
The Democratic national convention opened in Denver with Thomas Taggart presiding. Urey Woodson read the call. Theodore A. Bell served as temporary chairman as elaborate decorations featuring red white and blue and 52 stars adorned the auditorium and streets. Distinguished clergy and party leaders were introduced amid a display of hospitality and pageantry.
The Philadelphia Record reports a live two headed turtle on display at the zoo rep tile house. The creature, one and a half inches in diameter, arrived with a batch of spotted terrapin and eats vigorously with both heads simultaneously.
The sugar beet’s journey from cattle feed to a cultivated crop spans centuries. Marggraf identified sugar in the roots in the 18th century, and in 1801 the first beet sugar factory opened in Silesia with support from King Frederick William III.
Texas growers report a gross receipts figure of about 750000 for the onion crop this year. Excess rainfall damaged recent shipments and prevented earnings from reaching the million dollar mark.
A brief cartoon caption notes Doran and O Brien discussing bluffing at cards. Doran calls it a bluff while the caption jokes that when Doran receives a spade he spits on his hands, with an illustration by Vits.
Cincinnati journalist Murat Halstead died at his home in Cincinnati in his seventy ninth year after a long career as editor and war correspondent. He reported Civil War battles and later covered Franco German and Spanish American conflicts. Halstead attended Republican conventions for five decades and in 1860 alone reported all major political gatherings.
Washington reports William Howard Taft ends his tenure as secretary of war after years of service including judge, governor general, and diplomat. Luke E Wright assumes duties with a clean slate as Taft shifts to active presidential campaign preparations ahead of the November election.
Walter J. Bartnett former vice president and general counsel for the Western Pacific and for the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company, which failed in San Francisco for about $9 million, was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin by Superior Judge Conley after conviction for hypothecating bonds and securities worth $205,000 of Ellen M. Colton estate where he served as special administrator. An appeal was filed by his counsel. Bartnett was a known figure in railroad and financial circles in New York.
A work train from Great Western collided with the Rock Island-Indianola local at the Sixteenth street crossing. One person died and several were injured, including seven passengers trapped in the smoking car. Baggageman W. H. Urbahns died later in hospital from injuries.
London reports the mobilization of all British warships in home waters for immediate service as part of annual maneuvers. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford commands 301 ships with 68 000 officers and men on active duty except coast guards. Local pride marks the record fleet size.
In a three hour session the Minnesota Republican convention nominated Jacob F. Jacobson of Madison for governor by acclamation. The convention adopted a platform endorsing the Chicago convention and pledging continued railway regulation work, after rivals Howard T. Young and Samuel P. Snider withdrew and supported Jacobson.
Chicago police arrested Birch F. Rhodus Edward T. Rhodus and Thomas Rhodus on charges of using the mails to defraud. The brothers allegedly organized Central Life Securities and numerous subsidiaries and obtained about 3 million dollars in recent years.
A collision two miles east of Knobnoster Missouri between the California special from St Louis and a St Louis train from Kansas City at 5 30 am killed nine people all from the Kansas City bound train and left at least fifty injured.
A. G. Chews lumber yard at Tannersville near here burned Thursday destroying 7,000,000 feet of lumber 2,000,000 laths 3,000 railway ties 50,000 broom handles 13 Grand Trunk cars and 11 tram cars in the Waubashene Ontario blaze.
Count Zeppelin Wednesday outdistanced all world records for steerage balloons and remained aloft for 12 hours. He traversed most of northern Switzerland visiting Zurich Winterthur and Lucerne and achieved an average speed of 34 miles per hour.
Des Moines Gov. Cummins on Thursday authorized a statement denying any intention to resign stating there was never serious consideration of stepping down from the office.
George H. Daniels former general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad died in Lake Placid New York on Wednesday aged 66. A native of Hampshire Illinois he began railroad service as a red flagman in the engineer corps of the Northern Missouri Railroad.
In Rice Lake Wisconsin Zone and Lona Robarga aged four and six were burned to death Wednesday. They were the sons of George Robarga and perished in a fatal fire that swept their home.
Three children of Mr and Mrs Adams Claus perished in a Windsor Colorado house fire Thursday afternoon while their parents were away. Firefighters fought the blaze and the cause was under investigation.
The body of Wilbur F Parker a prominent St Louis real estate man was found in his home on Wednesday with a bottle of carbolic acid beside him Authorities pursue possible suicide as the cause of death and examine his affairs for clues to motive.
The Idaho state board of pardons on Wednesday commuted Harry Orchard’s sentence from death by hanging for the murder of former Governor Frank Stuenenberry to life imprisonment.
Tit Bits recaps a light village debate on marriages and courtship. A caustic elder argues quick unions fail from rushed knowing, while a listener boasts a 19 year courtship. a sharp retort ends with a joke about jumping to conclusions.
In a reminiscence Miss Anabel Wilson of North Branch Michigan recalls a severe eczema case on her face and head lasting about three months. She credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a complete cure after medical advice and notes no further trouble since.
In Lip Pinckott's tale a distinguished zoology professor, famed for eccentricity, finds two parcels on his desk at noon and returns to lecture to discover only one. He reveals a ham sandwich and a boiled egg as the lunch he had not eaten, prompting puzzled humor about digestion of a frog model.
In Paris a man seated opposite a Merry Widow hat died after criticizing the hat and provoking a sharp rebuke from a lady bound for the Bois de Boulogne. The report says apoplexy followed the exchange and the man collapsed minutes later.
A wife describes coughing fits and palpitations from coffee and credits Postum with restoring health. After properly brewing, she finds the drink delicious and effective, and her husband shifts to Postum as well. The letter, from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Minnesota, invites readers to share similar experiences.
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