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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
3
The column surveys jokes and reflections on marriage, science, virtue, and society. It notes a sea anemone’s long life, a wallet recovered by a San Francisco bellboy, a thrifty French president, utopian labor unrest, and a Buffalo tale of two suitors abandoned by a local woman.
A Connecticut youth has discovered an artificial material that serves all rubber purposes and could become so cheap that everyone could obtain necks with it. The claim highlights a promising yet unverified innovation in material science.
Evidence grows that army engineers will talk less than any prior Panama job bosses as the work on the isthmus progresses, shown by their comparative silence.
Prince Edward, eldest son of the prince of Wales, shows notable singing talent and is selected as a member of the Royal Naval College choir where he attends school.
The article notes ten years of paper yarn and cord from Verviers Belgium used for packaging and sacking that substitutes ordinary bag material. It mentions durable mail bags from paper sack fabric and humorously reports on the Dunkards opposing neckties as vanity, praising the New Testament stance per the Boston Herald.
Special agent C. Georgeson of the U S Department of Agriculture states Alaska has strong agricultural potential. He says the territory could provide 320 acre homesteads for up to 200000 families and sustain a population of about eight million with its abundant resources.
Consul General Michael of Calcutta notes traders pass freely between Calcutta and Tibet. Tibetan masses eagerly trade with the white people. Tibetan exports include borax niter rock salt iron silver copper gold turquoise lapis lazuli musk and other items.
A St Paul officer who wore an alarm clock in his hat to wake himself at set intervals was lucky to be discharged. The piece notes public applause for cleverness when applied properly.
In San Jose California Clinton Willis reports a chicken that can talk after being raised among a parrot and a guinea hen. Joe Mulhatton has recovered and returned to work. His prior tale involved a Missouri frog that ate dynamite and toppled a table, destroying the house and killing the family.
The Italian king congratulated Ambassador Griscom on the birth of a son, noting it was the first time a stork had ever visited the American embassy in the Eternal City.
Tangier in turmoil as Raisuli captures Gen Sir Harry MacLean, the sultan’s top adviser, and demands a $200,000 indemnity, reconstruction of his house, and reinstatement as Tangier governor and police commander. London views the move as a bold bandit strategy.
A complaint filed with the interstate commerce commission accuses the Missouri Pacific and several western railroads of raising flour rates in retaliation against Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri flour merchants. The filing follows a petition alleging unjust and discriminatory flour and wheat product rates from Minneapolis and other northwestern points to Atlantic markets.
Mrs Kindra Howr1sto of Dunmore, 18, is jailed in Scranton charged with burning her husband to death to free herself to wed her former lover Ignatz Hutro, who faces an accessory charge. Police say Howrste admitted taking husband drunk, pouring kerosene on him, and setting him alight.
A major blaze Friday wiped out 15 business houses eight homes the post office Dunns and the Commercial hotels and the telephone exchange in North Lawrence Malone New York. Loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
In New York the strike of American Ice Company drivers and helpers is formally ended after a delegates’ meeting held Friday.
Washington The First National Bank of Hicksville Ohio was closed by the comptroller of the currency after an examination found it insolvent. The action marks another bank failure amid financial strain in the period.
Police in Marseilles arrested Boghos Farkain a young Armenian man accused of the May murder in New York of Father Kasper Vartarian an Armenian priest.
Chester B. Runyan, Windsor Trust teller, arrested in Manhattan after fleeing with about 96 thousand dollars. He was found in the apartment of Laura M. Carter at 619 West 144th Street where he had hid since Saturday. Carter claimed she betrayed him to police, denying involvement with the missing funds.
Boise Idaho Friday marked a turning point in the Haywood trial as defense counsel signaled only a few witnesses remain to testify. Charles H Moyer will testify Monday followed by William D Haywood. Rebuttal evidence for the state may begin Tuesday or Wednesday as cross examination continues.
Four pounds of giant powder exploded Thursday in a boat at a Cedar Rapids picnic site killing two and injuring five. Seven people were rowing when the powder, intended for noise making, exploded after a survivor said a cigarette sparked the can.
Local railroad officials say the government reclamation service will turn water into irrigation works at Belle Fourche South Dak on the Belle Fourche valley towns sites have been chosen and rapid development is anticipated.
Osgoode Hall in Toronto saw the escape of Onto Herman Bartels the Syracuse based brewer who has been fighting extradition to the United States. He remains at large as authorities pursue him.
May Sutton of California defeated Mrs. Chambers to win the All England ladies singles championship at Wimbledon on Friday afternoon.
In Rochester New York Central Railroad was fined 15000 dollars by Judge Hazel in federal court Friday for failing to file rates on a Standard Oil shipment of oil.
J G McMaken a prominent Ohio politician died suddenly Friday at a Martinsville sanitarium while talking with his wife. He was 61. His remains were taken to Hamilton Ohio for burial.
Edward Black, 23, of Chicago, committed death by his own action on the Chicago and Alton Prairie State express about 20 miles north of Bloomington, slashing his throat with a razor. Ill health listed as the cause. his parents reside in Chicago.
The 100 kilometer world championship bicycle race was held at Parc des Princes on Thursday and won by English rider Meredith.
Felice Nazzaro of Italy won the 477 mile Grand Prix in 6 hours 46 minutes 33 seconds aboard a Fiat. Francois Szisz of France finished second in 6 hours 53 minutes 10 seconds. Walter Christie of the United States failed to finish after a strenuous course between Dieppe Eu and Londinières. No contestant was seriously injured.
Twenty one people are confirmed dead as a tornado carved a 100 mile path through Central Wisconsin on Wednesday night. Dozens more were injured and extensive property damage is expected to exceed $100000. Authorities continue to assess damage as reports arrive from affected counties.
Roy Van Sicklen aged 17 died at a picnic park near Winona after climbing a 150 foot electric light tower and touching a live wire. The dare led him to the top where the contact caused his body to fall to rocks below. About 300 spectators witnessed the accident.
The Buena Vista lake levee broke flooding 30 000 acres owned by Miller and Lux and the Tevis Land company. The disaster caused 1 080 000 dollars in damage. Sunset railway service is disrupted and oil fields are cut off from the city.
A Friday af ternoon blaze at the Western of Alabama and Atlanta and West Point railway freight depot in Montgomery destroyed part of the facility. Forty two first class freight cars burned and fifteen loaded cars on side tracks were damaged.
A severe earth shock was recorded at Florence University on Friday afternoon. The tremor began at four o clock and lasted until 6 50, with an estimated epicentral distance of 5 775 miles.
Martin J. Sheridan of the Irish American Athletic Club won the all around championship at Celtic Park Long Island Friday his only opponent was Richard Cotter
Meyer Goldberg a 49 year old horse dealer of 381 Marshfield Avenue Chicago was arrested Thursday night by Chicago police on a charge of larceny of 4300 dollars.
The June 20 report from the Illinois State Board of Agriculture shows corn planted acreage at 7,285,485, down six percent from last year. Corn condition 57 percent of a seasonable average, a 13 point drop from June 1906. wheat at 91 percent, spring wheat 102, oats 80, rye 90, and meadows 86, with worm damage noted in several counties and weather aiding recovery since late June.
In Colma San Francisco Bill Squires Australian champion faced Tommy Burns in a brief match. Squires was knocked down twice and finished after Burns landed a final right to the jaw. Nine thousand spectators witnessed the disappointing showing on a hot day.
Two carloads of giant powder stored on a side track at Becks Hot Springs five miles from Salt Lake City caught fire from burning grass and exploded Tuesday afternoon. The blast rocked Salt Lake City breaking windows for miles and tossing passengers from seats aboard a nearby Oregon Short Line train.
Miss Ethel Bish of Findlay Ohio received a 20000 dollar fortune from Mrs. Mary M Kendall of Oswego New York. The gift followed Bish’s act of helping Kendall after an injury on a Toledo street three years ago.
In Providence Rhode Island Paul Monroe, a motorman, is dead and Alex Janelle, another motorman, is dying after a crash involving three electric cars at East Providence Thursday. About twenty others are seriously injured in the wreck.
Carrie Wilkenson a 55 year old woman was struck by an automobile Thursday afternoon and died almost instantly in Indianapolis while alighting from a street car.
East Northfield Massachusetts, Philip K. Green, English and mathematics instructor, and Professor David A. Durward, assistant in the agricultural department at Mount Hermon School for Boys, died Tuesday afternoon while canoeing in the Connecticut River.
Akron obituary notes Hiram J Ayres aged 84 inventor of giant powder who manufactured the explosive product in Akron during the 1840s and died Tuesday.
A newlywed suburban gardener toils in spring aiming for fresh vegetables. Despite energy and good seed, his plots stay barren while neighbors prosper. He blames circumstances as friends joke about reflective seeds and high priced seed.
President Kingsley of New York Life urges trustees to treat life insurance as public service and a trust. He stresses duty, integrity, and performance over words, saying his record must speak daily for policyholders and the public.
A quoted reflection likens life to a soap bubble hanging from a reed. It blooms with colors, defies gravity momentarily, then vanishes as a black speck appears, leaving only turbid water. The passage cites poets and applies the metaphor to butterflies, nations, and stars.
A verdant old fellow entered a downtown Women's Exchange and asked if this was the place. He then sheepishly offered to swap his old wife for any woman on hand. The exchangekeeper confirmed the place.
A wary traffic policeman at Fourth Avenue and Twenty Third Street enforces city rules by forcing offenders to remove banana peels from sidewalks. He orders offenders to pick up the slippery hazard and dispose of it properly at a street receptacle.
A health claim ad touts Grape-Nuts as scientifically made and instantly servable. It emphasizes pre digestion by grape sugar exuding from granules, claims easy assimilation for weak stomachs, and notes production at Battle Creek factories with a reference to The Road to Wellville.
Oyster Bay reports Admiral Brownson urged a rapid transfer of naval power between oceans to demonstrate U S capability. The plan aligns with Roosevelt’s aim to showcase fleet reach for peace and protection of the United States shores while Germany’s diplomats weigh a looming U S Japan clash over Pacific mastery after San Francisco events.
Open trolley car on the Fairmont & Clarksburg line left the tracks outside Clarksburg Sunday night and plunged over an embankment killing two passengers. One dies en route, nine others injured. Miss Grace Markers of Clarksburg and W. T. Gray, engineer, are dead. Maggie M. Robinson of Fairmont is dying at St Marys hospital.
A portion of the state regalia valued at 250000 dollars was stolen from Dublin castle. The safe holding the regalia was forced. Missing items include jewels used in the investiture ceremony of the order of St. Patrick a diamond studded processional cross and the jeweled sword used in knights investiture.
Keyport New Jersey coach struck a touring automobile carrying Christopher Horandt a wealthy silk manufacturer of Paterson and his party returning from Asbury Park. Horandt was killed and other family members injured in the wreck.
Long Pine Nebraska suffered a damaging tornado Saturday night destroying business buildings fire station jail church and other structures injuring three. Polk the recently founded town also endured severe destruction from a wind and hailstorm shortly after midnight.
Seattle report states Northwest Lumber, led by Barley Bros and M F Quinn of Pennsylvania, has purchased 10000 acres of timber land in western Washington for 2 million dollars.
A race riot occurred last Sunday night near Washington at Chesapeake Junction. Two African Americans were seriously injured and several others hurt in the disturbance.
One man died and another was seriously injured in a Sunday fire that began in a Carson Street barber shop and spread to four nearby buildings causing about 15000 dollars in damage.
In Plattsmouth Nebraska on Sunday evening a gas explosion in a grocery store basement killed S Grassman instantly and seriously injured E O Wurt. Authorities investigate the incident and the store is closed pending inquiry.
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