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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
4
In a snowy encounter at St. Agatha's, Mr. Glenarm pursues a girl in a red tam o shanter. Olivia Armstrong introduces herself, enjoys the winter scene, and returns the beads found earlier, hinting at a developing tension between neighbor and student.
The piece surveys favorite drinks of esteemed figures. Thackeray preferred claret for its cognitive spark and mood. Gladstone favored port, while Russell recalls his only feeble speech after a dinner without wine. Lord Tennyson reportedly drank a daily bottle of port.
A passage notes eight glasses in a decanter versus nine in a bottle, cites Browning’s port preference, Montefiore’s daily port in old age, Finching’s champagne opinion, and Lord St Jerome’s famed champagne at balls, reflecting social habits and literary references from Town and Country.
A practical line frames a dramatic moment as a woman asks if he carried any life insurance after learning he was dead in love with her.
In Chicago Judge Landis questions John D Rockefeller about Standard Oil of New Jersey and its linkage to Standard Oil of Indiana. Charles M Pratt supplies figures on earnings and stock. Pratt confirms about 98 million dollars in NJ stock and roughly 40 percent dividends.
The Canadian government builds a military road from Edmonton to the Yukon using Royal Northwest Mounted Police supervision. Two construction camps, one from Fort Graham and one from Atlin, aim to meet before winter, creating a route across the Rockies to fortify Alaska access and prevent isolation if US-England tensions rise.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces the acquisition of the Gibbs-Channing-Avery likeness of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, a renowned historical painting now part of its collection.
Complete district reports from the tornado swept area east of La Crosse Wisconsin confirm seven deaths, revised from an initial figure of twenty six. Authorities continue to survey the damage and assess casualties.
Tre mont reports fierce fighting in Formosa as Japanese trained Formosan Chinese attack natives guarding Chintertan. After three days the hill stronghold falls. The commanding officer and 130 of the 500 attacking troops are killed.
A Saturday fire in Joliet Illinois at the state penitentiary likely started by spontaneous combustion in the chair shop. Convicts became excited but staff quickly controlled the blaze and prevented spread.
Chief engineer Lieutenant Colonel Goethals reports June total excavations at the Panama Canal reached 780,957 yards.
Eight St Louisans face federal indictments by a Denver grand jury for fraudulent entry of coal lands in Colorado and Montana. Public names include L M Rumsey of 4378 Westminster place president of L M Rumsey Manufacturing Frank T Fay promoter Charles H Dodge and wife Anna Dodge and attorney William Baer.
The Baptist Young People's Union board of managers met in Spokane Washington and selected Cleveland Ohio as the site for the seventeenth annual convention to be held next July.
In Paris, Americans collaboratively push to buy the house where Benjamin Franklin resided during his stay and convert it into a public museum. The effort aims to preserve the historic site and honor Franklin’s legacy for visitors.
The annual encampment of the Army of the Philippines will be held in Kansas City August 13 to 16. Delegates from 125 camps will attend. Lieut. Gen. Arthur MacArthur will be present and review the military parade. Also expected are Brig. Gen. Frederick C. Funston Col. Wilder S. Metcalf Brig. Gen. Irving Hale and Brig. Gen. Charles King.
The Hudson Fulton celebration marks 300 years since Hudson's discovery and 100 years since Fulton’s steam navigation. Sept 18–26 1909 will feature church services, naval processions, a Half Moon visit, Clermont return, historical district events, a statewide land parade, memorial dedications, river illumination, and children's activities with events from New York to Albany.
Paris reports a severe shortage of human hair due to new continental bans on selling hair and rising prices. Dealers note a doubling in cost over three to four years as fashion high styles drive demand for auxiliary tresses.
Acting Secretary of State Atlee returns from France bicycle tour with news of a color photography breakthrough. The method uses retinal fiber impressions and a starch-globule plate to create a color negative that reproduces the original hues.
A Civil War gift sword presented by New York to First Lieutenant Henry M. Judah was found in a Trenton pawnshop. The state will reclaim it and forward it to Judah’s nephew Henry R. Judah, assistant general passenger agent for the Southern Pacific in San Francisco.
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