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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
1
A collage of quips and brief items ranges from Edison on canned food to a European count’s $18 million estate, church press agents, fashion critique, comet theories, a Chicago philanthropist on money, phone girl scarcity, Princeton bequest, travel tips, DAnnunzio debts, fruit crops, Panama canal earthquakes, Plymouth Rock myth, a bill collector dog bite, Kaiser beer limits, and views on knowledge versus drinking.
A theater manager proposes insuring his male star against marriage to preserve popularity. Lloyds considers the risk. An heir is noted at the deathbed of a Mexican centenarian millionaire. Lawyers for the months stay outside. Professor Muensterberg claims mind reading, paralleled by observers reading women outside fashion shop windows.
An ancient Rome viewed as a warning for future generations might have reformed before barbarian upheaval. The reflection suggests the empire could have altered its path to avoid decline and collapse through prudent reforms and stronger institutions.
A Minneapolis man dismisses Americanization efforts for Porto Ricans as futile while noting cultural differences. A clergyman who claimed girls smoke more than boys in Atlantic City is criticized for lacking proof.
The new wireless invention enables a ship to tell its position relative to another in fog and may reach perfection in guiding a person to know their location in a London fog, signaling progress in navigation aids.
Colorado's Pike's Peak may host a wireless telegraph station to relay messages from Atlantic to Pacific coasts. The plan would mark a major advance beyond pony express routes and pretelegraph methods, expanding long distance communication across the region.
Santa Clara records indicate four earthquakes in three minutes raising questions if movement was a single quake or aftershocks. The piece notes concern over dog bites and argues for muzzles to protect children tomorrow.
A cryptic notice claims the coal trust aims to disrupt the Minorca chicken race by using coal dust fed birds to produce shells that burn better than black diamonds, signaling an unusual culinary and industrial quarrel.
A New York judge who sells a tip faces scrutiny over whether he has the conviction to back his actions. Critics argue the practice undercuts judicial integrity while supporters say it reflects flat market realities. The case prompts debate on ethics and accountability in the bench.
The piece warns against turning philately into a speculative scheme. It notes how a scarce two cent Hawaiian stamp, valued at $5,000 with only eleven others, could tempt buyers to buy and destroy rivals to boost the lone survivor’s price, highlighting fragility of wealth tied to a tiny paper object.
Newton joins three citizens in district court seeking injunctions against Jasper County Telephone to halt abandoning its franchise and to block increased rates effective July 1. The petition asks restoration of removed phones and refunds to patrons who paid the higher charges. The 1901 franchise set rents at 1 dollar residence and 2 dollars business. a proposed 15 year lease with new rates was rejected by voters 65 to unknown.
Clifford Colmbs attempted to leap from a buggy to grab the horse’s head. He slipped and the wheel struck his leg, breaking it midway between the ankle and lines. The same leg had broken previously in a near-identical incident years earlier.
Dias Tracr J R Wilson brother of Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson died at Excelsior Springs Missouri from stomach trouble. He was about 60, the youngest of fourteen. His remains were brought here for burial.
A fire in Mrs A Pederson's millinery store in Decorah damaged most of the stock, mainly by water. The blaze stayed in the back room with about two thirds of the stock ruined. The stock value was around $1,600 and insurance coverage $700.
James Corlin drank laudanum after a quarrel with his father in law over a marriage not performed by Catholic ritual. Surgeons saved him after a long struggle following the intake of the poison.
Des Moines reports show progressives will control 794 of 1,888 delegates with standpatters around 587, shaping the August 3 meeting in Des Moines as a progressive majority convention.
Mrs. William Fernen of ten miles northeast of town suffered a serious accident when a weed stub pierced her body as she walked near recently mowed weeds. She was brought to the city hospital, undergoes an operation, and is receiving treatment.
Patrick MecCarville a well known young farmer from Richards a small station on the Illinois Central Omaha branch eight miles south of here was instantly killed at the crossing by the second section of limited passenger train No 2. His body was hurled through the crossing fence. he was about 35 years old.
Patrick Mahan aged 90 former Dubuques resident who died last week in St Louis left an estate valued at 100000 dollars. He bequeathed 500 dollars to the Home of the Good Shepherd 1500 dollars to St Francis Orphan's Home and the remainder to St Joseph's College and Mercy Hospital in this city.
Burlington records the death of F. A. Smith a longtime pioneer and retired businessman at age eighty He left a daughter Mrs E P Eastman Smith built a tobacco factory on the Burlington hotel site and later served as president of the Burlington Pickle Company
An acetylene gas blast in the Dietz basement at Walcott severely burned Mrs Dietz with two fifths of her skin burned. Plumber Henry Schultz also suffered several arm burns after striking a match to locate a leak.
Des Moines brought Nathoo to Fort Madison after Deputy Curran intervened. The man known as Count Nathoo refuses to cut his long hair, asserting no law requires shaving. He reportedly resided here six years ago and is familiar to locals.
Edward Feland of Joice was thrown from a moving Northwestern train between Joice and Lake Mills at about forty miles per hour. He stood on the steps amid a crowded car and waved at farmers, resulting in dangerous injuries.
For the first time in Frank M. Thomas G A R post history a woman, Mrs. Martha Beeson, was made an honorary member as she marked the 90th anniversary of her birth in Marshalltown.
The Iowa Christian church will hold its next convention in Ottumwa. Six hundred delegates attended the brotherhood banquet and street parade.
Julian C. Mitchell a longtime local passenger agent for the Union Pacific and Northwestern rail lines in Council Bluffs died of pneumonia after twenty eight years of service in the city.
Cedar Rapids traveler A. Diltz was slugged and beaten on the road to the Rock Island depot in Waterloo. Wesley Hog Jan was captured by witnesses who intervened.
Mrs. Nellie S. Coffin drops her separate maintenance suit against Father L. S. Coffin in Fort Dodge. The record states dismissal without prejudice at plaintiff's cost, with no additional details available.
Oskaloosa Elks celebrate the opening of their rebuilt club hall and apartments at a cost of 20000 dollars. A public reception with music drew several thousand visitors to the new home.
Mason City reports that James Cooney a wealthy cattleman from Mitchell South Dakota had his pockets picked while asleep in a chair at his hotel. He lost several hundred dollars in cash and checks while enroute to Chapin Iowa.
John Schoen was slashed with a razor during a fight with Italians in Hast Dubuque. He was rushed to Finley hospital in precarious condition with his jugular vein cut and his body badly slashed.
Iowa City Dean Guthrie of the College of Medicine at S U L returns from a futile trip east seeking a suitable successor to Dr. W L Bierring who has joined the Drake staff.
Mason City reports a Rock Island passenger struck a Iowa Central train on the main line at Manly. Two coaches overturned leaving two women injured.
While visiting Castana Mr. and Mrs. L. Carpenter’s 8 year old son accidentally shot and killed a younger brother during play with a 22 caliber rifle. The tragedy occurred as the children wandered with the firearm in the presence of their parents.
An attempt to blow up the Madison county court house was made. the blast destroyed the marshal’s barn carriage house and buggy of Marshal W. D. Eldridge.
The sale of the Iowa Central Telephone company was consummated by Supt. G. B. McFarland of the latter company. The transfer took effect at once.
Samuel Sampson of Clinton was killed instantly in Rock Island when struck by a Burlington passenger train. He leaves a wife in Clinton.
In Council Bluffs thieves broke open and robbed the cash box in the telephone booths at the Grand hotel during the circus parade. Nearly $100 was taken.
Two cows rampaged in Iowa City injuring a man and a woman seriously. N. Hansen at the Iowa State sanitarium was knocked down and three ribs broken. Mrs. Clarissa Shaver, a pioneer, was trampled and had an arm broken.
The floating body recovered in the Mississippi near Dubuque was identified as Fred Abitz. His body drifted about ten miles over thirty six hours.
Fort Dodge reports banker B M Joice of Lake Mills has a $15,000 bond posted to secure appearance in the November federal court in Sioux City on charges of fraudulent banking.
The United States flag was raised over the new court house in Newton. The walls roof and dome are completed and workers are now plastering the building as construction continues.
State's Attorney Wayman announced an indictment against grocer John A. Maley for attempting to corrupt juror Oscar T. Morford in the Browne trial. Morford and family testified. Morford allegedly sought acquittal with a promised reward. A retrial for Browne, accused of bribing Rep. White to back Lorimer, was continued to July 20.
A tornado in Watertown South Dakota wrecked the main and menagerie tents of Ringlings circus. One person died and about twenty were injured as the canvas burst into flames from lamps. Two horses were killed. The storm also dumped heaviest hail in the Red River valley with crop damage and widespread wreckage across Grand Forks county Polk county and surrounding areas.
Washington. Capts D W Veder Edmund B Underwood and Edward Everett Wright were retired from the active list. The compulsory transfers fill the fourteen vacancies needed to permit promotions under the new blood provisions of the naval personnel act. The board of five admirals surprised naval officers with the selections.
Cincinnati dispatch reports three more deaths from the C H and D wreck near Middletown raising the toll to 25. Names added include William Anninger of Springfield and Evelyn Lloyd of Round Point Maine with an 11 month old baby found alive after being hurled 100 feet from a telescoped car.
Washington reports the death of Chief Justice Fuller and possible Moody retirement will create two Supreme Court vacancies. Governor Hughes of New York is seen as likely to become chief justice, with Lloyd W. Bowers of Chicago groomed for the bench or possibly elevated to chief justice instead.
Beverly Mass. President Taft learns state highway commissioners conclude Robert Taft son of the president was not responsible for the accident involving Di Gregorio an Italian laborer and may apply for an automobile license when ready.
Rev. R. B. Fisher pastor of Neoga Presbyterian Church saw his home blown up on Wednesday. The house was partially wrecked and his wife sustained serious injuries. Police have no leads on the assailant who threw the bomb.
Brazil has ordered from the Armstrong company a super Dreadnought of 32000 tons with armament including 12 14 inch guns and 28 six and four inch guns.
George Plant is slain by his son Buck Plant who escaped Parsons insane asylum. He crushed the father’s head with a hammer as he slept and then cut his throat in the family residence.
Baton Rouge Louisiana governor Jared Y Sanders was elected United States senator on Tuesday succeeding the late Samuel Douglass McEnery. The result shifts Louisiana representation with Sanders taking the seat formerly held by McEnery.
A general railway strike is threatened in Paris as workers vote to strike in principle. They demand wage increases and other concessions while negotiations with companies continue.
The Bill Nye memorial committee decides the memorial will be a building at the Stonewall Jackson Training School in Concord North Carolina. The plan aims to honor Bill Nye through a lasting structure at the facility.
Kansas City Missouri report says Ruby Hirsch twenty two was fatally wounded by Edward Baker forty seven a contractor. The shooting followed a missed luncheon engagement prompting authorities to investigate motive and circumstances.
Two men from St. Louis Oscar Bishop and Charles Kaiser were drowned when a frail fishing boat was swept over a mill dam on the Big River near Cedar Hill Missouri. The accident occurred Wednesday as rapids overturned the boat.
Chicago crowds roar as Jack Johnson, the fifth world heavyweight champion, arrives home on a night of mass celebration. Police struggle to control a sea of supporters while Johnson rides in a car to his mother’s house on Wabash Avenue amid cheering crowds. In New York the push to block Jeffries Johnson prize fight films grows with church groups and police chiefs leading a worldwide campaign.
Hyde of Kansas City Mo convicted of poisoning Col. Thomas Swope the millionaire philanthropist and given life imprisonment at hard labor by Judge Ralph S Lathan. An appeal to the state supreme court was filed by Hyde's attorney.
A woman on North Kedzie avenue shot her husband Henry H. Mullan twenty four and her three year old daughter Annabelle before killing herself by ingesting carbolic acid. Jealousy and melancholia following a long marital dispute were cited as motives in this gruesome event.
John D. Rockefeller and Mrs. Rockefeller arrived in East Cleveland to spend the summer at Forest Hill but their arrival was delayed due to Mrs. Rockefeller’s illness.
Rafe Coleman was shot and killed Wednesday in Omaha after a quarrel over the Jeffries Johnson fight. Lulu Newman was wounded and Eugene Jackson was involved in the incident. All parties named are Black.
Oyster Bay reports say Colonel Roosevelt gave strong support to Representative Miles Poindexter as a U S Senate candidate from Washington. Poindexter praises Roosevelt as a steady leader and notes continued collaboration, while Ballinger disputes Roosevelt's aid and questions Poindexter's Republican status.
President Taft will end his ten day vacation with a ten day cruise aboard the naval yacht Mayflower starting July 18. He will command the ship as commander in chief of the navy and the army and travel to Bar Harbor and Maine coast ports with family. A convoy will follow for safety.
Des Moines report notes Iowa will have a normal crop with oats appearing safe after Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson spoke in Ames about agricultural prospects in the state.
Four hundred union carpenters were locked out by Des Moines' Master Builders' association after the carpenters refused to work with nonunion ironworkers. All major contracts are halted.
In Ashland Kentucky two wealthy residents Kirk Wolmer and Jude Bruning were thrown from a rig in front of a traction car during a Thursday runaway and killed instantly.
Andrew Heldwas fell into a vat of boiling cement at Buffington Cement plant in Hammond Indiana on Tuesday. Fellow workers fished him out but his flesh peeled from his body in the deadly accident.
Julian C Mitchell a prominent railroad official and for 28 years local passenger agent for the Union Pacific and Northwestern roads in Council Bluffs died Tuesday from an illness. He was a noted figure in railroad circles and resided in this city.
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