This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 49 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1909
Page
2
An Iowa Express page itemizes witty blurbs about European maps, an Atlantic City policeman arresting his wife, railroads prosperity, milk exports, Duke of Abruzzi, Dr. Wiley on whisky purity, the Hague court, a shrinking Pennsylvania bachelors club, Constantinople rents, Russia buying Wright planes, actors' pay discrepancies, stage money, New York blue shoes, and a Gotham club election sparking gendered club bickering.
A Catskills man fished to shake a lazy streak and returned within an hour with a 68 pound sturgeon yielding $100 in caviar. The tale centers on the effort to change habits and the surprising reward.
Chicago labor leaders were convicted of calling strikes to extort money but escaped with a light fine. Critics denounced the conduct as harmful to workers and families, noting leaders used others as tools for personal enrichment.
Estimates for fiscal year 1910 call for appropriations of 35,000,000 for the Panama canal. That sum will bring total expenditure on the waterway to 250,000,000 by then. The enterprise is costly but deemed worthwhile as the United States leads benefiting and global commerce gains from the new route.
A university professor of political economy and sociology faces divorce proceedings filed by his wife. She claims his views on shared breadwinning and domestic duties create marital strife. The case raises questions about expectations of gender roles and division of labor in marriage.
It is gratifying to hear that shipbuilding is flourishing at industry centers in this country. Bath, Maine, is especially active, launching two vessels in one day a monster ferry boat for transferring railroad cars and a large four masted schooner. The writer notes pride in domestic work but hopes yards also build first class steamers for ocean going traffic.
A new underground telephone system is planned in Havana, promising improved Spanish language communication despite a decline in walking the language in daily life. The move signals modernization and greater connectivity for Cuban users amid evolving cultural habits.
A Boston man sues an association seeking 476.6 million in damages alleging libel harmed his professional, political and physical life. The case questions the value of one individual to himself against jury reality.
The Senate approved the Aldrich-Payne tariff bill by 45 to 34 after a long session that stretched into the night. Senator Beveridge stressed the GOP pledge to lower tariffs while Aldrich defended party unity and leadership.
Elks from every state converge on Los Angeles for the grand lodge convention opening Sunday and running a week. Delegates arrive by train and are welcomed by former residents. Five thousand Illinois alumni form the Illinois Association of Southern California to entertain guests.
Willis Gillow, a car penter, sues EB Harriman for $10,000 over the loss of his little finger while working at Harriman's Turners house in Orange county. He claims Harriman failed to provide a safe place to work.
Seven hundred thousand New York school children will assist in the opening exercises of the Portala historic festival in San Francisco starting October 19.
In Eaton Ohio Henry Rife fatally shot librarian Mrs Lida Griswold inside the public library. He then attempted suicide as the 12 year old son of Griswold witnessed the crime.
El Paso reports the supreme court of San Luis Potosi confirms the death sentence of Dario Gonzales, a millionaire, for the murder of his brother in law Manuel Iturre.
Seattle delegates to the American Woman Suffrage convention observed Woman's Suffrage Day at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition on Wednesday with ceremonial events and recognition of the movement.
Police report John Madson alias Christian G Johnson, a veteran bigamist, is under arrest in San Francisco. He is accused of marrying 24 women across cities, with 14 more engagements or marriages alleged. Victims include Elizabeth Jackson of Iola Kansas Minnie Allen of St Louis and Sylva De Bennett of San Francisco, among others who lost sums from 200 to 2000 dollars. The case spans multiple states, with potential trial in Stockton.
President Taft outlined tentative fall travel from Beverly to Seattle and back visiting Denver Salt Lake Spokane Portland San Francisco Los Angeles San Diego New Mexico Arizona Texas including Co P Taft Ranch Corpus Christi Houston New Orleans Teche country Jackson Birmingham Montgomery Macon Augusta Savannah Wilmington Richmond and home. He also invited Diaz to meet him in El Paso likely October 15 and expressed happiness over Mrs Taft's improving condition.
Eminent Catholic educators from major cities gathered in Boston for the sixth annual Catholic Educational Association of the United States meeting. Attendees registered, the executive board met, and a large reception occurred at Catholic Union Hall with Archbishop William H. OConnell in attendance.
Mrs Amelia Chapman Alexander widow of Captain W G Alexander dies in Toledo Ohio. She was prominent in state and national organizations of the Women's Relief corps and served as organist for seven years.
In Monroe Louisiana a street pistol duel left S L Bracey dead and W J Webb wounded. The men quarreled over a woman and Webb sustained several minor injuries.
Manila reports Sergt. Robert Johnson of the artillery died from wounds received in the Patian fight on Jolo island where the Moro outlaw Jikiri and his band were exterminated.
Marshall Michigan reports the death of Thomas Hayward a founder and first president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers at his home. He was 87 years old and an influential rail labor organizer.
Victory seen for Book Trust supporters as James Yadkin Joyner of North Carolina becomes NEA president. Blewitt and Phillips also noted. association debates text book pricing, high school fraternities, and simplified spelling. Dexter proposes Porto Rico citizenship. remarks touch on Philippines and women's causes.
Missouri and Kansas flood conditions improved as rivers rise and then expected to fall. Springfield and Ottawa saw the worst flooding with streets flooded ten to fifteen feet. The drowning toll rose to eight with eight lives lost and damage pegged at 1.5 million dollars. body of R A Cameron of Colfax Illinois remains missing.
Nathan Straus presented findings at the eighth international tuberculosis conference in Stockholm showing strong evidence that milk from tuberculous cows infects humans, especially children. Dr. Arthur Randolph Green of the Straus pasteurized milk project introduced the study.
T L Lewis UMWA president and regional officers meet with Kansas coal mine operators to avert a 32 000 miner strike. W D Ryan Kansas City operator commissioner presents operators side as Osage County walkout of 100 miners triggered tensions.
Mrs May Sutton of Pasadena, world champion woman tennis player, will marry Darry B. Hall, a banker and capitalist of Mexico City, according to an announcement here.
A Belgrade telegram reports King Peter I of Servia fainted while riding in a Vienna park and fell from his horse. The fainting is attributed to excessive smoking.
Bloomington news reports lawyers for the disinherited son locating numerous spicy letters in an unused closet of the northern Clinton mansion. They may be examined but likely hold little value after a supreme court ruling deeming such letters ineligible to affect mental state. Some letters are in the handwriting of Mabel Snell McNamara, once favored by the millionaire.
In Barranquilla a faction of the army seized the city and captured municipal authorities. They proclaimed Gonzalez Valencia as president while Gen. Holguin denounced the revolt and martial law was declared across Colombia. Perdomo led 3000 men from Honda toward Barranquilla aboard six steamers.
New York Harry K Thaw and his lawyers win again as Supreme Court Justice Gaynor denies a motion to move the insanity hearing from Westchester to New York County. The ruling implies the elimination of District Attorney Jerome from the case after he had vigorously prosecuted Thaw. Jerome has recently withdrawn from the White Plains hearing.
Miss Camille Lonsdorf was fined $2,000 by Judge Cross in the U S district court in Trenton after pleading non jult to smuggling. Represented by counsel, she paid the fine and left town with her mother and sister, having imported about $2,500 worth of furs and claiming ignorance of their dutiable status.
Mrs Teresa Borelli an Italian was found dead at her Roswell home north of Colorado Springs. She had taken carbolic acid but a bullet wound in her stomach points to possible murder as officials investigate the death.
Branch 15 of Milwaukee presented resolutions opposing prohibition after a lengthy debate. The group represents glass bottle blowers of the United States and Canada and approved the stance during the meeting.
Mene Wallace, the unhappy Eskimo boy brought to the United States 14 years ago by Commander Peary, sailed on the steamer Rosalind from New York bound for Greenland where he will live again among his people the life he values.
Bristol Virginia results show the wets winning the local option election by 38 votes out of 845 counted. The outcome underscores a slim margin in a contested ballot.
Persian Nationalists repel Shah’s troops about 15 miles from Teheran after hours of intense fighting. About 150 shahist casualties reported as 1,200 attackers and advancing Cossacks falter under local artillery. Russians arrive near Kazyin as a joint attack looms.
Flooding halted rail service as storms breached rivers in Missouri and Kansas. Denver trains suffered 1 to 10 hour delays with Chicago routes detoured via St. Louis. Railroads canceled Kansas City to Chicago service, while a Milwaukee line ran a late special. Missouri convicts assisted Jefferson City farmers to save wheat as the Mississippi neared flood stage.
Mason City report says Mrs Mary J Buck died after a bee swarm from a neighbor’s hive swarmed onto a tree at the Buck residence. She was on the porch when a bee stung her temple and she died within about twenty minutes despite medical help.
A Sunday tornado in Ortonville Minnesota killed Philip De Griff and damaged two houses. It struck the Milwaukee depot destroying the roundhouse and coal sheds, injuring fifteen and killing five Italian laborers. In Louisiana, Leonardo Gebbia faces execution for murder linked to Black Hand activity at Hahnville next Friday.
Washington reports the Isthmian Canal Commission will need forty eight million dollars to carry on the Panama canal excavation during the fiscal year 1911. The sum covers ongoing work and operations essential to advancing the project.
Townsend Gerrity aged 90 and his wife Cynthia over 80 were killed by fire in their Patchogue Long Island house. Police suspect robbery and arson as motives in the deadly blaze.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt and her children Miss Ethel Archie and Quentin arrive in Naples aboard the White Star steamer Cratio, which departed New York June 26.
Registration is open for 160 acre farms on the Flathead Missoula Reservation Coeur d'Alene Spokane reservations offering three chances to win a farm. Costs to take up prize tracts range from $1.25 to $7 per acre. Railway fares listed for Chicago to Missoula Kalispell Coeur d'Alene and Spokane with July 20 other dates.
Comic exchange about marriage and heaven circles a joke between Old Maid and a doctor with resigned humor. The brief gag hinges on whether marriages are made in heaven and the doctor’s implied conviction.
Mrs J A Darling of Carthage Ohio writes of dandruff and scalp troubles in her daughter and how Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cleared the condition. She praises the remedies for milk crust on her baby’s head and calls Cuticura a blessing. A note from Potter Drug & Chem Boston lists them as sole props.
The report describes a woman in a canoe losing balance as a peach basket hat, swept by a breeze, caused the craft to list and overturn. The correspondent’s bias is critiqued, noting the occupants later clung to the hat and were rescued, enjoying provisions from a fruit and garden truck tied to the scene.
A newly ordained Philadelphia minister, still anxious, forgot his sermon notes. He blushed and confessed he could not deliver the sermon and would instead read a few chapters from the Bible, prompting reaction in the congregation.
A short slice notes Mrs Pippin cleverly spends money her husband gave for their two daughters graduation dresses on herself buying a lovely gown. The quirky line suggests a clever, possibly mischievous, newspaper moment.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.