21 Jul 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1910
Page
1
A collection of witty quips and social musings touches on taxes typhoid vaccination weather public safety and aviation while skewering burglaries pickles and winded bylines. The voice mixes satire with local concerns and hints at broader issues such as car safety and life insurance.
A note on learning flight highlights the need for a stable resting surface. Reports two geysers in Yellowstone, one hot water and an ice cold discovery. The park is described as having modern improvements and amenities.
A man willing to mortgage his house to buy a car should not complain about mortgaging his furniture to cover repair costs. The remark contrasts spending on a vehicle with funding repairs through collateral.
A reader notes the hot weather invites constant visits from campaigners as a reminder that Americans remain free and untrammeled, with gatherings likely to continue through November.
A writer laments expert swimmers risking danger while praising a humble young man who stays close to shore and never benefits from risky displays. The remark contrasts prowess with prudence and emphasizes safety.
A college student pursues a healthy athletic life on one dollar weekly while Long Island society women fast for health and beauty, reporting rosy cheeks and overall well being.
The New York public schools plan to test street folk dancing by children with hurdy gurdys. The proposal’s odd mascot idea of a monkey as master of ceremonies is criticized as inappropriate for the inauguration of the program.
Ninety one years after the maiden crossing from Savannah the old harbor town nods as New York reaps wealth and prestige. The Savannah air remains thick with lan guor and perfume while New York's scent lingers, stoking a restless wakefulness.
A dirigible balloons over City Hall park prompting a temporary suspension of business in New York. Across the nation the airship is mainly a fairground sideshow in many places.
In New York a squad of police officers rescued ten people from a burning tenement by using electric sign bulb sockets as a makeshift ladder. The exposure highlights sign hardware as a useful safety aid beyond ocular benefits to opticians.
Rain and warm conditions improved Iowa crops though overall yield lags, with corn nearly laid by and haying advancing. Reports from crop service note drought in parts but rapid corn growth, fair to good small grain yields, and need for rain for potatoes and pastures. Say Herriman linked to Mabray swindle network. extradition battle resumes in California courts.
Oscar Erbsloeh German balloon winner in St. Louis 1907 perishes when his Erbsloeh balloon bursts over England. Four companions die as the nonrigid craft crashes. In Bournemouth Charles Rolls British aviator dies after Wright biplane falls from about 100 feet before a crowded grandstand.
J J McCue an attorney was beaten by Lem on Fleuzner and hanged in effigy on the principal street after a contentious adultery case. Fleuzner tried to strike McCue in court and later assaulted him on a street corner. A mob raised funds to pay Fleuzner’s fine and the banner warned of further actions. J J Wall and Mrs Cora Michler faced adultery trial. both jailed in Iowa City for bond issues.
A Rock Island grand jury indicted thirteen people on charges of conspiracy embezzlement and perjury tied to fraternal insurance frauds. Among the accused are Dr A L Craig C F Hatfield M J Franckel Miss Margaret McElwain Harold A Weld Otto L Caldwell M B Garber Thomas W Wilson Dr C H Walters S S McElwain K M Witham and George W Kenney. Bail was set at 12000 for Weld Whitham and Craig.
Under Judge Landis instructions, deputy marshals will summon leading Chicago packers to testify before the federal grand jury about charges against the National Packing company. Subpoenas issued earlier for various packers remain in District Attorney Sims office awaiting instruction. The court will urge a thorough probe into the company while government officials seek named subpoenaed witnesses who allegedly violated the Sherman act and can reveal internal operations.
A special city council session ended the Newton Jasper County Telephone war by allowing operation under the current franchise until April 1, 1911 and setting three year rates: private residence 1.25, party lines 1.00, offices 2.25, business houses 2.50. The settlement comes after injunctions and counter suits between the city and the company over the July rate hike.
A major blaze in Portland Oregon destroyed ten acres near the Mulnomah Athletic Club injuring many and burning 150 horses. Two men died I F Price foreman of United Carriage and a helper named Prude. The fire began in the Oregon Brush salesroom and swept the old exposition building along Washington Street.
Albia plans a new machine shop and factory with expected cost near $20,000. Backing by John Z. Evans and the Albia Business Men's Association offers ten years of free taxes and free water to encourage development. Evans commits to start work immediately.
Fort Dodge voters approved extending the city limits by a special election. The area now covers one and one fourth square miles, adding about 800 residents. Five brick plants and two coal mines were incorporated, despite objections over extra taxes. The final vote was 115 to 110.
In Chicago the Pullman Company and railroads ask the United States circuit court for a rehearing of an injunction against an Interstate Commerce Commission order cutting sleeping car rates. They argue the new schedule leads to bankruptcy, claiming annual losses of about 116000 dollars on routes St. Paul to Fargo and Seattle, with 40 percent cuts on upper berths and 25 percent on lower to Fargo, and 29 percent on upper and 63 percent on lower to Seattle.
The Cape Girardeau struck a snag and sank to the river bottom near Turkey Island fifty miles south of St Louis. Ninety passengers were aboard and all were safely ashore after reaching shore on the gangplank. They were later transported to St Louis by train.
Belle Plaine Northwestern railway men from the Iowa and Minnesota divisions met here. Ralph Michards of Chicago, general claim agent of the Northwestern, addressed the meeting and urged strict rule adherence after noting many accidents in Iowa.
Henry Walker an 81 year old River Junction pioneer fell inside the area he donated two acres for a permanent reunion park dislocating his right shoulder authorities report.
Four year old Fred H. Meyer, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Meyer of Chicago, died at Henry Meyer’s residence five miles south of Burlington after a nasal bleed could not be controlled.
Mrs Florence MHerald wife of the Hamilton postmaster and a prominent local woman in Illinois died by self inflicted revolver shot. Death was instantaneous.
Farmers near Indus try east of Fort Dodge subscribed 23000 dollars to start a cooperative grain and coal company. Erection of an elevator will be commenced at once. Albert Rossow was elected president and C S Knudson secretary.
Patrick McGarville aged 40 died after being struck by an Hrisiis Central train near Richards at his Rockwell City area home. He leaves no family.
Berlin releases an authorized statement on Emperor William's letter to Nicaragua's President Madriz. It explains the letter was formal and non autograph, dismisses any German aim for a coaling station or Galapagos involvement, and denies any intention to alter friendly US relations.
John Kratz, 29, shot and killed Mrs. Tom McCoy, 28, a grass widow, in Onawa Iowa, then fatally shot himself after a personal crisis. Local authorities report jealousy as the motive and describe the scene as a tragic double tragedy.
President Taft urged William Loeb Jr. to accept the Republican gubernatorial nomination in New York this fall. Loeb was reluctant but said he would accept if the demand was made, after completing his current duties as collector of the port.
Logan city officials prepare to install a new engine and puma machinery to augment the well and boost the town's water supply.
Iowa City women and university colleagues file articles of incorporation to establish the White Cross home to care for deserted or ill-fated babies in the community.
Mason City reports Lehigh Cement company of Lehigh has started construction of a cement mill valued at 2,500,000 dollars. The plant will be sited northwest of the city along the Great Western and Northwestern roads.
Contracts closed for a Hawkeye Pearl Button company factory in Oskaloosa. The plant will employ 200 workers and construction starts immediately. The Muscatine company plans to open the facility to manufacture buttons.
James Peters of Iowa City bought a car and attempted a first run without help. The auto smashed to pieces in a ditch. Peters was uninjured.
Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock left New York for a month abroad for vacation. All Taft cabinet members have departed the city.
John Kratz shot and killed Mrs. Agnes McCoy in Onawa Iowa and then killed himself. Authorities say Kratz was infatuated with McCoy, who reportedly resented his attentions.
A powder magazine at Cabot, Pennsylvania, exploded Tuesday. It belonged to the Standard Plate Glass company and contained about 1,000 pounds of dynamite and 5,000 pounds of blasting powder. Twenty people were injured in the blast.
The American Institute of Homeopathy on Tuesday rescinded last year’s action condemning benzoate of soda as a food preservative. The reversal restores acceptance of the additive in food products previously affected by the ban.
The body of Col. Gilas E. Comfort, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Military College, was found in Leiperville creek near the Colonial hotel Leiperville. Police suspect a murder plot in his death.
The Patria bombarded Colowan Island fort on Wednesday sinking two Chinese junks attempting escape. Many Chinese perished in the bombardment and drowning occurred among those aboard the sunken vessels.
Emil Kuyl proprietor of the Ottawa Marble Works died Thursday by drinking nitric acid in Ottawa Illinois. The act appears to be a self inflicted death with no other persons involved.
Spanish forces concentrate in Valencia province ready to advance into Catalonia as reports claim refugees intend to cross into France with weapons.
H. R. Nugent, a renowned Texas newspaper man, died after falling from a third story window of a San Antonio hotel Tuesday night. Authorities believe he may have been walking in his sleep at the time of the accident.
Northbound New York Central Northern and Western Express wrecked near Newton Hook nine miles north of Hudson. Three engineers died as engine and baggage car toppled. six Pullmans stayed upright with no serious injuries. Cause cited: engine struck a freight-car door fallen on track.
Prof. William T. Foster of Bowdoin College accepts the presidency of Read Institute, a new college to be built in Portland, Oregon from a fund provided by Mrs. Amanda Reed now totaling 3 million dollars.
Mike Cox born in Ireland and long time farmhand dies at 104 in Ripley Mississippi. Labeled the oldest man in the south, he worked as a farm hand until he reached one hundred years old.
Premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier pledged half the 5 million dollar World’s Fair fund at a Winnipeg luncheon. The government will supply 2.5 million dollars with another 2.5 million expected from additional sources for the 1914 exposition in Winnipeg.
Hamilton Henry Oswald died in a hospital Wednesday from injuries suffered in the Big Four wreck at Middletown on July 4. The death toll rises to 23.
Scotland Yard seeks Dr Harvey Crippen American dentist in connection with the Belle Elmore murder. He is believed aboard a steamer to New York. Crippen, from Coldwater Michigan, studied in Indiana and elsewhere and lived in London before his wife vanished. A buried body found in quick lime at his home is identified as Mrs Crippen. The case recalls the Charlton murder at Lake Como Italy and hinges on extradition treaty terms between Britain and the United States.
Reports to the state department reveal Madriz has terrorized western Nicaragua where four fifths of the white population lives. American prisoner William Pittman endured starvation in a filthy Managua cell after leaving Greytown on July 4. The U.S. funds Pittman’s nourishment and aids his relatives, while German and British protests grow over the volatile situation risking wider foreign involvement.
Albert Lehr, 38, was shot and killed by five Italians on a Lake Shore depot platform in Kendallville Indiana. Police believe the shooting is linked to an accidental Italian death caused by a freight train three weeks earlier.
Victoria British Columbia government orders for complete apparatus for three mine rescue stations to be installed in principal coal mining areas of the province. The action targets Pittsburg Pennsylvania as a sourcing or procurement step.
Winnipeg authorities dispatch mounted police to restrain Doukhobor followers after a group shed their clothes and began marching along a trail in what appears to be a protest or religious display.
During war game maneuvers Monday the submarine Bonita rammed the gunboat Castine, flagship of the submarine flotilla near Provincetown Massachusetts. To prevent sinking Castine was run ashore and beached with no injuries reported.
A sawmill owned by Brooks & Ross at Scofield in Wausau was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The mill valued at $50,000 was lost but a planing mill nearby survived thanks to heavy rainfall.
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