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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1908
Page
3
A collection of satirical notes on fashion fare, economics, crime, and society. It contrasts wages with self-worth, jokes about fashion, notes on beggars in Madrid, and comments on politics, paving the way for light commentary on contemporary life.
M Tournay has been commissioned by the exhibition committee to erect a tower at Ixelles for the Brussels 1910 event. The structure will be taller than the Eiffel Tower, with an estimated cost of 240000 dollars.
Morning visitors in a Paris hotel found their outside boots missing except one pair. A note left on the remaining boot read Not good enough for me as the theft was discovered.
A beautiful and appropriate gift is the chapel bell presented to Tufts. College chapel bells are more devoutly and attentively listened to now than in old days when student attendance at religious exercises was more insistent and compulsory.
A man impresses his wife with a comic analogy comparing his currency idea to Congress progress at a baseball game, highlighting domestic friction and political skepticism in a playful, observational tone.
Traversi, the Italian dramatist, unveils a system for theatergoers to express approval or disapproval without disrupting the performance. Patrons, upon leaving, place tickets in boxes labeled good indifferent and bad to rate the play.
A German scientist reports that bachelors are more prone to insanity than married men, citing hospital lunacy ward data showing 80 percent of inmates are unmarried. He argues that resisting seduction implies a radical mental defect.
The article notes Alaska's large coal deposits and possible petroleum veins awaiting testing. It stresses immediate coal availability and the territory's past reliance on imported fuel, suggesting Alaska's vast possibilities are only beginning to be understood.
Dr Darlington health commissioner of New York City cites statistics showing Massachusetts has the highest heart disease death rate at 18.47 while Indiana records the lowest. He attributes rising cases to Americans traveling widely, noting Indians pace lags behind others.
The mussel shell and meat are valued for food and for shell buttons, with $5,000,000 annual button production. As supply tightens, officials consider government propagation to maintain a profitable industry and steady supply.
Eugene W. Chafin of Chicago and Prof. Aaron S. Watkins of Ada were nominated for president and vice president by the Prohibition national convention in Columbus. Balloting details show Chafin gaining support on the third ballot amid a parliamentary tangle, while Watkins was chosen unanimously after motions and rule suspensions. Both nominees run for governor in their states on the Prohibition ticket.
The Atlantic battleship fleet arrived at Honolulu noon Thursday to a holiday atmosphere as thousands gathered on Diamond Head and other vantage points. The Connecticut led the line into the channel at noon after sighting near Molokai, with calm seas, routine drills, and no incidents on the voyage. The Nebraska, delayed by scarlet fever, caught up with the fleet at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Former Equitable Life comptroller Thomas D. Jordan collapsed from heart disease in Wall Street subway station. News ties his death to Armstrong committee disclosures about $685,000 loans labeled the yellow dog fund, and to 18 forgery indictments with one perjury indictment.
The White Mountain Express of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad derailed at 9:20 AM near Greenwich Connecticut crossing Stenam boat road. A woman was killed, several injured, and about a dozen seriously hurt as ten cars left the tracks and five coaches toppled into a ditch. The train traveled about 50 miles per hour.
Thomas Mc Carthy aged 40 returned to Indiana state prison Tuesday evening voluntarily and faces 12 more years unless the governor or parole board releases him sooner. He escaped in 1905 after parole, lived on the Pacific coast, joined the Salvation Army at Yakima Washington, then returned home, paying his own expenses.
Controversy erupts as American athletes protest the British Olympic association over the tug-of-war event. Americans refuse to continue after deeming the contest unfair, citing rule disputes and equipment issues involving Liverpool police.
Winter Wisconsin Mrs John Dietz wife of the Cameron dam defender completed a 56 day fast to treat appendicitis. Husband says she emerged free of pain and the weight loss will be regained soon. No doctor could be consulted due to a five year legal war surrounding Dietz.
St Paul Minnesota records show a population estimate of 225 300 as of June 1 1908 based on 12 566 additions to the 1908 directory from 1905. Earlier state census listed 197 025 residents in 1905.
Secretary Cortelyou and his family left Washington on Thursday for Huntington Long Island to spend the warm season. Assistant Secretary L A Coolidge will act as secretary during his absence.
The Illinois state board of public charities authorized a commission by President Billings to count the blind in the state and develop plans for employing adult blind people and improving state care efficiency.
J M Greene former Republican national committeeman and leading Cham berlain citizen was found dead in his bed on Wednesday with heart disease suspected as the cause.
Washington dispatches report another murder of a U S soldier in the Philippines. General Weston says Albert L Burleigh of Company C Eighteenth Infantry was killed by Moros in a cablegram to the war department.
Berlin reports Prince Philip zu Eulenburg is gravely ill and the perjury trial linked to last year’s court scandals is indefinitely postponed. The proceedings halted as doctors treat his deteriorating condition and uncertainty surrounds his recovery.
A huge dynamite explosion rocked a Seventh level storeroom at a Barbeck area colliery in Rhenish Prussia. Many workers were killed and bodies were recovered from the shaft after the blast.
Plymouth election hopeful Waldorf Astor Jr. is chosen Friday night as the Conservative candidate for member of parliament from Plymouth at the next general election.
Commander in Chief Sperry reports all aboard the Nebraska are well as the ship rejoins the Atlantic fleet. The wireless telegram from Honolulu confirms the vessel’s return to duty and status in the Pacific theater.
A powder magazine at the Northwestern Improvement company blew up at five o clock Thursday afternoon during unloading. A gang of men were present and nine were killed in the blast at Cleelum, Tacoma area.
A strong earthquake struck the Tacna and Arica province area in southern Peru and Bolivia on Thursday causing substantial property damage but no reported deaths.
The Imperial Council elected officers led by BE I Alderman as imperial potentate. The conclave for 1909 was set for Louisville Kentucky after four cities Seattle Detroit Atlantic City Louisville competed. A committee supported Louisville.
In Jersey City New Jersey Friday night Mrs Harriet Brennan and J Martin Tilton are both in City Hospital with wounds likely to prove fatal each. They accuse the other of shooting and attempting suicide afterward.
Clyde Zar aged 20 and Walter Cowitz aged 14 were killed by lightning on a farm near Vandalia Friday in Dayton Ohio.
Visalia reports the death of Grace Barnett a UC Berkeley graduate and head of Berkeley high school's art department after she fell from a precipice in Kings River Canyon. Her body was brought in after a two day mule journey.
Governor Comer ordered district militia to sleep on arms after a tense strike district visit with Sheriff Higdon. Three local companies, totaling about 100 men, were sent to Adamsville where a clash left a deputy dead. Troop D of Alabama Cavalry moved from Montgomery to Birmingham.
Frank Zotti head of Frank Zotti & Co. on Greenwich street was arrested and arraigned before Magistrate Corrigan on grand larceny charges. Remanded to the Tombs under $25,000 bail. Police affidavits allege he failed to forward 225 dollars to a Bulgaria customer and withheld other monies totaling over 100,000. Zotti claimed a plot to ruin him by three Pittsburgh men.
A one story frame structure at Market and Third streets in St Paul burned, a 1857 building that housed the first volunteer recruitment for the 1861 Union armies. Gov Ramsey offered the first regiment while Lincoln called for volunteers and Charles Eichler enlisted at the adjacent recruiting office.
Isaac Rosenblatt manager and part owner of the Fair store faced arson charges after a fire at his Fond du Lac dry goods shop. He waived examination and the case was adjourned to July 24 with bail set at $5,000.
Charles Sherman King of Fort Wayne his wife and three children Miss Fayma Bradshaw and two men died when their car was struck by an east bound Pennsylvania train near Columbia City Indiana. Timmins driver and Carl Timmins 22 also perished. King was an insurance agent and former state legislator.
Five balloons left St Paul in a bid for the world distance and endurance record. Coey of Chicago won with 73 miles in flight. Pommern landed near Warsaw Minnesota, and the larger Chicago floated down near Blooming Prairie. Stevens cited weak lifting power and ballast limits as causes for shorter distances.
In Hillisburg Indiana Clarence Jones a young businessman shot and killed Claude Pruitt a farmer then killed himself. The men who had been drinking allegedly fought over a card game. The tragedy occurred about ten miles east of Frankfort.
Walter D. Martin president of Maiden Massachusetts common council and husband to a local family, drowned Sunday while rowing at Pine Island in Lake Winnipesaukee. His wife and two children were at their cottage nearby. The accident occurred within sight of his wife.
William Moffit of Sistersville West Virginia arrived for his sister s funeral after she died by her own hand Tuesday and then killed himself in nearly the same method. The double tragedy unfolded in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania as authorities investigated the deaths and confirmed the links between the siblings actions.
A blaze thought to be incendiary destroyed the Elk Tanning company main building in Everett. Losses include buildings machinery and stock estimated at 350000 dollars.
Persian revolutionists rout Racin Khan's guard at Tabriz driving them from the city. Officials flee as houses are looted and the town falls under rebel control.
A voyage to Naples aboard the steamer Carpathia carried 200 Catholics including 21 priests and lay members. Monsign. McGean of St Peters New York serves as spiritual director for the party.
Peking requests Tokyo’s agreement to limit morphine imports into China and to restrict instruments used for the injection of the drug. The move reflects China’s effort to curb narcotic use and control trafficking through tightened borders and medical supply channels.
Capt. Henry McCrea U S N former commander of the battleship Georgia during the Atlantic fleet cruise to the Pacific coast died Sunday of Brights disease in the Naval hospital Brooklyn.
Capt. Martin H. E. Brown a famed Ohio River steamboat captain died suddenly of heart failure in Gallipolis Ohio He operated packet boats between Pittsburgh and St Louis and was regarded as one of the river’s best known men in the trade
The steamer Lt. Denis arrived from Ensenada Sunday morning with William F F Walker, the New Britain Connecticut absconder, in custody of Connecticut State Police Superintendent Egan and Pinkerton detective H J Hoffman. Walker appeared stooped and haggard as he stepped ashore. Reporters received only a nod and the comment It is a very fine day.
Portland reports a series of timely showers stopping fires that had burned for two weeks in Maine woods, causing hundreds of thousands in damage and alarming nearby villages and resorts. Some areas had two months without rain, a drought not seen in 25 years.
An absent minded clerk recently transferred from a national department offers a piano for sale. He asks whether the buyer will arrange delivery or take the instrument away. The fragment notes use of phrases indicating sale and transfer.
Mrs. Frank Donahue of Kokomo Indiana describes her son breaking out in itching sores starting on his hands. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for four nights the disease was completely cured.
Dr. Arthur T. Holbrook recounts a story about a man named Evans who arrives at heaven's gates and is told he does not belong. After a pause, St. Peter discovers his name in the back of the book and admits him, noting he was not expected for twenty years.
A new installment house collector uneasy about an unpleasant duty visits a polite debtor. The van stands at the door as she in arrears offers a greeting and conversation before he awkwardly announces he has come to take the piano.
The Pioneer Mail notes a divide among Angl o Indians over Swadeshi. It says many Anglo Indians reject extremist Swadeshi tactics and economic theories yet unite to back native industry growth and the creation of new industries for future prosperity.
A Washington physician credits Postum with ending years of headaches and illness after switching from coffee. He and his wife followed the preparation directions, saw improved sleep, clearer thinking, and weight gain, and praise Postum as nourishment with added phosphates and albumens.
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