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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1909
Page
2
The column riffs on heat safety, war shortages, and social quirks. It jokes about actresses diamonds airships and wireless amid a lighter crowd of notes. It mentions radium prices and a New York fish cake explosion while praising Western ingenuity and a Princeton comet discovery.
Supporters in Washington say Commander Peary has attained the North Pole and planted the American flag, a possible crowning triumph for American pluck and perseverance that would aid others pursuing pole exploration.
A Chicago magistrate rules that stepping on another's foot is not a crime and a harmed party cannot be punished for striking back in the eye or jaw. The writer mocks such freak judicial decisions as folly in modern life.
Cape Town dispatch reports Orange River flooding has produced an mosquito population in Gordonia northern district with three quarters of residents affected by malaria and fatalities. In some regions house screens protect against pests while in non malarious countries the housefly remains the main threat.
The plan calls for a large Chicago auditorium to seat or stand 45000 and be within hearing distance of speakers. The writer notes a partial hearing reach would disappoint, favoring a smaller hall where all can participate in the events.
An idea proposes building an island on a shallow lake reef near Chicago to serve as a public park. The plan would use dredgings and dumpings but could lack beauty due to its docked shores, and would be a visionary project beyond current lakefront parks.
French naval officers have succeeded in conversing at a distance of 100 miles with wireless telephone. The achievement surpasses wireless telegraphy over greater distances and offers valuable back and forth communication during fleet movements, though land use may be limited by electrical interference.
Miss Kate A. Hummer of Panora Ia is named state agent for the Mitchellville girls school to place graduates in work and track progress. Miss Charlotta Goff of Des Moines is named state agent for the Soldiers' Orphans home in Davenport to find homes for the orphans. The two agents replace a single prior appointee under a new law providing two agents with 75 dollars monthly salary plus expenses.
Iowa I O O F officers elected with installations set for Davenport in fall. Grand master D B Gunn Red Oak. Deputy grand master H C Ring Cedar Rapids. Grand warden Stymost Stevenson Council Bluffs. Grand secretary R L Tilton Des Moines. Grand treasurer A F E Hindorf Newton. Grand representative L W Smith Des Moines. Encampment officers include Louis Silberstein Creston. W C Chaplin Union. J F McGinty Knowlton. F A Lusk Ida Grove. A A Montgomery Stuart.
A 38 year old Bautz daughter vanished for about thirty minutes at a Slough Ft Dodge event and was found buried to her neck in a slough after the crowd joined an urgent search. She cried out for her mother as rescuers closed in.
Clifford Butterfield age 24, youngest son of J A and Mrs Butterfield, drowned in Poteau Oklahoma. He was a 1909 graduate of the State University of Iowa dental department. Announcement of his forthcoming marriage to Miss Ruby Mossman had been made.
Fifty men women and children were hurled into Clear Lake when Princess Dock collapsed causing a scrambling mass to plunge seven feet deep in places. All escaped with only bruises and scratches amid a dramatic lake rescue.
Storm Lake Masons plan a new three story temple over existing buildings by Maj. John F. Lacey and Parks Bros. The lodge room will be the largest in the city.
In Fort Dodge Iowa officials of the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway secured council permission to remove tracks on Twelfth street and Fourth avenue south as part of the street railway system. The move aims to avoid pavement costs after the contract was awarded, sparking public concern over service and franchise commitments.
James L. Davis, a 360 pound man described as a giant of strength, died by self-inflicted gunshot near Knoxville. His No. 3 extra casket, shipped from Des Moines, measured 7 feet 2 inches long outside and required a furniture van for transport due to its size. Door facings were removed to move the coffin.
The Towa State Afro American council held its eighth annual convention in Ottumwa electing officers. President 8S. Joe Brown Des Moines. vice president Miss Hona Martin Ottumwa. secretary Miss Lena Williams Keosauqua. treasurer R. D. Smith Clinton. sergeant at arms William Thompson Ottumwa. state organizer S. Page Ottumwa. chaplain Rev. L. J. Phillips Washington.
James W. Robinson arrested in Denver on suspicion of being J L Byrd who fled Memphis after killing Joseph Black a Memphis shoe dealer. Robinson confessed to police with his wife present claiming self defense after an argument over a baseball bet using a shoe stretcher to strike Black. He said he fled to Texas then Colorado and San Francisco before returning to Denver.
The seventh annual convention of the Rebekahs of district No. 48 met in Williamsburg and drew a large turnout of Rebekahs and Odd Fellows. Elected for next year were President Mae Shaull, Secretary Daisy Ballinger, Treasurer Jennie Farnum, Warden Cora Waddell, Conductor Hattie Shames, T. S. Margaret Yates, O. S. S. Vena Baker.
Dispatches from Colorado state Ivan Diggs drew No 1 in the government land lottery at Durango and wins a 40 acre farm in a rich fruit land belt valued about $10 000. Diggs is not listed in Des Moines city directory and is believed to live in the countryside near Des Moines.
Rev. O. H. Holmes of Algona, the Kossuth county representative, was extended a call to become pastor of Cedar Falls Congregational church. He would succeed Dr. J. K. Snowden, who retires July 31 after fifty years in ministry, twelve of them in Cedar Falls.
Aug ust Lof eighteen year old son of Mrs T J Lof living five miles northwest of Chariton died by hanging himself after dinner. No cause is known. His father died last December.
Benjamin Wilmot Haggard of Algona, a three year disbursing officer of the national house of representatives, died at his father's home after six months of illness from tuberculosis and diabetes.
Sixty eight members of the current liberal arts class at the State University of Iowa have secured teaching positions for the coming year. The graduates will join the Army of Teachers in Iowa City and begin their roles soon.
Rhodes scholarship examinations in Iowa will be held October 1 and October 20. International authorities set the dates and Iowa City has been chosen as the meeting place.
William Joy, an early Creston area merchant, died at his son A. T. Joy’s home in Orient aged 93. The obituary notes his long local business presence and elderly years.
George Olson son of Mr and Mrs C Olson of this place drowned at Wolf 8 D while attempting to ford the Cheyenne river. He had married here last fall to Miss Neva Halvorson.
Mrs. Jay Kirkendal wife of the local Methodist pastor and daughter of F M Burkit Red Oak sustained serious injuries when a family horse whirled and kicked her as she attempted to catch it.
Des Moines reports Iowa statewide real and personal property valued at 2.445 billion dollars in the latest audit by the state auditor.
Centerville teen Centerville-Albert Anderson, 16, son of August Anderson, was struck by Harry Luther s car. Doctors report a severe skull fracture and he is expected to die.
Osceola Clayton Lindell, a local baker, was struck by lightning in the park and knocked unconscious with severe burns to his face and arms. A companion seated nearby in the bandstand escaped serious injury.
Six year old Jimmie Allison of Muscatine was fatally injured while trying to ride a slowly moving freight train. He slipped and fell, his left leg was amputated at the thigh, and he died several hours later at Bellevue hospital.
The 9 month old son of Mr and Mrs A A Whitlock died after a safety pin was driven into the child and required surgical removal. The infant died in hospital following the operation for pin removal.
A blaze of unknown origin wrecked most of Bayard’s business district, causing estimated damages near 40000 dollars. No injuries reported as firefighters battled to control the flames. Local authorities investigate cause of the fire and assess structural losses across storefronts.
Blacksmith C. A. Cavanaugh was thrown into the air by a horse he was shoeing when it reared up. He suffered a crushed face a bad scalp wound and other severe cuts to the head in Mason City.
Newt Jarvis a farmer living three miles east of town was injured at a sawmill when struck in the forehead by a board. He sustained a serious head wound and received treatment at a local facility.
Buenos Aires told the Bolivian minister to leave within 24 hours and ordered the Argentine minister in La Paz to depart immediately. The move follows Bolivia’s rejection of a boundary dispute ruling with Peru, signaling a virtual state of war and anger over alleged criticisms from Bolivia’s president.
Mexico City paper El Imparcial prints what appears to be an official article claiming Presidents Taft and Diaz will meet in September in San Antonio rather than El Paso, indicating a planned change of venue and timing.
Acting Interior Secretary Pierce designated about 908000 acres in Wyoming under the enlarged homestead act. The total land designated in Wyoming reaches 11584080 acres to date.
Staunton Virginia voters chose prohibition, joining dry towns with a 20 vote majority. The local option election determined against saloons in Staunton.
Acting Secretary of the Interior Pierce named several Oklahoma citizens to assist and advise the tribes in Oklahoma in managing and protecting their property rights.
Detective Lon Houlilion of Cincinnati has requisition papers to return J. H. Mackie who is under arrest in Los Angeles California on a charge of embezzling thirteen thousand dollars from his wife authorities state.
A Colorado cloudburst in Two Mile Canyon north of Boulder killed Verne Carlisle 18 and Arthur Dickerman 25 and seriously injured two others from a picnic party. Survivors included Mrs Abcott and Miss Bristow. Others escaped such as Mrs Ross and Miss Robinson.
Paris reports Aristide Briand formed a new ministry after talks with President Fallieres. Briand becomes premier interior minister and head of public worship. Barthou to justice. Pichon foreign affairs. Cochery finance. Doumergue education. Millerand public works. Dupuy commerce. Ruau agriculture. Trouillot colonies. Viviani labor. War and navy posts to Brun and Boue de la Payrere, expected to accept.
London reports the Hindu student Madarial Dhinagri was found guilty and sentenced at the Old Bailey for the July 1 murders of Lieut. Col. Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie and Dr. Cawas Lalecaca. He saluted the court and claimed the sentence illegal, promising resistance to future power.
Roger Whinfield of Fond du Lac Wisconsin died in Koenigsberg from cholera after arriving from Russia with his wife Elinore Quinby Whinfield. He was married in February to Miss Quinby daughter of Edward H Quinby of Wooster Ohio. His body was buried promptly and the widow and a railroad employee are isolated.
Two Trinity Cathedral choir members George Staiger aged ten and Harold Banks aged thirteen drowned in Lake Michigan near Michigan City while bathing with eight other boys.
Berlin reports the German government has accepted the U S invitation to participate in the Hudson Fulton celebrations in autumn. Four German warships will represent Germany in the event.
A Wabash passenger train No. 4 plunged into the Missouri River 80 miles east of Kansas City killing six and injuring 20. The dead include engineer Charles Flowers and fireman Louis Bond. Among the injured are Frank Gardner and Irene Dorton. Dr. Turner Lohreck provided emergency care to 27 injured as rescuers aided by passengers. Nearby, the Big Four train No. 16 wreck at Zionsville injures 42 with six seriously hurt.
Louis Bleriot from Calais crossed to Dover in 23 minutes aboard a small monoplane. He landed on Dover cliffs just after dawn, averaging over 45 mph with peak near 60 mph. His flight won the $5,000 prize from the London Daily Mail.
Elizabeth Taylor Dandridge, 85, daughter of President Zachary Taylor and former White House mistress, died in Winchester on Sunday after a long illness. Born at Fort Snelling on April 26, 1824, she was sister to Sarah Knox Taylor, Jefferson Davis's first wife. Death was caused by heart failure.
A wireless fire alarm aboard the steamer Vigillancia of the Ward line sounded after docking in Brooklyn, triggering fire boats from Manhattan to battle a cargo fire. The loss is reported heavy.
The ice ax of Dr. Spitz of Baltimore, slain in an 1870 avalanche, was found at the bottom of the Bossons glacier in Chamonix. The relic bears the physician’s name and ties Geneva notes to a distant tragedy.
The Chicago editor recalls William Howells rebuking loud boastfulness. Howells, now joined with a men's group supporting woman suffrage, delivered a Maine July Fourth oration where he dismissed a boastful predecessor as impious. He used a child's egg anecdote to highlight the boaster's vanity.
A fragmented exchange shows a drowning man calling for help while a bemused bystander questions the need for assistance, revealing a strange, darkly humorous moment in the scene.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports that over 2.5 million of the 17 million U S school children were taught in the past year about consumption dangers and cure. An additional one million or more received related instruction at exhibits and through separate classes nationwide.
The Autocrat says a man gains reputation from the one he expects to have someday. The Practical Man notes his son recently mused that some men earn a reputation and let it rule them, while others earn one and force it to work for them.
A Scots couple travel from Leith to London by boat when a Yorkshire storm strikes. The ship narrowly foils foundering as Sandy reassures his wife and quips that burial costs justify enduring the peril at sea.
A London wife told Marylebone police court her husband used abusive language. Magistrate Mr Plowden dismissed relief saying it is a husband’s privilege to be abusive and that she should endure it. He added better an abusive husband than no husband at all. The woman complained of many years of such conduct.
A Kansas doctor recounts testing Grape-Nuts on his four year old son during pneumonia recovery. The diet reportedly boosted recovery, gaining eight pounds in a month, and he later helped an elderly patient with serious stomach trouble recover after two to three weeks on the cereal.
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