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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1908
Page
3
A column of quick-chimed curios and social snippets references Canton population, mosquito bounty, political poetry, fashion trends, school mixing in Algiers, ice cream dangers, a New York storefront plow crowd, Castro likeness to Sousa, conscience funds, watch damage from skyscrapers, bakery dog sign, women souls, zebra at the New York zoo, Chicago square meal ruling, Hetty Green’s housing, Tolstoy birthday library plan in Moscow.
The text notes encouragement for unattested names in this commencement season and suggests next year may correct omissions. It states Prince Helie will not control his wife’s estate but hints he could fare well as chairman of the advisory committee on finances due to his influence at headquarters.
King Edward congratulated his equerry after the wedding with warmer warmth than the usual formal nod. The comment reflected a genial tone and genuine goodwill toward the couple.
A Memphis physician views anarchy as a disease proof and sees anarchist ideas as conclusive evidence of insanity. He argues all anarchists should be committed as dangerous lunatics to render them harmless.
An Englishwoman visiting America compliments American men and women as charming and lovely. Her remarks link English and American femininity as delightfully similar.
In Princeton, President Woodrow Wilson states the nation needs men with moral initiative. The author counters by noting excess supply of people who initiate new moral ideas.
The college and university tailenders will supplement Prof. Lowell's inquiry with examples of their own triumphs over difficulties. They argue university rank may invert in 20 years in line with Emersonian ideas about success and life outcomes.
The automobile grows in favor domestically and abroad, yet horses remain popular. A French government exhibit has sold Percheron draft horses to Americans for four to five thousand dollars to improve native stock, illustrating enduring uses for equines and profitable prospects.
A western woman wrote to her district congressman asking about her sick child’s care and was told nothing could be done. Her husband, replying about a sick hog, quickly learned how to cure it from the agricultural department. She then denounces those who object to race death by own action and those in authority at Washington.
Federal appeals court overturns the 29.24 million dollar fine on Standard Oil of Indiana and remands for a new trial. The court ridicules Judge Landis arbitration of offenses and calls the huge penalty excessive. Roosevelt orders immediate steps for retrial.
President Roosevelt led a landmark naval conference in Newport discussing a first class fighting navy and future battleships. He urged officers to keep the fleet modern and ready, calling the navy the nation’s cheapest safety policy. The Mayflower then arrived with damage from a fog bound night and a collision with the schooner Menawa.
Friday imperial trade orders the assembly of a Ottoman chamber of deputies under a constitutional framework largely derived from 1876. Said Pasha replaces Ferid Pasha as grand vizier and the sultan plans parliamentary convocation amid regional upheaval.
The prince of Wales arrived by the British battleship Indomitable amid gun salutes as 50 000 spectators gathered on the Quebec waterfront and heights. Earl Grey Premier Laurier and other dignitaries welcomed him alongside a fleet of foreign warships while 23 000 troops participated in the plains of Abraham review before state functions and a Parliament ball.
The Atlantic battleship fleet bade farewell to Hawaii on Wednesday as the flagship Connecticut departed at 2 30 p m. The fleet gathered offshore and prepared to weigh anchor at six o'clock to sail to Auckland New Zealand.
Gov. G N Haskell has been tendered the national Democratic committee treasurership. Formal acceptance is expected when the committee meets for organization in Chicago Saturday.
A federal grand jury returned indictments Thursday charging Illinois Central and Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railways with violating federal laws on passes. The action accuses improper issuance of passes by the two railways.
Bishop Henry Codman Potter, seventh Episcopal bishop of the New York diocese, died at Fernleigh Cooperstown after several weeks illness. He was 74 and died peacefully at 8:35 pm with family present. Funeral held Friday at Christ Church in Cooperstown.
A severe electrical storm at the Pennsylvania National Guard encampment in Gettysburg kills three troopers and injures about forty, some seriously. The Gov. Stuart tent and several others were blown down by the gusty weather.
Robbers blew open Bardolph post office six miles northwest of Macomb Illinois on Thursday obtaining $100 in cash and $400 in stamps. Nitro glycerine was used in the attempt.
The steamer Bakkelaget collided with the Goteborg, was cut through amidships, and sank within moments. Between ten and twenty passengers of the Bakkelaget were drowned.
William Winter author and dramatic critic was moved Wednesday to a Los Angeles hospital in critical condition doctors say the illness is serious but not necessarily dangerous.
Harry E. Hayes of W. J. Hayes & Son was arrested Friday in Cleveland on a New Jersey warrant accusing him of conspiracy tied to a bond deal. He is a member of the local banking firm.
Gov Charles Hughes states he will accept renomination if New York Republicans want him as their candidate. In a Friday statement he says personal reasons for not seeking a second term are not decisive and that if renominated he ought to accept.
Eight United States Military Academy cadets at West Point New York were sent home Thursday after hazing incidents involving members of the fourth class.
Democratic convention in Davenport ratified June primary results and nominated Mark A. Walsh of Clinton as the district’s candidate for Congress.
Two criminals terrorized Jamaica Plain, killing a night watchman and a man, wounding eleven others as they fled through the district. Police surrounded Forest Hills cemetery where one bandit was killed, another wounded, and a third arrested after a day of pursuit.
A head on crash between two Aurora Elgin and Chicago cars at Lovedale station sent about forty people injured, many severely and some fatally, as both trains traveled at a high speed of around 40 miles an hour. Dozens were rushed to nearby hospitals after the collision.
Bassett Nebraska reports the escape of "Bill" Hazard from jail here on Friday after an earlier break at Gregory South Carolina. He was captured last Thursday at Newport by Sheriff Marsh of Rock County and imprisoned in Bassett.
In the Loetschberg tunnel in the Bernese Alps Friday a wall between workers and a hidden subterranean river collapsed. A torrent of water and mud rushed in drowning 25 Italian laborers. The accident occurred during drilling inside the tunnel.
Grete Beler 18, daughter of Freiberg’s mayor, was severely harmed between dark and dawn in retaliation linked to the engagement to a man facing a serious case. authorities investigate motive and protect family amid municipal concerns.
Sheriff Thomas J. Parnell fatally shot William Bacon son of former Sheriff Waty Bacon Wednesday afternoon as an automobile carrying Governor Folk entered the courthouse square in Pineville Missouri.
President Castro expels J. H. de Reus the Dutch minister resident from Venezuela. The Netherlands ambassador in Port of Spain Trinidad reports the minister's passports have been returned to him by Minister Paul.
George R. Gamble was found guilty of arson by a jury after an hour's deliberation in Bellefontaine. He faced charges of burning a mill in October 1906 and collecting the insurance.
Prisoners at the Nebraska penitentiary have been idle for over a month. They beg for labor as the prison labor contract expired and contractors refused a 25 cent daily wage increase demanded by the state.
Michael Henry a miner was killed in cold blood early Tuesday when two highwaymen robbed a saloon in Butte Montana. The crime was described as a brutal killing during a hold-up. Investigations are underway with police seeking suspects.
A Curacao mob attacked the home of a Venezuelan critic of Castro and forced him to issue a public apology from his balcony. The riot, centered in Willemstad, involved smashing doors, threats to the Venezuelan consul, and forced German consulate protection as residents chanted anti Castro slogans.
Norman E. Mack of Buffalo New York was named chairman and campaign manager for Bryan at a Saturday conference. Other officers include HB Hall vice chair secretary Urey Woodson treasurer Charles N Haskell sergeant at arms John S Martin. Central and branch campaign headquarters will be in Chicago and New York.
A Berlin pearl necklace valued at $50 000 disappeared from Countess von Wartensleben’s apartment last February while she attended the opera. The countess’s maid was arrested when a window in her room was found open but released for lack of evidence and later rearrested.
The main points include personal liberty and no punishment without trial, religious toleration, free press, equality before the law, protection of property, inviolability of domicile, and abolition of torture. A two chamber assembly will be elected with deputies at one for every 50,000 inhabitants and senators chosen by the sultan.
In Georgetown Kentucky the wets achieved a razor slim victory by one vote in a pivotal local option election in central Kentucky. Women and children participated in the canvass and turnout was notably lively.
Fire destroyed a block of stone buildings in Foss Oklahoma on the west side of the main business street including the post office the First National bank and five storerooms. Loss estimated at 50000 dollars.
Government forces Sunday occupied Choluteca, a town seized earlier by revolutionists, and officials here believe the move effectively ends the uprising.
In Port Edwards Wisconsin Daniel A L Lynch fired at Richard Nommenson killing him and wounded Miss Anna Sorenson. Lynch then attempted suicide. Jealousy over Nommenson's attention to Sorenson is cited as the motive.
In Lowell Massachusetts on Sunday Elisha Drake a quarry worker shot and fatally wounded his four year old son Walter before killing himself. The incident occurred during a period of insanity according to reports.
William T. Owen, a longtime Owensboro attorney and former circuit judge of the Sixth judicial district, died Sunday from infirmities of old age. Born in Kentucky in 1833, he was a nestor of the Owensboro bar.
A massive blast at a powder mill in King's Mills Ohio on Thursday killed one man and fatally injured another as the structure was demolished in the explosion.
Louis E. Snow a leading middle west insurer died Sunday in St. Louis at age 66. He was brother of J G Snow president of Home Insurance Co of New York.
The article extolls Chickasha Oklahoma as the center of Indian Territory lands open to investment and factory development. It highlights seven railroad lines, cheap electric power from water plants, and Grady county as the garden spot of the earth with rich crops and booming commerce. A live Commercial Club handles inquiry letters as national interest grows.
A Washington Star account recalls Senator Beveridge recounting a past Independence Day scene in a country town. He described a statesman on a courthouse platform, visibly intoxicated, facing an audience of farmers. after brief hushes he joked that a prominent speaker in a little town must be drunk or crazy, preferring to be viewed as an inebriate.
A Lake City Minnesota resident reports severe kidney trouble with back pains dizziness nerves and vision issues. After using Dean's Kidney Pills he says he has regained perfect health and the product is sold by Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
A humorous exchange reveals Miss Gotrox, a freckled rider, possessing several millions in her own name. The dialogue contrasts wealth with beauty, noting her freckles as they discuss social ideals and status.
A kindergarten teacher, after serving ice cream at the end of the term, gently corrects Freddie for licking his plate. Freddie initially complies, then quietly licks the plate again, prompting a calm reminder about manners.
A Scotch man seeks fate by telegram proposing to a chosen lady. He waits all day at the telegraph office and is finally answered. The operator cautions him to think twice, but the Scot replies that the lass who waits for the night rates is the one for him.
A playful 19th century exchange shows a duke writing to a father to secure his daughter's hand. The father replies with a pun filled comeback about flour and dough and suggests a different outcome.
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