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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1913
Page
1
A string of humorous quips and observations from the Monticello Express page touches on straw berry per capita trends, cubists, cold storage eggs, farming, silk hats, flies, the lobster crop, spelling oddities, baseball heritage, castor oil duties, love letters, Canberra slang, soda glass cleanliness, and fashion limits. The tone is lighthearted and satirical with local flavor.
The article notes that doctors will assess babies on criteria beyond appearance, allowing mothers to question what medical experts know about infants. It emphasizes curiosity about professional opinions influencing judging standards and parental concerns.
A Chinese assassin who killed the wrong man offered a polite apology to the police for his error. The case reflects how even courteous conduct cannot ease the gravity of a grievous misidentification.
Fashion observes skirts will be tighter this season and forecasts an upcoming trend where garments cling closely, with occasional appearance among chorus ladies.
A Pennsylvania judge observes that many upright men get drunk, while few drunken men manage to rise to the occasion.
A brief reference mentions Washington occasionally wrote poetry in a casual, cursory manner. The note hints at a light, informal side of the figure without broader context or details.
A discussion questions whether women should wear protection on hatpin tips or men wear goggles for safety and aesthetics. The debate weighs practicality, fashion, and risk in public settings.
In Berlin pictures illustrate how the stomach works during active service, intriguing many while others focus on feeling how the stomach functions in service.
A New York civil service exam question asking to define right ascension is interpreted by one young plumber as a simple baseball metaphor. He equates a right ascension to a home run hit to the fence with bases loaded.
A stray dog is tied to news that two billion cans are produced annually. The unusual symbol draws attention to industrial output while local observers weigh implications for waste and markets.
Reading notes of a crime tale, investigators connect finger marks to a theft involving a restaurant kitchen. The plates carry traces linked to a suspected new cook or staff member, shaping early leads in the case.
Historical records indicate that medieval doctors performed appendectomies, suggesting advanced surgical capability in that era. The findings imply that life in the period faced genetic and medical risks similar to modern times, highlighting enduring human resilience.
A man searching for a gas leak with a lit match risks igniting the gas and causing an explosion. The proper method is to use soapy water or gas detectors to identify leaks without flames.
A century ago observers recalled a lone horseman who could be seen as towns changed from horse travel to motor vehicles. The passage notes the contrast with today where automobiles fill the scene and the solitary rider is no longer visible.
A theorist wonders if progress means faster transport and more modern systems while older methods fade. The quip suggests widespread auto use could end reliance on horses and traditional records, prompting reflection on modernization and its social impact.
Dr. O H Longwell president of Highland Park college Des Moines resigns effective July resigned due to ill health after twenty four years at the helm. Rev Dr George P Magill as potential successor elevated to presidency. Longwell cites need for rest after long service.
Mason City reports Lee Blossom and Baby J, owned by J. T. Clark, were badly injured when thrown from a car during shipment. The Chicago & Great Western train in Des Moines yards was struck by a switch engine. Baby E. cannot stand. Lee Blossom may miss the season. Clark was moving from Phoenix, Arizona.
Illinois based McKinley traction interests announce transfer of Oskaloosa street car line interurban to Buxton transit light and power systems. Purchase price deposited in bank. takeover set for June 2. Plans hinted for multiple interurbans including Des Moines line.
Between 300 and 400 men work on the Chicago & Northwestern railway laying 100-pound steel to replace 90-pound rails. Crews operate between Marshalltown and LeGrand and extend west to Cole, then relay the south track eastward.
June 13 will be home coming day for the Odd Fellows of Iowa in Mason City. Rev Frank Taylor of Algona will deliver the set speech at the home in this city. Music will be furnished by the Lake Mills band with Grand Master Cutting also speaking and the children of the home providing music.
Council Bluffs fireman Jones of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, 22, was murdered near the town after leaving the rounddown. His throat was cut from ear to ear by an unknown assailant in a shocking daytime attack.
Mrs. Mary Phillips of Clear Lake died by suicide at her residence. Her young son was found deceased in a rain barrel nearby after she reportedly plunged head first into the water during the night.
A plan to build a large electric generating plant to supply light and power to the surrounding country is abandoned, ending the community’s hope for new power infrastructure.
Mrs. Frank E. Webb died from burns received when linseed oil boiling in a kettle ignited. The accident occurred as she prepared paint at a farm four miles west of Webster City.
Des Moines Rudolph Krizon a miner sues the Enterprise Coal Mining Company for 5000 dollars citing foul air and improper ventilation in the mine as the basis for his claim and damages sought.
A seventy foot long steel girder weighing about twenty tons plunged from the top of the new Milwaukee viaduct bridge at Madrid into the river after the derrick car overturned.
Mr. and Mrs. David Catlow longtime Albion residents recently observed the fifty-eighth anniversary of their marriage.
John Vandermast editor and proprietor of the Monroe Mirror died at his home from pneumonia. Born in the Netherlands October 13 1848 he came to the United States in 1855 arriving at New Orleans then Keokuk before moving to Monroe in 1880 to run his newspaper.
Rural workers from several states gather July 7 to 19 at Iowa State College for a two week school on improved country life methods. The Presbyterian department of country life sends 40 50 ministers and teachers from North and South Dakota and nearby states to participate. Iowa Congregationalists Baptists Christians and Methodists will be represented.
Mrs. Annie Treband mother of seventeen children and 40 years a wife filed for divorce from Chas F Treband citing drunkenness and cruel treatment. Judge R M Wright issued an injunction shielding the home and a $500 attachment writ. Married in Dayton in 1873.
The Luther League of Iowa announces state officers with President Rev. Paul H. Hisey North Liberty and Treasurer Carl Larson Marshalltown. Eastern district picks President John L. Berger Cedar Rapids and Treasurer Grace George North Liberty, with Vice President J. C. Mohurl Davenport and Secretary Harry Morgan Clinton.
William Romeberg, held in Des Moines County Jail before transfer to the Knoxville institution for inebriates, tried to kill himself by slashing his left arm with a sharpened tin spoon after sharpening it on the cement floor. A bandage was applied and he was moved to Knoxville for treatment.
The state conference of Congregational churches closed with a large rally at Tabor. Marshalltown will host next year and Rev. W. M. Short of Sioux City was chosen to deliver the annual sermon. Over 100 delegates attended.
Iowa Falls resident H N Woodmancy an agent for a Des Moines implement house drove an oil tract over a thirty foot bank into the Iowa River. The tractor landed bottom side up with only two wheels visible. Woodmancy escaped, but was badly injured.
Humboldt county plans its 55th consecutive fair with arrangements underway for the biggest and most expensive event yet. A $2,800 guaranteed fund from local businessmen and citizens supports the fair set for September 9 through 12.
Fifty-seven graduates received diplomas at Albia High School closing term. It was the largest class ever to graduate, with thirty of the graduates being girls.
Stuart sawmillowner D. F. Reppert reported his feed barn burned to the ground causing about 2500 dollars in losses. Fire crews arrived but the structure could not be saved.
City council awards contract to pave three blocks of Twelfth Street and unveils a prior contract for seventeen concrete asphalt blocks let weeks earlier. Local project aims to modernize streets and improve traffic flow.
E W Lundy of Union has purchased the interest of the stockholders in the Iowa River Light and Power company which had recently fallen into receivership.
Iowa City reports that agriculture courses will be established at the State University of Iowa. During the upcoming summer session instruction in farming will be offered for the full six weeks.
A ten car special from Lincoln Nebraska arrived in Estherville over the M and St L to recruit the Russian colony for sugar beet work this summer.
Four people were killed and 18 passengers plus two crew members injured when two Missouri Pacific passenger trains collided head on near Brant Missouri about 20 miles west of Jefferson City. Names of the dead include engineers A Ford and McDonald of St Louis and porter Frank Neil.
In Penn Yan New York Isaac Bassett seventy five years old amputated his diseased toe with a pocket knife then cut off his foot for relief. He lives far from a physician and faced gangrene threatening his life. The act shows remarkable nerve under isolation and sickness.
King George and Queen Mary concluded their Berlin visit with a review of the guards army corps during their spring parade at Potsdam, marking the royal procession's close on Tuesday.
Montreal May 29 The fractured skull diagnosis for Zbyszko the Polish wrestler after Monday night’s grappling bout proves to be only a badly cut head.
Former Senator Nathan B. Scott of West Virginia shows marked improvement from the recent operation for catarrh of the eye and is able to return home from the hospital on Monday.
Rioting erupted in Paterson New Jersey as pickets blocked non-strikers from resuming work after a lull in violence tied to the mill strike.
President Wilson denounces lobby efforts in Washington as costly and insidious aimed at swaying public opinion against tariff bill items. He urges Congress and the public to recognize the sustained campaigns and calls for relief from the lobbying burden across all branches of government.
At a British Empire day celebration in Long Beach California a double decked municipal pier collapsed sending 35 people to their deaths and injuring about 50 others. Most victims were women as torn timbers and splinters precipitated the disaster. Scores were left in hysteria and shock.
Rochester N Y May 28. A final decree dissolving the coaster brake trust was entered in the United States district court here. The decree was agreed to by all parties at interest without court proceedings. Eight corporations and 18 defendants are named in the decree which permanently enjoins and restrains them from further entering into a combine in violation of the Sherman law. A criminal case under the Sherman act remains pending in court.
Lexington report states John Rode rap, a renowned trainer of thoroughbreds, died Tuesday. He trained more winning horses than any man of his generation, marking a major loss in horse racing circles.
New York May 29 final efforts began to settle differences between the Erie railroad and its telegraphers and station agents. Ninety seven percent have voted to strike with action likely if a settlement is not reached.
In Toledo on May 28 a man who called himself James Evans of Chicago used a bent umbrella rib to steal two bundles of $500 each from the Northern National bank. Evans was captured shortly after the robbery.
Gen. Hsu Pao San was killed by a bomb Monday in Shanghai while opening a box believed to contain porcelain. A servant also died instantly in the incident as the general, noted for his porcelain collection, was to review the gift.
A Sofia dispatch warns of imminent Bulgariangreek hostilities as daily clashes erupt in Macedonia. Athens reports Bulgaria seeks to free its forces to strike Servia by relinquishing Saloniki gains, with Greek and Bulgarian troops trading fire near Eleftheria and Panghaion.
United States Judge Sanborn named two receivers for the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad. Benjamin L. Winchell and Thomas H. West named to the roles. Judge Carpenter appointed receivers for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad, with William J. Jackson and Edwin W. Winters named. The action follows the Frisco system’s failure to meet $2,250,000 five percent notes due June 1.
Luther McCarty, reigning world white heavyweight champion, was counted out by Referee Edward Smith after the ten round bout with Arthur Pelkey in Calgary. Eight minutes later he died from a heart region injury caused by a lucky blow during the match.
Mrs Martha Lieberman and her adopted daughter Lillian Jacobs aged nineteen months perished in a Cicero fire that destroyed their home Monday.
A Tuesday fire in North Edmonton Alberta destroyed the North Edmonton hotel nine other buildings including stores icehouses stables and dwellings with a total loss of 185000.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on May 29 Miller a 51 year old man from West Bend attempted to murder his family by arsenic in their coffee then hanged himself in a nearby building.
Mrs. Anna Welsh, 72, died of fright when the street car she rode neared a collision with an automobile in East St. Louis on Monday May 28.
A medical student named Cuviller in Lille shoots himself at the university after failing exams. The tragedy occurred Monday, following his disappointment from not passing examinations.
Marquette May 30 The court ruled that evidence of reports that Colonel Roosevelt drank alcohol excessively cannot be admitted in the Nbel suit against editor George A. Newett. Witnesses may discuss general reputation but not specific incidents or hearsay, with Roosevelt's secretary O Laughlin testifying he never saw him intoxicated and that at banquets he drank at most one glass of champagne.
Charles W. Morse, once a banker and convict, was elected Wednesday president of the Hudson Navigation Company, which operates a line of steamers on the Hudson River.
Louisville on May 30 H C Hurley sold his four year old saddle stallion Kentucky's Best to R A Long of Kansas City for 7500 dollars. The sale sets a record price for a saddle horse.
General Lind says L Lomax Confederate officer of the Civil War died at Providence hospital Wednesday. He was seventy eight years old. Funeral services were held in Warrenton Virginia.
Mayor Cronin barred Industrial Workers of the World speakers from Paterson from addressing Bayonne mill workers on Wednesday and had them escorted beyond city limits. The decision follows labor conflict at local plants and involves IWW organizers and city police.
A wild west circus tent collapsed during a May windstorm in Henderson killing one man and severely injuring a woman while several others were hurt. Local rescue teams attended the scene and transported the injured to area hospitals.
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