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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
1
A playful column surveys quirky headlines and urban curiosities from fashion to travel, jokes about dress reform, a clothesless traveler, and puns on breakfast, meals, and city life. It notes a Paris court on singing and divorce and remarks on subway theft and housemaid’s knee as light, vented commentary.
Report notes another British lord plans marriage to a beautiful and clever actress amid ongoing gossip that the noble class seeks excitement beyond stage and society. The item hints at a trend of aristocrats pursuing romance to counter ennui in theatrical circles.
A Philadelphia producer argues cold storage kept dairy and eggs affordable through the past winter and asks what he considers reasonable pricing. He cites stable costs and consumer accessibility as key factors.
A male flirt mistakes central politeness for a response to his quip and leaves an extra nickel in a public phone box as a misguided signal.
A Chicago woman declares corsets a necessity and claims they reform all wearers. The remark frames corsets as moral devices aimed at changing behavior and appearance.
The remark attributes to Doctor Osler the belief that a day of twenty four hours suffices for any individual. It presents a concise statement on time and human capacity attributed to the noted physician.
A government expert claims bread making is simple but notes that bread easy to produce can still be tough to eat. The remark highlights potential quality issues in mass produced loaves.
A traction company lowered car steps to assist women in skirts while boarding and alighting. In return the company required riders to face the correct direction when exiting.
A brief note claims Russian barbers average four thousand dollars per year in their trade while a humorous caption suggests there are about two such merry figures in the depicted Russian scenes.
A contradictory moon forecast features One Who Knows insisting on a dry moon while Old Farmer claims wet conditions. The quip notes both sides offer two evils with no obligation to pick one.
A Mexican War veteran in California seeks to marry, reflecting enduring national optimism and the era’s social norms as citizens mark progress and personal milestones.
A former official warns that disposal of old tin cans is a major city issue, joking that the real shortage may be in either small boys or dogs to handle the mess.
A vocational analyst argues that millionaires who rise later in life may accumulate wealth because of delayed entry into high earning fields. He suggests late bloomers reach peak earnings later, explaining some instances of millionaire status.
A doctor asserts that talking less and listening more helps maintain youth and good looks, offering a humorous remark that may imply wives appear older than their husbands.
Baseball fans weigh in as teams begin the season and forecasts from supporters and critics collide. The opening weeks test expectations, reveal strengths, and set early momentum for divisions and races.
An eastern paper argues that women are unusually honest, suggesting rarity of dishonesty among women. The claim frames virtue as common yet presents it as notable in the piece.
A jailed escapee claims modern fashion hindered his attempt to hide in a box of men’s shirts. He hid among striped garments but could not vanish from pursuit.
Des Moines reports Iowa is seventh state to secure a federal assisted contract for 50 miles of Transcontinental Highway in Boone and Story counties. Total local state and federal funding reach 25 000 dollars in Story County with Boone and surrounding municipalities contributing 4 000 and the state providing 7 000 dollars.
Eight hundred of Cudahy Packing Company’s thousand employees strike over wage demands, sparking spread to other departments. Rumors say Armour plant may join if dispute widens.
Storm Lake opened its new $65 000 public school building last week with local speakers and high school musical groups. The modern facility includes domestic science and manual training labs and a large basement gymnasium with a balcony track.
Des Moines reports Gust Samogegi a Hungarian man was killed instantly at the Iowa Portland Cement plant southwest of the city after being wound around a shaft and hurled violently into the wall of the building.
Sioux City reports Woodbury county farm lands show an average valuation about five dollars per acre higher than in 1911. The figures, approved by the board of supervisors, come from the assessors.
The Congregational church in Oskaloosa voted to build a new church to replace the one destroyed by fire. The proposed structure will be located in the residential area and cost about $40,000.
Mrs. W. B. Kibbey, a prominent member of the D. A. R., has been appointed to the national committee of the Children and Sons of the Republic, a juvenile arm of the organization. The honor comes as recognition of her service in Marshalltown.
Twenty one chapters of the Sons of Herman lodge will attend the state convention in Davenport from June 12 to 14. A L Lutze of Sioux City, past president of the order, will deliver the chief speech.
A committee circulating a petition urges a city council call for a special election to vote on issuing bonds of 12 500 for a waterworks system. The effort seeks public approval to finance the proposed water project.
The fourth annual Wall Lake summer resort season opens this week with a ball game between the Dows and Williams teams.
A blaze at the Green Bay Lumber Company plant in Shenandoah caused about 25000 in damages. The cause of the fire is unknown pending investigation.
Knoxville dealer Harold Traver and Des Moines man Jon Mart were arrested in southeast Marion county on a charge of breaking into the Durham combination general store and post office, eight miles east of Knoxville.
Mason City reports Cerro Gordo supervisor C. E. Somers was severely injured when another car rear ended his vehicle. He was thrown onto the road during the collision.
The Farmers Savings Bank with a 35000 capitalization is now assured for Clermont. Nearly 100 stockholders met recently and elected directors.
In Clearfield no arrests have been made over the throat cutting of Tarl Shafer's dray horses. Bloodhounds from Ottumwa were used but yielded little evidence in solver efforts.
Des Moines report that Dr. E C Brown of Madrid pleaded guilty to using the mails to furnish women with objectionable information. He paid a $250 fine after being trapped by a decoy letter from post office Inspector C A Caine. Also noted is the Chicago arrest of Dr Ralph Hanson Dr Sarah Hanson and Dr George H McCall on a federal indictment for mailing fraudulent medicines. bonds set at $2000 each for the November term.
Mason City report says Lewis Prescott is under arrest for shooting his former wife, matron of the Civic league rest room. At a Clear Lake home she was shot four times, two bullets in the arm and two in the body, with physicians hoping for recovery.
Judge Wright dismissed the foreclosure suit brought by William Anderson and others against Jewell Electric, with the Ames Savings Bank and Dr. W. W. Allen of Jewell among intervenors. Judgment went to the Anderson faction and all intervention claims were swept aside.
Over 7 000 pounds of carp were taken from a pond at the north end of Clear Lake under the game warden. Many more fish will be removed and shipped to eastern markets and the game fish reserved. Some carp weighed forty and fifty pounds.
Lawrence Fuller from Kingsley disappeared from his parents home and was found by officers boarding a train in Sioux City after following a traveling show troupe. He had traveled from Kingsley to Sioux City then continued on to his current location.
In Ogden, Bert Shoe of Ogden defeated Bert Munden of Ames with a side scissors and a full nelson. The first fall took 45 minutes and the second fall ended quickly. Shoe seeks a 160 pound opponent to visit Ogden for a rematch.
Parents of nine year old Lawrence Fullerton report his disappearance after he slipped away from home last week. He bought a railroad ticket to Sioux City with part of two dollars in his possession and has not been seen since.
All graduates of the University of Iowa mechanical engineering department have been placed under contract by the Chicago Rock Island Pacific railway to join the railroad’s mechanical department next month.
In Cedar Rapids Theodore Breigels age 13 and John Willer age 13 were drowned after separate incidents in the Cedar River. Breigels dove from a boat and struck a stone, becoming unconscious and drowning.
A launch on the Mississippi near Fort Madison lurched sending a party of young men overboard. Frank Decker, a well known local youth and brother of Fire Chief William Decker, drowned in the river incident.
Secretary Cunningham of the Iowa State Retail association calls the annual state convention to be held in Council Bluffs June 17 and 18 with an expected attendance near 1000.
The school board has issued a call for a special election on July 2 to vote on a bond issue of $200000 to erect and equip a modern high school building.
Charles City health officer Dr J Niemack sets a ten cent rate for 100 dead flies after local boys refuse to kill them for a cheaper price. Officials raise the price to curb the fly nuisance.
James Quick aged 27 killed his wife at a Marshalltown dance after warning her away then shot himself. He survived the self-inflicted wound and is hospitalized.
Movements of Dr. B. E. Birney of Nora Springs reported tracked to Cedar Rapids then lost while he is wanted on a charge of performing an alleged criminal operation on Miss Mable Irish of Hopkinton.
The Mason City area will gain one hundred ten miles of road designated by the board of supervisors pending approval from the state highway commission.
Theodore Roosevelt won a libel suit against George A. Newett editor of Ishpeming Iron Ore. The jury awarded nominal damages of six cents with no costs as Roosevelt stated he sought no money but to clear his reputation. Newett retracted the charge and apologized.
Goux driving a Peugeot won the 500 mile race at Indianapolis on June 2. Wishart in an American Mercer finished second and Merz in a Stutz took third. Goux's time was six hours 31 minutes 43.45 seconds with an average speed of 76.59 mph and prize money totaling $35,000 in international honors.
Turkey Tuesday started the withdrawal of 60,000 square miles ceded to the Balkan allies. A dozen transports left Rodosto on the Sea of Marmora with Turkish troops aboard.
Miss Maude Cooke of Arkadelphia Arkansas, a Northwestern University student, faced possible total blindness from overwork and was excused from Wednesday's final examinations.
King Haakon departed Christiania on a voyage to Bergen aboard the Kristianiafjord, the new Norwegian American line’s transatlantic steamer, on its first voyage to New York.
Alfred Austin, British Poet Laureate since 1896, died Monday at Swinford old manor Ashford Kent aged seventy seven after a period of illness.
Caracas reports Eliott Northcott United States minister to Venezuela resigns. He left for home aboard the steamer Caracas on Monday after stepping down from his post.
Washington reports the United States senate began an official inquiry into a so called insidious lobby tied to the tariff bill. Sixteen senators were examined with none claiming knowledge of such a lobby or illicit money. President Wilson leads the inquiry with Democratic committee members under his directions and White House involvement noted.
Reports from across the globe note a fatal pony incident near LaRue Ohio, a Dixie Flyer freight collision injuring 18 in Kentucky, and Columbia University awarding a blind student Carlton Glover a BA on June 2. Other items include Vera Schurma dying after rescuing $210 in a lamp accident, King Victor Emmanuel flys a dirigible with dummy bomb tests, Paris debate on suffrage postponed, seven Youngstown workers burned at Republic Iron and Steel, Edmonton ruling boxing legal, and Burns Pelkey bout scrutiny.
A fire in Valley Center Kansas on Wednesday destroyed four buildings and damaged several others. The blaze threatened the entire town and originated in a general store.
A twenty five member Scout party is organized by Captain Ernest Galardo national director to hike from New York to San Francisco in a cross country trek. The journey aims to promote scouting and youth outdoor activity with a long expedition across the nation.
Forty sticks of dynamite fuse and a clock mechanism were found Monday cached near the roadhouse at Fairfax Marin county owned by Joseph Ballangero a witness in the bunko graft cases.
Walter Hines Page the new American ambassador and Irwin B Laughlin secretary of embassy attended King George s Derby week levee at Buckingham Palace on Monday in London June 4 attendance noted by the press in diplomatic circles.
Rebels under Gen. Lucio Blanco captured Matamoros after a twelve hour battle against federal troops. Major Ramos died after defending the electrified wire fence and Matamoros light plant before rebels swarmed through the city. Federal troops fled to the river and surrendered to the United States forces.
The Department of Agriculture reports a tightening meat supply as imports and exports diverge. Beef cattle numbers fell from 61,566,000 in 1907 to 36,030,000 at the start of this year, with prices in Chicago rising from 6.50 to about 7.95 per steer.
The Missouri supreme court unanimously discharged William R. Nelson owner and editor of the Kansas City Star from contempt of the Jackson county circuit court. The ruling was issued on Monday in Jefferson City.
The United States court of claims ruled Tuesday in the mail weighing case awarding Chicago and Alton railroad company 82,604.84 dollars.
The Noronic, the largest passenger boat on the Great Lakes, was launched at the Western Dry Dock Yards in Fort William Ontario on Tuesday with several thousand witnesses.
Flowers were laid on graves of southern soldiers who died at Chickamauga and around Chattanooga during memorial day exercises Tuesday in Chattanooga Tennessee.
Police seized a large cache of arms and ammunition believed to have been collected by Unionists opposed to home rule in Ireland. The discovery was made in Belfast on Tuesday by the constabulary.
Japan’s rejoinder to the U S reply delivered by Ambassador Chinda to Secretary Bryan argues the California and Arizona laws discriminate against Japanese. The exchange follows a secret hour long discussion, with Bryan sending Japan’s reply to President Wilson. The United States maintains the 1911 treaty status and urges courts remedies, prompting renewed diplomatic talks.
A suffragette tried to derail the Derby at Epsom, grabbing the king’s horse Anmer’s bridle. The rider was thrown and the woman, Emily Wilding Davison, was killed. Craganour initially won but was disqualified. Aboyeur declared winner. An arson squad damaged a new mansion at Westwood, Wiltshire, with damages over 75000 pounds.
Rioting erupted in the Budapest lower chamber as the premier announced the cabinet's resignation. Police were called to eject unruly members, delaying proceedings.
August Kruger cousin of Oom Paul Kruger former Transvaal president died in Norristown PA on Wednesday at age seventy four. He served with Kruger during the Boer war in South Africa.
Big Four passenger train No. 4 derailed at North Urbana near Bellfontaine Ohio while traveling at 50 mph. Locomotive and two coaches left the rails but no injuries were reported.
Miss Angeline Sifrger died after showing her new false teeth to Mrs Frances Klersick. While adjusting the plate she swallowed it and choked to death, authorities reported on Monday in Chicago.
Four armed robbers entered Mandel Greenhaus jewelry shop on the Lower East Side held him up with a revolver and looted two safes containing four thousand dollars in gems before escaping.
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