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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
1
A string of quirky observations ranges from fashion and gender roles to art, alcohol rulings, and city tales. Notes touch on Cubist gowns, postal cards, potpourri of social quirks, and a quip about a Colorado doctor who killed a grizzly with his car.
A remark suggests a raincoat or umbrella could become highly profitable if it always appeared where rain falls. The notion implies a demand spike for timely weather gear and strategic product placement.
Ethel Barrymore shares beauty advice urging avoiding fat buildup. She notes new hair loops over the ears may in some cases shield a woman from gossip, suggesting a fashionable, practical trick for discreet elegance.
A ten dollar suit has been appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. It stands amid a gallery of higher value garments as the case moves through the docket.
A man seeking to pawn a revolver for food was arrested on a concealed weapon charge. Police report the incident occurred as officers encountered him during the attempted sale.
A brief editorial voice questions why some women may disregard current outrageous styles and asserts a belief that they do care about fashion trends.
The New York Athletic League questions pie consumption by athletes despite the nation’s record pie eating achievements. Critics argue dietary balance matters more than extreme eating feats, citing nutrition and performance concerns.
A Chicago dentist uses a whirling device on patients to render them insensible, a practice likely to be denounced by envious colleagues as the work of a crank.
The New York board of aldermen fixed a 20 mile per hour speed limit for motor cars. The decision drew little objection from any reasonable observer.
Rain in the city yields hundreds of dollars in back yard garden benefits while causing thousands in damage to women’s hats and dresses. The account highlights the uneven impact of rainfall on residents and their attire.
A center notes 1918 may see an uptick in insects across crops and urban settings. References to potato pests, waterborne species, garden and city nuisances appear, with broad mentions of familiar creatures and sports-related pests, implying widespread insect activity.
A billboard artist walked away from a Sox Senators game in Boston to calmly paint a sign on the centerfield fence. The act suggests the man has potential for notable accomplishments beyond his art.
An eastern professor argues that any man earning more than $15 a week takes more from society than he creates, but authorities say there will be no arrests for obtaining money under false pretenses.
A street car passenger described as a woman around thirty five sits reading a newspaper filler titled Advice to Lovers, while chewing gum, showcasing the era’s intimate domestic snapshot and quirky filler culture.
The Iowa State Federation of Labor chose J. H. Strief of Sioux City as president after a bitter clash over locating the permanent headquarters in Des Moines. Des Moines pushed to control the federation and host sessions during the legislature. Officers were named from several cities, and next year’s Elks encampment location went to Iowa City after a contentious vote.
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld states power to fix reasonable interstate rail rates until Congress acts, ruling against confiscatory features in Minnesota and related cases. The decision covers interstate commerce implications with the Minneapolis and St Louis exception, involving 45 cases from six states and broader litigation across Alabama through South Dakota.
The Supreme Court upholds the newspaper publicity provision in the 1912 postal act and allows Porter Charlton to be extradited to Italy for the 1910 Lake Como murder. The decision also affirms Michigan ad valorem tax validity on large corporate property, in cases involving Citizens Telephone.
John Heater a 72 year old Civil War veteran died of asphyxiation at his niece's home in Des Moines while attending a Civil War veterans reunion. Al Pearson, 70, was overcome by gas but survived, with hope of recovery. Thomas Kennelly of Strawberry Point died at Mercy hospital from injuries after falling from a lodging house window at 215 West Walnut Street. A patrolman found him at 3 45 am dying in the alley below his room.
Reports from Stephenville Texas McAlester Oklahoma New York Ironton Ohio Minneapolis Minnesota Madrid Spain chronicle fatal shootings train wrecks family suicides and political resignations. Notable events include Lee Jones shot by his two sons at a rural home and Mrs George W Lewis killed in a Missouri Pacific wreck injuring 50 passengers.
M. F. Farley national president of the Retail Liquor Dealers Association denounced the temperance movement as the cancer of the century and the iceberg of the United States during the opening session of Iowa's tenth annual convention. He attacked an open letter from the Women's Christian Temperance Union calling liquor dealers debauchers of manhood and promoters of pauperism.
Coroners jury finds collision unavoidable as a Northwestern train struck an auto killing two Dudley daughters near Nashville. Crossing condemned as unsafe.
Northwestern coal train crashed into a suburban street car demolishing the vehicle. Motorman James Cutler was hurled fifty feet with the vestibule of the wrecked car.
The Rev. W. V. Whitten, pastor of the Episcopal church in Charles City, married Mrs. Helen C. Parish of Nashua in Nashua. Bishop T. Morrison of Davenport performed the ceremony.
Mount Pleasant William and Vash Ti defeated Iowa Wesleyan 12 to 1 in a decisive game. The visitors scored seven runs in the seventh inning and four more in the eighth after a single score through the sixth.
Richard Heron of Eads swallowed poison after begging a policeman to kill him. He attacked the officer with a knife and was rushed to a hospital in Memphis, where he remained dying on Wednesday.
The giant liner Imperator departed from Wamburg on its maiden voyage to New York with 3,200 passengers. Stormy North Sea winds made the voyage rough for travelers on board.
Lander Wyoming June 11 A brakeman on the Wyoming and Northwestern railroad C R McCauly was struck by lightning and killed Monday during a severe electrical storm while riding on top of a box car.
The Supreme Court upheld the federal government's right to sue the Adams Express Company under the commerce law. The ruling announced on June 11 in Washington confirms federal authority in transport and mail service regulation cases.
In Constantinople on June 13 Mahmoud Shefket Pasha the Turkish grand vizier and minister of war was killed by assassins while in a car. His aide-de-camp Lieut Ibraham Bey also died. Foreign Minister Said Halim was named grand vizier ad interim as Nazim Pasha’s murder is marked as revenge.
Six men and two girls are dead in separate wrecks. P. J. Carroll E Iverson J H Gauer and George Bartel died when a westbound train struck their stalled car at Riverton. Lena and Rebecca Dudley were killed when their auto was struck three miles east of Glidden by a Northwestern train. Mrs Dudley and the chauffeur were seriously injured.
Washington reports the federal government initiated civil proceedings in Buffalo to dissolve Eastman Kodak Company under receivership if needed. Attorney General McReynolds says the firm monopolizes photographic supplies in violation of the Sherman act.
West Virginia martial law in coal regions was defended before the Senate Mine Investigating Committee. Capt. Charles R. Morgan and Maj. James I. Pratt testified that military commissions operated outside civil courts, claiming the state constitution was suspended during insurrection to justify extreme measures.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt has sailed from New York to Cherbourg and then to Porto Maurizio Italy to be with her sister Miss Carow who is very ill. She is expected to stay with her all summer. Colonel Roosevelt with Quentin and Archie plans a western trip on July 9.
New York June 13 Former Congressman Lafayette Pence of Colorado is defendant in a suit for separation filed Wednesday by Mrs Catherine Soper Pence daughter of Robert Soper of Georgetown Kentucky.
L T Pipkin of Stegler Oklahoma wed Miss Hilla Hughes in Columbia Tennessee on June 13. The pair who were sweethearts 46 years ago met again at a Confederate reunion in Chattanooga.
Juan Manuel Diaz an alleged Huerta spy was court martialed at Columbia Mex Monday and immediately shot to death He was charged with giving information to the federals.
Delegates from 42 states gathered in Richmond Virginia on Tuesday for the twenty fourth annual convention of the Travelers Protective association of America about 1000 delegates attended the session setting a record for participation.
Paris date June 13 Prince Alexis Georges Karageorgevitch cousin of the Servian king wed American bride Mrs Hugo Pratt nee Myra Pankhurst in a ceremony at Marie Rue d Anjou on Wednesday.
The Hon. Mulholland, eldest son of Lord and Lady Dunleath, wed Wednesday to Lady John Byng, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Strafford, at the Guards chapel in London.
Five thousand pioneers gather in Upper Sandusky Ohio to remember Colonel William Crawford George Washingtons ally burned at the stake by Indians fourteen one years ago on June 13 with a solemn ceremony and flags.
The Weather Bureau reported the coldest weather ever recorded in June across the middle Atlantic New England states Ohio valley and Great Lakes region. The note was issued Monday.
Staples Minnesota reporter notes C L Stewart and Paul Williams of this city were drowned Monday when their fishing boat overturned on a lake near Sylvan. Both bodies were recovered.
Five hundred delegates from the United States and Canada attend the sixth annual convention of the National Association of Building Owners and Managers in Cincinnati.
Springfield June 12 Father Henry Joseph Hovin aged seventy three died Tuesday at St John s Hospital. One of the state s oldest retired priests he served many years as priest at Carlinville Illinois.
Gov James Bennett McCreary of Kentucky announces candidacy for United States senator to replace Senator Bradley He will face former Governor J C W Beckham in the primary contest in Frankfort Kentucky on June 12 and beyond
Delegates from 294 newspapers in the United States and Canada attend the opening session of the International Circulation Managers association in Cincinnati on Tuesday, June 12.
Illinois lawmakers pass the Limited suffrage bill by 83 to 58, granting women the right to vote for all offices created by statute including presidential electors and United States senators. The measure now goes to Governor Dunne for signature as supporters push for rapid enactment. In Washington, Senate committee reports favorably on a constitutional amendment granting voting rights irrespective of sex.
In Grand Junction Colorado on June 13 a minister Rev A F Glover aged 22 arrested twenty five cowboys who were shooting and rioting in Debeque a town near the city He covered the men with his revolver and escorted them to jail Writs for concealed weapon charges were sought by friends but Mayor Walker ordered the marshal not to serve the writ.
In Fond du Lac Wisconsin on June 13 Mrs Mary Schneider age thirty wife of Nicholas Schneider a Forest town farmer killed her three children John five Nor bert three and Florence one by cutting their throats with a razor and butcher knife and then killed herself by cutting her own throat The children’s heads were nearly severed.
Farnborough England June 13 During a trial flight the British Navy airship Astra torres broke her back and nearly destroyed herself narrowly escaping complete destruction.
Fire at the Big River Lumber mill ten miles north of Prince Albert Saskatchewan destroyed the mill and thirty thousand feet of lumber. Damage estimated at five hundred thousand dollars.
Passenger on a suburban car in Memphis Tennessee on June 13 saw Mack Thomas a well known farmer standing against a trolley pole dead. The body was stiff.
The Standard Oil Company, through its legal representative, asked the Ohio Supreme Court in Columbus on Thursday to dismiss the suit filed by George H. Fhelps of Findlay.
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