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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
6
Monticello improved to seven wins and two losses as Baylor dominated Manchester in a park game yesterday. Manchester protested umpire Dautremont after falling behind, with Kehoe quickly substituted while Baylor fanned 15 batters.
In Monticello, Anamosa defeated Monticello 7 to 5 after a ninth inning highlight when Starry hauled in Plath’s line drive. Monticello had three base hits by Rogers, Armstrong added two, and pitching saw Baylor and St John strike out seven and four respectively. Attendance about GOA with Cascade and Strawberry Point slated to visit next.
Monticello baseball club traveled to Manchester and won a fast game by 1 to 1. Fusty pitched well allowing only three hits as Manchester failed to solve him. An adjacent notice offers to photograph houses horses and animals on request by mail before July 15.
A town ride reveals quack grass is spreading along roadsides ditches and gardens from the eastern town limits to rail lines and business properties. It resists destruction and can ruin farms. experts urge quick removal before seeds mature with city action and citizen help to suppress growth.
A famed author who admires cars recounts a New York City misadventure. After admiring a new model, she and a friend borrowed a car they thought was theirs, visiting Sea Gate before realizing the vehicle belonged to someone else. The owner, amused, offers future usage.
Popleigh tells how his son asked why men go to congress and he cannot answer. Singleton asks what the trouble is as the boy’s simple question highlights political confusion. The Chicago News quote frames a moment of parental uncertainty.
A brief exchange humorously questions a man’s claim to understand women. The joke uses a player on words about “quarry” versus “quarried” and features a playful line attributed to a Houston artist.
Erich Von Kutzleben a German noble claimant released from Anamosa Reformatory on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge Treichler. Convicted in 1905 for wrecking a Rock Island train killing several, he was insane at times and confined in the prison insane department. Proceeding to supreme court reversed the conviction, then sanity was established and he was discharged to await his mother in Chicago.
The article argues protection safeguards wages and living standards for American workers, linking high labor costs to tariffs and urging employment as the path to prosperity. It notes increased costs in clothing and shoes, wage pressures, and the need for a balanced protectionist system. It reports a tragic accident in Hopkinton where a child died after scalding burns from a cart incident.
G H George announces a roadster stud east of Monticello with stallions including Marcos Bozzaris 30,856 at 2:21 and sired by Nutwood 600 with 2:18. Colts Kenyon 2:14 and Margaret 2:22 trotting, yearling 36 sec quarter, two carriage horses Brown Beanford and Golden Signet. Terms 25, return privilege. other horse offerings at 15 and 12.
City of Monticello Iowa plans curb and guttering on Chestnut, Third, and Walnut Streets. Council sets August 3 1909 as final consideration with bids per linear foot and foundation work to be contracted. Public notice urges objections and filings before the meeting in the library building.
Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center NY touts Electric Bitters as a greatest gift to women, claiming buoyant spirits, vigor, and health improvements. Advert blasts claim cures for nervousness insomnia melancholia headaches and more with 50c bottles at Soetje's. Anecdotes of Dr King’s New Life Pills curing various ailments cited, 25c at Soetje's.
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