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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
1
A collage of quips and asides from the Monticello Express comments on hats and pests, social mores, regional comparisons, curiosities, and light gossip. Notes mention a Paris fraud case, anti kissing buttons, a Harvard student living on a dollar weekly, and a whale sinking a fishing schooner as a playful, miscellany style column.
A New York man reports his hen lays eggs impregnated with coal dust. Vienna plans to combat the white plague by building sanitary homes for the poor, signaling a direct public health approach.
A noted French thinker suggests curing delinquent youths through singing education while noting that singing itself can sound criminal to critics.
In the rush to graduation the student balances gown fitting with finalizing her thesis. She aims to complete the document while managing ceremony plans and personal milestones.
A New York manager plans to bring out a new play entitled Piscator, according to a city report. The item hints at a fresh stage production amid unsure reception.
An English doctor asserts that consuming ginger at breakfast can cure bad temper. The quip notes if a wife pushes ginger on you, she sourced the idea herself.
A train carrying ten tons of dynamite jumped the track sixteen miles from Tacoma and exploded. The disaster killed two Du Pont powder mill brakemen, illustrating the inherent danger in transporting dynamite by rail, even as the explosive remains crucial for industry.
The article argues that China’s abolition of slavery follows government awakening under Western influence. It notes China’s awareness of Japan’s progress and its ambition to imitate reforms to gain international respect while advancing industry and commerce.
The remark notes a man who threw a car occupant through a saloon window had misdirected good intentions while emphasizing that most people should use a door instead.
A plumber held on vagrancy charges protests that police could as well have arrested President Taft for the same charge. He argues that a bathroom repair is easily mistaken for vagrancy by a patrolman, illustrating how the error could occur.
The text laments pests that crawl buzz and annoy spreading disease and questions why a fly would be spared while a person who harms others faces death. it argues insects deserve no mercy for their health threat.
In April state dairy and food department agents examined 144 samples in Minnesota and found violations of state laws.
Surveys for a drainage project southeast of Belle Plaine Iowa aim to reclaim 500 to 600 acres by a 12 inch diameter tile 3 000 feet long feeding into the Iowa river. Landowners Jacob Schubert J W Guinn and Mrs J E Mosnat share the cost on a 15 acre starting pond at a high land site that resists overflow. Further surveys nearby seek similar tiling to improve 2 000 to 3 000 more acres now too wet for cultivation.
The sheriff and authorities pin the Imogene bank robbery on Harry Miller captured at Sioux City. Walla in prison described a partner and Miller matches the description, with indictments issued after the crime and Miller to be tried at the court term beginning August 30.
Marion F. Lee, alleged wife deserter and bigamist, is jailed in Keosauqua to answer for his crimes. The case draws interest due to Mrs. Lee No. 2, Edna Wasson, his former stenographer, having a marriage to Lee nulled in Des Moines county district court after believing he was divorced.
Ft Dodge schedules its inaugural homecoming August 21 to 26 under the Publicity club a new boosters group of younger business men. The campaign of invitations and advertising will be carried out with strong public enthusiasm.
Fort Dodge report states Pug Halligan, a notorious city figure, is in county jail bound over to the September grand jury on an assault with intent to commit great bodily injury charge. Halligan is alleged to have struck Policeman Waldberg with a brick, rendering him unconscious and badly hurt, confined to bed.
Judge Howell admitted the Heath will to probate and allocated 35000 dollars in unencumbered property to the daughter of the late J R Heath. About 55000 dollars remains to be managed by trustees named in the will for care and distribution.
Rev Stade Hunneke of the First Presbyterian Church told male congregants Sunday that he favored comfort during heat by allowing men to remove their coats in church, making services more pleasant.
Barney Halverson and James Pokasta, both Quarry residents, were held to the grand jury on charges of stealing young pigs from a farmer and selling them in Marshalltown.
A gasoline tub exploded in a pantatorium, badly burning Cedar Rapid and Mrs. Ramsey of Marion. Mrs. Ramsey was enveloped in flames and is in serious condition.
Guy Baker charged with murdering Oliver Driver was released on twenty five thousand dollar bail posted by his father Elijah Baker and three Muscatine residents. He is held to the grand jury.
J. H. Jamison, receiver for the defunct Chariton bank, has resigned. G. C. Rankin of Washington has been appointed to succeed Jamison. A dividend of 5 percent has been declared.
The 1910 assessment shows personal property in Delaware County rising to 4 137 764 with Manchester at 750 080 down to new totals. Money and credits reach 1 983 020 an increase of 175 434 with Manchester accounting for over a quarter. Livestock totals include 10 725 horses 689 562 38 918 cattle 647 982 38 539 swine 227 964 and 6 214 sheep 16 170. Seventy eight silos and over 750 spreaders are in use. Military age men total 2 268 a drop of 57 from last year. Real estate valuations not exempt from tax stood at 16 273 488 in 1909. no 1910 figures available.
Miss Anna Book and Carl Lutticks of Westphalta township wed at St. Boniface church. A day long feast followed with about 200 families at the reception and meals served 12 to 4. The feast used 900 pounds beef 14 hams 100 pounds weenies 100 pounds sausage fifty loaves rye bread 2000 buns and fifteen bushels potatoes.
Sioux City launches a ten day business men campaign to raise 100000 to buy the YMCA building and free it from debt. Charles S. Ward of New York the international YMCA secretary leads, having raised 11000000 in his campaigns. W H Manley and F A McCornack top donors with 10000 each.
Nonogenarian Erastus Child, famed figure in southwestern Iowa, lies critically ill at his son in law F B Webb’s home after a hip fracture. Doctors fear recovery at his advanced age as he nears his hundredth birthday.
Justice Horak admitted Guy Baker to bail set at 25000 dollars. Baker accused of murdering Oliver P. Driver, his employer in a Lone Tree livery barn. He posted 35000 dollars in property to his father. The widow sues for 15000 dollars.
The big department store owned by Charles A. Johnson at Boone Burns was ruined by fire and smoke. Loss is estimated at $12,000 with partial insurance coverage.
Fire in Meservey began at a meat market and spread to a law office and a hotel. Total loss estimated at $2500 with $900 covered by insurance.
Fort Dodge reports W. F. Ladely former Bancroft postmaster confessed to embezzling 5500 from government funds. He was arrested fifty months ago.
A petition seeks to force a vote by Fort Dodge residents on the Des Moines plan. The measure asks the mayor to call an election so people can decide the proposal.
Thomas Glasgow aged 73 fell in his yard and fractured his hip. His advanced age makes his condition serious.
Walter Smith, found guilty of setting fire to the Grand Opera House in Dubuque, was sentenced to five years in the Anamosa reformatory after the court overruled a motion for a new trial.
Mt. Pleasant Charles Costello a night clerk at a local hotel stepped through an open door on the second story by mistake and fell to the sidewalk sustaining serious injuries according to police reports from Mt. Pleasant.
The city council bars all street carnivals in Fort Dodge citing opposition from church groups to a proposed street fair planned for August 22 to 27.
Dr. Eldridge of Dawson nearly killed himself by taking a dose of aconita mistaken for pep tanoid. Prompt medical aid saved his life.
Ohio Democrats renominated Gov Judson Harmon for governor by acclamation. A motion to endorse a U.S. senator candidate failed 840 to 254. Atlee Pomerene of Canton won the lieutenant governor nomination on the second ballot. Harmon attacked the Payne Aldrich tariff in his convention speech.
The Illinois Central, Pennsylvania, and Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago railroads are indicted by a federal grand jury. Illinois Central faces Elkins act tariff violations while the others are charged with destroying waybills under interstate commerce law.
St Paul Minn The Republican state convention announced the slate with no opposition Adolph O Eberhart for governor George T Simpson for attorney general Julius Schmahl for secretary of state and Charles F Staples for the railroad and warehouse commission board member.
The Standard Oil Company cut wholesale refined oil prices from one and a half cents to one cent per gallon, making the national price seven and a half cents. Standard controls over seventy percent of refined output, highlighting the impact of the cut on the corporation.
A Thursday rainstorm swept western South Dakota boosting crops. Heavy rainfall east of Rapid City improved conditions, with reports from grain districts generally favorable for harvest prospects.
New York police officer George Darcey of Staten Island died from injuries suffered when struck in the abdomen by a pitched baseball two weeks earlier.
Samuel Elmore a wealthy Oregon salmon packer and Mrs M E Garretson of San Francisco were killed when the automobile they rode in was struck by a suburban car at Florentine Park Tuesday. The car hurled the auto 100 feet.
Omaha Nebraska William Krug vice president and general manager of the Fred Krug Brewing company was killed in an automobile accident Tuesday.
Count Zeppelin helmed the Deutschland on its first scheduled trip from Friedrichshafen to Duesseldorf covering 300 miles in nine hours. Twenty passengers, including Hamburg America directors and German Airship stock company executives, admired the scenery from the mahogany cabin as speeds averaged 33 mph and peaked at 41 mph on the Stuttgart leg.
Reno, Nevada chooses site for the Jeffries Johnson fight arena. Three locations near downtown are considered including Hart Root site and state grounds. Reno committee plans fundraising to cover arena costs and a $1000 fight permit is noted in the original bill.
Former president Theodore Roosevelt denies a society rumor that his daughter Ethel is engaged to James Thompson Williams Jr. He calls the report scandalous infamy from a scoundrel and declines the marriage talk after returning from Oyster Bay.
Miss Marion Dell Taylor a stage actress identified as Marion Dell Sneider was drowned when a small skiff carrying four theater workers was struck by a barge in the Hudson River. Her parents live in Kankakee Illinois.
Judge Harmon in Salem probate court admitted the will of Isaac C. Wyman who left his millions to Princeton University for the founding of a graduate college. The decision overturned contestants who claimed no standing.
Santiago Chile The supreme court on Wednesday affirmed the death sentence for Wilhelm Beckert former chancellor of the German legation who killed a legal sector employee The ruling completes the case against Beckert in the Chilean justice system and underscores a high profile diplomatic case.
The Pennsylvania Republican convention praised President Taft and the new tariff. John K. Tener was nominated for governor.
Leonard Johnson accused of killing Maude Redding near Rusk was burned at a stake by a mob. Sheriff Norwood and posse were en route but overpowered near the victim’s home. He confessed the murder and assault before being killed as the brush was ignited.
Federal Judge Kenesaw M. Landis sustains demurrers on technical grounds and orders a July 14 special grand jury amid plans for a new indictment against the National Packing company and ten subsidiaries. The decision faulted lack of interstate commerce charges, prompting a fresh probe by a 75-member venire. Washington expects a new indictment after the ruling.
Porter Charlton admitted killing his wife Mrs Mary Scott Castle Charlton after a bitter quarrel. He packed her body into a trunk and dumped it into Lake Como after she died during a rage fueled by insults. He was arrested in Hoboken after stepping from the steamer Princess Irene and later attempted to shoot the Hoboken police chief during questioning.
London reports Capt. F. S. Cody fell 100 feet during a Thursday flight at Aldershot. His aeroplane pitched in a gust and crashed to the ground. Cody was pinned beneath the wreckage and gravely injured.
Emperor William arrived in Kiel on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern to attend the annual yachting regatta hosted by the Kiel fleet.
Mrs Taft, wife of the president, left Washington on Wednesday for New York en route to the summer White House at Beverly. She spent the night in New York with relatives and then continued to Boston.
Two Taylor children aged two and four died in Iredell Texas when their clothes caught fire as they played with matches. The incident occurred Wednesday at the family home.
Washington reports the Senate concurred in the House postal savings bank bill by 44 to 25, sending it to President Taft for signature. Provisions set 65 percent of deposits back to local banks, 30 percent for government bonds, 5 percent as reserve. deposits capped at 500 per person monthly, with opening deposits of one dollar and ten cent stamps for saving. Bonds purchased may total 20 to 500 dollars, bearing 2.5 percent interest, to refund existing three percent bonds and fund Panama canal bonds.
New York says Colonel Roosevelt faces a flood of letters and telegrams at Oyster Bay and his office with Outlook. Thousands accumulate daily, many friendly, many political advice, some from old correspondents. He cannot read all. officials may view some, and readers are asked to refrain from writing.
Miss Edith Augusta Gaynor daughter of New York Mayor and Harry Kermit Vingut eloped to Wilmington and wed in the office of Delaware Attorney General Andrew C. Gray with Rev. Dr. George L. Wolfe officiating.
Chairman Burrows announced a Senate privileges and elections sub committee to investigate bribery charges in Lorimer's Illinois election. The panel includes Senators Burrows Dillingham Gamble Heyburn Frazier Paynter and Johnston.
Bucharest Roumania The Greek government on Thursday granted the Romanian foreign office demands in response to the recent attack by a Greek mob on a Romanian mail steamer at Piraeus.
In Kansas City Missouri bakers and millers testified Thursday in opposition to a government charge that the bleaching of flour adulterates it.
Jesse B Webb confessed to killing W A Johns in self defense after a brawl in Johns room at a downtown Portland hotel. Johns body was found in a trunk at Union Station. Webb told police that Mrs D W Kersch, arrested with him, aided in moving the body but was exonerated by his confession.
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