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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
1
A Monticello humor piece surveys rising costs and daily oddities from piano tuners to wireless instruments. It riffs on inflation, transportation quirks, and contemporary foibles with pointed quips about politics, fashion, and human folly.
The article notes restaurant keepers in Berlin reducing portions to curb costs rather than raise prices. It argues that high food prices are a global issue and that remedies must consider facts from every civilized country.
The wireless operator who sent out C Q D signals over the ocean shares a similar sense of humor with campus hazing andApril fool sales as described by commentators.
An aeroplane record-breaker from Worcester Massachusetts is expected to perform 200 to 300 mile flights in broad daylight, aiming for a greater sensation and public demonstration of endurance and speed.
The ports Hun-Chun and Lunchinchun in Manchuria are to be opened to international trade, creating new gateway routes to interior traffic. The move is seen as expanding regional commerce and offering equal chances for all workers, with American policy making steady headway.
The remark links ragtime to recovery of memory after amnesia, suggesting a cultural belief that music can restore cognitive function. It notes that only a seismic shock or similar event can bring a man’s memory back to working order, implying a link between trauma and mental clarity.
Board 15 elected members will refuse to sign liquor consent petitions for sale of liquor. The Iowa conference, in its closing session at a local East Fifth Street church, adopted drastic resolutions against liquor renewals and any candidate opposing temperance. New hospital officers were named. Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society elected officers and reported raising $1,240.47 last year.
A Middletown reader Virginia Helwig praises Uncle Sam's Breakfast Food after three weeks use, claiming relief from years of stomach and bowel trouble and urging nationwide advertising, noting some friends cannot procure it locally. The letter is certified as a true copy by U. S. BF. F. Co.
Philadelphia prepares for a mass labor parade Monday to support the striking street car workers. About 100000 unionists, including many women, will march on city hall demanding 25 cents an hour and union rights, countering a riot arrest warrant issued for labor leader John T. Murphy. The Rapid Transit Company reports 820 of 2000 cars active and 1400 new hires, totaling 3600 on hand amid normal 6000.
In heavy drizzle and wind Al Wolgast of Milwaukee defeats Battling Nelson to claim the lightweight world championship in the fortieth round of a scheduled 45. Nelson collapses late, referee stops fight as blood covers his mouth nose and ears. In Los Angeles Frankie Conley knocks out Monte Attell in the forty second round after a sensational three hour bout at Vernon arena.
Des Moines reports Governor Carroll granted an absolute pardon to Dr J W Crofford of Leon. The state parole board had recommended clemency after six months of advocacy by supporters of the physician who served years at Fort Madison for a criminal operation death. A 1910s Des Moines official testified against Crofford, later disputed, influencing no action by the governor.
Warrants from Adair county circuit court following a special grand jury report led to the arrest of Mrs Alma Proctor Vaughn and Dr James R Hull of Monroe City Missouri on the murder by strychnine poisoning of Prof John T Vaughn. Mrs Vaughn surrendered to the sheriff and Dr Hull was served at his home.
Charles R. Chamberlain a well known Burlington citizen and commissioner candidate on the city plan of government died suddenly of heart trouble. He leaves a widow and one son.
Washington Feb 28 President Taft has sent to the senate nominations of postmasters for Iowa naming E. L. Martindale Clinton Lucy C. Smith Sioux Rapids for the positions тревожные
George C. Calkins shipped thirty two turkeys from Corning Iowa to Chicago. The load weighed about 500 pounds and fetched 24 cents per pound averaging $3.75 per bird.
William C. McAdoo, builder of the Hudson tunnels, has been offered the presidency of the Interborough Metropolitan company to succeed Theodore P. Shonts, reports a local paper from New York on February 28.
A Wallace Idaho tele phone report says twenty five families totaling about seventy five persons were buried by an avalanche. A special rescue train left at midnight from Spokane for Wallace with rescuers aboard.
Philip B. Thompson about 24 years old was killed when a tree fell on him on his father in law J H Weber’s farm near Wapello Iowa Feb 28. Death was instantaneous.
Washington reports more than one billion dollars in tobacco and tobacco products passing through U S ports since 1890. Exports total 646 million and imports 386 million, with 1909 figures for noncontiguous territories adding 5.75 million from Porto Rico and nearly 2.9 million to Alaska Hawaii and Porto Rico. The U S leads as a world exporter, supplying over 41 million of tobacco in last year’s 150 million total international trade.
The Illinois Supreme Court in Chicago stayed further Joyce case proceedings after ruling the 1899 parole law valid. The decision will not become final until rehearing is decided, delaying attempts to free prisoners under the void parole theory until the court rules again.
The will of Mrs Hannah M Earl widow of Williams Earl of Troy founder of Earl Wilson collar makers is filed for probate. Estate valued at 2 000 000 with 66 000 left to charities.
In Washington Senator Aldrich won Senate committee support to bar the administration railroad bill from expanding the court of commerce beyond existing circuit court powers. A floor victory is needed to prevent protracted litigation that would undercut the Hepburn bill’s aims and bolster railroad challenges to administrative acts.
A National Association bulletin finds fewer than six percent of public school children receive tuberculosis prevention instruction. Only nine cities use dedicated texts or lectures, while Michigan Massachusetts North Carolina and Porto Rico have laws requiring such instruction.
A nine year past cure claim from Mrs Alfie Elson of Battle Creek Michigan recounts severe eczema suffering. She credits Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for relief after years of itching and sores and states no recurrence since.
A Brooklyn church expands its Sunday school by posting shop window placards that read Wanted Boys and girls to join our Sunday school. The notices promise benefits for attending classes and aim to attract young parishioners through an enterprising outreach.
James J. Corbett spoke in the smoking room of the Mauretania praising Jim Jeffries style as neat and quick. He compared it to a remark from a little girl to a minister during a long call, noting it gets there with precision.
Copy describes Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claimed to cure feverishness headaches bad stomach teething disorders regulate bowels and destroy worms. It claims a 24 hour cold break up and that they are pleasant and harmless as milk. Sample mailed free from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
About 60 320 acres in Wyoming were designated for disposition under the enlarged homestead act granting 320 acres to each qualifying individual.
Deputy Sheriff W. H. Lucy died after attempting to arrest a Black man Friday in Memphis. The suspect was killed by two other deputies in the ensuing confrontation.
In Carbondale Pennsylvania Frank Constantine died shortly after drawing a royal flush in a poker game on Thursday physicians citing over exertion of the heart as the cause.
Mrs Emma Clenden ning Perkins former president of the Kentucky State Federation of Women's clubs collapsed and died Wednesday in the Burnet house dining room in Cincinnati She had previously lived in Covington Kentucky.
Chicago resident since 1844 and publisher of the Norwegian daily Skandinaven since 1866, John Anderson died Thursday at his home from heart disease.
A terse exchange hints at family news as a caller asks which daughter is engaged while a resident dismisses the chatter with a sharp retort about Bessie Meggendorfer Blaetter. The fragment preserves a local tone and minor names amid overheard banter.
University of tobacco era quotation urges a substitute for quitting smoking. The speaker claims WRIGLEY'S SPEARMINT is essential to stop smoking and rejects abstinence without a substitute. The quote uses paradoxical religious language to argue self-control. It attributes the idea to Fenelon as a paraphrase or misattribution.
An advertisement extols Allen's Lung Balsam as a long used remedy for deep seated coughs colds and bronchitis noting it is simple safe and sure. The piece includes a Browning quote and a plug for WRIGLEY'S spearmint chewing gum claiming it aids digestion and that women can impress men with a soft heart or soft head.
Reports from Warner's Hot Springs in San Diego County describe a meteor of extraordinary size and brightness seen Tuesday traveling from west to east and exploding in the mountains with a deafening report 70 miles northeast of the city.
Government officials report widespread revolutionary plot as arrests of suspects continue daily across Lisbon. The action follows recent tipoffs and indicates a major security concern for the capital and surrounding regions.
Hudson county grand jury charges a criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade against six corporations led by the National Packing Company and 21 directors. Chicago Kansas City and St Louis men named face arrest. cases hinge on Sherman act violations with potential fines up to 5000 each per entity. Indictments also target storage of impure food in Jersey City plants as part of ongoing probe.
Managua dispatch reports a decisive government victory at Tepitapa with Gen Chamorro's army apparently annihilated. Estimated casualties near 1500 dead or wounded, 400 government dead or wounded, and thousands treated in emergency hospitals as families mourn. Chamorro remains uncaptured, feared to regroup.
The senate on Thursday agreed to March 3 as the day to vote on the postal savings bank bill. The decision sets a deadline for action in the bill’s consideration and potential passage.
O M Foster master mechanic of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad announced Friday that ground will be broken immediately for locomotive and car shops in Elkhart Ind with a project total cost of 3 000 000 dollars.
Stockholm reports King Gustave took a city drive Friday marking his first time outdoors since undergoing an appendicitis operation. The event signals gradual recovery and public appearance after medical procedures.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Ballinger ordered automobiles barred from Yellowstone Park to prevent frightening horses on dangerous roads. The ban affects travel in the park and related routes in Wyoming cities.
Piles cured in 6 to 14 days might be claimed with PAZO OINTMENT. It promises to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. The ad ends with an unrelated remark about thermometers and large fish.
The British ship Claver ton capsized and sank Thursday while being towed from Antwerp to Newcastle on Tyne in ballast. All hands were lost.
A traveling advocate L T Cooper markets a New Discovery medicine claiming to rejuvenate the stomach in 90 days and cure most diseases by curing stomach disorders. Testimonials from Mrs H B Mack of Chicago and Mr Edwin F Morse of Dorchester praise relief from chronic indigestion and stomach pain. The medicine is sold by all druggists with forwarding options if unavailable.
In Crimson Gulch a discussion confirms jurors must be impartial despite Bills undertaker business. Three Fingered Sam says Bill is a good man, but his status as county’s sole undertaker could prejudice the trial of the horse thief.
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