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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
1
The column lampoons rapid wireless progress with jokes about El Jagarto and elated alligators, notes 5,498 electric plants in the Americas, and savors linguistic reforms while a Rip Van Winkle would struggle with modern speech. A rescued passenger clutches violets, and Berlin cafes collect cigar end stumps to fund aid for 1,728 children.
Regents require all faculty contracts to expire upon reaching sixty five. Next June several professors will retire unless they resign earlier following President Northrop's example.
Lord Northcliffe, impressed by gray squirrels in American parks, plans to liberate several pair in England. The move risks creating a new nuisance in a land where predators are scarce, potentially equaling the English sparrow or the rabbit as pests. Transplanting animals remains risky.
Government experiments may reduce mine explosions if human care and foresight cooperate with science. The Boston Herald notes human nature tends to take chances rather than trouble, the toughest obstacle for preventive science to overcome.
Lawyers and physicians in New York push for legislation to curb or abolish expert testimony at trials. They argue that expert evidence currently delays justice and benefits neither side, as both sides can produce conflicting experts, creating a legal nuisance in the administration of justice.
An artist who left Philadelphia forty years ago to seek fame has come back from Paris at age sixty to wed his youth's sweetheart who waited for him. He believed success was needed before marriage, implying he preferred the artist for her. The author remarks on Philadelphians' slowness.
A Shoreditch inquest returns a verdict of death by starvation for a 64 year old woman match seller named Up ton. Her husband testified they earned only one dollar and thirty cents weekly, leaving the family with 30 cents per week to live on.
In four years ending July 1907 Hygienische Zeitschrift reports 13 dispensing assistants in German drug stores died by suicide and seven more attempted suicide. The piece highlights the danger of extended shifts for shop staff.
President elect Taft unveils his cabinet with Knox as Secretary of State and MacVeagh as Treasury. Dickinson becomes War Secretary, Wick ersham Attorney General, Hitchcock Postmaster General, Meyer Navy, Ballinger Interior, Wilson Agriculture, Nagel Commerce and Labor. The selections favor Ohio and the Midwest with broad regional balance.
Rev W A Sunday known as Billy Sunday, a former baseball player turned evangelist, was horsewhipped at the Sun day tabernacle in front of 8 000 worshippers. The assailant Sherman Potts charged with a whip and attacked Sunday as the evangelist defended himself, causing a near panic. Potts, claiming insanity in the Jacksonville asylum past, said he acted to defend women's virtue. Police call him a religious fanatic.
The House approved reporting a provision restricting treasury secret service detectives and sparking a heated exchange. President Roosevelt was criticized by Republicans including Mr. Cook and Mr. Smith as Bennet of New York defended the service.
Asel Helgelein filed a $293.20 claim in Laporte circuit court for funds Belle Gunness obtained from Andrew Helgelein before her murder. Reported as the first of several actions to recover blood money linked to Gunness victims.
Ten people were killed and 17 injured when a gangway slipped between the wharf and the steamer Kaiserin Auguste Victoria as it was loaded for its New York voyage. No passengers were among the victims.
Des Moines reports Chief Gallagher of Ottumwa guards John Gunken a jailed suspect in the Clara Rosen assault and murder case. Local fear of lynching grows as an Ottumwa crime stirs statewide outrage amid reports of attacks on white women by Black perpetrators.
Phillippe Jean Bunau Varilla, ex French canal official, warned the Commercial Club that the Gatun dam could burst, causing destruction of the Panama Canal. He argued the lock system is flawed and poses a grave danger to the waterway.
The transports Meade and McClellan carrying the Fifth Infantry and Eleventh Cavalry left Havana on Thursday bound for Newport News.
Vienna says Austrian troops could occupy Belgrade within five hours of war declaration. Four Danube bridges are ready to use and Servia’s plan to dynamite bridges is dismissed. Warships gather at Monhaca and Berlin. Britain to join if Russia backs joint action at Belgrade.
Miss Jennie Crocker of San Francisco reported her $60,000 pearl necklace stolen during the Mardi Gras ball at the St Francis Hotel hosted by Mrs. Charles O Alexander. Crocker, among 402 guests, wore the jewels at dinner and again at the ball costume event.
Wisconsin lawmakers consider a prohibition measure that would compel intoxicated individuals who are marked as public offenders to wear a red button on their coat lapel. Senator Lehr introduced the bill on Wednesday.
Rear Admiral Sperry met with Secretary Newberry after a cabinet meeting Friday and the secretary stated there is no plan to relieve Sperry from command of the Atlantic fleet.
Washington report says a five member committee was appointed to decide if remarks by Mr. Cook of Colorado attacking the president should be expunged from the congressional record.
A telegram from Cannes reports Grand Duke Michael Nicholaievitch seriously ill in St. Petersburg. He is grand uncle of Emperor Nicholas and honorary president of the Council of the Empire. Fears are entertained for his recovery.
Prominent cigarette dealers across the country announce conferences have led to an agreement to raise cigarette prices nationwide. The move signals higher costs for consumers as manufacturers set new price levels.
Russian diplomats fear Austrian move against Serbia within days and expect volunteers to join Serbian ranks. Kiev reports no frontline mobilization yet but officers granted leave are blocked. Paris notes Austria Hungary and Russia tough posture while Britain hopes for a peaceful end with Russian consent. London says France pursues no new steps without cross‑channel approval.
Mrs William K Van derbilt Sr dedicates more than 1 000 000 to build four model tenements for tuberculosis sufferers in New York. The Shively sanitary tenements will be operated with Dr Henry L Shively's tuberculosis clinic at Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
Five Indiana counties Grant Howard Daviess Adams and Newton voted dry in Tuesday local option elections. The move may have affected Kokomo and Marion where veterans reportedly supported the outcome. In total 143 saloons were forced out of business.
Madison Wisconsin Senator Stephenson appeals Lieut. Gov. Strange ruling that no election occurred on the separate ballot by assembly and senate dated January 26 He asks the United States Senate to decide the case asserting he won a majority in each house on that ballot The Senate elections committee will hear the matter.
Weather bureau issued flood warnings Thursday night for the Ohio River from Parkersburg to Cairo the Mississippi River from Cairo to Helena Ark and for the lower Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Projected levels include 55 feet at Cincinnati Friday and 42 feet at Evansville by Tuesday next week with Helena reaching 42 feet by midweek and Memphis about ten days out.
Cardinal Gibbons responds to charges by Lutheran and Baptist ministers questioning Catholic loyalty. He cites fifteen million Catholics in the United States living in harmony with American duties, affirming love of religion and country. He describes the church as the spiritual society established by Jesus Christ guiding truth, law, and moral lives.
Arkansas and federal officials announce the arrest of J C Maybry and three associates leading a nationwide mail fraud ring. The group allegedly operated across the country, defrauding nearly 100 victims of about 500000 and listing over 300 agents in all states and several Canadian provinces.
A cyclone swept Lonoke Prairie Woodruff and Poinsett counties in southeastern Arkansas on Tuesday killing 13 people and injuring many others. Fisher was nearly ruined with property damage in the thousands. wire communications were disrupted leaving scant reports of survivors among the wreckage.
Springfield report on a proposed state bill introduced by Representative Groves to amend marriage laws. It would declare habitual drunkards incapable of contracting marriage and define an habitual drunkard as someone who becomes intoxicated twice in a year. The measure, seen as likely to pass, targets young men who frequent saloons.
Bloomington Indiana reports the marriage of John F. Myers a wealthy retired farmer and poet aged 74 to Minnie L. Barrett aged 27 at Windsor Missouri. The couple's romance began after Barrett read Myers poetry and the two began corresponding culminating in a Friday wedding.
Carroll and Gibson counties in Indiana joined the dry ranks after Friday elections. Officials reported votes favoring prohibition, marking another step in the statewide alcohol ban trend.
Cloudburst rains push the Ohio River above flood stage at Cincinnati and threaten nearby towns. Flood conditions extend along tributaries as authorities monitor rising waters and potential emergency needs.
A three story brick building in the business district of Jacksonville was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, causing an estimated loss of 300000. The blaze gutted the structure, with officials estimating extensive damage to nearby shops and inventory.
John Junken, jailed in Albia, is moved to Des Moines for safety as Ottumwa crimes draw fear and a mob. He admits premeditation and seeks attorney Joe Brown. Albert Evans from Missouri corroborates the confession in a letter. Junken faces immediate trial with grand jury proceedings set in Ottumwa.
White House confirms Miss Ethel Roosevelt is not engaged to William Phillips. Secretary Loeb and Mrs Phillips jointly deny the Boston rumor as entirely baseless and without foundation.
W Vernon Booth president of the failed A Booth & Co. fish firm and Lake Forest fox hunter was indicted by the Cook County grand jury on conspiring with Frederick R Robbins former assistant treasurer to defraud the Continental National Bank of 300000. He posted bond Monday with a possible sentence of one to five years or a $2000 fine or both if convicted.
The Amergman Association of Baseball Clubs posts a 168 game schedule for 1909. Opening day is April 14 and the season ends September 27. Western clubs begin play in the west with St. Paul at Milwaukee, Columbus at Louisville, Toledo at Indianapolis, and Minneapolis at Kansas City.
Mrs. Elizabeth Lowery of St. Louis died after a ninth suicide attempt on Sunday. She had rejected life through poison, razor, and hanging over three years, including six poisonings, one razor injury, and two hangings.
In Vandalia Alabama Mrs. Sikes Jarrett 60 died hours after her hair caught fire while tending a ill son. The incident occurred near a lamp and responders reported a fatal burn injury.
The Department of Agriculture reports Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta wheat output about 107 million bushels worth some 85 million dollars with oats barley and flax adding 35 million. A settler letter from near Edmonton praises Alberta for 160 acre farms, healthful climate, schools, growing railways, and new branch lines improving access for homesteaders.
A husband and wife ran a freak show in a provincial town until a quarrel split their exhibits. The wife continued solo at the old address while the husband toured. Years later they reconciled and remarried as partners, prompting a local paper notice: the stock of freaks has been permanently increased.
Billionaire Dustin Stax states forgiveness as a motto but rejects forgiving business rivals. He argues the public should forgive while his firms will forget past disputes, signaling a tense stance on competition and reputation.
A sharp economic observation suggests half the world remains unaware of how the other half lives and heiresses the lesson that debt and nonpayment reveal social distance. It also warns that young men who delay action miss opportunities, including courting women, and must act rather than wait for favors.
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