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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
1
A collage of trivia notes from a Canadian milk fire to a Boston whiskers claim and a Delaware hotel with four rats, plus a Reno divorce trial that lasted nine minutes. Also jokes about saving money being tightwad and spending being spendthrift.
An eastern paper notes that the leap year proved fruitful with some successes but also some drawbacks, comparing gains to occasional lemons. It suggests a balanced outcome from the extra day and opportunities it brought.
A note recalls blotting paper first found in 1465 and describes centuries of effort to locate it when needed, highlighting the historical struggle to obtain this scientific aid.
A centenarian from New Jersey proclaims he can shave himself without a scratch thanks to decades of practice. The lighthearted tale highlights his skilled routine and resilient humor.
A Chicago professor remarks that there are more insane persons in the country than college students, suggesting some professors may share this view.
A quirky note says the Prince of Wales is learning the bagpipe to develop his lungs and may perform barefoot. A Seattle judge rules spouses cannot serve on the same jury, a decision that leaves eleven jurors.
American phonographs enjoy wide popularity worldwide among owners, though not among their neighbors. The remark notes strong consumer appeal transcending borders while implying limited social appeal at the local level.
A scholar notes that long sleep is linked to crime risk while criminals exploit victims who are asleep, illustrating tensions between sleep habits and criminal opportunity. The remark frames crime as a matter of timing and vulnerability.
Report of a notable duel in Hungary where the combatants harmed each other before the conflict reached what was deemed an acceptable resolution. Local witnesses described a swift, unfinished affair with no further retaliation planned.
A Philadelphia lawyer argues that a Jobster is not a good sport though most Jobsters are known as eager spenders.
Preparations are being made to lecture rich mothers on the care of children. The lectures will be delivered by unmarried women, continuing a familiar practice.
Western officials plan to list every dog in the city directory to boost population metrics and civic records. The initiative echoes broader moves to track urban residents and companion animals.
A Moscow woman challenged her husband to a duel and killed him claiming jealousy spurred the act. The case presents an extreme, though uncommon, test of fidelity in a domestic dispute.
A report notes finger bowls in upscale dining venues contain germs, suggesting an exclusive yet unsanitary amenity. The finding highlights hygiene concerns in fine dining and calls for better sanitation practices across high end establishments.
A New York man arrested for theft claims a prenatal birthmark caused by a mouse as a defense. The remark echoes the old saying about mischief when authorities are absent.
A New York woman facing marital strife claims the ghost of her husband’s first wife is behind all troubles. She quips that he should simply “give up the ghost” to end the haunting and the dispute.
A narrator dismisses the so called cold light as ineffective next to the cold glare of a wife's eyes when returning home at three in the morning after a long night at the office.
A London dispatch portrays an English writer as having worked in New York in multiple roles from a newspaper man to a waiter, embodying nearly any job in the city’s lower strata.
A London hotel earned wide renown for a bold promotional campaign that showcased its wit and flair. The strategy drew headlines and attracted guests, boosting its profile in the hospitality scene.
A Boston bandit, questioned about a reported port robbery, firmly denies involvement. He asserts he never robbed the port and challenges the accuracy of the accusation, maintaining his innocence.
A mathematics tutor at an eastern college has petitioned bankruptcy listing liabilities of 421,600 dollars. The report questions whether he was suited to lead the department.
A Milwaukee man requests official aid to prevent people from kissing his baby. He contemplates allowing the child to smear its face with molasses candy as a potential deterrent.
The Chinese government reportedly recommends Western style hats for men while withholding similar guidance for women. Observers suggest women’s headwear may not align with the leaders idea of civilized progress.
Citizens in Manly decide to hold an election on bonds to fund a water and sewerage system as the town grows. Division officers and crews arrived to move multiple railroad divisions to the site, with housing shortages noted and several new brick blocks planned for next year.
An order from the Iowa state board of parole in Des Moines seeks the complete transcript of evidence from the Guy Baker murder trial. The move signals a bid to win liberty for Baker, jailed for fifteen years at Fort Madison for the death of Oliver P. Driver at Lone Tree.
Avoca deputy game warden Fred W. Habicht faces a civil suit for 5000 damages filed in Council Bluffs after arresting T. R. Hesley of Minden on a railroad track. Hesley was acquitted since the alleged gun presence did not occur in the field.
Marshalltown Poultry Association announces December 13 to 19 as the fourth annual exhibition dates. At the association’s annual meeting John E Moehrl was elected president L J Troester vice president J C Still secretary and I E B Hubler treasurer.
Creston reports that proposals for the purchase of $50,000 Union County refunding bonds will be issued soon. Bids are due by April 7. Bonds will be issued in denominations of $1,000 each with five bonds paid each year beginning in 1923.
Cedar Falls report on the Dike Savings Bank opening this week in Dike Iowa with capitalization of 20000 dollars. Carson Plehm serves as president and George Jepson, formerly in Ruskin banking, is cashier.
The county recorder's office on March 1 set records with mortgages filed totaling 278 444 84 dollars and deeds valued at 574 123 25 dollars, marking the busiest day in the county's history.
John C. Creslin president of the Marshalltown Trades and Labor assembly gains backing from labor leaders and local business men in his bid for one of two state factory inspector positions in Marshalltown.
Four fires struck Mason City within 24 hours. Fireman Wolghast was overcome by smoke during an attic entry and was rescued just in time. The incidents highlight a dangerous blaze sequence and rapid response by local crews.
Rumor says the Tabor and Northern railroad may extend its line to connect with the West Wisconsin road and a small depot could be built at the Malvern terminal.
The fall semester start at Iowa state college will move from September 1 to September 15 this year per recommendations from the college deans to the board of education.
Eighteen Sioux Indians including their chief traveled in a special car through Ames on the Pine Ridge reservation itinerary bound for Berlin Germany to join a wild west show.
Engineer Wesley Hunt 61 dies instantly in a head on crash near Goose Lake involving a Chicago and Northwestern freight and a passenger train. Fireman Schonnfeldt is seriously injured and six passengers suffer injuries, none serious.
The Holst hog sale at Denison featured Chester White hogs with 41 head sold at an average of 56.75 dollars. The top price reached 91.50 dollars and the lowest was 37.60 dollars.
Steamboat Rock freight train No. 94 rear ended an extra freight train loading cattle near the Minneapolis station on Tuesday afternoon. Two men died A M Donaldson and Pearl Center. Injured Inger Britson and Edward Brown both legs broken. Twelve cattle killed. Caboose demolished with mangled bodies.
Des Moines report says Secretary W B Barney will have inspectors visit county seats to collect seed corn samples for testing. Poor quality seed will be reported to the farmers, following last year’s program that valued state aid at five million dollars.
Hopkinton honored its senior residents at a banquet hosted by A. B. Wheeles. The gathering included Richard Cook and Peter Guthrie both 90, William Dan ford 87, David Gearhart 85, A. B. Wheeless 87, Mrs. Gearhart 80, H. Moulton 83, and R. Millis 81.
Humboldt county grand jury in session leads to $1,800 in fines paid by drug store proprietors. Fred Maher of Gilmore City fined $400 and H O Paulsen of Thor $300. L L Maher Gilmore City W G Butler Bradgate and O E Nerby Thor fined $400 3500 and 200 respectively.
Mason City teen George Kibbee 18 son of Mr and Mrs Amos Kibbee Forest City invents an electric magnetic brake for street cars patent approved experts call it best on the market. He promises a fortune and is testing an improvement for wireless telegraphy.
The Minnesingers, a 30 member male chorus at State Teachers College, map a spring trip through the north central states visiting Illinois Missouri Minnesota Nebraska and Iowa cities for a concert tour.
Judge Arthur announced on March 21 that the Atlantic North and South railroad will be resold after rejecting Leslie M. Shaw's bid for Blakedell company, offering $370,000. The court held the $2,000 forfeiture inadequate.
Ames Miss Marie Adsit resigns as instructor in sanitation in the domestic science department, citing illness. She is bedfast and will be taken to her home near Albany, New York when her condition allows.
Seventy Magnolia residents organized a bucket brigade at the D. C. Forde farm house blaze. They prevented the fire from reaching the barns and kept the loss to about $3,000.
Ari Blanchard was killed while felling trees five miles west of Hopkinton when a stick of wood fell twenty five feet and crushed his skull. The accident occurred during routine logging work. Blanchard was identified by local authorities and the incident is under investigation for safety factors.
Charles City reports the Baptists have called Rev. Claypole of New Jersey, he has accepted, and he expects to be here March 9 to begin his pastorate.
Davenport Jay Ryan a 40 year old man was struck and killed by a crane at the Bettendorf steel works near here. His home address is unknown.
Laborers at nine brick and tile plants organize for higher pay. Workers get $1.75 per day for ten hours in all plants except one. That plant pays $1.80 for nine hours.
Cedar Falls residents Mr and Mrs Henry Hammer celebrated sixty years of marriage on March 1 renewing a long shared life in Cedar Falls. The couple has lived in the city for fifty nine of the sixty years.
The Northeastern Iowa Retail Lumbermen's association elects EH. R. Stone of Delhi as president Davis Armstrong of Dyersville as vice president and J. L. Frudden of Dubuque as treasurer.
Harry Ellsberry, his wife, three children, and his mother in law were burned when a five gallon kerosene can exploded while he used it to start a kitchen fire at Ogden.
Attorney General Looney files suit in Eighth district court to dissolve the Standard Oil trust and its Texas branches. Plea seeks 28 025 000 in penalties plus foreclosure to secure payments, claiming violation of anti trust laws. Defendants include Standard Oil of New Jersey New York Magnolia Petroleum Corsicana Petroleum and numerous named individuals.
In Mexico City Gen Felix Diaz met a conspirators meeting about his possible assassination and won their loyalty. Major Cardenas who escorted Madero and Pino Suarez was promoted to the regular army. Government envoys report renewed efforts to reach Zapata amid rebel splits in the south with new commissions sent.
Buffalo March 6 A United States court fined the New York Central railroad 30000 for failing to observe published demurrage rates at East Buffalo. The fine was paid. A stipulation discontinued 98 actions against Lake Shore Michigan Southern and New York Chicago and St Louis regarding cattle shipments. The railroads paid 26000.
Washington March 4 Judge Martin A. Knapp of the commerce court named William L. Chambers of Washington D C as the third arbitrator in the dispute between the eastern railroads and their five men Hearings are scheduled to begin March 16 in New York City Chambers previously served on the Spanish treaty claims commission.
George F. England an aviator plummeted 5000 feet when his monoplane mechanism failed at Salisbury Plains England on Wednesday He was instantly killed according to local reports from March 7.
London reports Sir William Manning governor of Jamaica obtained a decree of divorce from his wife on Monday. The main charge cited was misconduct.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt urged appointment of policewomen to combat vice in New York. She sent the request in a letter to the legislative committee for remedial police legislation on Friday.
The body of Ernst A. Kehr a former assistant district attorney for Milwaukee County was found on the Northwestern Railway near Carrolville Sunday afternoon.
The United States filed civil anti trust actions in Trenton and New York seeking dissolution of the Coates foreign British thread interests alleged to dominate U S trade and suppress competition in thread markets and in coal tar pitch and roofing felt. The suits, under the Sherman act, name J and P Coates Ltd of Great Britain and 14 American thread companies, with the government asserting excessive profits and restraints on interstate and foreign trade. Defendants deny restraint yet may accept decree to avoid litigation.
London March 4 Miss Ethel Sargent has been elected president of the botanical section of the British association becoming the first woman to hold the post. Her study focuses on seedling anatomy of monocotyledons, comparable to animal embryology.
H W Chaffe Y M C A secretary at Fort Leavenworth leaves for Galveston Texas to oversee the association work in the mobilization camp. He will conduct religious services on Sunday at the camp.
Washington March 4 Senator Francis BE Warren of Wyoming applied for a Civil War veteran's pension of 15 dollars a month on Saturday.
A new German navy dreadnought was launched in Wilhelmshafen on Sunday in the presence of Emperor William. It will be the first warship to carry a battery of 14 inch guns.
London reports that all Balkan allies have, in principle, accepted mediation by European powers to settle peace terms with Turkey. The announcement came on Wednesday, March 7.
Frank Zybarth aged sixty four was burned to death when his store burned Wednesday in Stillwater Minnesota. He had been crippled from burns suffered in a prior fire.
Rammed by the German cruiser Yorck the torpedo boat 8 178 sank in the North Sea with 66 crew lost. The commander Lieutenant Koch and his first officer died. The surgeon and engineer and fifteen sailors survived from the wreck. The boat, one of the newest destroyers, displaced 636 tons and carried eighty four officers and men.
Bryce Visita Connaught arrives in Ottawa on March 6 for his last official visit. He will discuss outstanding Canada Britain matters with Canadian and British representatives.
A major blaze at Swavely in Huntingdonshire on March 4 destroyed numerous buildings and left hundreds homeless. The fire caused heavy damage and disrupted the local community.
Tom Wind, a Cherokee Indian, who escaped from the state penitentiary three months ago, voluntarily returned to the prison Tuesday. He had served all but four months of his term.
Two American mining engineers Guy N. Bjorge and William Leslie Taylor from Duluth Minnesota were captured by Motilones Indians near Lake Maracaibo on Monday.
Leroy B. Valliant former chief justice of the Missouri supreme court died in Greenville Mississippi on Tuesday at age eighty four. He was elected to the state supreme court in 1898.
Five hundred Maderists marched out of Cananea Sonora on Tuesday and headed to join volunteer mutineers in the Ajo mountains leaving the town in federal hands as the mutiny progresses.
Washington March 7 President Wilson notified office seekers he would not meet them before ten. Within the hour he accepted cabinet resignations and named new members to the interstate commerce commission. Democrats seize Senate and House control with Kern leadership and Palmer caucus chair. Bryan leads Washington’s arrival as secretary of state amid a flurry of appointments.
Washington March 4 The president commuted to fine and costs the sentence of Charles R Heike former secretary and treasurer of the American Sugar Refining company Raleigh March 5 Capt Randolph Smith designer of the Confederate flag died suddenly at his home in his eightieth year Captain Smith had not been ill previously Des Moines March 4 burglars blew open the Orpheum theater safe stole 2000 nitroglycerin wrecked box office Albany March 4 Dr Sun Yat Sen plans to visit Albany letter to Governor Sulzer announced New York March 5 marble worker John Brunnen fell from the seventeenth floor to the elevator shaft in the Municipal building Indianapolis March 6 four Indiana cities held local option elections dry forces won in all cases in Wabash drys won by 13 in margin
London and Berlin completed the first telepone conversation on Tuesday. The link spanned 700 miles, with 60 miles of submarine cable between the two capitals.
Fourteen year old Harl Thatcher hanged himself with a roller towel in his North Bend Washington residence late Tuesday afternoon. Authorities report the death is a self inflicted tragedy in the county.
Twenty people were injured when the Wabash express to Buffalo wrecked at Cayuga Ontario after noon Monday. Spreading rails caused the rail mishap as the train passed through the area.
President Taft announced the removal for malfeasance in office of Thaddeus Sharretts and Roy H. Chamberlain of the board of customs appraisers on Monday afternoon in Washington.
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