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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
The Express surveys a string of witty items on politics fashion and society from Birmingham to Texas. Observations range from noiseless guns and orange wars to anti-swear stovepipes and Turkish tobacco inducements.
A discussion notes an annual farm labor shortage at harvest time and suggests an uplift as a remedy. The piece mentions rising demand for Jules Verne books in China and urges careful translation of fiction to celestial readers. It also cites Charles Lamb on lies as intellectual evasion and critiques politicians for ignoring intellectual aspects.
A speaker asserted the country boy is the hope of the American nation. The lad himself shares this view and claims a sense of superiority over city bred people.
The draft measure proposes studying and practicing eugenics to raise the quality of Bay State residents. Critics condemn the move as a troubling confession about public aims and social engineering.
England advertisement touts correspondence schools to secure for its subscribers more friends and friendships. With telephone support and telegraphic photography it is expected to succeed.
American warships visited 25 ports across the globe with officers from Britain Italy France Greece Turkey Franco Algerian Nicaragua Chile and Venezuela greeting naval commanders. Other American ships operated in Chinese waters and the West Indies as the sun allegedly never set on the American flag.
A New York man learned he had inherited ten million dollars and then collapsed dead. The unexpected fortune left his family to cope with the shock and future claims.
NSW output across all industries reached 50 million dollars in 1907, up 20 million from 1904. The state covers 18 million acres of arable land and carries a public debt of 84 million with 85 percent invested in revenue producing public works.
A British army lieutenant told Dover Boy Scouts in London that a regiment of 1,000 could consume about 80,000 cigarette packets monthly, suggesting high smoking rates may affect soldier effectiveness and tying to claims in the play The Englishman's Home.
Nicaragua and Salvador gunboats clashed with the Momotombo leading a Nicaraguan squadron against the Salvadoran Presidente. The Presidente scored a lucky hit and disabled the Momotombo, which then withdrew for repairs as a second engagement was reported but not confirmed. The United States and Mexico coordinate drastic measures to compel adherence to peace treaties in Central America. Naval moves include armored cruiser on the Nicaragua coast and cruisers patrolling Atlantic approaches as Managua sees the US envoy recalled.
Washington officials released a detailed accounting of the 65 000 appropriation used for McKinley’s illness and burial. Itemized payments include physicians such as M D Mann H Mynter C McDurney Roswell Park and more. undertakers telegraph and postal firms are listed with precise amounts. The total cost above 42 517 reflects seven years of careful accounting of the nation’s expense.
Lincoln court granted Tuesday a divorce to Ned-Ruth Bryan Leavitt from W H Leavitt. Judge Cornish presided as Mrs Leavitt and her mother testified Leavitt failed to support his wife. Custody of the two children awarded to Mrs Leavitt.
William F. Maines, president of the Rhode Island Retail Liquor Dealers association, declares in a circular that John D. Rockefeller is financing the anti saloon movement. The circular is addressed to all retail liquor dealers in New England.
Judge A B Anderson orders not guilty verdict in the rebating indictments against Standard Oil. Government to appeal to circuit court. most indictments void or abandoned. Case began August 27, 1906 with ten charges over railroad concessions and storage practices.
Three masked gunmen entered the study of Rev. Erasmus Ansion at St. Stanislaus and killed him with three shots. The housekeeper Mrs. Sewrzytska was wounded as the trio fled, and police detained four suspects including former trustees ousted by the priest.
Philadelphia—The joint sub committees of the anthracite miners and operators ended their meeting with no agreement on a new contract to start after the current term. Executive boards call a convention of miners from the three districts for action then a further conference with operators before March 31.
A powerful tornado struck Brinkley Arkansas Monday night killing thirty or more people and injuring around sixty. Property damage is estimated at one million dollars. Among the dead fourteen are white. the rest and many injured are reported as Negro.
A Detroit report says a new vessel corporation has been formed to buy50 large lumber carriers on the Great Lakes. The firm contracted for the fleet as part of a major shipping expansion.
Paris reports former Venezuelan president Cipriano Castro has booked staterooms for himself and his party on the steamer Guadeloupe. The vessel will sail from Bordeaux on March 26 bound for Venezuela.
In Normantown Gilmore County two Miller children aged two years and one month were burned to death while their parents were away from home Friday. The tragedy occurred in Parkersburg W Va area.
Washington Democrats in the house plan to oppose the proposed duty on coffee and the new tariff bill returning the stamp tax on checks, bonds, and stocks.
Mrs Lew Crist of Chicago visiting the Riley family here shot and killed her 14 year old son and then killed herself. The bodies were discovered in the Riley home on Thursday.
In Seattle I S Hicks and W W Jarrett youthful sailors stationed at the Puget Sound Navy Yard Bremer ton were found dead in a hotel room from gas asphyxiation. The incident remains under investigation by naval authorities.
Col. Sir Arthur Davidson equerry to King Edward issued a strong denial Wednesday evening of a United States report claiming the British monarch was gravely ill. The official statement branded the report untrue and asserted the king remains in normal health.
Washington court of appeals narrows decree against the American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers permitting mentions of Buck Stove and Range Company in union lists but bars actions aimed at coercing dealers. Chief Justice Shepard dissents on press restraint. Ruling leaves contempt appeal pending.
Iowa Governor Carroll pledged militia to protect the daytime arraignment of John Junken in Ottumwa for the murder of Clara Rosen. He said the law must run its course, and he would not permit a mob to impede the trial.
Joe Gans former world lightweight champion easily defeated Jabez White English lightweight champion in a ten round bout at the National Athletic Club Friday night. The exhibition was tame with a large crowd disappointed by slow, force lacking exchanges and Gans not at his best.
Missouri traffic executives from 18 railroads conferred after a ruling that revived the old three-cent a mile passenger rate. They adjourned to meet in Chicago next Monday to discuss a general raise across Missouri and neighboring states with sentiment in favor of restoring the three-cent rate.
James Christiansen former state treasurer retired January 1 is arrested on the charge of a seventy thousand dollar deficit. He confessed responsibility and is jailed in Salt Lake City. The shortage arose from mining ventures in Nevada and was discovered by the state board of examiners. Bondsmen and friends deposited the amount to the state credit.
Police in Dayton discover an unidentified white woman, about 30, in the canal below Apple street bridge. She wore black clothes, Romeo slippers and new rubber shoes. Decomposition hinders identification as city faces a wave of unsolved killings after six girl deaths.
President Taft joined the Optimist Club of America as a full member at the White House, invited by founder William J. Robinson. Andrew Carnegie, visiting the White House, expressed well wishes for Taft’s upcoming administration, calling it optimistic and memorable.
Dr. Charles M. McCracken of Cameron, West Virginia, convicted of second degree murder for the shooting death of his two year old child on Christmas Eve was sentenced Wednesday to ten years in the penitentiary.
The Interstate Commerce Commission rules Milwaukee merchants receive grain through rates as favorable as Chicago. The Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce challenged Rock Island and others in the case, and the decision grants similar rates to Milwaukee.
James H. Marsh aged 23 and Miss Marion H. Hetherington aged 19, both of Indianapolis, Indiana, were married Thursday by Mayor McClellan in New York City.
In Mount Sterling Illinois A Rentz and his 14 year old son along with nephew Charles Ross about 18 were drowned when their boat capsized in the Illinois river. Searchers drag the river for the bodies.
The home of Norman E. Mack, chairman of the Democratic national committee, burned Wednesday night in Buffalo New York. Mack and his family were away in Atlantic City and the cause is not known.
About 200 attendees at the Masonic lodge centennial banquet in Vincennes Indiana fell ill after eating meat served at the event. At least four may die with dozens hospitalized and physicians battling through the night at multiple sites.
More than 5000 union members marched through Boston protesting Judge Wright's imprisonment sentences for Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison. A Faneuil Hall meeting denounced the decision as biased and hostile to labor with critics calling Wright unfit to preside.
Messages from police chiefs of large cities pledge a nationwide war on the black hand to avenge Lieut. Joseph Petrosini who was murdered in Palermo Sicily last Friday. Detectives will seek information to punish the assassins of the New York officer, a famed black hand expert whose arrests angered band members.
Great crowds of Londoners and visitors attended the formal opening of an American style department store by Harry Selfridge. The fireproof Portland stone building covers an acre with five floors above ground and three below. The tea garden is a highlight.
Governor Willson and Mrs. Willson along with guests Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Lyman of New York were in a carriage when the horses bolted on Sunday. All but Mrs. Lyman were injured, with several others hurt in the incident in Frankfort, Kentucky.
James J. Hill secured control of the Crow's Nest Pass Coal and Railway Company at its annual meeting held Saturday in Toronto Ontario. The move consolidates Hill's influence over the Canadian road and its operations.
Mrs Lizzi of Holland Kentucky reports relief from headaches nervous prostration and other symptoms during the Change of Life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the remedy as a trusted treatment for female troubles offering free confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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