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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
3
A humorous column notes on inventions and society. Observations include talk of horseless carriages and early spring hopes, price trends, royal travels, and the electric chair’s foreign born record. Items touch on comets, socks, diamonds, Danish eggs, and a land water vehicle for Atlantic City.
A Cincinnati man who once laughed so hard at a joke he sprained his jaw now expresses pessimistic views on the gospel of cheerfulness. He suggests that wives in second marriages may be happier because husbands feel pressured to imitate their predecessors’ glowing depictions.
In a satire of price protests the text jokes about a meat trust applying for an injunction to stop people from eating meat. It contrasts a tangle of spies and authorities in a layered, ironic conspiracy.
A technical journal’s current issue describes an iron cyclone cellar designed for use in Kansas and other windy areas. It includes seats shelves and other conveniences to provide home comforts for families caught in major storms, illustrating invention meeting age needs.
City residents may travel to the countryside to view the comet while the trolley line is removed and Edison storage batteries replace the overhead poles and wires. This marks a civic upgrade and the end of the once marvel streetcar system as outdated.
A quip notes that if women are happier after a second marriage it is a pity they cannot wager on the second husband. The remark reflects social humor on marriage and happiness.
Washington reports a bitter deadlock in the House over Cannon rules. Twenty nine insurgent Republicans and Democrats allied against Speaker Cannon and the regular Republicans, testing adjournment motions and pushing for a representative committee to reshape the rules. The clash marks a major power struggle with high stakes for party leadership.
A strike risk looms as the subscale committee must report to the scale committee today and then to the United Mine Workers special convention. Operators and miners both feel tense as talks stall on whether 300000 miners nationwide will strike.
A fire in a 400 ton coal pile in the Hamburg railroad yards has burned for three months and remains active on Wednesday as contractors prepare to rebuild the plant once the fuel is exhausted.
Grand Forks North Dakota reports village and township races held Tuesday produced an overwhelming majority of Republican officers across the state. Republicans swept offices in many communities, reflecting a strong party showing in North Dakota elections.
The public prosecutor indicts M. Duez former liquidator of church properties for forgery and breach of confidence, carrying criminal penalties. Additional arrests are anticipated.
Frankfort Kentucky reports the general assembly has adopted and sent to Governor Willson a bill changing the method of execution to the electric chair.
Kellogg argues three and a half hours before the Supreme Court that Standard Oil was a monopoly and a trust in restraint of trade calling for dismemberment. Milburn counters that the firm competed fiercely but used ruthless means. He warns that without law, Standard Oil could soon control industry and the nation.
W S Carter president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen announced the rail union would accept mediators from Erdman act federal mediation. The strike action on 27 000 workers would be avoided by arbitration led by Knapp Neill. Railroads seek mediation on money. refuse arbitration on two working rules. New York prices rise at Columbia College commons restaurant by about 20 percent.
In St Paul Minnesota R F Miller brake man and Peter J Leka freight conductor were killed Thursday when a passenger train struck the rear of a Burlington freight caboose near the city.
Mrs. D. T. Coons of Tulsa Oklahoma was severely injured and four others were slightly hurt when a combined train on the Missouri Kansas Texas railway derailed Wednesday near Broken Arrow Oklahoma.
Mrs. Anna Boicourt died in Moline Kansas at age 106 ending a family line believed to hold all longevity records. The Chillicothe Missouri report notes her passing and marks a rare break in the family chain.
Lemuel B. Patterson, vice president of the National Packing Company and Chicago beef magnate, surrendered in Han son county New Jersey court and pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge over food price manipulation. He posted 7500 bail and reserved right to change plea. His appearance signals other indicted Chicago executives may follow in surrender to New Jersey authorities.
State politicians openly predict Roosevelt as party leader in New York and nationally. The exit of Elihu Root to inform Taft signals a shift as Woodruff retires the chair, urging support for Gov. Hughes and rapid alignment against opposition to keep the 1912 campaign on track.
A massive blaze in Jamestown New York levels a central business district square in the worst city fire on record. Loss estimated 500000 to 800000 dollars. Police Captain Hanson John perished when a wall fell. three others seriously injured. Buildings destroyed include the Gokey factory and business blocks, Sherman House, Erie Hall block, and J F Briggs block.
Billy Sullivan veteran catcher for the Chicago White Sox is treated for blood poisoning after stepping on a rusty nail at Chutes park. Doctors fear tetanus but hope he can return to the uniform in ten days. In Utica W Frank Wilson assistant GM for New York Central fast freight lines died on the Buffalo special at Union Station.
Mrs William H Taft wife of the president is in New York on a shopping expedition and staying at the home of Henry W Taft the president's brother.
Riverside California police arrested Harold Mun a 14 year old bellboy after a counterfeit outfit was found in a cellar beneath a hotel on Monday. Mun claims to be the son of a wealthy stockman from Snyder Texas.
Richard Bullock once known as Deadwood Dick lies seriously ill at the Venice California home of Mayor Esking who once served as his messenger during the bullion run from Lead, South Dakota to Omaha20 years ago.
President Taft spoke to the Chicago Traffic club during St Patrick's Day events outlining support for fair law-based railroad regulation. He warned against overreach while insisting every interest be heard and that enforcement must punish violations. He urged justice among people shippers and railroads to keep business within the law.
The Cunarder Mauretania cut westbound trans Atlantic record by 26 minutes reaching Ambrose lightship Thursday. Former Vice President Charles Warren Fairbanks rode home after nearly a year abroad delivering a peace message. Also aboard James A Patten the Chicago speculator who was recently roughed up on the Manchester exchange.
Transit officials make weak efforts to settle the street car dispute in Philadelphia as union men warn a state wide strike if peace is not reached by Monday. In New York Jersey City petitions urge raising the Maine wreck and placing the battleship parts in a military park.
New York notes a plan to install free public baths at Coney Island this summer by order of Comptroller Prendergast. The city would take control of several acres of beach once held by private interests to provide facilities for the poor, subject to aldermen approval.
Omaha death announces the passing of Rev. John McCulloch former Peoria resident and Civil War chaplain of the Seventy seventh Infantry. He died Wednesday from brain concussion after a fall. He served as president of Knoxville College in Tennessee for 22 years.
Noted painter and black and white artist Tom Browne died Tuesday in London. Born in Nottingham in 1872, Browne gained fame for his distinctive monochrome works and contributions to British art circles.
A dense meditation on Jesus of Nazareth as the Word made flesh and as the unique manifestation of God. The piece contrasts a transcendent Christ with a merely human view, asserting worship requires perceiving Christ’s divine nature and exclusive glory.
The piece urges trusting prayer to God in every need. It likens believers to children before a mercy-seated deity and asks for filial trust to guide life’s rough paths toward the Father’s house. Rev. A. L. Stone advocates seeking availing guidance through prayer.
Brookfield Missouri woman recalls weight loss and fatigue before using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the product as a cure for female ailments during the Change of Life and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham for free confidential advice.
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