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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1907
Page
7
Gimbold and Hochheimer devise a plan to lure poor city dwellers into Arkansas and Missouri homesteads by funding land deposits and rail fares in exchange for mining options. The crowd swells, inspectors arrive, and a police plainclothes man exposes the scam. In a climactic train departure, the ruse collapses as officials seize options and the duo faces public fury.
A New Jersey farm laborer found his driverless team missing near Egg Harbor City. Days later the farm dog returned. locals traced the dog and found the horses wedged between two trees in a wood, five days without food or water, gnawing tree bark to survive.
Sal lery laments a caller interrupted his writing leaving him to restart his piece. Spacer at the adjacent desk mocks the delay noting his own next train may not arrive for a week at the Chicago Tribune office.
Mrs. Lawton writes about pleasant acquaintances in the islands. Ten year old girls become cigarette makers and women of the lower class are thrifty kind and clean. Upper class women are dainty attractive and vacuous. Fascinating Filipino belles display gestures. Girls marry young and are usually happy with no divorces allowed. Smoking among women is general.
The narrator describes the Philippines through the eyes of a wife of General Henry W. Lawton, detailing convent life in Manila and nearby towns. She recalls the diverse classes of Filipino women, the kindness of Cordia and other orders, and the modest conditions during wartime.
A narrator reflects on Filipino women across social classes in Manila. They work in markets and factories, display thrift and hospitality, and maintain dignity amid outdoor cooking and family life. A social visit reveals friendships across mestizo and native communities.
A Corea Daily News writer describes a royal wedding procession for the crown prince in Corea. The colorful parade includes palace singers carriers state chairs and soldiers while foreign diplomats attend a six o clock audience and a later soiree.
The text notes the strong perception that Deadwood South Dakota is a bad town is a serious claim. It reflects caution about labeling communities and the need for fair judgement of Deadwood.
An omnibus of Parisian students halted as a priest in clerical attire boarded. The youths jeered yet the calm priest exited quietly then greeted them with a polite farewell claiming he is the chaplain of Mazas prison, prompting disbelief.
A German phrase ties a wall to a horseshoe and horse to man, man to castle, and castle to the land, suggesting a chain of ownership or protection spanning multiple linked realms.
County Attorney Goodspeed levies malfeasance claims against Supervisor H. C. Hollen, alleging double billing and unwarranted charges for county committee work. Hollen denies graft, calls errors accidental, and requests an inquiry committee as the board disputes the probe.
Jay Woodrow of Drake University won the Rhodes Scholarship after a unanimous committee vote in Iowa City. Ro bert Clark of Grinnell was the other candidate. Woodrow, 22, will depart in August for Oxford for a nine month term followed by a three year absence for study and travel. The $1500 annual award covers necessary expenses and will fund his yearlong stay beginning October 1. President George E. MacLean announced the decision after Drake’s President Bell and Grinnell’s J H T Main abstained.
A. R. Barnes editor of the Albia Union assaulted C. P. Beezley an insurance adjuster from Des Moines after a dispute over fire loss settlement. Beezley suffered a black eye a broken ear and head injuries. Barnes claimed $600 insurance on household goods and threatened to press charges of attempted murder.
Dubuque Archbishop Keane won a notable victory as most saloonists signed the Sunday closing proposal. The union supported the plan in a recent meeting, though signatories include nonmembers. South Dubuque saloons favor the measure if anti saloon forces drop other mulci law provisions. Keane has led a broad crusade with mayor and citizens backing him.
A 20 000 gallon gasoline tank exploded under a creek bridge at Marne causing the bridge to burn to ashes and injuring three men including Henry Turk A Walnut and Bert Hammond and Henry Turk of Marne from blazing oil The blast wrecked a nearby home of Mayor Lassine and scattered seventeen cars plus a large tank of gasoline and a partial oil tank into a ditch The Rock Island line was halted until the bridge could be repaired and severely burned men were rushed for care with little hope of recovery.
Evidence points to Ralph Palmer Milwaukee ticket agent stealing from the company during his final week in service. He did not turn in office receipts since March 1 and left the safe with 400 dollars while the week’s collections neared 3000 dollars. Police believe he carried 2000 to 3000 dollars on his person before vanishing possibly to evade the shortage. The fraud began February 1 and was linked to a shortfall with Hamburg-American Steamship.
Judge Smith McPherson sustained a demurrer in the action by Alexander Watson a policyholder of the old National Life and Savings company. The ruling dismisses Watson's case against the company as he seeks a receiver. The decision will be appealed to the circuit court of appeals at St. Louis.
Warren T. Rynearson, a Waterloo teamster, was crushed in an attempt to halt a runaway team. He had restrained the horses but they bolted, trampling him. his death was feared as his condition remained critical.
Des Moines based Clearing House association reports 43 connected companies serve 767,509 people in Iowa. There are 135,000 independent phones and 25,000 Bell phones. The network uses enough wire to circumnavigate two thirds of the globe.
Judge Bal linger appears to favor the Davenport Academy of Science in a suit to collect a 5 percent inheritance tax on a $400,000 bequest from the late W. C. Putnam for the Putnam memorial fund. Attorneys Ficke & Ficke secured all points for the academy, meaning the state is poised to lose about $20,000 in tax.
Sioux City reports Dr Kate Z Horner was acquitted after a week long trial for a criminal operation drawing significant attention. The district court verdict ends the case against the physician.
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