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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1910
Page
1
The Monticello Express notes ironies of wartime economy as it parodies slogans and headlines. It jokes about meat boycotts, high living costs, and the perils of storage while highlighting absurdities from socks to camels. It mocks forecasting weather and aging oceans while warning of inflation and supply anxieties.
A historical remark notes that during the Chinese New Year period many villagers settle debts. It contrasts this with a disdainful view of foreign customs, questioning how American civilization endures contact with what is dubbed Mongolian superstition.
In St Paul two assailants held up a cafe owner as patrons endured similar treatment from the proprietor during a busy service causing fear and disruption.
A New York woman seeks the return of her diamond-studded cigarette case in an advertisement. The note hints at a traditional audience who may not sympathize with her loss in her public logs.
The discussion notes that people complain less about the price of choice cuts because the overall hog price has risen so high that affordable meat is effectively unavailable. This reflects broad inflation in livestock costs affecting consumer access to pork products.
A New Jersey woman discovers her long lost brother has suddenly come home wealthy. The momentary burst of truth sits among many stories that remain largely fairy tale like in everyday life.
An astronomical expert asserts Mars has completed a new canal, prompting speculation about establishing Martian communication to summon gangs of engineers for a rapid Pan ama project.
Blood dripping from the ceiling revealed a suicide in a room over a store in New Orleans. The report questions how the victim was identified as a millionaire and notes speculation that the blood may have appeared blue.
A California official vows to arrest bridge players saying society gamblers resemble professionals. He notes that many society games function as a business rather than recreation and should be treated as a profession.
A fatal duel involving Austrian government officials occurred, prompting debate over the bounds of official conduct. Critics say officials should adhere to nonlethal methods, while authorities investigate the incident and its motives.
A band of Connecticut youths aged 12 to 14 attempted to wreck a train carrying several millionaires with the aim of looting the wreckage. The incident is cited as an example of precocious but dangerous juvenile ingenuity and prompts national reflection on youth crime.
A Texas man allegedly exchanged 100000 acres of land for 100000 gallons of whisky. If true, the tale marks one of the thirstiest transactions on record.
A Black Hand leader convicted of attempted murder in New York receives a 25 year prison term. The sentence signals the need for harsh punishment to deter the criminal network engaged in assassinations and blackmail.
Iowa Falls reports strong interest in a dragged road from Dubuque to Sioux City, dubbed the river to river auto route. The line would run along the Illinois Central railroad with towns like Manchester Independence Waterloo Iowa Falls Fort Dodge Storm Lake Cherokee Le Mars and Sioux City connected by improved roads and regular stopping places. County by county effort would map an east west main line with side routes, all to enhance travel six to eight months a year and help farmers move produce to market.
Iowa City protestant churches select scores of delegates for a Davenport laymen convention April 1 to 3. A banquet seating 1 100 men will feature the affair. The Davenport meeting is set to eclipse prior Mississippi valley laymen events.
Pella resident P G Gaass bought 620 acres near Eddyville from O L Shadford for 62000 dollars in the largest land transfer recorded in Wapello county. Shadford had purchased the farm last November at 80 dollars per acre from R A Morrish of Morrison Ill who had owned it since 1902 at 55 dollars per acre.
March sun has warmed the soil and farmers report unusually good ground. Two feet of snow lay on the fields for ninety days, promising a bumper crop for the 1910 season in Toledo.
Ottumwa capitalists and business men plan to buy stock in the Wayne Industrial company formed with $100,000 capital by the Ottumwa Commercial association. The venture aims to aid local factories and attract new industries from outside Ottumwa.
In Lake City County forty two bay area hunting licenses have been disposed of this season. Duck and geese hunting are expected to peak within a week, bringing throngs to the woods and lakes as season reaches its height.
The Iowa county Woodbury leads butter output yet local buyers pay 6 to 10 cents more per pound for creamery butter than the price charged to New York millionaires in their home market, signaling a regional pricing gap.
Friends of Clarence Macy report he fell down stairs into a mill pit in Adel while repairing a leaking boiler and suffered severe scalding injuries. Macy is a former university football star.
Charles City resident Miss Kitty Kenny who sued for $2,500 over custody of her mother was awarded $202.40 and a house at Marble Rock where Miss Kenny resides. The ruling resolves the dispute on the keeping of the mother during her lifetime and awards the specified property to Kenny.
Stephen A Allen aged 97 a Civil War veteran died at his daughter Mrs Ida Groves Davenport home. The body was shipped to Newton for interment where he has two sons.
Council Bluffs sentence reports Judge McPherson imposing two years in Leavenworth and a $10,000 fine on John C. Mabray and nine others for their federal offenses.
Breeders of Holstein cattle in the region organized the Northeastern Holstein-Friesian Breeders' association at Hopkinton prompted by Prof. C. M. Evans. Officers elected include President C. M. Evans, Vice President Rudolph Bohren, Secretary T. J. Joseph, and Treasurer Jacob Platt. A drafting committee was named to prepare articles of organization. The group aims to boost the breed, secure foundation stock, hold annual judging and management studies, support official tests, and aid surplus stock sales. The next meeting will be at Lenox College during the February agricultural short course with a dairy breeds session.
Reports from rural route carriers show Cass County farmers adopting the King drag as part of the good roads movement. About half the county’s roads have been dragged at least once this season, with many farmers planning to continue the effort.
Atlantic experiences an unprecedented building boom with many private structures rising and civic plans including paving blocks. Workers lay water pipes in preparation for paving as the city pursues extensive improvements this season.
Des Moines county records show real estate transfers in March up to the 18th totaling 823836 dollars. Officials estimate the real value of deals will exceed 1 million dollars with many records listing a nominal one dollar consideration.
Fire at the O. Bunker residence on the west side of the river destroyed the roof before the flames were spotted. Delayed arrival due to distance and poor roads increased damage, with losses estimated at $1,000.
Since November 1 1909 Dyersville has shipped over 300 carloads of hogs earning farmers about 350000 dollars. In addition fifteen carloads of draft horses were shipped bringing net proceeds of 60000 dollars.
Milton B. Downs was appointed by Special Agent Fred Mabee of the census department to collect data on manufacturing industries in the district covering Butler Franklin Hamilton Hardin and Grundy counties.
In Waterloo the Ben Myers family narrowly escaped five deaths when a gas leak went undetected. Neighbors found the parents and five children unconscious. all recovered except one son who remained gravely ill.
Mrs Milton Martin of Glenwood presents a 15000 gift to the Y M C A organization there. She is the widow of Milton Martin a Mills County pioneer farmer living near Pacific Junction.
Rev. C. M. Rauch of St. Louis has been called to the presidency of Buena Vista College in Storm Lake. The board of trustees expects he will assume the post for the fall semester, though acceptance is not yet definite.
In Gray ten miles north, two elderly men unknown to each other died the same night at Uncle James Foster’s home. Both were named Uncle James and were ill during the same period.
The local Eagles lodge conducted memorial services for three members who died during the year Major John P. Lacy delivered the address at the ceremony in Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa Chautauqua association voted to build a large auditorium north of Penn College and formed a stock sale committee to raise funds. The group reports about $4,000 in hand for the building fund.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Rock Island coal sheds at West Liberty Iowa, burning coal and cars. The loss was heavy with over two hundred tons of coal burned.
Federal grand jury in Chicago returns indictments against National Packing Company and ten subsidiaries over Sherman Act violations. Named defendants include Hammond and Fowler packing firms with a separate equity suit filed by District Attorney Sims seeking dissolution. Additional individuals and related firms are listed in the action.
Catherine Manz 16 the sister of Elizabeth Manz who was found dead near Massillon admits poisoning her sister. She made the confession while attempting to secure work at the B F Goodrich Rubber Company factory in Akron in the presence of three Akron officers.
John OC Mabray and 13 associates were found guilty by a United States district court jury after a ten day trial in Council Bluffs Iowa. Robert E L Goddard of San Antonio the fifteenth defendant obtained a disagreement.
In Marshalltown Iowa two more victims of the Rock Island Twin City express wreck died in local hospitals on Wednesday, bringing the total death toll to 49.
Former Cleveland mayor Tom L. Johnson sails Wednesday on the Mauritania to seek health in Carlsbad waters. He travels from New York aboard the liner for a European voyage aimed at recuperation.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is in New York and is expected to attempt to avert the threatened general strike in the building trades.
Frederick Sangrain aged 104 years, claimed oldest man in Missouri, narrowly escaped death when his son in law John Waddells residence burned on Tuesday in Sedalia Missouri.
Theodore Roosevelt cables Gifford Pinchot to meet him in Europe. Pinchot sailed last Friday on a Hamburg American liner ostensibly for Copenhagen after testifying before the Ballinger Pinchot committee. Roosevelt, arriving in Khartum, sought counsel from a trusted friend amid conflicting reports from American tourists.
A special grand jury investigating the jail attack of February 17 and the attempted lynching of John Pratt returned indictments against twelve individuals for forming a mob. Named defendants include Frank Gorman Alderman James Davids police constable C C Foster former deputy circuit clerk Lee Watson stock dealer Samuel R Wes singer deputy sheriff W H Simpson lumber dealer James Casey former police officer J B Scott blacksmith William C Charles liveryman George B Walker newspaper correspondent G P Burd Jr Burd Lumber Company president John Maloney of Maloney and Bucher wagon manufacturers.
In a Senate speech Senator Owen called for consolidating health agencies into a cabinet headed department. He argued six hundred thousand deaths yearly stem from ignorance and neglect of health laws and praised Taft's expressed sympathy with the plan.
The executive council of the State Federation of Labor decided Wednesday not to call a state-wide strike in Pennsylvania in sympathy with Philadelphia street car workers. The move followed textile and other Philadelphia workers ending their sympathy action and a majority of unions statewide opposing a general strike.
It was announced Thursday that King Edward, who has been in Biarritz for several days, has suffered a sharp attack of bronchitis. The rumor he was unwell had circulated, but the official word confirms the illness.
Rochester judge H. L. Buick of Winona was chosen by the First District Democratic conference to challenge Republican Representative James A. Tawney in the next election.
Figures released by the savings bank section of the American Bankers Association show American savings deposits exceed world averages by nearly fourfold and per capita deposits are six times higher than abroad. World deposits total over 165 billion dollars with Americans holding more than 5.5 billion.
Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff, injured in a trolley car and automobile crash that killed Mrs. Slocum, is reported recovering with no major internal injuries. A coroner's inquiry will probe fault. both Bell and chauffeur are cleared of negligence. Mrs. Slocum died from brain injuries. Maj. Slocum and the Bell family are longtime friends.
On the Baltimore & Ohio Royal Blue Limited near Wilmington a tall southern passenger fired on porter Samuel Williams and conductor O. B. Wellman after words aboard the moving train. Police killed the suspect J. H. Bethea of Dillon, S C after a gun battle. thirteen passengers rode in the second car.
Indiana officials and residents greet former Vice President Charles W Fairbanks and his wife on their return from a worldwide voyage. Gov. Thomas R Marshall delivers the welcome and Fairbanks replies as city mayors and schoolchildren observe the ceremony.
Edward Enders gains three years in Fort Leavenworth and a $5000 fine while Henry Hinn receives one year and a $2500 fine for violating federal oleo manufacturing and sale laws. Judge Landis presided in the United States district court.
In Addis Ababa Ras Tesama, acting with chiefs approval, assumes governance as King Menelik nears death. Tesama becomes guardian of the king and heir to Abyssinia’s throne.
The Norwegian freight steamer Dixie capsized in the Elbe estuary during a severe storm while sailing from Scotland. Fifteen crew members are reported drowned.
Judge Lucas F. Smith ruled that a state law requiring vaccination for all public school children is unconstitutional in a Santa Cruz superior court decision. The ruling challenges compulsory immunization policy and impacts local school health protocols.
Members of the Newfoundland legislature returned home after the shortest session on record. An additional record was set for the volume of business completed during the session.
Fairfield Iowa March 26 Mr and Mrs H D McDonald of Chicago were found dead in an old railroad cut near Chau tauqua park. Each had a bullet wound in the right temple with Mrs McDonald also shot in the hip. The husband likely fired all shots and the revolver lay beside him. They had married in Chicago in February and were visiting her parents. Mrs McDaniel, 23, had trained as a nurse. he 28 a Chicago lawyer. A despondent husband and possible second marriage are noted.
Des Moines consistory of Masons approves plans for a new Masonic temple at West Fourteenth and High streets with a projected cost near 300000. Construction to begin April 1 1911 after trustees submit plans to the four lodges and gain approval. The conclave closed with a banquet at Shrine temple. sixty candidates, the largest class ever.
Iowa City police have been asked to locate Cannon Hill and Jana sheck who disappeared from their homes during the past week. Authorities request information leading to their whereabouts.
Friday afternoon a blaze gutted the interior of the dye house at 421 West Second Street owned by Walter B. Barnes. The total loss is estimated at 3500 dollars and six dogs perished in the fire.
Zach Ward a 36 year old invalid shot and killed his wife in their Springfield Missouri home declaring she must die before he did. He produced a pistol from under his pillow and fired at her, ending her life.
Lois Cleveland Gould of Sioux City high school wins the National Municipal League first prize for the essay on The Municipal Problem in America. Philadelphia report dated March 26 notes Gould as a senior.
Dennis Shea a 60 year old farmer living near Kensett Mason City Ia was struck and killed by a Rock Island passenger train. He was unmarried and resided with his sister.
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