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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
4
A ragbag of humorous notes and tidbits from the era includes remarks on anti smoking laws, fashion trends like the harem skirt, odd wagers, a yeast-eating daring man in Arkansas, a missing-England export tax scheme, golf by ex king Manuel, platinum prices, a Manhattan frog farm proposal, and odd medical quips about tobacco and blood poisoning.
Aims at mastering pronunciation of new French ministry names as foundation for broader language learning. Emphasizes correct articulation of officials' titles to build confidence in speaking and understanding political contexts.
Report claims Fifth Avenue in New York has the world’s lowest birth rate per street with the stork seemingly unfashionable on this famous avenue.
A Pennsylvania judge declares that a woman with pretty eyes is not committing a crime by possessing them as she is not using eyes as concealed weapons. The ruling frames beauty as permissible and harmless in the context discussed.
A London modiste remarks a wife should never consult her husband about clothes, though she rarely follows this stance except when the bills arrive. The quip reflects domestic fashion norms and humorous gender roles in society.
An eastern writer notes beauty standards while highlighting differing shoe sizes. The piece criticizes chaotic scenes in European parliaments including a Turk reputedly subjected to ear punching and possible wrist slap in a satirical tone.
The article notes steel trains operating in a corridor linking Chicago with St Paul Minneapolis and asks a historical question about the fate of car wheels once made of paper.
A San Francisco bride was given $1,000,000 by her father as a wedding gift. The article notes the gift will not set the fashion in family bridal presents and hints at other expectations within the family.
A man taken ill in Bermuda insisted on being brought home to die in New York. The note ends with a wry remark about tastes.
A harsh editorial mocks proposed violent measures to curb speeding, suggesting hiring hold-up men to fight speeders as a misguided two birds with one stone solution.
Massachusetts society women embrace wrestling as a beauty regimen with plans for future, noting growing attention on the so called stronger 8x.
A French expert suggests men typically have larger feet than women. The finding leads to the conclusion that men are the bigger kickers.
An eastern adage claims the era’s issue is women learning to spend money while men must learn to earn it for women to spend. The quip frames gender roles as economic in a social commentary tone.
As platinum climbs above gold in price, use widens beyond watch chains and rings to decorative items and even dental fillings for public figures and actresses open to publicity.
The DC Supreme Court holds a man is not required to have his mother-in-law live with him if he objects. The ruling notes only scattered rights remain to a financially burdened husband who resists, clinging to limited protections amid strained family relations.
The Rock Island seeks to connect the St Paul Des Moines with the Missouri division forming a short line from the Twin Cities to Kansas City. Bids for grading will be let soon and construction may start this month. Estimated line cost 60 000 per mile with bridges trestles and stations. Also notes express rate case in Davenport and new Iowa corporations.
Auditor of State data show old line Iowa insurers held 50 764 policies totaling 59 173 482.14 and wrote 10 880 new policies for 128 912.70. In force premiums reached 1 684 418.82 with losses of 342 094.87. Out-of-state companies wrote 58 883 policies for 28 925 682.78, ending the year with 239 199 policies totaling 194 62 273.92 in force and premiums of 6 332 109.85. All companies combined held 289 963 policies valued at 258 535 756.06, with total Iowa premiums of 8 016 928.67 and losses of 2 185 838.43.
Federal grand jury issues seventeen indictments against Lake Shore Pennsylvania Bessemer and Lake Erie and Nickel Plate railroads for conspiring with ore shippers and dock firms to grant rebates. Subsidiaries of United States Steel named in salts. Three secret indictments target Dan R. Hanna Robert L. Ireland and D T McCabe for alleged rate conspiracy under Elkins law, carrying up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
President Taft thanked the Democratic House for backing Canadian reciprocity at the Associated Press banquet in New York. He called annexation talk bosh and urged editors to rally public support, arguing the tariff issue should stand alone and that free trade should not include meats and flour. He warned against overextension under favored-nation clauses and emphasized benefits to farmers.
Four robbers in a touring car ambushed Edward Alberti’s store at 1246 Milwaukee Avenue. They forced nine people to the floor, gathered 28 diamonds from two trays and $500 from a safe, then fled with jewelry and cash nearly $20,000 as a city-wide hunt began.
Albany New York Cornelius V Collins state superintendent of prisons for thirteen years has resigned his position effective immediately He supervised Sing Sing Auburn Clinton Great Meadows and the Matteawan and Dannemora hospitals for the criminal insane Governor Dix had asked for his resignation and ordered investigations into several departments but no charges were brought against Collins due to findings of irregularities in supply purchases at Sing Sing and Clinton
President Taft spoke at the opening of the industrial exposition of the blind at the Metropolitan Opera House praising the New York Association for the Blind and its work. He urged light for the blind through early treatment for ophthalmia neonatorum and supported expanding kindergartens for the blind.
Senator Frederick Hale Frye of Maine resigned as president pro tempore of the Senate due to ill health. At eighty one, the long serving senator has been in public life since 1861 with Lewiston as his home. Senator Gallinger is expected to succeed him.
New York reports Wolgast defends his lightweight crown by stopping Hogan in the second round at Sulzer's Harlem Casino. Hogan, from San Francisco, was overwhelmed as Referee White halted the bout just before the bell.
Manila reports via Jolo that the Dutch have taken Palmas Island outside Mindanao. They lowered the U S flag and replaced it with the Dutch flag. Washington is not expected to protest, deeming the island valueless.
Aberdeen South Dakota holds a second election under the commission form. E M Hall wins the mayoralty after the first ballot failed to fill all offices. One of four aldermen candidates secures re-election.
Miss Hilla Bradley attempted to throw lye into the eyes of Richard Gray's wife in Danville. The liquid mostly blinded Gray's infant daughter instead. Bradley was arrested, held to the grand jury in 2000 dollars bail, and jailed after failing to post. She blamed the wife for allegedly taking Gray's affection.
East Chicago Indiana Assistant Postmaster Thomas Davis committed suicide by taking carbolic acid amid an alleged $1000 shortage in his accounts. The act occurred in the city, with investigations noted.
Nicholas Ficea, a census worker in Spokane Washington, was indicted on five counts including padding census reports with more than sixteen hundred names. He was arrested by a deputy U S marshal.
United States Steel reports quarterly earnings totaling 23,519,203 with net earnings of 20,001,817 for the quarter ending March 21. The release emphasizes solid performance and broader financial health.
In Green Bay Wisconsin Mrs. John Vanderboom died after being struck with a cane by her divorced husband during a quarrel over furniture. Vanderboom surrendered to police following the incident.
Tom Chaffin a miner killed Mayor Hoskins of Matewan and Town Marshal Music in a feud between town officials and labor men in Red Jacket West Virginia. The shooting occurred in Matewan and escalated a long standing local conflict.
With about one third of Oklahoma precincts reporting, indications show voters favor amending the constitution to allow foreign railroad corporations to lease buy and operate railroad property within the state.
Four story building under construction in Vancouver British Columbia was wrecked by dynamite. Police say the blast is the work of labor agitators and a plot against the project.
A major blaze in Buffalo's business district destroyed the five story Buffalo Glass company building. Damage nears 250000 dollars. Violent explosions followed, knocking down 20 firefighters and injuring several rescuers.
The crown princess in Tokyo has been ill with typhoid fever for several weeks and her condition is now believed to be serious.
Reverend Abraham W. Jackson noted Unitarian clergyman and lecturer with pastorates on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts has died at his Melrose home. He was sixty nine years old.
Official figures report 95,884 deaths from bubonic plague in central Indian provinces in March, with February fatalities at 43,508. The data highlight a severe outbreak and ongoing mortality from the disease.
Testimony before the Helm committee places Sayd Hines in Chicago at the Grand Pacific hotel boasting he helped elect Senators Stephenson and Lorimer. He named Henry Turrish and discussed pressure on Taft Aldrich and Hopkins. Illinois Senate votes 40 to 7 to arrest Edward Tilden’s backers for contempt over Lorimer funding.
W. Vernon Booth former president of A Booth & Co the fish trust was fined 2000 by Judge Kavanagh on a plea of nolle prosequi to a conspiracy to defraud Continental National bank of 300000. Frederick R Robbins was subject to a similar charge but it was nolle pressed.
The widow of General Howland of the U S A donates 100000 dollars to the University settlement of New York. The gift includes the Howland estate at Fishkill on the Hudson comprising about 250 acres.
An explosion at the Dominion Explosive plant near Arnprior Ontario killed four men including Sidney Brooks Donald Dennis Joseph Mills and a man named McMillan. An inquiry is expected into the blast and its causes.
Postmaster General Hitchcock expresses confidence that penny postage is possible soon due to reductions in the large postal deficit of 17.6 million dollars that existed when he assumed charge of the department.
In Albany the New York Assembly approved a resolution by 105 to 20 urging election of U.S. senators by direct vote of the people. The measure signals grassroots push for nationwide reform.
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