05 May 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
1
A collage of witticisms touching politics fashion travel and social norms from Reno Missouri California and Chicago. Topics range from census work and sidewalks to balloon service and high heeled fashion with humorous observations on marriage and social conventions.
The piece notes a New York publishing house producing 80 million Bibles, suggesting enduring esteem for early storytellers. It then cites medical experts in the East who conclude beri-beri is non infectious and non communicable, caused by polished rice removing phosphorus containing skin.
The article notes Turkey ordering new warships from English firms while still considering American motor boats for markets in Baghdad and Basra. Consular reports describe American boats as superior and in demand, suggesting the Young Turks recognize strong options on both sides of the Atlantic.
A German army officer constructs the biggest aeroplane to date. Powered by a 120 horsepower motor, it promises long sustained flights. Early tests show apparent success and further thorough experiments are planned. Germany already leads with the largest dirigibles and aims to advance heavier-than-air machines.
From corn husk and goose bone to groundhog day a chorus emerges proclaiming we told you so. The fragment hints at folk predictions and the anxiety of foretelling in a poetic note.
Reports say Etna erupts then a great hurricane in the South seas. The sun shows upheaval and Bermuda steamers report remarkable northern lights. Many attribute the phenomena to Halley’s comet’s visit.
The Kansas governor proclaims trees as man’s best friend while a boy forced to stop playing ball and rake leaves resists the proposition and stands firm on his stance.
The torpedo boat Reid, tested off Pensacola, reached 36 miles per hour, surpassing the Flusser. Despite stormy conditions, the feat marks a notable speed gain and signals faster additions to the navy.
The Iowa Prohibitionists met in Des Moines at the YMCA to adopt a platform adding a graduated income tax to cover the loss from ending internal revenue. The ticket includes Governor E A McEachron Waterloo and a slate of officials led by J D Collins Sac City and W O Sopher Osceola with other names across the state. C Durant Jones Perry was re elected state central committee chair.
The Tri-City Railway company employees sign an agreement raising the wage scale for motormen and conductors by 10 to 15 percent for the next three years.
The Tri-City Railway company will build an interurban line to Muscatine if granted a 25 year franchise extension. The city council approved the extension.
A. E. Frampton Iowa horticultural expert says Boone county may face 50 000 to 100 000 dollars in fruit damage while the vats crop remains uninjured.
Mrs H M Hyde of Chicago injured in the Clinton collision of the Chicago and Northwestern trains remains in serious condition at her son’s home in Cedar Rapids.
Dubuque resident Anton Zillig and Chicago’s George Hoffman sailed from New York to Germany to investigate a tale in which families they represent have been left a sage fortune in the fatherland.
James Dunleavy aged 50 once ran the Mew Jefferson hotel in Dubuque was found dead in his room at 406 Clay Street, cause reported as failure. The brief notes the man’s age and former occupation with no further details.
Ex convict and burglar Art Russell pleaded guilty to burglary. He faces a twenty year sentence at hard labor in the Tort Madison penitentiary by Judge Withrow.
St. Thomas Hospital plans a new elevator soon. A charity ball added 600 dollars to the fund, bringing the total to 4100 dollars.
After days of talks the committee fixed the Patriarchs Militant annual encampment at Clear Lake from June 28 to July 4. The event aligns with Mason City homecoming on July 4 and promises drills boating fishing and other recreation and business activities.
Mason City reports farmer James Cook near Garland sold 1,454 hogs for about 19,900 in cash. He claims after costs his hog venture earns more and more easily than serving as a judge on Iowa's Supreme Court.
Miss Ida Bethune of near Dunbar Nebraska sustained a broken jaw from overstrenuous effort while calling a hired man to dinner. Doctors said the fracture ran square across between the third and fourth molars on the left side due to rapid muscle contraction.
At a Franklin County Holiness meeting in Geneva a new group named Holiness Tabernacle Association was organized. Its purpose is to erect and maintain a tabernacle building to host all meetings that can be held in Hampton.
A forty acre tract and residence in Mason City await a rightful owner said to be Mrs. C. E. Osgood of Brookline Massachusetts who gained the property and several thousand dollars through the will of Dr. Steven Bailey a former sweetheart who died in a Colorado blizzard at Juniper Springs.
At the Town State Electrical association meeting the following officers were elected. President Thomas Crawford of Clinton. Vice president L. Crawford of Sioux City. Secretary W. N. Keiser of Des Moines. Treasurer W. A. Mall of Belle Plaine.
Prairie City reports love letters from Dr. Ida Guthrie to Dr. Alexander Hall will factor into the case as prosecutors seek conviction for dynamiting the Quick residence.
The Independence board of education awarded the contract for drawing plans for a new 48000 dollar high school building. Voters approved the project by a large majority at the March school election.
The coatless body of B. S. Bradwell of Racine Wisconsin was found under a small Northwestern line bridge east of Vail. His brother was notified and collected the body.
Eagle Grove business men and citizens will take a day off in June to visit a lake for an excursion. The plan was approved at a Commercial club meeting.
Lake City announces the 1910 Maple Valley Firemens association tournament will be held June 15 instead of July 15. The event location remains Lake City and public notice corrects the date previously issued.
Mrs. U. S. Grant of Mason City area, living three miles east of Hanlontown, died by self immolation after pouring oil on her body and setting herself on fire. She leaves a husband and two daughters.
Albia Gilbert Nelson, an agent for Adams Express in Albia, has been arrested and charged with a cash shortage of 910 dollars in his accounts.
The Creston school board postponed the boys’ hearing for fifteen days. The youths are in the city and released on bonds after causing damage at the high school.
Waterloo Police Judge Caldwell enforces a reform method where fined men pay the amount to their wives to support their families, aiming to aid household finances and discipline.
A bystander, Carroll, rescued Nellie Ryan from beneath a Northwestern freight train but witnessed the horrific scene as the jet wreck left her gravely injured. Mary Nadigan collapsed and died at Maple River Junction, shocking the witnesses.
Dubuque officials report a blaze at the Standard Lumber yard resulting in an estimated loss of $190,000, with insurance covering the damage. The fire's origin and extent are under investigation by city firefighters.
A Saloniki dispatch reports 600 Albanians, mainly women and children, killed in Godauitz artillery bombardment by Turkish forces. Turkish troops stormed Kachinik Pass twice in Upper Albania but were repelled with losses. Civil war fears rise as 60,000 rebels and government soldiers fight in northern and eastern Albania.
At Fairview Nebraska residence of Mr and Mrs William Jennings Bryan Ruth Bryan Leavitt oldest daughter will marry Reginald Owen of the British Royal Engineers next Tuesday May 3 No formal announcement will be made until the couple are en route to the groom's ancestral home in England The marriage ends a brief quiet romance begun in Colorado late last summer.
Eight elephants from the Ringling show stampeded in Danville causing injuries to two men and two runaway incidents. The panic damaged several thousand dollars of property as residents in the northwest and northeast areas suffered destruction while two dozen showmen and a police detachment chased the animals under Chief Shaffer. All elephants were captured after nearly an hour.
King Albert surprised Col. Theodore Roosevelt by greeting him personally and inviting him as a guest at the Brussels royal palace on Thursday. The meeting highlighted strong ties between Belgium and the United States during Roosevelt’s visit.
Chillicothe Missouri vice president of a local bank and former Missouri State Bankers Association president, S R Nelson, died Thursday by taking carbolic acid at his residence. He left letters to Masonic and Elks lodge members and to his attorneys. Nelson, 55, was a brother of A H Nelson, president of Seaboard National Bank of New York. His bank accounts are reported correct.
"Black Hand" letters threaten dynamite at the S and J Ladislaus Roman Catholic church in South Norwalk Connecticut. The writer demands 500 dollars in gold before May 1, sowing consternation among foreign-born parishioners.
Washington report notes a narrow tie in the house as supporters and opponents clash over the commerce court with final jurisdiction in common carrier cases. President Taft and insurgent rebels battle to shape the measure while opponents pledge continued effort to strike the court from the bill.
Stanley Ketchel, world middleweight champion, defeated Sam Langford in six fast rounds at the National Athletic club in Philadelphia. The bout was close until the sixth when Ketchel unleashed a series of body blows to finish Langford, in front of a large East Coast crowd.
Sheriff John L. Howard with armed deputies guards the Toluca Coal mine in Toluca Marshall county as threats of violence loom. About 500 foreign workers, formerly employed there, threaten to attack officers to force an end to protection amid a general strike.
Boston dairy conflict escalates as 50 farmers representing about 65 000 producers declare war on milk dealers over regional rates. Hostilities to start May 1, risking a Boston milk famine and hurting consumers.
Newport Rhode Island police reported a sixteen year old girl Anna Foy, employed as a maid, confessed to starting a fire at the home of George W. Ritchie. She said violent nervous attacks compelled her to set fires, yet she aided in fighting the blazes and lit the matches in daylight.
Carl Rasch assistant counsel for Secretary Ballinger in the Pinchot controversy was nominated by the president Tuesday to be judge of the district of Montana.
Ithaca NY President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell addresses the Council congress praising the Rockefeller foundation charter as a vast instrument for human civilization. He urges a free hand for the foundation with limited trustee selection by government after an initial close corporation period.
The Zeppelin IL, one of Germany s three dirigible balloons, broke moorings during a storm and drifted from Homburg toward Cologne. It descended near Limburg and Wellburg, was smashed to pieces, and had no crew aboard after the escape.
A Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific line near North Yakima was saved from disaster when the engineer applied brakes after a defective switch. Engineer Gordon of Ellensburg and fireman Meyers of Pasco were killed in the incident.
Mary Guthrie of Carthage Illinois is arrested in connection with a dynamite explosion that wrecked the $12 000 Quick residence three miles east of Prairie City Iowa. Dr Alexander Hall of Colfax and his bride Myrtle Quick were in the home. occupants escaped unharmed. Guthrie and Hall had been engaged previously.
Louis Rose a ten year old boy of Jersey City died after running to catch a foul tip in a baseball game and fell head first into a shallow pond getting stuck in mud before being pulled out.
Seattle orders by the state highway commission authorize immediate construction of Snoqualmie Pass road linking east and west Washington completing a transcontinental auto route. A remaining 16 mile gap stands to be filled.
A new grand jury began service in Pittsburg facing alleged jury tampering in the councilman’s trial. The aldermanic graft and bribery case keeps the so called immunity bath open with several confessions anticipated.
Albert Jewell and Albert Roth an employee of a local mill drowned Wednesday in Tona Wanda creek during a beating incident.
New York reported that Thomas Barnes, known as Bangor Billy, was sentenced on Tuesday to die in Sing Sing during the week beginning June 6 for killing William Leonard over a squealing allegation.
Thomas C. Shotwell from New York reports Taft's tariff clash with Canada, noting 150 000 to 250 000 American farmers may cross into Canada by 1910. Canada gains agricultural importance while U S prices and supply strain potential wheat and meat trade. A tariff war could worsen food access for both nations.
In March 1909 Frank Gridley of New York City described severe full body itching that began at night and spread to his chest and extremities. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment from April 1 he felt markedly better and by that day the itching had completely left him. Cuticura Remedies were advertised as sold worldwide.
Two sanitation workers argued while driving side by side on upper Broadway. One man, red-faced and bulbous-nosed, called the other a gentleman. The rival retorted that he only picks up ashes, highlighting class and racial tension in a terse exchange.
Napoleon storms into the clubhouse with a heavy brow and fiery temper. He curses Mille tonnerres and vows if he plays golf with Baron Munchhausen again he hopes to end his days on St. Helena. Caesar quips from a reading chair as the exchange ends in satire.
A Chicago Post item records a playful exchange where a grocery boy asks customers about pigs for the day. The cook replies by instructing to lay them under the refrigerator, while the boy clarifies he is not Hen but the other boy.
A terse quip notes that when someone becomes intoxicated it is commonly their wife who triggers an explosion. The joke frames alcohol’s domestic impact with a shock value line.
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