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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
2
The Express Iowa notes a string of quirky items from across the world and beyond including a Montrealer lost in Labrador who must eat candies at a light meal. It mocks headlines on politics science industry and culture with puns and casual observations.
A Boston street car conductor discovered a package containing almost $6,000. He returned it to the owner, who thanked him with a smile and payment, and the conductor later reflected that no interest was charged for the half hour he held the funds.
A Pennsylvania man discovers a method to burn ashes that yield as much heat as coal. The Record-Herald notes some Chicago readers may oppose the invention since ashes are not expected to produce much smoke.
Mrs Hetty Green, seen daily within the railings of the Chemical National Bank in New York, asks incisive questions of bookkeepers and clerks. She maintains a balance around 5 million dollars, prompting shy responses from staff who respect her wealth but not her scrutiny.
New York City experiments with a novel waste system mainly for paper. Two sheet iron cans are stacked, the lower has a grate for draft and the upper has a receiving door. A constant fire heats the furnace as it is wheeled, burning refuse as it’s added.
A suggestion welcomes a Nelson bust from King Edward to the naval academy. The text notes Nelson's career spanned the between wars period with England and overlooks potential actions had he lived to 1812. Both navies learned from his strategy.
Miss Maneta Toskatomba, a full blood Choctaw woman with education and $100,000, states she would rather devote herself to charity than enter matrimony.
The woman justice of the peace in Evanston Illinois announces she will omit the word obey from all marriage ceremonies she performs. She also declines to allow her husband to practice in her court, reflecting a strong stance on gender roles.
William Trotter of Ripley County Indiana is noted for driving the stage that carried Horace Greeley during part of his overland journey to California in the summer of 1859.
A Canton gunpowder magazine explosion killed at least twenty one people with fears of more dead. Hundreds injured, fifteen buildings razed and over a hundred damaged, a two hundred foot stretch of city wall collapsed. The pagoda survived with minor damage as officials rushed aid to rescue and shelter victims.
President Roosevelt delivered the principal speech at the unveiling ceremony for Maj. Gen. George B. Mc Clellan’s equestrian bronze statue. Gen. Frederick D. Grant and Gov. Stokes attended along with Mrs. McClellan and family members. A military parade, flag ceremony, and music accompanied the event.
Serious anti European riots erupt in Rawalpindi Punjab with a Hindu mob burning two bungalows looting the mission church and post office wrecking a garage and its motor cars and smashing European houses. Armed police and a Tenth Hussars squadron restore order amid alleged agitator influence linked to Lahore unrest.
In Charleston West Virginia eleven miners were killed in a Whipple mine gas explosion. Five others were injured including a Syrian man pulled from rubble. The shaft is 450 feet deep and owned by the Dixson interests who also run the Stuart mine where January explosion killed 86.
The Overland Limited No 8 eastbound on the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe derailed at Timpas fifty miles east at noon Friday. The locomotive four baggage cars and two day coaches turned over though the Pullman and tourist cars stayed upright. No passengers were injured.
Springfield Ohio report says Secretary Taft accepted the National Millers Association invitation to be guest in St. Louis May 30 and give an address. Col J W Burke, association president, relayed the acceptance Thursday afternoon.
Monroe Salisbury renowned horse owner and breeder from San Francisco died in New York on Thursday night after traveling for cancer treatment.
The supposed desperado killed at Willows Monday night in a running fight with a posse of officers is identified as Count Otto von Waldstein of Austria.
Miss Mabelle Gilman who arrived from Paris said she and William E. Corey president of United States Steel would marry in New York on May 13.
Bitter sentiment over an assault on Mrs. Lofton an elderly woman last Saturday sparked a race riot in Greensburg Indiana on Tuesday night. Six Black men were severely beaten with one possibly fatally injured.
A Noon blaze at 255 Wabash avenue damaged a five story structure housing Lotus Lunch club on the upper floors. Over twenty injured as patrons fled to fire escapes and stairs. fifteen women fell from the Wabash side and were taken to Rothschild & Co. emergency hospital. Others leaped from windows on the second and third floors with serious injuries.
Guatemala City reports President Es trada Cabrera escaped an assassination attempt as his carriage was hit by a mined explosion on Sev enth avenue. The blast killed the carriage horses and wounded the coachman and several aides including Gen. Orellana. Investigators found a tunnel from a rented house owned by Rafael Rodil connected by wire to a buried mine. many suspects have been arrested.
Mexico City report says Guatemala apologized for insinuating the Mexican legation in Guatemala City hid suspects in the attempted assassination of President Cabrera. Foreign Affairs Marshal received the cable from Minister Gamboa in Guatemala City. The incident is closed to the satisfaction of Mexico.
The White Star liner Baltic reached New York from Liverpool Thursday night with four deaths recorded on the ship log. In steerage Gustav Svenson and his wife with nine children faced illness. three children died of laryngitis and were buried at sea. Mrs M A Robbins of Boston died later that afternoon from acute kidney trouble.
Kingston Jamaica Sir Alexander Swettenham retires from the post of governor of Jamaica and proceeds to his hillside residence to await his departure from the island.
An official Portuguese dispatch confirms Portugal accepts Brazil’s invitation to King Carlos to visit Rio de Janeiro in 1908. The notice assigns diplomatic significance to the impending royal visit and outlines the formal acceptance from Lisbon.
Bishop Lillis of Leavenworth met Cardinal Merry del Val who expressed hope to visit western and middle towns of the United States in the near future.
San Antonio reports Capt Ed gar Macklin of the Twenty fifth Infantry was fully and honorably acquitted by the court martial investigating the shooting at Brownsville.
The British tanker Silverlip, built in 1903 and owned by Shell, was destroyed by benzine explosions in Bay of Biscay. Survivors were landed by the Westgate after the blast that killed the engineer and four firemen.
The district attorney’s office detained George R. Scrugham in Albany on conspiracy charges connected to the directors election at New York Life. Charles Stirrup and C. F. Carrington, observers for policyholders, were seized in New York for alleged ballot tampering. Earlier, Jacob Frank, a New York Life agent, was arrested on forgery charges.
Toledo oil operator A. J. Steel of North Baltimore will file suit at Findlay to oust Standard Oil company and its directors and subsidiaries in Ohio and Indiana, enjoin operations, and appoint a receiver to wind up their business.
The International Kindergarten union ends its Friday session with a campaign to educate parents about Sunday comics. It voted to allocate funds to distribute circulars urging families to remove the Sunday supplement from homes.
Cleveland report says G. Stickle a traveling man from Pittsburg leaped from the death by own action pier early Thursday. He tied a 60 pound iron bar around his neck and sank to the bottom instantly.
In St. Petersburg a revolt by political prisoners at the Vi borg jail prompted troops to intervene on Thursday morning. Soldiers fired a volley, killing one detainee and wounding several others.
After inspecting the Libau training squadron, Minister of Marine Rikoff, returning Wednesday, decided against sending ships to the Jamestown exposition.
St Louis traveler Max Gregg son of Col H H Gregg a wealthy mine owner was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to ship four fish out of Arkansas during his honeymoon.
A section of the Chuviscar dam failed near Chihuahua causing a collapse that buried about 40 Mexican laborers. Estimates place dead at 15 to 20 with 13 injured and several missing. authorities vow investigation and blame assignment as the region reels from recent disasters.
Gen Kuroki and staff of Japan met in Seattle after fog delay on Puget Sound. Thousands of locals welcomed the visitors with a daytime auto tour and a large handsomely decorated reception at the Rainier Club with Gov. Albert Mead and business leaders present.
San Francisco street car motormen and conductors voted to strike for an eight hour day and three dollars daily wage. United Railroads plans to operate with non union crews and seek state and city protection, with strikebreakers and federal aid possible.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General will file civil and criminal suits against those tied to the Capitol scandal. Defendants to be named after the inquiry ends, with public sessions paused until after May 16. Evidence cites overcharging for 752 thermostats and improper glass substitutions involving John H. Sanderson & Co and architect Joseph M. Huston.
Milan report says Arcangelo Rossi, a tenor with the Conred Opera company in San Francisco during the earthquake, after losing his voice and collapsing mentally, attempted suicide by cutting out his tongue with scissors. He was hospitalized in critical condition.
A hurricane of terrific violence swept the Campeche district Tuesday night destroying cocoa groves along the coast and causing substantial property damage and several deaths in San Juan Campeche.
The Hidden Fortune Mining Company property in Deadwood South Carolina was sold Friday to the Columbus Mining Company for an estimated 239000 dollars.
Chicago police capture the notorious thief known as Scully de Robber after a live revolver confrontation. During a coughing spell he spits out a concealed $400 diamond, ending the chase and leading to imprisonment.
Ardmore Indian Territory. Peter Maytubby former Chickasaw governor for two terms died at his home in Caddo aged 60. He served the tribe in official capacity and was a respected leader in tribal affairs.
Maj Gerald Rathbone died in San Francisco Thursday after a brief illness. He served as consul at Paris under the first Cleveland administration and was an aide on Gen Scofield's staff during the war.
C L Schroeder of Chicago representing the Empire Moulding Works was assaulted on a San Diego street Wednesday night, robbed of 300 dollars, and left insensible by assailants.
Chicago grand jury indicts former police chief John M. Collins and five others in the Dunne mayoral campaign case. Indictments allege Collins mutilated public records and civil service violations, while others face charges of conspiracy and illegal acts in forming a police detail that allegedly collected campaign funds.
A limited car on the Toledo Urban and Interurban line collided with a local car Sunday night near Bowling Green. Two persons are dead and over a score injured.
Gen. Joseph K. Hudson a Civil and Spanish War veteran and longtime prominent newspaper publisher died at his Topeka home Sunday. He served in the Civil War era and the Spanish-American conflict and shaped local journalism for years.
Winona Minnesota. Mary Hurley aged 84 once prominent in Winona society but in recent years a recluse was found dead in her home. The coroner says she had lain there since Friday.
David Willcox a late president of the Delaware and Hudson railroad killed himself at sea last week. He left his estate valued at 1,100,000 dollars to four cousins on his mother's side.
W R Haymaker aged 65, once an alderman of Fort Worth Texas, killed himself at the Monarch hotel in Kansas City Missouri on Sunday amid despondency from ill health authorities said.
Chicago jurors in the Victor Roland O'Shea murder trial disagreed Saturday and the panel was discharged. O'Shea had been tried three times and convicted once.
St Paul notes seeding has begun in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Heavy winter snow left ground in good condition and warm weather melts frost, enabling widespread seeder activity next week. Farmers expect large spring wheat oats and barley crops with early planters to feed stock.
A widow recalls observing a married woman's distress at her husband flirting with another guest and argues widows have the advantage of not needing to flirt back for advantage. The speaker notes widows know where husbands are and that they are unlikely to flirt themselves, contrasting with married women.
A notable local gunner dismisses trout protection as nonsense arguing that trout predators threaten ducks. He recounts a vivid, if dubious, scene of a trout diving, grabbing a duck by the neck, dragging it under, and feasting, claiming such acts expose jurisdictional limits for fishermen and mocking the idea of fish stories.
A light domestic joke centers on a honeymoon misadventure as a wife hints at replacing her husband’s current secretary with a male. The exchange reveals humorous marital tension and a playful challenge to conventional roles. The piece relies on witty banter to convey the mood.
A narrator describes relief from heart and stomach distress after quitting coffee and switching to Postum Food Coffee. He cites multiple near anecdotal cases of people including a W. C. T. U. state president and others who improved dyspepsia asthma and heart trouble. He endorses Postum as a healthier alternative and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
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