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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1912
Page
2
The Monticello Express notes a sunspot and a string of political quips. It mocks conventions and campaigns while lampooning editors, theater crowds, and a California Turkish tobacco ambition. It also jokes about divorces skirts bathing laws and a Harvester sale rumor.
A New Jersey measure imposes a $1 license on cats. The piece humorously suggests licensing midnight concerts as a preferable alternative.
A commentator argues that people who insist on building near the Ohio and Mississippi rivers should choose safe, tall structures to withstand potential flooding and provide resilient urban corridors.
A Missouri man raises grasshoppers as chicken feed. He warns that production should match demand to avoid waste.
The text notes reformers investigate the baseball trust while hoping for an age limit on peanuts. The passage links regulatory scrutiny with a nut concessions policy, signaling reform momentum and public health concerns.
A Harvara professor asserts that women talk excessively in social settings. The claim, presented as a general observation, cites communication patterns and gender dynamics without detailing empirical evidence.
A Harvard professor asserts Oklahoma leads in a given field by five years, noting the distance in prestige between Harvard and the state. The claim frames Oklahoma as surpassing peers despite the institution’s global prominence.
A European judge said it is not lawful to cheat American tourists, noting the task is not easy. The remark highlights concerns about deceptive practices toward visitors.
A quirky note laments the lack of a hymn to the vernal chorus of frogs. It jokes about alarmists predicting Bauerkraut as an explosive, preferring risk to boiled cabbage in a tongue in cheek aside.
A statistician notes only one of every ninety five songs gains popularity. From the heard tunes, the worst among the ninety five is chosen as the example.
A military authority warns Washington could fall to a foreign foe but many office seekers rise to defend the capital. The piece notes a surge of locally elected leaders and hopefuls preparing to protect the city against invasion.
A Philadelphia woman secured a marriage license just three minutes after her divorce was granted setting a new fast track record. The report notes Philadelphia’s pace outshines Reno in switter comparisons.
The note asserts Russia aims for a vast fleet of dreadnoughts, but by the time it completes them the ships may already be obsolete or discarded, reflecting a view that navies quickly become junk piles.
A Boston reformer urges that every groom obtain a certificate of financial competence to support a wife and every bride secure a certificate of culinary competence to feed a husband, arguing weddings should not occur without these credentials.
Two Massachusetts boys create a contrivance to shut out rubbernecks on party telephone lines. If adopted it would destroy the happiness of many people and reshape how neighbors listen in.
A writer advises remedies for seasickness noting that being in a tub of water helps absorb boat motion. Trans Atlantic travelers trying this expedient would be quite water soaked upon reaching the other side.
Des Moines reports ex Governor Shaw has secured enough English money to raise 402000 through Iowa & Omaha railroad bonds to purchase the Atlantic North & South line before the option expired. Judge Arthur to extend time to May 16. Shaw aims to extend Iowa line to Council Bluffs and Treynor.
The Iowa Total Abstinence Union Catholic annual convention will be held in Mason City on June 4 with plans underway by state committees. Scheduled speakers include Archbishop Keane of Dubuque Mrs L M Lake of St Louis Very Rev Father P J O Callahan of Chicago national president and Rev Father Convery of Eldora state president. Between 200 and 200 delegates are expected.
Mrs. Edward Herbert takes her 5 year old son to Iowa City hospital after a pet cat with hydrophobia bites him. The cat was killed and its head sent to Chicago for exam, with notice that the animal had rabies.
Frank A Nimocks of Ottumwa was elected president of the Iowa Postmasters association and Perry was chosen as the 1913 meeting place at the closing session of the state convention. George C True of Oskaloosa was named secretary treasurer.
Rt. Rev. P J Garri gan bishop of the Sioux City diocese announces Very Rev. Father P Farrelly of Carroll to the permanent pastorate of the Church of the Assumption at Emmetsburg. The posting describes it as one of the best in the diocese.
Iowa Farmers' Grain Dealers' association will hold a meeting in Marshaltown this Friday. Roy McVicar of Ingle Grove serves as secretary of the organization.
Muscatine-Lindley Hoopes, aged 96, longtime Muscatine county resident, died at his country home near the city. He arrived in Muscatine in 1854 and was for many years a prominent figure in the county.
Dr. M. E. Brown osteopath and local lodge figure is under arrest after a complaint by John Molden alleging an assault attempt on Molden’s wife Mrs. J. I. Molden. The filing points to a statutory offense.
The body of a stranger about 42 years old, six feet tall, was found beside the Illinois Central tracks in Dubuque. He appears to have been killed by a train.
Luke Roberts aged 90 a Clinton weather observer for thirty years and the nation’s oldest Good Templar died yesterday morning.
A fire believed incendiary destroyed William Bentley's barn in Highland township Elkader area, causing about 3000 dollars in damage. Six horses thirteen calves and extensive hay and farm machinery were ruined in the blaze.
Thomas P. Gray holds multiple posts in Keokuk including supervisor of police and fire departments and purchasing agent for two institutions. He also serves as city building inspector and is accused of manipulating a city council vote.
Henry Hilmer an oil salesman from Waterloo hanged himself in a box car at Sumner. The death appears self-inflicted with no motive given. He is the brother of August Hilmer editor of the Iowa Free Press in New Hampton.
Clear Lake suffers no ice shortage as 10 000 tons melt slowly after an ice house fire last week. Other ice companies report ample supply and no famine this season.
Des Moines reports that the Iowa National Guard fifthy fifth and fifty-fourth regiments will march to Fort Leavenworth Kansas on August 19 to participate in the annual fall maneuvers with United States regulars and guard troops. The fifty-fourth regiment around Des Moines will be led by Col. BE Bennett and the fifty-fifth by Col. R P Howell.
In Waterloo Judge I C Platt overruled a motion for a new trial and sentenced J T McCaskill, a sewing machine agent, to a term not exceeding eight years in the Fort Madison penitentiary for the killing of Henry Phillips, a wealthy farmer, last November. McCaskill’s counsel filed a motion for a new trial. His brothers posted the $6000 appeal bond.
Surgeons at the state university medical college removed a pin from the appendix of Miss Mabel Tubbs of Lake City Iowa and amputated the appendix. She recalls swallowing the pin in 1909 at age twelve, and the object reportedly remained for three years.
Smajil Boy Disappears from Cameron farm one half mile west of Lone Rock. Two year old Smajil Marlows is described as chunky with blue eyes and light hair. One hundred men have been searching for thirty hours with no results.
J. H. Carleton, a pioneer resident and wealthy local figure in Iowa Falls, killed himself at his home by cutting his throat after months of poor health, which was believed to have caused mental derangement.
Ottumwa Judge Hunter orders a new trial for Manus Gallagher after ruling the jury erred by sampling whisky offered in evidence in the bootlegging case. Gallagher was found guilty a week earlier.
Work has begun on a large steel trestle to replace the condemned wooden bridge northwest of the city. The Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern line aims for a structure that will rival the Boone viaduct in fame and scale.
Ground was broken this morning for a new 100000 dollar freight house by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad in Ottumwa. The building will span a full city block and rise two stories.
Central school building housing over 400 children was emptied in one minute and 15 seconds during a fire drill ordered by Fire Marshall Roe with no prior notice.
Sioux City union electricians who walked out May 1 for higher wages and a closed shop have returned to work. They will be paid the previously agreed wages and shops will operate as before.
About fifty women physicians are in the city for the fifteenth annual Iowa Medical Women convention. Local women's clubs are carrying out elaborate plans for their entertainment.
J Kemming assistant cashier of Crawford County State Bank died at the hospital after a six week confinement for an appendicitis operation.
Ida Grove Exchange bank contracts a new pressed brick post office building to be completed by July 1.
William Hovey is under arrest in Mason City for forging a $300 check drawn on a Van Meter, Iowa bank. The accused faces forgery charges and awaits further proceedings.
Between five and six hundred laborers and machine tenders at nine brick and tile plants walk out after a demand for a twenty five percent raise. Current wages are one dollar seventy five cents for ten hours of work.
Mrs. A Halway aged 55 wife of a prominent Benton county farmer committed suicide by hanging at her residence near Garrison. The tragedy occurred in her own home and is reported as an apparent self inflicted death.
Four firemen were overcome by smoke when a blaze struck the Stauffacher Clothing company's store in Cedar Rapids. Damage to the store and other units in the same building will reach into the thousands of dollars.
Mason City pastor Rev. Thomas McElroy of Riceville has been named by Fourth district prohibitionists as their candidate for Congress.
Baltimore results show Col Roosevelt edging to 66 of 129. Taft 63. Clark commands a Maryland Democratic majority with 80 votes to Wilson 45 and Harmon 4 in Baltimore. Washington convention endorses Clark with 455 votes to 166 for Wilson and 144 for Harmon, ensuring Clark’s 14 votes from the state.
Emilio Vasquez Gomez was declared provisional president of Mexico on Saturday and set his provisional capital in the Juarez customs house. He named Col. Pascual Orozco minister of war and Sic Moreno Canton of Yucatan minister of foreign relations.
Omaha Neb Feb The first election under the commission plan returns James C Dahlman Democrat and incumbent mayor plus six other commissioners.
Fifty seven Howe school for boys students in Howe Indiana were expelled last week for breach of discipline and allowed to return. On Tuesday after, parents threatened to sue the school.
Eleanor K. Frazzier of Middletown applied Monday to Justice Morschauer for annulment of her marriage to Marriet F. Rasher four years ago. She says she cannot remember the event.
Mount Vernon Illinois May 8 a dog owned by Asabel Free was stung to death after a dog looking at a bee hive in play attacked the hive the bees responded and the animal died after prolonged suffering in great agony.
New Orleans May 8 Thousands of acres added to flooded Louisiana regions as the St Sophia levee near Baton Rouge breaks. About 105000 people homeless from Rosedale Mississippi to Natchez and as far as Red River, with sixty dead in Torras region. Levees reinforced around New Orleans while rescue boats evacuate refugees from trees and houses as the crest nears Baton Rouge.
Macon Georgia May 8 annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans opened at Camp John B Gordon drawing many veterans their relatives and friends to the city The people of Macon extend hospitality with thousands of homes opened to visitors for the event.
In Dixon Illinois on May 10 an agreement in Lewis County court awarded John King of Ashton $7500 against the C and N W Railway for his wife’s death and his own injuries.
An aeroplane exhibition opened in New York at the New Grand Central Palace on Thursday. It traces aeronautics from its inception to the present day and covers every aspect of the field.
In Joliet on Tuesday a two year old girl named Amelia Stern wandered to the street while her mother spoke to a neighbor. A passing street car struck and fatally crushed her. Police investigate the tragedy and file details of the incident.
Sterling Illinois May 9 eleven boys aged twelve to sixteen were arrested for a string of burglaries over two months. All are sons of prominent citizens and they all confessed.
Washington reports Second cavalry and Fifth infantry now bound for the United States. Cavalry to Fort Huachuca on the Mexican border, infantry to San Antonio for Rio Grande defense. Eleventh Infantry expected to follow to San Antonio. War Dept says all acclimated troops will be reassigned. Inquiries into the El Paso guard shooting are ordered. In Mexico, General Orozco denies recognizing Juarez provisional government and threatens Gomez.
Washington reports six million carcasses tainted by disease passed as wholesome by inspectors over six years. The Department of Agriculture admits the figures as charges mount against Secretary Wilson Solicitor McCabe and A D Melvin. Representative Nelson notes officials must defend before investigations begin and cites secret orders enabling packing-house inspectors to approve diseased carcasses for distribution.
May 8 report from Hattiesburg says the first section of the Texas Confederate reunion special en route to Macon Georgia wrecked at Gunns Mill on the New Orleans and Northeastern railroad six miles north of Hattiesburg. Four trainmen and six or more passengers died, at least twenty five were injured. the train was from New Orleans and carried veterans and their families. Cause not yet established.
About 5,000 visitors arrive for the Mystic Shrine annual convention in Los Angeles, the largest gathering to date. The event, opening Saturday, will run through May 11 with tours and entertainments filling the interim days.
Jim Corbett has signed a one year contract to manage Bobby Waugh of Fort Worth Texas. He has challenged Knockout Brown and several other good men for his protege in the coming bout season.
Politicians in Tacoma Washington credit Colonel Roosevelt's primary win to a $300 plate dinner held in Tacoma for President Taft last October with local guests and supporters.
Cairo Illinois May 9 movement of strawberries from Villa Ridge will begin by carload next week. The first car is expected to be shipped next week Thursday. The strawberry crop is reported to be very fine this year.
Aviator Bachmayer was killed at the Johannisthal Aero drome when his aircraft’s motor failed and the plane plunged 150 feet to earth last Tuesday.
Minneapolis May 11 The Methodist Episcopal church faces a vote on Paragraph 260 over whether dancing card playing and similar amusements fall to members conscience. After three hours the committee debated striking the section while bishops urged abolition without endorsing amusements. Dr Leander W Munhall of Philadelphia rebuked bishops saying their duties hinder spiritual oversight.
Des Moines reports one of the era’s largest bank deals as J H Cownie buys $200000 worth of Iowa National Bank stock from E K Butler of Chicago. The transfer covers just over half of Butler’s local holdings at about $3 per share for 672 shares, a sharp rise from $1 25 three years ago.
Officers for the coming year were elected at the closing meeting of the state convention of the P E D QO. President Mrs. Alice Miller Cedar Rapids first vice president Mrs Walter McHenry Des Moines second vice president Mrs Hulda H Reed What Cheer recording secretary Mrs Bess Manning Keosau tua corresponding secretary Mrs Stella Porter Ottumwa treasurer Mrs Cornelia J Sawyer Sioux City organizer Mrs Lillian Griffiths Har lan
A lightning strike hit a four story building at Sixth and Wagner last night around 8 40 causing a major Des Moines fire. The blaze damaged a furniture warehouse run by 8S Davidson & Bros and the Emerson Brantingham company agricultural implements. Estimated loss stands at 135000 dollars.
The jury found Thomas Maxwell Jr. committed the explosive act at the Clark theater on December 31 while insane. Judge Thomas Maxwell ordered the defendant committed to Clarinda hospital for treatment until cured.
In Mason City physicians report William Eichoff a 12 year old boy is recovering from a bullet wound that entered under the chin, pierced the tongue, cut an optic nerve and lodged between the brain and skull prompting wide medical puzzlement.
The Northeastern Iowa Picnic association of the Modern Woodmen of America will hold its annual picnic at Charles City on June 6. The event features speeches drills a baseball game and other entertainment.
Mrs. George Saunders was struck and killed by lightning while looking from her farm home window near Sioux City. Four children in the room survived unharmed.
In Humeston the plan to issue bonds up to $15,000 for building an electric light plant was decisively rejected at a special election held in the city.
About 500 acres of sugar beets will be planted in Emmet county this month. All beets have been contracted to the Minnesota Sugar Co. of Chaska Minnesota.
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