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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
1
John Davey of Kent Ohio proposes a national campaign to reduce cats sparrows and crows to save song birds from the tent caterpillar and webworm threat. He argues birds are essential and denounces the cutting of shade trees while promoting humane control to defend forests.
Horticulturists in this part of the state report the fruit crop likely to recover with some cherries grapes and apples spared. Garden crops escaped significant damage aside from beans and tomatoes. Sweet corn radishes and other vegetables are proving hardy while oats and field corn remain in good condition despite freezes.
Mrs. August Damman aged 87 was burned to death at her home thirteen miles north of Newton when her clothing ignited from a yard kettle blaze while she made soap. Doctors from Newton and Baxter failed to save her. she leaves a husband and four small children.
At the Iowa Bankers Association convention in Muscatine group eight H I Geissler urged forming a banking association to guarantee special deposits and protect banks. W W Cook of Clinton spoke on Bank Advertising advocating consistent newspaper ads. About seventy five attended the session.
Sheriff F. C. Warrick and businessman Lee Alderman were wounded by Richard Daniels of Kansas City as they tried to arrest him following his robbery of harness merchant D. S. Dickey. Neither official suffered serious injuries.
State convention of stationary engineers ends with Ottumwa chosen as next meeting place and officers elected: President H Host of Ottumwa, Vice President S B Dike of Dubuque, Secretary J A Colson of Sioux City, Treasurer J H Beebe of Marshalltown.
The home of Rev. M Murphy at Castle Grove was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at 3500 dollars. Neighbors saved the adjoining church through heroic efforts.
Northbound Great Western freight wreck southwest of Clarksville leaves engineer McCormick dead and brakeman and fireman injured. Twenty cars pile into a ditch.
Ida Grove items report Samuel H. Osgood and brother James W. Osgood sold their farm to Henning Schmidt for an even 24000. The Osgood home was sold to Noah Williams as part of the same transactions.
The recent freezes caused little damage to Emmet county oats and the crop looks healthy. Farmers are preparing corn ground and getting ready to plant.
Buffalo Center-Ben Steinberg has sold his 240 acre farm to E. 8. Starkenbeg of Prairie View Kansas for 22800 or 95 dollars per acre. It is the highest price paid for land in the vicinity and the sale was a cash deal.
Following resolutions and officer elections the Iowa State Letter Carriers and Iowa Postal Clerks associations adjourned. The carriers backed civil service retirement, disability pensions, and bills for parcels post and postal savings. Clerks endorsed automatic clerk promotions, a starting salary of 600 with 100 increases yearly to 1200, and urged passage of the forty eight hour bill. Officers include Allison, Kubicek, Fries, Devine, Phillips for carriers and Bussler, Burkholder, Mitchel, Koenig, Mundrath for clerks. A banquet preceded a city tour. Dubuque will host the 1911 convention.
The Ames home of Prof. A V Storms at Iowa State College burned when flames from an incubator in the rear spread to the house. Firemen faced hydrant distance challenges but students helped rescue most belongings. Loss estimated at $10,000 with $4,000 insured.
Cedar Rapids reports Fireman Fred W. Sies aged 19 of the Milwaukee road was awarded a $1000 check and a Carnegie medal for saving a child on the track in front of his engine while racing between Monticello and Davenport last November.
Adjt. Gen. Guy E. Logan and Col. E. R. Bennett commanded the Fifty-fifth regiment I N G as sixty men were mustered into Company I in Clarinda. The event featured regimental band music and speeches by prominent locals.
Creston residents Mr. and Mrs. N C Vickers celebrated their fifty seven years of marriage with a family reunion dinner at their daughter Mrs Caleb Agnew's home. Only relatives attended.
Clarence Millett, 18, and Miss Iassie Scott, 17, were hit by an Iowa Central switch engine in Waterloo. Millett suffered both legs severed. Scott lost a left limb. Both were hospitalized with critical injuries.
A two year old boy set fire to a baby carriage while his mother was away, burning his five months old sister who was sleeping inside. By the time the mother returned, the infant had died from the exposure. Authorities investigate cause and supervision concerns.
Iowa City officials report brothers John R. Donovan and William Donovan were arrested on charges of complicity in a winter fire that destroyed the Albany hotel. The Donovan brothers claim personal enmity as motive and have posted bonds of $1,000 each.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Barrans of Lenox marked their golden wedding anniversary. Born in England the couple moved to Illinois soon after marriage and later settled in Lenox where they have lived about thirty five years.
The M. B. A. lodge in Mason City hosted a banquet for grand officers of the national order. The event celebrated achieving 13 000 new members since January 1.
L. J. Highland a Chicago engineer is examining a site for a dam on the Iowa river at Columbus Junction. A Chicago syndicate weighs building the dam to sell water power.
Iowa City report says Des Moines members elected to the State Historical Society include F. M. Hubbell Rev. Charles S. Medbury Nathaniel T. Guernsey and G. D. Ellyson.
Iowa City Sigma Nu convention at the chapter house elected Frank W. Crockett of Des Moines as president of the Sixth district.
In Clear Lake a gasoline stove exploded injuring Mrs. T. J. Steinhour and causing serious burns to her face and chest while she and her family stayed at a summer cottage.
A heated exchange unfolds as a woman admonishes another for wearing a hat and smoking a pipe in her presence, declaring herself a lady bug and asserting social propriety. The clash highlights etiquette tensions and class manners in the moment.
A nurse from Litchfield Connecticut recounts her year and a half old son suffering from persistent facial and body sores that worsened until he resembled a skeleton. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for two months the sores healed completely and never returned.
A brief dialogue notes a census taker asking color and a response describing peaches and cream. George is referenced as stating the color.
A classroom joke centers on Edward spelling rabbit with double t. The teacher instructs him to drop one t and Edward asks which one to remove.
The notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature TEAL and stresses the remedy’s long history of safe use for infants and children. It emphasizes that Castoria is the product they have always bought.
Mrs. Frederick H. Snyder calls herself the only woman impresario on earth and credits her first St Paul grand opera venture with success. She continued in the field following the male model and remains active in production.
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications, must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. It was prescribed by a noted physician and sold as a regular prescription. Sent testimonials free, F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. Sold by druggists, price 75 cents. Also All's Family Pills for constipation.
The steel car proved its worth as passenger protection in a collision of two trains in the Hudson tunnel New York City. There was no telescoping, unlike wooden cars, and injuries were limited to passengers being thrown by the shock.
Jno H Kohl of Benton Kansas reports severe eruptions from poison ivy and wood poison. After his doctor recommended Resinol it relieved itching and cleared the outbreak. He now keeps a jar on hand and shares its effectiveness with others.
In Harper's Weekly a street exchange between tramps Weary Wag gles and Dusty Rhodes shows rising costs. Dusty notes meals have become harder to obtain and now require two asks instead of one, highlighting hardship along his route.
The Grand Trunk Railway System issues guidance for handling school boys during July and August. The vacation camp is proposed as a solution and the pamphlet covers practical hints for parents. Copies available from W. S. Cookson, 917 Merchants Loan & Trust Building, Chicago.
A cheeky quote from the Chicago Record-Herald questions the value of medical care. The speaker jokes about high bills implying little real treatment.
Editorial argues Taft should not confess error over the Payne tariff. It says the law has both good and bad elements and that revision should proceed without erasing the president’s convictions. The piece urges unity among Republicans and cautions against political spectacle.
In a Hampshire Gazette critique, Massachusetts reciprocity advocate Foss enters Congress amid Western corn growers’ enthusiasm. The piece warns that Foss plans would boost Northern prices by importing cheaper Canadian produce, risking lower farm incomes and altered markets.
The piece argues that tariffs do not fix price trends as prices rise and fall independently. It notes that even with tariffs, prices for articles fluctuate, and questions how tariffs could drive prices up or down. The author cites free trade England as another example of erratic price movements despite tariff policies.
The Washington Post reports Governor Harmon Governor Marshall Mayor Gaynor and William Jennings Bryan as the next Democratic president hopefuls.
The Portland Oregonian notes Taft's administration delivering steady expenditure, rising revenues, and broad industrial prosperity while questioning what contentment truly yields and urging pursuit of further aims.
A Troy Times editorial argues loyalty to Republican ism will keep the people aligned with the party. It asserts integrity over time is essential, warning that denunciations and deceit by opponents may prove futile if conduct remains steadfast.
Pueblo Opinion argues the new tariff will create more employment with better pay than any prior tariff, claiming no factory closures or farmer foreclosures will occur.
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune notes a Democratic split in Indiana described as among the most beautiful and spectacular mix-ups since the Kilkenny cats, signaling party disarray.
A released press summary criticizes the Zelaya defense as weak regarding Secretary Knox. It notes a six month retention of a death row letter by Leonard Grace offers no proof of injustice. The letter shows Grace as a remorseful son, not a justification for Zelaya’s actions or war crimes.
Information released asserts Colonel Roosevelt will not seek re election in 1912 nor run for Congress or the Senate. He will not pursue New York governor or the Depew seat, but may back William Loeb Jr. He plans limited western speeches, support for GOP in the Sixty second Congress, then private life focused on writing and lectures.
Michael Flanni and Dennis O Rourke debate quitting drink on a city avenue. O Rourke urges confession in a church as a fresh start, while Mike hesitates and wonders if help is coming from outside. A tricky, dialogic vignette from Success Magazine presents a moral moment.
A brief exchange depicts a price drop as a critic values a painting at 80 cents while a poor artist offers it for a quarter in cash, signaling a small market bargain.
An elderly reader from Joplin Missouri credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with relieving years of kidney trouble back pain numbness and urinary issues. She urges others to remember the brand and notes it is sold by dealers at 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. Also includes brief humor snippets.
The piece argues Democrats could not pass laws or enforce policies if they control the House. They would mainly embarrass opponents and be forced to vote for appropriations to support a Republican administration. Internal struggles and traded favors would mark their tenure, with losers certain and winners discovering hollow honors. Washington Post.
The Troy Times editorial lauds Gov. Charles E. Hughes as the only man fit for the U.S. Supreme Court seat created by Justice Brewer's death. It argues Hughes meets every requirement in character and legal ability and credits President Taft’s nomination as strengthening the court.
The Louisville Post editorial asserts Colonel Roosevelt commands public confidence built through a lie that serves the public interests. It praises his independence from platitudes and his strict adherence to law, claiming he uses constitutional power to curb aggressive, modern influences.
A humorous exchange from Youth's Companion shows Mrs Dobbs probing a new boarder about likes and dislikes. The guest declines pie for breakfast and remarks on the idea as excessive while Mrs Dobbs defends pie for dinner and supper as proper finishing touches.
An analysis notes since March 4 1909 Taft and Congress have delivered a clean state of public service. The Democrats fear the strong record and urge to keep their head and not become stampeded as the truth unsettles them. The Omaha Bee reflects on party faith and political posture.
In a reflective vignette five year old Ethel longs for her brother’s companionship as he plays with a top. She asks her mother if it is too late to become a boy, revealing childhood wishes and family dynamics.
American interests warn of an Anglo-Persian syndicate planning extensive drilling at Ahwaz on the Karun river in Mesopotamia and Turkish Arabia. The move threatens American oil markets by expanding foreign production.
An actress describes Eleanor Robson as dear and notes her marriage to August Belmont. She recalls a witty remark about the gilded set and two questions about summer and winter plans mentioning Mrs. Van Gelt and Palm Beach.
An advertisement promises rich soil and fine climate with free land in Colorado. It invites readers to write W F Jones at 750 Majestic Building, Denver, for full particulars and notes “Not Quite Qualified.” The fragment includes a stray dialogue about a tiara purchase and a police cartoon caption.
A Californian invents a pane mounted fly trap letting flies enter unseen from the glass surface. Meanwhile a city scrapping match over hosting the National or International Congress of Aviators sees Washington and Baltimore withdraw from the process.
Second Assistant Secretary Adee of the state department is on annual vacation in Europe with Mr. Thackera United States consul general at Berlin and Mrs Thackera. They will tour southern France by bicycle for about six weeks and expect to return to Washington mid June.
A Baltimore schoolboy, son of a notable local businessman, tells his father after school that he is tired of school and may quit, saying the day breaks up too abruptly. The exchange, quoted from Harper's Magazine, captures a child's candid view on routine schooling.
The Bureau of Statistics notes leeches as an imported animal under free duty with rising annual value from 1902 to 1908 totaling about 5341 in 1908 and 40200 for the decade. Snails, once listed, dwindled to 24 in 1908, leading to discontinued reporting on that item.
Dr Henry Farnum Stoll of Hartford urges outdoor schools for delicate anaemic and tuberculous bone cases. He cites that 20 to 40 percent of city children are infected and tuberculin tests show 79 percent of children from tuberculous homes infected versus 26 percent from healthy homes.
The Elmira Advertiser notes that large Democratic leaders Bryan and Hearst praising Taft signals a moment for Republicans to reassess and stop their complaints. The comment frames bipartisan acknowledgment as a turn in political mood.
An old Scottish proverb highlights luck in being gifted with likability as a valued trait. The saying favors charm and social ease as prized qualities.
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