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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1910
Page
3
A collage of quips, opinions, and brief notes from The Monticello Express touching on manners and crime, popular culture, finance, marriages, and politics. The column riffs on temper, poetry, horse play, Wall Street, Rio fashion, and notions of conscription in China with pointed asides.
The deaths of two young women, daughters of the Honkua postmaster, indicate bubonic plague germs linger on Hawaii islands. Sanitary officials must toil unceasingly to suppress them and extend relentless warfare against rats across the southern Pacific slope.
A young Cambridge mathematical prodigy declares he could build a flying craft to Venus in twenty minutes using radium as motive power. He does not specify radium quantities or cost. Other bright minds also claim possible wonders if radium were available, and belief stands while not disproved.
Rear Admiral Bacon of the British navy advocates constructing larger battleships. He argues that with proper subdivision of the hull they are less likely to be sunk by torpedo attack than smaller ships. He also notes the torpedo’s growing power may outpace even well compartmented hulls.
A wild deer near Three Lakes Washington collided with a stuffed specimen in a staged confrontation and was shot. The incident involved two dummies as claimed by observers.
The latest and one of the biggest battleships of the Dreadnought type is built largely after American plans especially in turret construction and operation. The world’s leading naval power appears to value Yankee ideas.
A professor warns that too brilliant headlights mislead by analogy, noting the phenomenon applies to both persons and locomotives.
An esteemed contemporary urges all British veterinarians to notify immediately any cattle plague or contagious disease cases in domestic animals. The proposal challenges long standing custom of secrecy, arguing transparency benefits animal health and public welfare.
Nevada reports Anna Kelley admits she is part of a St Louis criminal band operating in central Iowa. She faces a $1000 bond on a charge of securing goods under false pretenses after stealing silks valued at 21.80 and planning to flee with a hired rig to Randall. The confession ties her to a 25-member gang, with men as burglars and women as shoplifters, and mentions awareness of a Huxley depot burglary.
J W Hamahi of Collins Iowa is near death at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids with a fractured skull and injured hip after his buggy and horse were struck by Milwaukee Train No 7 at Collins. He was dragged on the locomotive pilot to Madrid twenty seven miles. The engineer and fireman learned of the accident only when the station agent found Hamahi on the pilot at Madrid.
Nathoo Hindoo-seer pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge filed by Mrs. James E. Miller on behalf of her 16 year old daughter Margaret. He was bound over to the grand jury after arraignment in police court Friday in Des Moines May 14.
Des Moines May 14 union linemen with the Des Moines Street Railway and the Inter-Urban Railway have ended their strike after being granted the requested wage increases. Workers have returned to their jobs.
G L Scott of Lincoln Nebraska his daughters Ruth and Pearl and J W Clark are jailed in Burlington after Scott is charged with abducting the girls from their mother in Aurora Illinois. The couple has been separated thirteen years.
Denison Commercial club issues notice of a good roads convention at Boone on May 19 to discuss creating a river to river dragged road from Clinton to Council Bluffs.
Des Moines May 14 Rev John W Day pastor of the First Presbyterian church for ten years will head the constitutional prohibition movement in Iowa as secretary and manager.
Frank Gotch settles his breach of promise suit with Miss Sadie Currie in Des Moines after several months of litigation. The settlement amount is reported at 5000 dollars.
Dr J W Kinne lecturer on tuberculosis declares the Iowa medical school should be moved to Des Moines noting many graduates favor the change.
Representative Walter I. Smith left Washington for Iowa to campaign in every county of his district. He plans to speak in Villisca Monday evening to start the tour.
The steamship City of Saltillo struck a hidden rock near Glen Park Missouri on a mis river run from St Louis. It carried 27 passengers and 30 crew with 18 aboard lost including seven passengers. Rescue efforts followed as water was 20 feet deep.
Seven or eight masked riders blew the Mount Pleasant post office safe and seized about $3,000 in stamps and cash. Secret service men traced the trail. arrests are expected. The town, with 8,000 residents, was terrorized as a nitro explosion and volley of gunfire sparked a hurried investigation.
A series of earthquakes hit San Jose Costa Rica Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata on Wednesday. In San Jose thousands fled the city in alarm while Santo Domingo reported no casualties. Puerto Plata faced panic and interior towns feared heavy loss of life and property damage with several killed and many injured.
The Russian government informed the state department that reports of a large massacre of Jews are unfounded. The dispatches, dated Kiel and sent from London, were dismissed as baseless. A separate note reports a gas explosion injuring seven in a New York tenement on East 113th Street, sending residents fleeing to the roof.
A large Burrows saw mill at Grandview Manitoba was destroyed by fire on Thursday with extensive stock losses. The estimated damage runs to about 100000 dollars.
Kansas City Missouri. Dr Chessing Hatred Chase Jordan known as the yarb man was acquitted Wednesday of perjury charges linked to a divorce suit filed by Mrs Jordan. The case centers on testimony given during the divorce proceeding and the jury found no false statements.
Rear Admiral Andrew J. Kiersted U S N retired died at his Philadelphia home Wednesday after a stroke. He was seventy seven years old.
Theodore Roosevelt and family arrived in Berlin to a warm reception. Emperor William opted not to meet him at the station and declined hosting at the castle. the roosevelt party then visited Potsdam and lunch with the emperor and empress. Roosevelt rode with the emperor at Doberitz while 12,000 German troops demonstrated maneuvers. The event included Empress Augusta Victoria and other royals. Kermit Roosevelt attended with Henry White. Roosevelt later accepted a special ambassador role for King Edward's funeral with a brief cable: Accept.
Eighteen high school students from Huntington Mills, Pa., were on a noon outing when a prank by peers toppled a boat on an old mill dam. Six girls and two boys drowned, four boys escaped exhausted to shore. Ages ranged sixteen to eighteen.
An explosion at the Wellington coal mine in Whitehaven trapped 136 miners below the surface on Thursday. Rescue teams saved four men at the shaft bottom, but gas prevented reaching the main body of workers awaiting rescue.
John Gallon, 46, died in a local hospital from a bullet wound inflicted by a pursuing policeman during a West Philadelphia robbery chase. The officer fired several shots at robbers. a stray bullet from a trolley pole entry struck Gallon in the breast. The chase continued and two thieves were arrested.
The Manhasset house on Shelter Island a famed summer resort was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. Authorities say a lightning strike is the likely cause.
Mount Vernon Illinois General Charles W Pavey aged seventy five died of paralysis on Wednesday. A Civil War veteran and a leader in Republican politics in Southern Illinois, he was a prominent figure in the area.
Secretary Ballinger faced cross examination as the Ballinger Pinchot investigation resumed. The congressional panel planned four days of sessions this week to finish questioning Ballinger with Dennett and Schwartz set as defense witnesses. A heated exchange arose over a claim involving Samuel H. Piles and Charles Sweeney, then a vote restricted Ballinger from answering.
In Tarrytown New York May Rockefeller invites neighbors to rides in his car or carriage He wears a paper vest before each outing claiming it guards against colds Guests follow suit and keep the vest as a souvenir of the popular oil magnate's spring drives Today's reports note that invitations are rarely refused and rides are considered delightful and fashionable among residents
Donau the Woolsthorpe-Al Lone colt led from start to finish to win the 36th Kentucky Derby before a record crowd of 365000 plus at Louisville. Joe Morris finished second with Fighting Bob third as time ended at 2 06 25 and Donnu narrowly held the wire.
Officials forecast immigration reaching about one million for the fiscal year ending June 30, with 133 276 arriving in April and 801 225 year to date. The last million immigrant year was 1907, while Canada head tax brought in 2 123 000 from 1906 to 1909 on 4 246 Chinese entrants.
William Lawrence of Kalamazoo, past grand commander of the Michigan grand commandery Knights Templar and a leading Mason for 40 years, died in Detroit on Tuesday.
Grafton Illinois John J Keon jailed for refusing to pay poll tax will not be allowed to shave during his six months of imprisonment, keeping his beard in protest.
Kansas City jury weighs acquittal or first degree murder in the Dr B C Hyde trial for the Thomas H Swope murder. Hyde testifies denying poisoning charges and claims Swope died of apoplexy, detailing interactions with will and prior medical injections.
Mrs Lucy R Sayler and Dr W R Miller were moved from Watseka to Joliet for the murder of banker John Byron Sayler of Crescent City Illinois. Miller says he will not appeal to the supreme court. Sayler gets three years Miller twelve years imprisonment.
In Detroit on Wednesday a police lieutenant led a squad of patrolmen to protect ten kosher meat dealers during a meeting where they explained why meat prices are high. The intervention kept the gathering from violence as dealers spoke about supply costs and market conditions.
George Burton, a Black resident, was fatally hurt Wednesday while asleep in a barn two miles from Utica New York. Sheriff Hunt seeks Joseph Shultz, a White man, in connection with the case.
George W. Vanderbilt, returning to his Biltmore estate from abroad Tuesday, was served with a summons in a suit brought by C. A. Schenck against Vanderbilt and his manager C. D. Beadie.
John Going killed his sweetheart Miss Benton after discovering her driving with his brother then shot his brother. The report notes the fatal attack occurred in Lynchburg Virginia with authorities investigating the domestic crime and its motive.
A promotional tract cites L T Cooper claiming a New Discovery medicine expels tapeworms and cures chronic stomach trouble. It urges readers to obtain the remedy via The Cooper Medicine Co and offers free land in Colorado as an additional lure.
Yonkers Statesman quotes librettist Penman reflecting on Odd Fellows project and Wright naming his new periodical the Sausage Links, planned as a three part publication.
Red itching eyelids cysts styes and falling eyelashes are cited as conditions treated by Marine Eye Salve. Trial size Asep tic tubes priced at 25 cents are recommended with directions to ask your druggist or write Marine Eye Remedy Co Chicago for more information.
The quotation reflects sorrow over the mad rush for wealth and notes that the men are heading to the ball park. The lines contrast moral concern with a casual pursuit of leisure, capturing a fragment of local sentiment on social priorities.
A physician’s six year old daughter converses with a waiting patient in a reception room. When asked about church, she confirms Sunday school attendance and notes her mother is Presbyterian while her father is a stomach specialist.
Reader tips suggest quick remedies for household noises. Use a small wood wedge to stop door rattles and felt pads on door edges to reduce motion. Lubricate hinges and drawers with oil or soap to quiet creaks and sewing machine noise. Small fixes save patience and sleepless nights.
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