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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
2
A miscellany of early 20th century musings touching suffrage jokes about hats and ballots, transportation hazards, evolving coinage, and social changes. Observations swirl around London doctors, diploma mills, suffrage reactions, and a quip about disembarking trains. Includes playful digs at war, fashion, and public manners.
Fort Washington Maryland units claim a world record firing at a moving target. They hit six times in ten shots at 4000 to 6000 yards with a 5 mph target, in under 64% minutes. Such sharpshooting makes battleships wary and underscores precision as science.
An American company plans to capitalize an expedition to search the ocean for Capt Kidd treasure. The pirate still holds the record and his hidden riches would be valuable today as probes and investigations unveil other buried loot.
Examination papers reveal a colonial history error claiming Gen Grant and Admiral Farragut led British forces in the Revolutionary War. The misstatements reflect gaps in civic education and efforts to assign proper roles to students studying foundational events.
The article notes that taxicab owners seek the highest charges the market will bear while a proposed public service model aims to set the lowest prices that still maximize traffic and profit. This contrast frames a controversy over pricing strategies in urban transportation.
In New York, taxi fares have gone up while the older crosstown horse-drawn cabs continue to operate for a nickel. The contrast shows evolving transport costs against traditional affordable rides in city transit.
A bill in the chamber of deputies proposes two 20,000-ton battleships. The text argues further expansion to four ships, then six, portraying the navy push as a growing and costly national burden.
The report notes the latest slide was not at Gatun dam but located further south in Ecuador or in a southern area, suggesting a different site of the event.
A Kansas farmer says he was cheated by a sharper who convinced him to pay thousands for a supposed diamond that proved to be a worthless stone. The tale serves as a warning to other farmers not to chase big diamonds over real value.
Rev. Trowbridge reports to the American Board that the Adana massacre was government planned under Abdul Hamid with British aid needed for communications. Forty five mutiny leaders arrested at Salonika. US revenue cutter Tahoma arrives at Alexandretta for protection. Bechkeny and Armenian villages suffer massacres and forceful displacement across Asiatic Turkey.
Five foreigners seeking five cent tolls attempted to cross the Monongahela River in a small boat near McKeesport. The craft sank midstream, drowning three men as five hundred local school children watched from a new playground. Ten bodies were recovered by nightfall with the search paused after Tuesday night’s accident.
Marquis de Villalobar will succeed Don Ramon Pina as Spanish minister at Washington. Pina moves to the foreign office as under secretary of state, replacing Marquis de Herrera who becomes ambassador to Vienna.
In Sterling Wisconsin H. J. Cobey who borrowed money from the county fifty five years ago and later was wiped out by bankruptcy has restored wealth and paid the principal with accumulated interest for the long overdue debt.
Harry Beede a Wyoming cowboy with Buffalo Bill's show died from injuries from last Monday's performance. His great toe was severely bruised when a horse stepped on it during the act.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, a leading Mississippi divine and publicist, and a famed pulpit orator for two decades, died on Wednesday in Jackson.
Long balloon flight from Canton by J. H. Wade and A. H. Morgan of Cleveland continued after an mischance in the Cleveland Wednesday and was expected to keep them aloft into Thursday.
A Friday tornado outbreak in Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma left at least five dead and dozens hurt. The Hollis Kansas area was swept away with three dead and ten seriously injured while Mount Washington and Fairmount Park near Kansas City reported twenty five injuries. Widespread damage included a wrecked train derailment near Randolph and the destruction of farm property across multiple counties.
An explosion of one half ton of dynamite at Callanan Road Improvement Company in South Bethlehem near Albany blows to atoms the bodies of 20 workmen. One thousand pounds of dynamite detonated, hurling bodies hundreds of feet and leaving gruesome, mutilated remains. Italians with shovels locate and move fragments to the engine house morgue as relatives gather overwhelmed by the sight.
Jury in Flushing New York convicts U S A Captain Peter Hains of manslaughter in the first degree for the murder of William Annis at Bayside Yacht Club on August 15 1908. Verdict came after two hours and forty five minutes and the captain is remanded to custody for Monday’s sentencing.
Miss Maud Ewing and Miss Ida May Tilden teachers at Longfellow school in Des Moines were arrested after a nine year old pupil, David Kaplain, accused them of beating him black and blue for allegedly stealing five dollars. He says they pinned him to a chair and struck him with switches and pinched his cheeks and body.
Dunkirk Indiana resident Amos Weaver received a war department medal for conspicuous bravery in the Philippines. On November 5, 1899, he alone routed a group of 15 insurgents, killing four and wounding several others.
Nine year old George Sherburn son of Assistant Postmaster Marion Sherburn drowned after falling from a pontoon bridge in Lacon Illinois on Thursday. The incident occurred in the local area near the riverfront with investigators called to the scene.
Four earthquake shocks were felt in Guayaquil on Tuesday. Two were slight and brief, while two near midnight caused great alarm but caused no damage.
A Wednesday blaze engulfed Kinderhook Illinois business precinct except one storeroom with Colgrove's meat market as the origin. Estimated loss reaches sixty thousand dollars.
A London departmental committee concludes a four-company US beef trust operates in the United Kingdom but is not now powerful enough to endanger the trade. It notes possible risk if firms gain Argentine control and finds some price coordination in UK sales while US reps claim ignorance of American conditions.
President Taft delivered a sharp rebuke to Kansas Governor Stubbs and warned politicians he would not be used to push factional causes. He also announced the withdrawal of Robert Stone of Topeka from the nomination for assistant attorney in the Department of Justice. Stubbs campaigns for the Senate against Senator Curtis and claims Stone was a personal favor.
Emma Goldman who was to deliver a lecture in New Haven was prevented from speaking by police. Accompanied by Dr Reitman she was admitted to the hall but no one else could enter the meeting room.
The University of Wisconsin at Madison announces a policy that freshmen are forbidden to smoke cigarettes after the decision by the senior class. This rule aims to curb smoking among new students and promote a healthier campus environment.
Thomas Comforter age 48 from Altoona Pa was arrested outside the big prison after carrying a lengthy essay titled Words of Comfort to Helen Boyle and expressing a wish to see the woman inside.
Springfield Junior Mrs. Georgia Benning remains in critical condition after swallowing a penny five weeks ago. Doctors report she continues to fight complications from the incident.
Columbus lawyer Charles W Caldwell, who aimed to unseat Secretary of State Knox, is held for investigation on serious charges after bloodhounds and guards pursued him at Elizabethtown. He faces accusations from A M Remy regarding secret visits to Remy’s 16 year old daughter Belah.
In Jackson Michigan a large rat in Mrs. Richard Frost’s hair reportedly saved her life after a Thursday automobile crash with a telephone pole. Both she and her baby were thrown from the car and she suffered scalp injuries from hair pins driven in. The infant also sustained head injuries and internal concerns were noted. Richard Frost was driving the vehicle.
James R. Saunders alias William B Glyndon is released from Fort Madison after 31 years for the alleged Grundy county murder of a 14 year old girl. He long held the prison record as the longest serving inmate and is now 71 in good health. Saunders, a Civil War sharpshooter from an eastern Ohio family, saved 1800 during incarceration and has kept his family name hidden.
Alexis Lau dent, with a broken back, travels from Birmingham Alabama toward Moscow Russia in a bid to see his parents. He was injured in a Alabama mine accident and will rest in a Jersey City hospital before sailing home.
The American Federation of Musicians elected officers Friday in Minneapolis and chose Cincinnati for the next annual convention. Joseph N. Webber of Cincinnati was named president.
Max Alheim a baker in east New York was dragged from bed by strike sympathizers and thrown into a vat of dough after the bakers went out on strike.
In Dubuque Ira Clarence Griggs nine died from lockjaw after a neck blow from a ball during a scuffle with Milton Metcalf six as rival Albert Metcalf ten looked on. The incident occurred a week ago.
William Schneider a farmer was found dead in his hog lot by his son. The body was discovered Thursday in Kewaunee Illinois where a shepherd dog guarding the herd kept away a large drove of swine.
Spokane reports six bandits robbed Great Northern Passenger No 8 early Sunday. The $20 000 haul included mail-car rifling and a wild crash at Colbert Mead. 14 injured as passengers were hurled by glass. Engine crew forced at gunpoint. two robbers seized control of the cab. Second local holdup in a month. bandits remain at large.
Delegates from Cincinnati and eastern states gather in Washington to push a two hour daylight saving shift. They propose moving May 1 clocks ahead two hours to extend evening daylight, with work quitting time advanced similarly. Naval and government officials back the idea, with a cabinet vote pending.
Prince Sidi Jeassu eighteen? No 13, grandson of Menelik, marries Princess Romanie seven, uniting two dynastic lines and powerful chiefs families amid political significance. Meanwhile Matthew McGrath sets 177 feet 4 inch hammer throw mark but ineligible due to circle rim metal.
Ian Amos Noyes Currier a longtime Latin professor at the University of Iowa died of pneumonia at age 76 in Iowa City. He taught for forty years and is mourned by colleagues and students.
In Elkhart Indiana Lyman Hopkins aged 20 of Anderson drowned when his rowboat sank in a heavy wind after oar locks broke. His companion James Littens was rescued exhausted.
In Muskogee Oklahoma the Muskogee and Bartlesville teams from the Western Baseball association were arrested for playing on Sunday. They posted bonds and resumed the game.
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