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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
7
J I Doty a prominent hardware merchant was found dead in his West Liberty store with a revolver nearby. Officials suspect murder though motive is unclear and an investigation is underway. Doty, 65, leaves a wife and two daughters, one aged 16, the other a University of Chicago student.
The widow of Chris Anderson, drowned in the Cedar River at Waterloo weeks ago, offers a $1000 reward to aid recovery efforts as the insurance firm withholds a $6000 life policy until the body is produced. Two other men died in the same incident.
The Vinton Stockdale and Dietz elevator at Garrison eight miles west of here on the Rock Island Pacific division burned to a total loss. It contained 7,000 to 8,000 bushels of grain and the building, with an estimated $10,000 loss, insured. Reported causes vary from a gasoline engine spark to a spark from a passing Rock Island train.
Nearly fifty members of the Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers association attended a lengthy meeting in Council Bluffs. An unusual number of subjects were discussed along with the annual election of officers, keeping the group in session through the day.
The Iowa Sugar Company has dispatched sixty beet worker families to stations along the Rock Island and Great Western railways near Waverly. About 300 people are employed in the beet industry expansion, reflecting growing production in the state.
Mason City police investigate a report that twin babies were thrown into the Lime River by their parents. The father reportedly hinted at disposing of the infants in this manner during a moment of unguarded conduct.
A special Muscatine booster train, about 150 strong, tours southeastern Iowa. The excursion will stop at all Rock Island and Iowa Central stations in the region.
Fire at Spirit Lake destroys the Hotel Orleans for the second time this year. The building, nearing completion, was to open to guests next Friday.
The interstate oratorical contest at the State Teachers' college in Cedar Falls saw Illinois win first place, Wisconsin second, Kansas third, and Iowa fourth. Missouri also competed in the league.
Two old wolves and four young ones were brought to the county auditor office by farmers from the northern part of the county. The incident notes how local residents acted to remove the wolves from the area.
The Town Grand lodge of the A O U W held its first day session in Burlington Iowa with a parade of uniformed drill teams and 160 initiations after the parade About 600 delegates attended Governor Carroll and all grand officers were present Committees on laws finance good of the order distribution and other duties outlined their members and chairmen for the three day meeting
Fairfield Iowa May 10 Farmington school board members B F Ketchman George C Jenkins H F Barton Joseph Steinmeyer M L Barger and Fred Venkfall charged with paying void warrants totaling 11044 40 were found guilty by Judge Teichelberger. They were bound over to Van Buren county district court in 200 bonds reduced to 100 each. Henry Mulvihill dismissed due to illness. News of the decision reached Farmington by telephone amid citizen approval.
The 12-year-old son of Henry Taylor of Afton was injured at school when he and a playmate removed a cartridge and exploded the powder. The blast severely burned his face and hands and threatened his sight, but doctors now believe his eyes may be saved.
Postmaster Jack Morrison of Hedrick received word from the War Department that a recently erected battery in Manila’s defense has been named Battery Morrison in honor of his son Captain John Morrison who was killed in the Philippine insurrection. The honor honors a gallant soldier and preserves his memory.
Web ster county farmers expect near total oats crop failure as seed in the ground rots under cold damp conditions. Farmers are plowing oats and small grain fields to make way for corn planting.
A man named Clifford was killed five miles south of Keota when a horse backed him into a corner. He struck the animal with a curry comb to move it, and the horse kicked him in the abdomen.
Harry F Pocock manager of the Bijou theater in Iowa City was arrested and fined five dollars for operating on Sunday. Mayor Otto Pocock presided at the hearing and Pocock pleaded guilty. Authorities warn stricter penalties for future violations.
The body of Thomas Welsh of Cresco was found last week in a hole near Minneapolis city limits after being shot and robbed. Local authorities report the death as murder and are investigating the robbers involved.
The assessor reports Mason City’s total property valuation at 8,000,000 for this year, up 1,500,000 from last year.
The city council decides to call an election on June 1 for issuing bonds totaling 35000 dollars to fund a water works system in the city.
Will Withoff a Grundy county day laborer for twenty years has fallen heir to an estate valued around 30000 dollars according to the report.
A discussion on headache as a subjective state and how pain reflects underlying nutrition and nervous system health. It covers treating causes rather than denying symptoms, the limit of narcotics and faith cures, and the roles of digestion, blood quality, and proper diet in preventing headaches.
The dialogue promotes a church event next Sunday with Rev. Dr. Uplift preaching. Deacon Hardesty claims Mr. Muntoburn is a remarkable debt raiser, though warns he may not be well known.
Henry Paradyne in Harper's Weekly argues 2009 will show no radical map changes. The United States will absorb social problems through democracy evolving beyond representative government. A global shift to socialism and tariffs could trigger a century of reorganizing production and distribution.
Pat had worked three days digging a well with promises of help from the foreman. As Towser the bulldog peered into the pit, Pat lit his pipe and declared he would not share the job with a man whose face unsettled him, recalling his past work with various groups.
Mr. Henpeck laments inability to settle on a subject. Mrs. Henpeck concedes agreement on the weather, revealing a humorous household dynamic.
The piece discusses grip seasonality over twenty years and promotes Tano's Pleasant Tablets sold at 25 cents a box. It urges early use at first symptoms and offers a mail-order sample for 25 cents to Orator 1 Woodward Le Roy New York.
A Washington Star fragment shows Farmer Corn tossel planning Josh’s work after school. The speaker contemplates Josh’s usefulness and whether he can startle mules with collegey yoll, expressing cautious hope for future labor.
A collage of patent medicines and humorous quips cites Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional blood remedy, with testimonials and distributor details. Included are notes on Castoria for infants, Allen's Foot Bane, Marine Eye Remedy, Garfield Tea, Lewis' cigars, and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, plus light anecdotes about Swinburne and wedding gifts.
Thousands of women report cures from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. The ad touts thirty years of testimonials, claims broad sales in many countries, and invites letters to Mrs. Pinkham for free advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
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