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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
2
The Express notes a growing divide as wealthy elites pursue luxury, raising living costs and challenging the moderately ambitious to maintain social standards. It discusses the tension between affluent spending and simple, refined living, and warns of burdens on the less affluent. Rich tastes distort values and tempt some toward excess.
The New York Sun lauds San Francisco telegraph operators who kept calm and worked their keys amid flames, praising their steadfast duty. It argues that ordinary service under danger can be as heroic as overt acts of bravery and urges the public to honor them.
The speaker argues for prioritizing farmers and merchants over soldiers and battleships, citing the Civil War as showing citizens can become effective defenders. Japan is seen as a distant threat unlikely to act for generations, while domestic wealth and vast virgin territory demand labor, not war.
Professor Branner Matthews notes modern audiences perceive humor faster due to brighter stages. He contrasts today’s well lit theater with eighteenth century gloom from sparse oil lamps, which limited viewers from seeing expressions during quarrelsome scenes.
The opening of a Tioga Pennsylvania bank with capital of 25000 under state Grange auspices and owned and managed by Grangers is noted as a significant first in a planned series of Grange banks.
Novelist Gertrude Atherton has drawn attention for her aid to the hungry in San Francisco. Her efforts come as the city faces economic hardship and food shortages.
The Senate approved the railroad rate bill by 71 to 3 after 70 days of debate. The measure authorizes the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix rates, investigate unjust charges, and determine just maximum rates. It expands jurisdiction to include damages, through routes, and penalties, with broad changes to rail and related carriers.
George W. Jiminez, the officer sent to reorganize the Panama police, has given up the task and is back in Brooklyn. He says the Panama police are a national body with no effective method of governance.
The Robeiro cabinet resigns after King Charles refuses to delay the cortes meeting sparking a political crisis in Lisbon.
At the annual meeting in Anaconda Montana the stockholders reelected the former board of directors with one change George H Church was elected to replace A C Burrage on the board.
San Francisco clearing house banks announce all commercial banks will reopen for business on May 23 after closures.
In Philadelphia the interstate commerce commission heard that George W. Creighton admitted holding stock in coal firms and that Jamison Coal & Coke presented Pennsylvan ia Railroad officials with stock to gain favorable treatment. Jamison bought back shares for 5000 dollars. Frank B. Wigton charged 1903 rebates and car discrimination, while Thayer denied concessions since 1899. The commission adjourned to resume next Wednesday in Baltimore.
The Mormon church plans to exit commerce by handing Utah Light and Railway to an Anglo American trust worth 25 million dollars. A sale of Salt Lake & Los Angeles railroad for 500 thousand follows, as Joseph I. Smith says religion will separate from business to protect converts no longer needing church aid.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that a state law protecting traders from unfair competition is constitutional. The decision was issued against the Continental Tobacco Company after an agent was found guilty of selling to certain dealers on better terms if they agreed to deal exclusively with Continental.
Five miners were torn to pieces and 12 badly burned in a dynamite explosion at Shenandoah City colliery in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. The blast occurred when a workman dropped a box of dynamite, igniting mine gas and causing horrific fatalities.
Fire destroyed the Estey Manufacturing Company five story brick furniture plant in Owosso Michigan on Friday. The Lake Ice Company's ice houses also burned. Loss is estimated at 100000 dollars.
New York obituary notes Fanny Herring once a New York theater favorite died in Simsbury Connecticut. She debuted at the Old Bowery in 1841 as the boy in The Battle, marking a notable start to a long stage career.
John B. Jackson, American minister to Greece, entertained Thursday night at dinner with King George, Queen Olga, Crown Prince Constantine, and Princess. Mrs. Jackson assisted her husband at the event in Athens.
The Connecticut Fire Insurance company in Hartford says a meeting will be held Tuesday May 29. Officers believe San Francisco losses exhaust the current surplus but that it will be replaced.
Devastating fires scorch 200 square miles in Michigan's northern peninsula. Eight towns wiped out or perilous, including Talbot Quinnesee Saunders Shaffer Ralphs Salvoie Cornell Woodlawn and others near Iron Mountain Escanaba and Chocolay. Iron Mountain cut off. three major fires merge along rail lines while a fourth threatens Talbot and Powers.
Rochester N Y four jurors recommend suspension of Rev Dr Algernon S Crapsey Episcopal rector of Batavia until he proves conformity to the apostles creed and Nicene creed with a 30 day interim period before final sentence is pronounced by the diocese ecclesiastical authorities.
President Roosevelt transmitted the complete Garfield report on the alleged oil trust to Congress, including a synopsis and a presidential message outlining the inquiry’s key facts. The materials were sent to Congress on Friday the 4th.
Grand jury returned indictments Friday naming President Harry Norvell and 18 City Ice company directors. They face charges of violating the Valentine anti trust law in Cleveland Ohio.
Berlin dispatch reports 13 mourners struck down at a graveside funeral in Teschen Austrian Silesia on Friday. Twenty others were severely burned in the incident.
Reconstruction at Stanford in San Francisco aims to have every building in perfect condition by next September. Work has already begun to restore facilities essential to campus welfare.
Representatives Ransdell of Louisiana Rainey and Lorimer of Illinois depart with executive committee members for home after rivers and harbors discussions.
In Saint Petersburg Vice Admiral Kuzmich was killed by a worker at the Admiralty works after attempting to stop a May demonstration. The attacker fled into a forge as workers closed in. In Warsaw Police Captain Constantinoff was slain by a bomb as he stood with officers. the bomber was killed after a gunfight.
A Northwestern mill spark caused a fire in Stanley Wisconsin destroying 100 residences and a dozen businesses. Loss estimated at 200000 with 40000 for the Northwestern Lumber department store. Other victims include Olson Ness Kon sella and a Norwegian church. Homes burned between the Northwestern store and Franklin street.
Five Presbyterian general assembly commissioners were injured when a temporary stand collapsed during a Friday photo session in Des Moines Iowa. The injured include Dr C Lukins Roswell New Mexico with hip bruises Rev W O David Monongh West Virginia hip bruised George Wills Mendota Illinois back injury and unconscious Rev J M McGaughey Chariton Iowa strained Rev W C Buell Taos New Mexico back bruised.
The tale recalls Sir Harry Johnston escaping a mob in Africa by exploiting a rumor of smallpox grimly called the white disease. An envoy claimed the illness was in camp and a lone albino was sent out as proof, triggering the tribal retreat within minutes.
U S Navy man H J Myers reports three years of recurring humor ended after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He bathed with Cuticura Soap daily and applied six to seven boxes of ointment, saying he was fully cured in three weeks. Newark July 8 1905.
A rural visitor asks where to find a bunko steerer, and the policeman replies he cannot tell. The visitor explains he has spent all his money and hopes to find a bunko man for a dinner, exclaiming the local joke.
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming deafness from inflammatory catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts nine of ten cases arise from catarrh and offers $100 for any deafness case not cured, urging readers to send for circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A quotation from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a remark about a balloon fad offering a clouded ride. The speaker praises the thrill and humor of going up with a sense of home among married couples.
Advertises illustrated booklets about California and travel comforts via Union Pacific. Mentions W. G. Neimyer, G. A., at 120 Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, seeking rates and information for travel literature.
A brief dialogue excerpt contrasts weariness with new romance as a woman laments modern life and a man acknowledges the cycle, noting that every time such fatigue arises a new girl appears.
Promote travel deals from Boston to New York City with low return fares on Nickel Plate lines from May 81st to June 9th and extended stopovers at Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls and New York City. Local agent J Y Calahan 113 Adams St Chicago handles inquiries.
An excerpt contrasts Diogenes seeking an honest man with a 1906 subpoena server failing to find dishonest individuals. The American Spectator commentary pairs ancient cynicism with a modern courtroom chase.
James H. Clark a Chamblee telegraph operator driven by drink and a broken heart killed one man and wounded four others in a spree across Atlanta. He clubbed a sixth with a shotgun, set fire to a victim’s home, and after being cornered by a posse turned the revolver on himself, dying from a self-inflicted wound.
A humorous Chicago Herald quip wonders why microbes have not been found on saloon doorknobs while church hymn books are blamed for spreading disease. The remark contrasts perceived health risks in ordinary places.
Racine police report Captain Archibald H. Clarke an elderly retired navigator on the chain of lakes made an unsuccessful attempt to jump fences and buildings and then to leap into the river but was prevented.
A slight earthquake shock was reported in Oakland and San Jose and nearby areas Thursday night with no damages noted.
London reports the house of Lords voted 96 to 24 to reject the bill from James Keir Hardie aimed at barring aliens from taking jobs during trade disputes, preserving British workers' positions.
The Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' Association adjourned after electing officers for the coming year. The group plans to meet again in May likely at the Jamestown exposition.
A Topeka printer recalls how rheumatism left him unable to wear shoes and on crutches until Dr Williams Pink Pills rebuilt his blood and nerves. He claims significant relief after a year and notes others were helped. pills are advertised as safe, non habit forming and marketed by Dr Williams Medicine Co.
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