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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1913
Page
1
A string of wry lines and jests from the Monticello Express humor column touches on war and cholera, love and frost, charity at home, office boy mottoes, tobacco substitutes, and social quirks. It also notes a legless porch climber’s arrest and playful quips about bachelors and ball games.
A brief remark notes that a baby's cry at night stirs a man awake quickly, prompting swift action to wake his wife. The line reflects on parental responsiveness and sleep disruption caused by infant needs.
The claim that extravagance in women's dress has ceased to be fashionable does not align with observed facts, with evidence suggesting continued emphasis on ornate attire and style in society.
The remark notes that someone who pays as he goes might not advance as far as others, yet this approach may suit him best given his situation and priorities.
A Nebraska man undergoes his sixteenth major operation at a hospital as his case draws hopeful attention to his fight against a long running illness.
Report notes 1,000 men dined on the twenty seventh floor of the 57 story Woolworth building. The piece then mentions a discovery that laughing gas may be self administered and suggests grouches may profit from it.
A playful editorial riffs on curing social ills with serums and mocks modern distractions. It lampoons street rail accidents and movie theater pleasures, jokes about military terms and a Columbia professor calling for teachers to unionize. The piece ends with a swipe at unionized instruction sparking youth strikes.
New York moves to shave the fronts of costly structures that project into sidewalks. The measure sets a precedent that could alarm property owners citywide. Meanwhile women cling to long hatpins as hats shrink to dinky sizes. A ruby egg finding is seen as a possible ploy to boost summer market for CBE.
Two admirals met in Rome and engaged in a lively scrimmage that escalated into a land fight before bystanders separated them. The incident drew attention to conduct unbecoming of officers in public.
A quirky note on the desire to stand among people while facing modern limits and the quirky allure of fresh greens like green onions. The author muses on social gathering and everyday pleasures in current times.
Readers debate a preferred greeting as a humane improvement over the standard hello. The piece notes calls for a more elegant term to ease telephone conversations and reduce the irritation often sparked by the current salutation.
Alaskans grant women the ballot and exemption from jury duty signaling a shift toward broader suffrage. The move aligns with progressive reforms and expands civic participation for women in the territory.
One thousand delegates from Hawkeye state Sunday schools converge in Burlington June 3 to 5 for the 48th annual Iowa Sunday School convention. Notables include Hugh Cork and W C Pearce. special trains planned by Black Hawk Polk and Mahaska counties. post event travel to Zurich for the Seventh World Sunday School Convention.
At a Willow Valley club meeting successful stock feeders discussed converting hay and grain into meat. They concluded sheep yield higher returns than hogs, hogs outperform cattle, and alfalfa is the most profitable grass to grow.
Ed Falk of Rockwell City is dead after a Sunday automobile accident when his car swerved off the grade, overturned, and pinned him. Irene Huff Clara Huff and Ida Goetz were in the car. the two women escaped injury.
L. P. Anderson, five years at Algona Cooperative creamery, named government state food and dairy inspector for northwest Iowa. Salary $1,600 and expenses. Territory covers nine northwest Iowa counties with headquarters in Spencer.
The M V P A race committee reports the fastest list of regatta entries for a Mississippi event at Keokuk on August 29. They have added this day to the three days of racing already planned.
The Iowa Falls high school was destroyed by a fire with an estimated loss of 15000 dollars. Fire drills went smoothly as students evacuated before the blaze was located.
Dr. E L Schaub professor of philosophy at the University of Iowa accepts the head of the philosophy department post at Northwestern University in Iowa City
The nineteenth annual meeting of the Christian Workers' assembly, a Friends' church state group, will be held at Mazi Lam June 16 20.
The Presbyterian church in Albion plans to construct a $10,000 church this summer with seating for 300. The project shows the community’s commitment to growth and worship space.
Iowa State College plans to aid public schools in adopting the 1915 law by adding a six week summer session course for teachers covering agriculture home economics and manual training to help implement the new requirements statewide.
John Gillman a 23 year old Burlington railroad lineman at East Dubuque was cut in two by a passenger train. He was struck as he attempted to cross the track while others watched in shock at the scene. The accident followed a day of cold weather and poor visibility.
Henry Knott city marshal of Gravity faces murder indictment in Bedford. The supreme court allows the $10,000 bond to stand after certiorari writ application.
Mrs H B Watt of Highland township reports 600 chicks hatched this spring are lively and healthy. The farm announce the large brood as a promising sign for poultry.
Ottumwa mayor Ottumwa’s space claiming figure arrested his former wife Minnie Leeny on intoxication charges. Leeny has aided the police since his April inauguration and plans to commit Mrs Leeny to the inebriate asylum.
Officials say the extra freight crew caused the head on collision with the Rock Island passenger train near Toddville injuring 27 people. Most victims were Center Point shoppers. Rev. George Parsatt Cedar Rapids 69 sustained the most serious injuries.
Waverly Willow Lawn farm of 251 acres plans 75 acres of sugar beets for Iowa Sugar and 60 acres of sweet corn for Kelley Canning. The farm has 35 acres of seeding clover from last year and 40 acres of oats with clover. It also maintains 52 registered Jersey cows.
The Rev. M. H. Levit superintendent of the Wall Street Mission placed a want ad in Sioux City business chances asking for a $1,000 donation to fund an automobile gospel wagon. The vehicle would travel the district delivering the gospel message to people at their doors.
Iowa City reports there will be no military camp for the state university cadets this spring due to lack of tents. General Guy Logan refused future tent accommodation citing shipping costs and expense.
During an electric storm the district two school house near Blairs town was struck by lightning killing the teacher instantly. Miss Ella Stuckenbruck aged 19 was the only daughter of Herman Stuckenbruck of Belle Plaine. A pupil was rendered unconscious.
North central Iowa hunters anticipate a stronger next fall due to late season timing and widespread water in low areas. The abundance of standing water preserves many waterfowl breeding spots, promising better sport than last season.
Ames ISU prepares for graduation week with the 1913 class of more than 260, the largest yet. The week opens May 31 with the senior promenade in the state gymnasium as part of a crowded commencement schedule.
Ida Grove reports Robert C. Menzer a young local farmer was discovered by his wife with fatal head injuries from a shotgun. The couple had married just a year earlier and the weapon lay by his side as the apparent cause.
Chickasaw county supervisors hire A. F. Kenman of New Hampton as county engineer and order a court house room furnished and equipped for his office.
Cedar Falls residents forming a Caledonian society to unite Scotch American citizens. Such societies have risen nationwide in the past three years as social and cultural groups.
M V Sanderlin, a well known farmer near Cedar Falls, lies near death from a fall at his home. He is badly bruised and suffering a concussion of the brain.
Jack Rasmussen and John Borresen, owners of the Cedar Falls Weekly Gazette, have dissolved their partnership. Rasmussen will continue the Gazette, the oldest newspaper in Black Hawk county.
Miss Altha Fiscus aged 20 daughter of a prominent farmer killed herself by hanging in the barn at her Liscomb home ten miles north of Marshalltown.
The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius with 560 seamen aboard was struck by a practice Whitehead torpedo that bore a two inch hole below the waterline. Chief gunner Thomas Smith commanded its beaching at Hope Island Narragansett Bay, then refloated and towed to the torpedo station. Pumps kept running as the ship ran aground to prevent sinking.
Joseph Frakes, former owner of a 260 acre farm near Atchison Kansas, will cultivate a rented farm this year after the Missouri river washed away his entire property. Two months ago twenty acres remained but the last acre recently dropped into the river.
Henry M. Flagler, noted railroad builder and Standard Oil associate, died in West Palm Beach after three months of illness. Born in Canandaigua New York in 1830, he rose from a Michigan clerk to oil refining with Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler and helped found Standard Oil. His Florida ventures included the Florida East Coast Railway and hotels, with his crowning achievement the Miami to Key West railroad extension.
May 21 in Sacramento Gov. Hiram W. Johnson signed the alien land bill amid Japanese protests and opposition from President Wilson and Secretary Bryan. The measure takes effect August 10, 90 days after adjournment, May 12, and the governor defended it as a historic alien law. Washington then delivered the U S reply to Japan via Viscount Chinda and cabled a copy to Tokyo for the mikado's government.
A final divorce decree was signed by Supreme Court Justice Keogh in White Plains on Friday, freeing actress Fritzi Scheff from novelist John Fox Jr. The suit was not contested.
Mrs Helen D Longstreet of Gainesville Georgia testified before the Senate Post Office and Post Roads subcommittee to protest her removal as postmistress of Gainesville, replaced by a Wilson administration appointee.
A lone bandit boarded a mail car on a train between Johannesburg and Cape Town on Tuesday and escaped with $10,000 in the daring holdup.
Helena Montana May 22 a light earth tremor was felt here shortly after midnight Tuesday no information was available from the weather bureau on the probable extent of the seismic disturbance
Newburg New York May 21 The case of Burton W Gibson a New York lawyer accused of the murder of Mrs Rose Menshik Szabo on Greenwood Lake July 16 last was called here Monday for its second trial.
Berlin May 21 Emperor William granted a pardon to three English spies as an act of grace during King George of England’s visit for the marriage of Princess Victoria Louise.
Essad Pasha, former Turkish commander of Scutari who proclaimed himself king of Albania, was killed Tuesday in Vienna by followers of Riza Bey, another Turkish general.
Bartholomew Gulski aged 103, famed as the Rip Van Winkle of the Catskill Mountains, died in New York after a day spent walking along Ocean Boulevard. He was widely known for his long life and gentle demeanor.
James L. Bacon from Teller County, a member of the general assembly, was arrested in Cripple Creek on a warrant charging him with the murder of his wife and his stepdaughter.
In Harbor Springs home near Petoskey Michigan on May 21 Mrs Or ville Ferguson shot her husband through the temple then killed herself in a jealous rage. The couple resided at Harbor Springs and the incident occurred Monday.
The New York Yacht Club cabled the Royal Ulster Yacht Club accepting Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge. Shamrock IV will race for the America's Cup in 1914 with a defender chosen by New York sailors as they head toward the world’s premier trophy off Sandy Hook.
Havana observes the inauguration of General Mario G. Menocal as president succeeding Jose Miguel Gomez and Dr. Enrique Jose Varona as vice president marking a new phase in Cuba with hopes for peace and prosperity.
A cloudburst swept a mountain side stream into a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Sewell West Virginia killing at least four passengers and injuring several more.
Three year old James Cree, son of J A Cree, was playing with his father's car in Utica New York on Monday. The car rolled down an embankment, threw him from the vehicle, and ran over him, crushing him to death.
London May 22 announces the engagement of Lieutenant Commander William Siebelmiller U S N to Miss Dorothy Blanche Oldham eldest daughter of the late Robert Augustus Oldham of Burghill Surrey.
About 8,000 machinists in Buffalo New York went on strike on Monday demanding a minimum wage of 37 1 4 cents per hour and a nine hour work day.
Horace Greeley Burt former president of the Union Pacific railroad system and chief engineer of the Chicago Association of Commerce smoke abatement committee died here on Monday in Chicago. The death closes a career marked by leadership in rail transportation and urban pollution mitigation.
A private message says the Hner Senegal of Messageries Maritimes blew up after striking a mine as it left Smyrna. The ship, of about 3,600 tons, sailed from Marseilles May 15 with 60 passengers and 60 crew, and likely picked up more at ports of call for Constantinople Smyrna and Beirut.
In Berlin on May 23 the German emperor and empress greet Princess Victoria Luise and Prince Ernest August of Cumberland as King George VI and Queen Mary arrive with British regents. Zeppelin and Hansa balloons fly British colors over the royal train and procession to the castle.
Peter Bradovitch, an insane Austrian inmate at the Idaho State Mental Hospital in Blackfoot, beat five roommates to death with a table while they slept. He had been committed two years earlier from the state penitentiary where he served a life term for murder.
Six people died and several were injured when a mixed train on the Chesapeake and Ohio line was swept 300 feet down a mountain by a landslide near Sewell and Landisburg. The engine three freight cars and a passenger caboose plunged into the debris after a prior slide delayed clearing debris from a cloudburst.
A bomb exploded at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh damaging the second floor and destroying many instruments. Suffragette involvement is suspected.
Announcement from New Orleans reports six knifeless surgical operations at Charity Hospital completed successfully on Wednesday. Most cases treated involved cancerous growths.
Designs for two new stamp books were approved by the post office department. One book will hold ninety six one cent stamps and the other will include twenty four one cent and twenty four two cent stamps.
San Francisco May 23 The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen debated compulsory compensation for injuries sustained in the line of duty during Wednesday's session.
Morris Rosenthal, treated for tuberculosis by Dr. Frederick F. Friedmann, died here on Wednesday after receiving an injection of Friedmann's turtle vaccine. The incident occurred in Gloversville Minnesota.
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