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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
2
A vintage craft feature describes making 1907 calendar figures from nutshells and textiles, detailing a Chinese pair and a Red Indian design with walnut heads and silk clothing. It also outlines a nut-based memorandum tablet figure and a simple laundry bag sewn from a large handkerchief for gift presentation.
The growing array of postcard types creates demand for a holder. A gray linen bag shaped holder features joined edges, ribbon ties, and a holly spray with the words Souvenir Postals embroidered, attributed to ABBA MAY.
President Roosevelt announces interior secretary Hitchcock will retire March 4 1905. James R. Garfield former commissioner of corporations will become secretary of the interior while Herbert Knox Smith moves up. William Henry Moody will join the Supreme Court as associate justice succeeding Henry Billings Brown.
A simple handmade needle book project using two circles of stiff cardboard wrapped with bright raffia. Create an inner ring, cut a central opening with a one to one and a quarter inch margin, weave raffia across the opening, and sew the two circles together with white pinked flannel between them to hold needles.
A five story wing of the $750000 Bixby hotel in Long Beach collapsed at 9 35 am trapping about 150 workers. Nine men died and thirteen on contractor rolls are missing amid wreckage. Excavations found five bodies in the basement and one injured man later died.
A clash between sophomore and freshman classes at University of Iowa medical colleges in Iowa City left six students injured seriously enough to be knocked unconscious. The brawl began with blocked entry to a lecture room and escalated into a half hour melee with torn clothing and scattered bruises.
Des Moines youths Frank Merriam aged 25 and E R Campbell aged 22 died from asphyxiation due to a loosely turned gas jet in their 1485 West Locust street room. The incident, deemed accidental, occurred after their front room windows remained closed and the door was left unlocked. Campell from Paton Iowa and Merriam son of G D Merriam Shannon City Iowa were both employed as bookkeepers for local firms.
A simple shaving case idea for fathers uses a stiff outer cover of colored cardboard with multiple sheets of shaving paper bound inside. Two holes are cut at the top to form a handle or closure, creating a portable gift.
A shaving tab design instructs placing a tag about an inch from the top, fastening with a ribbon bow and hangers, decorating the cover with an illustration and the caption A clean shave for father or When your razor cleaned must be.
A simple project uses the top of a shiny black glace kid glove cut into two pieces sewn with red silk. A red ribbon serves as a draw string creating a charming and useful present for mother or grandmother.
Federal grand jury in Pittsburg returned indictments against J. Jay Dunn Charles T. Close and Frank T. Emmett Shelby Steel Tube officials and employees. Thirty counts allege a conspiracy to defraud the government with defective boiler tubes used in twelve warships including the Louisiana during President Roosevelt safety travels.
A Madison Street five story tenement blaze on Thursday night killed a mother and her four children by smoke suffocation. Firemen rescued more than 50 women via fire escapes as smoke filled lower halls and stairways. The Ginsberg family lived on an upper floor and could not escape.
Southern Iowa teachers group urges legislature to enact a uniform county certificate and to consider granting state certificates to four year college graduates. They also endorse President Beveridge's protest against magazine claims linking school work to pupil health issues, citing family and lifestyle factors.
In Colfax Mrs. D. B. Duffus was badly hurt when a furnace exploded while she was filling it with coal. The blast shattered the furnace and blew her twenty feet from the cellar. The house narrowly escaped fire as investigators probe powder dynamite or gas as possible causes.
Sioux City reports Rev. Father John Phelan of Sibley Iowa was shot in the head while trying to stop a shooting affray among eight Black men during a Milwaukee train stop near Huron. The priest is in critical condition in Mitchell South Dakota hospital. Eight suspects were later taken into custody at Woolsey.
The state board of health laboratory in Iowa City warns funds will run out before July 1907 without legislative support. Heavy demand has forced deferral of specialized exams due to equipment and budget limits. current monthly state funding is 290 dollars, while October work valued commercially would total 43,950.50 dollars, far exceeding annual funding.
Mrs Esther A Stanard 73 wife of former Gov HE Stanard died at her home in St Louis from neuralgia of the heart She had been ill for some time but the death was unexpected and came Wednesday
London inaugurated Sir William Treloar as lord mayor with the traditional pageant but omitted the usual gaudy symbolic cars from the procession.
Brussels reports Prince Albert of Flanders nephew of King Leopold was Friday officially declared successor of the king as sovereign of the Congo independent state. The move ends months of controversy over succession.
Mrs. John Etley of Louisville, wife of a factory worker and mother of six, was found Thursday in bed with her throat cut and skull fractured. Coroner Kelly suspects robbery as the motive for the murder.
Conductor James Wilson and trainman Orin Risen were killed when a freight collided with a wreck train on the Cincinnati Northern at Rossburg. Three others injured in the crash.
Four Texas rangers sent to Rio Grande City to quell unrest and investigate the Welch assassination were ambushed between Fordyce and Rio Grande City. An ensuing battle left four attackers dead, one fatally wounded, and two captured while the rangers escaped unharmed as Gov. Lanthan dispatched cavalry to Starr County.
Ames preparations center on January 4 for the dedication of a new $100,000 dairy building to be called Dairy Day. Speakers include ex-Governor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin and Dr. Robertson of MacDonald College in Quebec. The dairying department notes many letters from students of other colleges planning to attend the annual agricultural dairy short course.
Des Moines reports Henry Dewitt assistant cashier at the Bank of Sully was instantly killed and Frank Sherman cashier will probably die as a result of an automobile accident.
King Edward marked his sixty fifth birthday at Sandringham in a peaceful family gathering. The king is reported in excellent health and received numerous congratulatory messages from well wishers.
The national assembly approved a bill prohibiting gambling in the republic. It now goes to President Amador for signature, promising to end gambling across the isthmus.
Mount Culebra in Garfield County reports eruption with visible smoke and vapor rising from the summit attracting local observers 40 miles west of Trinidad. Authorities monitor activity as lava or ash output is not confirmed.
Mrs. Conklin discovered her husband H B Conklin’s workshop on fire and rushed inside to save a child. She suffered severe facial and hand burns in the attempt. No cause given. Loss to shop and tools around 3000 dollars. no insurance.
A small child named John Thormann slipped while carrying a glass and fell, injuring the mouth as the glass shattered. He remains in precarious condition from shock and blood loss in Dubuque.
While plowing a gang hit a stone the driver Mrs John McKee was thrown to the ground. The runaway team dragged her for over half a mile breaking several bones. She lay unattended for five hours before aid arrived and authorities expect recovery.
The nineteen year old child of Mr and Mrs Carl Johnson fell from a second story window over Freeny's grocery store and was found unconscious on the sidewalk. There were no internal injuries and the child will recover.
Mulled details describe the brutal murder of farmer John T. Bolano at his Elkader area farm. His body lay in a ditch seven miles from town with torn clothing and a bloody hammer found nearby, authorities say he was fifty five old with no known enemies.
John Hohenshelt’s young child was bitten by a hog in the south part of town. While lifting the baby to view a passing interurban car the hog snapped at the foot and then clamped the arm. The elbow was badly lacerated but doctors expect a full recovery.
Monte Soules of Cedar Falls, an employee of Citizens Gas and Electric Light Co, narrowly escaped electrocution while repairing on Main Street. A live wire shocked his arm and left one hand badly burned, astonishing onlookers.
Luther Smith, a prominent local resident, suffered a hip fracture from a fall at his home. The incident marks the sixth hip fracture among elderly residents in Cedar Falls in recent months.
Mrs Lizzie Vincent Thomas of Fairmount Walden's Ridge Tenn recounts using Cuticura Remedies after her daughter suffered eczema. She notes rapid relief and complete recovery in six weeks, avoiding a physician due to distance and cost.
India exported 214,198,943 pounds of tea in the year ended April 26 1906 valued at 29,294,936 dollars. UK bought 166,604,000 pounds, Canada 15,019,000, Russia 9,991,000, Australia 7,746, Turkey and Asia 3,464, US 2,185, Persia 1,091, and others 8,084 thousand pounds. All countries except US and Persia increased purchases from 1905. US fell 9.7 percent and Persia 65.5 percent.
The earl of Elgin appoints his son Lord Bruce as private secretary echoing Gladstone's 1889 choice of Herbert Gladstone. A playful exchange about appearance follows, with a remark equating the attire to war paint and a quip about dressing to kill. The quote concludes with a proverb about a wise man choosing truth or silence.
A large number of women suffer from a form of indigestion not relieved by ordinary treatment. Symptoms resemble common dyspepsia, yet standard medicines fail to restore normal condition. The passage notes ongoing discomfort and ineffective remedies.
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