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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1910
Page
3
A fragment list cites a divorce case linked to a card game and various unrelated musings. It references airmen, fish as food, poker in Esperanza, a song about an aeroplane, and dress reasoning. No coherent narrative or dates are provided.
A Paris professor recommends devilfish as household pets while pondering their effect on a family canary. The health department notes a deadly frost threat, and Prince Tsai Hsun shows interest in a daytime map while in Philadelphia.
Paris hats three feet wide spark curiosity in the east as pay-eater cars appear locally. A German burgomaster condemns scandal about women with time on their hands while public interest turns to health trends and Dr Woods Hutchinson's views on sand eating.
A humorous note asserts the boneless codfish can safely enjoy hobble skirts aviation and football without risking damage. The remark playfully contrasts imaginary versatility with a fish’s absurd freedom from harm.
Ancient skeletons unearthed in California suggest warriors engaged in early prize fighting. Researchers note weapon-free combat rituals and ceremonial contests tied to regional traditions. Further digs may reveal dating and cultural context of these athletic confrontations.
Weather bureau notes a cool wave lingers yet expected to ease. Forecasters keep a steady outlook for this time of year with mild temperatures and continued precipitation chances in the coming days.
A tale of a romance that began in flight, with tender glances and gentle touches, while a couple navigated shifts from aeroplane to a canoe though the setting remains unusual and light in mood.
Astronomers establish a star trust following a tense era marked by Halley’s late visit and railwaylike glow. The passage notes competition and a ruinous period tied to Halley’s spectral luminosity.
The piece notes society women are urged to shun smuggling by labeling it wicked, but acknowledges the shock value may actually heighten interest and temptation in the activity.
The article notes a return to traditional courtship with a decree requiring men to propose on one knee. It emphasizes men who are already married may be relieved to avoid further changes, while others face stricter expectations in proposing.
Statistics show only 80 deaths from snake bites in the country, yet officials say the figure won't force the snake bite-cure industry to slow down or lose momentum.
A quip on power dynamics between a janitor and flat dwellers hints that when the janitor asserts his prerogative a cold morning may find tenants pleading for mercy rather than rule.
A Boston preacher labels the hobble skirt as evidence of sanity and invites critique by asking if the wearer has had her head examined. The remark reflects contemporary social and fashion debates and public skepticism.
A Washington court is tasked with resolving a humorous yet serious question about aviation limits on a hen. The piece notes the dignity of law while playfully pondering the poultry aviation issue and its national interest.
The remark jokes about Count Zeppelin’s airship making rapid strides once a safe design is achieved. The line hints at skepticism toward early aviation reliability and progress.
A Paris woman fractured her leg when fleeing a frightened horse, trapped by a hobble skirt. The writer mocks the garment and contrasts it with foot binding in China, suggesting the inventor’s humor was dubious.
Mrs. Helen M. Prescott as newly elected president announces the Rebekah assembly Iowa staff and committees for the coming year. Appointees span Mason City to Des Moines with roles in finance, credentials, correspondence, legislation, relief, reporting, and more across numerous towns and cities.
The city reports the paving of streets around the public square is finished. This civic improvement adds a polished look to the business district, synergizing with courthouse upgrades to give Glenwood a refreshed appearance after work began in May.
A clever gang tried to blow the Farmers Bank of Yarmouth safe with nitroglycerin. The steel safe door held, ruining their plan and leaving burglars empty handed. Local authorities report the attempted crime spans Iowa and across the Illinois border.
Rev. I. T. Underwood of the Christian church here leaves for Lake City to lead a larger pastorate. The church will be led by Rev. D. B. Hampton of Akron, renowned author on theological topics.
A federal jury in Sioux City awarded Miss Ella Bay of Menominee Michigan $25,000 against James S. Sanborn formerly of Mason City now of Puckwana South Carolina for breach of promise to marry.
Mrs W E K Bullock of this city badly injured when mules ran away eight miles southeast of Newton. She was thrown from a wagon and wheels passed over her chest. She suffers from severe bruises and internal injuries.
The town of Churdan Greene County records another case of infantile paralysis. An 18 year old youth fell ill at school and has remained under medical care since.
Creston A. P. Cremer a former Afton resident and a prominent western Iowa newspaper man has died at West Brook Iowa.
Cedar Rapids police believe J. H. Rayner who killed himself here had three wives according to a Findley Ohio message received by authorities.
William McFarland, after forty years with the mechanical department of the Milwaukee road, resigns as general foreman of the Iowa Dakota division where he served twenty five years. He retires from the post effective immediately.
Miss Annie J. Lowe departs Iowa City for San Francisco en route to China to assume a five year contract as superintendent of Hankow hospital.
The crop yields have doubled from 100 to 200 bushels per acre though not all is dug yet. Prices fell from 1.25 dollars to 75 cents per bushel. Potential loss expected as potatoes near the hilltop risk freezing.
The Traer potato trade has fluctuated with weather. Northwest Tama farmers had faced poor outlook two months ago with contracts at 80 cents. Berlin and Garwin buyers later contracted for 57 and 60 cents respectively. Heavy rains then boosted yields and pushed prices down to 40 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Aldrich of Cedar Falls marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary. He is 78 and she 76, both native Ohioans who wed in 1833. The couple moved to Black Hawk county in 1864, farmed until two decades ago, then settled in Cedar Falls.
C. D. Raymond of Independence has shown a peanut yield on Iowa soil with several vines bearing about a pint of Jumbo peanuts. The nuts are larger than average and indicate a viable additional crop for Iowa farmers.
In Charles City readers note Clarence Melcher displays five potatoes weighing eight pounds three ounces each. Local weekly papers have chronicled oversized spuds arriving at editors offices and gracing tables, with Melcher’s display the largest yet reported.
Fort Dodge faces an scarlet fever outbreak as five cases are quarantined in one ward school. A joint effort by the school board physicians and the Visiting Nurse Association plans medical inspection of schools with no fatalities reported so far.
Three corn husking machines have been sold in Clarion at 335 dollars each. The new devices are seen as successful as early snows, labor shortages, and the high four cent per bushel husking rate push farmers toward mechanized huskers.
E D Converse of a nearby farm reports a white plump new variety of oats produced 95 bushels per acre on a 21.5 acre tract near here. The lot is described as a great yield and the grain as unusually stout.
Judge C G Lee in Ames grants a writ in Gleason Coal company v Chicago Great Western requiring the railroad to furnish cars to the mines at Coalville Webster County. The ruling compels delivery for coal shipments and transportation from the Gleason operations.
A telegram from Pasadena reports the death of Anthony R. Pierce a Marshall county pioneer and one of Sainte Anthony's founders. He died of old age in his seventy ninth year at the Pasadena home.
Cedar Rapids report says Fred S. Duncan 50 was crushed to death at the interurban power plant after a career as a brakeman and conductor on railroads. He had escaped serious harm many times in farming areas during about 25 years of work.
Misses Pearl and Tomm Meson Creston teachers returning from a state convention at Des Moines fought off highwaymen with their suitcases and escaped without losing any money. Local police report no injuries and no stolen funds.
A dredge boat engine sparked a prairie fire near Knox that burned about 60 000 acres along the Missouri river bottom and destroyed over 5 000 tons of hay. The blaze spread across several thousand acres in Council Bluffs region.
An unsuccessful robbery attempt at Kinby bank failed to gain entry as the building's safety devices deterred the thieves. No injuries reported and police were alerted.
In Eldora district court Judge E. Albrook sentenced Thomas Bybee to five years at hard labor in Anamosa prison after Bybee pleaded guilty to robbing George Yost, a filer, of 275 dollars.
Nick Hammer, a former railroad man and barber, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in Boone. Excessive drinking is given as the probable cause. He leaves a widow and one small child.
Charles Borman T a well known young farmer near Dumont died within two weeks of his wedding day from paralysis and a nose bleed caused by a minor nasal injury after a fall onto a corm stalk stub.
An aviator dropped bombs on a mock battleship at an Baltimore meet, blasting the deck and sinking machinery while the crew suffered casualties. Latham scored points in a bomb throwing contest as Drexel followed with six deck hits, illustrating air power in war drills.
A Tuesday explosion at Mine No 3 in Delagua near Trinidad trapped sixty or more miners with at least three dead at the mine mouth. Fifty escaped through entry No 2 as rescuers from Colorado Fuel and Iron, led by W. S. Getchel, worked to reach the entombed men. The force of the blast reached Hastings four miles away and hindered rescue efforts.
Adam Bishop of Louisville Kentucky was working atop the new county courthouse in Kankakee Illinois when the coping gave way. He pitched headfirst sixty feet to the ground and died an hour later.
A new petition in London seeks commutation for Dr Hawley H Crippen sentenced to hang for the murder of his wife Belle Elmore. By Thursday the petition had reached about 1 000 signers.
Robbers used nitroglycerin to blast a vault opening at a private Southern bank in Jerry City, Ohio, 33 miles from Toledo. They fled by car after securing $2000 from the bank, Tuesday.
London stages a ceremonial installation for Sir Vesey Strong as first prohibition mayor. A city procession from Guildhall to the law courts and back to Mansion House featured four Shakespeare scenes tracing London incidents with Falstaff, Henry V, Richard III, and Henry VIII. Premier Asquith spoke at the Guildhall banquet.
In Delagua Colorado 35 bodies were recovered from the Victor American Fuel company mine after an explosion. Willis Evans of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company died while aiding four miners to safety, giving his helmet to two rescued men and disappearing in the wreck as rescuers searched for him.
London reports that Dr Hawley H Crippen convicted of murder will not be executed Tuesday because law requires two weeks between appeal dismissal and the sentence. November 23 fixed for the execution date as solicitor Newton drafts a reprieve petition.
Warren G. Harding veteran Republican leader in Ohio politics announces retirement from public life after 12 years of activity. He and his wife plan to depart soon for a trip to the Orient.
Glowing reports reach the city of wonderful gold discoveries in Yilgarn district West Australia. One rush to the fields continues unabated as excitement grows.
Ashland county voters elected Mrs Nellie Archibald of Hokah Minnesota as treasurer on Tuesday defeating two male opponents by a near two to one margin. The decision makes her the first woman to hold the office in Wisconsin.
The vault of the Bank of Penfield in Champaign county was entered Tuesday and $900 in stamps deposited by the postmaster for safekeeping were stolen.
The latest financial venture in Springville announces the organization of a savings bank with capitalization details.
At the H. H. Oberton home in this city the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Oberton was celebrated.
Utica New York Wednesday fire destroyed the Newport Warehouse company cold storage plant at Newport causing an estimated loss of 120000 dollars.
Chicago garment workers rejected an arbitration agreement signed by Thomas A. Rickert and firm leaders, halting peace talks. A citizen report backed the strike as justified by grievances, urging a joint employer shop organization to handle future disturbances and pressing for union recognition.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers may call a strike on sixty one railroads serving Chicago as talks with Western Managers Association fail. The union seeks a 15 percent wage increase and better conditions. about 33 780 engineers would be affected. The process hinges on a December 15 return from local unions and a 30 day notice period.
Hayward Wisconsin attorneys Zabel and Schultz arrived with Judge Wickham's approval of a $40,000 bond for Deitz. On release Deitz briefly walked outside the jail with his wife and son Clarence before Sheriff Madden re-arrested him on a warrant for the alleged May 8 1904 shooting attempt on Patrick McGinlin, returning him to custody.
Dr J Holinger an ear nose and throat specialist was shot three times by a former patient Louis Martin in his Chicago office on Wednesday. Martin then killed himself.
John Bates aged forty shot his son Lewis eighteen during a family quarrel in Madison County Kentucky. The younger man died after being badly wounded by a hatchet during the fight on Wednesday.
F H Reckmeyer a printer and Elmer Peterson a seventeen year old boy were arrested here Tuesday while printing forged Chicago Burlington Quincy pay checks at an engraving plant.
Thomas Cannell, leader of the coronation band at Queen Victoria's ceremony, died in Seattle on Tuesday in his ninety sixth year. He left 89 descendants, including seven great great grandchildren.
Incidents in Mexico City include the trampling of the American flag and attacks on American citizens tied to the Antonio Rodriguez lynching in Rock Springs. Ambassador Wilson and the State Department urge apology and reparation while Knox investigates alleged Mexican government knowledge of impending riots and precautionary failures.
New York Professor Herschel Parker of Columbia returns from Alaska with photos he says prove Dr Frederick A Cook did not reach the highest point of North America. Parker identifies the peak Cook photographed as a different summit 20 miles from Mount McKinley and 15 000 feet lower, confirming Baron Ward Barrill's prior confession.
Berlin reports the Taegliche Rundschau will refuse the Vatican request to compel Roman Catholic theology professors to take the test oath against modernism.
Miss Mary Oates, a county clerk’s office clerk, was found dead in a room behind the office of Justice of the Peace N J Miller in Alva Oklahoma. Miller is in custody as the investigation proceeds.
Wesley Turner of Breathitt County was shot and killed on a Jackson street Wednesday by feudist Bad Jake Noble. Turner and Noble had been close friends with no stated motive for the killing amid the Hargis Cockrill feuds.
Fort Dodge Iowa records a population of 15 543 as of the latest census, up from 12 162 in 1900, according to the census bureau announced on Wednesday.
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