This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 60 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1910
Page
5
The column surveys varied notes from travel and science to weather and politics. It touches on Panama matters, aviation insurance, radium pricing, ship safety, and naval ambitions in a brisk, opinionated style.
A New York Sun correspondent notes a rare woman who stutters while women have little time to stutter. Modern aviators welcome rain as wind relief though it complicates landings. Life mocks a woman who promises five minutes readiness. The piece hints at jewel smuggling by wealthy women and a man buried under sugar who survived a sweet death.
A compact Zen-like note suggests storing up sunshine and warmth before winter. It frames autumn as the season to gather vigor against cold days and the tendency of people to hibernate.
A St Louis man stood three hours in a busy street after dying. Police reportedly did not compel him to move on, defying typical enforcement norms in public spaces.
A new union of a millionaire and a chorus girl signals a shift in musical comedy circles as high rollers couple up, threatening a change in show business dynamics and audience appeal.
The year's crop includes corn oats wheat barley and potatoes totaling 5.275 billion bushels. Pessimists note a small choke-berry like fruit yield as a possible concern.
The item suggests pellagra arises from cornmeal eaten plain without trimmings while asserting corncakes made from wholesome grain, properly prepared and served with maple syrup, avoid harming reputation.
A plan proposes petroleum pipelines across the Atlantic to ease travel between the Americas and Europe. Inspectors at the port of entry would maintain customs oversight, ensuring regulatory control remains intact.
A New York court rules a husband need not support his wife’s mother, stating a man does not marry his wife’s whole family. The article notes a wife may claim the house title affects children’s beauty, reflecting social views of the time.
A New Jersey club gathers young women who pledge to marry before age a or younger. The report notes no departure of young men from the state has begun, signaling limited exodus and continued local prospects.
Fragmentary historical note contends that 16 sters existed in 25 years with 13 found by women, while critics attribute perceived progress to feminine habits and superficial moods, framing discovery as social commentary rather than fact.
Ames Indiana November meeting of the Town State College Grange discussed church leadership in rural areas. Dean Curtiss urged country preachers to study agriculture, suggesting a year or two at an agricultural college. Dr. Hibbard cited a Y M C A worker noting best results from ag college graduates in fifty counties. A summer school for country teachers and ministers was approved.
Harry McLaughlin son of Mr and Mrs James McLaughlin of Clear Lake rose from an office boy for L I Ronefelter during his tenure as county superintendent to general manager of a Chilean mine. After aiding engineering studies he joined a London syndicate and became mine superintendent. after the manager’s death he was promoted to vacancy at a 10000 per year salary.
Peter Wolthoff a farmer two miles west of Reinbeck suffered a serious accident when his automobile rolled over twice. He broke a leg in two places and his wife also broke an arm in two places. Cobus Koch a neighbor was injured in the back while Mrs Koch escaped unharmed as the car was badly wrecked.
John Hanson a well known farmer living about two miles west of Hedrick was badly hurt in a runaway accident. Driving into town with only the wagon running gears his team frightened by a passing automobile and threw him off. He suffered a broken arm in two places and a bad head scar.
In Center township farmer Brooks caused amusement at a hog sale by hauling his prize hog home in a car. Despite many vehicles on the road, this display stood out as an unusual sight in Iowa, the leading swine producer.
Capt. E. C. Ely died in Iowa City at age 71. A well known figure in Iowa G A R circles, he commanded an Indian troop during the Civil War. He was grandfather to Eugene Ely famed for recent airship flights at Belmont Park.
Harry Anderson aged 12 was found rushing into a house bleeding and crying I am shot He became unconscious and died shortly after The death is wrapped in deep mystery surrounding the circumstances and shooter remains unknown
Dubuque authorities report a millinery shop owned by Mrs. D. M. Totten was destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss of 5000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze but the structure suffered extensive damage.
The body of a man dead for weeks was found in a corn field near Council Bluffs. A bullet hole and a nearby revolver initially suggested self injury but developments point to murder.
Storm Lake to host a large two story armory building to be erected by Frader and Son. A company of state guards will establish the city as their headquarters within the new facility.
Colfax resident Harry W. Wood has been notified that his patent application for a self filling fountain pen has been allowed. The invention features an ordinary fountain pen cylinder with an inner flexible tube enabling automatic ink filling.
Fort Dodge reports the Dolliver Memorial association has filed incorporation papers. A sixty day subscription drive will fund a bronze statue of Senator Dolliver in a prominent location.
Wisconsin farmers rush to harvest corn as huskers command three to four cents per bushel. Crop quality is good with prices around 83 to 85 cents but few sales at that level. Cheaper corn fuels larger cattle shipments this fall and farmers fear winter shortages, prompting faster crib filling and widespread husking activity.
In Marshalltown farmers watch a government serum test on James Jensen’s Marietta herd to combat hog cholera. Eighty six head, four already dead, serum given to affected and healthy animals after the outbreak ends a year’s absence of the disease in the county. Dr. Paul O. Kato directs, with Dr. H. E. Talbot and Dr. F. J. Neiman assisting. A Grinnell Holstein cow from M. M. Belden’s dairy was slaughtered for a postmortem after failing tuberculin tests. the carcass was unfit for food and valued at 100 dollars.
Misses Emma and Lucy Kurtz and other young women from east of Correctionville joined the corn picking effort as Iowa women strive for a record. For five days straight Emma and Lucy together harvested about 100 bushels per day, illustrating the crop’s abundance and the shortage of pickers.
In Eagle Grove about fifty friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Wood at their home to mark the thirty fifth wedding anniversary. The guests brought many handsome presents. Mr. Wood is a prominent mason and longtime railroad engineer in this division.
Cyrus B. Quintard, 84, a Tama county pioneer and eight years resident of Marshalltown, died at home after a long old age. He served in a Ohio regiment during the Civil War. He leaves a widow and eight children.
Pleasantville Dana Minor a 19 year old husked 212 bushels of weighed corn in ten hours on a farm one and a half miles east of here owned by Miles Galvin Minor came to town feeling fine and says he can duplicate the work This corn was husked from seventeen rows eighty rods long.
Floyd Bishop aged 23 son of John Bishop prominent farmer Mason City was found hanging to a tree on his Brookside Mont claim. He had received $250 from his father days earlier and authorities believe his partner killed him to cover the crime and hung the body.
Mason City reports the Allison grand jury exonerated R. R. Mc Clelland, once imprisoned at the Anamosa penitentiary for murder of an unknown man whose body was found in the West Fork River on July 1. The case now ends with no charges against him.
The man identifying as J. H. Vaughn at the Newton arrest is revealed as Frank Goff, a former Fort Madison prisoner previously sentenced at Des Moines. He had a hearing and was held to the grand jury.
Rev and Mrs Elmer Gait, graduates of Tabor College, plan a short departure to China to undertake missionary service.
Letter from Thomas Steward of Bassett Nebraska says he is the nephew of the late Thomas Cahill who died recently leaving six thousand dollars to the Sisters of Mercy.
Mrs. Richard Atkins, age 95, dies at Dunkerton from senility. Survived by her 92 year old husband. The couple observed their seventieth wedding anniversary last Christmas.
Two deaths aboard the steamship San Giorgio are blamed on possible cholera rather than gastro enteritis. Nine other cases, all in steerage, prompt health officials to hold the ship and quarantine several passengers. Authorities await bacteriological results while precautions are taken and bodies buried at sea.
Robin J. Cooper was acquitted on the murder charge in the 1908 Senator Edward Ward Carmack case. Attorney General A G Anderson urged the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, following prior convictions and reversals affecting co-defendants.
Carlos B. Carothers a real estate dealer shot and killed Jesus Loza a fourteen year old Mexican boy and wounded Pru dencio Chavezi a gendarme in defending his home against a riotous retail by Mexicans Saturday Carothers surrendered to the police.
Thirteen year old John ister, a member of the all public school football team, died at home Thursday following injuries suffered playing football a week earlier in Brooklyn New York City.
Theodore Roosevelt era classmate Cincinnati resident N H Davis president of Central Trust and Safe Deposit company died from heart disease at age fifty two on Thursday.
Indiana's population reaches 2 709 876, as per the thirteenth census released Wednesday. The figure marks an increase of 184 414 people, or 7.3 percent, from 2 516 462 in 1900.
Former Johnson County state attorney Thomas K. Sheridan was indicted by a grand jury in Vienna for the murder of Carry Thacker last September at Wet Place. The case centers on the alleged killing and Sheridan faces murder charges in this watershed proceeding.
The Interstate Commerce Commission blocked fourteen railroads from resuming higher rates between the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The ruling sets a precedent for rate making from eastern points to Kansas City and beyond, confirming lower east to Kansas City rates than east to St. Louis plus St. Louis to Kansas City. Railroads named include Atchison Topeka Santa Fe, Chicago Alton, Burlington Quincy, Great Western, Milwaukee St. Paul, North Western, Rock Island, Illinois Central, Iowa Central, Missouri Pacific, and Wabash.
President Taft informed Gifford Pinchot and Amos Pinchot they may submit a brief on issuing patents for the Cunningham Alaskan coal land claims and advised sending it to the executive office by December 1. The letter, written by Charles D. Norton, replies to Pinchot brothers who feared an interior department patent recommendation.
In San Juan del Sur government troops clash with Liberal supporters after an unauthorized public meeting. Police efforts fail and troops fire on the crowd, with over 75 killed or wounded as authorities brace for further trouble.
Bandits dynamited the State bank at Cushing and escaped with 3900 dollars after wrecking the building. Sheriff Haigley and Sheriff Sutton pursue the robbers from Grand Island Nebraska.
Gotlieb Zide aboard the Royal George from Bristol is suspected of cholera triggering quarantine. Immigration authorities detained the vessel after its Thursday arrival in Quebec.
Newport News reports the whaleback barge Baroness sank off Fire Island after a collision with an unknown square rigged ship. Captain Sodderberg and five crewmen drowned in the incident.
On Lookout mountain in Chattanooga Tennessee the Peace monument to Frence was dedicated Tuesday with ceremonies described as impressive and inspiring. The monument was erected by the state of New York and stands on the summit overlooking the city.
President Taft in white suit and Panama hat spent hours observing Gatun dam work and was told the canal would open December 1, 1913 with January 1, 1915 as the official opening. Goethals proposes fortifying the Canal Zone with military involvement and allaying fears of a new $100 million funding request.
The first division of the American battleship cruising fleet led by Rear Admiral Schroeder’s Connecticut arrived in Portland England. Salutes exchanged with the British home fleet as the Dreadnought hosted American officers. Banquets balls and naval canteen privileges mark extended cordial exchanges and planned matches for crews.
Ely flew from the deck of the U S scout cruiser Birmingham to land at Willoughby Spit near Chesapeake Bay after a takeoff in Chesapeake Bay. The bi plane struck the water upon lift off breaking a propeller blade but Ely stayed clear and pressed toward land. The mission marked a new epoch in aeronautics as the Birmingham sailed about twelve miles from Norfolk Navy Yard.
At the close of its thirty fourth annual convention the Knights of Labor urged Congress to revise tariffs in the next session. They blamed high living costs on tariffs and warned that failure to revise could prompt a new party focused on this issue.
Jacob Beltz of Barry, Jr. killed John Woods and fatally wounded William Stewart in front of the Central hotel in Hannibal Missouri on Wednesday. Beltz, who fled, was captured after a police pursuit. Eyewitnesses say Beltz attacked while choking a child of hotel owner Mrs Clara Giles, Woods intervened and was killed, Stewart stabbed while trying to separate them.
Ralph Johnstone, holder of the world altitude record, plunged from 900 feet to 800 feet during an aerial descent at Overland Park Denver. His Wright biplane collapsed after a wing failure, killing him instantly as thousands watched. Stone, 30, long associated with vaudeville, leaves a widow and two children in New York.
In Jackson Tennessee Judge John E McCall directed the jury to find the Standard Oil Company of Indiana not guilty after the government failed to prove allegations of receiving freight rate concessions in violation of the Elkins law. The trial follows other antirebate actions by the Justice Department under the Roosevelt era.
Scientists report heavy earth shocks in the Pacific north of New Zealand during Tuesday and Wednesday, indicating significant upheaval beneath the depths of the ocean near London.
Mrs. Fred McCarthy and her two year old son were overcome by fumes from a fumigating preparation used on a floor below their Denver home. The two year old died from suffocation and the mother was hospitalized.
In New York the M E church in the United States seeks 4 million dollars for missions during 1911. The target was approved by the committee of bishops who have been meeting here for the past week and expect to meet the goal.
Solomon Berliner longtime United States consul at Teneriffe Canary Islands for eleven years died here Tuesday. Berliner was a well known figure in New York city politics.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.