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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
4
Fairfield residents protest new rural routes that leave farmers a mile and a half from mail boxes. A 200 strong meeting formed a protest committee and sent a letter to Senator Kenyon, noting routes are oversized and some serve poorly or not at all. Citizens fear increased theft risk and post office visits.
C. L. Garrett with forty five acres near Altoona packed 6000 boxes this season. His first sales shipped two cars with 1100 boxes earning 1372 dollars. He now foresees a net profit exceeding six dollars per box at current prices, while some growers complain picking costs.
A 10 ton steam roller arrives in Jefferson for trial on a dirt or gravel road. The State Highway Commission permits Greene County use until June 1, with potential purchase if the machine proves satisfactory.
Clyde Wright, a farmer near Reasner, vaccinates twelve dozen blooded chickens to protect his flock from cholera. The treatment is experimental work under the direction of the poultry extension department of the State Agricultural College at Ames. If successful it will be practiced in other communities.
Phil McNutt, a junior at Iowa State College, died after being struck by a moving freight train while his group attempted to board the sett freight car en route to the Iowa game in Iowa City. Five companions accompanied him at the time of the accident.
Night blaze destroyed the Kuehl Lammers grain elevator with an estimated loss of 50 000 dollars. Insurance totals 55 000 dollars, 25 000 on the structure and 15 000 on the grain and seed. Cause remains unknown and rebuilding is planned.
Cascade resident Frank Pierce, a noted farmer, is slowly recovering after a circular saw accident. While grinding on an emery wheel, the wheel broke and ripped a large gash in his right side, taking away part of three ribs.
The Perkins law is used for the first time in Jasper County to fund medical and surgical treatment for a needy child. A county attorney and a Mingo physician arrange care for a girl with tuberculosis of the knee, under state expense.
Adel Yegemen entered the post office and used explosives to blow the outer safe doors while the inner door remained intact. They escaped with only a few dollars from outside compartments. The crime was discovered next morning when a clerk found the safe doors open. no clue or trace was found.
Three pure bred hogs consigned from here to Honolulu are held up at Reno Nevada due to California stock embargo. California blocks Iowa stock entering or passing through amid foot and mouth disease fears. Iowa remains free of the disease since early spring.
Jefferson Greene county township trustees consulted the attorney general in Des Moines about county boards purchasing gravel pits for road work. Assistant Attorney General Sampson confirmed the board may do so under current road law. Volunteers graded five miles of township road in Greene County and prepared it for gravel, with workers supplying labor and some funds. They request the county supply gravel to complete the road into Jefferson and other areas.
Des Moines by Ole O Roe says increased property values skew figures and Iowa may cut losses by 500000 from 1914 totals. He notes 1913 to 1914 drop of 430000, October and November fires, and a campaign for prevention. He cites many confessions by self confessed fire bugs and 11 new arson indictments.
Over 1908 to 1918 Iowa greenhouse property values rose from 520000 to 657000 and near one million dollars. About 3500000 square feet of glass cover 165 firms. Ames hosts two large commercial greenhouses west of Chicago and leads in college greenhouse education. Florists push State College at Ames to expand training for the industry.
Preliminary work begins toward reopening the Waukon iron mines in Iowa. The firm expects a large ore contract and will run two shifts day and night. The brown Hematite ore at Iron Hill is estimated to total 10,800,000 tons and will be concentrated to produce high quality pig iron. A local company organized to develop the mines with Missouri Iron Company of St. Louis joining in 1807.
The big mid winter short course at Iowa State College the week of January 31 will bring at least 300 boys and girls from across the state to Ames. They are prize winners in contests run by the agricultural extension department for boys and girls clubs. Two hundred boys win corn growing and baby beef feeding contests, 44 win the Senator Allen pig club, and 25 or more girls come from canning clubs, with more youths joining.
The U S department of public roads dynamometer test on the Ames to Nevada road shows draft drops from 106 to 75 pounds for a one ton load. A farmer hauling 50 bushels before now can haul 68 with the same team, time saved 36 percent, and a per mile saving of 10.8 cents per load if time and wear are valued at 30 cents.
The Des Moines conference of the Methodist church seeks 400000 dollars for Simpson College with strong local enthusiasm. Simpson students aim for 10000 and faculty have already raised 6000. Total collected stands at 42000 amid widespread support.
The body of an elderly woman found in a deserted farmhouse west of Muscatine was identified as Mrs. Anna McDonough of Oskaloosa. She had been missing since October 28. A daughter identified the clothes and jewelry on the corpse hidden in the basement.
Ray Morgan a Wells Fargo Express employee dropped a revolver from his pocket while loading a wagon in front of the offices. The gun discharged striking his left lung and he is not expected to survive.
Atlantic property owners and business men contribute funds to pave the road from the city limit to the cemetery, about half a mile from town.
A blaze at three a.m. destroyed the Scholl Hutchinson Candy factory the T. M. Gobble wholesale and the Clinton Grocery wholesale plant in Clinton's heart business district. Loss estimated at 450000 with partial insurance. Cause unknown. Firemen battled flames from cellar to attic.
Farmers near Fernald, Story county, operate most town businesses and sell grain to themselves. They also buy lumber coal groceries from themselves and place bank deposits in their own bank. The arrangement shows farmers within three to four miles of Fernald own and run nearly all local enterprises.
Blackbird Perfection VI led Iowa State College to top honors at the Iowa Nebraska Missouri and Kansas state fairs and the American Royal. The calf won the grand championship at Hutchinson Kansas, described as molded like a bullet for rotundity and smoothness, with its dam now in the college herd.
Post office at Arnolds Park robbed as burglars blew open the safe wrecking furniture and stealing stamps and money. Safe destroyed. entry gained through a window. getaway made in an automobile.
Cornell College trustees completed plans for a large central heating plant costing not less than 75000 dollars. A campaign for new buildings and increased endowment will be pushed with vigor. The final report shows a surplus of about 2000 dollars after years of deficit. John Alexander of Aurora Illinois was elected trustee to fill the vacancy caused by Col H H Rood’s death.
The Iowa state board of control considers a Grimes canning factory proposal to grow vegetables on the Flynn farm prison plot west of Des Moines arguing convicts can raise more market truck than regular farming. The board has not acted yet. Warden Sanders plans to double the dairy herd.
Winston Churchill in the house of commons defends his role and denies personal responsibility for the Antwerp and Dardanelles expeditions. He faults Lord Kitchener and the French government while asserting the plans were mature and consulted with the admiralty. Sir Arthur Markham then accuses Kitchener of blunders and withholding information, warning that continued leadership at the War Office endangers victory.
Associate Justice Hughes of the Supreme Court notified Nebraska secretary of state that he would not be a candidate at the coming presidential primary and asked his name be removed from the ballot. Nebraska attorney general cites inability to withdraw from the primary ticket. The petition asserts the filing occurred without his knowledge while arguing the nation needs its top talent to lead the Republican cause.
London reports all civilian inhabitants of Varna on the Black Sea have evacuated the city after a Munich dispatch to Exchange Telegraph.
Paris November 20 The senate army committee led by Georges Clemenceau has passed a resolution urging the unrestricted use of poisonous gas by French troops against Germany.
Copenhagen reports a German steamer Hermaga possibly destroyed by a British submarine with her crew lost. An empty lifeboat from the Hermania was found at the Lula river mouth.
Anton Lang who played Christ in the Passion play at Oberammergau is alive, according to a cablegram received by Nev W A Pratt. The notice says Lang was recently reported killed but the message confirms his survival.
Seattle November 18 31 men killed and 40 imprisoned after a dust explosion at the Northwestern Improvement Company coal mine Ravensdale King County Washington Rescue teams work about 800 feet below the first level Flames sweep the shaft as coal dust caused the blast Special Deputy Allan Stara reports rescue abandoned and hopes dimmed
Mrs Marian B. Miller Quilhot, seventy five, files suit accusing John H. Quilhot South Bend vice investigator of attempted murder by poison and exposure to drafts. She alleges fraudulently obtaining her real estate and alimony of 10000 dollars. She mentions alleged improper relations with Mrs Jules Dargusah and other women, plus assault and battery claims.
Julius Caesar Burrows former United States Senator died at his Kalamazoo home after a long political career. Born in 1837 in Northeast Erie County Pennsylvania he spent most of his life in Michigan serving in the House of Representatives and later the Senate from 1869 to 1911. He chaired the 1908 Republican National Convention and after leaving the Senate was named to the national monetary commission.
Nov 17 report states John Purroy Mitchel mayor of Greater New York was taken from his home to Roosevelt hospital Monday and operated on for appendicitis. He had been ill for some time but recently his condition prevented him from performing official duties.
Pittsburgh announces two dollar oil with the South Penn Oil company reporting the second advance of the week. Pennsylvania crude lands at two dollars while Mercer Black of Newcastle sets a one dollar fifty cent price.
Belluno Italy set reports an Austrian aircraft dropped five bombs over the city with only one explosion. Three people were slightly injured but no material damage occurred.
Theodor Leschetizky renowned piano teacher has died at eighty five. He spent many years in Vienna and more recently lived in a villa near Dresden.
Fire in Clinton Iowa destroys the Clinton Grocery warehouse T M Gobble Wholesale Grocery and the Schall Hutchinson Candy Plant causing about 460000 dollars in damages with officials estimating the loss.
Baby Bollinger dead at German American hospital after doctors refused life saving surgery. Chicago debate centers on physician discretion versus ethics and law with Medico-Legal Society resolutions praising Haiselden and potential official review.
A Saloniki dispatch reports Bulgarian reinforcements defeated French troops near Gradisce twelve miles north of the Greek border. A Bulgarian attack along the Czerna river was repulsed with heavy losses to the attackers amid two or three Bulgarian divisions in action. An even stronger push to pierce the French center failed.
Joseph Hillstrom known as the N W W poet was executed at 7 41 am in Salt Lake City after President Wilson failed to secure a reprieve and the state board of pardons ruled new evidence insufficient. He walked to the chair with head bowed and was shot four times in the heart. The scene followed last minute clemency efforts.
Harney Weinstein arrested charged with picking the pocket of Vincent Astor as he left the Belasco theater in New York. Astor lost two hundred fifty dollars.
Philadelphia November 20 workers in the Fayette R Plumb tool plant in Frankfort have struck over pay. They claim current wages of 18 cents an hour and demand a 30 percent increase.
Chicago banks state and national report a combined on hand total of 1 149 081 524 dollars the largest amount ever held by Chicago banks at one time as of November 19.
Chicago November 19 The broom manufacturing industry in America is facing a complete shutdown in four to six months as the broom crop fails. Corn is quoted at 200 dollars and cannot be bought at any price.
Attorney General Gregory announced that A. Bruce Bielaski, head of the DOJ Bureau of Investigation, met in New York with Dr. Josef Gorkar former Austrian consul and John R. Retacon editor to obtain valuable information about Austrian Consul General von Nuber and associates. A full report will go to the State Department. possible expatur of von Nuber and other consuls may follow.
Bulgarian forces entered Monastir after taking Prilep and Buna pass signaling a collapse of the Serbian defense. Retrenchment toward Greece and Montenegro or Albania is seen as necessary as Belgrade’s line buckles. French seize Kasturino and Britons push on Razrovo front.
Telegraphic notes report the British hospital ship Anglia struck a mine in the English Channel and sank with 85 wounded soldiers lost. The admiralty said 300 of 385 wounded were saved. a rescue vessel following Anglia also sank after hitting a mine en route.
San Francisco November 19 The Panama Pacific Exposition expects total attendance to reach 17 million by Friday noon and surpass 18 million before closing December 4.
Col Lazaro Cardenas with about 2,500 Carranza cavalry dispersed an inferior Villa force at Villa Verde near Douglas Arizona. The action inflicted heavy losses on the Villa side.
A severe earthquake struck Avezzano on November 18 accompanied by loud subterranean explosions and a cloudburst. Considerable damage occurred in the town from the quake and resulting weather.
Jefferson City Missouri November 14 The public service commission granted permission to the Missouri railroads to increase passenger rates one half cent per mile and raise freight charges five percent creating a measurable uplift for travelers and shippers across the state.
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