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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
6
A column of satirical observations touches on Marconi wireless terms and evolving tech, turtle prices, pure food laws, drowned mariners, steamship pace, German driver limits, bread costs, and the rich’s lawsuits, ending with a jab at Noah’s diary habit and Morocco’s woes as France stews.
Actress Miss Louise Gribbin quips a pig is better company than a millionaire. The text notes a distinction in terms often treated as synonyms. An unknown earthquake that shakes instruments beyond their limits cannot complain when labeled a gigantic nature fake.
A humorous note claims Horace Fletcher rejects Araby the Blest odors and recommends onions with spaghetti as a nourishing mix, advising not to tell the barber about this odd pairing.
A Russian article argues an inevitable clash between Japan and the United States is delayed until after completion of the Panama Canal. It adds that the delay will allow time to prepare an aerial fleet.
About 749 Columbia University students who applied for work last year to the committee on employment earned roughly 250000 dollars. The average exceeds the first year earnings of some newly practicing lawyers.
Dr. E Benjamin Andrews renews calls for hanging as punishment for libel. The Chicago News questions the harsher options drawing and quartering Christian burial denial and forfeiture of the offender’s goods to the state.
The London Economist estimates Sig Marconi's wireless can handle at most three million paying words a year, about the equivalent of laying a seventeenth cable to Europe. This helps explain why cable companies are not alarmed by the prospect.
The article suggests brothers should take the Vanderbilt sister on an automobile and mountain climbing trip lasting one or two weeks to expose the count’s flaws. If the count shows a cowardly streak, the trip's climate may reveal it to all.
Inquiry into looting of churches in France reveals extensive thefts of religious and art works including antiques. Authorities allege losses amount to at least 51,600,000. The piece notes a mix of artistic taste and crime, and calls for full punishment of the culprits. It mentions a silver skewer puller as a useful carving tool.
A reflective line argues that when women stop voicing personal woes and ambitions they would escape being labeled bores and nuisances. The remark portrays gendered social pressures and stereotypes in a concise, pointed voice.
The text presents an incomplete phrase praising a noble woman’s courage and resilience, implying she shows greater heroism than a man under difficult circumstances.
At the AFL convention in Norfolk and New York an alleged bribe offer to President Samuel Gompers is revealed. Branden burg, a journalist, claims he represents a manufacturers group and sought immunity and money to expose labor leaders. Brandenburg denies involvement, saying a plot targeted him and that Gompers fabricates the claim.
William R Hearst was held for the grand jury on a criminal libel charge arising from a New York Evening Journal article about Raymond Hitchcock. Bail set at 500 dollars was posted by general manager Carvalho and later approved. The case references Lt Gov Chanler and political motives in the Independence League context. The grand jury has begun witness testimony.
Adjutant General Thrift orders an immediate investigation of Capt. Kulp's conduct after Gov. Cummins directed him to assemble Company B of the Fifty Fourth Regiment to stop a Davenport prize fight. The event proceeded with McFarland beating Herman. no decision rendered.
A panic at Quickel's church six miles north of York injured eight others and left Eli Gross of Zions View believed fatally hurt. A rumor that the building was collapsing sparked the rush during a crowded funeral for last Saturday’s double murder victims, worsened when a heating stove was toppled.
Tahiti Prince Salmon was arrested in a San Francisco police court on two charges one for defrauding an automobile livery company and one for failing to pay a board bill.
The jury in the Edward G. Lewis mail fraud case against the mayor of University City, charged with organizing and establishing the Peoples United States bank, reported a disagreement on Friday.
Danville Illinois Wednesday, Speaker Cannon was in a wreck at Bismarck near Danville when Train No. 14 of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad derailed after an open switch. His car derailed but did not overturn. Cannon escaped injury though life was in danger. no other passengers or crew were hurt.
In Montgomery the prohibition measure passed the senate after a heated session with women and children lining corridors. The bill is a compromise delaying whisky sale until January 1, 283 percent, and moves to the house for concurrence with Gov. Comer expected to sign. A Texas telegram from Mobile expresses party anger at policy.
Ohio party leaders meeting as the Ohio League of Republican clubs endorsed Joseph Benson Foraker for re election to the U S Senate and for the Republican nomination for president. They rejected calls for his retirement over policy disputes with Roosevelt. A Taft campaign manager urged a popular primary to decide the Ohio Republican choice for president.
The village of Chain in Iowa was burned to the ground Wednesday night with one building saved. Loss estimated at 50,000 dollars. Local authorities report extensive destruction and ongoing firefighting efforts.
Bridgetown Barbados Island of Barbados wife of Dr Alleyne surgeon general of the hospital here died Friday of yellow fever. She was taken sick November 18. Mrs Alleyne was an American.
Columbus report says Dr. W. C. Whitney, Ohio legislator from Franklin County, died Friday night from burns suffered while trying to rescue a horse from a burning barn. The incident occurred earlier in the week as flames engulfed the structure. Whitney served in the state legislature representing Franklin County.
Houston Texas. The Bronson and Kirbyville mills of Kirby Lumber Co shut down Thursday citing reluctance to sell lumber below cost. Six hundred workers are idle.
Two workmen were killed and a building destroyed when 500 pounds of gelatine exploded at the Dupont De Nemour Powder company plant near Pinole California on Thursday.
William M. Ivins testifies before the public service commission that Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland and associates watered Nassau Electric Railway stock by 6 250 000 and sold to Brooklyn Rapid Transit during a January 1899 reorganization. Ivins questions the capital changes and cites stock watering as improper or possibly illegal.
Kings county grand jury indicts Howard Maxwell former bank president Arthur D Campbell former cashier and William Gow director with controlling stock on larceny and related charges. They were arrested and arraigned with Campbell and Gow posting 20000 bail while Maxwell remained jailed for lack of 50000 bond.
Suffragists in Leeds virtually forced Herbert Gladstone secretary of state for home affairs to halt his address as interruptions continued. One suffragist attempted to take over the meeting and a free fight broke out between men and women in the audience.
Birmingham banker Louis M. Dyke, former president of the Atella National Bank, pleaded guilty to misappropriation of funds and received a five year sentence at the Atlanta penitentiary.
O K McCutcheon a 50 year old Turtle Creek merchant was killed when crushed in an downtown skyscraper elevator Friday in Pittsburg.
New York reports Cunard liner Mauretania surpassed Lusitania by completing a day’s run of 624 knots at noon Thursday. Lusitania previously held the record with 618 knots.
Westinghouse Machine and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing in Pittsburg report a week of new business totaling nearly $2,000,000 from firms west of Chicago. The gains reflect strong demand for Westinghouse equipment.
United States Inspectors cleared the Dick Fowler crew of reckless navigation during Roosevelt’s Cairo to Memphis river voyage on October 8. Charges were brought by Commander Vanduzer, with trial held after a prior suspension of Pilot Nichols’s license amid related proceedings aboard the Lily and the Mississippi escorts.
Washington reports Lieut John W Crawford secretary to Admiral Dewey vanished after sending a note to friend Bennett A Allen requesting gentle news to Mrs Crawford. His hat and coat were found on a ferry deck between Washington and Alexandria amid claims of financial pressure.
Lincoln Nebraska railway officials Joseph A Williams and H G Powell were badly hurt during a nighttime inspection of Missouri Pacific tracks near Elmwood. A gasoline motor car struck an obstacle and left the rails. Williams was hospitalized while Powell returned home.
George P. Miller aged 48 a former law graduate and private secretary to Samuel J. Randall died after swallowing whisky and morphine in a Pine Street boarding house. He died Friday at City hospital following the incident in St Louis.
In Des Moines Ira Nattinger was killed and Frank Getchell seriously injured in a Friday night automobile accident. Miss Ruth Wilkinson and Miss Isolde Benny sustained severe injuries in the crash.
Thomas Zuver awoke to flames at dawn in Titusville Pennsylvania and saved his wife and baby. Two sons escaped badly injured as five children perished in the blaze.
Berlin reports Count von Pueckler the notorious anti Semite known for clashes with the law over anti Jewish agitation has been confined in an asylum.
A Chicago and Alton passenger train and a Vandalia freight collided head on at Farmdale six miles east of Peoria at noon Wednesday. One trainman was killed and seven others injured. The wreck occurred on the line serving Peoria. Authorities investigated the cause and dispatched relief crews to the scene.
Five men were killed and one fatally injured when a boiler exploded at Planing Mill No 1 of John L Roper lumber mills in Gilmerton near Norfolk on Wednesday. Several others were seriously hurt.
In Washington, Miss Edith Root wed Lieutenant Ulysses Simpson Grant III with President Roosevelt and other dignitaries present. The ceremony at the Root residence united two prominent families, amid social and official circles, with a small, simple ceremony and plans for a Boston house furnished by Mrs Root.
At Hamilton College president Dr M Woolsey Stryker’s daughter Alicia Stryker wed Elihu Root Jr oldest son of the secretary of state Two weddings were held recently with Washington invitations limited to essential invitees Local guests numbered about 250 and out of town guests far outnumbered those present from Washington
Mr. Bacon notes a Japanese electrician has invented a wireless system claimed superior to current tech. Mrs. Bacon quips about battles coming back into fashion, reflecting Yonkers Statesman commentary.
The article notes 1 710 submarine cables totaling 200 000 miles and a dropped cost of 276 950 000 dollars. It tallies global undersea communications infrastructure and its financial scale.
The Baltimore American remarks on weather seeming to mirror public anxiety with a flurry of snow from cloud banks illustrating the broader unsettled mood. The remark uses personification to connect meteorology with social sentiment during a period of panic.
A witty dialogue from a New York Weekly vignette features a mother and daughter in a dignified exchange. The daughter asks about a kiss sound while the mother recalls overheard words from a late-night departure. The piece underscores polite satire in domestic interaction.
Dr. Samuel McComb in Good Housekeeping notes a class of defined phobias such as monophobia agoraphobia and somniphobia. He presents auto suggestion as the great remedy for these mental miseries and similar conditions.
Experiments at the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital on 330 Second Avenue explore alleviating cancer pain with intense light. Physicians refrain from definite judgments on efficacy, but report sufficiently satisfactory results to continue trials.
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