06 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
1
A collage of quips on fashion, aviation, weather, and culture. Notes on hobble skirts, a banter about Esperanto, alfalfa crop talk, a baby born on Fifth Avenue, pink fashions, and a record for altitude set by an American in a French machine.
The crown prince of Germany is appointed rector magnificus amid ceremonial weight. If he endures the burden, he may embody princely duties and high office.
Report notes a shortage of chorus girls in New York and suggests a related lack of Pittsburg millionaires in the same city.
Britain's new flagship Orion, touted as the most powerful battleship, can do everything except fly. Analysts note a potential weakness if frail craft exploit its limited mobility to threaten operations.
The city grants park police authority to discipline offenders, with powers described as punitive measures. The policy includes specific steps intended to deter misconduct within Minneapolis parks.
A brass band often finishes a selection and stops playing at the precise moment listeners become engaged, leaving the audience in suspense and awaiting the next note.
A couple, followed by a crowd in New York streets, were received in state at city hall by the acting mayor. Their claim to distinction and public curiosity rests on their journey via walking from Kansas City, though walking from choice is now a rarity amid motorboats, cars, aviation and trolleys.
Washington faces a diplomatic tangle as authorities debate compelling a foreign attaché to muzzle his dog. The dispute centers on a poodle owned by the third secretary of the Kazoo of Kazazza legation, sparked by local poundmaster action.
A man bathing on Long Island stepped on a $200 diamond pin lost by a Brooklyn woman who had also been bathing. The tale hints that pearl divers could be joined by diamond divers in search. The piece notes not all safety pins carry such value.
A couple arrested in Evanston Illinois for speed violations said they planned to elope and the man of the pair married them on the spot. The unusual wedding followed their arrest as a test of their commitment.
A Pittsburg man asserts he has invented a device that accurately forecasts earthquakes, arguing earthquakes stem from electrical currents and that modern times attribute many phenomena to electricity.
A 21 year old Duke Francis Joseph of Bavaria will spend two months in this country to survey the fall and winter stock of heiresses. It is hoped he will report that a good time was had.
State Superintendent John F. Riggs asks school boards to allow teachers to attend the North Iowa gathering in Mason City October 18 14 15 without pay loss. The educators, led by A Palmer of Marshalltown and Blanche Goudy of Marion, feature leaders from Coe College and multiple universities with sessions on high school, grammar, and other subjects.
Mrs M L Way of Mason City learned from a newspaper about Mrs Brandon and her 24 sons born in Kentucky in 1850. The family included seven triples, a twin pair, and a single son. Fourteen brothers served in the Union Army and two in the Confederate forces. Mrs Parker is 100 years old in Parker South Dakota.
Charles City reports C G Patton has developed a new Coulard Hybrid apple from a pippin and wild crab cross. The medium fruit tastes like both parents and the tree withstands colder climates. A sample was sent to Washington's agricultural department.
Mrs Josephine Christoferson aged 87 of the extreme south part of Calhoun county visits a local dentist for jaw pain. The dentist finds she is teething after years of wearing false teeth and begins plans for a new set of teeth.
William Egan a Waterloo Illinois Central freight engineer was oiling machinery in Manchester yards when a switch engine struck his locomotive. He sustained the loss of both legs below the knees in the collision.
Gladys Powell aged 12 knocked a lamp chimney from a lamp as she descended cellar stairs. Her clothing caught fire and she died from burns. Her mother was badly burned on hands and arms.
Former Keokuk mayor Charles Off, 55, died suddenly in Kaho ka Missouri while traveling with a local party to an Odd Fellows celebration. He had served as mayor of Keokuk and was known for his community work.
At the national convention of the Danish Sisterhood a banquet followed routine convention business in the auditorium with over 500 plates served. Numerous addresses were delivered to attendees.
Ottumwa mans and women have contributed one hundred thousand dollars in under three weeks to support a bigger and greater Ottumwa enterprise effort. The campaign mobilizes local residents to fund expansion and improvement projects.
Panic over infantile paralysis spreads through Cushing with five cases in the Hans Shubert family and two in the Naig family, plus an eighteen year old of William Bauer. Three deaths have occurred. Schools are closed and public gatherings postponed as health officials try to limit spread.
William Boston a 30 year old colored man shot Susan Losson a 29 year old colored woman at Cricket. Boston fled pursued by Losson's friends and tried to board a moving train. He fell under the wheels and was killed.
Belle Plaine city council has purchased a new supply of fire hose for the fire department. The upgrade improves reach to distant fires away from hydrants. The waterworks system installed years ago at a cost of $300,000 has paid for itself by preventing the spread of fires.
Fairfield notes two Stokes brothers torn apart for 47 years reunite when George Stokes of York county Pennsylvania visits. They fought together at Gettysburg and were mustered out two weeks later. George reenlisted while F Stokes moved to Iowa. In Creston a suit for 25000 is filed against F E Wainwright of Lenox by Clara Cresswell for injuries after a buggy upset.
The Northeastern association held its annual German Methodist conference in Charles City led by Bishop Neely of New Orleans. Delegates from German Methodist churches across north Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin attended the event.
In a drunken frenzy Chriss Peterson barricaded a room in his Morningside residence. Police Sgt. George Pierce forced entry. Peterson fired a shot narrowly missing the officer and then turned the gun on himself, resulting in his death.
Despondent over a love affair Miss Brownie Otto of Beaconsfield shot herself near her home in Mount Ayr after a picnic. She left two notes one to her parents and another to Harry De vore, a barber at Elliston.
James Moody of Washington township Hardin county reports this year’s oats yield at 105 bushels per acre. Measured with a machine the oats averaged 82 bushels per acre before the overweight increased the figure. Moody sold the crop, noting the remarkable performance.
Viola Cain six year old daughter of William Cain inherits eighty two thousand dollars from the estate of her mother's uncle the late F A Ogden of Madison Wisconsin.
Albia real estateman W. C. Ramsay was arrested on charges of selling forged mortgages totaling 70 000 dollars to the Equitable Insurance Co Des Moines and the German American Savings Bank of Burlington.
About 1,500 feet of the Mineral City gypsum mine near Fort Dodge collapsed recently endangering several miners at work underground.
A Des Moines jury in Judge Howe's court found Governor Carroll not guilty of criminal libel against John Downie after a ten day trial. The verdict ends the lengthy case against the governor who faced accusations stemming from published remarks.
Mrs. A. M. Gaskill, a prominent Corwith resident, drowned by placing stones in a gunny sack and sinking herself in a large water tank. No motive is known.
Nick Yperal of near Traer shot himself in the foot while hunting ground hogs and may lose his foot. He is in serious condition and blood poisoning may follow.
Theodore Leslie Street, eighteen, son of R. E. Street of Douglass township, has been missing since August 18. His parents remain distraught as investigators have found no clue to his whereabouts.
The Board of Supervisors in this county set the 1910 tax levy at 15.6 mills, a slight increase from 15.4 mills in 1909. The move reflects a modest rise in levy level for the new year.
Walter B Brookins in a Wright biplane flew from Chicago to Springfield 186 miles in 5 hours 49 minutes surpassing cross country aeronautic records. He landed before 40 000 cheering spectators at the state fairgrounds and won a $10 000 prize. The flight included stops but remained near the Illinois Central line with support from Wright figures and Aero club of Illinois.
Newark New Jersey Miss Lucy Burton a Dover society woman may be blind for life after a neighbor's son blew a tube of red pepper into her face on Wednesday.
One man died and significant property damage occurred in a riot among miners at Monarch, about 35 miles from Buena Vista, Colorado, on Wednesday. The incident involved dynamite and fire as unrest erupted.
Four thousand people reportedly died in the Nicaragua conflict, according to Jacob Weinberger manager of the Bluefields Steamship Company at Bluefields Nicaragua who returned to New Orleans on Monday.
Conducts College Bank in New York as a branch of college activities following the University of Chicago model. The move marks a formal campus financial program with student participation and administrative oversight.
Reports from Italy indicate cholera struck districts sending emigrants from Genoa to the United States. The French press accuses Naples of concealing the outbreak while labeling it gastroenteritis abroad. In New York, health chief Dr. Doty says strict safeguards are in place to prevent cholera entry.
Attorney General orders District Attorney Wise to file against the sugar trust in New York within a week. An amended petition charges Sherman anti trust violations and seeks dissolution and an injunction restraining American Sugar Refining of New Jersey from voting subsidiary shares pending redistribution. The case mirrors the Standard Oil action and resembles the tobacco trust suit.
The chart lists leading clubs in the National League with wins and losses. Chicago leads with 93 wins and 47 losses, followed by New York and Cincinnati, while St Louis and Brooklyn trail in the American League and Western League sections show Omaha Denver and Wichita among others.
George T Buckingham filed a pardon petition in the department of justice on behalf of John R Walsh the Chicago banker imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth for irregularities linked to the three Walsh banks failure The filing occurred Saturday and seeks clemency for the prisoner’s wife and sons at home in Chicago
Aviator Flochmann died Thursday after a biplane collapsed at 150 feet. He was injured previously and failed to regain consciousness. This marks the twenty eighth aviation death of the year.
Paris reports the Rubens painting The Bath of Diana sold for 200000 dollars to an American. The work was previously owned by Frau Schuybert and is linked to Brussels.
James Payne former trainer of the Cleveland baseball club shot himself in the right temple Wednesday, despondent over his wife’s refusal to settle their divorce and return to him.
Mrs. Martha Davis of Bendon Michigan, seventy eight, the only surviving sister of John Brown, the abolitionist, died Wednesday in Bendon Michigan.
The New York state Republican convention nominated Henry J. Stimson for Governor with Edward Schoeneck as Lieutenant Governor Samuel Koe ning of New York as Secretary of State James Thompson of Valley Falls as Comptroller Thomas F. Fennell of Elmira as Treasurer Edward R. O Malley of Buffalo as Attorney General and Frank M. Williams of Madison as State Engineer and Surveyor The platform endorses Taft and Hughes administrations praises the Payne tariff law and backs a graft inquiry and direct primaries While the tariff plank claims duty reductions expanded free imports and improved balance of trade and argues a Republican Congress is needed for funding and rate adjustments
New York announces a 30 mile plus round trip flight from Belmont Park across Manhattan and past the Statue of Liberty as a feature of the international aviation tournament starting October 22. A cash prize will be awarded for the event, amount yet to be set. The flight mirrors the Boston Harvard meet distance won by Grahame-White.
The first automobile ambulance designed for exclusive transfer of insane patients is about to enter service at Bellevue Hospital New York.
The New York Builders' association ordered a lockout of 10 000 bricklayers starting Tuesday. Employers say the union violated an agreement and threaten to hire non union workers from across the country.
Rioting by coal mine strikers in the Moabit precinct began Monday night and continued Tuesday. A total of 138 people were wounded amid clashes between demonstrators and authorities in Berlin Germany.
Wisconsin Republican platform adopts sharp criticism of the Payne tariff law and praises Senator La Follette as a progressive pioneer. It endorses insurgent congressional delegates and attacks Taft, urging a nonpartisan tariff committee and independent schedule revisions.
Representative H J C Beckemeyer testified he received 1000 dollars with the remark this is Lorimer money after being asked to vote for Senator Lorimer by Lee Browne minority leader in the legislature. He said he believed the money was for voting for Lorimer though no promise was made.
Six armed bandits boarded a Minneapolis-bound interurban on a crowded streetcar in broad daylight. They brandished knives and revolvers, took $180 from passengers, and forced their way to the rear before escaping. A signal halted the car at Eleventh Avenue and the bandits retreated with weapons still drawn.
Ralph De Palma drove his Fiat Cyclone to defeat Eugene Ely in a Curtiss biplane at the Poughkeepsie driving park. De Palma completed three laps around the mile track in times of 53 and 64 hundredths and 1 minute 56 and fourteenths seconds.
Richmond Virginia On Thursday the national convention of postmasters of the first class selected Omaha as the site for the association's next annual meeting.
Melville D. Chapman, a broker and son of E. R. Chapman of H. R. Chapman & Co. sugar brokers, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in New York stating liabilities of 207,297 dollars and assets of 94,387 dollars.
William Gaynor who claimed kin to New York mayor was fatally struck by an energized wire in Galveston Texas on Wednesday. Government officials and witnesses described the accident and immediate investigation is underway.
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