13 Oct 1910
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
1
A string of quips on airships health and fashion plus social satire. Topics include airship risks spawning calls for commissions, charity spending in New York, planes made of rubber, and a pure milk movement. The piece muses on aviation peril, insanity rates, domestic service shortages, and humorous observations about language and weather.
Germany insists the time is not ripe for partition of the Ottoman Empire and signals willingness to sell old battleships to Turkey as a ploy to maintain its position in the regional dispute.
A new comet is noted in the sky as observers ponder its meaning and which leaders it may threaten with calamity. The sighting prompts speculation about political futures and potential disasters ahead.
The captain of the United States Army who broke his ankle while dancing at Newport may qualify for a pension due to an injury received in the line of duty.
A Chicago woman seizes on a recipe for revenge by baking a man she deems a confirmed misogynist. The sensational tale centers on use of culinary cunning to exact symbolic punishment, reflecting themes of gender tension and old saying about hearts and stomachs.
A New Jersey ragpicker unearthed jewels valued at 1800 from a week’s haul of discarded garments. The prior owners of the clothing likely face financial concern over rising living costs.
The Pittsburg Gazette-Times notes no Chicago aviator has crossed Lake Michigan to Milwaukee and jokes that pilots could instead fly overland to Milwaukee, questioning the challenge of lake crossing versus land route.
In Manila the text describes using a 0.2 percent formaldehyde solution to attract and kill flies, and spraying breeding sites with kerosene followed by lime and several inches of clean earth. The method aims to sharply reduce fly numbers with simple steps.
A comment notes one benefit of an aviation meet is it does not kick up dust, highlighting its cleaner air impact compared with other events.
A pilot in Berlin is arrested and his aircraft seized after flying three miles over the city to visit a hospital patient. Local rules require three days' notice before a flight, but the timing risked the patient’s discharge before permission could be granted.
A Portland, Oregon, blaze costing about $90,000 was sparked by a celluloid collar. Investigators note the item’s flammable material as the likely cause. Firefighters responded quickly to the fire threats in the area.
The text notes cholera is present in some parts of Europe but poses little danger of spreading widely or reaching this country. Advances in medical science and precautionary measures have restricted infectious diseases, and most progressive communities are not invaded by cholera or similar plagues.
Southeastern Iowa banks report a satisfactory financial and crop outlook with caution on new business. Farmers plan to buy feeders for a large corn crop and hold stock for spring, aiming to ship prime cattle for holiday market prices. Large corn harvest expected to alleviate tension.
A Belle Plaine gardener irrigates an acre scale tomato crop with artesian wells costing about 100 dollars. On one sixth of an acre he has sold about 400 dollars worth of tomatoes and continues harvesting. The crop yields about 2 400 dollars per acre, with low water costs and strong nearby markets. Other farmers in Belle Flaine Fort Dodge and Hampton report smaller vegetable returns.
Everett Burns surprised Lake City residents by driving a team of four oxen two yoke to town hauling two tons of coal. The calves raised by his two sons trained steers performed tricks, the animals tipping 1,800 pounds each. The four steers are valued at $400.
Burlington will install a bright electric lighting scheme along seven blocks of Main street and six or seven on Jefferson street. Side streets in the downtown area will also receive lighting with posts arranged eight to a block, featuring a center globe and four drop globes beneath.
In Boone residents witness a rare apple tree that bore blooms on October 1. Fire Chief William West and Comrade A. J. Bocus attest to the unusual sight and its veracity.
Bishop James Davis names Rev. Father Murphy a missionary formerly stationed at Davenport to serve as student chaplain at Iowa City University.
Churchill Harvey Elder assistant editor of the Los Angeles Times died in the recent fire. He grew up in Waterloo and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Harvey, pioneers, reflecting his deep ties to the area.
William T. Jones sold a 225 acre farm four miles northeast of Williamsburg to George Heitshusen for 44500 about 200 per acre. Heitshusen previously owned 300 acres.
The pension roll for Iowa lists recipients and amounts including David Edwards $15 Augustus Fenton $15 Daniel Hoff $15 Marion Howes minors $12 Orlando McDaniel $15 John W. Morton $17 Wm Randall $20 Hiram W. Redman $12 John H. Savage $17 Jacob S. Lober $15 George Williamson $20 Lucy M. Barton $12 Horace Burgess $15 Sarah H. Burke $12 Walter Capler $15 Sarah J. Coe $12 Thomas H. Dodge $10 Herman A. Harlan $17 S. Hays $12 Dwight B. Herriman $12 Samuel F. Moore $12 Archibald H. Owens $15 Harrison Shaffer $15 Benj G. Stephens $15 Ulrich T. Stout $6 Marion S. Swallom $20 Geo M. Webb $15 Jos G. Wheat $15.
Farmers in Adams county report gathering enough seed corn for two years with more to harvest. Late planting and rains left corn green, but the crop is expected to be the best since 1880. A frost on the 26th caused no damage and may have aided speed.
K H E Knutson of St Ansgar found the 24 grain coral pearl in the Cedar River near his home. The reddish stone is considered more valuable than the $1200 Trogue pearl found three weeks earlier. Knutson will not sell for less than $1500.
The national Danish Sisterhood convention in Council Bluffs adjourned after ten days. It voted to bar men from office. Officers elected include President Mrs Hansina Matson Clinton Iowa, Vice President Mrs Sophie Lauritson Alameda California, Secretary Caroline Nelson Chicago, Treasurer Louisa Rasmussen St Paul Minnesota.
Vinton and Iowa canning factories have closed for the season. The Iowa Canning company packed about six million cans of corn across Garison La Porte Shellsburg and Vinton. The Vinton Canning company packed about two and a half million cans in Vinton.
Christina Buttke files suit for divorce from Henry Buttke after 32 years of marriage. She seeks custody of all twelve children, including four minors, and $385,000 alimony. The couple’s estate is valued at $70,000 with 575 acres, claimed to be self acquired. She alleges cruelty.
In Iowa City crowds gather at multiple stations to meet the hog special train of seven cars traveling over Rock Island lines. Farmers stockmen and others show strong interest in expert talks on scientific profitable hog raising and feeding methods.
There is a larger acreage of winter wheat being sown in this section than ever before. Some of it is up, making the fields green, while others are preparing the ground now and others are sowing. The ground is in fine condition and seed ing has been done in better shape than usual.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Kelly of Marshalltown celebrate sixty eight years of marriage. The couple wed in England in 1842. Mr Kelly is eight years older than his wife.
A 400 acre farm owned by Josiah Miller two miles south of Creston changed hands for 125 dollars per acre in a cash deal. J. T. Thompson became the new owner after the sale totaling 50000 dollars.
Dr. H E Kirschner superintendent of the Iowa State Tuberculosis sanatorium at Oakdale near Iowa City has returned from Germany. He conducted valuable investigations in foreign hospitals and recovered his own health after his perilous ailment.
Burglars forced the safe at local stores in Macksburg securing $235 in cash. Authorities believe the crime was carried out by expert burglars.
Pat Crowe, formerly an evangelist, is in Davenport undergoing the liquor cure. He states that if the treatment succeeds he will promptly resume his literary and evangelistic campaign against the liquor habit.
An oil stove explosion at the home of Mrs. Jennie Liltech in Gladstone Illinois started a fire that killed Mrs. Jennie Liltech and her father-in-law Conrad Liltech.
Master John Dietz of Cameron Dam refuses surrender to anyone but Wisconsin's governor, spurning efforts by Attorney General and Sheriff Madden. Deputies surround the cabin with plans to force compliance, while Dietz vows to resist to the last ditch as officials seek transfer of the case to another county.
Two sailors died and a third was seriously injured in an explosion at the high explosive building in the Washington navy yard Tuesday. Captain Beatty ordered a board of investigation to determine the cause.
A collision between a fast mail train and a freight halted all traffic on the New York New Haven and Hartford line at Sharon Massachusetts on Thursday. An engineer and a brakeman were killed in the wreck.
Baroness von Hengel Muller wife of the Austrian ambassador is seriously ill at the Hotel St. Regis with her family.
Berlin reports the imperial chancellor Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg sent a letter to the Foreign Correspondents association. he expresses regret for the Moabit incident where police assaulted several correspondents watching riots.
Dynamiters exploded a bomb beneath a building in Kansas City Missouri where Fogel and Sons contractors were working. The firms are described as nonunion.
Congressman Mondell presides as the fifth annual Dry Farming congress opens in Spokane Washington with delegates from the United States and several foreign nations. An exposition displays field orchard and garden products to showcase semi arid and arid district progress. prizes totaling 10000 dollars are offered.
Detroit reports the Michigan Republican convention formally endorsed President Taft and his tariff act despite expectations of a progressive sweep. The platform backed Taft’s administration, while district primaries already chose top statewide nominees, reducing nominating battles at the convention.
Washington report from the American Prison association committee praises parole over older punitive methods such as the dungeon starvation silence solitary cell darkness and corporal punishment in reformatories.
In Manchester England the Federation of Master Cotton Spinners resolved the dispute with its workers ending a lockout of about 130 000 operatives. Mills will reopen next week.
Frank M. Lupton publisher of the People’s Home Journal and a millionaire, killed himself Thursday by cutting his throat in the bathroom of his Brooklyn residence.
Katherine Botti was cleared of the murder charge in Pittsburgh after a jury accepted the defense based on unwritten law. She was accused of killing her godfather Pasquale Volpe with an ax and a red hot poker.
Four men blew open the safe of W. H. Althen Co bank in Bentley on Tuesday and escaped with about $900. Police search for the suspects.
Lee O Neil Browne testified before the senator ial committee claiming Speaker Shurtleff led the plan to elect William Lorimer as U S senator Browne denied bribery charges and said he did not know whether to support Lorimer He was questioned about meetings in St Louis June 21 1909 and whether payments of 1000 or 2500 were made Several witnesses including Broderick Griffin faced grilling on bribery allegations with denials and evasive answers
Washington a major labor dispute reaches the Supreme Court as attorneys for Buck's Stove and Range of St Louis present their side over the open shop boycott alleged by the American Federation of Labor The District of Columbia Supreme Court issued an injunction against the federation and the district court decree was modified on appeal The arguments are expected next week and the AFL has not yet filed its brief
Nashville Tenn The regular Democratic convention Thursday nominated Senator Robert L Taylor to governor to succeed M R Patterson who resigned A temperance plan was adopted declaring that the temperance issue had no place in the gubernatorial campaign and that it should be settled by the legislature
Frederick Lenday barricaded in a bedroom wounded Patrolman Haddox and fought off nine other officers for two hours during a family quarrel call in Detroit Michigan.
The body of Georgy Godfrey shot Miss Rika Amelsberg after she resented his attentions and was found Thursday in a cornfield near the crime site.
Leon Morane of Clermont-Ferrand broke his leg after a fall in Boissy France while attempting to win the Michelin aviation prize. His brother Robert, a passenger, suffered a fractured skull in the same incident.
In federal court at Cairo Illinois Clarence L. Flourney pleaded guilty and was fined 2000 for violating the revenist laws in the sale of butterine.
New York report states Standard Oil through J I C Clarke set a worldwide campaign to boost refined oil consumption by lowering prices. It notes U S refiners lower today to 5 1/2 cents a gallon in tanks and 8 1/2 cents in refinery barrels, with intensified efforts abroad.
The Chicago National League team and the Philadelphia Athletics will open the World Series in Philadelphia on Monday October 17. The schedule lists six more games through October 23 with locations alternating between Philadelphia and Chicago and a potential seventh game to be decided by coin toss.
A Lake Erie and Western passenger train carrying excursionists collided head on with a freight train on the main line at Laporte Indiana. The speed was about 20 miles per hour and the engineer was unconscious of the crew's blunder. More than 30 people were injured with several seriously hurt.
Superintendent Cameron of the Canadian Northern road reports Graceton Mann depots freight shed two stores and 20 houses were wiped out by fire on Wednesday. The blaze left the village a total loss with buildings destroyed.
The Vermont general assembly convened its twenty first biennial session in Montpelier. A United States senator will be chosen with Senator Page expected to be re elected.
The Novoe Vremya reports Evno Azeff, described as a leader of the fighting Russian Socialists and a political police spy, has been assassinated at Weisbaden. The note adds the claim from the German press.
Strikes at Zelaya Road in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua prompt government embargo on the National Railroad and Steam Ship company. Former President Zelaya owns many shares in the toc company.
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