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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
2
A rich Iowa resident, George W. Wahl, near Boone, loses a new $15,000 house to a Saturday fire and then sustains self inflicted wounds Sunday. His daughter, ill with pneumonia, is in danger in the old home nearby. Neighbors battled to save the old structure as the new one burned.
Des Moines report that John Junkin the confessed slayer of Miss Clara Rosen at Ottumwa will seek life in the Iowa Supreme Court next session. A transcript of the Centerville trial evidence has been sent to Governor Carroll for the capital case. Judge Roberts credits the transcript with the basis for the appeal while Junkin’s attorney contends trial instructions prejudiced the jury.
After twenty six years as a passenger conductor on the Iowa Central between Marshalltown and Oskaloosa and Peoria, St James Anderson retires to take up farming in North Dakota. He was one of the line’s best known conductors.
Des Moines receives the next Iowa Fraternal Congress convention on September 20, 1910 in Des Moines. All old officers were re-elected. Attendance was large and reports show significant gains for the fraternal association of Iowa over the past year.
Mrs. R. L. Austin was found at her Woodbine home with wrists and throat cut. Doctors held out only slight hope for recovery. No reason for the act is known and authorities investigate potential attempted suicide.
Meta Raney of Maren 80 Iowa City was elected president of the Epsilon Tau society the honorary girls organization of the college of liberal arts Agnes Pheney of Council Bluffs was chosen secretary
Rev. N M Smith, pastor of the local Methodist church for four years, has accepted a call to serve at a church in Colorado Springs.
The Marshalltown club has been formed and aims to become the city’s principal commercial organization. Committees were named to secure club rooms and establish the venue for business gatherings.
Work has begun on a $10,000 water system for Bagley. A local company is installing it and local men provide the capital, a sign of community support for Bagley.
Edith Bailey an 18 year old academy student was run over by the firefly at the Milwaukee station crossing and may die from injuries. Her skull was crushed and her left hand mangled in the accident.
Creston fire damages a barn and part of the belongings of A. E. Mickle, with a pony badly burned. The loss is reported as insured.
S U elections show S U [. Elections, laws, City-cC. W. Steels of Alta mont, Mo., was elected president of the junior law class in the University of Iowa. The other officers follow: Vice president, W. W. Ream, of Mal colma, secretary, Jesse J. Fishburn, of Muscatine, treasurer, Byron Gold waite of Marengo, class delegate, Fred Hamilton ,of Decatur, Ill., rep resentative on the 1911 annual board, L.R. Kelly of Waterloo, editor, and Robert Jones of Iowa City, business Manager. The Australian ballot system was pronounced success in the senior den tal class election, which resulted as follows: J. W. Wray of Corydon, In., president,R. P. Booker, vice presi dent, E. B.Smith, secretary, Wil liam Ruge, treasurer, and W. M. Storey, class representative.
D Ward King awarded the capital prize of 75 dollars in gold to A L Taylor, pioneer of the King road drag, at Red Oak's annual drag ging contest. Thomas D Murphy escorted King and other citizens seven miles to inspect contested roads and dragged stretches praised as public boulevards by local residents.
H D Brown of 3601 Jackson Street highlights the Judson Fulton celebration in New York and recalls his great grandfather Ellis Colburn, who joined Robert Fulton on the Clermont’s first Hudson River voyage in 1809. Brown recalls stories from his grandfather in central New York in the 1860s. Colburn was then nearing ninety.
The executive board of the Iowa Federation of Colored Women's Clubs met in Marshalltown to prepare for the biennial session in Des Moines next May. The board, chaired by Mrs. C. B. Lewis of Davenport, appointed committees for the preliminaries with Mrs. Joe Brown of Des Moines as vice president and Mrs. Horn of Cedar Rapids as secretary.
Thomas Gregory, 65, was found dead in his bed at the Louis Loan residence with windows closed and gas jet on. Coroner Herrick returned an inconclusive verdict. Gregory had threatened suicide after his wife’s death and leaves a son and daughter of Pleasant Valley.
Clifford Powell of Red Oak was elected president of the senior class at the state university. Other officers chosen include Vice president Miss Catherine Nese treasurer George Gunderson secretary Miss Alice Clark and class representative Charles Kaufman.
One third of the 2500 S U 1 students in Iowa City are working their way through college this year. The lunch rooms and dining rooms furnish the most employment for students.
H Claude Horack professor in the college of law is named to lead University of Iowa athletics filling the vacancy created by the death of Prof L M Byers last summer. The change places Horack in charge of the Iowa City program at Byers Place.
Afton reports severe storm with high wind and hail that damaged shade and fruit trees. A barn collapsed and James Daly suffered injuries from flying debris.
The Waterloo board of education issued a TB prevention plan for students. It marks the first such health rules in the western region, aiming to combat tuberculosis among pupils.
The school board has opened a night school in Newton to teach commerce and shorthand. Prof. Browning will be in charge, with classes held three sessions per week.
The Iowa Odd Fellows and Orphans Home lies one mile south of Mason City Illinois with 80 acres, later 160 more, valued around 150000. It houses 16 elderly and 48 children as wards, governed by three trustees and an advisory board, with matron Mrs J W Lewis. Operating costs about 8500 annually funded by lodge member taxes. Buildings include school, laundry, icehouse, barns, and outbuildings. Children work duties, schools reach seventh grade, then Mason City High. Rebekahs funded music bands and an orchestra. band to attend Davenport grand lodge.
Davenport novelist and songwriter Miss Eulalie Andreas rises from society circles to musical success. Her collaborations include Arakawa A Japanese Memory with Burton Holmes, and songs like Good bye Marie and The Owl's School. Her mother handles publishing as her father built maps and atlases.
The Iowa Official Register will be sent to every rural school via county superintendents. The secretary of state’s office is distributing copies to all counties for library reference on state matters. Each county superintendent provides one copy for each school in the county.
The Allied Temperance committee will organize amendment clubs in each Iowa county. All temperance groups in the state have affiliated with the committee and will support the work statewide.
The Fort Dodge Commercial club directed $1,000 toward building a good road to the new packing plant site south of the city. The city Cooper township and the county will share costs, with plans to gravel the route and grade hills to create a nearly level thoroughfare.
The Town League of Postmasters met at Des Moines and endorsed postal savings deposits and a local parcels post to boost service usefulness and revenue. Cr O Berry was re-elected president for the fifth time as the group plans to send resolutions to the National League convention in Syracuse October 6. Des Moines was named the next meeting site during State Fair week to allow attendees to visit the fair.
Herman Ralfs, who vanished from Tracer years ago and was ruled legally dead in district court, may be located in Alaska. Papers have been sent there and heirs in this city await his reply. He has not spoken with family since his mother’s death earlier.
Miss Adelaide Smith of Boone has been elected to the mathematics chair at the University of California Berkeley. A brilliant student and pianist, she left Boone for Chicago, then Johannesburg to head a university mathematics chair, later teaching in San Raphael, California.
Miss Anna Sudrow of Arlapool England journeys across the Atlantic and half the United States to wed James Williams of Berwick Des Moines. The remarkable voyage highlights a distant romance culminating in a Des Moines ceremony.
In San Francisco at Colin arena the Black challenger Jack Johnson defeated Stanley Ketchel in the 12th round. Johnson rallied from a knockdown to deliver a rapid, decisive finish, seizing the heavyweight title claim as Ketchel lay unconscious. The crowd of 10,000 fell silent before Johnson’s supporters erupted in cheers. Ketchel had fought hard, flashing moments of danger but could not withstand Johnson’s power.
The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Detroit 8 to 0 to win the World Series, securing a third straight National League pennant. Charlie Adams starred with three wins for Pittsburgh, while Donavan and Mullin struggled for Detroit.
Jury finds Nils P. Swenson guilty of murdering Bertha Swenson his daughter-in-law in Vermillion South Dakota and sentences him to life imprisonment. Defense plans to seek a new trial.
Former Republican leader H. F. Finley of Kentucky died at his home in Williamsburg on Sunday at age 77. He was a longtime figure in state GOP politics.
Alejandro Lerroux, chief of the Republicans at Barcelona, predicted a revolution in Spain and the establishment of a republic in a Paris interview. He linked Ferrer’s execution to personal vengeance by King Alfonso.
Nashville reports from the Banner show 93 deaths and 100 injuries from the recent cyclone across Tennessee Alabama and Georgia with figures tallied for the disaster.
Gardiner Maine woman credits Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and severe female weakness after three months avoiding surgery. The ad urges sick women to try the tonic, noting Mrs Pinkham’s free advice from Lyon Massachusetts and promising renewed health.
A Georgia man jailed on minor city ordinance violations refuses to bond out until evening, asking that his release be delayed so he can enjoy a meal of greens inside the jail. The incident unfolds as the YMCA secretary and a minister seek to post his bond.
A child expressed distress and planned to skip school, crying loudly about wanting to play hooky instead. The dialogue shows a moment of mischief and parental concern as the boy negotiates his daily routine.
In Yonkers at the First Methodist parsonage Dorothy Walworth recalls meeting her baby brother and explains her belief in the stork bringing the child after recognizing the zoo stork in the Bronx. She claims she whispered her wish and the stork winked.
A Chattanooga banker recalls coffee’s wrecking effects on his nerves from adolescence onward. He switched to Postum after quitting coffee, reporting steadier hands and clearer thinking, and says he owes his condition to Postum. The letter invites readers to learn more from the product book.
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