This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 57 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1915
Page
1
Iowa City saloon fight heats up as dealers deny plans to close on December 22 claiming a new law voids prior closing. John B Hammond of the Business Men's Temperance Association asserts closings are required January 1, while liquor interests vow to keep doors open and fight the point.
Fort Dodge officials promote a fuel economy course offered by Professor Smith of the Ames extension to teach firemen in flats, business blocks, and mills how to maximize heat from coal. The Commercial club and a local women’s group back the effort, aiming to reduce smoke and possibly save costs for employers.
Booneville reports the selection of Dr Ray Lyman Wilbur to succeed retiring Dr John Casper Branner as Stanford University president. Wilbur, head of Stanford's medical department, led the American Academy of Medicine from 1912 to 1918 and was born in Booneville.
Indianola launches a drive to raise fifty thousand dollars toward a three hundred thousand dollar endowment for Simpson College funded by the Des Moines conference of the Methodist church. A mass meeting decided the plan and the campaign will run briefly with subscriptions of one thousand dollars or more to reach the target.
Practically every young man in Pella offered skin for grafting to Huip Breuklander who was badly burned in a recent automobile accident. Some youths donated as many as twenty pieces of skin. Breuklander is on the road to recovery, though terribly injured.
Mount Pleasant report states Wilbur Burnaugh a colored prisoner serving sixty days under a Mayor's sentence escaped from Henry County jail after a trustee entered the corridor on business. He has not yet been apprehended.
Gilman Odd Fellows lodge plans a new lodge hall to replace the one burned weeks ago. Ground has been purchased at a more convenient site. Insurance on the old building amounting to 1850 dollars will form the nucleus of the building fund.
Carl Ruebling was found guilty of first degree murder in Scott County for allegedly murdering his wife by slitting her throat with a butcher knife. The jury deliberated for over twenty-two hours.
Des Moines banks face the strongest loan demand in years as borrowers seek funds to move soft corn crops. Farmers with good yields borrow to finance sales, while those with soft corn race to secure loans to hold over until next season amid limited grain selling.
Marshalltown will host a four day district tour of Sunday school workers starting November 29. Counties Marshall Jasper Poweshiek and Tama will join regional conventions in Gilman Newton Grinnell and Montour with prominent state workers attending each stop. An engaging program is planned for the meetings.
Jensen brothers moved to a 240 acre farm near Ida Grove and planted 65 acres of popcorn along with field corn. They harvested 3,000 bushels selling for about $3,000, bought two new automobiles, and still hold a healthy bank balance.
The state highway commission plans a two course gravel upgrade on the Lincoln highway west of Jefferson. An initial eight foot wide trench will receive 600 loads per mile, rolled smooth, followed by a sixteen foot wide second layer at 1200 loads per mile. Officials say this creates a permanent road with manageable upkeep.
Waterloo hosts a grand council meeting to schedule the Knights of Pythias grand lodge in this city for August 23 and 24 1916. H G Moore of Wellman serves as grand chancellor and a grand lodge arrangements committee will meet here later.
The Dallas county treasurer W. S. Guthrie reports a strong financial condition. Tax receipts rose from 91055.27 in September 1908 to 174808.15 seven years later. Interest on daily balances largely covers running expenses for the treasurer’s office.
The county has spent over 3500 dollars on the Sutherland Peterson road. Farmers hauling gravel gratis have delivered about 400 loads. A bad hill and dangerous turn are removed. A new elevating grader pulled by a forty horsepower tractor has been purchased.
Deputy sheriffs poured out about $1,000 worth of whisky and eighteen barrels of beer on the banks of the Raccoon river drawing a sizable crowd. The event neutralized the liquor amid a strong odor attracting spectators.
In Villisca area rumors spread about I. M. Putnam of Chicago J. M. Forbes of Jefferson Iowa W L Bradford of Oklahoma City and a civil engineer as they investigate the Atlantic Southern railroad with reports they plan to purchase it.
Farmers in Ida Grove County rush to erect silos as a record season for storage grows. Concrete and stave silos rise across farms, signaling cautious plans for corn handling and feed security.
Mount Pleasant. Joseph Mitchell of Knoxville, a patient at the Iowa state hospital, was found hanging from a tree limb on a farm near the hospital grounds. He had been missing since October 5.
The Iowa Auto Protective association recovered its second stolen car after it left Des Moines. The State Senator Addison M. Parker’s car, stolen from Des Moines, was found at Boone by Sheriff Griffin’s group and returned to Parker. Parker joined the association after the incident.
In Muscatine district a Wellman resident, Mrs. J. Ferrel, died on a train five minutes after boarding. Heart disease caused her death, discovered only when the conductor tried to wake her to secure her ticket.
Burglars blew open the safe at the Melcher postoffice and took a considerable amount of money and stamps. Local authorities investigation underway.
The Thirty-sixth general assembly cost about 247900.67 dollars, slightly under the Thirty-fifth’s 253023.94. Expenses include salaries for members and employees, mileage, sun dries, inaugural costs, and 27049.82 for printing and binding. A blockage on economy bills plus stationery waste spurred 150,000 unusable printed letterheads.
Raymond McDermott 17 of Cass county Iowa earned a gold medal for the highest corn yield per acre 154 bushels 42 pounds of Reed’s yellow corn in 1914. Governor Clarke will present the medal at the Polk county corn chow on November 5.
A permanent injunction by Judge Carpenter in Chicago bars the Chicago Rock Island Pacific Railway from refusing to accept or deliver liquor consignments to Iowa points and to consignee agents on written orders, mandating compliance with shipments.
A local shoe firm obtained a judgment of 135 dollars and costs against the New York, New Haven & Hartford railway for a lost shipment. A box car belonging to the firm was seized, taken to the city stockade, and chained down to force payment before release of the car.
P McGuire of Holstein owner of draft stallions is defendant in a state agriculture action over alleged violations of stallion registration law. He seeks to test the constitutionality arguing uneven veterinary inspections lead to favoritism and inconsistent health ratings for the same horse.
London reports a coalition split as Sir Edward Carson resigns over conscription advocacy. Gen Sir Jan Hamilton is relieved and replaced by Gen Sir C C Monro amid criticism of the Dardanelles failure and allied operations at Saloniki.
President Wilson declared an embargo on arms and ammunition shipments to Mexico on October 22. A supplementary order exempted Carranza’s government, allowing munitions to reach him unhampered, while prohibiting shipments to anti-government factions the U.S. has not recognized. The administration planned to appoint Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Chile, to a new diplomatic post.
Springfield New Jersey October 21 Governor Dunne halted the hanging of Elston Moore for 30 days after receiving a telegram from Sheriff James White of Jackson County. The sheriff said he would invite as many as he pleased to the execution in Murphysboro, next Friday.
Emperor William visited the Belgian coast to confer the Pour le Merite on Admiral von Schroeder, commander of German naval forces in that region, honoring his service during the campaign.
Berlin reports German submarines sank 29 enemy merchant ships totaling 103,316 tons in September, plus two transports of 18,949 tons and seven trawlers 1,200 tons. Mines destroyed six ships.
Berlin dispatch reports the third Isonzo battle ongoing with Italian forces fleeing the Karfelto Tolmino front leaving piles of dead.
Bucharest dispatch reports Austrian forces evacuated Czernowicz capital of Bukowina as Husaiang forces broke the Austrian line on the Strypa river.
Unofficial returns show New Jersey voters defeating the constitutional amendment to grant woman suffrage by a margin of 12 514 with 34 610 for and 47 124 against in 1 891 precincts. President Wilson returned to Washington after voting in Princeton where he cast the first presidential ballot in favor of woman suffrage.
London reports Premier Asquith ill and absent as David Lloyd George refuses to clarify Sir Edward Carson's cabinet resignation. The recruiting controversy appears damped as Derby's new conscription plan gains a fair trial. Downing Street bulletin says the prime minister suffers gastro intestinal catarrh.
Butte Montana October 20 fourte en men are killed in a Granite Mountain mine explosion caused by five hundred pounds of giant powder. Eleven bodies have been recovered. Eight more men at the surface were seriously injured, one likely to die.
Berlin reports a German division retreated in the Styr region after losing several guns. A second reverse between Pinsk and Vilna cost about 3,500 prisoners.
London report says Serbia moved government archives from Nish to Prisrend due to Bulgarian activity. Austro German forces advance slowly toward Serbia with a claimed junction west of Semendria. Bulgarian rail disruption and territorial moves amid Balkan war updates.
Bulgarian line repulsed along the front as Serbians are reported secure. Allies advance against King Ferdinand's forces with more troops en route. French seize Strumnitza north of Saloniki. Roumania blocks Russian passage. Entente lands at Enos near the Bulgarian border and seizes the local railroad. German report notes retreat and progress toward Belgrade with village takeups.
The case against Thomas Taggart a Democratic national committeeman for Indiana charged with election conspiracy was dismissed by Special Judge W H Eichhorn on the motion of Prosecutor A J Rucker. Indictments against more than 100 co defendants including Mayor Joseph E Bell were postponed to December 1.
Anton Lang, famed for his Christ portrayal in the Oberammergau Passion Play, has been killed in battle. The news was relayed to his cousin Alois Lang in Manitowoc, with confirmation from the German government.
Lynn October 23 two aviators are killed John C Reading manager of an aviation school and Philip Bulman died in a flight over West Lynn when the aeroplane collapsed in midair authorities report the machine gave way midflight
Mexican bandits raided ranch property near Sebastian on Thursday and clashed with Texas rangers and deputy sheriffs who pursued them. No casualties were reported.
Six armed men boarded and robbed two freight trains and tried to rob an American Express train on the West Shore railroad at the tunnel entrance between Conyers and Haverstraw New York.
Paris dispatch reports Italian forces repulsed an Austrian effort to retake Pregasina a strategic height recently captured after a stubborn battle. The information arrived Tuesday and highlights ongoing fighting in the region.
A British official bulletin reports Turkish forces at Hill 60 in Gallipoli attempted to detonate a mine but it exploded under their own lines, causing heavy casualties and damage.
Omaha, Neb. Oct 22 Two socially prominent residents Mr. and Mrs. George Shirley were found dead in their apartments from a gas leak in a special gas apparatus asphyxiating them while they slept.
Three Kansas City Southern switchmen died and three were badly injured in a collision between two switch engines in Kansas City Missouri. An error in their orders caused the wreck.
London reports the British war office says a German spy was shot and another sentenced to five years penal servitude. This marks the eighth spy executed since the war began.
Three U S soldiers were killed and eight wounded in an ambush near Ojo de Agua two miles north of Brownsville. Capt Frank R McCoy led relief, with about sixty cavalry pursuing fleeing Mexicans, at least five reported dead, bandits wearing Vive Villa white hatbands.
Paris reports a deadly explosion at a Tolbiac Street factory killing 52 and injuring 100 or more as a grenade accident triggers successive blasts. President Poincare and Interior Minister Malvy toured the scene to direct rescue efforts.
John H Baker eighty three former U S district judge three time congressman from Indiana Thirteenth district died at his Goshen home after a short illness He practiced law here for nearly fifty years His widow and son Judge Francis E Baker of Chicago survive him
Berlin October 23 Albert Ballin director general of the Hamburg American line says equal rights on the ocean will be a German demand in peace talks He asserts Britain must grant these rights and implies Germany will push for open seas and fair treatment in international shipping.
Fifty ambulances donated by the French relief fund to the French government were lost at sea when the vessel carrying them to France was torpedoed. The incident was reported from London on October 23.
Victor Ochoa B L Holmdall and Jose Orozco, supporters of Carranza, were sentenced in El Paso to 18 months in jail for conspiring to violate U S neutrality laws. They appeared for the case.
Washington October 22 Captain Boy Ed the German naval attache in Washington has been promoted to full captain from third grade captain. The promotion comes via a telegram from Berlin.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.