31 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1907
Page
1
A collection of quips and satirical asides on manners, politics, science, and daily life. It riffs on manners in shops and hats, pacific voyages, colonialism, and quirks of human thought, noting how appearances mislead and beliefs wobble. The piece blends humor with social critique.
Skeptics about higher education are shown a concrete plan for the University club’s future home, intended to prove the value and payoff of a college education through investment in facilities and long term benefits.
A chemist who boasts of turning animals to stone is advised by a landlady who knows a method to convert beefsteak into leather. The remark appears in a witty local exchange highlighting practical responses to unlikely claims.
Switzerland approves an American watch for the national observatory and mirrors trends as France considers importing American champagne and Austria integrating American wienerwurst.
The steamer Baltic has delivered 1 002 marriageable girls to this country. Officials note they should find husbands among the roughly one million marriageable men who arrived last year.
An editorial tongue in cheek urges Wizard Burbank to create a tree yielding abundant wood pulp to topple the paper trust. It warns Chicago street paving will take 27 years and cost 200 million dollars, suggesting hopes for progress remain tied to good intentions.
The adoption of the color coded scheme for treasury notes and bank bills by denomination could necessitate color blindness testing for bank clerks to ensure proper handling and identification of those notes.
A Swiss scientist who completed a geological survey of Simplon tunnel borings reports traces of radium suggesting larger European deposits than previously found. He contends these deposits caused abnormal heat during tunnel construction and may support the theory that radium abundance could melt the earth's interior.
A writer praises an elderly slums narrator whose speech evokes wide fields and quiet farm sounds. The Indianapolis Star cites the description with notes of woodbirds, cows in the evening air, and dawn corn leaves, calling it a Thackeray Hawthorne echoes moment and remarking on its value.
The article notes late predictions of air draft boats with turbine engines reaching 100 miles per hour and questions the probable speeds of locomotives or electric trains by that time. It frames the speculative comparison as a prompt for imagination about future transportation speeds.
The article notes that drivers too eager in showcasing racing spirit wreck themselves and their cars and calls for smarter behavior during runs to prevent injuries and damage.
New York bankers report several small institutions closed their doors amid liquidity strain. The United States Exchange Harlem 600000 and Brooklyn area banks faced withdrawals, but overall solvency is claimed and major trusts remain supported by a Morgan led fund. The Trust Company of America continued payments with little help and deposits rose above 1 million early.
United States circuit court of appeals Friday ruled that Colorado’s law requiring foreign corporations to pay an annual license of two cents per $1,000 of capital stock to sue or defend in the state is unconstitutional if applied literally to any corporation engaged in interstate commerce.
Special despatch from Sturgis South Dakota reports Sergeant Baker in charge of Ute ration distribution on the Cheyenne River Reservation has been killed near St Paul Minnesota man killed in action or incident details are limited and the report identifies Baker as the casualty with no further names or locations provided
Odessa editor M Inber of the Odessa Novasto received four months in a fortress prison by the Elizabethgrad court for publishing an untrue statement.
Fire in Winona Minnesota started at five in the afternoon in the manufacturing district and swept the Schroth and Ahrens Milling company yards and mill. Damage is estimated at $100000.
President Roosevelt arrives at the White House from his southern trip on Wednesday afternoon. He says he is thoroughly pleased with the journey and glad to be home again.
Miss Helen M. Gould attended the dedicatory services for the new army Y M C A building at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The facility was presented to the soldiers by Miss Gould.
Dr. Walter R. Gillete former vice president of the Mutual Life Insurance Co was found guilty of perjury in the third degree in a case tied to the 1905 1906 insurance inquiry. The jury recommended mercy. he faces up to ten years and remains in custody awaiting further action by Justice Dowling.
Four Westinghouse concerns including Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing, Westinghouse Machine, and Security Investment were placed in receivership by Judge Ewing after a market scare in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Clearing House and stock exchange acted quickly, closing the exchange to prevent panic. Officials stated the situation is sound overall, caused by money market stringency, with solvency not in doubt.
Earthquake strikes Calabria with severe shocks in the southern peninsula. Death toll ranges from about 20 to 120, with extensive destruction and many homes ruined. The pope expresses distress and plans relief funds.
Miss Helen Miller Gould was greeted as a general officer by officers and enlisted men during a Fort Leavenworth troop review. It marked the first such tribute to a woman at this post as soldiers passed the reviewing point and saluted with “Eyes right.”
Adolphus Busch announced on Friday in a letter to G. H. Walker that he will offer a trophy valued at 1000 dollars for a balloon race to be held in St Louis next year.
Springfield records report Col Stephen L Littler a capitalist died Friday from typhoid fever aged 387. He served on Gov. Tanner's personal staff during the governor's administration.
Ensign Charles RB Alma of the French navy was arrested in Toulon on Thursday accused of spying. He confessed to stealing a secret signal book and the naval cipher.
An explosion at a mixing mill of the Atlantic Dynamite company near Ashland Wisconsin leveled the plant area. About 200 pounds of glycerin exploded killing four men and injuring many others. Local authorities investigated the blast and secured the scene. The incident occurred Thursday near the six mile marker from Ashland.
Paris reports the arrest of ensign Charles Ullmo of the French Navy at Toulon on charges of spying and possessing a secret naval signal book and cipher code. An officer Berton was detained in Vendome for negotiating with a foreign agent to sell military secrets. Ullmo allegedly offered documents for 30,000 francs and kept plans for mobilizing the fleet and harbor mine locations. The cases fuel debate in the chamber of deputies over national defense amid anti military propaganda concerns and criticisms of army disorganization.
The supreme court affirmed criminal court rulings finding John A. Cooke guilty of embezzlement as Cook County circuit clerk and sentencing him to the penitentiary. It also upheld George S. Mc Reynolds guilty of embezzlement with warehouse receipts pledged against grain from his own elevator, repaid by banks, with no grain remaining in the warehouse.
Milwaukee weather bureau to be established by Marquette College with Alumni funding. Rev James McGeary, new physics and astronomy chair and noted observer, will lead the service.
Ten thousand cotton and freight handlers walked out for four and a half hours in New Orleans on Friday. They had returned to work after a month of sympathy action against local steamship interests. The walkout also followed returning men who would not sign a three year Illinois Central contract. The dispute ended when the railroad withdrew its demand.
Cunard liner Lusitania arrives at Queenstown at 9 30 pm breaking the prior New York to Queenstown record of 5 days 4 hours 19 minutes with a voyage time of 4 days 22 hours 46 minutes.
Dr F O Gross of Oregon a prominent Panama dentist and longtime Isthmus resident committed death by own action here Thursday in Panama City.
The second international balloon contest began in St Louis and ended near Asbury Park New Jersey with Germany taking the top prize. The Pommern landed Wednesday morning with a little over five miles to spare over L Is le de France which landed in Herbertstown New Jersey. Dusseldorf placed third with American entries in positions four and five. A German team led the field, followed by a French and English entries. The Pommern’s unofficial distance was about 880 miles while the L Isle de France covered roughly 875.
James Wardell Friday of New York was found guilty of first degree manslaughter for helping his wife Laura die by self harm. Autopsy showed gas asphyxiation. the gunshot occurred posthumously. Wardell, 23, awaits sentencing after remand.
King Alfonso of Madrid is reported to have tuberculosis as doctors confirm earlier health fears. He will travel incognito as Duke of Toledo to London for specialist examination and recently underwent surgery to curb consumption symptoms amid concerns over the hereditary disease.
The North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, sailing from New York Tuesday, broke her rudder about mid ocean east of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. She continued steering with its screws and is headed for Plymouth, though the accident may cause a delay. The issue is not considered serious.
An automobile struck a horse valued at $8,000 owned by H. Vervack of Buffalo New York. The animal, brought to Pittsburg for an upcoming horse show, had to be shot after both hind legs were broken.
Secretary Garfield announced after Thursday meeting with the president that Lieut. Steckler of the Philippine scouts would be offered the Kiowa Indian Agency position at the Kiowa reservation.
Deputy Sheriff Clay of Indianapolis arrested Friday afternoon at the Hotel Cadillac in Detroit. Henry P. Brunagh is said to be wanted in Indianapolis to answer a charge connected with a recent paying investigation in that city.
A Friday night blaze in Marshalltown Iowa destroyed the Iowa Central car shops paint shops machinery stock coaches box and flat cars and lumber entailing an estimated loss of 800000.
M Lannoy, an antiquary implicated with Antoine Thomas in church robberies, turned over stolen treasures to authorities claiming he paid Thomas 4400 dollars.
News from Saloniki states that a Bulgarian band burned the Greek village of Rakoven near Monastir on October 21. The report notes Bulgarian aggression during ongoing hostilities in the region.
New York bankers say united action and remedial plans have stabilized the financial system. Clearing house loan certificates and restricted savings withdrawals aim to prevent drain to the east as other cities follow. President Roosevelt’s support and Cortellyou’s Washington move are seen as aiding ongoing government help while business credit and prosperity remain unaffected, unlike 1893.
Washington reports President Roosevelt spent his forty ninth birthday at the White House in a quiet family celebration. He continued his usual Sunday routine of worship, work, and recreation as congratulations poured in by mail telegraph and telephone.
A burglary at the Southern Pacific Santa Monica station last Thursday night netted skeleton tickets valued over 15000 dollars along with stamps punches and ink pads that enable falsifying transcontinental railroad tickets. The theft threatens railroad officials nationwide for months to come.
James Reddick longtime Republican county committee chairman and prominent Chicago political figure died in an automobile crash shortly after 1 am Sunday. The accident occurred at Half Day village on the old Milwaukee highway between Wheeling and Libertyville about 28 miles from Chicago.
It was stated that a general increase in Mexican railway rates will go into effect soon after sessions of the railway commission and railway officials. Railways demanded 20 percent while the commission approved 12 percent. A decision on ore shipments was deferred to a later conference.
Lincoln Nebraska. A monument to Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer, erected by the state, was dedicated at Wyuka cemetery Sunday afternoon. Unveiling was by W K Gillispie and Wesley Barr of the First Nebraska regiment. Dedicatory address by Col. Thomas J Majors of Peru with another by Gen. John C Cowin of Omaha.
A Friday blaze in Nome, Alaska caused about 300000 dollars in property loss. The Second Avenue office of Pioneer Mining Company, described as the town’s best mining structure, was among the buildings destroyed with an estimated 50000 dollars in damage.
Dallas Texas a Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad wreck occurred Sunday killing the first passengers in company history. Twenty five injured.
An article promotes a home mix from a half ounce fluid extract dandelion one ounce compound Karyon and three ounces compound syrup sarsaparilla. Shake and take a teaspoonful after meals and at night with plenty of water. It claims to cleanse kidneys and relieve rheumatism and urinary troubles, offering a permanent cure in many cases.
A well known planter travels with a friend to southern Arkansas to inspect distant land. They meet a farmer plowing a hill who explains his struggles with a bad hill and a harsh boss. The planter tries to be friendly, but the farmer responds with humor about his own circumstances.
An old Antebellum negro in a small southern town is arrested for drunkenness and brought before the village magistrate. He requests a familiar lawyer, who is summoned. In the office the man confesses to the marshal that he is charged with whisky to the magistrate.
A man recalls finding his name stamped on nearly every page of a magazine at a doctor's office. He confronted the owner who claimed the habit helps prevent theft, saying he would have trouble keeping copies if not marked. He notes he still loses issues occasionally.
The piece notes Henry VII asked how many wives he had. The secretary answered six. He doubted the count but affirmed it, then decided to stop at six and died before a seventh marriage could occur.
A Jamestown boy writes that Grape-Nuts fed him properly during overstudy, easing headaches and hunger, improving color and strength, and helping him pass exams. He says the food revived his energy, aided study, and prevented a year’s delay entering college. Father and mother also gained better health and sleep. There’s a Reason and a nudge to read The Road to Wellville.
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