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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
2
Witty observations from the Monticello Express touch on summer plans and social trends. The column pokes at fashion, aviation, Venice strikes, Oregon ballots, Parisian women, and lake fishing lore with light, humorous jabs and local flavor.
A fragment notes that some men are born enemies of mankind while others habitually get their hair cut on Saturday afternoons, implying a contrast between innate foes and routine grooming.
Observing the unbecoming outfits worn by women aviators, one notes how such costumes may dampen young girls' ambitions to pursue aviation.
A witty remark questions why the government does not build a fleet of pleasure boats instead of warships, implying a lighthearted critique of military emphasis and budget priorities.
Berlin seeks to surpass Stockholm in Olympic crowds as population advantages loom large. The article notes Berlin’s 1916 plans and projected turnout reflecting city size and interest.
The text notes more than four thousand Americans died by suicide last year and highlights a remaining portion of the population that still believes life is worth living, signaling both tragedy and a sense of hope.
A Houretonic woman harvested twenty good elzed potatoes and three small ones from a single hill recently. The article notes her husband’s actions in passing but does not detail them, leaving his role in the scene unclear.
The army embraces a new sword technique touted as highly effective. A gallant officer is imagined wielding the blade against a Gatling gun from about a mile and a half away.
A young woman at a New York waterfront resort narrowly escaped drowning when her hobble skirt fouled her as she waded. The incident is noted as a fashion martyrdom, reflecting the era's regard for style despite risk.
A New Jersey man says he has perfected an invention that makes peas grow using electricity. The note suggests interest in applying electrical methods to weed control as an alternative use.
The saw fly defoliates maples in New England and the spruce bud moth harms balsam fir used for pillows and Christmas trees. No action is taken to boost bird numbers.
A Chicago man arrested for drunkenness confessed his wife a milliner sent him to buy thread and he spent the money on drink. His wife pleaded to spare him jail claiming she required him at home to perform housework.
The king and queen inspired public chatter by visiting a London vaudeville show. They seek to organize a convention on the American plan to stay current and secure worthwhile excitement.
Shoemakers mocked proverbially as the Pittsburg plant workers strike while producing 660 bathtubs daily yet lacking any for personal use. The incident highlights labor unrest amid high output and scarce consumer goods.
Farmers in California use vacuum cleaner mounted on light sleds to sweep grasshoppers from alfalfa fields. Scoopings are dried and bagged for chicken feed as a display of modern agricultural progress.
A Pennsylvania state geologist offers a hoop snake specimen in 1960 but refuses to pay on hearsay evidence. The exchange highlights skepticism and a push for verifiable proof before a payment is made.
Officials pledge steps to reduce accidents at the water power development plant near completion. Mechanical engineer Burt H. Parsons is hospitalized with a broken ankle after a recent explosion or timber fall. Several foreign laborers were injured when timber toppled, and a large number of workers refused to continue work amid safety concerns.
Mrs Roy Green of 1227 1 2 West Twenty fifth street was thrown from a motorcycle on Grand avenue and likely fatally injured. She is at Mercy hospital with a skull fracture at the base of the brain. the bike was ridden by her husband Roy Green.
In the southeastern part of Marion County Mrs Scheppel is described as the only female harness maker and shoe cobbler in the area. She does most of the work herself and is noted as a splendid workwoman with the executive ability to command a thriving trade.
G. R. Bliss of Ames College agricultural extension arrives in Davenport to serve as crop expert for Scott County. He will devote full time to advising farmers on agricultural matters and introducing new crops and methods.
Jennie Post, a 14-year-old resident, was attacked by two men from a quartet who grabbed her in a city alley on her way home. Authorities have yet to identify or locate the assailants.
H L Rann, publisher of the Manchester Press, has awarded the contract to erect a pressed brick printing plant. Construction will start at once and follow the most modern newspaper-building plans.
The only remaining agricultural fair in this region will be held in Tingley on September 3 4 5 and 6. Local merchants with help from progressive farmers support the event as a major yearly occasion.
David Miller of Dows completes a remarkable wooden map of Iowa made from over 1200 colored pieces sourced globally. The compact display showcases diverse regions in a single artful map.
James Gordon Stell the convict poet of Iowa is dead and Elza Dimmit a four time convict is dying from drinking wood alcohol stolen from the penitentiary store room in Fort Madison Iowa authorities report Stell died from wood alcohol poisoning while Dimmit lies near death.
Fort Dodge plant rebuilt after last winter fire now operates around the clock. Workers run double time to handle peak season demands.
Albert Boothe brother of George Boothe of this city fell thirty feet from a bridge causing broken arms and internal injuries. He was injured in Chariton and is hospitalized.
Survivors of Company A of the Fourteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry plan a reunion in Davenport on September 25 marking fifty years since they were mustered for Civil War service.
Louis Sheeler 29 of Garfield township fell from a motorcycle and was killed instantly. An automobile following him ran over his body. He was a well to do farmer and was shortly to be married.
The Mapleton Chautauqua opened Sunday and will run eight days. This is the first year of the venture and it is conducted under Commercial club auspices.
Des Moines reports Iowa stallions sweep the blue ribbons at the fifty-eighth state fair. H G McMillan of Rock Rapids won with the giant Incruste defeating Truman and Finch stock farms of Illinois. Two hours later H Lefebvre of Fairfax claimed top honors with Jules Remi in the four year old Belgian class against Illinois and Indiana entrants.
John Swan, veteran Story City banker, discharged from bankruptcy court after turning over all property to creditors. His son M. J. Swan, cashier of the family bank, vanished at the time of the failure and has not been heard from since.
Joseph Orpin a city employee in Marshalltown reports he possesses what he believes to be the long lost Confederate seal. He has documentary proof claiming the seal is original and historically valuable. The copper seal is embedded in a leaden plate and shows signs of prior use.
Federal government files action in Cedar Rapids seeking a $10,000 fine against Citizens' Savings Bank of Iowa Falls for failure to comply with banking laws. The suit alleges the bank did not make accurate reports to the collector of internal revenue showing money and credits.
Marshalltown reports the best winter wheat yield this season. Wickersham farm, SW of town, produced 1,200 bushels from 24 acres, about 50 bushels per acre by count and 61 by weight, indicating a standout crop.
Mrs Mabel Gaulter and her daughter Mrs Blanche Vaughn were bound over to the district court grand jury after a full day hearing. They face charges of assault with intent to commit murder and are held on bonds of 1000 and 400 dollars respectively.
The annual conference of German Evangelical church ministers of the Ackley district opened in Marshalltown this week. Rev. John J. John of Newton serves as secretary and Rev. G. Meinzer of Ackley is president.
A Sioux City campaign targets low hotels on Fourth Street accused of housing an immoral population. The effort follows promises from district patrolmen to reveal information to Chief of Police OShennessy.
Will D Mass hounds pursued a group of youths who raided farmer Frank Buffington’s melon patch northeast of Glenwood. The chase ended with the thieves being confronted and the matter settled.
The sixty ninth annual session of the Iowa conference of the Methodist Episcopal church for southeast Iowa will convene in Newton from September 3 to 9.
Twenty thousand dollars in Logan city water works bonds sold to George M Bechtel company of Davenport Iowa at a premium of three hundred fifty dollars. The transaction smooths city improvements and finances.
Mrs. Peter Smith of Wakom was killed when an automobile driven by her son Ben Smith rolled over on a country road near here.
About 3,000 people attended the annual missionary picnic in Orange City. The collection for missionary purposes totaled $1,200.
Buffalo Center mourns the sudden death of William M. McGuire a leading banker and influential figure in local business interests including lumber livestock and finance at his large stock farm near the city
Joseph Kyle was struck by an interurban car at Burr Oak near town. Both feet were severed as he sat with his feet on the rails on the station platform.
The Sixth cavalry arrived in Mason City en route from Sparta Wisconsin to Des Moines Iowa. The soldiers and officers show the strain of a hard campaign and have not been paid for three months.
In Davenport Donahue Scott county the town claims to be the richest in Iowa or the nation. It has a 1910 census population of sixty four and savings deposits today totaling $303 230.89.
Washington report notes charges of bribery against Senators Chilton and Watson of West Virginia referred to the privileges and elections committee after a lengthy debate. The session closed as the Senate and House adjourned amid discussions on appropriations and the Panama Canal budget. President Taft headed to Beverly for vacation.
President Taft rescinded a twelve hour earlier order to dispatch the Tenth Infantry from Panama to Nicaragua. He said 2000 U S troops would be on Nicaraguan soil by next Tuesday to safeguard American lives and property without the Tenth Infantry. Rebels offer to open lines Corinto Managua and government asks for help. Americans suffer amid revolution. Taft links misery to rejected treaty.
Col. C. C. Wilson former president of United Wireless died of uremic poisoning in the U S penitentiary where he was serving a three year sentence for using the mails to defraud. He collapsed while reading in the prison library in Atlanta on Monday.
Washington notes that all first and second class post offices will be closed on Sundays due to the new postal appropriation bill signed by President Taft.
Four men were overcome by black damp in the Frontier Lead and Zinc mine near Linden Wisconsin on Monday and died before anyone realized they were in danger.
George Rose, seventy, was hanged here Monday for the murder of neighboring planter J. M. Miller in McMinn county. One of Rose’s sons is now in prison for murder.
The gunboat Vicksburg, patrolling off the west coast of Mexico to monitor revolutionists, arrived at Magdalena Bay Monday with a hull hole caused by a broken propeller.
Oyster Bay Aug 27 Col Theodore Roosevelt announced he will appear before the senate committee investigating campaign contributions to challenge John D Archbold over a $100000 gift to the 1904 Republican fund Archbold replied I am not a liar and will not endure it lightly. He spoke after sailing for Europe and his exact testimony on the $25000 given to Senator Penrose remains disputed.
Washington reports the Mexico crisis deepened as Emiliano Zapata threatens Mexico City. The United States denies intervention plans but tightens preparations. A rebel band crossed the border into Texas stealing 100 horses near Culberson. Troop C of the Third Cavalry engaged them. In Chihuahua, William Jackson Stevens, an American colonist at Pacheco, was killed defending his home.
Funeral services for Salvation Army founder Gen William Booth were held at the Olympia on Wednesday night. In keeping with the organization’s traditions the rites were simple and solemn with moving fervor. About thirty four thousand people attended the service.
Installation of health exhibits begins in Washington as the fifteenth international congress on hygiene and demography sets September 23 to 28 for the event. The gathering will be held in the capital with attendees from multiple countries.
Michael Kiley a long time recluse living in a ramshackle Bright street house in Jersey City died possessed of an estimated $200 000 fortune per appraisers.
In Los Angeles on August 28 Judge Willis of the supreme court denied the motion by Clarence S. Darrow's lawyers to dismiss the indictment charging him with bribery of Robert Bain.
In Cassel Germany on August 29 Kaiser Wilhelm showed marked improvement and was allowed to rise from bed to handle urgent state affairs, signaling recovery. He had been confined to his sickroom earlier, with doctors reporting progress.
Sparks from the Wire reports Dobbinsville Delaware residents faced terror after an attack by Highly-first coast artillery. No injuries occurred as the town was shot at during the incident.
Great Britain formally protests the Panamia canal bill in a note to the U S State Department. A Mitchell Inness, charge at the British embassy, says Britain may seek arbitration at the Hague if no satisfactory agreement is reached on canal discrimination and coastwise shipping concerns.
Presiding Judge Willis fixed October 21 for the second trial of Clarence S. Darrow the Chicago labor attorney indicted for bribing juror Robert Bain in the McNamara dynamite case. He previously was acquitted on the Talesman Lockwood bribery charge after a three month hearing.
Following a quarrel with her husband on Wednesday Mrs William Fyther locked herself and four children in a room and turned on the gas Three are dead the mother and the fourth child are dying in New York on August 30.
In Randolph Louisiana two men Harlo Mac Dermid and J F Binney of Summitt Lumber Co Muscatine owned by H W Hurtig were shot during an attempt to rob a payroll worth $8000 on Wednesday in Muscatine Iowa Aug 830.
William Jennings Bryan of Nebraska was arrested by constable L E Bowering in Liberty Missouri for speeding a Nebraska auto party en route to the chautauqua grounds on Tuesday.
An American representing western U S banks signed a preliminary agreement in Canton on August 29 to send 25 million dollars to Chinese interests for financing a bank and a mine. The deal aims to support investments by local men in the venture.
Utah Senator Sutherland attacks recall and progressive ideas while Kellogg presses the trust issue. Col J Hamilton Lewis proposes popular election of district judges and seven year terms for circuit judges with reappointment. ABA approves changes on common law marriages and requires race disclosure in negro attorney applications.
William Loeb Jr., former collector of the port of New York, defended Theodore Roosevelt against attacks over 1904 campaign funding. He claimed he, not Roosevelt, was Secretary when Cortelyou assured him no Standard Oil contribution was made. Loeb alleges Harriman urged Roosevelt to aid the New York state committee to help the ticket.
Detroit reports show Amos Musselman poised to win the Republican nomination over Fred C. Martindale in a contest shaped by Prohibition support. Martindale leads in the lower peninsula but Musselman gains in the upper, while key city figures like Alderman Glinnan face renomination amid machine influence and prosecutor Shepard secures strong return.
The tank steamer Rosecrans carrying oil burned to the water's edge off Gaviota near Santa Barbara on Tuesday after a boiler explosion while taking on oil. No further details on casualties or salvage were provided.
In Changsha Hunan province soldiers killed 700 people during a Tuesday uprising. Government offices and the treasury were looted as the incident unfolded. Governor Tan Yeung Kal escaped.
The U S transport Liscom sank beside the Shanghai wharf on Tuesday in forty feet of water. The cause of the accident is not yet known.
Washington August 80 Secretary MacVeagh ordered ten new money washing machines to establish money laundries. One for Chicago Boston Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis New Orleans and four for New York.
The Anchor Line passenger steamer Tionesta, aground for thirty hours on Tin Shoals off Bois Blanc Island in the Mackinac Straits, was released on Wednesday at Mackinac Island Michigan.
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