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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
2
A satirical assemblage notes Japanese fortifications in art, grape crop failures in Hungary, a tongue in cheek claim that kissing cures freckles, and a quip about wives and marriages. Paris worries its skyline may be marred by skyscrapers while the Eiffel Tower remains a focal point.
A Long Island woman says she would not take August Belmont's word for one dollar. She is asked if she would accept Mark Twain's for 30 cents in a test of skepticism.
The article cites that about 800 people die yearly from lightning in the United States and the average risk is 1 in 100000. It notes that locomotive drivers must pass color blindness tests and Germany now requires color vision examinations for car drivers, warning that a color blind chauffeur can be as dangerous as a reckless one.
A New York millionaire reportedly traveled to his Indiana boyhood home, bought the old barn door bearing his carved initials, and moved it to his city residence. His memories are described as unusually cheerful, contrasting with the reluctance many feel toward recollections from youth.
The gunboat Wolverine the first iron ship ever constructed appeared at Put-in-Bay Lake Erie for the Commodore Peary monument dedication on August 5. Since its construction iron has transformed industry surpassing lumbering in scale and influence, powering bridges and buildings.
Fashionable women in Washington plan a summer hotel for cats to care for their pets while they travel. They believe patronage will make it profitable, citing Boston’s endowed cat home that rescues and cares for aged and indigent felines.
The passage recalls Johnson’s birth in Lichfield at his father Michael Johnson’s house and bookshop. It notes how young Samuel refused to stand behind the counter and, after his father’s death, made a penitent visit to Lichfield in rain with head uncovered, standing before the shop for an hour.
The piece recalls President Buchanan lacking suited traits yet noting a 1859 railroad pass incident. It recalls his stance against free passes and the long path to congressional ban on interstate railroad passes, a policy change taking effect years later.
The piece notes a nationwide harvest labor shortage with field hands scarce in the west and New England offering $2.75 a day. It suggests fathers, seeking luxuries for their sons, see this as a lesson about the value of work.
The article notes that the Atlantic Fleet’s 12 inch gun crews averaged 21 years of age while the six inch gun crews averaged six months younger. It emphasizes the young manpower behind the Navy’s expert marksmen in recent target drills.
An insane patient who fled a New York asylum sent souvenir postal cards that revealed his location. Officials confirmed his continued insanity as the cards arrived, guiding the ongoing search.
Twelve killed and twelve injured when a northbound Rock Island express jumped the track at Norris siding Iowa colliding with a freight. Most victims were in the smoking car which was demolished. Dr Charles J Keefe performed heroically aiding others despite injuries.
Interstate Commerce Commission official Franklin H. Lane meets Great Northern executives in St Paul to assess coal and grain transport, warns farmers to stock coal now to prevent a repeat of last year’s shortages and car congestion. Lane plans further talks with Northern Pacific and North Dakota dealers over three days.
In San Francisco the former Pacific Telephone executive Louis Glass received a five year sentence for bribery. The judge imposed the term at Temple Sherith Israel after a retrial. Glass plans an appeal after a 30 day arrest of judgment. He maintains innocence regarding paying Supervisor Lonergan $5,000 to oppose a Home Telephone franchise.
Bank robbers dynamited the James River bank at Frankfort between two and four Friday morning escaping with about $8,000 and papers. Guards blocked by blasts fired onlookers while a hotel guest, Frank Fitzpatrick, was shot but not seriously wounded. The bandits fled toward a Chicago Northwestern section house and escaped on a handcar. a posse pursues.
Judge A M Sheen named Col L O Pettit of Big Stone Gap as receiver for Union Iron and Steel Corp of New York. The company owns furnaces in Virginia Ohio Michigan and New Jersey and is tied to the Union Steel and Chain empire built by Edward L Harper. Creditors seek to uncover Harper assets amid multi million dollar obligations stemming from the Fidelity Bank collapse and a prior wheat market scheme.
Jamestown New York reports that a federal grand jury returned four indictments before Judge Hazel. The Standard Oil Company and the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railway companies face 54 counts each for alleged interstate commerce rebates on oil shipments from Ocean to Vermont. Potential fines total 876000 if convictions result.
Washington officials say Col Howze cannot dismiss an entire cadet class for Coventry. The president, not a lower official, holds final power. suspension and a recommended dismissal would pass through the superintendent Col Scott, the secretary of war, and the president. War department believes faculty and superintendent can handle the matter locally.
Ten persons are known dead in the Webb hotel blaze at Shelton Washington twenty miles from Tacoma. One person is dying and others may be trapped as flames engulfed the three story building discovered about 1 40 am. The fire started in the annex likely from a discarded cigar in the sample room. Residents on the top floor faced jumps to escape as stair access failed.
The New York Stock and Produce exchanges and the Chicago Board of Trade reported the failure of Watson & Co on Thursday. No cause or liabilities were disclosed. The firm ran a major grain brokerage with Duluth, Minneapolis, Fargo, and Winnipeg offices and held heavy railroad stock interests. Members include Louis T. Watson Henry P. Watson Charles E. Anderson and Herschell V. Jones. Louis T. Watson alone resides in New York City.
Cleveland contest between Mayor Tom L. Johnson and Congressman Theodore E. Burton is shaping as a major political event. Roosevelt and Taft may endorse Burton with speeches here as Bryan and other Democrats plan to rally for Johnson. Johnson seeks renomination September 19 while Burton is seen as the strongest Republican opponent in a normally Republican city.
The Eagle Temple home of Philadelphia Aerie 42 on Spring Garden near Broad was destroyed by fire Sunday. Only walls remain with losses estimated at 100000 dollars, insured. The building cost 55000 dollars six years ago and 45000 dollars had been spent since last April. Each floor was rebuilt and furnished, with masons adding an ornamental stone front.
Acting Secretary Newberry orders tug Lebanon to tow the Huntress from League Island to Pensacola and the Missouri naval militia crew to sail it to St Louis. This marks the first permanently stationed warship up the Mississippi at St Louis amid rising midwest naval interest.
Three armed crooks who pickpocketed Rock Island passengers at Lincoln station fought Conductor Henry Duval on the Rocky Mountain limited near Alvo eight miles from the station. After threatening him with a knife they leaped from the moving train and escaped into darkness. Rock Island agents pursue suspects with descriptions.
Two new yellow fever cases were reported to the war department by Chief Surgeon Taylor on Thursday, one at Cienfuegos and one at Campo Florides in Cuba.
Walter W. Nichols swore out a warrant Friday against Dr. Charles Moore of Rolling Prairie, charging manslaughter after his wife died Monday night. Bail set at $5,000 in Laporte Indiana.
Mattoon Illinois trolley firms the Mattoon City Railway and the Central Illinois Traction Company owned by Chicago stockholders including Judge Peter S Grosscup were placed in receivership after a wreck last Friday caused 17 deaths. The bankruptcy bill states the firms cannot meet their debts.
The health board on Friday urged the supervisors to burn the city and county hospital in San Francisco after it sheltered plague cases.
Snow avalanche in Juncal buries about fifty people at the Chilean frontier customs house high in the Andes near Santiago. Rescue efforts underway as authorities assess casualties and coordinate aid.
In a heavy downpour a large crowd gathered around Niagara Square Buffalo to witness the dedication of the McKinley monument on Thursday afternoon The statue was formally turned over to the state of New York by Governor Charles E Hughes marking a ceremonial transfer and commemoration.
In Muscatine Iowa a young man and a girl were found dead in the Mississippi River Thursday their bodies locked in an embrace and no identification could be made.
After a deadly trolley wreck killing 17 people in Mattoon Illinois, the Mattoon City Railway and the Central Illinois Traction Company were placed under receivership on Thursday.
Edward Grieg famed composer died in Bergen on Wednesday. He had planned to sail to Christiania Tuesday and his baggage was already on a steamer when illness struck, ending his travels.
The president authorized the Secretary of the Interior to appoint Metz Tiger of the Creek Indians as chief, succeeding Gen. Pleasant Porter.
A severe electric storm at Buckhorn Falls in Chatham county caused a massive tree to topple onto the cement house near the power plant. Seven men were killed and ten injured as the tree struck the building while 50 to 70 men sought shelter.
The Friday Jamestown exposition athletic events featured P. McDonald breaking the junior 56 pound weight record, F. C. Shehan lowering the half mile record by three seconds, and Ik. T. Cook of the Irish American club nearly setting a world pole vault mark. The Irish American squad topped the day on points.
Wilhelmina Bache was released from Waupun prison in Madison Wisconsin after serving 16 years of a life sentence for the murder of Michael Sell of Shawano county. The sentence was imposed by Gov. Davidson and she had been incarcerated since age 17.
A federal grand jury indictment from April charging conspiracy to defraud the United States was served Wednesday on Senator William E Borah and other prominent men.
Striking dock laborers set fire Wednesday night to a lumber yard and stacks covering 3000 square yards. Troops were deployed at ten to aid firefighters but failed to stop the blaze. Loss estimated at 800000 dollars. Shortly after midnight rioters set fire to two warehouses as militia notes unrest with free liquor in saloons.
Near fifty soldiers from Fort Riley and the farmers' school gathered in Junction City to free a comrade held in the county jail. The sheriff and city police fired from jailhouse windows, dispersing the crowd before they could enter.
Cable dispatches from London report the Leffingwell Mikkelsen expedition reached safety after crossing the ice following the Duchess of Bedford sinking. The party is accounted for and secure in a sheltering location.
The British legation in Tangier reports Raisuli sent terms for freeing Caid Sir Henry MacLean. The demands include British protection for Raisuli, appointment as pasha from Tetaun to Larache, and an indemnity.
The council telegraphed parliament that additional Turkish forces are arriving and advancing daily into Persian Armenia under Amiriah, signaling continued hostilities and expansionist moves in the region.
International Harvester company pleaded guilty to a Texas anti trust violation and paid a 35000 dollar fine. The case ties to Wisconsin based company operations and Texas law enforcement actions.
Creditors of the McNeil Pressed Brick company of Jerseyville Illinois filed a petition in the U S circuit court alleging insolvency and seeking bankruptcy adjudication. They state an attachment was issued in Jersey county on August 20 and the Jersey county sheriff levied on all on hand stock at a plant valued around fifty thousand dollars.
San Francisco California The Cliff House long the citys top tourist draw burned to the ground about five oclock collapsing to a blackened ruin an hour later The building had been closed while a new lessee John Tait remodeled the interior Workmen were on site until noon and then left for the eBay The cause of the blaze is unknown This is the second Cliff House to burn down in history
Venice reports Count Kamarovsky a National guard colonel and state councillor shot at his residence on September 6 by Nicholas Naumoff son of a former Perm governor, died Sunday.
James Herbert Jamieson former Cornell quarterback died Sunday at his Evanston home after a bout with typhoid fever. The Ithaca report notes his college football prominence and illness preceding death.
Miss Julia Butler of Appleton Wisconsin describes stomach catarrh causing sleeplessness and loss of appetite. After taking Pernia her appetite returned she gained strength flesh and perfect health.
The Buffalo News notes that advertising bills and bank balances grow together through publicity. It argues merchants save money by cutting ads, but warns railroads would stall without coal, just as trade halts without publicity. It concludes that spending on ads brings in revenue.
A young girl at Pine Grove campground in Canaan Connecticut is removed by her mother for disobedience to playmates. The child prays for forgiveness and asks the Lord to help her be a better girl, but hesitates as she doubts belief.
A businessman admits giving up on chasing a small debt from Bilkins due to his muscular strength and past ejecting of collectors. A writer suggests a woman collector, but Bilkins’ reaction leads to a twist as he ends up marrying the female agent.
Alfred Stevens designed a noble Wellington statue for St Pauls Cathedral in London to crown his monument but died before it was realized. After 32 years, the equestrian statue is finished and will soon be placed in position.
A mother recalls using Grape-Nuts during a Charlotte visit with the mayor and his physician, noting weight gain and daily use since. She describes her 18 month old recovering from dyspepsia and teething after Grape-Nuts soaked in warm milk, plus a LaGrippe spell where the family relied on the cereal and oranges.
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