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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1906
Page
1
The Scottish Historical Review highlights excavations at the Roman fort Newstead Melrose under the Society of Antiquities of Scotland. Finds include a bronze vase from the first century and a well preserved Roman brass helmet with an inscribed rim.
Isaiah F. Harding and Isabella Englebrecht in Dallas and Polk counties Iowa draft a fifteen year prenup detailing property, children, finances, and strict house rules. The pact limits guests and visits, assigns weekly funds and chores, and sets terms for dissolution.
In the Vatican a mosaic studio runs under papal oversight. A gallery houses 29,000 lockers storing sticks of silica for achieving the broad range of tones used to reproduce canvas colors.
Linens this season move toward softer drapery and thinner textures for outdoor gowns, avoiding transparency. Popular hues include pink, raspberry, gray, browns, tans, blues, and greens, with white linen gowns remaining the most favored choice.
Hank Brown a Fargo contractor recalls a crowded racing meet with Budd Doble in the grand stand. His slow but promising horse faced a neck-and-neck field in the two-something class as Hank urged him past the grand stand before returning to the barn.
The original Brother Jonathan refers to Jonathan Trumbull who served as governor of Connecticut during the American War of Independence. His leadership helped support the revolutionary cause and maintain colonial governance through wartime challenges.
In Iowa City the Second District Democrats unanimously chose G W Ball of Iowa City for congress. Thomas Lambert of Sabula topped an informal ballot with 41 votes to Ball's 63 as M A Walsh withdrew. Delegates endorsed the Waterloo platform and questioned Rock Island arsenal labor contracts, while a resolution praising Walsh’s resignation was ruled out of order. Ball pledged support for the Waterloo platform and future success in November.
A gang ransacked six Manning establishments before 5 am, taking small sums and goods. Loot included $15 at Hoffman & Co and $4.95 from Hi Buchmann's, with some liquor and a watermelon consumed. Bloodhounds are being used to track the thieves as officials note the careful, leisurely method of the thefts.
A well preserved bison head and skeleton were found by G. W. Blake near Ackley in Beaver Creek. The discovery recalls Iowa pioneer times when buffalo were plentiful. The last local herd were three animals killed near current Ackley in 1851. J. B. Reeve, Judge Mayne, and & Whited recount hunts in the early 1850s.
Eldora. An experiment in Reinbeck schools last year led to continuing and expanding a military program. The high school boys formed a drill team to replace football, gaining proficiency. The board has secured rifles from the state for cadets, increasing interest and providing safe physical development.
Russell Wright, 18, who accidentally shot Benjamin Kuhl’s young daughter while bird hunting, sits in a deep study and mourns. His grief worsened after his father died two years ago in Clarinda, leaving friends worried about the teen’s condition.
The crushed body of James Wilson foreman at Henry Hahn produce farm lies at Day undertaking after being killed on the Rock Island tracks about a mile south of Sudbury. The body was found by a freight crew traveling south.
Miss Bessie Searles was thrown from a buggy during a runaway in Sioux City. The tire clipped her left ear, leaving it hanging by a strip of skin. She steadied the horse and drove home.
George Dugan of Rockwell City was killed after a brawl at the Manson fair grounds during a race heat. Fort Dodge chief Myron Tullar is alleged to have dealt the fatal blow and was bound over to await grand jury action in Rockwell City. Autopsy says heart trouble triggered by excitement. Dugan died minutes after the blows.
Des Moines financier W S Richmond once led Provident Savings and Trust Union Building and Savings Richmond Investment firms in Des Moines. He was found dead in St Joseph Missouri on the morning of the 6th in a suspected self inflicted death after a life of luxury and public notice.
A legless man ejected from a Jones Street resort fired two shots into the crowd, grazing Robert Skillman and aiming at William Boyle. He held about 300 bystanders at bay with curses until police relieved him and confiscated the weapon as traffic stalled for fifteen minutes.
Wealthy Polk County resident and farmer William Kobi was fatally wounded when a corn shredder on the Menefee farm three miles northwest of Ankeny exploded. A fragment struck his abdomen as the machine flew apart. no others were injured though several people were nearby.
Fate Perry, a clerk at Tuck's restaurant, lit a lamp that ignited inside his room and he threw it into the street. The burning oil drenched a town hog, which ran through the square and under a building, sparking a blaze that the fire department quickly controlled.
Fire swept the Revere Hotel in Chelsea causing a $4500 loss. Guests escaped unharmed as flames consumed the building.
A Paris divorce case hinges on a servant girl’s claim that the doctor kissed the wife’s friend while the maid was under chloroform. Experts testified that chloroform can cause visualize hallucinations, but the court rejected the girl’s evidence and found other grounds for divorce substantial.
The piece cites the London Times on medieval and modern customs, noting widespread dancing from queen to milk maid. It recalls courtly dances like the Danse au Violet and Pas de Brabant, with singing, kissing, processions, and night dances, asking when Merry England died.
A quotation from Vanity Fair of London notes a fashion among vain young men who ride in four wheelers instead of hansoms to appear worldly and troubled. The piece frames this as a social awakening, where mock defects and dramatic affectations simulate a difficult life.
In a humorous quip Mrs. Hornbeak comments on a Biggerville doctor performing a lip epithelioma removal. Farmer Hornbeak scoffs at long medical terms, suggesting simpler speech is better for common folks.
A quotation pair contrasts a critic with a medical student known for dissecting skeletons. The first line declares the critic’s arguments empty, while the second attributes this to the student’s familiarity with bones and anatomy.
Fred W. Harris describes over ten years of kidney disease with swelling and backache. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills, used in bed with doctors, for restored kidney function and weight gain. Sold by Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY, 50 cents a box.
Mrs. Maud Miller Hipple argues that no matter a mother’s wealth or status a baby must be raised by the mother herself not a nurse. A walking scene on Atlantic City boards shows a mother discovering a nurse forgot to bring the baby from the carriage prompting amused commentary.
A local religious group sets a 35 year age deadline for youth and declares all women older than that must marry. The writer condemns the plan as unkind impractical and a form of hypocrisy noting many women falsely claim younger ages while men are deemed older by the same standard.
An advertisement explains that rapid, nervous chewing harms digestion and praises Grape-Nuts for its hard granular form. It urges chewing until food is liquefied and notes Grape-Nuts helps saliva flow and digestion, especially when teeth are sound.
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