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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
4
A collection of light reporting and wry observations featuring jokes about weather reports dog days and perjury warnings. It notes quirky anecdotes from New Rochelle New Orleans and San Francisco and jokes on aging marriage and aviation suiting a late 19th or early 20th century sensibility.
Vital statistics show a murder every day in July in New York, underscoring the city’s grim crime wave and the accompanying rise in undertaker activity.
Women’s civic groups in Chicago mobilize against a local harasser known as the masher. The police view is cited as the strongest deterrent, signaling a tough stance and coordinated effort to curb the suspect’s advances.
A Brooklyn man bitten by a fish he caught becomes fearful of hydro phobia. The tale humorously notes how a bite can drive a man mad. The Agricultural Department releases a pamphlet on calf fattening, though it omits the crucial step of removing their cigarettes.
The passage notes Chicago residents engage in rogue playing at night but may also play by daylight without shame, reflecting a casual attitude toward social games and leisure in the city.
The text frames aviation as joining the upper social echelons, comparing duchesses and princesses to airship passengers and depicting flight as a prestigious pursuit in its era.
A weary California potato farmer abandons hoeing to become a highwayman amid the region's blazing heat and harsh climate. Authorities investigate the unusual career switch and its impact on local communities.
A New Yorker invents a device to reveal when a man is in lore, mocking self important tech claims. The quip notes the gadget signals foolishness at moments of self consciousness, underscoring satire of over engineered solutions.
A medical expert advises listening to a spouse and notes how everyday objects like a rolling pin or flatiron can cause serious injuries in domestic abuse cases.
The doctors state there is no blood purifier. Those who recall the sulphur and molasses era of childhood wish the discovery had come earlier.
A wealthy Ohio woman reportedly paid an orchestra to perform while her dog ate. The incident reflects quirky household spectacles and animal reactions to unusual sounds.
A remark asserts Japan's emperor was a poet, and since his poetry was good it will not count against him when future historians compile records.
An Austrian woman sparked a sensation aboard an ocean liner by wearing a hoopskirt. She is seen as a bold statement against restrictive fashion limits and social norms.
The note counsels moderation in eating echoing an old caution to keep temperaments in check. It likens self control to preventing an Hae tkimo from overheating, highlighting practical restraint.
A statistician notes Americans spend about 40 million dollars yearly in Europe on precious stones and give a similar amount in tips. The figures reflect consumer travel and purchasing patterns abroad.
The composer of the Merry Widow has earned over five hundred thousand dollars in royalties. Some of the music is noted as fairly good, though not all.
A Sunday riot at Scandia east of Perry escalated from a poker game between white and black coal diggers. Three men were shot and one stabbed. two Heathcotes are implicated as weapons were drawn, and Constable H Lee and Jess Sewell were seriously wounded.
Des Moines native John M. Knight becomes the first Democrat sent to the Vermont legislature from Dummerston in seventy six years. His father Asa Knight was elected in 1836. Knight and his brother Randolph A. Knight ran a large dry goods business and Knight lived in Des Moines for thirty years except for a two year period driving miners’ goods by oxcart to Idaho and Montana in 1864-65.
Police raided a public dancing pavilion at Clear Lake on Saturday night, where about fifty Mason City youths and guests from nearby towns performed a program including the "bear cat" and other tabooed numbers. The ejection was halted when officers learned the hall had been leased for a private event.
Amna Crane aged 4 daughter of Mr and Mrs Michael Crane locked in a room on the second floor of her home but pushed out a screen and leapt from a window into the yard twenty feet below. She was unconscious for hours but then recovered.
Shenandoah worker W. N. Nooke, a Western Union lineman, was electrocuted while at work on the line between Shenandoah and Clarinda. He climbed a pole opposite the Wabash depot and touched a live wire with his leg, dying instantly and hanging on the wire for five minutes before falling thirty five feet to the ground.
The Twenty-first Town Infantry closed its reunion in Dubuque last week and elected officers. President Herbert Northey of Waterloo, vice president Alvin Moss of Greene, and secretary I L Waters of Waterloo were chosen. The group will hold next year’s reunion in Waterloo.
Des Moines reports meningitis among horses spreading from Kansas where the disease has killed about 5 000 horses. Three deaths are recorded in Nodaway county Missouri with several other horses infected.
George Onnen, a farmer near Manson, was paralyzed when lightning struck him as he and his son sheltered in a barn during a sudden Iowa storm while milking. The incident occurred near Fort Dodge and involved local farmer Onnen.
A. J. Stodghill's large barn, located one half mile north of Dudley, was burnt by a fire of unknown origin. The loss totals about 15000 dollars, with 260 bushels of oats 80 bushels of wheat harness and a buggy all consumed by the blaze.
An 18 year old, Clinton John Thiede, reportedly despondent over unemployment, died by self inflicted hanging. Authorities note personal distress led to the tragedy.
Robbers broke into the Imogene depot and stole the letter sack. They used a team for escape and discarded the mail pouch north of town. letters remain missing.
An 11 year old son of J. J. Hanrahan accidentally hanged himself with a lasso from a tree in Centerville during a show. The incident prompted an investigation and authorities urge safety reviews of children’s performances.
A sixty foot shaft on the Roberts place in East Knoxville township exposes an eight foot coal seam. The new mine lies five miles from the mammoth vein mined by Enterprise Mining at Everist, with a 5000 acre area. Wabash railroad access at Tracy will extend to Everist and Roberts for coal shipping by September 1, 1913.
Humboldt County experiences its largest land boom ever as crops prosper. Land values have risen since spring, with increases of at least 15 dollars per acre. A large farm recently sold at 145 dollars per acre and another nearby farmer received an offer of 187 dollars per acre.
Three hundred delegates and visitors are expected in Sioux City for the north west German conference of the Methodist Episcopal church starting Sept. 25. About 180 German ministers will attend with Bishop Frank Bristol of Omaha presiding.
Mrs. Stevens filed a warrant charging Ruth Bingaman a Malvern public schools teacher with assault and battery after alleging she broke the nose of Stevens during punishment. The arrest followed the complaint and warrants issued in Malvern.
The Nineteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry held a reunion in Keosauqua Iowa on September 11 and 12. Col J B Leak led prisoners of war captured at Sterling plantation on the Mississippi September 27 1863 and held in Tyler Texas for ten months.
Monticello Canning Company extends hours and runs double shifts due to a bumper corn crop. The plant has received more corn than it can process while quality remains excellent.
By order of Judge Smith McPherson the following were discharged from bankruptcy James H Champuagh Lanesboro Henry Co Anderson Missouri Valley Lee Howard Van Slyke Anita Joseph T Stangi Carroll county and Henry Schralter Manilla.
The Algona district Methodist Episcopal conference gathered at the local Methodist church with Rev. A. E. Craig D D president of Morningside college delivering the opening address. About thirty ministers serving charges in the district attended.
Enrollment at closing time reached 1921, more than 100 above last year. About 200 students arrived with advanced credits from other colleges, reflecting significant transfer activity at Ames.
The new concrete road north of the river is open to traffic and used by farmers. It is the first of its kind in Iowa and next year is expected to continue on the grade northward.
Albert Chapman thrashes 812 bushels from ten acres in Minerva, Marshalltown, using thirty five bushels of green Prussian seed to sow the land. Exceptional yield reported as county record.
LeMars report Kate Boever sues farmer Joseph Kamp for 10000 dollars claiming his dog frightened her horses causing a runaway accident and injuries.
Sac City area German Lutheran groups held their annual mission festival at St. Peter's Church in Coon Valley township on Sunday. Rev. C. Kallsen of Battle Creek and Rev. R. Amstein of Ute assisted the local pastors.
Creston hosts a Shriners gathering on September 26 as the homecoming celebration closes. A class of fifty will be initiated during the event.
Osage student W T Spies Creston H H Schulte New Hampton and H C Austin Osage sophomores at the State University of Iowa started Sunday on a 500 mile canoe expedition down the Cedar and Iowa rivers.
A month of threshing has been active with farmers reporting another week or more to finish shock threshing. Oats yields range from sixty to eighty bushels per acre across fields.
Chicago, Sept 13 An aviator Paul Peck of the Columbia biplane was fatally injured when his craft plunged from about 900 feet during a descent at Cicero flying field. Seconds earlier he had drawn cheers from 1,000 spectators as he spiraled down, but a sudden loss of control caused the crash. He died later at St Anthony de Padua hospital from multiple fractures and internal injuries.
Mississippi acting governor pardoned John W. Carter of St Louis who killed Dr Wendel on unwritten law grounds. Carter's wife was formerly married to Senator West's son.
William Grace, brother of John Grace the champion middleweight wrestler, was arrested at Walden on Thursday in Newburgh New York. He faces murder charges in the death of John Grace.
Terre Haute Ind Sept 12 Harry N Taylor president of the Illinois Coal Operators association and Monon Coal Co was injured and his wife killed in an automobile accident in Canada Tuesday.
Regina Sask Sept 12 The provincial department of agriculture reports an expected 1912 grain yield of 288,966,551 bushels from 1,800 correspondents across Saskatchewan.
In Maine on September 12, William T. Haines won the governorship by a sizable Republican plurality as returns shifted. Republicans also gained in Congress with Asher C. Hinds and Frank S. Guernsey reelected and Forrest Goodwin replacing Samuel Gould in the third district, while D J McGilliuddy was reelected in the second district.
New York September 14 United States Motors a 42 5 million holding company formed in 1903 to control ten auto and gas engine firms was placed in receivers hands by Judge Hough in an insolvency suit filed by Brown and Sharpe with W H B Strang and Robert Walker named as receivers for the holding company and five constituent companies including Alden Sampson Detroit Brush Runabout Columbia Dayton Maxwell Briscoe. Total liabilities tallied about 12 25 million. Receivers bond fixed at 100 000.
The estranged wife of Gen. Daniel E. Sickles withdrew her jewelry from a safe deposit and pawned it to satisfy a judgment, averting a feared loss of his art and rare books that friends say influenced his decision not to run for commander in chief.
Federal probe into United States Steel corporation resumes in Pittsburgh around October 1. Andrew Carnegie is expected to testify. The proceedings arise from an equity suit filed in New Jersey over the dissolution of the steel company, not linked to the Stanley investigation.
Morgan county grand jury returns indictments charging twelve men with buying and selling votes in the recent Democratic county primary. More indictments on the same charges are expected before adjournment.
London reports the war office suspends monoplanes after four lieutenants die in a week among the British army flying corps. The move follows mounting casualties and aims to reassess aviation safety.
Yonkers Sept 14 Sheriff Doyle says John D Rockefeller Jr fears whooping cough more than bandits and stays away from his father's home at Pocantico Hills in Westchester County.
One man is dead and thirty injured after an eastbound Nickel Plate train No. 6 wrecked in Erie Pennsylvania due to a broken axle. The incident occurred Tuesday near Erie. Railroad officials investigated the cause as urgent but preliminary findings point to mechanical failure.
Baden captured the Empire State stake for 2 14 trotting horses in straight heats at the Grand Circuit meet in Syracuse New York on the state fair track. The event carried a $10 000 purse and was decided last Tuesday.
Chicago posted nearly two million dollars in August receipts becoming the leading post office center in the United States. It surpassed New York, its nearest competitor, by 29274.30 dollars for the month.
Syracuse New York September 14 Chancellor Day announced Mrs Russell Sage gave Syracuse University fifty thousand dollars through him for its agricultural school in memory of her father, the late Joseph Slocum.
Indian Affairs Commissioner Robert Ga. Valentine sent his resignation to the interior department on Tuesday. The resignation becomes effective at the discretion of Secretary Fisher, who is currently in Hawaii.
Kansas City, Missouri, reports an ice famine with natural ice nearly exhausted and artificial plants able to meet only about half of demand. The shortage threatens daily life as utilities and businesses adjust to scarce cooling resources.
Council Bluffs report describes the discovery of Martin Thompson his wife and eight year old Raymond slain in their kitchen. Authorities say a letter to daughters Christena and Dora and other evidence point to a double murder and death by self infliction rather than a random crime. neighbors note Thompson was respected and motive remains unexplained with nearly $100 found in a bank book.
A fire at the Mennig Slater company on Second and Vine streets destroys a four story brick plant with 66 by 132 feet. Losses total about 123000 with 3500 workers displaced and six months of shutdown anticipated. Insurance covers under half the risk.
Council Bluffs reports Dr Miller state veterinarian returned from Clarinda after examining nine horses struck by a fatal new malady. He cites Dr Copeland reports from Missouri Valley and urges owners to move horses from pastures to dry feed to reduce risk.
Councilman Charles O'Shonessy of Public Safety orders a general cleanup of suspected houses of assignation after the Becker trial disclosures. Patrolman Becker claimed insubordination for reporting conditions his superiors allegedly ignored, a claim supported by much of the evidence.
Despite poor roads and rain a fair attendance gathered at Magnolia Latter Day Saints camp grounds. Congregants used other churches due to flood conditions while Bishop R. C. Evans of Canada Bishop G. H. Hill iard of Independence Mo and Fred A. Smith of Lamoni attended.
Marshballtown report states George W. Curtis Jr. of Ferguson was released on bond after being jailed pending bond arrangements. The indictment charged embezzlement of school funds totaling $1,095. His father, a Redfield banker, stood as surety.
During a vaudeville performance at the Corning fair a stage collapse injured forty people on stage and two performers severely. One performer suffered a broken back and doctors fear he cannot recover.
Humboldt resident H C Prindle aged 73 collapsed on the street and died of apoplexy. He had lived in Humboldt for more than fifty years.
Word from Manchester reports two former Manchester boys, Forrest and Floyd Reed, killed by a bolt of lightning on a Colorado farm near Gill. The tragedy notes their Iowa origins and the unexpected death.
Buchanan County Veterans' Reunion association met in Lamont this week. Senator W. S. Kenyon spoke Tuesday afternoon and Chaplain Cole delivered a lecture Monday evening.
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