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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
2
Longstanding speculation attributes a surge of personal crises among Philadelphia's prominent figures to defalcation and betrayal of trust. Tracing back to the 1891 Keystone National Bank collapse, the era saw million losses by bank depositors and notable deaths hushed by officials and press.
The article notes similarities between Frank K Hipple and John S Hopkins who killed themselves in March 1898. Both held trusted positions, engaged in church work, and adhered to strict moral codes including Sabbath observance and abstinence from liquor and tobacco. Hopkins aligned with Pennsylvania political corruption while Hipple differed in the extent of embezzlement.
The piece recounts Franklin Hipple financier's suicide after a bank loss, and notes the downfall of Philadelphia figures including Gowen the railroad president, Singerly the banker, and Ditman the banker. It describes their investments poor collateral, loan excesses, and suspected motives.
The Philadelphia club man and lawyer Josiah R. Adams killed himself in a hotel, after facing a bitter newspaper attack over a supposed get-rich-quick scheme. The piece contrasts Adams’s era with Elbert Hubbard’s views on machinery and progress, arguing that industrial advances benefit workers and expand goods like paint.
Canadian estimates place western wheat at about 87.2 million to 115 million bushels with likely around 90 million. Increased acreage, due to settlers, boosts totals though lower yields offset gains. A 25 year perspective showsExports could bring in roughly $75 million from wheat, barley, and oats.
A Canadian Northwest survey reports 90,250,000 bushels of wheat on 4,750,000 acres with an average yield of 19 bushels per acre. Experts praise grain quality, noting potential for 500 million export bushels as rail expansion and development accelerate farming across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.
William M Singerly publisher of the Philadelphia Record and head of Chestnut Street banks died under circumstances suggesting a safety related death. Cyanide is suspected though coroner records do not confirm. Singerly, born 1832, rose from streetcar worker to prominent financier amid bank failures and controversial finance.
Robert Adams Jr. known as Bertie Adams, ex minister to Brazil and early Yellowstone explorer, shot himself in his Metropolitan Club apartment in Washington on June 1. He died penniless after dissipating about $300,000 and left a note to Speaker Cannon explaining his obligations exceeded his means.
John Field former Philadelphia postmaster and partner in Young Smyth Field Field Co shot and killed himself in Fairmount Park while allegedly insane. An Irish immigrant who began as an errand boy rose to control a vast dry goods business with branches in Baltimore Cincinnati Indianapolis and San Francisco and banking in Saxony. Speculation in realty is believed to have ruined him triggering a mental crisis.
James V. P. Turner, Philadelphia registrar of vital statistics and lawyer, shot himself in the stomach at Fairmount park in April 1902. A member of the War of 1812 society and Sons of the Revolution, he invested in western lands he believed were mineral-bearing but found worthless, despondent over the loss at age 47.
A 19 year old Bennett son saved his shepherd dog by clubbing a large gray wolf during a daylight attack in an open field east of Elsmore. The exhausted dog later roused a pile of rocks revealing a wolf den with eleven young, while the Bennett boy survived unhurt. A wolf fight description frames the event as a protective act by the dog and owner.
A fussy husband finds a cherry stone in the pie and asks if he is an ostrich. His wife answers no an ostrich hides its head but you cannot hide yours because your ears are too long.
The Atlanta Constitution features a Georgia philosopher remarking that some people are rich enough to be miserable while others are poor enough to be resigned. The nugget reflects on wealth and happiness in a concise editorial moment.
A painter argues that older garments suit the body and character better than new attire. He notes people appear distant in formal dress, while warmth returns in well worn clothes, asserting art and ease emerge only as fabrics mellow with use.
A physician shares five years of using Postum in his family and prescribing it to patients for indigestion and nervousness. He notes stores in town stock the beverage and recommends it during convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid fever as a liquid, easily absorbed diet.
France restores hand made lace work with school programs begun in 1903 guiding girls into lace courses and expanding to major centers. About 135,000 people are said to be engaged in lace making now, though numbers once were higher. Hand made lace is not aimed to cost machine lace, both can coexist.
In a sharp remark a judge quips about Scrabbly’s cheap look next to a wife described as magnificent and well dressed. The exchange likens him to a bartender’s shirt-stud beside the Koh i-noor jewel in a vivid courtroom banter.
Sweden weighs extensive west coast iron works with emphasis on independence from home markets. Analysts argue success requires low costs to compete worldwide, surpassing effects of export duties or high tariffs.
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