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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
7
A humorous collection of wry observations on fashion wealth and culture. Jests include a New York woman with a $25000 anklet and a quip about pigeons and potatoes. The piece riffs on aviation hopes and eccentricities of everyday life.
A New Jersey man seeks divorce citing his wife, age 60, as a constant flirt. The case frames flirtation as a marital fault, noting the wife's conduct as the disputed grounds for separation.
A playful remark on California plums praising their appearance while noting their taste lags behind their visual appeal. The speaker muses that if all plums matched their beauty, dealers would prosper.
A bishop in a Chicago context remarks that virtue comes with loneliness in the city, while noting that no Chicagoan seems notably solitary. The quote contrasts spiritual counsel with urban social life.
Evansville police were forced to arrest a swarm of bees that settled on a fence post. The officers faced a challenging duty as part of their routine.
A Kan Bas fisher reports a catfish purrs when its scales are stroked correctly and hisses and scratches if stroked the wrong way, describing a curious behavioral claim from local catches.
A man reportedly sprained his arm to secure a vacation, illustrating that the public still values travel despite critics. The anecdote highlights enduring appeal of taking time off.
A quirky claim says doctors found a human aura and might bill for its removal after death. The piece hints at medical fees and rights around postmortem aura work, reflecting sensational speculation.
The aero club issues an edict ordering flights over cities to cease. An aviator's dignity is ruffled after his clothing catches on a church steeple during an aerial pass.
Chicago trains street-car conductors to engage politely with riders by offering prizes. The program aims to encourage courteous conduct and smoother passenger boarding without requiring commuters to rush.
The man who plans to swim across the Atlantic Ocean vows to begin on February 18, 1913. He is not superstitious despite questions about his judgment of public needs.
A Chicago taxicab driver who earned $11,000 in a Los Angeles real estate deal chooses to keep his daily work. The remark suggests he believes $11,000 is not a fortune.
A man was arrested by a conductor on a southern Illinois train after drinking from a whisky bottle. He attempted to escape by crawling through a car window but could not fit due to his size, highlighting perceived difficulties faced by overweight individuals.
A Georgia teacher with extraordinary memory sells her brain to a medical research institute for several thousand dollars. The tale hints at irony if she outlives the scientists who negotiated the deal.
A French aviator sailed over Faris recently amid a police prohibition on flights over the town. The flyer avoided arrest as he was not German, avoiding potential charges or scrutiny.
Former Governor William Larrabee and wife hosted a small gathering at their Clermont home to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on September 12. The event drew immediate family and close friends including Senators Cummins and Kenyon plus Mr and Mrs F. R. Conaway of Ames.
Frank Gotch attended a local film show in Fort Dodge where he watched himself defeat Hackenschnidt on motion pictures. He had just received the Red Cross degree from the Knights Templar lodge and, with fellow lodge members, visited the theater after the ceremony.
The Presbyter ian church general assembly report lists Iowa synod figures: 15 presbyteries 300 ministers 483 churches 51264 communicants 2711 baptisms 45644 Sunday school members reflecting regional growth and outreach.
Lyman Emerson sold an eighteen acre property near Toledo for 9000 to Sam Bovenmeyer who plans to reside there. Land value cited at 2300 per acre.
The Marshalltown Co-operative store started by union men to cut living costs on July 10 last will suspend. Stockholders did not patronize the store properly and wholesalers refused credit, undermining the venture.
Mason City report of Paul Benton Hart 22 son of a leading businessman killed when a gun in his car discharged after he shot a hawk and set the weapon on the seat with hammer cocked.
Mrs Brassington of Altoona Pennsylvania was killed when a carriage was struck by a freight train at the Iowa Central crossing. Her son and her uncle William Bortell of Grinnell were injured in the collision.
Mason City files a perpetual injunction against the school board to stop spending 40009 dollars on repairs to the high school building without submitting the expenditure to bids.
Henry Potter, a young man employed by Joseph Meusb erger southwest of Rockwell City, ended his life by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. Authorities reported the fatal self-inflicted injury and noted the scene was near the town.
During the Big Four fair in Nashua robbers visited three business houses while owners attended the event and stole goods and cash totaling 500 dollars.
Reported agreement says the Wabash and Santa Fe railroads have joined to acquire the Keokuk and Western road of the Burlington. The move could reshape regional rail corridors and influence traffic flows through Keokuk.
Boone Kate Shelley, the Northwestern heroine, lies weakened in a Carroll hospital and may not recover. Local reports confirm her critical condition and uncertain outcome.
In Charles City the Bank of Rudd files a petition of attachment against F. W. Waynes former bank cashier for 12995 alleging he wrongfully appropriated the funds for his own use.
Returns from a special election in Oskaloosa show the proposition to construct a new municipal building carried by a majority of 1 021. Nearly 800 women voters participated in the ballot.
Veterans of the Fourth Iowa cavalry closed their reunion in Mount Pleasant with a banquet at the YMCA. About one hundred members of the first regiment, which left Mount Pleasant for the front in 1861, attended the campfires.
Lightning struck the Union Church in Stanley causing the steeple to collapse a hole to the ceiling above the belfry and flooring torn up.
The Des Moines conference of the Methodist Episcopal church will be in annual session this week with Bishop Neeley of New Orleans presiding. Eminent guests include Dr F C Eislin Garrett Biblical Institute professor, lecturing on the Old Testament, Rev Henry J Coker Philadelphia, Dr Edwin Locke Topeka, and Rev Wade C Barclay Chicago.
Building operations at Iowa State College progress with a new $100,000 veterinary building nearing completion. The $150,000 gymnasium, begun in June, is advancing but slower, with steady progress expected to push construction forward.
Judge Hewitt signs order to divide the Prouty estate. Cheney R. Prouty to receive 168,754.77 dollars from the 245,682.16 dollar estate while Mrs. Belle O. Prouty, widow, gets 81,877.39 dollars.
Dr. W. J. Charters and his wife Mrs. Charters returned home after a five weeks auto trip praising Iowa highways. He says the River to River road and Iowa roads are the best for automobile travel, with few exceptions where Colorado routes were built specifically for cars.
Muscatine reports Captain H L Clark of Buffalo the oldest pioneer in Iowa is dying at his home aged 98. He fought in the Black Hawk war and settled in Iowa in 1822. He was a close friend of Colonel Davenport who founded Davenport and ran the first store there in 1829.
Bedford has closed negotiations for electric lights from Clarinda’s plant. The contract begins December 1 with wires to connect the two towns by then. Clarinda holds a franchise in New Market, and Gravity may seek one.
A pursuit of a burglar suspect ended when an automobile driven by Arthur Dice with Deputy Sheriff Al Edwards and bloodhounds aboard crashed from a bridge into Pony Creek near Pacific Junction. The 20 foot plunge followed a chase at high speed after Miller and Phipps' store burglary.
Des Moines reports the Iowa Portland Cement company will spend 250000 dollars to add machinery, roughly doubling output. The plant's daily production is expected to rise from 3000 to 5000 barrels.
The Warner man slaughter case ended as the jury found the defendant guilty as charged. Officials believe the maximum penalty is unlikely due to circumstances suggesting an accidental death.
Creston A Wright former bank cashier was arrested by Officer Exline on a warrant from Kent charging him with forging a note for 320 dollars written to W H Hoar of Kent.
Mount Pleasant resident Fred Wellington sues Nellie De Spain for 2400 dollars alleging breach of promise after she accepted his proposal in December and allegedly assaulted him in June.
Deputy Edwards traveled to Des Moines to obtain a requisition for Mrs Edward Howard of Lincoln Nebraska charged with kidnapping two children from the home of Mrs Stella Hooker in Glenwood.
Iowa City reports musician Peter Weber aged 96 has died. He was the last member of the Hohmann band that played in the city during and after the Civil War era.
Persistent rumors claim the Iowa Central railroad plans extend from Canada to the gulf with a southern line to Kansas City. Authorities assert a thorough Canada to gulf route will soon be built, indicating major rail expansion.
Mrs. Phoebe Lucas, 84, widow of Hon. E. V. Lucas, died in Iowa City. She was a prominent figure during the Civil War era and her husband served as colonel of the Fourteenth Iowa.
Mount Pleasant dedicated a new Congregational church costing 28000 dollars. Rev. T. O. Douglas delivered the sermon. The 600 seat sanctuary is described as among the finest in the state.
Iowa City Commercial Club raises 4000 dollar guarantee and seeks a franchise in the Central league to replace Hannibal which did not complete this season's schedule.
S S Potter, alleged leader of a confidence gang that sold "gold bricks" and green goods, was seized by federal agents at his lavish Chicago home. Bond of 50000 was refused. Potter faces charges from Wisconsin. He and ally Edward Starkloff, known as the Gold Dust Twins, allegedly swindled about 1.5 million dollars worldwide.
Nearly 10000 applicants nationwide have sent unexecuted mailing applications for Rosebud and Pine Ridge farms to Judge James W. Witten. The error stems from misunderstanding the requirement to file at a registration town. Registration runs from October 2 to 21.
In Portland and other towns the first unofficial results were revised by mail reports. One clerk sent opposite figures to the secretary of state and the press, creating a 326 vote discrepancy that keeps the election outcome in doubt.
Officers tracking the Della Halsey case found Jesse Newman dead in a barn on his father’s farm. Authorities believe Newman killed himself upon hearing pursuers closing in.
Elizabeth Edson Evans, American author, died in Aibling Upper Bavaria. Born in Newport New Hampshire in 1832, she had lived in Europe since 1870.
The mungkin hog weighing 1,100 pounds and stretching nine feet from tip to tip is found in the possession of J. R. Robinson near Bowling Green and has been brought for exhibition here.
S 8 Hite famed fisher from Canada to the gulf is dead at eighty three in Louisville Kentucky. His grandfather joined Daniel Boone in Kentucky migration.
Madison Wis John A Dogskin Johnson a former convict and inmate of Mendota asylum pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering seven year old Annie Lemberger on September 6. He was immediately sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the state penitentiary at Waupun.
Aviator Jimmy Ward of Chicago begins the Hearst coast-to-coast race by flying from Governors Island at 9 08 AM. He travels through a tangle of railroad tracks misses the Erie yard and ends up in Ashbrook New Jersey after about 22 miles of direct progress.
Rev Eugene F Abbott of the First Presbyterian Church Cape Girardeau resigns citing his 2000 dollar annual salary as excessive given funds for charitable and other church work.
The jewels once owned by Belle Elmore the American actress linked to the Crippen case were auctioned in London. The sale realized about 800 dollars.
Two Syrians die at Dutchess Junction from mushroom ingestion. Over thirty others perish from toadstool poisoning within a fortnight in the New York City vicinity.
During army maneuvers the airship M3 caught fire and fell near Grossbelow Germany. The crew escaped by jumping as the craft neared the ground. The airship was nearly destroyed.
The Association for Relieving the Condition of the Poor reports increased suffering from poverty in New York this summer compared with last year.
Foreign board reports Cheng-Tu the Sichuan capital under siege by rebel forces. About 1,800 garrison troops defend the walls while missionaries seek refuge in the Canadian Methodist compound. Foreign gunboats cannot advance and relief movements are not yet in motion.
The Mount Etna eruption intensifies with 79 new fissures and a central crater showering cinders. A river of lava moves eight miles north, threatening Moro and Alcantara rail hubs deserted by inhabitants. The eruption imposes heavy losses on farmers across over 400 square miles with 300000 residents relying on lava bed farming. Earthquakes continue to terrify surrounding areas.
On a Lake Erie & Pittsburgh railroad line in southern Cleveland a work train carrying fifty laborers was sideswiped by a freight. Seven men were killed and fourteen injured, many fatally, as the workers were ground to pieces and scorched by escaping steam. Most victims were foreigners and the crash was blamed on a signal error that let the work train back onto the ahead freight.
The consumers and producers congress executive committee adopted a plan to outmaneuver the beef trust. Supported by the Texas Cattle Raisers Association, a selling company will be formed with a capital of three million dollars to dictate prices.
Fire that threatened the Fowler Packing company plant in Kansas City Kansas destroyed the fertilizer building and damaged the hog killing plant. The loss was seventy five thousand dollars.
The White House is being repainted white from ground to eaves. The historic residence periodically becomes dingy and requires repainting roughly every two years to maintain its appearance.
Rev. Robert M. Wood of First Baptist Church Mo mence resigns after 17 years citing insufficient salary. He plans to take up farming and leave the pastorate.
Tragedy near Pirna as eleven Uhlans drown while crossing the Elbe during army maneuvers. Cavalry scouts attempted the river crossing and were overwhelmed by the current.
Premier Stolypin was shot twice during a Royal theater performance in Kiev. One bullet hit his spine. a second struck his hand as the assassin fled. Police captured the Nihilist gunman, and Stolypin was taken to Hotel Volya for care.
Governors Harmon Hadley and Aldrich were named to a three member committee to oppose the Nebraska rate decision before the U S Supreme Court. The group, directed by Kansas Governor Stubbs and New Jersey’s Wilson, will act without pay to defend states rights to fix railroad rates against federal interference.
The international peace congress scheduled for September 25 in Rome has been postponed due to a cholera outbreak in Italy. Announcement came via cable to Secretary Trueblood of the American Peace Society from Dr Gabot, secretary of the international peace bureau at Bern.
Historic St Josephs College in Bardstown Kentucky, once a refuge for exiled Louis Philippe, reopened after the Civil War era with impressive ceremonies marking its return to Catholic learning.
Judge Walter Bordwell stated that the dynamite conspiracy trial of John J. and James J. McNamara will commence on October 11 in Los Angeles California.
Secret service officials say a dangerous gang of national bank note counterfeiters, inactive for a year, is again operating on the Pacific coast. A counterfeit $10 note from the Pasadena National Bank was traced to the group.
Vincent Astor son of John Jacob Astor will enroll at Harvard University this fall. The prominent Newport-based family confirms the move as part of the young heir's education plan.
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