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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
3
A collage notes scarce rain and rising food prices in Iowa while aviation and flying lore amuse readers. Mentions Esperanto ventures in China and America, jokes about flying to Europe, a New Yorker robbed in France, and playful quips about language, fashion, and lead poisoning. Leading tones mix wit with world events and domestic quirks.
An Albany man sues to force New York state to compensate him for cherries eaten by robins from his trees. The odd claim is framed as a taxpayer relief case. The note recalls the man as a baby who likely cried at noon.
The article reports Maine plans to hire 10,000 housemaids at three to six dollars per week. The note reflects a belief that the state will long feel this shortage, suggesting high demand and persistent need for domestic help.
Readers weigh in on the paper used for the new $1,000 bills criticizing quality while others defend it as sufficient for circulation. The debate highlights how printers and bankers view currency durability and security.
A pithy musing on how sport loving South American citizens would react to a lively revolution, suggesting arbitration may exist in theory but call for action in practice would test public temperament and national resolve.
Assertions that hitherto disregarded rodents and reptiles are good to eat arouse but little apprehension in the minds of Bose who have their money invested in the beef business.
Experts say the airship needs only a series of lofty structures to tie up periodically rather than a concrete foundation and elevator. The idea emphasizes simple moorings over costly construction.
A lunacy commission considers whether an insane man belongs to New York or New Jersey. His answer could reveal the scope of his delusions and determine jurisdiction.
A proposed law aims to prevent aviators from flying over German country towns. The penalty for flying so high as to be indistinguishable from the ground remains unspecified in the current report.
Pilots test bombing on mimic warships during a New Jersey meet showing the difficulty of accurate air strikes as rain falls on both targets and bystanders.
The article notes America’s production of larger and more powerful guns while also highlighting a surge of peace advocates. It contrasts domestic military output with a growing voice for pacifism across the nation, implying confidence in victory regardless of the outcome.
The Japanese minister of agriculture is in this country to study local conditions. Japan has learned from us in war and civil engineering and now seeks lessons in agriculture, the fundamental knowledge for a people.
A St Petersburg consul notes rising faith in the dollar and a rare chance for American banks to enter Russia. He argues money can influence the deal and asks if American capital can win access to Russian markets.
Colonel George Harvey argues in the North American Review that American unity and steady progress depend on conserving common sense. He praises patriotism taught in schools, civic responsibility, and balanced government policy while urging calm, practical reforms to sustain growth and curb corruption.
The text argues that true religion must be concrete and applicable to daily life, arising from living conditions. It asserts religion reflects the actual living and is shaped by the physical and economic effectiveness of an age, urging open country faith to root itself in indigenous affairs.
A quoted exchange presents a narrator who declares no health worries. The counterpart remarks on luck and asks if such feelings ever arise. The reply acknowledges frequent concerns despite having undergone all possible medical procedures.
A Courier Journal quip discusses reading love stories in reverse with reference to managers giving plays with the last act first, attributing a witty general observation to Louis Wille.
Ten men including five presidents of major packing companies and all directors of the National Packing Co were indicted for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. The case alleges a restraint and monopolization of the fresh meat trade, with 85 percent of eastern western and southern meat supply controlled by defendants. Swift Armour Morris shares are 47 40 and 13 percent respectively. In Chicago seven indicted packers appeared before Judge Landis and posted bonds of 30000 each to avoid bench warrants.
Beverly Massachusetts reports that President Taft will treat Progressives and Regulars as Republicans for federal patronage. Secretary Norton’s letter to a Republican leader notes the shift after primaries and conventions. Names named include Senators La Follette Bristow Dolliver Cummins and Representative Hubbard of Iowa.
In Chicago six Republicans met to act on the majority report against Interior Secretary Ballinger but adjourned until December due to lack of a quorum. The six cited the Minneapolis resolution as irrational and potential later action could assemble a quorum if Senator Flint returns.
Strong resolutions protesting cigarette use by women were adopted Thursday by the women's organization of the National Association of Retail Druggists in session at Pittsburg.
James Gray editorial writer for the Minneapolis Journal was selected Thursday by the Democratic state central committee as the party’s gubernatorial candidate for Minnesota. The choice positions Gray to face the Republican nominee in the upcoming election.
A registered mail pouch containing several thousand dollars in gold bullion shipped from Fairbanks to Seattle is missing and suspected stolen by local authorities.
Washington reports President considers Frank B. Kellogg of Minneapolis for solicitor general to replace the late Lloyd W. W. Bowers. The selection would fill a key Justice Department role.
The federal grand jury reindicted George W. Fitzgerald a former sub treasury teller in Chicago for embezzling $173,000. He was arrested in his office and bail set at $50,000. The case traces back to a 1908 bench warrant and prior delays over testimony rules.
The page lists current standings across major leagues with teams like Chicago Pittsburg New York Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn Boston Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Washington Chicago St Louis and others. It shows wins losses and percentages alongside several Western and minor leagues teams such as Minneapolis Kan City Milwaukee Columbus St Paul Indianapolis Louisville Sioux City Denver Lincoln and more, reflecting the era’s standings snapshot.
Lisbon reports the government closed the Span ish Jesuits monastery at Aldela-Ponte and expelled the order after warnings of arrest upon any future return to Portugal.
New York Miss Mary Mannering the actress underwent an operation at Roosevelt hospital for appendicitis Tuesday and is now recovering from the procedure and its effects.
More than 128 000 hunters licenses issued in New York state for the fall hunting season. The deer season opens September 16 and partridge and other game birds may be hunted after October 1.
James R. Keene, once ill with pneumonia in Lexington, Ky, has recovered enough to travel to Castleton, his stock farm a few miles from the city.
The German dirigible balloon Zeppelin VL suffered a deadly blast in its shed in Baden Baden when the motor cylinder exploded. Three crew members were seriously injured as the rear gondola ruptured and the craft caught fire, spreading to destroy the shed.
London Prof Augustus J Pepper pathologist for the crown in the Crippen murder trial admits he cannot determine the sex of the victim whose body parts were found in the Hilldrop Crescent cellar. He states the body believed to be Belle Elmore Crippen was dismembered by a surgical hand and directed by an anatomist mind.
Chicago. Dr. Haldine Cleminson, convicted of murdering his wife Nora Jane Cleminson, received a life imprisonment sentence from Judge McSurley in criminal court.
Joliet Illinois reports a population of 34,670 rising by 11,817 or 18.1 percent from 29,353 in 1900. Cleveland Ohio records 560,663 residents an increase of 178,895 or 46.9 percent since 1900.
Willam Rankin of Summit New Jersey celebrated his one hundredth birthday Thursday. The Newark NJ born veteran is recognized as the oldest living college graduate in the United States.
In Vandalia mines ten miles from Linton Indiana a gas explosion Wednesday killed Andrew Baxter and David Reese and left five others injured. The mine did not catch fire.
Six labor party members were arrested Wednesday for attempting a street meeting at Second South and State streets in defiance of the police chief s orders.
Des Moines hosts the State Board of Control and superintendents for fifteen institutions on Sept 20 and 21 to discuss epileptic care. Speakers include C F Applegate Mount Pleasant state hospital and Roy Moon Glenwood among others with topics on medical service and after care for children from state facilities.
George F. Henry master in chancery ruled in favor of Des Moines Water Company and granted an injunction blocking Des Moines from enforcing a 1908 ordinance that cut water rates by 10 cents and lowered annual meter rentals by $1, finding the ordinance confiscatory and unfair without just compensation.
Des Moines reports Mrs. Guy McCafferty abducted her 6 year old son from a Waterloo bound train in Des Moines Water loo. She was taken by Police Chief Dineen of Waterloo and later released after no charges were filed.
In Marshalltown Iowa on September 17 a public auction sold the personal effects of James Hardy his wife and son Earl murdered last June by an unknown assailant. Shoppers paid high prices and nearly 4500 dollars in cash was realized.
Creditors of the Agar Packing company will meet in Chicago to name a trustee for the company Monday, Sept 17, according to announcement by the receiver.
T Baker told Waterloo police that a grip with $5000 worth of gold nuggets was stolen from a Great Western train at Marshalltown during transit.
Waterloo Iowa shows a population rise to 26,968, up 14,113 residents or 112.2 percent since 1900, marking a dramatic urban growth in the latest census figures.
Thieves entered the Blakesburg postoffice fifteen miles southeast of Ottumwa and took a small amount of money. The burglars could not force the large vault which held stamps and valuables.
Dow City farmer S C Carbauth living between Dow City and Dunlap reportedly ran off with his wife’s half sister Sylvia Jones. The Sept 17 report from Denison Iowa notes the disappearance and seeks information on their whereabouts.
One man was killed and eighteen injured when two CBQ passenger trains collided head on one mile north of Holt Missouri last night on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad.
In Dubuque Iowa on September 17 an unidentified young woman aged 22 shot herself in Washington park. She left an unsigned note saying the failure of her career drove the act.
In Illinois the Republican primaries produced broad renomination of Cook county incumbents while George Foss faced a narrow call in the Tenth district. Gansberger defeated Boutell in the Ninth and Englehardt led, with Laurimer supporters sweeping legislative returns and the Legislative Voters league badly beaten in Chicago precincts.
Maine voters elect Col. Frederick W. Plaisted Democrat as governor. Republicans lose congressional seats while Democrats gain a majority in the state legislature. Prohibition enforcement figures prominently in the outcome with party control likely to shape future referendums.
American Secretary of War Jacob M. Dickinson arrived in Hankow after traveling from Shanghai up the Yangtze. He will proceed by train to Peking where he will be received by the prince regent.
President Taft turned fifty three on Thursday in Beverly Massachusetts. He received many congratulatory letters and telegrams but no major celebration was held.
A man identifying himself as George Corrigan of Columbus Ohio confessed to involvement in a widespread two-cent coin forgeries and was jailed in Utica after being arrested in Cooperstown.
Lucius Tuttle resigned as president of the Boston and Maine railroad on Tuesday and was succeeded by the president of the New York New Haven and Hartford. The appointment fills the unexpired term left by Tuttle.
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