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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1910
Page
1
The Monticello Express paragraphs mix whimsy and world affairs from a bygone era. References include comet chatter, an alligator in Paw Paw Lake, a British peer’s son washing dishes in Texas, peculiar diet ideas, and light social commentary on peas, money, and royal misadventures.
Some fault-finding is being done on the score that the paper on which a new $1,000 bills were printed is of inferior quality. Probably everybody noticed it.
A Chinese delegate attending the deaf mute convention in Denver requests an interpreter. The message invites volunteers skilled in finger spelling to provide assistance for about 6000 letters of communication.
An unlettered man at his bedside uses one of Dr. Eliot’s five feet of books to strike a neighbor’s cat on the back fence, reflecting a crude, impulsive act sparked by a moment of irritation.
Prof Wilczynski of the University of Chicago notes mathematics and poetry share overlapping patterns and moments of unseen meaning, suggesting readers often miss subtle examples in both fields.
The rules changes are under preparation with aim to preserve the traditional format of the Thanksgiving football game story. editors hope the new measures won’t alter the customary magazine-style treatment of the contest.
An Ohio judge decided it is not illegal for a woman to go through her husband's pockets. The judge noted the ruling would be the same even if the decision had favored the husband.
A European duke touring the country declares a desire to start a business here. His family may be shocked, yet the move is portrayed as more manly than seeking another’s labor to live on.
A fashionable woman who hobble skirts risk the river in risky moments. She has been falling out of boats when attempting to stand yet she does not drown. The piece notes her bold presence and the comic mishap as she handles danger with composure.
A woman returning from Paris faced a 40 percent duty on a newly purchased hobble skirt, a purchase she could not fully enjoy as the restrictive design hindered her movement.
St Etienne Chamber of Commerce reports 1909 French ribbon production at 19.03 million francs with 12.56 million for home use and 6.48 million for export, illustrating domestic demand and international reach in the industry.
Des Moines September 24 Attorneys for Governor Carroll urge a directed verdict of not guilty in the state libel case against B. F. Carroll regarding John Downie. The court postponed verdicts until Monday as arguments continued on whether the case should be taken from the jury.
Friday session of the carpenters convention focused on nominating general officers and delegates for the upcoming labor meetings. William D. Huber of Indianapolis seeks reelection as president along with a slate including W. G. Schardt and Harry Payne. Proposals for a superannuated benefit fund would create pensions for aged members, pending constitutional approval.
Moulton September 24 Amos Renniker and Joe Sprague were badly injured when two Wabash freight trains collided near here.
Nellie Brewster of Iowa performs this week at the Orpheum in the Gus Edwards sketch Night Birds. She grew up in Creston where her father was a newspaper editor.
Des Moines reports preparations are complete for a W. J. Bryan rally on October 13 at the Auditorium. It will close Bryan week events in the state.
Fort Dodge Iowa September 24. Gladys Powell aged 12 knocked the chimney from a lamp while going down cellar stairs. Her clothing caught fire and she died from burns. Her mother suffered burns to the hands and arms.
The National Association of Livestock Exchanges closed its annual convention in East St Louis on September 24 and announced it will meet next year in Sioux City.
Harry W. and Max C. Chottner of H W Chottner & Brother tobacco firm were robbed of 10000 dollars and a two carat diamond shirt stud on Quincy Street near Jefferson. They were attacked while en route to the Brevoort hotel and police are seeking two masked robbers.
Minnesota primaries report a narrow loss for Congressman J A Tawney in the First district to Sydney Anderson a young attorney from Lanesboro backed by the progressive league. Anderson leads the field and faces H L Buck in the general or Democratic nomination fight. possibilities of Halbert ousting Stevens in the Fourth district are discussed as a strong late campaign develops.
National League leaders show Chicago at 42 0 with .686 and Cincinnati at 71 0 with .499. American League totals list Philadelphia 95 42 .693 and Cleveland 63 75 .478. Other circuits include American Association, Western League, with teams like Minneapolis 105 69 .641 and St. Paul 86 78 .526.
Lightning struck Miss Margaret Innis’s Steadmantown home shattering a large tree that had prompted a lengthy court battle. An injunction had blocked road contractors from removing the tree, and the bolt’s destruction resolved hundreds of dollars in litigation that the courts could not settle.
Solomon Mazurette once a leading US song composer died Tuesday in St. Marys hospital in absolute poverty. His wife asked the city poor commission to arrange his burial.
General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, has advised President Taft to consolidate the four military posts in Hawaii under a single command. The proposal aims to streamline administration and bolster defense readiness in the Pacific outpost.
Thirty thousand coal miners across Missouri Kansas Arkansas and Oklahoma ended a five month strike and returned to work on Tuesday. All mines in the southwest resumed operation as the workforce restarted production.
One hundred fifty persons were injured in a railroad accident near Oporto on Tuesday. Most injuries were slight, but one person was killed.
President Taft voices a plan to cut freight rates through prompt waterway improvement and opposes selfish district spending. He warns against corruption and the pork barrel, urging nationwide support for economical, project-based expenditure to lower transportation costs and benefit the whole country.
Clarence D. Hiller, chief clerk of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, is shot three times and killed by a burglar found ransacking his home. The attack is witnessed by Hiller’s wife and two daughters as the men fought at the stairs before the burglar fled.
Sidney Harris announces that Robert Winthrop Chanter has revoked the power of attorney he granted to his wife, singer Mme Cavalieri, in connection with their antenuptial agreement.
Cal Countess Con stance Wachtmeister, once a theosophist lecturer and Mme Blavatsky's companion, is seriously ill at a friend's home in Los Angeles.
Clifford Judd of St. Lawrence County shot Theron Plumb his brother in law near Syracuse mistaking him for a deer. Judd survived but is in serious condition after the incident and shock.
More than 400 highwaymen have been convicted in Cook County since State's Attorney Wayman began his term, figures released by the prosecutor on Wednesday show.
The Interstate Commerce Commission hears Western railroads defend proposed general freight rate increases as necessary to maintain service. Illinois Central Vice President C M Kittle testifies on costs since 1891, noting higher current maintenance costs and large indemnity payments this year versus 1892.
New York Judge Martin in the United States circuit court sentenced Charles R. Heike former secretary and treasurer of the American Sugar Refining company to eight months in the New York penitentiary on Blackwell's Island and a 5000 dollar fine. A stay of execution was granted pending an appeal. Bail was reduced from 25000 to 15000 dollars.
Alienists report Porter Charlton is of unsound mind and prone to impulsive violence. They urge admission to a hospital for the insane and indefinite confinement, labeling him a societal menace after the murder of Mrs. Scott Castle, his wife, at Lake Como last June.
Berlin reports during the Kaiser’s Vienna visit that Victoria Louise the Kaiser's daughter is being engaged to Archduke Karl Franz eldest son of the late Archduke Otto.
Benjamin Franklin, a Burlington chair car porter, was shot and killed Thursday while resisting arrest in Billings. Deputy Sheriff Pound was fatally wounded in the same incident.
Professor J E Matzke long held the chair of Roman languages at Stanford University since 1893 has died in Mexico City from a cerebral hemorrhage. The report was received Tuesday from President Wheeler of the University of California.
Emperor William arrived in Vienna and will stay two days as the guest of Emperor Francis Joseph at Schoenbrunn, marking a high level diplomatic visit.
Farmington Iowa hosts the Nineteenth Iowa infantry volunteers reunion September 29 and 30. Mustered August 1862 at Keokuk Ia the regiment first went to Prairie Grove Ark where half were killed or wounded but won a victory. They later endured captures and exchanges near Sterling Farm and Shreveport before final exchange in July 1864.
The sons and daughters of William Evans who arrived in 1844 held a reunion at the old home in Williamsburg. Forty-five people from seventeen families attended a day of picnicked meals and recalling past days as children played on the lawn and among the orchard trees.
The week brought favorable weather for corn with 90 percent of the crop likely out of frost in ten days. The small grain crop yielded large and high quality. Pastures are excellent. Potatoes are notably scarce.
William Krissinger harvests a second strawberry crop in his yard after trimming plants post bearing season. Vines produced abundantly, now blossomed with ripe berries ready for picking.
Harold Evans seventeen of Waterloo Indiana employed in operating the Brush Silver at the Vinton Canning Co was caught in the shafting and severely injured in the left side and chest with left arm badly bruised and broken above the elbow in a factory accident.
Iowa City report states Johnson County grand jury indicted Jed Hall and Mrs. Cora Mechler for loving not wisely but too well. Hall fled leaving a wife and children. his companion abandoned her children.
Miss Cora Hanes, 16, of Creston, accused of passing several bad checks, was released after her mother repaid the losses alleged by local merchants in Burlington.
Iowa City man Liveryman Guy E. Baker of Lone Tree was indicted for murder in the first degree by the grand jury for the alleged slaying of his employee Oliver P. Driver around mid June. He posted a $25,000 bond.
A man who gave the name John Blake died at the county farm after being brought there a few days earlier with dropsy heart trouble and asthma.
The debt free $40,000 new church home of the Central Church of Christ in Marshalltown was formally dedicated Sunday. Rev. J. N. McCash of Cincinnati delivered the dedicatory sermon.
A 22 year old woman shot and killed herself in Washington Park in Dubuque. She left an unsigned note claiming her career failure drove the act. The case remains under investigation with no identity released.
Mrs. Henry Searles told Judge Lee in district court that she married Fred Rahn on June 7 believing her first husband, Henry Searles, was dead. Rahn’s petition to annul was granted. Searles survived, having been alive since 1909, and Mrs. Searles plans to join him in South Dakota.
Richard Daniels, the young man who robbed a Nevada store in May and fought off a posse, was indicted for assault with intent to commit manslaughter and larceny. He pleaded guilty to the assault charge, received an intermediate sentence, and admitted the taken name was an assumed one.
The fourth annual Harrington family reunion gathered seventy seven relatives from Williamsburg Wyoming North English Iowa City and Colorado Pennsylvania. Millard Harrington was elected president and Mrs Walter Harrington secretary treasurer for the coming year. A large picnic dinner and supper were enjoyed on the lawn.
Fort Dodge farmer John A. Johnson reports an unusually fine flax crop this year with twenty five bushels per acre. At current market price this would yield about 55 dollars per acre. Red clover is also unusually good in the area and a second seed crop could bring about 30 dollars per acre.
A farm house owned by P. M. Samberg five miles south of Boone on his Marcy township farm burned to the ground with all contents. Occupied by Charles Ericson and family Mrs. Ericson and her three young children were alone at the time. Insurance on the house was $1,000.
The Hampton canning factory is running around the clock to process corn brought by farmers, averaging 100000 cans per day and operating both day and night shifts.
Belle Plaine Mrs. Stephen Malcolm visiting Chicago fell down stairs and suffered multiple fractures and severe facial cuts. Age-related condition worsens injuries, leaving her in critical condition.
Felix McBride aged 60 a prosperous farmer near Montr ose collapsed and died from heart failure while running after hogs in front of his home according to Fort Madison reports.
Mrs Phoebe Gifford withdraws her divorce suit against F H Gifford in Marshalltown Iowa. Gifford also drops the $50 000 alienation suit he filed against his mother in law Mrs M G Capron of Grinnell.
Manchester reporter describes 68 year old Frank Beall a wealthy farmer killed when his team ran away and dragged him 40 yards into a corn cutter where he was fatally injured.
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