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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
3
A long page summarizes grain stocks in the United States, floods, fires, robberies, and bank closures, with notes on the Colorado Supreme Court, army movements, and political changes. It mentions the Olympia’s arrival with Admiral Dewey, railway strikes, and notable deaths including Horatio Alger Jr. and Daniel Monroe.
Tornado events and violent weather strike across cities including Manila and Quebec as wire dispatches report on damage. Diplomatic tensions rise with mediation efforts by the United States and other governments as leaders discuss terms amid ongoing conflicts.
The report covers diverse items: Filipino retreat near San Bernardino and flooding around Bat Peninsula after heavy rains. the Diana with the Peary relief expedition sails from Sydney for the north. Col. Robert G. Jagersoll dies of previously noted illness in New York. Pryuth, Wisconsin fire destroys the business district. a banquet at the Hotel De La Ville in Prague hosted by the U.S. minister to Austria-Hungary. Indiana transport arrives in San Francisco with 858 sick soldiers. explosion on Bullfinch during trial kills nine aboard. Rom of New York named next secretary of war. schooner John Breden sinks off Lexington with three drowned. California earthquakes felt in southern region. lynching in Louisiana. Caldwell named Pennsylvania state treasurer candidate. Otis cites false newspaper reports while defending dispatch standards. a railway ridge across Ni-Agia river opens between Lewiston and Queenston. US business failures fall to 145 in the seven days to the 21st.
A mixed jumble of brief notes mentions Jefferson Davis’s planned permanent home in Manliepelier, a new president at the University of West Virginia Jerour Hall Raymond, and a geyser named Dewey at Yellowstone. It references naval enlistment lore, confectioners’ meeting outcomes, an anonymous writer Addie Alarke, railway orders, population figures, and legislative talk about prohibitions and infrastructure projects. The text is largely garbled, listing diverse topics with few coherent links.
Robert Green Ingersoll, famed orator and former lawyer, died suddenly at his Hudson River home near Dobbs Ferry on Friday. He had suffered heart disease for years, with his final hours marked by a quiet morning and a final exchange with his wife before death. Born August 11, 1813 in Dresden New York, he rose from lawyer to influential Republican speaker and defender of freethought, declining a ministerial post and leaving a legacy through legal battles and writings.
July 24 New Orleans dispatch reports a mob hanged five Sicilians in Yallue la Madison parish near the river. Victims Joe Defatta Charles Detatta Frank Defatta Sy Deferrodi Joe Cereny were accused of plotting to murder Dr Hodges, a local physician shot days earlier. Quiet returned as grand jury began inquiry, but action against mob participants is doubtful. Dr Hodges remains wounded. Some suspects believed to have families in Europe. Grand jury noted conspiracy but could not reveal identities of all involved.
New York July 22 R G Dun shows ongoing growth with few signs of halt. Despite aggressive progress, labor strikes fade and Europe buys more food. rail earnings and clearinghouse payments rise. trade volumes remain high amid favorable crop and commodity trends.
A cryptic report notes 1100 Tistinet Jangmyres and diments in Mexico and references a $4,000,009 rise in jony within eight months. It links rising deaths to shifts in population and mentions Mexico’s mills converting $99,189 of U S goods in March 1898 and $133,302 in an oath this year.
A collage of snippets on slang emergence on a rooftop scene, stray phrases like ding bats and useless trousers, and brief adverts. It weaves witty quotes from columns such as Ohio State Journal and Yonkers Statesman, noting public fascination with evolving language and humorous asides from various papers.
A Washington letter for April 234 1899 touts Verona as a superior cure for calarrhal ailments of spring and summer and for low mood from news. mentions Judson W Lyons and Tyson W Tye, with references to public figures and a promotional request for a free “Sumter Cataria” from Dr Martman in Columbus Ohio.
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