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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1886
Page
1
The Globe-Democrat notes St Louis is deeply impressed by the belief that starting a strike is easier than stopping one. The comment reflects labor climate and public sentiment in the city.
An English doctor calculates from mortality statistics in England that his fellow professionals have shorter lifespans than teachers, lawyers, and clergymen. The remark contrasts medical career longevity with other occupations.
The 1885 figures show at least 20 150 Jews left Russia Poland for America with many others seeking destinations elsewhere, reflecting a vast migration driven by regional distress and restrictive policies.
C. P. Huntington, famed for Central and Southern Pacific, maintains a long time pledge to rest two days each week. He does not visit his office on Saturdays and avoids routine business from Friday night until Monday morning.
A charming child is given a nickname at birth. The boy gains a school name when he starts schooling, a married name after marriage, a business name on entering trade, an official name if elected, and a death name inscribed on his stone to live in history.
Statistics claim Japan proper covers 11,215,000 acres of arable land that sustains about 37 million people, roughly France’s population. Rice stands out as a major crop with around 200,000,000 bushels produced annually.
A new organization in Danbury Connecticut named Far Death by Own Action Club aims to provide members wishing to end their lives with any means they desire. The News notes no member has incurred any expense for the society yet.
The steamer Bohemia conducted an experiment by greasing the waves with linseed oil during a storm. About six pounds of oil per hour calmed the sea, keeping waves from breaking, though the wind stayed strong.
Frank Carrenter, a lieutenant in the Eighth Vermont Regiment, carefully examined 1864 Richmond Inquirer copies while held in Libby Prison. He subscribed to the Inquirer with a $20 three month plan and paid $6 for a personal notice that appeared in New York, contributing to his release.
The House chaplain opened with a prayer urging God to rid the nation of gambling in cards dice chips stocks wheat bucket shops and boards of trade and to remind people that wealth earned without hard work defies divine law.
In Columbus Ohio the government will present the Reis telephone as to invention and publications by Johann Phillip Reis and related lectures by Sir William Thomson from twenty five years prior. A National Museum model will be shown and Reis’s tombstone, dated 1864, bears the inscription Inventor of the telephone.
A Boston Post piece questions gender equality noting a man fined for keeping his hat on in a New York theater while a woman in the front row enjoys immunity. It contrasts social protections for women with a male patron punished for a similar action despite his explanation hat was to shield a cold draft.
The Lick telescope, the world’s largest refracting instrument, nears completion in Cambridgeport Massachusetts. Each of two 36 inch diameter lenses weighs 700 pounds and costs about 25000 dollars. An astronomer noted that gazing at the moon 240000 miles away with this telescope brings it within under 100 miles of the observer’s eye.
Jessie Carter was shot twice at Des Moines while dressing and died soon after. She charged her companion May Foster with the crime in an ante mortem statement. Foster was arrested amid rumors of jealousy driving the motive.
The Des Moines press reports the Iowa House passing Miles’ grand jury bill reducing jurors in small counties and extending loan privileges to small towns. It also notes Senate action on factory safety, drunkenness penalties, university board changes, and multiple appropriation bills for prisons schools and state institutions.
London Truth reports a striking Paris Salon painting portraying the Mahdi seated in his tent as he receives the homage of his chiefs. The scene includes a load of freshly decapitated British soldiers heads carried by the accompanying chiefs.
A writer questions poverty causes suggesting wealth access may explain most poverty. The piece notes uncertainty and urges study before conclusions, hinting at systemic factors and individual limitations while inviting broader inquiry.
Washington March 30 Chaplain Milburn of the House explained in an interview that his prayers address Congress and through them the Nation. He warned of vast losses from Wall Street gambling and urged prayers for reform while denying incendiary intent. The next day his prayer decried monopoly, dynamite, and wealth misuse and urged God’s guidance for rulers and the public.
The famed evangelist Sam Jones announces quitting tobacco to a Chicago audience of about 6,000 at the Casino Skating Rink. He credits victory to God, vows no habit will stumble others, and asks for prayers as he dedicates his life to holiness and service.
The House committee completed the River and Harbor bill at 15,164,200 dollars for passage. Illinois allocations include Chicago 100,000 and Calumet 10,000. Indiana Michigan City harbor 45,000. Michigan harbors cover many ports with figures from 2,500 to 100,000. Wisconsin harbors include Milwaukee bay 80,000 and Superior bay 30,000. key river projects show Fox 75,000 and St Croix 87,500.
The March report says President Cabinet members face illness and fatigue. Manning remains ill with slow recovery, Garland confined to the house with pneumonia threat, Lamar slowed by a severe cold, and Vilas overworked and set for a rest. Manning shows slight improvement.
The Senate on March 26 debated the Edmunds resolutions amid a crowded gallery as Senators Ingalls Logan and Harrison argued over the Presidents papers and civil service reform. Open sessions and removals prompted stark partisan lines with final passage across four resolutions.
Advices from St Johns report destitution in the colony at unprecedented levels with hundreds of families on starvation relying on local charity and government aid. The Premier has introduced a bill in the legislature to extend agriculture by allotting lands for fishing communities that cannot farm, enabling relocation to mixed fishing and farming districts.
Charles Johnson of Johnson & Plummer, Stevens Pont, Wisconsin, was killed when a tree toppled in Prentice on Friday. A prosperous lumberman, he leaves a wife and two children and carried a $2,000 life insurance policy.
Judge Magruder filed the Illinois State Supreme Court opinion Saturday upholding the constitutionality of the city election law in the Springfield case.
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