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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1898
Page
1
Prohibition plans are linked to Alaska with Fort Wrangel as the movement’s initial spark. The piece notes U S coast line measurements from the coast survey and reflects on resources, ships, peace, and strawberries as a metaphor for dampened expectations.
The Kearsarge and Ken tucky mark the first double launch in an American shipyard. They are described as the two most powerful ships in the United States navy.
A writer suggests sin is pink rather than scarlet and argues this view supports a belief that the world is improving. The piece contends that if biblical writers had this insight, lighter tones like pink may even inspire gentler social trends and pink teas.
A maxim ties devotion to country to daily virtue. The piece argues that heroic deeds at home and on the battlefield support each other, with home front heroes and heroines creating the climate for battlefield bravery. It stresses mutual inspiration between civilian and military valor.
The article notes this winter's gold output around 9 million dollars, a figure that disappoints many and proves that most arrivals at Dawson City last fall did not find pay dirt. Some will persevere, but a large exodus from the gold fields is likely.
Ricardo, once worth four to five million dollars and a Cuba resident with vast Sa guna property and tobacco lands, fled after Weyler’s arrival for aiding revolutionaries. Banished, his property confiscated, he now earns forty dollars a month working among West Tampa cigarmakers.
The piece argues that a Indiana young woman demonstrating fitness for front rank progress is undermined by hairpin use with dynamite. It asks what women would do in war if accidents like this recur and whether she will be willing to enter battle without hairpins.
A 170 foot chimney at the Wall Street assay office began lining replacement after aging fire brick was found defective. Recent work finished yielding 52 ounces of gold and 60 ounces of silver valued at $1,500 from the old fire brick.
The American Museum of Natural History plans expeditions to the northwest tribes to study lifeways and tools. Researchers will survey at least ten tribes to seek proof of descent from groups that crossed Behring Strait, though conclusions may vary.
Government report states the Osage Nation of 1,729 people owns 1.4 million acres and holds 9 million dollars in trust earning five percent. Leases with cattlemen yield 40 to 50 thousand dollars annually, plus farm rentals, yet the group is described as lazy and rapidly degenerating.
A paper before the London Statistical Society lists the eight principal causes of insanity with their share of cases. Love affairs account for about one in a hundred, drink for about a third, domestic troubles and mental anxiety for a fire proportion, old age and adverse circumstances for 13 in 100, and religious excitement for four in 100. Religion and love are the feeblest factors.
In the Fifty Fifth Congress Senate discussion on Cuba leads to the sundry civil appropriation bill, while Lodge proposes purchasing Danish West India islands for a coaling station. House passes naval appropriation with ships and torpedo craft, adjourns to the 4th.
Government receipts for March totaled 32 million 958 thousand 750 dollars, down about 3 million from March 1897, while expenditures reached 31 million 882 thousand 444 dollars, up nearly 5 million. The public debt declined by 1.39 million in March, cash in the treasury stood at 853 million 798 thousand 468 dollars, and total debt less cash was 1.005 billion 716 thousand 331 dollars. Gen. Schofield assumed charge of the national volunteer reserve with aims to build a standing army of 1,000,000, and Spain’s reply to the U S ultimatum was deemed unsatisfactory, signaling possible hostilities. A French mediation offer was rejected. Congress anticipates the crisis will peak this week with a war or peace decision within seven days, and Justice Brewer’s wife Louise Brewer died in Washington at age 60.
In New Jersey the almshouse near New Brunswick reports Noah Naby, an inmate, marking his 126th birthday. The seven day period shows 220 business failures in the US, down from 251 and 260 in prior weeks, while leading clearing houses page total exchanges at 1.058 billion against 1.084 billion last week, up 29.3 percent from 1897.
The item notes Minnesota Democrats will hold their state convention in Minneapolis on June 15. It also reports various fatal incidents and notable deaths across the country, including a levee flood in Shawneetown Illinois and a boat accident near St Francis Arkansas.
In South Dakota six hundred Sioux Indians have offered their services to Governor Lee to reinforce the state militia as the flying squadron at Hampton Toads is prepared to deploy at an hour's notice.
Berlin reports Prince Bismarck marked his eighty third birthday at his home. The item notes celebratory events and the notable longevity of the statesman.
Senators Perkins Clay Rawlins and Mantle press Cuba intervention while Grout introduces a Cuba independence joint resolution. Reports note Havana harbor mining and Spain’s purchases in London. Flood at Shawneetown Illinois kills at least 100, 200 missing, and Rock Hill DC burning leads to $250,000 loss. President McKinley to rail against Spain in a strong message.
A Christian Scientist in New York committed death by own action due to ill health. Over 600 young women enroll in Swiss universities. Miss Martha Culver near St Paul said to have killed more wolves than any woman in the north west. J Waldere Kirk robbed in St Louis of 2500 dollars in money and jewelry. James Doel, oldest living actor, celebrated 94th birthday in Maiden Bradley Wiltshire England. India shifts to coal exports about 100000 tons monthly. Bengal hosts principal collieries. Trving McDougall Garfield, 27, wins first law case in Boston city courts. Lynde Bradley in Milwaukee perfects X ray plans for war vessels and field. Rich New York women hire proxies to impersonate them in divorces in Oklahoma. Railway Age predicts new railway building expenditures 1898 not less than 50000000 and possibly over 60000000. New York Methodist conference favors equal representation from each annual conference by 118 to 80. Rope seven miles long and 44 percent inches in circumference weighs about 60 tons for Glasgow subway. Prof J W Hoffman first colored man elected fellow of American Geographical Society. Rev J Avery Shepherd California minister dies in Santa Rosa at age 92. He was in Montgomery Ala when Confederate Congress opened.
Madrid reports the cabinet orders the torpedo flotilla to Cape Verde with reinforcements to Cuba. Vizcaya and Oquendo to return to Havana upon sighting at Porto Rico. Officials fear imminent war as McKinley hints an ultimatum while mediation talks with the pope surface.
Des Moines reports the general assembly passed 97 bills excluding appropriations and several resolutions. The body appropriated 317,032 for state institutions extraordinary expenses and 121,428.95 for general purposes plus 77,500 for support of state institutions. Total session cost to taxpayers: 140,751.87.
The National Brewers union begins a drive for a nine hour workday for brewery workers with Chicago plans to start May 1. The campaign aims to spread nationwide. The report also notes a schooner foundering near Sankaty Light with one survivor and other late 19th century notices including a banker lord dying in church and wage reductions in Marlborough shoes factories.
Washington reports a near consensus that the crisis will climax this week with war possible within seven days. The president and cabinet face final drafting of a congress message amid delays and pressure from war material makers seeking more time. House Republicans debate timing as party leaders seek to avoid a breach with the president while awaiting the message.
A letter dated January 17 1898 from Samuel G Maynes in Dominion City Manitoba asserts strong farming success since migrating from Minnesota in 1892. He details wheat flax and oats crops, dairy and stock operations, cattle and horses, school advantages, rising wealth, and lower Manitoba taxes versus Minnesota. He notes farm ownership, debt free status, and plans to improve life further.
A concise exchange features Puck quipping that Brown is absent minded and Jones is equally lax, noting a habit of lending his wheel. The lines imply a playful critique of memory and generosity among the speakers.
Advertisement lists a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. Includes testimonials of trust in F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio and local wholesalers Ket Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin. Mentions internal use and price seventy five cents per bottle. References Hall's Family Pills and a Boston Traveler quote about a shoe joke.
Allen's Foot-Kase powder claims to cure painful swollen nervous and smarting feet and relieve sting from coins and bunions. It makes tight or new shoes feel easy and treats sweating callous hot tired aching feet. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c trial package free Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY. A young man's socks are not always accidentally exposed.
Grain-O presents as a safe coffee substitute made from pure grain. It claims to comfort nerves, aid digestion, and provide health and strength while matching taste and appearance of top coffee at a fair price. Endorsed with a call to ask grocers.
An advertisement from Salzer Seed Co. La Crosse Wis promotes Salzer’s German Coffee Berry seeds priced at 15 cents per package. The notice claims 300 pounds of better cone yields for growers vs store-bought coffee, and requests 15 cents stamps plus this notice to receive a seed catalogue.
An old advertisement promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement health, gentle action on liver and kidneys, and cure for sick headache with prices 25 and 50 cents.
A testimonial style advert claims St Jacobs Oil cures neuralgia soreness and stiffness, promising ease and relief when used as directed. It suggests a man’s wellbeing depends on a prudent wife and asserts the product as a reliable cure.
The piece highlights how daily tasks strain women and presents testimonials from Mrs Walter Banta Sparkill NY and Mrs P H Haroncroft Kellerton IA praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from uterine inflammation pain backache and related symptoms with free medical advice offered.
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