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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
2
Levi H. Rogers, who died in Perry, O T at 87, had married eight times with wives of different nationalities. Boston prepares to clear over 200 buildings for a new railway terminal. A railway journal notes 300 lines totaling 17511 miles are under construction, but only about 20 percent to be finished this year.
The New York subtreasury has run short of $1000 notes and such notes are scarce. A noticeable number of people in the area report their supply of these notes also running short.
A compilation of articles suggests that avoiding anxiety may be among the best ways for women to maintain a youthful look and demeanor. The tone emphasizes practical mindset changes over cosmetic steps.
A Chicago girl who fell from her bicycle last year was picked up by a young doctor who married her recently. The piece predicts bicycle accidents this year will be more numerous than average.
A movement aims to pledge every woman’s club member to buy at least one copy of Mark Twain’s new book. The effort enlists women nationwide to support the author through this charitable reading boost.
The New York Ledger notes that in 1856 Robert Bonner bought his first trotting horse when only 19 horses had run a mile in 2 30 or faster. Today, more than 13 000 horses are listed in that elite tally.
The Philadelphia Record reports Scott Zavolt of Michigan shot himself at his residence. Advices later state the residence was unharmed, and the incident occurred in the vestibule.
A New York girl traveled 18 600 miles to Africa to wed an African prince but was left unhappy with the match. The outcome serves as a caution that a preference for a royal or exotic partner can lead to a poor match and inevitable heartbreak.
Florida reports a new corn variety described as wonderfully productive. The American farmer closely observes innovations to help feed the world through enhanced agricultural output.
In the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries doctors lived longer averages each century. The text notes 36 years 5 months, 45 years and months, 49 years 8 months, and 58 years 7 months, joking that doctors took 800 years learning not to take their own medicine.
A coinage of bicycle literature states France’s roads breed punctures due to nails in peasants’ wooden shoes. The nails allegedly shed by sun-dried soles cause flats, and the inventor of a punctureproof tire would gain a fortune in France.
Four Buffalo reporters attending a prize fight in a professional capacity were arrested during a police raid. Judge King released them, stating that doctors, clergymen and reporters may go anywhere without blame, as a matter of law and common sense.
C A Torte warns we are at the initial date for the long predicted end. Totten had shifted dates after failures. Carlisle Indian School alumni Metoxen Lone Wolf excel in football. Sockalexis to play in the National League signaling alleged civilizability progress.
The legislature has made Greater New York an accomplished fact awaiting the governor and city mayors signatures. The new city will have about 3,159,059 residents ranking second globally, 317.77 square miles in area, a length of nearly 35 miles from Mount St. Vincent to Tottenville, and about 3,000 miles of streets.
Lieut Peary proposes a staged Arctic voyage with two white companions to a western Greenland coast base. From there he would escort six married couples and push toward the most habitable northern colony, aiming to reach within 360 miles of the pole by dog sled. It would be a long, harsh exile few would choose.
The Senate opened voting on amendments to the Anglo American arbitration treaty with a measure removing national policy topics from the pact and sending arbitration subjects first to the Senate. In the House the Dingley tariff bill passed 205 to 122 with an immediate effect amendment. The Senate received the tariff bill and referred it to finance. A belligerent recognition resolution for Cuba was introduced. Nominees White to Germany Draper to Italy Butterworth to patents were noted. No Senate session on the 3rd. The House met only to adopt a famine relief vessel charter. Adjourned to the 7th.
A locomotive struck Lyman Cutting and his wife as they crossed a railroad at Shirley and they died instantly. The incident appears in a compilation of disparate 19th century news items, including debt figures, treasury statements, and military retirements.
The East reports President Mel inley and his wife will spend the summer at Lake Sunapee near Newport New Hampshire as guests of Col John Hay. The week ending the 2d saw US leading clearing houses total $905,986,642, up from the prior week. A fatal family incident in Jamestown New York left a stepdaughter dead. a visiting Miss Helen Van Syckle set a barn fire and torched stock, then cut her host’s throat. A Niagara Falls skiff capsized killing Thomas Dowd and Edward Bowling. Forest fires raged across Pocono and Blue Ridge mountains in Pennsylvania.
A wide sweep of calamities includes five drownings near Indian Bay Arkansas and another five from the Madrid Missouri flood, widespread river floods in Mississippi valley, and towns flooded in Tennessee and Illinois. Dozens of lives are lost or endangered as storms and high waters reshape the region.
Fire destroyed the Richardson building in Chattanooga Tennessee killing Boyd Ewing and 8 M Patton. Property loss estimated at 400000.
The article notes reforms to Cuba’s administration to be introduced within the month. It mentions Greece’s king warning of war with Turkey if the blockade expands to the Greek coast. It cites Bismarck’s eighty second birthday and reports a proposed pacific blockade of Athens by international admirals.
Register of deaths and career changes includes Mrs Katherine Fay Ewing founder of America s first children s home who died in Marietta Ohio at 77. Other items note a Savannah merchant s suicide after a love affair, a Chicago bank collapse with 640600 liabilities, and a Kansas City railroad official confessing a 27000 shortage. Also coverage of mayoral elections in Cincinnati and Detroit, senate Cuba war drumhead court martial talk, and a Georgia minister to Japan nomination.
A collection of brief notes: William Waldorf Astor owns 4090 New York houses and earns over 6 million yearly. Mrs. Sarah J Brown left 60000 to Methodist institutions after dying in Bloomsburg PA. A train of American cars is placed on the Southeastern line between London and Hastings. The White Star steamer Civic sailed from Liverpool with 11500 tons of cargo, the largest for New York shipment. Rev Ma Backus of Worth county Missouri argues earth is flat and challenges science. John Kp Kelly of White Cloud Kan becomes first fourth class postmaster under this administration. Chicago railroad men blame dull traffic on a Supreme Court pools ruling. Maj Charles H Miller, veteran of 63 Civil War battles, died in Alegheny PA after a bicycle collision. Pennsylvania reports over 100000 more workers than last year. Florida fishing law fines offenders up to 200 dollars and confiscates gear. William Bloom in Cleveland confesses arson ties and pride in setting fires across cities. Carnegie Steel wins first Orient steel fireproof building contract at Tokio for Matsui and Co plans by architect T Kokawa.
News dispatches from Memphis to Burlington describe widespread flood damage from the lower Mississippi where tens of thousands face scarcity. Refugees flood relief centers, levee breaks drive evacuations, and relief efforts expand as towns like Rosedale and Tunica report heavy losses and scarce provisions.
Rain delays reported across northwest Bengal and central and northern Punjab with some relief in central India. Crops may benefit ahead of the next harvest while prices ease in the affected regions. Brahms Dies in Vienna at 64.
In Kalieni the Bashi Bazouks refused to surrender until Edhem Pasha arrived and European troops enforced a cordon. Arm searches began, only 100 arms surrendered, and fort walls were hit by dynamite. Meanwhile international fleet admirals consider a pacific blockade of Athens, with French opposition. Fighting erupted at Arkotiri between Cretans and Muslims, but Christians were aided by Marines after delay.
In Tacoma April 5 heavy snows and chinook winds trigger the greatest avalanches known in the Cascade mountains. Friday miners at Monte Cristo escaped a massive snowslide only to be buried under ten feet of snow and ice at the base and suffocated before help arrived from nearby Mystery mine.
Gov. Scofield vetoed the McGillivray anti trust measure in Madison. He said the outside combination provisions violated interstate commerce and would be pernicious. He also described the bill as harsh and unreasonable.
In Buffalo on Saturday night a boat capsized on the Niagara River during a fishing trip. Thomas Dowd 23 and Edward Bowling 39 drowned, James O Hara survived. Bodies likely carried over the falls. rescue attempts made near shore as drifting ice hampered efforts. In Chicago Dr J H Walton a Dubuque physician committed suicide in Lincoln Park cutting his throat before witnesses, believed temporary insanity after illness.
The Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa sailed to New York to be present at the Grant mausoleum dedication on April 27. Also reported is Emory Stockhouse's arrest in Canton for passing counterfeit money, captured while hiding in a cook shanty at the workhouse quarry. A Racine fishing smack reports seaman Peter Sorenson drowned after a fall overboard.
Special correspondence outlines Iowa proposed $5,000 silver service for the battleship Iowa to be shown in Des Moines before its voyage east. Gov. Drake may accompany the party, with trials and navy acceptance potentially months away.
Advertisement explains deafness from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and catarrh. Promises cure with Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, offering $100 for uncured cases. Includes Toledo company address and druggist sale details. Includes a joke about a groom kissing the bride in the Detroit Journal.
Monon Route health resorts in Indiana attract guests at French Lick West Baden and Paoli Springs with improved facilities and dry air. West Baden’s covered bicycle track draws national attention while Paoli Springs emphasizes lithia springs and affordable rest. Monon offers five daily Chicago to Springs trains with Pullman service.
An 1897 notice boasts the Crescent Hotel in Bereka Springs Arkansas opening March 1 with modern stone fireproof design in the Ozarks and cites rates, excursion tickets via St Louis and Frisco lines, plus contact details for Geo. T. Nicholson and the Eureka Springs manager. It also includes assorted patent medicine pitches and unrelated quips from various publications touting cures and products.
Miss Saran Smith of 311 North Park Street Chillicothe Ohio reports months of poor health with back pains sleeplessness and headaches improving after taking Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says appetite returned sleep improved and pains nearly vanished while gaining in flesh and continuing use.
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