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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1900
Page
3
Migrants to Reach United States from Europe Estimated at Five Hundred Thousand
Railway officials estimate that 500 00e migrants will come to the United States from Europe this year and that most will settle in the great west and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Great West
Northwest
Will of Inte Dan Rice Leaves Daughter $1000 Yearly
The famous circus clown Inte Dan Rice’s will is public revealing a yearly $1000 allowance for his daughter. The estate includes 10,000 acres of Tennessee coal land, with portions left to relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Rice
Tennessee
National Legislative League Formed in New York City
The National Legislative League organized in New York City with Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake as president and a full corps of officers from several states. Its purpose is to secure equality for women in legal civil and industrial rights through action by the national congress and state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Legislative League
New York City
Lillie Devereux Blake
National Congress
Arctic seal catch rises but scarcity looms for fleet
A sailing fleet report says this year’s seal catch reached 256000, up 50000 from last year. Yet the valuable animals grow scarcer and moral critics warn that continued slaughter will bring consequences similar to the buffalo decline.
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Arctic
Underground telegraph links London to Birmingham
London papers report the completion of the underground telegraph system between London and Birmingham covering 115 miles. Wires run in subterranean conduits at a uniform depth of two and a half feet and are insulated with paper, shielding them from storms and vandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Birmingham
Hetty Green Denies Daughter’s Marriage to Foreign Duke
The wealthy financier Hetty Green rejects rumors that her daughter will wed a foreign duke and declares she would rather a son in law who is a good, smart American newspaper man. A savvy reporter could seize a historic scoop from this developing tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Green
Merée
Span ish swindle victims prompt renewed caution
Several Americ ans have fallen for an old Spanish ruse involving a distant relative and a fortune for a few hundred dollars. The piece notes a rising number of dupes and says the crafty Spaniard is pursuing revenge financially for Manila and San Juan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
San Juan
Archibald Forbes Dies at 62 Noted War Correspondent
Archibald Forbes, a renowned war correspondent, died in London at age 62 from paralysis. In the 1870s he rode 120 miles through rugged terrain to reach a telegraph office and dispatch news of Lord Chelmsford’s Zulu victory in 14 hours, marking the rise of his fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Forbes
London
Lord Chelmsford
Forbes
Secret of prolonging life claimed by New York club
The Hundred Year club of New York says life extension has moved from theory to practice. President Theodore Sutro states longevity hinges on diet and thought. He claims that as long as a man keeps eating and thinking he will not die, and urges readers to remember this rule to possibly save their lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundred Year Club
New York
Theodore Sutro
Harvard Professor Opens Home to Cuban Teachers
Prof Eliot of Harvard offers to shelter 1000 Cuban teachers at the summer school and will open his private residence to them. Harvard faculty will follow his example, showcasing practical patriotism beyond mere sentiment or flag display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Harvard University
Harvard Summer School
Cuba
Porch Climber Robs Chicago Home for 40000 in Jewelry
A bold porch-climber robs a North Side Chicago residence of 40000 worth of jewelry, risking capture and prison. A Chicago lawyer meanwhile nets 500000 in fees without danger or hiding his loot from police, underscoring the author’s satirical moral on legal study versus burglary.
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Chicago
American securities purchase shifts gold expectations across Atlantic
English buyers of American securities would pull gold to the U S as payments are made. Yet Europeans expect many American dollars to flow to them this year. Paris exposition spurs travel abroad and tourist spending may offset funds sent to pay for stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
Week in Review of Congress and Posts Abroad
A report on recent congressional and foreign dispatch activity. Senator Burrows spoke against seating Quay in the Senate on the 12th, with a measure to raise first class post office pay. The House authorized treasury depositories for government funds in Porto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippines and extended pension benefits to widows of Spanish War soldiers. The constitutional amendment for direct popular election of senators passed 240 to 15 in the House. Private pension bills were debated and many passed across both chambers, with eulogies for Gov. Morton marking statue acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrows
United States Senate
Quay
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Porto Rico
Cuba
Philippines
United States
Alaska
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
Capitol
Fire Destroys Business Portion of Oconee
Wisconsin Democrats set a Milwaukee meeting for June 12 to elect delegates to the national convention. Fire swept away the business portion of Oconee, damaging local commerce and prompting emergency response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oconee, N
Wisconsin Democrats
Milwaukee
Exposition Big Crowd as Paris Opens to Public
The Paris exposition attracts a vast audience while the number of US exhibitors reaches 6 564. In the Philippines American forces number 63 585 as of April 1. Reports cite Boer checks south of Bloemfontein and near Kroonstad with Gen Methuen nearing the town. A London dispatch notes Gen Brabant’s victory at Wepener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Philippines
Cornish
Toron
Bohemia
Roberts
Cloemfontein
Methuen
Kroonstad
Builer
Natal
Mafeking
Toronto
Wepener
Elangslaate
Buller
Manila
Maritales
Bay
Washington Relatives and Government Shifts Highlight Day
Ebenezer Burges Ball, elder relative of George Washington, dies in Washington at 84. The secretary of war asks Congress to create six more brigadier generals as rewards for officers. The secretary of the treasury approves Porto Nico tariff customs to begin May 1. John Addison Porter resigns. George L. Cortelyou will succeed. The Spanish minister Duke d Arcas won't attend the Dewey celebration in Chicago. March exports reach a record 134,913,348 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Ebenezer Burges Ball
Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Porto Nico
John Addison Porter
George L. Cortelyou
New York
United States
Duke d’Arcas
Chicago
Gas asphyxiation deaths shock New York couple
Carl FE Walstrom aged 55 and his wife Nellie 54 died from gas asphyxiation in New York. The week ending the 13th saw New York exchanges total 1.875 billion dollars, down from 1.941 billion the prior week, and a 11.6 percent drop from 1899. US business failures numbered 193, up from 182 the week before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carl FE
Walstrom
Nellie
United States
J. Henry Keteham
Congress
George W. Ray
Serena J. Payne
Charles W. Gillet
James V. Wadsworth
J.C. Farrar
Waterbury (Vt
Various Local Happenings Across States in One Report
The notice compiles multiple early 20th century incidents from different states including killings, suicides, disasters, and political shifts. It mentions political moves by the Silver Republicans in Des Moines, a murder in Bakerville Tennessee, a home fire in Denver, a double suicide in Murphyboro Illinois, a breach of promise settlement in Cripple Creek, and other violent deaths, boiler explosions, and civic actions across towns like Clinton Iowa Huntville Alabama Chicago and Columbus Ohio. It notes wartime like policy moves, charitable gifts, and societal changes while preserving names, places, and dates where readable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Republicans
Des Moines
Joseph Stringer
Bakerville
Tenn
Denver
Col
Sinington
Murphysboro
August Young
Katie van Klostere
Nellie Lewis
Sam Strong
Cripple Creek
Cal
Lincoln Republican Party
Benwood
W. Va
Oregon Democrats
Osborne
Chicago
Rufus Wright
Lottridge
Leland Hotel
Winfield
Clearwater
Kan
Columbus
Guy Omer Crabbe
Roy Homer Crabbe
Aidrien E. Dotson
Edna A. Dotson
Wood
Elgin
Ill
Sidney Powers
National and world notes from the era around unrest and politics
United States Senate referred a people elected senator bill to the privileges and elections committee. The House debated a naval appropriation of 61 million dollars and trusts regulation plans. Queen Victoria delays Ireland stay. Supreme Court to hear Kentucky governorship cases on the 30th. A Hamburg Illinois tornado damages homes. Americans report village burnings in Henguet and combat at Batoe. US garrison repels 300 insurgents. 106 killed. Three American soldiers captured and burned on Panay. Amanda Way nominated for Congress by Idaho Prohibitionists. American Steel & Wire closes 12 western plants, 4000 job losses. A drunken riot in Johnstown results in four deaths and two wounded. Ohio General Assembly adjourns sine die. Rev. QO B Wilson killed by lightning. William T. Miller convicted of grand larceny. James Lennon kills wife and self in Troy. Boers lift siege at Wepener and move north. British positions cleared from eastern Orange Free State except Brabant’s forces. Boer commandos block routes between Bloemfontein and Wepener hindering reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
House
United States
Committee On Privileges
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Ireland
Kentucky
United States Supreme Court
Hamburg
Manila
Henguet
Batoe
Panay
Amanda Way
Idaho
American Steel & Wire Company
Johnstown
Seventy-Fourth General Assembly of
Ohio
QO. B. Wilson
Stillman Institute
Tuscaloosa
Diasutoland
Orange River
Hlaemfontein
Wepener
Minor News Items Span Cures and Commerce
A London physician claims hypnotism cures inebriety. A Spanish silver mine is found in Texas after a century. Ex Minister Denby credits American missionaries for China’s open door. The naval board rejects double turrets for new battleships. Bishop Hartzell has traveled 30 000 miles since 1896. A New York widow’s death leaves a blind woman from grief. Maggie G Carmody of Toledo inherits 1 800 000 from Australia. McKinley asks Paris expo building close Sundays. Chaplain Pierce reports no rise in Manila saloons. Mrs Alice Niece’s will leaves 500 000 to charity. Miss Italia Garibaldi arrives to study America. Mississippi’s new capitol due January 1902 cost 1 000 000. Miss Helen Gould receives thousands seeking charity with 1 545 502 in a week. Ohio supreme court upholds margarine color ban. Booth’s 71st birthday in London yields 200 000 purse. Lewis Wilkins of St Paul stands as world’s tallest man at eight feet 11 inches. Rev David Gregg doubts general assembly holds elect children views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Texas
Denby
China
Naval Board of Construction
Bishop Hartzell
Africa
New York
Maggie G. Carmody
Toledo
Australia
McKinley
C. C. Pierce
Manila
Alice KR
Worcester
Mass
W. W. Rice
Italia Garibaldi
Mississippi
Helen Gould
Ohio Supreme Court
William Booth
Salvation Army
Lewis Wilkins
St. Paul
David Gregg
Brooklyn
N. Y
General Assembly
Guardsman slain as Croton Landing unrest escalates
New York dispatch reports a sergeant from Mount Vernon killed during clashes at Croton Landing where national guardsmen arrived to quell a wage strike. Deputy sheriffs fired on strikers to protect cables at Cornell dam as Seventh regiment moves to the scene. Waiters strike and boycotts hit Des Moines restaurants while Southern railway says freight and passenger service largely unchanged in Tennessee and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National
Cornell Dam
Croton Landing
Des Moines
Waiters’ Union
Trades Assembly
Gates confirms 12 Mills Closed Overproduction Across Midwest
John W. Gates of American Steel & Wire confirms 12 constituent mills have shut down due to overproduction. The plants in Pittsburgh Cleveland Joliet Waukegan DeKalb Newcastle and Anderson Volkswagen? Affected capacity ranges 3600 to 4000 tons daily. Indications point to indefinite closures, with up to 4000 workers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gates
American Steel & Wire Company
West
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Joliet
Ill
Waukegan
DeKalb
Newcastle
Ind
Anderson
Gates
Surprised Filipinos and Other Early 1900s News
Manila report cites Captain Dodd’s Third Cavalry surrounding a Benet village, killing 53 insurgents and capturing 44. one American wounded. Another dispatch notes 300 insurgents attacking Batoc in North Socos, repulsed with 106 killed, no American casualties. Also filed are bond payments for fugitives, the death of Milwaukee lawyer Samuel Howard from pneumonia, and a fatal wagon-tongue impalement of farmer John Thrailkill in Kokomo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Dodd
Third Cavalry
Benenet
Young
Batoc
North Socos
Stillman Institute Superintendent Struck Dead by Lightning
Rev. C. B. Wilson of the Stillman Institute in Tuscaloosa was killed Monday during a thunderstorm while using a telephone. The incident occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, and follows a day of severe weather across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
C. B. Wilson
Stillman Institute
Tuscaloosa
Boers in Flight Reported as British Pressure Grows
London reports from multiple correspondents that Boer commandos are retreating in the Free State as Lord Roberts concentrates forces. Wepener and Rouxville have seen Boer movements north and south, with fears of stretched supply lines and horse shortages hindering rapid advance toward Pretoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Roberts
Free State
Daily News
Standard
Daily Telegraph
Morning Post
Bloemfontein
Wepener
Bethany
Natal
Biggarsburg
Ladysmith
Pretoria
Cape
War Office
Rouxville
Bethulie
Reddersburg
Chermside
Basutoland
Lourenzo Marques
Daily Mail
Diggers
Trans- Vaal
Webster Davis
Supreme Court Rules on Stamp Tax in Express Shipments
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of express companies on who pays stamp charges for express packages. Justice White delivered the opinion reversing the Michigan Supreme Court ruling in American Express Company v Attorney General Maynard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Justice White
American Express Company
Maynard
Murderous Row in Windber Leaves Four Dead
Four persons are dead and two wounded after a drunken brawl at a Windber disorderly house run by Mrs. Sioux. An Italian is charged with the killings, but a man matching his description was found dead under a South Fork train. Victims named include John Halverson, McCaulay, Gust Grieyback, and Samuel Shives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Windber
Sioux
South Fork
John Halverson
McCauley
Gust
Morgan Boone Shot On Slaughtersville Excursion Train
Morgan Boone, a colored man, brandished a pistol aboard an excursion train at Slaughtersville and killed a white man with a coupling pin. A confrontation in the colored coach left Boone dead as shots rang out. passengers, including women, were panicked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinsville
Morgan Boone
Slaughtersville
Boone
A Hint for Spring Wall Coating Solutions
Housekeepers seek durable interior solutions as winter wanes. Alabastine cement coating is presented as a clean, pure, long lasting wall finish with easy application and a range of tint options to brighten homes.
Rail excursion sale to southern Garden Spots
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces round trip tickets at about half rates for spring travel to Tennessee Alabama Georgia and West Florida. Excur sions are on the first and third Tuesdays of March and April. Inquiries directed to P Sid Jones in Birmingham or J K Ridgely in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
P. Sid Jones
Birminham
Ala
J. K. Ridgely
Chicago, Il
Wraener in Dispute At Washington Musicale
A brief salon scene reports a sharp exchange about Wagner as a woman questions admiration. the man dismisses the idea noting dissatisfaction with baseball coverage in Washington. The Washington Post fragment hints at a lighter social dispute amid musical elegance. Hall's Catarrh Cure ad copy follows, promoting a constitutional remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wraener
Wagner
Washington
Washington Post
Prize Thought Teaches Forte Dynamics With Schoolchildren
A music teacher in a southern public school tried to explain the signs f and ff in a song. He defines f as forte and asks what ff means. A quick-witted student replies, Highty, prompting amusement as the tale circulates to readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
New Lippincott
Grain-O: a grain drink replacing coffee for all ages
Advertises Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains with a rich brown color like mocha. Claims safe for children and adults, pleasing to all who try it, priced at 15 and 25 cents per package and available from grocers.
Knott's Death Sparks Editor's Sudden Exit
In Baltimore, a local editor fled town after a column headlined Knott Is Nit about the death of Mr. Knott. The piece stirred the Knott family and prompted his abrupt departure.
Allen's Foot-Ease shoe powder advertisement
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into your shoes It rests the feet and cures Corns Bunions Swollen Sore Hot Callous Aching Sweating feet and In growing Nails Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample mailed FREE Address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Respected Her Confidence Poetess The
A stray prose fragment reflects secretive confidences and the speaker’s vow to guard them. The lines evoke a speaker addressing a respected woman with hidden depths and personal vows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Far
Lane's Inimily Medicine Promises Daily Bowels
An 19th century ad-like notice claims Lane's Inimily Medicine ensures daily bowel movement for health, acts gently on the liver and kidneys, aids sick headache, and is priced at 25 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar advertised
An Ohio State Journal snippet touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops claiming quick cough relief, while a warning about unwritten dosing directions accompanies the ad and Putnam Faprefessores are noted as stain-free and kettle-safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale
Pike
Lydia E. Pinkham Advice Promises Help for Women
A promotional notice extols Lydia E. Pinkham Vegetable Compound claiming unmatched success in addressing female ailments. It emphasizes Mrs Pinkham’s free advice, honesty, and decades of trusted experience with testimonials from readers. The advertisement cites Lynn Massachusetts as the company base and asserts broad, ongoing relief for millions of women.
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