20 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1899
Page
1
Burlington, a Boston suburb, marked its hundredth anniversary with a note that the population has grown by 39 percent over the past 96 years.
Mrs. Ela Knowles Haskell of Helena Montana has just retired from the office of assistant attorney general becoming the first and only woman to hold the post.
New York's benevolent pawn shop paid six percent last year and loaned $900,000 on 41,000 pledges with nearly all redeemed on time. Managers call the program a complete success.
A growing fashion uses back facing addresses and stamps with directions across folds. This method marks letters so unauthorized readers see the folded note and know it was inspected or handled.
Col Leonard recalls the Twelfth New York being mustered out with praise for supplies and savings. He notes no casualties in Cuba and credits generous support from the United States in food clothing and funds.
The American signal corps completes an overland telegraph route from Havana to Santiago. The trunk line now spans the island, running more than three miles daily.
A columnist urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to draft a law that punishes crimes begun in one state and completed in another. The piece argues for cross state jurisdiction to stop criminals who plan harm in one location and execute it across borders, advocating sectioned enforcement.
A Swedish inventor claims a new light-based power transmission can guide a torpedo to return to the operator like a boomerang. He notes the likely small market for such a device would hinder profitability and large scale experimentation.
Admiral Dewey informs the Navy Department that three Spanish cruisers sunk at Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, have been repaired and are nearly ready for service. One will be commissioned soon, with crew sizes requested for the others. the admiral is praised as a capable re constructor and destroyer.
A Honolulu newspaper excerpt lists random delinquent taxpayer names from Hawaii in 1898. The sample shows multiple individuals such as Alapaki Bila Alapai Ah Kui Ah You and Ellen Kahauaela with other names, noting the Ks occupy three columns.
The London Spectator hails Gen. Wood for his Santiago administration as a model for nations with colonial experience. It notes his latest call for immediate establishment of public schools and praises the move as essential, citing Cuba's history of denying education to the poor.
Engineer Germain of the French ministry claims an adapted telephone wire microphone that intensifies received vibrations so a user need not place the receiver to the ear or speak into the transmitter. The device purportedly enables two people to converse from several yards apart. Official tests reportedly declare the invention a success.
The retired Supreme Court justice Stephen J Field died in Washington at age 88. He was the last Lincoln appointee among the famous court justices. Field served 34 years, the longest tenure after Chief Justice Marshall, retiring in 1897.
French statistics show a sharp rise in smoking among women over the past year with both cigarettes and pipes gaining popularity beyond private rooms. Noted figures include the duchess de Uzes and the marchioness Bouchefou seen smoking publicly after dinner and a reported 607 million cigarettes consumed yearly.
Exports for nine months total 47.7 million dollars this year versus 612 million prior year. Gen Joseph Wheeler to be Manila military governor. McKinley sets aside 136000 acres near Lake Tahoe as forestry reserve and public park. March gold exports 1.11 million, imports 3.19 million, surplus 2.08 million. silver exports 5.29 million, imports 3.13 million, surplus 2.16 million. Consuls in Spain to resume posts. Mortgage relief extended for Cuban planters. Lawrence Townsend named to Brussels as successor to Storer. Storer going to Spain.
A farmer named Andrew Mack shot his wife and then killed himself in a rural area near Gainesville Alabama after a tire swept away the business portion of Nutland Tl. The event leaves two deaths and a local investigation underway.
Gen Lawton's forces push 12 miles north from Santa Cruz capturing Pauete and Longos after a gunboat shelling. Five Americans dead two wounded. Lawton heads for Manila and possible move toward Laguna de Bay while Spain coordinates with Otis on Zamboanga. Also reports Bolivia's president Alonzo defeated and floods in Ontario.
United States news notes list a postponed commander in chief election for the Grand Army of the Republic until the next encampment. Other items report 1588 business failures in the week ending the 14th, higher exchange totals, and mentions of notable deaths.
Eva Penniston aged 18 of Anderson Ind died in a coughing fit. The round of news items notes a near total destruction by fire in Pomeroy Jr with $100000 loss, mine finds in Holguin Cuba, a fatal boiler explosion in Chippewa Falls Wis, and a Cleveland blaze causing nearly $1 million in damage and injuries.
Advices from Manila report the rebel seat of government has moved from San Tremando to Tarlie in Pampanga. A 22 member Filipino committee met to discuss plans for establishing peace on a substantial basis.
A roundup of short items notes Argentina expects 4.5 million tons of maize for export, Mrs. McKinley improves, El Correo Espanola suppressed as British property, American Linseed Oil buys four Twin Cities mills for 3 million, Britain informs Germany Tonga plans, Powers Maine calls June 19 special for second district seat, Yankee clipper Renee completes 16 000 miles in 96 days, Laurin Martin wins Birmingham England prize, Rev Dr Alsop elected Fulfillment secretary, Charles Dial California baseball star dies from brain injury, only two full admirals afloat Dewey and Hopkins, French navy rank cap at vice admiral, US China parcel post treaty ratified, Evangelina Walker inherits 75000 on marriage eve.
The U S cruiser Raleigh returns from Manila accompanied by two captured gunboats and a flotilla of excursion steamers. A reception at Glen Island with Mayor Van Wyck precedes a windy parade past Grant's Tomb, with salutes from ships and shore batteries as the fleet moves to anchorage off Thirty fourth Street.
A Washington dispatch notes only about seven percent of volunteers offered a $500 travel bonus would reenlist, with prefered collective return home over individual discharge. In Manila Gen Lawton and Gen Otis argue over Santa Cruz and evacuation plans as Lawton warns of needing 100000 troops to quell continued hostility.
A man asks for Mr B in a shared downtown office. Mr T denies Mr B is present, and the caller stays to wait until six. The caller jokes about being ill with smallpox and staying indoors while Mr T worries whether the teller lied. The scene unfolds as a test of truth and patience.
A warning tale notes a man swallowed his false teeth and went mad, endorsing Hostetter's Stomach Bitters for indigestion constipation kidney and liver troubles malaria fever ague and nervous affections. The ad claims wide effectiveness and states druggists carry it.
Dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal recalling past romance. A man notes his arm around his partner’s waist when they were engaged, while she questions why he never does now. The exchange preserves a nostalgic, intimate tone.
An advertisement touts Kemp's Balsam as stopping coughs immediately. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents, warning delaying can be dangerous.
A collage of light humor and medicine ads appears with snippets from Puck and Town Topics, a joke about persuading a firm, a dramatic line about a father’s failure, and light exchange about leghorn chickens. Also includes cures for cold and cough with brief ad copy for Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Hale's Honey of Tar Pike's Toothache Drops.
A historic medical appeal touts Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder diseases and claims efficacy for blood diseases rheumatism liver and stomach troubles. The ad offers a free sample by mail and a book of testimonials, with Dr Kilmer and Co of Binghamton NY promoting fifty cent and one dollar bottle sales.
A tipster circular touting stock profits prompts a reply arguing a duck egg scheme is far superior. The rebuttal notes a girl turned 15 cents into steady profits, suggesting 32,000 cents ($320) per $100 in three years, vastly outperforming claimed stock gains and endorsing duck eggs as a superior investment.
Maryville Missouri April 17 Ida Ewing was acquitted of murdering her sister in law Lizzie Ewing in September after a family spat ended in Lizzie’s death. The defense argued self defense claiming Ida fired after Lizzie attacked with a pistol.
Two men admire a jewelers display and denounce a red tray scarfpin as a convincing fake. One notes it is an enameled imitation while the object flies away in a surprising moment, leaving them silent and unsettled.
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