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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1906
Page
6
April 18 quake destroyed vast areas of San Francisco and sparked fires that consumed 12 square miles. Troops and volunteers fought the blaze with dynamite and water mains failing, leaving homelessness, casualties, and a global aid response.
The fire devastates San Francisco, destroying most downtown districts and wealthier homes. Relief pours in from Los Angeles and across the West as tents replace ruined businesses and trains rush supplies to the stricken city. Authorities plan rapid rebuilding while calls for a special state session for aid grow.
Oakland April 23 reports San Francisco papers burned out as papers begin to take shape after the disaster. A morning combination sheet bearing the heading Call Chronicle examiner was printed in the Oakland Tribune office with a brief disaster account and an optimistic view for the stricken city.
Pittsburg, Pa April 23 John Murphy millionaire banker and philanthropist notified Mayor Guthrie that he would pay railroad fare of 1,000 homeless San Francisco families to this city, give them houses rent free for a year and furnish employment. Murphy has already placed ten houses at his disposal rent free for a year for arriving families within a week.
A San Francisco report describes hidden tunnels beneath Chinatown that collapsed after a strong shock. Three story-high streets above and tunnels 50 feet below contributed to uncharted casualties as the quake destroyed structures and rookeries.
San Francisco officials meet to chart the best plan to open burned bank vaults and stabilize finances. Merchants' Exchange Fairmount hotel and Monadnock building to offer public offices immediately after expert engineers declare their structures safe.
At a meeting of postal authorities with the military at the post office building in San Francisco plans were completed for the resumption of mail service. Nine branch offices will soon be in operation and letters will be accepted without stamps or envelopes and reach their destination without delay. The guidance advises addressing mail to the old street number unless the new address is known.
In San Francisco on April 23 survivors cooked suppers by fires before their houses as disaster winds sparked many blazes. Officials issued orders to extinguish all fires and to suppress building fires in front of homes.
Oakland reports a large fire in San Francisco started in fifteen places simultaneously, blamed on broken electric wires and lamp and oil stove disruptions in tenement districts after the earthquake. The city avoided wider disaster when the power plant supervisor shut off electricity at once.
San Francisco April 23 Mrs Hugh Crum a wealthy property owner reports all income property destroyed but has some bank funds and subscribes 10000 to the relief fund. Other well off residents are aiding the committee as food and supplies reach the needy.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises three daily through trains from Chicago to New York City with through sleeping car service to Boston and intermediate points. Trains depart La Salle Street Station. Rates are stated as the lowest with no excess fares. Dining service features modern club meals from 35 cents to 1.00 and a la carte options. Contact J Y Valahan, General Agent, 113 Adams St., Chicago for details.
A writer receives a publishing check and proclaims he has found the secret of living by writing, in a Chicago Tribune item.
A dialogue shows a mistress asking for a refined servant while an applicant recounts surgeries for appendicitis and two bouts of pneumonia poisoning in a humorous exchange from Meggendorfer Blatter.
Cure for hot sweaty feet callous swollen and aching feet. Sold by all druggists. Price 25 cents. Trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Do not accept any substitute.
A fragment soup of vintage ad lines and quips. Mentions Dear mother and baby coughing warnings, a digestive remedy Garfield Tea, Lewis cigar, Mrs Winslow soothing syrup for teething, and a humorous jab about hat sizes. Includes stray commentary on worth and pure food law.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for the perimenopausal period. It cites warnings of anxiety, headaches, hot flashes, and other symptoms, claiming the product strengthens the nervous system and invites women to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. Testimonies from Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Hinkle are presented to support efficacy.
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