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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1895
Page
1
An eccentric scientific observer speculates cats swear, while claiming human home life fosters foul language. Tobacco markets show forty two states growing the leaf with major shares in Kentucky and nearby states. Camphor prices surge nearly 100 percent in a year as supply tightens worldwide. A Maine man’s fondness for dandelions triggers hay fever from pollen exposure.
New York Governor Morton contributes a pen to a Boston collection at Mrs. Mary H. Hunt’s home. The pens in the display were used by state governors to sign temperance education laws.
As Napoleon has been dead for about seventy five years Norwegians conclude it is time to untie the Corsican knot and lovers of democracy welcome the prospect of a new republic arising in Europe.
The St. Louis Republic reports corn will dominate again this year with US aggregate production projected at 2.4 billion bushels, nearly double last year's crop, based on acreage and condition from the latest government report.
The Englishwoman argues for conferring knighthoods and honors on women as they enter fields once barred to them. She notes the new woman demands full parity and rejects any pretense of traditional restrictions.
A newspaper notes Shakespearean lines recast to describe cycling fashion. The adapted opening proclaims all the world a road with people as riders, using tandems and safeties to illustrate the cycle culture and its seven age stages.
SexoRA Di Corsino, a Chilean widow of mature age with an income of 200,000,000 yearly, plans to visit the country. She arrives in New York first, where she dwarfs local millionaires in wealth and is educated in mines and ranches as the source of her fortune.
The aged critic John Ruskin was asked if parents should leave fortunes to offspring. He replied that if children are strong they should be cast from the chest like a bird, but the nest should stay open for them. Some say his faculties waver. others insist he has preserved them well.
A Delaware county farmer died after his sleep kicking at a dream dog caused him to kick through a window. The cut glass led to blood poisoning, ending his life. The tale cautions against dangerous sleeping proximity to glass panes.
Mrs. Nelson Young of Palm Beach Florida, an expert cyclist, wore a bloomers outfit to amuse onlookers and provoked A G McDonald who argued modest dress. She drew a pistol in reply and he apologized, retracting his remark for publication. The piece ends with a flourish that she has arrived.
Dr. J P Grupons of Syracuse claims recent Auburn executions used immediate voltage on Johnson and Taylor with Taylor reviving briefly before death and Johnson supposedly revived by artificial respiration before a second current. The report references a long list of 1900s shipwrecks across multiple seas and coasts.
A neighboring state woman declares she might wed for money if the suitor is rich and refined. She lists wealth, a curling mustache, aristocratic family, and promises of freedom and generous funds as factors that would overcome any drawbacks.
Secretary Carlisle directs refunds of income tax receipts to rightful claimants. The year ended June 30 shows total receipts of 143,245,977, a drop of 3,922,471 from 1894. Week ending June 26 sees 202 US business failures. Jackson Hole massacre rumors denied. Verona asylum fire injures superintendent. Spirit Lake pioneers honored. multiple murders and lynchings reported nationwide. Oklahoma court bars divorces. hail destroys 80,000 acres in North Dakota. heavy lightning deaths near Three States Missouri. other incidents across states.
A roundup of varied 1895 notices: LB P Cheney dies in Wellesley at 80, immigrant arrivals to New York exceed 1894 by about 40,000, Norwich Congregational Church fire kills two children, Pittsburgh coal miners choose wage rise or strike, freight wreck at New Florence claims Fireman Peter Cover, G G Williams fails for 100000, oil price drop ends wildcatting, NL baseball weekly percentages listed, New York toy stores and millinery firms suffer 220 loss, George Wolfe sets bicycle record Chicago to New York in 6 days 3 hours 4 minutes, Rev Edward Beecher dies at 92 in Brooklyn, 12000 New York tailors strike for wages and shorter hours.
The news item lists drownings from Platte River near Columbus Nebraska and Mississippi River at Burlington Iowa, and notes drownings in Kentucky Florida and Ontario. It covers a 2 percent tax bill on baseball revenues in Illinois and a Sunday ban, crop prospects in the west, lynchings, murders, hangings, shipwrecks, and cholera outbreaks in Japan and Canada. It concludes with a Japanese cholera toll and global war talk.
Grain stocks for Wheat and Corn are tallied in the United States while ships burn off Queenstown and seamen drown. Cuba pardons prisoners as silver party talk rises in St Louis. A 105 year old dies in Burlington and a Chicago judge passes. Wrecks, floods, dockets of strikes, bank failures, tornadoes and fraud intFile.
A Chicago July 34 report on the Horr-Harvey silver debate ends with closing remarks in an Illinios club session. Delegates note the eight day, 145000 word exchange, the manuscript closing within seven days, and resolutions thanking the club, participants, and supporters for the extensive information aired.
Police excavate a large brick vault beneath Holmes charnel house amid hints of a ritual disposal site. They seek evidence of bodies and links to the articulator Chappel and janitor Quinlan while weighing if remains belong to Holmes victims. Toronto weighs extradition costs as case looms.
About 20 000 members of the Brotherhood of Tailors struck in New York Brooklyn and Newark on Monday with no disorder reported A monster mass meeting is planned at Cooper Union Tuesday evening where Samuel Gompers is expected to speak.
Indian Agent Teter dispatches Rexburg Idaho July 28 noting settlers at Jacksons Hole not molested by Indians. Lemhi and other tribes reportedly encamped nearby with no signs of attack as hundreds march to reinforce defenses. tourism halted and settlers prepare rifle pits as Seventeenth Infantry moves toward the area.
In Huntixneron West Virginia on July 30 Charles Ringo, previously tried and released on one killing, now faces a new charge for a second death. He confesses his wife strangled both stepsons and discarded their bodies in the river, claiming he witnessed the crime but kept silent. He will present letters tying to the case as authorities pursue Mrs. Ringo, who denies guilt.
Ten thousand people watched Monday as the Lake Washington canal project began with the dredge Anaconda operation. Miss Semple, daughter of ex-Gov Semple, pulled the lever at 11 30 as Gov McGraw and ex Gov Semple spoke. The tide lands filling will reclaim 1500 acres and connect the harbor to Lake Washington by a ship canal able to handle the largest vessels. Cost is estimated at 6 million dollars with six years to completion.
New York July 30 The government bond syndicate deposited 2 million in gold with the subtreasury to replace gold withdrawn by holders shipping abroad this month The move lifts the government gold balance to the highest level since bond payments began See also decisions against Gen Butler estate and Iowa silver defeat in Democratic conventions.
In a quiet glen three old men sit among vast mountains and drift into sleep as centuries pass. The first wakes and speaks of a single word and a cow’s lowing. The third complains and urges the others to let him sleep, while the mood shifts to quiet after a long, dreamlike pause.
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