02 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1894
Page
1
A new mowing machine is being built for use on the Erie canal. It is designed to run along the canal bed and cut the long grass that grows there, indicating innovation in canal maintenance.
The little daughter of Archduke Stephen of Austria is named Maria Immaculata Caroline Margarethe Blanca Leopodline Beatrix Ann Josefine Rafasaela Michela Stanislaus Ignaz Hieronymous Camiro Katharina Petra Caecilia.
The piece reports a surge of interest in Mashonaland with twenty one seasoned California miners sailing from New York and thousands more from Australia reportedly en route, signaling a potential gold rush scenario.
A new pulseo meter lets life insurance examiners assess an applicant's heart condition accurately. An electric pen records the heartbeat on prepared paper, tracing its rhythms to indicate pulse strength or weakness with high fidelity.
The passage explains that in a limited firm each partner is liable only for their individual share. A partner owning one third risks only that portion. It also notes that in railroading a limited train can refer to restrictions on car number or class.
The young duke of York's son, future English king, was baptized with Jordan water and given the names Edward Albert George Andrew Patrick David Christian. If he ascends the throne, he may choose one of those names for his reign.
CHARLOTTE widow of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico reaches her fifty fourth birthday on June. Her mental health has declined since her husband s death. she was able to play piano recently but now shows loss of interest and is in a state of stupor as her physical powers wane while her brother the King of Belgium visits.
Henry C Worn author of Marching Through Georgia was Hartford resident and died in August 1884. The G A R decorates his grave yearly and now a monument to his memory is being pursued. He formerly prospered in Chicago before the great fire ruined him.
The piece notes that Manning and Folger died from treasury duties while most secretaries have long lives. It lists seven surviving former treasury secretaries Hugh McCulloch George Boutwell Benjamin Bristow John Sherman Walter Gresham Charles Fairchild and Charles Foster. It also names seven surviving ex secretaries of war including Schofield Cameron Ramsay Lincoln Proctor Endicott and Elkins.
The article notes that type setters can work later in life than blacksmiths carpenters or engineers. It cites many compositors aged 70 or 60 still active while other trades seldom sustain work at those ages. It highlights the aging yet viable nature of the typography profession.
Harriet Sackert a recluse near Smiths Mills New York died at home. Thirty years earlier she and sister Julia refused to rise from bed and were cared for by mother then by a distant relative who later died. Julia resumed duties while Harriet became paralyzed and wasted. The sisters were not poor, having inherited property.
J. E. Winner, a West Twelfth street cafe regular, wrote the words and music for Little Brown Jug as a diversion. He copyrighted the tune, selling in the hundred thousands and earning him a tidy sum as the author. His brother Seo wrote The Mocking Bird, bringing a small fortune. Curiously, Winner has always been a total abstainer.
A roundup notes Senate tariff debates and House actions on pensions and postmaster oaths. It reports executions for murder, factory fires, railroad wrecks, and forest blazes across multiple states, with notable deaths and a 100th birthday celebration in Andrew Iowa.
Exchanges at leading clearing houses for the week ended the 27th totaled 770,418,388 dollars, down from 857,811,487 the prior week. The seven day period saw 240 business failures, fewer than the 286 of the previous week and 886 in the same period last year.
Fiamus destroyed the business portion of Great Bend New York a village of 8000 inhabitants. Michael Delenneg Frank Matchicz and Charles Drewiacz were drowned in the Susquehanna river at Plymouth Pennsylvania by a boat capsizing. The Massachusetts republican state convention will be held at Boston October 6. The New York supreme court refused a new trial to John Y McKane the convicted boss of Gravesend now in Sing Sing. In thirty three days H B Burleigh aged 75 years drove from his farm in South Dakota to his old home in Buffalo New York a distance of 1581 miles. For the week ended on the 28th the percentages of the baseball clubs in the national league were Boston .663 Baltimore .622 New York .608 Cleveland .571 Brooklyn .560 Philadelphia .527 Pittsburgh .525 Cincinnati .500 St Louis .422 Chicago .410 Louisville .825 Washington .201. James W Gannon''s three children accidentally locked themselves in the closet of a caboose at Hartford Connecticut and were not found until dead. Mary Lonponderry who purposes encircling the globe on a bicycle in eighteen months started from New York. A building on Fulton street New York occupied by a number of firms was gutted by fire the loss being 150 000. The death of James Mulligan of Mulligan Letter fame occurred at Maynard Massachusetts aged 58 years.
Republicans in Milwaukee nominate W H Upham for governor Emil Baensch for lieutenant governor Henry Casson secretary of state S A Peterson treasurer W A Mylrea attorney general John Q Emery superintendent of public instruction Duncan McKenzie railroad commissioner Dr W A Frecke for insurance commissioner Their platform backs protective tariffs silver parity with gold separation of church and state and free public schools.
Seventeen seamen drown when the British bark La Lacheur foundered off Cape St James Pro vost island. Cholera spreads through Galicia in western Cracow and near the Russian frontier. War declared between China and Japan. Corea king imprisoned. Cable spliced at Heart's Content. Kow Shing sunk. 40 saved of 2000. Fire destroys 2000 houses at Cottel. casualties feared. SHORLAND sets 460 miles 900 yards in 24 hours at Herne Hill breaking record.
A senate bill proposes issuing 50 million dollars in treasury notes to be allotted pro rata to states for relief of the worthy poor. House joint resolution extends this year’s appropriations to August 14. Boen proposes aliens cannot own land. Boutelle congratulates Hawaii on becoming a free republic. Miners strike in Michigan ends. a yacht capsizes in the Hudson with three drowned. Bicycle record falls to 12 20 4 5 by Titus at Lafayette. Prices drop as San Francisco fruit glut persists. Fire in Minneapolis lumber district causes heavy losses. Pathfi nder sinks Glade Tidings. crew saved. Heat deaths total seven in NYC area. Livestock moves to market. Chicago receipts hit record. A Louisville murder suicide. Cooper Mayo College destroyed by fire. Livermore Falls loss. Cornelius Mues murders wife then kills himself. Cyclone at Watonga causes damage. Nominations: Michigan and Pennsylvania districts listed.
AsuLanp Wis July 81 Loss of property about 8 million and at least fifteen dead from northern Wisconsin fires. Phillips wiped out Mason nearly destroyed with 80,000,000 feet lumber Ashland Lumber near Shores Crossing destroyed. Bridges on Wisconsin Central and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis rail line burned. Gov Peck aides mobilize relief as fires spread toward Ashland and Channing area.
Washington dispatch reports large delegations from Coxey, Kelly, and Frye armies appealing to the House Labor Committee for government help to return to their locales. Leaders are said to have deserted their followers, provoking distrust and anger among Pacific coast recruits.
On the 25th and 26th the senate heard Mr Caffery and Mr Daniel speechifying on sugar duties as Senator Quay proposed three amendments to the tariff reform plan. Vilas defended the president against charges of duplicity while condemning executive interference and praising Cleveland. Committees prepared further conference after a tie vote on a sugar differential and a defeated motion to recede from coal and iron duties.
Denver Chief of Police Armstrong reports chain of evidence against 25 suspects in the tarring and feathering of Adjt. Gen. Tarsney. Two women apprehended as part of the group. State Treasurer Nancy pays reward of 250 dollars.
The British Museum holds 1,700,000 volumes placing it second. Paris Bibliotheque Nationale leads with 2,225,000 volumes. Berlin and Imperial Russia libraries each about 1,000,000. Library of Congress has 685,000 bound volumes and 230,000 pamphlets. Washington plans a new national library building costing $6,000,000 with forty miles of steel shelves at $90,000.
A didactic exhortation urges boys to cling to virtue and truth as enduring wealth. It stresses maintaining good character, honest temper, and self control in anger or provocation for lasting benefit.
July heat records sweep Minnesota North and South Dakota northern Iowa Nebraska and Kansas. Temperatures from 100 to 112 degrees in shade ruin wheat and corn prospects with drought and hot winds crippling crops from Mankato to Emporia. No sunstroke reports in Twin Cities though heat remains extreme.
The Don weekly review reports gold outflow and treasury strain, wheat at record lows under 55 cents, and uncertain tariff impact. Rail delays and strikes cloud revival, with varied activity across sectors. Wheat, cotton, and wool markets show shifts. textile firms partly active. 249 U.S. failures and 39 in Canada for the week.
Three Ganlon children Raymond nine Leroy seven and Freddie four missing since Thursday were found dead Sunday in a freight caboose near their home in Hartford. Medical examiner rules accidental asphyxiation no foul play suspected.
London reports Carl Sievers says the Erling arrived at Tromsoe and confirmed the Ragnvald Jarl near Amsterdam Island reported Wellman expedition well and advancing toward the north pole. In Cleveland on July 30 Robert J. set a new five heat pace record at 2:07 5.
Fragmentary text from the Boston Journal notes a child mentioning a cold in the head and a summer girl’s demure reply, with unclear surrounding context and reporting.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad will sell excursion tickets to all South points for trains on August 7 at one fare round trip. Ask your ticket agent for details or write to C. P. Atmore, main Passenger Agent, Louisville, Kentucky.
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