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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1897
Page
1
The piece contrasts Ottoman Constantinople's female literacy under 5,000 readers against Alabama's coeducation at the state university. A clergyman quips that wealth can be legal yet wicked, while reflections ponder the fate of pins and the playful mischief of young men with summer girls.
A physician warns excessive tea harms the nervous system brain appetite and digestion and leaves feet cold though people keep drinking tea. Two branches of New York pneumatic tube mail will open in October speeding parcel delivery across the city to minutes.
An eastern scientist declares love a disease and speculates on contagion and cures. He doubts any simple remedy and jokes about survival of the fittest as science probes the bottom facts, while noting the possibility of ending in a lunatic asylum.
A Florida man lured two boys into his room and cut his throat in their presence. The report notes no details on the boys’ reaction or the outcome beyond the fatal attack.
North region gold finds spark a debate among philologists on the correct spelling. Klondike appears most likely to prevail amid varied forms such as Klondyke Clondike and Clondike despite no established rule.
The article states no public lands remain in New England states and several eastern states while listing large acreages in Ohio Florida Alabama Louisiana Michigan and Wisconsin. It notes other public lands are located in western states and territories.
Europe’s 1897 wheat crop is projected at 100.6 to 120 million bushels, smaller than 1896, while on‑hand reserves are lower than in recent years. The ensuing six to eight months favor a strong wheat market, a welcome development for United States growers who may export 75 to 100 million bushels more than in 1896.
Mrs Aldrich of San Diego California dies leaving a line of widows who drew pensions from the government. Once 13 such women existed now only six remain as they are very old. Born in 1800 she was a decade after the British left New York her husband was at least forty years older.
In Mount Vernon NY 92 year old Amelia Kohler inspired Tom Moore to write The Last Rose of Summer with the line she uttered. A separate note recalls doctors in St Louis seeking to halt an execution by surgery after a murderer died from the attempt to restore reason. The tale ends with a grim joke on peaceful sentiments.
The president amended civil service rules to require just cause written charges for removals and included all custom house employers in the classified service. Internal revenue receipts for year to June 30 1897 totaled 146 619 508 a drop of 211 106 from prior year. Tariff act copies circulated in senate document rooms. pamphlet of 70 pages. McKinley appointed engineers to survey a deep waterway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. US business failures for week ending June 30 numbered 236 up from 227 and 281 year earlier with tariff-related import increases causing a government loss estimated at 32 666 427.
An annual gathering of the National Temperance society begins in Ocean Grove New Jersey while heavy rains flood Rahway Fanwood and nearby towns. Notable deaths include Capt John TH Johnson Gen Sheridans chief of scouts and Mount Clair physician John H Love.
Multiple brief items report drownings and hangings in Illinois Wisconsin and Texas. Floods and fires devastate Hillsboro and Ottawa while storms hit Alabama and Iowa. Notable events include aviation, banking, politics, and public debt figures plus a carrier pigeon record and a suicide in New Jersey.
George and Willie Young brothers Henry Hall and Fred Bridgeford died in a Kansas City Missouri incident in July. The tragedy followed a heat wave smashing city records for ten years.
In dense fog off Newfoundland the steamer Scandinavian and the Florence collided, drowning four seamen and the captain's wife. Amid other world items a Central American Union treaty forms the Republic of Central America to take effect September 15. News also notes Havana anti government actions, Greek peace preliminaries, a Tasmanian wreck with six drowned, Greece rejecting financial control, a Crimea flood toll of 150 dead, and floods in Silesia Bohemia causing heavy losses.
A mix of brief notes: talk of a $6 million steel bridge linking Boston to East Boston. Mark Twain birthplace house in Florida, Missouri, demolished. Trondhjem marks 900th anniversary. Washington directory overrun with Washingtons. Delaware peach crop estimate. hot granite quarries at Concord New Jersey. Yang Yu introduces wife in Washington society. Virginia secession recollections slated by historians. Missouri fights bogus medical diplomas. London hospital for women fully female staff with few deaths. long Philadelphia post office and Sumner service tenures. Brockway returns from Egypt with ancient boat find. New York naturalist notes 173 bird feather types on hats. Church of England bishop Creighton wears mitre and cope at confirmation.
Riot and unlawful assembly charges lead to the arrest of Patrick Dolan by order of Thomas de Armitt as 500 marchers head toward De Armitt mines. The scene near Turtle Creek grows tense with 6 000 expected at the 11 am meeting at McCreas schoolhouse.
William Cummings, head of nonunion workers brought to Scottdale by the Scottdale Iron and Steel company, was shot and killed outside the Commercial hotel. A dozen shots fired after a confrontation with strikers led to arrests and an inquest. Hubbs found guilty. Tense crowd and ongoing rioting fears noted.
Charles Warren Spalding, former president of Globe Savings Bank, was found guilty of embezzlement by a Chicago jury. The judge delayed sentence pending the supreme court, with indeterminate terms ranging from one to fifteen years. The case involves hypothecating 32 Macoupin county bonds to secure a $25,000 loan for the First National Bank while treasurer of the state university.
At Ridgewood park Brooklyn during a Hes sian festival a performer identified as Prof Arion real name McDonald rode a bicycle on a wire about 75 feet high. A broken pedal toppled the bike and he fell pulling an electrical display wire. He fractured ribs and suffered internal injuries and died after hospital admission.
Thomas Cushing, 33, a Cleveland resident, slit his throat in a boardinghouse room and leaped from a mirror to a hospital window. He fell 50 feet to the engine-room roof, crashed through a skylight, struck an iron bar, and survived the initial fall though doctors fear he will die.
Carlisle Indiana mourns as Mr and Mrs Grant Hammond and Mr and Mrs Abnert Morris drown during a bathing party. Clothing found on river bank suggests cramps or attempted rescue led to the deaths. The incident follows a separate report of African tribal fighting and other distant events on Aug 2.
Reports from Santa Fe and Rock Island lines indicate about 40 percent overall Kansas Oklahoma and Cherokee strip crop damage, with 60 to 70 percent possible if hot winds persist. Extreme heat spans the nation with Kansas City at 102 degrees and storms causing crop damage from Wisconsin to Indiana.
Samuel C. Dunham of the federal labor bureau travels from Washington to Alaska to study business opportunities, capital investment, employment, wages, living costs, climate, and transport to the Klondyke region. He sails from San Francisco August 9 and aims to report by March 1 with findings from the winter and early spring work.
A Milwaukee Sentinel dispatch from Sheboygan reports William J. Mallman a prominent businessman and Republican county chair was found dead on a Milwaukee street Sunday morning. He had traveled to Milwaukee the previous day and died from apoplexy while walking home. His body lay in rain all night and was barely recognizable.
The article explains washing delicate summer gowns as a fine art. It recommends warm water two thirds full, ivory soap, thorough washing, rinsing in clear and blue water, wringing, thin starch, shade drying, and ironing on the wrong side to keep gowns looking fresh all summer.
A German girl named Katrina Rupper, employed by a man with an Enlephnas in his house, answers a ringing phone and insists on being herself. The exchange, filled with wordplay about identity, ends with Katrina storming off in indignation.
Public notice announcing two daily fast trains between Chicago and Duluth via St. Paul and Minneapolis with stops in Central Wisconsin. It also promotes thousands of acres of farming lands for sale in Northern Wisconsin and provides contact for details to Jas. C. Pond, General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee.
A humorous exchange notes that a Pittsburgh Chronicle story recalls a man who bought a wife at a combination store, marked down from 39 to 24. The gag highlights the absurdity of bargains.
Advertises excursion tickets August 17 and 18 with extended limit to September 12 at one fare for the round trip on account of P. C. Union. Apply to agents Chicago and North-Western Railway. Also includes assorted quotes and notices from various 1890s publications.
An advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness including back pain and leucorrhea. It urges women to self treat, notes a Sanative Wash at 98 cents, and features a testimonial from Mrs Grover W Shepard of Watervliet New York praising the remedies and cures.
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