06 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1896
Page
1
A miscellany notes cycling as a coin cure, frog and oyster diets, and a Maryland man living to 85 on seafood. It cites canals plans, a prehistoric Mexican city, and weather shifts, then wraps with West Point hazing and calls for parental caution to curb college cruelty.
President Cleveland renews a neutrality proclamation toward Cuba. The Populists name Washington as the party headquarters. Internal Revenue report shows receipts of 146 830 615 for year ending June 30 with expenses near 4 044 531. Clearing houses report 811 433 203 for week ended 31. 281 business failures this week. Public debt rose 10 857 358 in July. Treasury cash balance 256 168 472. Total debt less cash 66 154 512.
A trial of the Holman friction geared locomotive ran over 94 mph on South Jersey railroad tracks. Americas First Maine district renominated Thomas B Reed for congress. Boston bookseller W B Clark Co failed for 109000. Drowning at Brattleboro Vt and fires at Niagara Falls caused heavy losses. A West Jersey Atlantic City collision left 37 dead and nearly 100 injured. Oliver Optic birthday noted. Servia record voyage to Boston 6 days 17 hours. Liberty Bicycle Co failed for 260000 in New York. National Democratic Committee meeting planned August 11 at Fifth Avenue Hotel. Baseball standings show Cincinnati and Boston atop leagues. Crossing at Plattsburg claims fatalities. Kite records broken at Blue Hill Observatory. Macgrane Coxe named minister to Guatemala and Honduras.
A Salt Lake City prize fight ended with Thomas Carter dead from a chin blow. Across states, nominations included J. P. Dolliver in Iowa, I L G Morton in Missouri, C M Golden in Illinois, J C Ridpath in Indiana, and others. Lightning, fires, hangings, and fatal accidents marked the period, with elections and conventions noted in Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Virginia.
A long, disjointed rap sheet lists deaths from illness and violence, suicides, lynchings, and accidents across Des Moines Cincinnati Chicago and many other places. It also notes political candidate nominations in Illinois Texas California and other states along with factory failures and a major tidal wave near China.
News notes hundreds may perish from starvation in Labrador while aid is sought for food clothing. Turkish government mulls paper money. Port au Prince Jamaica fire destroys 100 plus houses worth over 1 million dollars. Ilfracombe Devonshire fire razes half the town’s business district with 500000 dollars loss. Major Montreal exposition buildings burn with 150000 dollars damage. Montreal streetcar refuses US silver and nickels. Judge George M. Carpenter dies in Ireland. Queen Victoria health rumors persist. Costa Rica bans foreign silver imports. Frank Harbo and George Samuelson complete Atlantic rowing voyage arriving at the Seilly Islands after leaving New York June 6.
Returns from Alabama show Joseph I. Johnston wins the governorship by about 30 000 votes and a Democratic legislature. A Clay Kentucky farmer killed his wife mother in law and child with an ax. Major fires damage Philadelphia Chicago Salem Center and Gladis. Wrecks injure nine on the Santa Fe and dynamite kills two in Ontario.
A Chicago and St Louis heat wave leaves multiple sunstroke deaths and many prostrations. In Louisville, three men die from sunstroke, 20 more prostrated, with several in serious condition as temperatures soar across Kentucky and nearby states.
President Cleveland issues a formal proclamation urging compliance with U S neutrality statutes re Cuba disturbances. It warns against armed action or support for any foreign military venture and calls for vigorous prosecution of violations with executive law enforcement backing.
R G Dun & Co notes improving business conditions but overall stagnation during the torpid season. Gold exports halted and foreign advices foresee demand for American goods. Cotton and corn prospects favorable. cotton prints weak despite export demand. wheat movements normal. Leather scarce. iron industry uneven with higher wages in Ohio. rail mill sales rising. Failures rise. July defaulted liabilities reach 13,069,481. Bradstreet cites political uncertainty and drought hurting Louisiana and Arkansas demand.
A Knoxville Pa delegation from the McKinley and Hobart club and Glass Workers union met Maj McKinley in Canton on July 30. John P. Everhard spoke for the group, urging support for sound money tariff protection and national prosperity through Republican leadership.
On August 1 union workers at Brown hoisting in Cleveland were ordered out, claiming the strike settlement was a trick. By August 3 militia and 90 police guarded the works as nonunion workers passed. a clash near Clifton Street left John Prinz shot three times as he walked along the railroad tracks, with critical injuries and possible death.
Arthur Sewall, Democratic vice presidential nominee, rejects rumors he would resign to favor Mr. Watson. He asserts any such idea is unworthy of an answer and notes Bryan may join the Populist ticket, with Mrs. Bryan visiting Bath after New York notification.
The item notes LDS missionary presence in England and a London rabies tally through June. It mentions mosquitoes likely arriving from a lumber cargo, coin dating mostly post 1870, and many unmuzzled London dogs seized. Wedingham Castle in Essex, a Norman keep, is offered at auction with ties to Queen Matilda and Henry VII.
Colman's Rural World lauds Stark Nurseries for vast size and expert staff. The piece notes 40 000 acres of commercial test orchards and a canvassing force of 5 000 outfits ready, highlighting Missouri and Illinois as key regions and praising proprietors as exemplary figures in the nursery business.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers round trip first class tickets valid 31 days from sale for one fare plus $2.00 to all Florida and southern points. Dates listed include June 16 and 16, July 6, August, September and October with contact at St Paul Minnesota and Chicago offices for details.
The text recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a key travel aid for seasickness and digestive troubles caused by rough movement and poor food or water. It notes usefulness for malaria, rheumatism, kidney complaints, and nervous trouble, urging it as a valuable specific to take along.
The North Western Line offers Home Seekers' excursion tickets at low rates to many West and Northwest points on August 4 and September 1 15 29 October 6 and 20 18 percent. For full information contact ticket agents or W B Exiskern G P and T A Chicago Illinois.
Public notices advertise half rates to Omaha via the Chicago and North Western line on August 15 to 18 with round trips. Additional low excursion rates from Omaha to Denver and Hot Springs, South Dakota on August 24. Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway also offers homeseeker and harvester excursions on August 18 and September 1 and 24. Advertisements include medical cures and quotes from various periodical items.
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