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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1895
Page
1
VRencu rider Huret covered more than 500 miles in a single day setting a bold endurance mark. The feat described as scorching tested legs, lungs, and the open roads.
A wry observation notes that most theories of marriage come from bachelors, while most theories of bachelorhood come from married men, highlighting a paradox in how life stages shape opinion.
A leading Hong Kong banker predicts an imminent revolution in China driven by a book published about 450 years ago. He argues the spark lies in the book and suggests past damped potential has now ignited.
Mrs. P. T. Bannua states the English suitor has no chance of winning her hand, delivering a serious blow to his hopes after he believed he had the greatest show on earth.
A Cincinnati woman sues a newlywed couple for 5000 dollars claiming payment for bringing about their marriage. She argues there should be a provision to refund the fee with interest if divorce occurs.
A Bates county windmill was struck by lightning again last week in the exact spot hit three years ago. The repeated strike confirms the old damage pattern and raises questions about the turbine’s resilience.
A Brockton Massachusetts judge fined a farmer twenty five dollars and eight cents for hitting a bicycle. The ruling argued a bicycle is a vehicle and not suitable as parlor bric-a-brac.
Four generations of one family, including a great grandmother and a great grandfather aged 80, were baptized together on a recent Sunday in Litchfield Connecticut. The group entered the water simultaneously, featuring Leonard Merrill with his father, mother, grandfather, and grandmother.
Professor Stones Wil Eins of Ottawa argues the Great Lakes shrink yearly due to river erosion of their basins and reduced rainfall in the southern continent, foreseeing Niagara Falls eventually ceasing.
The state contracts for an experimental electric propulsion system on the Erie canal. Boats will be powered at up to 20 per horse power per year, increasing freight space. If successful, all canal boats may be equipped, transforming the canal business.
The article warns that bicycles are being used to commit highway robbery and urges sedate evening pedestrians to arm themselves or avoid leaving valuables at home. It suggests manufacturers could add an automatic whistle or victims wear electric alarms to deter attackers.
Reformers lag in pace as tobacco use grows. Government data show July output of 265,726,647 cigars and 305,150,360 cigarettes plus 22,057,443 pounds of tobacco and over 1,000,000 pounds of snuff, with notable year over year increases.
The world's tax leaders include Mr. Krerp, famed German cannon maker and Es sen foundry proprietor, who pays about $200,000 annually. In Romania, Marinescu Bragadir, key alcohol producer and new Bucharest brewery founder, paid $440,000 in taxes, rising from a pastry cook’s apprentice twenty years earlier.
The weekly digest reports July debt increases of 33.1 million dollars and a treasury cash balance of 187.14 thousand. It notes national bank notes outstanding at 211.26 million, coinage totaling 3.24 million, government receipts of 29.07 million, and disbursements of 38.55 million. It also covers fires at Crystal Lake and Berlin, hangings in Alabama and Texas, and a new Independent Americanism party in Kansas, with various accidents, deaths, and political notes across the United States.
The New York Republican party schedules its state convention for September 17 at Saratoga. The article notes other items including a naval record set by the U S cruiser Columbia and multiple weather and crime incidents in the region.
In Baltimore Democrats nominated John E. Hurst for governor and approved Cleveland administration policies. Across the country, Ashland Wisconsin sentenced Mary Thrush to life for murder, Colorado City bank closed its doors, and fires destroyed Durham NC stores and Hogan residence. A Chicago chute accident killed one and injured thirteen, while other losses included ore shipments in Duluth and firm failures in Cincinnati and Chicago. A masked robbery occurred near Coulterville Missouri and Jacob Coxey led populists in Missouri. Prohibitionists nominated Joshua Levering in Baltimore.
The report lists embezzlement by a Bank of Montreal teller George Porter. arrests and shootings of Turkish-affiliated elites in San Salvador. cholera deaths of Rev August Kullman and his wife in Azanol India. a Cuban expedition reaching safety. Cuban towns Baire Jiguani and Guantanamo captured by insurgents. a deadly earthquake at Krasnovodsk killing twelve. Genoa bank Fratolli Gingen closing with $2 million liabilities. Salt Coats Scotland flooding of Auchen Harvey colliery drowning fourteen miners. Cuban combat near Baracoa with Col Sandoval wounded and Jiguani Baracoa burned. Chinese attack on Wha Sanp mission with ten British deaths. multiple murders of Saunders Gordon Steetie Newcombe sisters. bread scarcity causing riots in Tabriz Persia with twenty rioters killed.
Reports recount William Nowrox Lane fatally shooting James Rodenbaugh and wounding his father in Versailles Kentucky. Delta County Texas warns all residents to leave or face hanging. A Paducah quarrel ends with a double suicide and homicide. A prison bridge collapse injures twenty two in Jefferson City Missouri. Fire losses rise across US and Canada for July. Wisconsin appoints R Marsnaun to supreme court. Japan endures floods and famine fears. tin ore finds draw attention in Hueriano county Colorado. Leach electrocuted at Sing Sing for murder. Accidents and bank failures surface nationwide with varied losses and notable journeys and deaths.
Telegraph reveals a Ku Cheng massacre on duty with four English Zenana mission nurses among the dead. Survivors recount brutal killings with spears and fire, while officials suppress news for three days and ships remain idle in the harbor.
In OmAuA Nebraska Judge Hopewell issues a temporary restraining order preventing the new city police board from acting until an injunction hearing. The old board continues to run the city as sides work toward aamicable settlement and a case to the supreme court.
Industrial wage reports show gains at multiple companies. National Water Tube Boiler in New Brunswick increases wages by 10 percent across all departments. Pennsylvania Bolt & Nut raises pay 10 percent for puddle and rolling mills with August 16 implementation. Elgin National Watch trims back to 2,200 workers at five days and may return to full-time after September. Brotherhood of Tailors six-day strike ends with UGW victory after contractor concessions.
Delegates from the people's party across Ohio gather in Columbus for the state convention. A late Thursday session produced a platform endorsing Coxey's roads and non interest bearing bonds, calls for abolishing national banks, legalizes gold payment contracts illegal, supports per diem pensions, pushes unlimited silver coinage at the legal ratio, and urges greenbacks to reach $50 per capita. The platform also seeks reduced salaries in public offices and coal screen legislation for miners.
Unprecedented rain in southeast Kansas floods Fort Scott driving families from homes and threatening more storms. In Denver a severe electrical storm damages property and disrupts fire and police communications. Socorro suffers eight deaths and extensive destruction from floodwaters with hundreds of buildings damaged or washed away.
New York August 5 R G Dun and Co reports that crop yields shape yearly business with corn as a bright spot while larger stocks temper new orders. Wages rise boosting purchasing, strikes sharpen but seem short, coal miners’ stoppages may affect output, and July failures total 8.39 million with manufacturing and trading liabilities split.
Horace Boies writes to Linn county Democratic leaders that he cannot consent to having his name used for governor due to personal reasons while expressing support for Democratic principles. The development suggests Judge Babb may head Iowa’s Democratic ticket this year.
The fragment captures a quarrel over eggs described as not fresh with a wry clock joke about a shop purchase just fifteen minutes earlier. It reads like a quirky street banter snippet with playful terms of endearment.
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