New Woman Uses Horse-Whip in Old West Tale
The piece notes a startling modern woman who uses a horse-whip rather than an umbrella. Telegraph reports claim the Bannock Indians followed Jackson’s Hole, implying changes in Indian wars.
22 Aug 1895
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1895
Page
1
The piece notes a startling modern woman who uses a horse-whip rather than an umbrella. Telegraph reports claim the Bannock Indians followed Jackson’s Hole, implying changes in Indian wars.
The smallest city in the world is Steward City Alaska with three inhabitants serving as mayor chairman of the board of aldermen and president of the common council.
Victoria's household numbers nearly two thousand with an annual provision of 2 500 000 for maintenance. Many offices are sinecures and lifetime fixtures. The lowest earth temperatures were recorded at Werchojansk on January 12 1885 at 90 degrees below zero with permafrost extending about 100 feet.
Prof McCoon of Yale argues on the pathological side of the tramp. He views tramps as surprisingly healthy as a class, yet their lifestyle harms the country and people. A Missouri woman sheriff brings hat removal orders in court, hinting at wider female leadership in public roles.
Miss Analie Nicsch arrived in Itan gas City from Samoa after a 5000 mile voyage to marry Franz T. Harbert, a local grocer. The pair met two years earlier on an ocean steamer bound for New Zealand and, after a swift correspondence, wed promptly on her arrival.
Grerce Cromley, Cornelius Shay and John Ryan of Pittsburg announce a discovery of welding copper to iron or steel. They display samples of the metals fused and claim the last known weld of copper to iron dates to 500 B.C. The finding is valued for copper’s superior resistance to salt water.
Walter Winans of Baltimore wins the revolver championship at the Risley National Rule Association meeting for the year. Irish champion Joynt places second and India’s champion Lieut Chitty third. Winans records four of the best scores, two being the highest possible, and collects ten first prizes in total.
The drought across Great Britain injures crops, described as worse than the black year 1870. Normally crops face excess moisture, but persistent dry spells have left fields parched, despite Britain's island position catching Gulf Stream moisture.
A company exploring the Maysville region near May's Lick unearthed eight skeletons in strong boxes, the first stone burial discovered in Kentucky and among the earliest in America. They had exhumed sixty-five skeletons overall, mostly ancient, from a site with four quadrangular fortifications and over eighty mounds on Fox family land.
New England figures show half the population in cities over 10 000. In urban areas the marriage rate is 21 per thousand, births 30, deaths 21. Rural areas report 16 marriages, 20 births, and 19 deaths per thousand.
Mrs Grath of Chicago asserts sole rights to her property and declares she will not be responsible for her husband’s debts. She warns creditors not to extend credit to him and argues that a wife supporting the family should have equal financial authority if the husband refuses to work.
The Washington conference of silver Democrats met with nineteen states represented to set policy for the party. An issued address urged united action for a white metal declaration at the national convention and a free coinage presidential candidate. Other items note fruit crop prospects, business failures, and notable deaths, duels, lynchings, and disasters across the U.S.
At Newport R I Cornelius Vanderbilt and his wife unveiled their new summer palace The Breakers built at a cost of 3000000 dollars. Other items include Free Tirus cycling 10 miles in New York in 2058 breaking records and various regional political and social notes.
Former South Dakota treasurer Taylor pleaded guilty in Pierre to embezzling 307009 of state funds and received a five year prison sentence.
Reports from multiple regions describe Bulgarian villages burned and civilians killed, storms devastate Japanese settlements, Kiel shipyard workers die in a fatal accident, a wreck derails a troop train, and cholera spreads across Asia. Windsor succession, Montreal treasury theft, German monument ceremony, and the death of former Hawaiian minister J Mort Surry are noted.
Obituary notes include William Strone ex supreme court justice and Connecticut congressman. Peru earthquake destroys homes. drownings on Black Brook Lake and in Chicago. Tacoma bank failure with liabilities 379 009. weekly fires claim 2 670 000 in losses. tragic hone tragedy in Missouri mother kills child and herself. Cuban battle casualties reported. Chinese refusal to allow consular massacre inquiry. fatal explosion at Towla artillery barracks. sculptor W Vote dies in Wisconsin. Camden Michigan fire devastates business district.
At Wasmeaton and Washington the silver conference unites 22 states to endorse free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1. They adopt resolutions opposing gold monometallism and a corporate currency, call for a national committee and an 1896 Democratic bid to restore bimetallism.
Ex State Treasurer W W Taylor was sentenced to five years in the Sioux Falls penitentiary by Judge Gaffy after pleading guilty to misappropriation of state funds. The judge noted an attempted proposed compromise after gaining access to the funds as the gravest aspect of the crime.
Thomas Hovenden famed American artist died trying to save a girl as a train struck them both near Norristown. His death follows the loss of the child in the same accident. Hovenden, 59, left a wife and no children.
Berlin Aug 20 Emperor William II laid the foundation stone of the memorial to Emperor William I with a large ceremony. Dignitaries including the reichstag and bundesrath attended as the stone was tapped and ceremonies concluded with cheers and a benediction.
The Railway Times publishes Debs correspondence with the Justice Department over a Philadelphia union pardon bid. Debs states he and colleagues never asked for mercy, would rather remain jailed than accept clemency, and that they committed no crime or conviction.
Ex congressman Thomas Dunn English wrote a national hymn titled Old Glory. Music by Philip A Gif ford of Newark, sung to a small party at Peddie Memorial church. Audience praised the simple dignified verses and tuneful tune. Bevin Pate Minn Aug 15 tornado storm hits city with large hail and destroyed corn crop.
Advertisement notes pills roc priced at 25 cents per box with free book available from B. F. Allen Co. at 365 Canal Street New York. Claims annual sales exceed 6,000,000 boxes.
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