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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
6
The Express reports Prof Behring cites milk given to infants as a main cause of consumption and urges universal pasteurization. It notes a strike of public vaccinators in Austria with one district showing three months without vaccination. A Berlin doctor warns piano use by children under 16 linked to nervous disease in a study of 1000 girls.
The text describes an island of fire in a vast Java lake of boiling mud where gases form large bubbles that rise and burst. It notes the Moon as a distant, airless body with an extremely tenuous atmosphere, claiming it to be far less dense than Earth's.
The sultan's daily dinner cost is about 5000 dollars with a table of exquisite silver. Dishes arrive on the heads of jublakiars and are sealed with the royal seal. More than 54 dishes are served, all set before the sultan at once, and he typically eats from about six.
Sermons in stones have become common enough since geologists learned to interpret fossils. To awaken melodies in pebbles would be difficult but has been accomplished for a piano whose notes are produced by flints arranged in a regular scare. The tones of this geological piano are of remarkable quality.
The August report notes abundant grain for the United States with peace and plenty. It cites winter wheat at 424,500,000 bushels and spring wheat at 285,231,000. It contrasts drought distress in India and Russia with U.S. crop abundance.
In western Texas near Fort Davis a massive peak called Hunter Mountain emits vapors that intoxicate climbers. Mid ascent explorers notice a sharp ozone scent. the perfume proves as deadly as alcohol. Reaching the summit, climbers stagger and collapse on the rocks.
The article details the Mikado’s income, combining 1.5 million public allowance, 0.5 million from war indemnity interest, 0.25 million from private estates, 0.5 million from forests, and 5.12 million acres valued at 160 per acre, culminating in a total yearly net income of 2.75 million.
Diver Edward Moore works under 25 feet of water in Cincinnati removing wreckage from a steamboat sunk by ice. He tows 30 pounds of lead on each foot and 125 pounds at the waist as he dives amid shifting ice and flood debris. Moore has 20 years of sea and freshwater diving and has recovered many bodies from drowned victims.
Police in the metropolis arrested six men charged as professional beggars. One had about $600 in cash, another a bank book showing $1,400 in deposits. Bystanders reacted strongly as officers made the arrests, underscoring danger of indiscriminate alms.
B W Harris of Waveland Indiana perfects an overhead cable system that both supports a car and carries electric power for freight or passenger use. Poles support the cables and terrain features do not affect the car’s level path.
President Roosevelt rode the submarine torpedo boat Plunger in Long Island sound near Oyster Bay. The trial lasted about three hours with submersion up to 50 minutes and maneuvers explained by Lt. Nelson. A storm raged above while the president remained calm on the boat’s bottom before returning to Sagamore Hill.
A cloudburst near Rhode canyon sent a furious flood through Berwin and Tabasco drowning many and washing away rail lines. Colorado Fuel & Iron and Southern Railway suffer heavy losses with 18 dead or missing at Hastings known, including miners Warry O Neal and Charles Rieboldt.
Cholera reported in Manila with deaths among natives and an American woman. Officials suspect contaminated green vegetables from Tiongkong. Camp McKinley is quarantined after two soldiers died, while board of health surgeons deem the illness not serious.
The Lincoln Carriage company factory operated by W B Amstead & Co in Greenburg Indiana burned Thursday night. Loss exceeds 100000 dollars and is fully insured. Origin of the fire is unknown.
Alvin W. Stowell postmaster of Lake Alice was arrested in Walker Minnesota on charges of padding cancellations and falsifying returns. At the hearing bonds were set at 1500 dollars and if not posted he will be jailed in St. Louis county until trial in January.
In Burns Muscatine Iowa August 26 a Friday fire destroyed the entire business section of Lots a nearby town. Loss put at about 30000 with partial insurance coverage.
Cincinnati mourns the death of Mme Blanche Fredin at age 62 from pneumonia. A distinguished French woman, she organized the Alliance Francaise in the United States and was widely known in literary circles.
The Canada Machinery company plant at Point Edward Ontario across the St. Clair river from Port Huron Mich was destroyed by fire Thursday. Estimated loss seventy five thousand dollars? insurance coverage unknown the blaze prompted a large response from local authorities.
Edwin T. Conger of Iowa resigns from the post effective October 18. President Roosevelt accepts. Possible new ambassador to Mexico may be David E. Thompson of Nebraska, currently in Brazil. Loomis expected to retire from the State Department with no clear replacement.
A severe earthquake struck at 11 08 PM affecting Illinois Missouri Tennessee and Kentucky. Shocks were felt across the Mississippi valley with tremors in St Louis Springfield Cairo Paris Paducah Memphis Brownsville and many other towns. Dishes windows and furniture rattled as offices swayed and residents fled in alarm.
London reports detail a brutal August 12 massacre in Bialistok where 38 Jews were killed and 137 wounded by drunken soldiers. The troops attacked the Jewish quarter in revenge for a bomb attack, shouting Death to the Jews, slashing victims in the streets as onlookers watched, with no punishment yet announced.
A blaze sparked by lightning during a storm destroyed over half a million dollars of property at Bush Terminal Warehouse company's stores 39 40 and 41 at Forty-fourth Street in Brooklyn. The burning facilities stretch to Fifty-eighth Street and hold thousands of bales of cotton shipped to Manhattan brokers.
Rock Island Aug 25 Jeames Mc Kinney of Aledo was nominated to succeed the late B F Marsh for Congress in the Fourteenth Illinois district. There were only two ballots cast.
Des Moines Iowa August 24 Hen F Elbert prominent Iowa capitalist died Wednesday when his team ran away unseating him from a bridge into a small river south of Des Moines Elbert drowned before help arrived He carried life insurance totaling over 200000 dollars
Hope Young was convicted of murdering her ward Minnie Alice Ward Young and sentenced to death. The trial occurred in Digby Nova Scotia on August 24 with the verdict delivering a capital punishment outcome.
Alfred Waterhouse a renowned architect and Royal Academy member died in London on Tuesday. Born in Liverpool in 1830 he designed many famous English buildings and left a lasting imprint on the country’s architectural landscape.
Eleven wreckers were injured Tuesday when the Educational Building at the world’s fair grounds collapsed during demolition. Three workers sustained serious injuries.
Yellow fever conditions in New Orleans are worsening despite relief efforts. Leeville near Bayou La Fourche reports a large cluster with many infections and deaths. Officials note rapid case growth, deaths, and strain on a single doctor as flood of cases continues.
Detroit reports Nelson Thomasson of Chicago supports forming a syndicate to dig a canal from All Train on Lake Superior to Gladstone or Escanaba on Lake Michigan. Using the Whitefish river would require dredging only 16 of 40 miles and cut the Duluth Chicago route by 265 miles while saving over 200 miles to Buffalo and avoiding the St Marys river.
Governor Denneen issues proclamation designating September 4 as Labor Day and calls Illinois residents to desist from ordinary work and celebrate in an appropriate manner.
Mutiny on the battle ship Kniaz Potemkine ends with a court martial of 137 sailors in Libau Russia. Eight sentenced to death but recommended commutation to life imprisonment. Nineteen others receive terms of imprisonment at hard labor.
The American steamer Montara bound for Petropavlovsk was captured by Japanese forces in the Behring Sea on August 23, with the event dated Yokohama August 26.
J. Petergon, a member of the Arkansas legislature from Dallas County, shot himself in the head at Fordyce Arkansas. Despondency over protracted ill health is cited as the likely cause of the act.
The Japanese transport Kinjo was sunk after colliding with the British steamer Baralong on August 22 in the Inland Sea. One hundred twenty seven invalided Japanese soldiers drowned in the disaster.
Chicago awaits Hoch’s execution as the Illinois Supreme Court issues a writ of superseders delaying the death penalty. The case will be reviewed at the October term, with a final decision likely by next April, keeping Hoch in jail. Governor Deneen had previously reprieved him twice and a third delay followed a cash contribution for legal records.
Frederick A. Peckham a New York broker and key figure in the cotton reports leakage was arrested in Saratoga New York and arraigned before U S Commissioner Charles M Davidson. He and Moses Haas refused to testify before the grand jury as investigations into government statistics continue.
The British steamer Sutton Hall completed a 11,580 mile journey from New York to Hongkong in 48 days, aboard a voyage hailed as exceptionally quick and possibly a record for cargo steamers. Excluding port stops for coal, the ship averaged about 250 miles per day.
Washington reports the general land office issued 91 084 patents in the year ending June 30, up 34 698 from the previous year. The increase signals heightened land conveyance activity and reflects ongoing federal programs expanding settlement and resource use.
Joe Hicketts an 18 year old Pacific Express employee was found dead near the Wabash station in Decatur on Friday night his head beaten. The murderer escaped.
On the String town pike two miles beyond Constance Kentucky Louis Wrightman probably fatally shot his brother Jacob Wrightman and Jacob's wife in a long standing family dispute. Both men are prosperous farmers living nearby. The report ties the killings to an old quarrel and notes the victims are from a local farming community. The piece also mentions the Republican state campaign opening date set for September 28 at Bellefontaine Ohio.
Aug 28 report from St Peters burg states Ambassador Meyer conveyed Roosevelt’s ultimatum that Russia will pay no indemnity to Japan. Russia offers to divide Sakhalin with Japan keeping the southern portion and pay for prisoners. If Japan rejects, peace is impossible and war continues.
In Vincennes Indiana on August 26 a negro Baptist church was blown up with dynamite placed under the altar amid a race war. Bloodhounds are tracking the attackers and threats warn that all blacks may be driven from town if arrests occur.
Seattle dispatch reports that a Hong Kong agent says the Chinese boycott of American goods has halted flour trade between Pacific coast ports and China. No sales since July 15 and September orders canceled. A Paris bank clerk embezzled $200,000, wrecked a steam yacht, and fled with an actress.
A patchwork of world notes reports India standard time five and a half hours ahead of Greenwich. England logs 228 paupers relieved per 10 000 in 35 districts. A Livingstone jubilee regatta draws 700 visitors on the Zambezi. Berlin plans sun and light baths with class fees. An engine fatally struck a leopard on the Cape to Cape railway near Victoria Falls bridge. Belgian farmer M Aumont ends life after securities loss. Rats ruin a wooden deed box destroying documents. British army shifts from khaki to scarlet to aid recruitment. Park police report drownings linked to hoodlums rocking boats. Little Princess Victoria Louise dreams of dirt indulgence. German clubs plot a large international race near Hamburg with government support.
A collage of oddities from Quito to England. Tales of lightning rituals, a Hungarian man's buried fortune exhumed, a giant child in Recife, a giant egg from Swindon hen, old English laws on funeral hats, Belgian organ grinders licensed, and a Uganda rail line note about a giraffe.
A California couple describes severe nervousness and headaches from regular coffee. After stopping coffee and starting Postum Coffee they report rapid relief, restored neck and head posture, and no recurrence of old symptoms. Postum Co. of Battle Creek notes no drugs in the product.
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