13 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1894
Page
1
The Express notes Tris cites that over four billion humans have died in war since the Christian era. It also comments on proposed football rule changes to curb churlish conduct and remarks Britain’s tobacco use per capita remains the lowest among civilized nations. An editorial stresses honesty and honor as the sole path to virtue.
An intelligent colored hardware merchant from New Orleans named Littim Coon has filed an application to change his name. He describes himself as six feet tall and 220 pounds and says his current name provokes laughter upon sight.
The latest statistics show over four million incandescent lamps in use in the United States at the year's start. In Boston factories, most lamps are produced by women whose average daily output is thirty lamps each.
The law required every English male over age seven to wear on Sundays a hat made of English wool and manufactured by Englishmen. The penalty for any infraction was a three pence fine. Henry aimed to protect home industry.
The amended New York constitution prohibits any railroad from issuing a pass to any state official, elected or appointed. Chauncey Depew would not ride free on his road while a university regent, with heavy penalties for violations.
A stranger mistook John Boyle O'Reilly for a friend, slapping him on the shoulder and greeting him as Jack with warm familiarity. O'Reilly faced the embarrassed man and replied with a polite, humorous clarification that he was not Jack but glad to be the friend of any man pleased to see a friend.
Onto has moved toward placing county seats near the state's geographic center. Columbus, the capital, sits near Franklin county’s center, with the county itself near the state’s center. More than twenty counties have towns at or near their centers.
The text explains a method to gauge a train’s speed by watching the rail joints as you pass them. Count the joints in twenty one seconds to estimate miles per hour, using a single rail on double tracks if visible.
Frank E. Snyder compares the new Austin Texas dam to a second Niagara declaring it 1,860 feet long and 58 feet high raising the river 60 feet. It will supply electric light and power for pumps and provide surplus for mills and factories. The reservoir stretches 25 miles and covers 2,000 acres.
Tur United States now has about forty vessels engaged in whaling, a remnant of a fleet that once numbered 500 ships. Demand for whale oil has collapsed, leaving the industry sustained mainly by whalebone. American whalers reach Battin's bay in midsummer and spend winters frozen in Hudson's Bay.
The article portrays Yom Kine as a female Oklahoma outlaw whose repeated jail escapes by overpowering guards, including an El Reno jailer who fled with her, left bound and robbed on the prairie, illustrating her claimed influence over prison staff and the danger she poses.
James Garrett and Thomas Kennedy climbed into a vault at the Philadelphia mint to move and count coins totaling 6 060 000. Rotten bags failed causing six thousand bags each weighing sixty pounds to slide. The men leaped to safety as the avalanche halted, and the area was boarded and braced to stop the flow.
The bulletin reports 26,676,046 persons of foreign parentage in the United States, 83.8 percent of a 62,095,000 total. White foreign parentage reach 20,579,048 while 146,402 are colored. Comparisons show 1830 had 10,692,015 foreign parentage (about 28 percent of the population) and 14,022,744 in 1880 (about 38 percent).
The senate and house debated rules and bonds while considering bills on national park creation at Shiloh and amendments to silver coinage. Actions included funding fortifications, tariff changes, and debates on direct election of senators, with no major public crises recorded.
Week ended figures show ExcnaAaGks leading clearing houses totaling 1.163 billion dollars up from 1.82 billion the prior week. Reports note increased veteran admissions and rising home for disabled veterans costs, while railroads show a 206 per mile decline. Political tallies foretell Fifty fourth congress with 241 Republicans 104 Democrats and 6 Populists. current congress 219 Democrats 193 Republicans 12 Populists.
The Tremont House in Boston is set to give way for a large office building. The era of the landmark hotel ends as urban development reshapes the city skyline.
The official vote tally shows Walff a first place winner for treasurer in Illinois with 133 427 votes. In Alabama the legislature passed a party line bill to punish usurpers of state offices. A fatal gasoline fire near Lowell Indiana claims Kenyon his wife and their 3 year old daughter.
The official canvass shows Republican Evans with a 841 vote plurality in Tennessee. Other notes include bank liabilities near 30000 and multiple crime and political developments across the Midwest and South.
News notes claim China plans sending a representative to Japan to arrange peace terms. Argentina’s wheat output is vast and likely to curb prices. Ferdinand de Lesseps dies in France at age 84.
In the U S senate on the 10th a resolution urged the president to begin negotiations to secure Cuba's independence. Senator Morgan supported the Nicaragua canal bill. House bills included annexing Arizona north of the Colorado to Utah, banning printing on the flag, and settling labor disputes by arbitration. The American Federation of Labor met in Denver for its 14th annual convention. A two acre block at the Southern hotel in Chattanooga burned, with losses of 125000. Gen Joan C Brack named U S attorney for the northern district of Illinois. Several drownings and robberies reported including a bank absconder in Chicago and a $7125 robbery near Bowling Green. A train near Wichita looted. Consolidated Coffee building in Omaha burned for 100000. December wheat condition 8 percent and area 108 percent of last summer. Mrs Lucy Epwards, 120, died in Springfield Ohio. Five fish companies failure hit St Johns banks. A tornado did great damage at White Castle and Ascension Louisiana killing three. Town canvassing board tallied last election: total 421720 with Mcfarland 229876, Dale 149980, Crane 384907, Mitchell 7457. Republican lead 79826.
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, distinguished French financier and engineer, dies after a long illness. The prominent French figure of over two decades passed away following a protracted sickness worsened by the strain of his years of public service.
The Panama affair reveals Ferdinand Marie de Lesseps, famed engineer and diplomat, behind a costly and fraudulent scheme. Despite accusations, evidence fell short of proving personal corruption for him or his son, though both were convicted.
Washington remembers Senator Turpie as he argues for a resolution that would have senators chosen by a direct vote of the people. He claims mass suffrage would end malfeasance and reduce conflicts without altering state senatorial ties. no vote or action followed.
R G Dun & Co reports little change in current business with cautious optimism after January 1. Some sectors show larger orders and west bound shipments. holiday activity is transient. Bond payments occur, some gold shipped to Europe. failures totals for late November drop versus last year, with four week aggregate down.
The British steamer Dorian collided with the schooner Clara E Simpson in Long Island sound near New London Connecticut. Three crewmen perished and several others were forced to abandon ship during the wreck amid heavy seas. Captain Hontvel and two sailors survived clinging to wreckage until lifeboats could be attempted.
Mrs. George Archer of Clifton New Jersey credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with curing valvular heart disease after nine years of pain and disability. She reports ear ringing fading and restored color after starting the pills on November 25. Her son also benefited, and the advertisement promotes the pills as a blood builder and nerve restorer for female and male ailments.
Mrs. Jim Messler faced three bears blocking her path on a Pennsylvanian forest road. After her alarmed yells, the bears retreated, prompting her husband and two others to search with snow tracks showing the bears’ movements. They returned home amused by Mandy's brush with the woodland pranksters.
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