17 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1896
Page
1
A Missouri inventor claims a "magic X ray egg tester" can tell if eggs are fit for publication. The text notes historical vote totals with 19,601 and 10,315 for a 1876 and state totals. A Kentucky man in Mayfield was arrested for eight wives and debated between pension or jail vacation.
Hon Galusha A Grow was chosen congressman at large for Pennsylvania by the largest vote ever cast for the office. His majority reached 297 446, a new record for the position.
A mixed set of historical notes on postal expansion near Alaska, claims about eyesight aided by X rays, praise for Li Hung Chang and steam railway development, a quip about thumbs as sanity indicators, and observations on London newspaper economics, reflecting a period tone without cohesive story.
Wilde will be liberated when his imprisonment term ends late in March. Repeated efforts for release have occurred, but English boards favor justice over sentimentality. Wilde appears aged and frail, his health described as broken.
The Philadelphia Record cites the London Times for November 9 1796 publishing Washingtons farewell address and noting the resignation of George Washington Jr as president of the United States. English papers of that era reportedly misstate American affairs and positions as they do today.
Steamships heading to Europe announce fare hikes of ten to fifteen dollars. The rise promises substantial profits for the firms, even as travel to Europe remains popular. The author notes many travelers venturing abroad annually, while extolling the U.S. landscape as superior to European scenery.
Judge Foster leads a Topeka movement to stop overchecking carriage horses and form a society that reports cases to him for legal action. The aim is to curb the practice, seen as a bid to make horses look more graceful, and to inspire similar humane efforts in other cities.
The report argues Russia gains the southern coast and strong influence over China, turning China toward Russian aims and development. It claims Russia will civilize and modernize China, boosting its resources and industrial growth.
The report covers actions in the US Senate and House in early sessions. Debates over Cuba include resolutions for president to secure possession of the island and recognize a Cuban republic. Bills target trusts, currency notes, liquor sale in the Capitol, cabinet selection limits, and pension approvals. The Army budget for 1898 is approved. numerous war claims and salary raises are discussed.
A national Republican committee selects the Glover building in Washington as permanent headquarters. The interstate commerce commission reports railways earned $368,575,047 from 172,369 miles in the year ending June 30, 1896. Attorney General Harmon lauds the new salary system amid widespread fee-system reductions. The year saw 874 court causes and a push for a new crimes act. Clearing houses show weekly exchanges of $1.066 billion, with a 5.9 percent drop from the prior year. US business failures total 330 in the week ended the 11th. Mustapha Bey of Turkey is directed to retract Cleveland’s message criticisms, threatening a rupture in relations. Internal Revenue receipts for the year ended June 30, 1896, reach $146,830,615. Nonpartisan WCTU reelects Annie M. Wittenmeyer as president. a Turkish protest against the president’s message is denied.
Nathan Webb aged 100, the oldest Civil War survivor and pensioner, who aided in the capture of Jefferson Davis, died in New York. The East reports a mix of local tragedies and industry news including arrests, bank suspensions, and record bicycle racing.
Reports from Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Nebraska, and Iowa detail a murder in Mandeville where Cliff Simpson fatally stabbed his teacher Clarence Campbell after chastisement. A Chester fire destroys much of the business district. Chicago sees a real estate dealer failure. A 105 year old man dies near Loyal. An Iron Mountain express hold up fails with no loot. A boy accidentally hangs during a game in Omaha. A Winston tobacco plant burns with heavy loss. A father is shot and killed by his son in Missouri Valley before suicide. No clear motive given.
National Democratic Party executive committee in Indianapolis votes to retain the organization. The report lists various national incidents including deaths, bank failures, elections, and economic figures across states and communities.
In Saldanha bay South Africa the English ship British Peer was wrecked with 14 dead. In Italy Alfred Nobel died in San Remo. The North German Lloyd steamer Salier sank near Coronas Cerrobedo with 275 lost, 210 passengers and 65 crew. A building collapsed in Jerez de la Frontera burying over 100. Cuban leader General Antonio Maceo and staff were murdered by Spaniards on December 7 while en route to a conference invited by the marquis of Ahumada with Weyler absent.
Resolutions seek to recognize Cuba as free and independent and probe a permanent monetary system. House bills authorize export bounty payments and constitutional term changes. A two week recess begins December 22. Altoona fire costs 100000. Holidaysburg bank closes triggering others. Emanuel Schwab marks 100th birthday. Treasury reports receipts 409,475,408 expenditures 434,627,654. Labor federation opens in Cincinnati. Maceo deaths provoke U.S. outrage. Alice Thomas dies after stove accident. Comentry sinks with 20 aboard. Prouty nominated as interstate commerce commissioner. Prickett bank suspended. Cuban League of the U.S. formed in New York to press for U.S. intervention.
The Cuban League of the United States was formally organized in New York with Col. Ethan Allen as president and a board including Theodore Roosevelt and Chauncey Depew. The call urged peaceful support for Cuba’s independence and readiness to end Spanish oppression. A mass meeting is planned at Cooper Union with key lawmakers to speak, signaling a historic movement.
A World correspondent reports Gen. Weyler's signed statement denying ambush death for Maceo. Weyler claims Maceo died leading insurgents near Havana, cites battlefield chaos, and asserts he did not seek a conference with Weyler. He notes the insurgents retook Maceo and Gomez's son’s bodies.
Stringy milk can be strained and clover hay soaked for hogs. Regular salting is crucial in dairy care. Keep cows clean and well fed, avoid neglect or abuse, and let cows self-serve salt. Shred stored fodder to boost intake, improving milk quantity and quality.
Samuel Gompers presides as the American Federation of Labor gathers 150 delegates and thousands of onlookers at the Odd Fellows temple. English labor leaders Samuel Woods and John Malingon attend as state and national labor issues are urged, including eight hour laws and immigration limits.
Resigned pastor Trev T Vassar leaves First Baptist Kansas City for Newark New Jersey due to ill health. Summit Cal area man Frank Rodrigues wins 300 dollars by walking the lower Cascade canyon rail 400 feet above ground. Harvard’s oldest living graduate Dr William Lambert Russell of Tarre Mass born 1826, senior medical school alumnus from 1831. Professor Haddon of Dublin doubts Patrick Pearse alive. refuses to write life of Andrew Green famed Greater New York founder now healthy after long illness.
Women sailors serve in Denmark Norway and Finland. new steam line ties New Orleans to England. a Galveston to Hamburg route opens via German firm. Within 70 years railways span 400000 miles. London and Northwestern Railway dominates with vast capital revenue engines and wide production.
Berlin tops a census with 1 615 517 inhabitants while Russia leads world armies at 800 000. Germany 592 000. France 555 000. Austria 823 000. Italy 255 000. Britain 210 000. Turkey 160 000. Spain 145 000. A London World note cites a Chilean torpedo destroyer reaching 31.8 knots. Round Robin protests origin among French officers.
Sir Edwin Arnold reportedly contributed nearly 10 000 lead articles to the London Daily Telegraph. W H Mallock will edit a London weekly after the Spectator at about half its price. Paring Gould finished a Napolean biography after years of work. Li Hung Chang plans a America book. A secretary’s travel volume on the czar’s impressions of Egypt and India, richly illustrated, has just appeared in London.
A collage of maxims and ad copy lines on manners love and health. It includes tags from Dr Patterson Inkster Michigan and references to St Jacobs Oil for rheumatism and bruises. The tone blends moral quips with promotional lines drawn from a 1894 era publication.
A fragmentary OCR style line notes a terse aphorism about action and movement. It includes a curved maxim about thoughts and bodies and hints at products like St Jacobs Oil claimed to cure lumbago. The tone resembles a miscellaneous catalog of snippets.
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