This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 35 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
4
Local society notes report the marriage of Kazymierz Jasynski and Maryanna Twaszkiewicz in Chicago recently. The ceremony bonded two families and reflects a blend of heritage in a single union.
Dr Annie Langworthy of the Century Club of New York asserts self confidence is the secret of longevity. She notes some people seem able to live a thousand years without showing distress or aging signs.
William Richardson succeeds Gen. Joseph A. Wheeler in the House of Representatives. Richardson had been sentenced to be hanged as a Confederate spy by Gen. Crittenden but was recaptured before execution.
The tramp issue in the United States worsens with rail expansion. Authorities estimate at least 10,000 people are carried nightly on trains and another 10,000 wait to steal rides simultaneously, highlighting a growing social problem.
A New York supreme court decision holds that if you loan money to another poker player to cover a gambling debt you cannot recover the amount at law. The ruling remains subject to Hoyle’s acceptance.
John I Sullivan declares alcohol is his only enemy and plans to stop drinking. John Bartlegcorn has KO'd tougher men than John T and warns the challenger not to enter the ring with John B again.
Dr. Joseph Parker proposes following Sheldon's example by running a London afternoon paper once a week. He argues that many claim to know better than the editor and would give editors long vacations if allowed to take turns.
Reporters describe the girl as young and pretty while noting they lack the nerve to claim she has any common sense.
Experts claim the new 32 inch gun for the navy is the most powerful. At trial it fired a projectile of 850 pounds with a muzzle velocity near 2700 feet per second. At 45 degrees its range reaches 212 10 miles, promising speedy warships with American gunners as formidable fighting machines.
Juan Valera launches a magazine called The Old Folks to protest eccentricities and self promotion of the young school. It will uphold traditional standards of art and language and require contributors to be at least 55 years old. The editor argues both new man and new woman have gone too far.
A Chicago policeman’s wife battles a persistent servant issue as the law looms over her handling of domestic staff. The piece notes she kept a modern servant for six years without wages or days off, prompting questions about propriety and enforcement.
Official reports warn that the Hes sian fly, deadly to wheat, has appeared in every winter wheat state east of the Rockies. Most regions report favorable growth this season, with some farms so vigorous they turn livestock into fields. Last year the pest grew harsher. this year pupae are plentiful, prompting concern among farmers.
The Spanish admiral in Madrid expresses sympathy to Philip H. Hobson who lay dangerously ill in a New York hospital. Hobson had risked his life by attempting to block the Santiago harbor mouth to trap the Spanish fleet, earning Cervera’s respect as a prisoner and as a foe.
The article notes that swallows may outperform pigeons for carrying dispatches. It cites greater flight height and speed near 80 miles per hour versus about 50 for pigeons, plus claims of fidelity intelligence and fewer mid journey feed stops. Training of swallows is said to be easier.
Summary of recent federal activity across Congress and the Senate. Debates over the subsidy bill for the merchant marine, amendments to the Hay Pauncefote treaty, and talks on representation in Congress. House actions include tax on beer and wartime revenue measures, with a holiday recess approved. Delegate Wilcox sworn in as Hawaii representative. Census committee keeps House membership at 957.
Jonathan Norton of Lee Massachusetts dies at 105. A fire destroys the Fredonia New York state normal school with losses of 209000. six girl students and one man perish. Paddy Ryan former heavyweight champion dies in Green Island New York. US exchange totals rise to 2013509007. US business failures number 240. Fort Wayne road collision injures 11 in Edgewater Pennsylvania. George A Fuller dies in New York. Major league baseball war begins. DC Gilman elected National Civil Service Reform League president. Postmaster Ma j A C Rinehahl Lancaster PA dies by suicide. Oswald Ottendorfer of Staats Zeitung dies in New York aged ?. Floyd Meffarland and Harry Elkes win six day race in New York. Pyne railroad collision at Kittanning Point PA kills one, injures 13. Addison Porter dies at Pomfret Connecticut aged 44. In Jersey Shore Pennsylvania a 10 year old lifts 300 pound dumbbells using his hair.
Reports recount a Burlington road mail train wreck near Kirkwood Indiana killing one and injuring five, Wisconsin canvassed vote totals with McKinley ahead, La Follette second. Brockton Montana train wreck death toll and injuries. a Chicago boxing win by McGovern over Gans. death of Confederate general Michael J. Bulger in Alabama at 100. J. J. Hill resigns Great Northern presidency. Joplin earthquake. three bank robbers arrested in Bridgeport Ohio. educators Hyden and Mincey killed by train near Philadelphia Tennessee. San Francisco tornado. Harrison at Ann Arbor on colonial reach of the Philippines and Porto Rico. Florida orange shipments up. Santiago Cuba earthquake. drownings on Squaw Island Lake Michigan. lynching of Jim Henderson and Bud Rowland at Rockport Indiana. Gompers reelected AFL president.
At Cannonball North Dakota an Indian family named Warbonnet including father mother and four children were burned to death by gasoline explosion. Four persons were dead and three dying from a mysterious poisoning case at Forsythe Mines Ohio.
January schedules show the Thirty seventh infantry to sail from Manila January 1 and the Eleventh cavalry January 15. Credible sources report Emperor Kwang Su may consent to demanded terms. British forces in the Transvaal suffer a defeat at Delarey’s hands near Zastron. The Taft commission in Manila adopts a liquor license law. Britain seeks modified terms with China stalling talks. Germany loses the Gneisenau in a Malaga storm with over 100 dead. Private Tenferson in Samar shoots Corporal Chase mistaking him for a Filipino. Paris expo finances show a 2 million franc loss.
Executive session in the Senate on the seventeenth set a vote for the twentieth on the Paunceforte treaty. House measures create two Kentucky West Virginia districts and add an Ohio district judge while naming Boutello for navy retirement and approving pension and deficiency bills. Several other items include robberies, hangings, executions, accidents, and international events.
A roundup of varied notes including London's 1899 fatalities 9,891 in a year, Marconi at 25, California big tree tract bids, Carnegie’s $50,000 Chattanooga library gift, Roosevelt linked to American Expansion League, transport bans on Sundays from San Francisco, Erie coal influence, the Great Northern tunnel through Cascade 15 200 feet, Missouri legislature lawyers 52 of 174, US grain per inhabitant 2220 pounds, Cramp Shipbuilding enlargements, US ships 495 for 149 963 gross tons, Kansas governor unsure with 40 hangings, Philippines commission seed farm near Manila, Old St. Joseph Florida to be rebuilt as a new city.
A mob of about 1000 seized two black men Jin Jenderson and Bud Rowlands in Rockport Indiana and hanged them in the jail yard after they allegedly confessed to murdering Hollie Simons a white barber. The attack followed a bloodhound trail to Rowlands home and the posse breached the jail using a telegraph pole as a ram. Simons was beaten to death and robbed of around $40. One accused man Henderson was shot in his cell and dragged to the courthouse yard where he died. A porter implicated by Rowlands confession was cleared by alibi. The mob dispersed afterward.
Madrid reports the German training ship Gneisenau foundered off Malaga sixty five miles east-northeast of Gibraltar. Private dispatches say about 100 to 140 dead or missing, including captain and cadets, with 40 saved but badly hurt. Rescue efforts by Malaga lifeboats and port authorities saved several sailors.
London reports from Lord Kitchener indicate a severe British defeat at Magaliesberg with four Northumberland fusiliers missing and heavy casualties across multiple units. Dispatches describe Boer assaults, a hill stronghold fall, and ongoing concerns over manpower and resources as Britain pursues the war.
W H Shields the Manitowoc lighthouse keeper and his assistant Owen McCauly survived adrift on Lake Michigan for 22 hours lashed to a small boat with the dead bodies of Shields wife and her niece. They were picked up by the steamer Manhattan after drifting near the island.
Five unidentified men disguised as tramps overpowered Brighton's village marshal, locked him in a cell, then looted Blodgett Bros bank and Ix Butler stores. They damaged the vault, but only $100 was taken at Butler’s. a fire broke out and caused several thousand dollars in losses. The robbers fled on a hand car as a posse with bloodhounds pursued. Brighton, a village of about 1,000 near Alton, Illinois.
In For sythe Mines near Marietta four people die and several others fall ill after suspected poisoning. A coroner and doctor secured stomach samples for analysis while investigators search for a culprit amid jealousy rumors.
A schoolboy answer at an examination misstates biblical details about Abraham. He writes that Abraham fathered Lot and had two wives Ishmale and Hagar, kept one at home, sent the other to the desert where she became a pillar of salt by day and a pillar of fire by night.
An advertisement extols iron as vital material wealth alongside gold and silver. It promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy to relieve constipation and dyspepsia, improve appetite, and aid digestion and liver and kidney health.
The famous composer sits in the orchestra pit and hears his rival’s comic opera. As the chorus swells, tears fill his eyes and he sighs that the rival has stolen a march on him. The line would be obvious to readers familiar with his work.
A fragmented ad style note suggests Jell-O as a quick dessert option no boiling or baking needed, requiring only boiling water to set. It lists flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry Strawberry and notes availability at grocers. The text also includes unrelated quips about minding one’s own business and color dyes for fabrics from a drugstore source.
Baron Nordenskjold has secured Capt Larsen, an Antarctic sailor, and purchased a vessel for his expedition. The plan is to sail to Cape Seymour and explore King Oscar II land via Jason's route. Kruger responds to Grand Rapids inquiry saying no decision yet on visiting the United States.
Senator W A Clark of Montana completed the purchase of Rosario Mining Company properties in Chihuahua for 800000. The mines are cold and silver producers. A Shanghai dispatch says Prince Ching denies a Chinese court return to Peking and a yearly indemnity without a loan.
A report notes that one thousand pounds of dough for biscuits can be rolled cut and prepared for baking in three hours forty four minutes by machinery compared with fifty four hours by hand. It cites a claim that natural vegetable indigo production equals the world’s current output of other dyestuffs. It mentions the oldest tree on Cos in Asia Minor, claimed to be 2900 years old by a German savant.
Mrs. Laura J. Smith of Minneapolis was chosen as State Organizer for the Minnesota Independent Order of Good Templars and as National Organizer for the American Anti Drink League. The article recounts her battle against drink and her claimed recovery after using Dodd's Kidney Pills, which are advertised at 50 cents a box.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.