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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1898
Page
2
The Express notes a Newark man sues for divorce after his wife insisted on keeping snakes as pets. It remarks that many Gloucester fishermen die in their trade, and suggests a sailor’s view of battle as a safe place after such schooling.
An eastern genius of the crank-adept order plans a new institution in New York described as an angel-voice college. The article notes this figure as the man who arrives at 1 20 a m and what he sometimes hears on the stairs.
An elderly woman declares sleigh riding as sport is like Ike sitting with feet in a bucket of cold water and ringing a bell. She notes she writes Miss before her name.
A Minnesota bandit claims gum chewing explains his criminal acts and cites his catalog as proof his habit justifies his actions. Authorities view the statement as an odd defense while continuing to pursue the case.
A Frenchwoman conducted a 60 day experiment to measure chocolate’s sustaining powers. She ate only chocolate and lost 15 pounds, showing limited weight loss and raising questions about nutritional adequacy and diet effects.
In the cathedral of Santiago de Cuba Aube Bernardo announced public thanks to God and the United States for the end of 490 years of cruelty extortion and misery in Cuba before a large congregation.
A French snake bite serum is touted as an improved cure in France but is met with American skepticism. The piece notes Americans will not rely on foreign mixtures for treatment, highlighting national reluctance toward French medical remedies.
The Smiths of Michigan will be represented in the next congress by Henry C of the Second district William Alden of the Fifth and Samuel W of the Sixth all three Republicans all lawyers and all young men.
A San Francisco man, a keen admirer of Dewey, collected many newspaper clippings about preparations for a grand reception for the hero’s homecoming and later received a reply from Dewey suggesting he should perhaps stay where he is.
Berlin dispatch reports a crisis among Prussia’s students with 80 alarming suicides noted and an official study showing about 40 minors die by their own hand annually. Government plans a thorough investigation into the trend.
The Armstrong shipyard in England produced a massive ice crushing vessel designed to keep Baltic trade routes open in winter. Though ice breaking boats exist on the Great Lakes, this giant surpasses any prior in size and power, demonstrating the era's push to dominate global commerce.
American firms have a practical monopoly in supplying the world market with typewriting machines. Foreign makers produce the machines but are not real competitors to the American leaders whose superiority is widely conceded. To fit universal use, special keyboards are now made for languages like German French Greek and Russian.
A Greek merchant finds American flour can reach Constantinople cheaper than Russian output and places large orders with western millers. Improved freight service expected within years will boost American butter cheese hams and many manufactured goods finding a ready Turkish market.
The article states the potato is the world’s leading staple crop, surpassing wheat and corn with over 4,000,000,000 bushels produced annually. It notes Europe yields seven eighths of the global potato crop and that potato output there exceeds wheat by a factor of one half.
The passage recalls Gen Lee's troops preparing for Cuba with Jeff Davis's escort, and Maine and Georgia regiments marching together while Nellie Grant Sartoris sits beside the Misses Lee. It notes that such reconciliations have become common in the past year, reflecting broad national harmony with a casual tone.
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Alderman John P F Donahue ordered a man to defend himself and then delivered a rough punishment calling it a good Irish beating. The prisoner could barely walk afterward.
A week in Washington reports actions in the Senate and House including the deficiency bill passage, thanks to Clara Barton for Red Cross work, pension and Indian appropriation bills, and measures on Hawaiian islands navigation laws and banks.
The report notes 9000 Spanish soldiers in Cuba starving in Madrid streets while Cuban deaths due to famine unfold. It cites Dewey optimistic about Filipino loyalty to US rule and French President Faure bidding farewell to American and Spanish peace commissioners in Paris.
In Washington the national board of trade adopted resolutions urging a national trade mark and the U S government to build the Nicaragua canal plus support for the gold standard. For the 11 months ended November 1898 US exports totaled 1 117 681 199 surpassing imports by 537 537 046 with a gain of 143 026 115 over 1897. Gold imports 5 825 201 and exports 913 467. Silver imports 2 268 635 and exports 4 023 079.
Cal vi n Brice died at 63 of pneumonia in New York. U S exchanges totaled 1 691 765 298 for the week ending the 16th, up from 1 631 682 131, a rise of 23.4 percent from 1897. Seven days ending the 16th saw 261 US business failures, vs 248 prior week and 829 in 1897. Mrs Ellen Allen and daughter and Mrs Allie Alger and Jennie Cremer killed crossing after Christmas shopping in Asbury Park NJ. Harlan P Halsey, known as Old Sleuth, died at 61 in Brooklyn. New York faces a gripping epidemic rivaling the 1890 outbreak.
News notes list a presidential stop at a colored normal school in Tuskegee Alabama, followed by a speech to a large audience in Montgomery. Other items include hangings in Urbana and Til, a flour merger defeat in Minneapolis, and multiple deaths and accidents across several states.
In Monterey County California hundreds face starvation after a prolonged drought. The piece notes grim conditions during the recently ended navigation season and mentions 94 deaths from the Great Lakes area as context. Also reports a murder theft arson in Josie Alabama and a double suicide in Jasper Missouri.
British officials announce Crete will remain under occupation with a viceroy to govern. Lord Curzon departs London to take new post in India.
Senate conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was approved. Senator Platt argued the United States can acquire new territory, defending sovereignty. House passed 350000 for the 1899 Philadelphia Exposition and set recess dates.
Senator Davis forges an alliance among the United States Great Britain and Japan. Omaha citizens form the Greater America and Colonial Exposition company. Count Renier dies in New York after fifteen years as secretary to Pope Pius IX. England's oldest actress Mrs Keeley turns ninety three. Mme Schumann-Maink births a eighth child a son in New York. Union Tobacco buys Blackwell Durham for two million dollars. Prof Landerer claims TB cure in early stages. Pendel last Lincoln bodyguard survivor. British embassy in Washington stoned by Joseph W Pierson. Baron Rolf Zederstrom 28 to marry Patti 55. Walter R Johnson marks 40 years as St Pauls church organist. Morgan yacht Corsair launch guests wealth totals over 300 million. Ex Senator Edmunds elected trustee Jefferson Medical College. Grenada mob stones Columbus statue over America discovery cause. Capt Gen Castellanos halts the Wavana lottery refunds tickets.
President McKinley is greeted by enthusiastic crowds in Macon Milledgeville and Augusta Georgia on a tour. Confederate veterans pin badges to his coat amid cheers as he reviews troops and declares national unity. The tour ends with a Washington-bound Southern railway departure.
Commander I Mori en route to San Francisco to command the Japanese cruiser Chitose says U S expansion policy gains strong support from Japan for sentimental and commercial reasons. He compares Admiral Dewey to Koe and Nelson and notes Japan’s interest in American shipbuilding firms due to proximity and quality.
The Chicago city council debated extending street car line franchises but took no decisive action. The ordinance was moved from the railroad committee to the city hall committee by a 32 to 31 vote, a maneuver opposed by extension supporters and deemed a symbolic victory by opponents. The city hall committee, seen as anti extension, is unlikely to report the measure.
Pittsburgh with 4000 zinc lined caskets ordered by the United States government for soldiers killed or died in Cuba. Each casket valued around 100 dollars, strong and zinc lined. Also 4000 rough boxes accompany the order for remains. Remains without friends will be buried in national cemeteries. Also reports say Russia orders ten new destroyers for Pacific squadron. The US cruiser Resolute sails to Havana with marines and supplies for the naval station.
Leipsic reports artist Theodore Heine has been imprisoned for six months after caricaturing Emperor William's trip to the Holy Land. The ruling notes the act as a political misdeed and caps a bold satirical act by the artist.
Kansas City dispatch reports the national convention of the American Federation of Labor approving a plan to push for an eight hour work day. Granite Workers of America pledge to insert the eight hour provision in their constitution and initiate action on May 1, 1900 with federation support. Socialist delegates are kept quiet as British delegates advise avoiding the Paris congress.
Col I G Randle longtime Texas figure was shot dead near Dallas city hall by H P Erwin of Forney. Erwin surrendered claiming justification and past threats led to the killing. Randle had recent ties to electric street railway ventures and had previously killed Ed Randall in 1892. Erwin had a prior forgery sentence.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad announces restoration of the remaining five percent wage cut effective January 1 for all 13,000 employees. Five years earlier a ten percent cut was imposed, half restored last July, with the final portion to follow if earnings held. This marks a substantial Christmas gain for the workforce.
Chicago reports Henry B Mason and Henry H W Mason surviving partners of Mason Bros filing an involuntary bankruptcy petition in U S district court. Liabilities exceed 400 000 dollars while assets total about 700 000 mostly real estate, with Edward G Mason a late partner. Debts largely come due simultaneously tied to real estate deals.
An English expert warns of a looming universal wheat shortage due to overburdened soils. The article notes millions suffer digestive ills even with ample food and promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to strengthen the stomach, aid digestion, and cure dyspepsia, torpid liver, nervousness, fever and ague.
In a Chicago Tribune quip a candidate brushes off the idea of a lightning rod as an old fraud saying his goal is to raise trolley poles for the office. The remark frames a pragmatic approach over flamboyant rhetoric.
An old advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute made from pure grains. It claims children and adults can drink it without injury or distress and promises cost savings with packages priced at 15 and 25 cents. Sold by all grocers.
A courtly line portrays a timid girl who believes in peace yet vows to answer the call to arms when needed. The judge presents a paradox of feminine restraint and wartime duty.
Excursion tickets will be sold at all stations on the B M L and at major lines including C W Ry C St and FE M V R to points on the system and Union Pacific within 200 miles of selling stations at greatly reduced rates on December 24 25 26 and 31 1898 and January 1 2 1899 and until January 4 1899. Apply to Chicago North Western Railway for full particulars.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote frames a satire where a land baron boasts of nourishing the town like a great tree while a cynic deflects with jokes about rooting and grafting, capturing local dynamics and ambition.
On November 1 and December 6 and 20 the North Western Line will offer home seekers excursions to many West and South points at very low prices. For tickets and full information contact Chicago and North Western Ry agents.
Brief jokey quip from Jewelers' Weekly about Mrs. Matchmaker and Miss Matchmaker noting Mr. Slowman’s lack of interest when diamonds were mentioned. The item reads as a light humorous social note in a trade periodical.
An old medical advert urges readers to use Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing and prevent consumption. It promises immediate relief and offers free sample bottles at the druggist with large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
Quote records indicate Smith the iceman has died, confirmed by Boggs after a brief exchange about his death. The remark appears in a Life magazine style note.
An old Chicago Daily News ad extols Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel movement health, claiming gentle liver and kidney action and curing headaches. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents and targets skeptical readers with a quip about doubting their own doubts.
A collage of 1890s advertisements and proverbs promoting rheumatic remedies such as St Jacobs Oil and Piso s Cure for Consumption. Includes testimonials and humorous quotes from Town Topics Atchison Globe and Spanish proverbs urging cures and relief from back pain, sciatica, and colds.
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