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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1903
Page
1
An American newspaper correspondent receives the French Legion of Honor. The article notes Mark Twain’s remark about acclaim and discusses various topics from Rome’s founder rumors to a review questioning whether novels will vanish. It mentions Mount Pelée’s renewed eruption affecting excursionists and coal production trends in 1902.
The New Decatur Alabama project organized to exploit oil wells is composed exclusively of women and has a capital of 2 million dollars. The article notes women expanding into aggressive trade roles with no apparent limit to their activities.
A proclamation by Peter Stuyvesant marks 250 years since New York’s first municipal government. The then Manhattan area became New Amsterdam and the May observance ties to the 100th anniversary of the present city hall.
Advocates call for a pantryless kitchen amid busy breakfast foods telephones and dine in bake shops. They warn the pantry is not needed and may hinder sanitary practices, urging readers to spread the news to rural areas to prevent future disaster.
Sergt John A Mason once attempted to kill Guiteau the Garfield assassin He was court martialed and sentenced to 20 years but pardoned by President Arthur He now lives in the soldiers home at Dayton and is an old man.
The text notes social exchanges between American leaders and European royalty with Miss Carew visiting the queen of Italy and Charles M. Schwab's parents meeting the pope. Allison Armour dined with the Kaiser while Sousa performed before King Edward. Gen Miles and other guests were hosted at Windsor, signaling cordial US relations with European sovereigns.
The Burlington plans a 50 mile branch line in southeast Missouri to haul watermelons. The district is a noted watermelon belt with production sufficient to keep the railroad busy each season.
Essay argues for a national standard of judicial separation in extreme cases to deny remarriage rights to the guilty, claiming this would improve morals and protect blameless wives and children. It notes three quarters of U S divorces seek immediate remarriage and cites railroad accidents where speed endangers lives.
A rapid rise in bank robberies is reported with fifty six incidents across the country in four months. Illinois and Nebraska each report seven cases, Indiana five, Texas and Missouri four apiece, and Iowa Kansas Minnesota two, New Mexico one. The pattern implies a widespread organized gang and prompts banks to take careful precautions amid more small-capital banks nationwide.
Vermont repeals its 1852 prohibition statute and adopts a local option high license plan after March 1 cities and towns may decide liquor sales. The statewide vote was a narrow 1,642 margin in a 60,000 total, leaving four prohibition states remaining.
A week of federal action covers the Panama canal treaty favorably reported in the Senate on the 3rd. Rebates ban, army and post office measures pass, and statehood debates continue. Debates touch on anti-trust prosecutions, tariff questions, and Mormon influence in politics.
C. B. Hart resigns as United States minister to Colombia and is succeeded by A. M. Beaupre. Allies seek to resolve the Venezuelan dispute in Washington avoiding The Hague. The Roosevelts host the annual congressional reception. Allies may ask Roosevelt to arbitrate Venezuelan claims. if declined, submit to The Hague. Alaska boundary treaty likely to fail in the Senate. Central American ministers brief Secretary Hay on regional disturbances.
In Philadelphia the evidence before arbitration concluded and miners began rebuttal testimony. A Vermont special election adopted a local option law by about 1000 votes. Cyclone in Wilmington unroofed 50 houses and injuried two. Dawes, former congressman and senator, died in Pittsfield at 86. Addicks withdraws from Delaware US Senate race after eight years.
A 103 year old Omaha woman Charity Green dies at home. Reports say 62 marines aboard the U S receiving ship Franklin died of black diphtheria. Robert Bailey 100 dies in Crosse Wisconsin. 40 Bay City fishermen feared drowned in Saginaw bay after ice broke. Washington orders rush work on vessels in Mare Island navy yard. Chicago coal magnates to avoid anti trust charges but face conspiracy trial. Cole Younger pardoned by Minnesota authorities, returning to Missouri. Milwaukee fire kills five firefighters including Chief Foley from nitric acid fumes. Diamond Match Co to move headquarters due to corporate restrictions. MacArthur to the California department, Bates to Chicago. Stormont named Indiana soldiers' home commandant. Edwin Maxwell, 78, oldest state legislator, dies in Charlestown. Indiana Ohio Illinois coal miners offered 12 percent wage rise at Indianapolis conference. Topeka coal inquiry shows Kansas miners earn about 350 yearly.
In St Louis William Paull a London baritone with Castle Square opera fell from a sixth story hotel window and died. Congressman J H Moody of North Carolina died in Waynesville of lung congestion. A fire of incendiary origin destroyed Western Military Academy at Upper Alton Illinois causing about 50000 loss. A Montana senate vote defeated a woman suffrage bill. A Rock Island freight train collision near Teco late New Mexico killed five men.
The record holder Mary Ann Mills dies in Woodham in her 115th year. Dispatches confirm the Moroccan throne pretender has been captured. Reports say a large northern China army is being organized to confront foreigners.
The senate referred the house anti trust bill to the judiciary committee while the army appropriation bill went to conference. Germany delays Venezuelan talks as Italy backs them. Aliased domestic news include typhoid in Ithaca and Cornell students fleeing, Guatemala declaring war on Salvador and Honduras, and a factory crisis at Arnold & Co in St. Louis. Edna Lyall died in Eastbourne and John L. Sullivan was discharged in bankruptcy.
Sermon in Baltimore denounces divorce as worse than polygamy. Dowie and Zion hosts announce plans to invade Greater New York. US Supreme Court protects lithographed posters under copyright law. Beef prices drop 40 percent in New Orleans due to packer vs independent conflict. Pennsylvania Special 20 hour NY to Chicago train to be eliminated to ease freight blockade. Hill of Tara in Ireland sold for 18500 to a withheld woman. Chancellor von Buelow voices conservative foreign policy outlook. War Secretary Root backs officer training in Washington. Rail workers blame accidents on exhausted engineers from long hours. Joseph William Sheppard starves himself after family estrangement. Prof H L Willett says Sunday school pedagogy alienates nine-tenths of children. Admiral Dewey seeks funds for Jefferson memorial in DC. 70 headmasters urge football rule changes to curb dangerous mass plays.
famine stricken northern Sweden faces worsening conditions with about one hundred thousand people in danger of starvation. daylight is scarce, cattle and seed are at risk, and relief relies on sleigh transport over a 600 mile district. significant funds have been raised by Swedish consulates in the United States.
A coal wage scale offering about a 14 percent overall rise was ratified by miners and operators covering Ohio Indiana Illinois and western Pennsylvania. The deal raises day laborers 12 0 percent drivers 22 percent and adds per ton increases for various mining methods. It affects about 300 000 miners directly and shapes future base rates across multiple states.
Milwaukee reports four firemen killed and ten seriously ill after inhaling nitric acid fumes while fighting a blaze at Schwab Stamp & Steel. Chief James Foley led the department for 20 years and invented firefighting apparatus used nationwide. Other items note Ames indictment in Minneapolis and Manila cholera status.
A Morning Leader dispatch from Tangier says 12 000 sultan troops attacked the tender's encampment and battle raged to Fez gates with 2 500 slain. Rebels reportedly rescued La Hamara.
Dr. Hartman receives letters from Catholic Sisters praising Peruna as a safeguard for children in care. A recent recommendation comes from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Michigan detailing positive effects.
A German professor in an asylum explains delirium tremens to students and links alcoholic thirst to playing wind instruments. He asks a patient what instrument he plays, and the reply is the violoncello.
Je H Gosney of Granton Oklahoma claims a complete cure from Kidney Trouble using Dodd's Kidney Pills after ten years of trial with other medicines. He says he improved quickly once starting the remedy and urges others to try it, noting his health is restored. The note closes with a moral quote from United Presbyterian.
Beginning February 15 the M K and T Ry will sell colonist tickets to California at low rates. St Louis 30.00 Kansas City 25.00. Tourist car through to San Francisco leaves St Louis Tuesday at 8 32 p m. Inquire at any agency or address James Barker General Passenger Agent M K and T Ry 202 Wainwright Bldg St Louis.
Mass in Rome marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pope Pius IX death featured Cardinal Satolli officiating in an unusually striking ceremony.
A Columbus letter from Dr S B Hartman describes a young girl treated with Peruna for throat catarrh and laryngitis. The Sisters of Charity report relief and eventual cure hoping for full recovery with continued use. The letter invites others to seek Hartman’s free guidance.
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