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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1896
Page
1
The oldest mason who saw Washing ton is fading before the man linked to Lincoln's family troubles. United States tobacco output leads globally with British India second. Bicycle sales in 1896 may hit two million. The horse's popularity wanes as Racine steamers fall from favor. Mark Twain returns from abroad with wealth and plans first class travel.
Washington has more than 200 places of worship within its city limits. Of these, 52 belong to Methodists, 48 to Baptists, and 21 to Presbyterians.
Benjamin I rankuin has been officially declared a gentleman after a close call seen in Philadelphia where he fed his hunger with a loaf of bread while walking the streets.
A fragment quotes a correspondent noting widespread debt and unpaid obligations, concluding that hard times persist for many. The text discusses financial strain and collective default without detailing individuals or events.
The record notes George H. Pendleton died while serving as minister William Walter Phelps resigned to return home and die and Theodore Runyon has fallen in service.
A Chicago woman killed herself after her husband disliked her cooking, allegedly reversing a prior pattern where husbands who disliked wives’ cooking were the ones who died. The remark implies a shift in customary outcomes within similar domestic conflicts.
In New Haven Connecticut one order covers 49 million cigarette boxes and another 36 million. With a 70 million population estimate the two orders would supply 12 cigarettes to every man woman and child in the United States.
A Caribou clergyman noted the choir was empty as service began and urged the congregation to rise and sing Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow. The moment highlighted a humorous twist as worship started without the singers.
In a survey of quirky trends a sharp focus on divorce advertising in Oklahoma sparks talk of traveling recruiters. New York hosts 30000 typewriters with a sale every five minutes. A Philadelphia society dinner features all black attire and borrowed garments. Alaska is cased as a distant lure for gold seekers while a Burlington magistrate trains a habitual drinker to temperance meetings. A Nebraska burglar audits a banker’s revival scene and pilfers diamonds to curb temptation.
A 60 year old hotel keeper from Peconic marries 24 year old Miss Sadie Buckett of Orient. The match is described as a mutual bargain with Wells famed for cash paying boarders and a snug fortune, while Buckett is noted as a bicycle riding athlete.
In a busy Washington week Senator Morgan proposed a neutral Cuba policy granting belligerent rights in US ports. The House passed a bill to ban prize fighting in any state or territory while debate continued on free coinage and the land bill.
In Washington the su preme council of the National Farmers' Alliance elected Mann Page of Virginia as president. The president signed legislation to prohibit prize fighting in the District of Columbia and territories, making it law. Exchanges at leading clearing houses totaled 999,906,409 for the week ending the 7th, up from the prior week. Business failures numbered 323 in the seven days to the 7th, down from 404 the week before. The treasury completed its tabulation of bond bids, with 61 bids totaling 66,758,650, leaving Morgan syndicate awarded 34,211,350 and a gross gold intake of about 111,000,000.
A New England railroad bridge over the Pequabuck River near Bristol failed, sending 20 workers into the water with 11 fatalities. Other disasters include a Pocahontas Lake dam break flooding Morristown with 25 missing, and fires and storms causing substantial damage across New Jersey and New York. Notable deaths include Rev. Father John M. Fitzgerald and surgeon Richard Manning Hodges.
Cincinnati dental student Scott Jackson admits guilt in Pearl Ryan murder and implicates Alonzo M. Walling. Israel Washburne, Civil War veteran and one of the Washburn brothers, dies in Hot Springs. Mobile endures first cyclone damage. Omaha man Han Peterson, 58, starves after wandering. Gen. John Gibbon dies in Baltimore. Excelsior Manufacturing in St. Louis declares $15,000 failure. Indianapolis mourns railway clerk John Torrence, 67, from wreck injuries.
The British steamship Wild Flower, departing Philadelphia December 11 for Rouen, France, was reported lost with her 29 crew. Clara Barton and her Red Cross party left London for Armenia to distribute relief funds.
Nev Sandford Hunt a 72 year old New York Methodist official dies suddenly in Cincinnati. Mrs Eve Stone aged 100 dies at Warrensburg Missouri. U S government loan proceeds of 111.6 million pounds reported. Danville murder of William Roy and William Lutes by William Riggins. Douglas Wyoming sheep sale $5000 with robbery. Walker brothers burned to death near Winston North Carolina. Cincinnati & Muskingum Valley train derailment near Rosville Ohio. Thomas Fisher killed. 12 injured. Crain of Cuero Texas dies of pneumonia in Washington aged 48 after six terms. Steamer Alfonso arrives at Havana carrying Gen Weyler. Colored Joseph Leeds hanged by mob in Sedden Alabama. January fire losses total 11.04 million in US and Canada. January 1895 total 11.8956 million. Northern Fire Association of Columbus goes to receiver with 900k liabilities. Browne of City Bank New Philadelphia indicted for 100k. Senate discusses Monroe doctrine and Cuba war end. Uhl confirmed as envoy to Germany. House bond bill debated. Crain death noted and adjournment observed.
In a heavy northeast gale near Salisbury Beach a coal laden schooner presumed Florida from Rockland was wrecked. Five crew lashed to masts perished, two bodies washed ashore by 10:15 p.m. as the Alianza from Newburyport also lost three sailors. Plum Island life-saving crew rendered aid but could not reach the doomed vessel.
In Whiting on Thursday a violent clash between Hungarians and Poles left Emory Szanjo Steve Mutcha and John Makin dead and several others injured including Jacob Gladstone cigar maker from Chicago and John Thomas oil firm foreman. The saloon quarrel began with insults and street fighting escalated to gunfire and broken windows as Maovitik and his wife fired from upstairs. Police and deputies arrived as the chaos continued.
A York bound ship from St John driven ashore on Philo island at seven Sunday night. seven men lashed to masts, three bodies washed ashore, four saved by brave spectators as the craft broke up after strike. Captain Melanzo of St John among the dead. In Middletown a wagon repair shop proprietor Peter Atkins and Maud Kelly die after driving into a nine foot flood meadow crossing Wallkill river. Atkins found Sunday, Maud found later tied to a barb wire fence downriver.
Chicago publisher Joseph K. Dunlop of the Chicago Dispatch received a $2000 fine and two years in prison after Judge Grosscup ruled the crime involved obscene advertisements mailed nationwide. He may file a bill of exceptions in two days and seek a writ of supersedeas while free on bail.
Washington February 6. A substitute reported by Senator Morgan Alabama shifts policy from recognizing Cuban revolutionists as belligerents to declaring public war in Cuba and US neutrality while granting belligerent rights in US ports. The move effectively sidesteps the original concurrent resolution.
Sheriff officials arrived to find Hungarians inside a saloon refusing to surrender. Drawn revolvers and a forceful entry led to the arrest of the ringleaders as officers cleared the scene.
Dun and Co notes a political turning point boosts confidence and warrants renewed foreign interest in American securities. Iron, plate, leather, and textile sectors show mixed but overall active demand. wheat futures rise on crop rumors. U S failures at 323 this week vs 281 last year, Canada 63 vs 68.
In Chicago at 207 Bertenu Avenue seven members of Richard Klaetke’s family were found slain, six killed during the night and the father later taking his own life. Victims include Kate Klaetke his wife and children Mina Mina Anna Willinghte and John. A neighbor reported the scene at 7:40 AM and a revolver lay beside Klaetke.
Penelope Gleason Knapp in the Chicago Inter Ocean laments fame as a fleeting illusion. The verse notes the chase of ever elusive glory, its joy and sorrow, the crash of sudden sparkle, and the critic’s sting that follows.
A lyric tribute extols reverence and affection for the elderly, urging tenderness toward the venerable and noting the inevitability of death as a shelter from life’s storms. The poem frames aging as a solemn pilgrimage toward heaven.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co proprietors Toledo Quebec. Endorsers state Cheney's honesty and solvency. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally with price per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills promoted. Quote about travel in America appears as a stray snippet.
On March 8 the Monon Route offers very low fares from Chicago to Abbeville Georgia to New Orleans with各 listed prices for Decatur Jacksonville Memphis Tampa and Mobile plus all other points at reduced rates. L E Sessions or city ticket office 232 Clark St Chicago provide details. Phillips Rock Island excursions promise fast trips to California praised by A Phillips Co and G P A Sebastian.
Advertisement notes upcoming South and Southeast migration excursions with tickets available from the northwest via Big Four and Chesapeake and Ohio routes to Virginia and Carolinas, priced at one fare plus two dollars. Includes promos for Virginia lands and a pamphlet, plus various brief notices and product pitches from the era.
A judge cites a biblical verse in a remark about JaBBeR's child who allegedly spoke at two weeks old. The exchange reflects courtroom humor or controversy surrounding early speech claims.
Early February engagement returns James A. Herne in the long run of Shore Acres at McVickers Theatre Chicago. The column echoes vaudeville style notices and ads including Piso’s Cane claims and various patent medicines.
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