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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
3
After four decades in crime work Chief Justice Lore of Delaware endorses the whipping post while rejecting the pillory. A stray note on Mars and a quip about bonnets and sanity accompany the item in this terse page.
A proposed concert would feature Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Luigi von JKunits, and Mme Szumowska together, promising a unique musical gathering for attendees seeking a notable recital.
Prospectors report gold near Pike's Peak and claim Cripple Creek vein may begin beneath the great mountain. The peak remains a landmark and attraction while miners flock to the area.
New Hampshire lawmakers consider a request to erect a Franklin Pierce statue on the capitol grounds. Pierce, the state’s only U.S. president, is buried in Concord at Old North Cemetery.
A foreign member of the Jay Gould family is involved in court matters over a shrinking fortune while Miss Welen Gould donates 400000 dollars to create a naval branch of the MCA. The American path appears more favorable.
The notice speculates that if Mrs Busier had died the public might not have known it referred to Queen Victoria. It contrasts Victoria’s full name Alexandrina Victoria Guelph with her consort Prince Albert’s lengthy full name Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel Busici.
A telegram reports an ordinary sized mantel clock found in the stomach of a cow sent to a Sut ton butcher. The clock was not running. The piece mocks local reporting and imagines a Chicago correspondent making the clock run on time.
Admiral Dewey recalls his Annapolis plebe days and hazing rituals. He lists eating euch, chewing a hawser end, wearing a shingle, drinking wine gar without a proper nose-in, noting such acts as hazing.
The army of the Cumberland produced presidents Grant Garfield and Harrison. Almost all army chiefs of the United States army served there except Gen. Miles. Seventeen generals joined the cabinet, thirty eight served in the senate, and three hundred sat in Congress.
An electric alarm clock uses a spring switch activated by the sleeper’s weight. It rings at the set hour and continues until the sleeper rises and releases the spring by stepping onto the floor. The device ensures a deliberate start to the day by requiring action to stop the alarm.
Boston adopts movable nine section schoolhouses to meet surging demand for classrooms. When district needs exceed supply, temporary units can be set up within hours while permanent buildings are erected, providing fast, flexible education space.
Bar associations across states unite to honor February 4 as John Marshall day marking the centennial of his start as chief justice. The piece credits Marshall with shaping U S constitutional history and the standing of the Supreme Court through his work.
The piece notes chronic Chinese famine with reports from Ching and dire conditions in Shansi and Shensi where three years of crop failure have hit. It cites Douglas Story, an English writer critical of American democracy, claiming the American experiment has failed and suggesting annexation to Canada.
A week of congressional action spans the Senate and House with key measures. The Senate passes the District of Columbia appropriation and the West Point support bill while advancing the war revenue reduction and pension bills. The House debates post office funding and discusses anti campaign contribution measures. A Philippine sovereignty resolution is introduced.
The report notes 10,452,043 men available for service and 115,968 enlisted. Gen Nelson A Miles is named lieutenant general by the president. McKinley plans Philippine municipal organization with native leaders and limited suffrage. The U S rejects Cuba constitution without rights to intervene for stability.
The items include executions at Sing Sing for a 1898 murder, a new New York paper opposing Bryan, a child saving 34 from asphyxiation in Philadelphia, Carnegie selling stock to form a steel trust with near 1 billion capitalization, Evarts turning 83, Red Jacket line’s Big Fire Jacket dying at 93, Maine governor accepting Boutelle’s resignation, a fatal Erie Railway wreck at Greenville, 871 692 foreign home-seekers arriving in New York in 1900.
A roundup of brief items notes Carrie Nation warned by John Woolley not to press methods in Chicago. Separate reports include two men burned in a Missouri jail, saloon raids in Arkansas, drug store vandalism in Chicago, and a push to legalize electrocution in Illinois. Also: transport ship arrivals, lumber yard fire in Cuba, gas explosion in Canton, lockout end in Chicago, and other political and industrial notices.
Kentucky City Marshal Crouch was shot and killed during an attempted arrest of two desperadoes in Metropolis, with Officer McGlasson wounded. The incident highlights a deadly confrontation as law enforcement acted to apprehend the suspects.
Reports detail W. 8. Ament’s arrest in China by French and German troops and the escapee Charles Allen found in an English jail. Notes cover Kitchener’s support to Taoera, a Russian naphtha fire deaths, Manila arrests of Carman and Caranga, Beijing officials’ death sentence demand, a San Andres mine explosion killing 87, and Dutch royal marriage at The Hague.
Senate ineffectual on setting final vote time for the shipping bill. Naval appropriation bill discussed without action. House passes 184 private pension bills and a general pension bill restoring widows married before the rebellion to the pension roll.
The Hague witnessed a festive royal wedding as Queen Wilhelmina wed Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin. The marriage contract sets the husband as head of the union for civil matters while the queen retains personal autonomy. A gala breakfast followed and 364 prisoners were pardoned or lightened.
Washington reports two key measures moved through the Senate on Wednesday the military academy appropriation and the war revenue cut. The hazing clause at West Point was tightened requiring rules approved by the secretary of war and empowering the superintendent to expel any cadet involved with no future reappointment to the corps or as an officer.
A western Havana lumber yard sawmill and 14 houses near Il Cerro were burned with a total loss of 700000 dollars. The mill and yard, owned by Pedro Estanillo, incurred 300000 dollars in damage. insurance covers 93000. Several people were injured, most of them firemen.
David Hunter McAlpin, New York tobacco magnate and philanthropist, died Friday at his city residence at age 85. Death followed an apoplectic attack that began several days earlier.
The Perley Low company of Chicago bought H Witbeck company 1901 cut of lumber. The deal covers about 35 million feet with a price over 500 thousand dollars.
The board of health voted unanimously to prohibit future horse slaughter in the city and ban sale of meat from horses slaughtered elsewhere. The sanitary code was amended to conform with this resolution.
St. Cloud Minnesota February 9 fire gutted the West hotel and nearby structures causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Fire crews battled the blaze through the morning, sparing no structures in the immediate area.
Columbus Ohio February 7 The state emergency board authorizes Governor Nash to spend up to 50000 dollars if needed to mobilize troops to stop the Cincinnati prize fight.
Details from East London Cape Colony describe a clash near Tabaksberg mountain on January 31 into February 9. Maj. Crewe with 700 British and a pompom fought 2,500 Boers under De Wet, retreated after heavy losses, then conducted rear-guard actions and joined Gen. Knox near Bloemfontein.
A early Sunday morning blaze on Harrison Avenue Boston kills Nora Hart five, and Matilda Berry fatally burns while Mrs. Francis Riley suffocates from smoke. Two arrests Harris Levin 38 and Bertha 35 during investigation into possible incendiary cause and missing family members.
St Paul Minnesota February 11 Representative Deming introduced in the legislature a bill to parole life convicts after 35 years served less good behavior time or 234% years. He says this will provide a pardon for the younger boys.
Official adviser reports from the governor of Paku confirm seventeen deaths and property loss not to exceed 4,200,000 roubles from recent naphtha fires at the scene.
Snow lined tracks hide a robbery at the Manilla railway station where an express pouch rumored to hold 400000 dollars was reported stolen. Police report three men have been arrested and accuse them of the heist tied to the weekend theft.
Frank F. Loomis who says he is wanted at Wan Saw New York on six indictments for forgery and that $1000 is offered for his capture surrendered in Logansport Indiana giving as a reason homesickness and a desire to see his mother.
Congressional letters praise Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. Dr Hartman invites readers to send cases for free advice from The Hartman Sanitarium. Letters from M W Howard and A C Lockhart highlight long-term relief and dramatic weight gain after Peruna use.
Mr Meek ton denounces a heart to heart page as nonsense. His wife asks what they refer to, and he argues a wife deserves the same attention after marriage as before, insisting his feelings have not faded. Washington Star excerpt.
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease by taking internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollars for any failing case and invites testimonials, listing I J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as sellers with a claim of family pills as best.
The note describes a genuine dispute ending in separation. The next day the woman returns all gifts except the diamond ring, which she keeps to remind her of his meanness. Tic-Bits captures the sharp tone and lingering hurt.
The advertisement promotes Grain-O a grain based drink as a coffee substitute available in 15 and 25 cent packages. It claims gentle impact on the stomach and suitability for children highlighting affordability and similar taste to coffee.
A Baltimore American excerpt shows a Weeping Mother lamenting her missing son held by kidnappers while a Sympathizing Friend worries about social prestige the incident affords. The quoted dialogue reveals public distress and social pressures surrounding the case.
An advertisement claims Kemp's Balsam cures coughing and prevents consumption. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and notes large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A Detroit Free Press quotation shows Mr. Perkins refusing to sell his last daughter cheaper than others. He responds that she is the last, and inquires about the buyer’s salary, indicating firm pricing.
Lane's amily medicine claims daily bowel movement aid and general health benefits. Described as acting gently on the liver and kidneys, it is said to cure sick headaches. Price 25 and de.
A humorous quip from the Chicago Daily News recalls a professor claiming early discovery awareness. The punchline suggests every savant in Europe remembered the idea since infancy, highlighting satire on scientific pride.
February 12 and every Tuesday through April 30 offer special cheap colonist fares to California via Ogden and Sunset routes. From Chicago $30, from St Louis Memphis and New Orleans $27.50, from Omaha Kansas City etc. $25, with low rates from other eastern and northern points. Contact SP Company agents in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburg St Louis Kansas City for details.
A Vermont report says the town’s electric light plant froze up the other night, a startling event in a state famed for cold. The writer notes Vermont’s heat on record for freezing electricity, joking that only Bob Bur dette’s petrified western tale could rival it, in Troy Himes’s comment.
The Louisville and Nashville R R with connections launches the Chicago and Florida Limited a daily solid train from Chicago to Thomasville Ga Jacksonville and St Augustine Fla. It leaves Chicago 11 06 a m via Ivansville Nashville Birmingham Montgomery Plant System to Jacksonville and Florida East Coast to St Augustine arriving 7 80 pm next day claiming fastest time. Annex sleeper from St Louis 2 15 pm through. C L Stone General Passenger Agent will answer inquiries and supply printed matter.
The Chicago and Florida Special becomes the first solid Pullman train from Chicago to Florida. It features luxurious sleepers, dining and observation cars and begins January 14 with a 32 hour run to St Augustine via multiple rail lines. Tickets available at lines named offices.
When traveling northwest use the Wisconsin Central Railway to St Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Convenent trains depart Chicago daily from Central Station 12th Street and Park Row lake Front. Ask the nearest ticket agent for details James Pond General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis. Quip about liars attached.
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