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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
3
A week in the 56th Congress notes Senate focus on the agricultural appropriation, Army nominations, and the sundry civil bill. Senators Hale, Lodge warn against rising appropriations as the House and Senate debate the district code and memorial project funding.
The article portrays Nikola Tesla as voyaging from Mars to a diffuse electric light equaling the sun. It frames his journey as a constellation of visionary ideas and theoretical stardust guiding an ardent inventor’s path.
Doctors warn that the latest evil minded microbe theme on playing cards tempts poker devotees toward worse outcomes than prizes. They caution that pleasure is uncertain in these scientific days and urge restraint.
A Missouri editor writes to many farmers requesting neighborhood reports. One reply jokes about two school marms hog cholera fifty bushels of potatoes and a fool who married a cross eyed girl with a mule and forty acres of land belonging to the writer.
The Dead Sea zone will host a motor boat line crossing the desert waters to create a faster link between Jerusalem and Kerak, Moab’s ancient capital. The passage notes water routes once undisturbed are now navigable for this new line of boats.
Temple Houston of Kansas asserts Indians believe pepper prolongs life and claims pepper cures asthma and many diseases, while salt is far inferior for extending life. He says old Apache squaws attribute their longevity to pepper and offers readers a choice between pepper and salt remedies.
The working girls of Trenton New Jersey organize a mutual benefit association. Each member pledges not to marry or associate with any man who does not abstain from all intoxicating liquors including wine beer and cider and commits to living by the same pledge.
The government bureau of forestry reports five hundred tree species in the Philippines covering about half the islands. It notes virgin forests with 20 060 cubic feet of timber per acre and grand trees reaching 150 feet tall, four feet in diameter, straight and branchless up to 60 feet.
The Vermont Supreme Court upholds Frank Shaw of White River Junction on a deputy sheriff murder. His punishment is two years hard labor, three months in a solitary dungeon, then execution by hanging at the scaffold.
The YMCA reports a major development in the last year with library privileges for soldiers. Fifty five traveling libraries, each containing up to 100 volumes, are provided through generous donations. Each library serves a post or camp for four weeks before moving on to another site.
An expert estimates 600,000 workers in the electrical sector, with investments topping four billion dollars across street railways lighting telephony telegraphy mining power transmission and storage devices. The army inspector general notes 110 military schools nationwide enrolling 20,125 students and a total of 3,353 alumni served in the Spanish American War, including 1,084 officers.
Brooklyn navy yard officers expect the cruiser New York once flagship of the Atlantic squadron to be designated by the navy department as the war vessel to represent the United States at King Edward VII's coronation exercises. The ship's crew is being assembled and she will be commissioned after repairs. The New York will later join the U S fleet in the Orient after paying respects to the king.
January imports rose to 69,100,194 while exports reached 133,390,032. Congress official canvass named McKinley and Roosevelt elected by 292 to 155 over Bryan and Stevenson. Four new warships named for Louisiana Connecticut Tennessee and Washington. Presbyterian committee calls creed change. President hosts state dinner for foreign envoys. Cuban relations may trigger a special session of Congress.
Central and northern New York lie under heavy snow with the blizzard described as the worst in years. Ice and harbor restrictions hinder ships from leaving slips as cold snaps grip coastal areas.
Across the nation reports show anti saloon efforts spreading from Kansas to other states. Incidents include saloon demolitions in Winfield Kansas and arson attempts in Chicago and Milwaukee as reform movements clash with violence and crime.
A London analyst detected 309 pounds of arsenic in a week's beer supply bound for Liverpool. The find raises alarm over safety and distribution controls.
Reports describe violent upheavals in Madrid and Spain amid anti clerical clashes and monarchical events. In Asia and Africa, famine in Shen Si and British military actions in Africa draw attention. U S Senate proceedings cover pensions seeds and telegraph cable aid while disasters and notable deaths mark a turbulent period.
A Peking dispatch reports Count von Waldersee ordering troops ready for a large scale expedition within two weeks for an 80 day campaign aimed at Shaanxi and Shan-Si provinces. Generals Chaffee Voyron and others are to be consulted. possible command transfers to Sir Alfred Gaselee or Gen. Voyron.
President plans an extra congressional session soon after Cuba’s constitution is received. He aims to share responsibility with Congress on Cuban policy, with possible focus also on the Philippine question, anti trust, and subsidy bills. Havana reports a Cuban convention commission opposing U S naval stations while other relations clauses near agreement.
Governor Roosevelt and John Goff arrive in Meeker Colorado from Keystone ranch after a lion hunt. Goff reports seventeen lions killed with Roosevelt claiming twelve of those slain by him including a 227 pound beast, the largest in the area, taken with a knife. The hunt featured Roosevelt nearly tumbling from a cliff while taking a rifle shot at a second large lion.
A railroad wreck near Mills City Nevada kills a fireman and two passengers with many injured as Eastbound Southern Pacific express derails after a washout from a cloudburst. Four miners drown in the Santa Rita mine flood in Baja California region.
A Ram's Horn quote on perseverance frames achievement as steady effort beyond initial talent. The message emphasizes persistence in pursuing goals and continuous work toward mastery.
Try Grain-O a new food drink that takes the place of coffee. It is made from pure grains and can be enjoyed by children and adults without distress. Sold by grocers 5c and 25c per package. The ad notes milk deliveries may fail and adds a humorous line about milk-shake cases.
An old time drug advertisement urges readers to obtain Kemp's Balsam to stop coughing immediately. It promotes free sample bottles from druggists and offers large bottles priced at 25 and 50 cents, warning that delays are dangerous.
The Empire State Express runs 440 miles from New York to Buffalo with four stops and twenty eight slowdowns, averaging fifty three and one third miles per hour on business days. The service is praised as a premier example of American machinery and methods by newspapers nationwide.
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