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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
1
The Express reports about 37 000 women telegraph operators in the United States and a growing workforce. It mentions figures on brain photography and references to scientists Tesla and Edison with broad claims about discoveries and inventions. A New York Dutch heiress tale is touched with inheritance advice from a lawyer.
The article argues that common belief misstates travel cheaper in Europe for gays, noting that first class in Europe costs about as much as in America and does not provide better value or accommodations for the money.
The piece asserts that 90 percent of tea in the country is adulterated with plumbago, prussian blue or willow leaves. It suggests hayseed decoctions taste similar to tea and cost far less for those who are not over-particular.
During a fuse trial a small leaf slipped between a dynamite cartridge and an iron plate and left a perfect leaf imprint on the iron. The incident shows delicate flower tracery can be reproduced in metal through imprint impressions.
The piece notes proposed abolition of coroner offices in New York with the shift to reputable physicians and police for preliminary investigations and six year terms with paid fees. It also cites New York’s strong college system for degrees and a 1645 letter about a horseless carriage conceit, highlighting technological speculation and cost savings in hay and oats.
The piece notes Senator Frye of Maine becoming president pro tempore of the Senate, recalling that only one New York senator has held that honor, John Lawrence in 1798. It also highlights New York’s eight Vice Presidents across 25 years, then cites Chicago Normal School findings estimating 448000 tons of dust from a recent snowstorm, with 88 percent sand, likely from the far west and carried across the nation.
Report from northern Siberia claims Dr Nansen located the North Pole aboard a specially built vessel. The tale notes large portions of the expedition funded by Norway and Sweden and mentions a June departure following the ill fated Jeanette voyage.
An American reader cites a Turkish authority list claiming 19 234 killed and 94 770 destitute. It details burned alive individuals, deaths from hunger and cold, outrages on women, and forced marriages to Moslems, describing a record no civilized society should pride itself on in the late 19th century.
The passage argues that a circular to Romeos and Juliets by the National Divorce Reform League could guide men and women through changes in tastes, character, and judgment. It claims preventive measures at early ages could reduce later divorce, noting people gain certainty about love and compatibility as they age.
The report covers Senate and House actions across February including passage of the military academy and pension bills, agricultural appropriations, and the army appropriation bill. Debates on Cuban belligerent rights, tariff reform, and treasury remittance power are noted along with adjournment to February 24.
In the week ending the 21st there were 280 business failures, down from 351 the prior week and 302 a year ago. Leading exchanges reported totals of 1,092,244,548 dollars for the week, up from 905,245,253 the previous week. The gold reserve rose above 100 million dollars for the first time since 1895, reaching 105,092,8438. Washington observed Birthday celebrations with a public meeting by the Washington Union Republican club marking the 40th anniversary of the Republican Party.
A cousin murder in Cramer Virginia ends in suicide by the assailant. A Providence fire destroys a union station causing $200000 in losses. Ballington Booth and his wife relinquish Salvation Army command in America amid search for them. Reports list Booth successors in London and New York, plus political figures in Massachusetts and a Boston hanging case from 1895. Mary Scott Lord Dimitri married in New York as ex president Harrison attends.
A series of recent events includes two fatal shootings in Missouri between Andy Williams and John Oliver, and a man named Fitzgerald executed in St. Louis for murder after a botched hanging. Other items report two farmers killed by a train in Kentucky, Judge John R. Grace’s death in Frankfort, Indiana political delegate meetings, a Delaware county children’s home fire, a southern states exposition planned for Chicago, 18 fishermen lost in a Buffalo storm, and the Monadnock being commissioned at Mare Island.
A roundup of accidents crimes and deaths across the Midwest and South. Fires blaze through a Leader building in Cleveland Ohio and Ducat Grantham’s livery stables in St Joseph Missouri. bank robbery in McLouth Kansas. numerous suicides including Fowler John Thompson and Henry Maher. political notices from Iowa and Michigan conventions. notable deaths including Edgar Nye and Confederate era figure George Davis. a mass of disparate incidents paints a volatile period in late 19th century America.
A widow in Wimblington England killed her four children by throat slashes and then took her own life. The article notes rising violence and casualties from various disasters and conflicts, including a major dynamite explosion and Armenian upheaval. The report also mentions the death of Mrs Nannie Kield in Nice and other distressing events abroad.
A broad cross section of brigadiers adjutants and majors who Booth created declined his offer to lead an independent Salvation Army. He and his wife left New York headquarters for good.
The Salvation Army in New York erupts over Ballington Booth being ordered to England after a court of inquiry found insubordination. Booth refuses to relinquish command amid a factional clash with Col. Nicol and Gen. Booth, while Eva Booth arrives from England as tensions rise.
Edger W. Nye known as Bill Nye died peacefully at his home twelve miles east of Asheville North Carolina after a paralytic stroke ten days earlier His wife two sons and two neighbors were present His overwork as a humorist and writer and lecturer ended in death Nye born August 25 1850 in Shirley Maine grew up in Wisconsin and Wyoming Territory. He rose to fame with the Boomerang in Laramie and later wrote and lectured earning over thirty thousand dollars yearly. He married Fanny Smith in 1877 and left a moderate fortune to widow and children.
A Sunday morning blaze in the fashionable North Baltimore district killed seven people. The fire began in the basement of 1806 North Charles Street, home of James R. Armiger, a prominent diamond importer. Victims include Armiger, his son in law William B. Riley and Riley children Marian and Richard, James Chamberlain, Mrs Marian Chamberlain, and Harold Manuel.
The coroner lists fifty five dead from the Vulcan mine explosion in New Castle Colorado with 41 lamps issued that morning suggesting about 56 casualties. The cause is disputed with windy shot or coal dust explosion cited and negligence alleged in sprinkling as required.
A reflective poem from the Honolulu Times speaks of enduring love kept in the heart across years apart. It imagines a future memory when the beloved recalls the speaker’s steadfast affection and the dream of a shared, comforting past.
A whimsical piece describes the Do-Funny Band and playful Do-funnies bringing joy to families. It contrasts lively “little Do-funnies” with memories of past caregivers and neighbors, celebrating laughter and shared moments from childhood and youth.
Rivalry grows among growers with Salzer offering prizes for beating 1895 records: 52 days for earliest watermelon and 68 days for earliest tomato. He dares producers of cabbage radish peas and sweet corn to beat these times and promises a free catalogue with 12 cents postage.
A Yankton County reader notes many farmers rose from sod houses to prosperous farms with thriving homes, barns, stock, orchards, and cash. He credits climate and soil as enduring advantages and cites rail pamphlets and excursion offers from Chicago agencies promoting settlement and travel to Virginia and the South.
A New York collecting agency operated exclusively by women challenges the saying that a woman’s work is never done. The clipping mentions a separate ad about a Texas excursion, but the main note highlights women managing a collecting agency in the city.
Travel ad claims Heat is money to be made in Delppia Creek and promotes the Rock Island Route as the only direct line saving hours to Lingale Creek. It urges readers to send for full information to Joan Szvastian, Gen’s Pass. Agent, Chicago.
Schiller Theater in Chicago hosts Welch & Waehsner's Stock Company from Milwaukee's Pabst Theater starting February 23 for a week. The Queen & Crescent offers the only through sleeper to Florida via Asheville North Carolina with three daily car lines to Florida and unequaled service.
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