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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1901
Page
3
The excerpt links ancestry to Campbells and references the saying The Campbells Are Coming. It notes a Philadelphian building a $75000 fog cabin in Maine. It cites a claim of no novelty and reports 26418 patents granted by the patent office last year.
A fragmentary tribute portrays Mr. Tesla as shifting from Mars to a vast electric glow likened to the sun. The text describes his journey as an ardent inventor strewn with agnetical stardust as a guiding path.
A Chicago inspector reports locating 13 000 000 pounds of frozen fish stored for five years marking a headlines first and biggest fish story of the season.
Charles S. Francis of Troy New York the United States minister to Greece said I am a Trojan going to Athens and I have a daughter named Helen, an odd coincidence noted in dispatches.
A California man consumed dynamite in front of witnesses to prove it was digestible. With the man and observers now missing, the experiment’s outcome remains uncertain and unresolved.
Report notes about 800 Choctaw Indians unhappy with tribal dissolution seek to move from the Indian Territory to Mexico. The item suggests the United States could endure the action if Mexico can.
Congress strengthens hazing penalties at West Point and vows to promptly identify and punish offenders. The public supports firm action to deter abuse and uphold discipline in the academy.
A sea captain comments on reaching the north pole and claiming territory for Canada. The remark is noted as a quip amid broader talk of territorial ambitions and a simple vision of a ranch near the pole as a humorous stand in for an iceman’s pursuit.
A Wisconsin figure estimates that if Mr Carnegie were paid 22 500 006 pennies, they would fill a box six feet square at the base and 6 944 feet high. If spread out the pennies would cover 243 055 square feet and stretch 319 609 miles. The result would be about the same no matter who received the pennies.
A Philadelphia dinner featured a Supreme Court justice with a hobby in historical portraits seated with about twenty guests. Each guest pursued a distinct hobby from engraving autographs to collecting stamps and manuscripts, spanning a wide range of interests.
A remark on Mrs Nation delivering lectures to the Kansas governor, clashing with officials, and creating a string of tableaux and living pictures. The passage argues for dramatizing her notoriety with a petti-coat and hatchet as a defining stage drama.
The North Carolina experiment station found egg flavor changes with feed. Onions made eggs very disagreeable after two weeks. Wheat shorts cottonseed meat and skim milk raised egg numbers but worsened flavor. Cracked corn and corn dough lowered egg counts but produced larger eggs with better flavor.
Editorial notes growing support for whipping post as punishment for men who beat or desert their wives. Los Angeles charities back the idea. Chicago charities split between whipping and hard labor with earnings aiding families. In Delaware, where whipping post exists, wife desertion is rare.
Thomas Harpley of Louisiana leads a company planning to explore the Gulf of Mexico oil pool about 45 miles southeast of Texas. The pool spans hundreds of acres and serves as a refuge for coast craft in storms. The venture aims to drill wells if anchorage for equipment can be secured.
The Buffalo Pan American Exposition flag was chosen from 300 designs by Miss Adelaide J. Thorpe. It features a white star on blue in the top left, four stars for the Southern Cross and South America in the opposite corner, and a central white bar with a golden liberty emblem and a green Pax scroll. Buffalo prepares to entertain the world.
A summary of Congressional action across the week with Senate and House votes on military academy penalties, army extras, sundry civil, deficiency, and post office appropriations. Notable items include a defeated conference report on military academy hazing, a $547 509 army extras proposal, and a locking debate over desertions tied to West Point and Annapolis.
The internal revenue commissioner rules shipments and sales of domestic liquors as imported goods are illegal. The president sends to the senate the nomination of W. R. Shafter for major general. At the Congress of Daughters of the American Revolution in Washington reports show increases in membership and funds.
A Delaware legislature bill imposes death or life imprisonment at the court’s discretion for kidnaping. Week ending 21 saw New York exchanges total 2 224 871 210 with a rise over last week and 1900. US business failures numbered 219 in seven days ending 21, down from 257 prior week. A railway disaster at Borden Town New Jersey killed ten and wounded twenty five.
A six year old girl in Stephenson Michigan killed her infant sister while multiple regional tragedies unfold from a Duluth fire destroying a state normal school to children cremated in Prattville Alabama. Carnegie funds Marion Indiana school. various trials murders and political shifts span Chicago Wichita Minneap olis and Los Angeles with notable deaths and civic actions.
United States minister to Switzerland J G Leishman has been reassigned to Turkey in a diplomatic reshuffle affecting foreign intelligence liaison and diplomatic posts.
The era sees the pope reigning 24 years, Dowager Empress yielding to foreign powers, and Waldersee’s expedition dropped. Chinese duties on American goods follow treaties but rise. Don Carlos abdicates in favor of Don Jaime. Dewet evades pursuit in Cape Colony as casualties mount in Boer War. Fire in Tokyo hospital claims 21 lives. Italy and Uruguay consuls accused in Manila revolt. Methuen loses in battles with Boer casualties. Arab rising in Yemen against Ottoman rule. Powers demand international assent on China concessions. De Wet and Steyn denounce British cruelty. Russia sentences 28 students to army service. Madrid reports renewed tranquillity under cabinet.
The senate approved two appropriation measures, the countervailing duty repeal bill, and debated Washington's birthday observances. The house fast tracked nine bills by unanimous consent and sent large appropriations to conference. A deadly wreck occurred as the City of Rio de Janeiro struck a rock near Fort Point Ledge, with 122 lives lost including Consul Wildman.
Colfax Washington February 25 A widow Mrs Rose Wurzer in a fit of insanity drowned her six children aged four to twelve at Uniontown then jumped in and held their heads under water until all were dead. Neighbors rescued her from the 30 foot well and found her alive she is violently insane. Her husband died a year ago and she has lived on county charity. Nearby reports include 63 hours under ground in Jane of Death mine and ten of thirteen rescued, two Killed in a pistol duel in South Memphis both colored. A Kansas man drugged and robbed on a Chicago train and missing. The smallest man in the United States John Tower 4 inches tall died in Bennington Vermont aged 62. He was once with Barnum.
A Baltimore Sun anecdote recounts a wife waking her husband from sleep to warn of thieves in the house. The reply jokes that the real thieves are in the senate, referencing a popular congressman’s residence and a lighthearted political quip.
February 12th and every Tuesday through April 30th special low rate colonist tickets to California via Southern Pacific Ogden and Sunset Routes. Chicago $30. from St Louis Memphis New Orleans $27.50. Omaha Kansas City and others $25. For details contact SP agents in Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh St Louis Kansas City.
Farin, a character in Niagara Walla Blondin’s circle, advertises a dramatic entrance for the prince of Wales into the United States. He proposes wheeling the prince in a wheelbarrow along a tight rope over the gorge, promising refunds if any accident occurs, a claim ridiculed by observers.
The notice promotes Grain-O as a pure grain beverage that can replace coffee without distress to the stomach. It claims fairness of price and suitability for children, urging readers to ask for Grain-O in grocery stores.
A group of Chauncey’s nephews debate his stubborn traits. One quips he is the most contrary man alive. The gag lands on his habit of ignoring obvious prompts, saying he wouldn’t read a newspaper ad that reads Don’t read this.
The ad extols Cascarets as a top bowel and liver regulator sold in 10c, 25c, and 50c boxes with the mark C. C. C. It claims six million boxes sold last year and offers a money back guarantee if unsatisfactory. A 50c box suffices for a month’s treatment for the worst case.
Towne and Browne discuss a man named Underthum with a reported weekly amount of about $2. The remark implies the figure is not his actual salary but an amount allowed by his wife.
The Chicago and Florida Special offers exclusive Pullman service from Chicago to St. Augustine with diners, observation cars, and drawing room sleepers all the way. Tickets available via Big Four, Monon, C H D Penna, Queen & Crescent, Southern Ry, Plant System, or Florida East Coast Ry ticket offices.
A humorous Tarper's Bazar quip imagines a doctor patient exchange after an examination. The head consultant jokes that knowing the ailment would negate the need for a post mortem, highlighting satirical tone about medical certainty.
The Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Route announce one fare round trip tickets from Washington for travel March 1 to March 3 with return by March 8. Address orders to J C G Tucker Gen Nov Agt 234 Clark St Chicago.
A playful exchange recalls a butcherly maneuver and a sly joke about a black sheep, told in a folksy aside from the Philadelphia Record. The line hints at humorous social chatter rather than a full event.
A tonic claim promotes Kemp's Balsam as a cure for coughing with a free sample bottle offered by druggists. It lists large bottle sizes and a 5 cent price point, while other notes warn about delays and include miscellaneous quips and gum advertising from White's Yucatan Gum and various humorous lines.
United States Senator Ed J Makinson of St Paul Minnesota praises Peruna claiming it cured his cough after four bottles and credits it with his good health He notes many friends use Peruna and calls catarrh widespread and costly to treat though doctors offer various remedies
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