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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
3
A Berlin professor discovers eight laborers with green hair among copper workers. The unusual trait appears after years of exposure, suggesting a slow developing phenomenon tied to their copper handling.
The text notes Egypt between the Nile's lower falls as the driest place on earth where rainfall is unseen and locals doubted travelers who claimed rain comes from the sky.
The Indianapolis Press reports a Cincinnati woman accused a streetcar conductor of flirting after she gave him the silent treatment. The case centers on his alleged behavior described as making “goo goo” eyes while she ignored him.
Joseph Knight, a 25 year old English engineer, asserts he has developed a method to use air instead of coal for motive power. He predicts the next century will bring many more surprises.
Rev. E W Twing of Honolulu presents the archaeological museum at the University of Pennsylvania with the best collection of Chinese coins outside China. The artifacts span over 2,500 years and include early spade, razor, key, shirt, and tool shaped pieces.
The text asserts Alaska is not barren but fertile in many valleys where sun and snowmelt enrich the soil. It notes wheat corn oats barley buckwheat flaxseed and vegetables can be grown successfully across many parts of the territory.
A wooden elevated path for cyclists connects Los Angeles and Pasadena in southern California. It rises from three to fifty feet high with an average grade of one in eighty. The route accommodates four machines side by side and is fully lit by electric lights.
A Bangor attorney sued Otis town and, unable to collect as the treasury was empty, used a long unused Maine law to seize property. An officer took a selectman's yoke of oxen and twelve cows owned by other residents under the statute.
Lavinia Warren now Mrs Magri aged sixty retains vigor and performance. Born Miss Louise or Lavinia Bump in Middleborough Massachusetts she once wed Gen Tom Thumb in 1863 and after a prior romance now marries Count Magri.
Chicago physician Dr. Albert H. Hoy labeled a hygiene specialist. He claims exercise harms men past 35 despite youth’s need for activity. He urges rest while younger individuals engage in training, and notes others with equal authority may disagree.
Hawaii's Mr. Wilcox claimed 1060 for a 6300 mile round trip at ten cents per mile. He will receive another 1060 for the return journey, though actual costs were much lower. In Beloit Kansas Lizzie Engelbert age 22 faced guardianship steps after court found her raised on a remote farm ignorant of common life.
Residents of Ossining argue the town’s fame as a prison town hurts growth and census figures. They favor calling the area Ossining township namesake while noting prison-linked stigma deters manufacturers and public perception. Some suggest each penitentiary have a distinct name to avoid confusion.
A survey notes national receipts from internal revenues totaling 131,279,187 dollars in five months, up 3,718,768 from the prior year. It cites widespread Christmas celebrations across the century and remarks Mint Director Roberts on rising penny demand.
W I Shaw, new consul general to Singapore, died by his own hand in Philadelphia amid illness. In Bordentown Prof Harris fell dead during a performance. Erie Railway bans newsboys on all trains. Demorest WCTU in New York condemns kissing as an intoxicant. Dr Thomas Murphy, Philadelphia Presbyterian leader, died of pneumonia. Twenty national Gospel campaign formally opened in New York. Gustave Wolf, Bridgeport death by own action club member, committed suicide. Fire at Mrs Harriger’s home near Brookville killed mother and two daughters. Lenox farmer Michael Maloney died at 107. An Italian anarchist wounded Chief Brown in Barre Vermont.
A scattered digest reports murders in Savannah Missouri and a 103 year old death in Mount Morris Illinois. Chicago marks a hundredth birthday for John Laing while Colmar Illinois sees a fatal train accident. Salt as life force is claimed by Chicago physiologists. Bishop Hele dies in Cairo Illinois. Indian schools show enrollment gains under Miss Estelle Reel. Isaac Robinson faces $800000 bankruptcy in Baltimore. Steamship link planned between Portland and Manila. Ripley County officers compensate a lynching victim’s widow. Pat Crowe remains at large amid the Cudahy case. A request for heirs seeks a bank receiver in Baltimore and a bank closure in White Pigeon Michigan. Bryan urges silver democracy in Lincoln. Kidnap plots and gambling arrests headline. Fire damages a Missouri church. a pastor is badly burned. Drowning deaths occur in North Dakota. Postal facilities taxed by holiday business. Wheat and corn yields for 1900 are tallied. A Los Angeles murder–suicide shocks a family. A Wichita saloon vandalized by a WCTU member. Cuban clerks to be salaried. Cudahy case suspect identified by a pony seller. Indianapolis Masons’ secretary shot in his office. A bandit robs a canyon express near Hot Springs Junction Arizona.
Reports indicate a Yaqui attack in Sonora resulted in 30 Mexican soldiers killed. Separately, official data show 31,000 lepers in the Philippines.
The report lists multiple events including Liberia’s president resigning and successor elected, a claimed island annexation near the Philippines, U S reservations in China talks, rising Philippine customs receipts, a Boxer massacre near Peking, Boer raids against British forces, DeWet’s southward push, a Mexican bank failure at Guadaloupa with 2.3 million liabilities, Dowie receiving no death threats, the death of Lord Mayor Armstrong, and allied punitive expeditions in China.
Reports say Gen De Wet failed to break through and is now at Senekal with a large commando. Other items note a lynching in Georgia and a fatal train wreck in Montana among many overseas and domestic incidents.
London reports 36 hours of storm driven seas and wrecks across the British Isles. Vessels Capricorn and Ragna foundered with multiple drownings. Cornwall and Cardiff coasts hit hard. ferrying life boats used life lines. Thames shipping damaged. floods reach Wimbledon to Epsom lowlands.
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, Chinese peace commissioners, reported to the emperor Zwang-Su after a long consultation. The court opposes forts reductions and permanent legation guards, fearing threat to the court. London reports empress dowager secretly named a new child emperor Tung Hsu, while Emperor Kwang Su is allowed to return to Peking.
R G Dan & Co reports preliminary 1900 failures near 10,690 with liabilities totaling about $170,000,000. Manufacturing and trading sectors account for most defaults, plus 60 financial concerns swelling totals. The year shows a rebound versus 1899 but reflects broad economic reaction.
Sidney Miller seven year old son of Samuel D Miller and grandson of former United States Attorney General W H H Miller was kidnaped by his mother Wednesday evening and recovered Thursday morning. They were found asleep in the home of a man named Marshall at Lawrence about three oclock. Mrs Miller gave up the child and was not placed under arrest.
The Sonoma arrived in San Francisco after a record-breaking 38 days 9 hours voyage from Philadelphia aboard the Oceanic Steamship line. It beat the Sierra’s prior 43 day 6 hour time, with a brief Coronel stop along the way. In New York a North American Review issue will feature ex Secretary of War Russell A Alger on the Army ration during the Spanish War and criticizes Gen Nelson A Miles.
Reports from Kentucky indicate 30 deaths from violent causes on Christmas day across smaller towns and rural districts. The killings did not center in cities where saloons were closed for the holiday, marking an unprecedented regional surge.
Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India, said in a speech that since the bubonic plague appeared in 1898, 25,000 people have died from the disease in Mysore state.
The piece proclaims the twentieth century as a era of invention and discovery and highlights Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy for ailments tied to a weak stomach. It cites dyspepsia indigestion fretulence constipation and biliousness as conditions it addresses.
In a brief aside from the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph Mr Snaggs questions his grocer's eccentric nature while Mrs Snaggs quips that even the breakfast wheat is cracked.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, claiming it works through the blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer $100 if it fails, with testimonials available. Also notes Hall's Family Pills and a line about cordial hosts.
Ask your grocer today to show you a pack age of GRAIN-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it like it. Grain-O has the rich seal brown of Mocha or Java but is made from pure grains. It is gentle on delicate stomachs and costs ics and 25 cents per package. Sold by all grocers.
A lavish 88 day Taft style tour offered by The American Tourist Association includes vestibuled cars Chililitli open top observation and dining cars. Start date from Chicago is January 22 with special trains January 17 and February 14 and connections to Ponce and San Juan steamships. Tickets cover all expenses and itineraries Maps and tickets available through Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway agents. Lord Lytton quote closes the notice.
An OCR fragment lists patent medicines and ad copy for Cascarets Cathartic Kemp's Balsam Laxative Bromo Quin ine Tablets Piso's Cure and Putnam F. Pape dye. It includes pricing hints, testimonials, and moral quips. The text references various vendors and advertisers without a cohesive news item.
Opinion repeated that no other medicine matches Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female illnesses. Dealers pushing alternatives are accused of profit over patient care. The ad claims over a million women cured and urges readers to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice.
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