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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
3
A Berlin astronomer names a recently discovered planet Alleghenia. The great photographic lens used for the discovery was made in Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Experts estimate Americans buy toys worth between 15 million and 20 million dollars each year. The article notes this figure is hard to verify precisely due to rapid market growth and varying definitions of toy products.
A Nine year veteran of the paper trade, Shan wit fan, bought a bag he believed to be leather but found it was paper. The article reflects a shift from feather to paper materials for suitcases and traveling bags.
California enacts rural free delivery to name country roads and number farmhouses. The plan will make locating rural addresses as easy as directing a city house, improving mail and person directions nationwide.
The United States Philippine commission will start an experiment farm 200 miles from Manila to test seeds and plants from the United States for cultivation in the Far East. The University of California will supply seeds and plants from its experiment stations for the project.
A New York stationer notes pen sales have fallen about half over the past two or three years due to the universal adoption of the typewriter. He predicts some large pen manufacturers may go out of business in the coming years. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the typewriter is mightier still.
A revised Webster's International dictionary adds 25,000 new words and meanings collected in 15 years, filling 235 pages. About half are scientific terms while many are familiar words such as veldt trek khaki kinetograph jolly as a verb ticker jamboree and kissing bug.
The piece credits American workers as key to industrial success, noting English statisticians praise their capabilities. It recalls Gen John G Parke’s Civil War command and Meade with Grant at City Point during Fort Steadman. It reports a Manchester beer poisonings death toll from sulphuric acid adulteration and critiques lax food law.
A cold wave hits France Germany Austria and Italy with blizzards causing hardship for unprepared residents. Observers note unusually harsh winters in Europe in recent years while milder conditions persist in the narrator’s country. Some attribute the climate shift to a twisted earth axis though the idea remains a popular theory.
The article notes global timber consumption exceeds production from accessible forests urging governments to protect forests. It cites M. Melard of the French forestry bureau and says Sweden Norway Russia the United States and Canada are feeling the scarcity and are beginning measures to preserve timber lands.
Theodore Cooksey Ward, 108, the oldest white man in Maryland, lives on a Charlotte Hall farm with his son and daughters. He reflects on the century that ended, noting inventions are impressive but the human race is no better off, criticizing greed and diminishing honesty among people.
The column surveys a week of national events across Washington and regions from the East to the West and the South. It highlights major political, economic, and social happenings with brief notes on international dispatches and foreign affairs.
Fifty sixth Congress proceedings on the 8th show Senators Nawley and Pettigrew sparring over the army reorganization bill. The House passed the reapportionment bill increasing membership to 386 by 165 to 102. Senate on the 9th approved the abolition of liquor sales in army canteens by 34 to 15. House activity centered on river and harbor bill with limited progress. Charter extensions for national banks were favorably reported. On the 10th Senate debate again focused on the army reorganiza tion bill while the House continued discussing river and harbor measures.
Washington reports say the president is seriously ill with the grip. Attorney General Griggs argued that our island possessions belong to the United States and not to them. The Supreme Court in Washington begins hearings on cases testing the validity of the present colonial policy of the United States.
Reports recap deaths from boxing in New Jersey and a train wreck in West Virginia, with others from fires in New York and Pennsylvania. The New Jersey Assembly convened in Trenton for its 125th session, while Frank G. Clarke dies in Petersboro at 51.
In Indianapolis Morris Jones killed Eliza Newkirk and then killed himself. A Paragould bank closed for a 34000 shortage. Minnesota and Iowa legislatures convened with leaders elected. Over 100000 Chicago residents suffered grip. Emanuel De Souza died in Springfield at 106. Kidnaping threats arose in Alabama. Roosevelt granted Colorado hunting freedom.
In Kansas City Mrs. Philip H Kennedy killed her husband over an annulment dispute. Wisconsin Governor La Follette urged revisions to election tax and anti trust laws in a message to the legislature. In Camila Georgia Will Hines a Negro was hanged for murder. Dr George J Smith Nebraska’s oldest surveyor and civil engineer died in Omaha. Near Atlanta a hunter found a large cave of excellent rock suit.
Prince Ching and Li Wang Chang balked at signing the joint note awaiting the court’s word while the emperor’s edict delayed sealing. In Manila a 300 American police force is planned. The joint note’s signing is in doubt as powers clash. Boers attacked five posts in South Africa and 652 of the 37th Infantry sailed home from Manila.
Senate passes the army bill increasing force size while the house backs reapportionment. A 20 year maximum imprisonment and 5000 dollar fine is favored for train robbery. In the house 170 private pension bills clear, including higher pay for Gen. A. V. Rice. Spirit of the session shifts to memorials and river and harbor talks.
Chicago report details a panic in the West Twelfth Street Turner hall during a Yiddish play the crowd of about 1,000 struggled for exits. Five children and women died as a single narrow staircase and limited exits caused a deadly crush.
A Daily News Odessa report says 120 people froze to death as a blizzard raged over 100 hours, leaving 5,000 passengers stranded near Razdyelnaia. Count Kapnist and Gov. Schuvatofft led reliefs, 18,000 troops assisted, and trains finally moved toward Odessa despite severe losses and unburied corpses.
Lord Kitchener reports 1,400 Boers crossed the line to attack Zuurfontein and Kaalfonstein stations but were driven off. Several skirmishes yield trifling British losses. Three peace commissioners were captured at De Wet's laager near Lindley. one British subject was flogged and shot, others flogged. Public reaction in London indicts De Wet and calls for reinforced forces.
The Higher Educational League secretary Frances M Anderson writes from Washington DC praising Peruna after a brief illness with la grippe. She claims quick recovery and strong regain of strength attributing it to Peruna and urges others to try it for catarrh and related aftereffects. Additional testimonials from Samuel M York and Miss Caroline J Kahl support Peruna cures for grippe and pulmonary issues. Dr Hartman offers free advice to nonrespondents.
The passage contrasts a landlady asking if death ends all with a savage boarder’s remark about a turkey lasting four or five days. It reflects a rough, urban newspaper wit from Indianapolis and Washington column snippets.
Reports show over 500000 people afflicted in the grip belt from New York to the Rocky Mountains with the disease most severe in the east and Pennsylvania. Cigar Trust formed in Trenton with $10 million capital including James B. Duke. The Pope writes a Latin poem in Rome. Fire in Mucientes kills two. President McKinley improving and outdoors briefly. expected to resume business soon.
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