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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1898
Page
2
A Georgia editor portrays a defaulter who vanished after owing $10,000, stood six feet tall, and left behind a cloud of credit trouble. The item frames the debtor’s disappearance as a cautionary local story with human scale and legal stakes.
Minnesota enacted a practical law to encourage tree planting and nearly 10 000 acres were planted with saplings in the state last year. The surgical world notes a man who has had both stomach and appendix removed. A trip to the Klondike is suggested as preparation.
The Chicago inventor who proposed turning antimony into gold has closed his factory amid fears of overproduction from recent discoveries.
The text notes a large American presence in Vienna with men described as medical students and women as piano pupils. It suggests relief from the distress of the latter could come from the former, implying a contrast between professions and social roles.
Montana copper production jumps from 9,058,284 pounds to 250 million pounds over 15 years. From the Butte district alone, copper valued at about 200 million dollars has been extracted, highlighting the metal's profitable pull.
An English prophet predicts in 1898 the north pole discovery distress, Mars communication opening, European war, a South American revolution likely, London riots, and the kidnapping of Spain’s young king. The South American upheaval is considered reasonably certain to occur.
A bill in the Pennsylvania Legislature proposes abolishing book agents though the bill does not define their crime. While lightning rod men patent rake men and patent churn sellers roam, some books may still be sold without harming public morals.
Gladstone counted among 1809 eminent sons led by Tennyson Holmes Darwin Lincoln and others, narrowly missing birth in 1810. A close timing detail notes three days could have shifted him into 1810, a year with no special magic.
The year 1897 records 222002 deaths worldwide from epidemics and famine. About 40000 perished from plague in India and 150000 from famine linked to Weyler's Cuban concentration policy. Some American consul estimates in Cuba suggest even higher starvation deaths.
The 1897 lynching total reached 166, up from 131 in 1896. Of those, 146 occurred in the South and 20 in the North, with 122 victims identified as Negro, 39 as white and 5 as Indian.
Authors discuss submarine steamers promising to transform underwater explorations by century's end while noting air travel must show progress before 1900. In the meantime travelers favor proven ocean travel on modern first class steamships for safety and reliability.
Worldwide disaster fatalities for 1807 show 389,077 lives lost, a record year. War deaths total 103,451, epidemic toll 222,902 excluded, with famine-linked deaths widening the suffering in India and beyond.
In Lebanon Pennsylvania officials ban trolley car workers from eating sauerkraut at midday to please passengers displeased by the odor. The measure, in Pennsylvania Dutch country, prompts questions about personal liberties and government restrictions on daily habits.
The New York harbor, deepened to 20 feet seven years ago, may be dredged to 35 feet. The Oceanic, under construction at 704 feet, will have about a 30 foot draught. Fast transatlantic ships typically draw 26 to 29 feet, with some reaching 32. No limit on vessel size is set, as the largest ships are fastest and most popular.
A roundup of actions in the Fifty Fifth Congress including nominations to the Supreme Court for Attorney General Medenna, pension bills, and treaty discussions. The house advances a free coinage bill, inspects export meat standards, and considers the Alaska Lacey homestead bill. Senate postpones Hawaiian treaty. Hoar proposes term extension to 1901. pensions pass. and Milliken is eulogized in the house.
President McKinley, citing riots in Tlavan a, ordered Commodore Bunce to hold every White squadron ship in readiness to protect Consul General Lee and American property. Gen Christopher Colon Auger U S A retired died at home in Washington. December exports rose to 123 181 743 with a 7 million year over year gain. imports increased by 54 500 000 for the year.
At leading U S clearing houses total exchanges for the week ended show a rise to 91 449 002 129 from 1 418 559 759 the prior week an increase of 37 6 from the same week in 1897. In New York Tessie Stanley and his wife suffocated by smoke in a hotel fire Edwin St Meyers former state printer fell from his carriage in Harrisburg Pa and was killed. A gang organized for systematic robbery of mail is reported operating in large cities William Booth head of the Salvation Army arrives in New York from London to tour major cities in the United States and Canada Logan Carlisle son of John G Carlisle and his chief clerk at the treasury died suddenly in New York aged 38.
In Columbus Ohio the American Anti-Saloon League elected Hiram Price of Iowa as president. A St Louis populist conference formed a new People’s Party severing ties with the national committee. Archey Lockeley was hanged in Richmond for triple murder. Jealousy drove Louis Alfred to kill Minnie Packner in Cincinnati before taking his own life. A deadly quarrel in Sandy Fork Kentucky left four men dead and a man wounded. A Kingfisher convention urged Congress to enable Oklahoma statehood. Oklahoma’s school law mandating racial separation was struck down. German protest circles urged Congress against immigration. In Webster City Iowa Elijah Davis and Miss Vannie Spaulding wed after 47 years apart. Ohio Methodists prepare centennial celebrations with McKinley in focus. In Chicago the Pullman estate is valued at 9,363,002. Benjamin Butlerworth dies in Thomasville Georgia. Hawaiian President Sanford B Dole arrives in San Francisco. A dynamite blast near Bourne Oregon kills two men and injures one. Fire destroys Music Hall in Cleveland built 1895 for 60 000.
The article notes Albert C. Greenleaf a former wealthy wholesale merchant from Columbus Ohio died by self inflected action by leaping from the sixteenth story of a Masonic temple in Chicago. Indianapolis is designated as the headquarters of the United Mine Workers. A violent tornado damaged many homes near Maud Oklahoma Territory injuring several people. In St Joseph Missouri a long running railroad ticket forgery scheme has been revealed.
Gen Gonzales Muniz the new captain general of Puerto Rico died immediately after his arrival. A Wavana decree bars newspaper gable dispatches without prior censorship. Pope Leo calls for a Vatihan republic to resolve the Vatican and the auirinal issue. Riots in Travana end autonomy as Cubans and local forces resist. Ontario legislature adjourns after passing alien labor law. A fire in Port au Prince destroys 200 buildings. Charles Pelham Villiers, the Father of the British House of Commons, dies at 96 in South Wolverton.
In the United States Senate on the 17th Senator Wolcott spoke on bimetallism and European negotiations while the Lodge immigration bill advanced. Ohio's Senator Anna took the oath. In the House the army appropriation bill stalled and Mr. Lewis attacked trusts. A consul and four others drowned near Colon. Southern trade prospects looked bright for the new year. Three Dorchester children perished from gas, and a New York grocer killed his wife and two children then himself. Fires in McWeesport and Chicago caused major losses. Proposals to cede the Erie canal to the federal government and Madrid's policy defeat were noted. A New England mill strike affected over 100000 workers. The Supreme Court ruled on life insurance for suicides. Hooper died in Farmville and Depew became New York Republican club president. James Berry, the tramp millionaire, died in Paducah. Paris riots followed an anti Semitic meeting with deadly inscriptions.
Marble slab makers form a combine in the United States. A beet sugar syndicate secures 150000 acres near Chico California and will build three factories. David Macferron longtime Allegheny county treasurer pauses resignation. Mexican natives number about 150000 per Lumholtz. A long dead party defeats an antiquated St Louis court case. Bass brewery senior partner allegedly earned 1750000 last year. Rev W A Spencer has traveled 600000 miles in 12 years. Customs seize 420 quarts of whisky from steamer City of Seattle bound for Alaska. Detroit hosts next League of American Municipalities convention August 1 to 4. Fred Hills Colorado Springs inventor claims ore treatment for one dollar per ton profit. Kansas City swindler Charles Marsh revealed as Boston Charley. New counterfeit hundred dollar bill found in New York subtreasury after testers. Hibernian national convention set for Trenton June 87. Oceanic new ship for White Star exceeds 17000 tons and 704 feet. J Hoge Tyler Virginia governor is a farmer first in 40 years.
Senator Wolcott tells the Senate the India mint closure harms Indian currency and warns an international bimetallic agreement is feasible. He retires from the commission and urges joint mint openness, noting the president and secretary of the treasury clash on currency proposals.
Epigrammatic quotes on friendship, applause, marshmallows, thrift, and social behavior. A Chicago Record aside notes a boy's near drowning, and a belief in China about women with short hair predicting future gender transformation.
Secretary Gage and ex Secretary Fairchild testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee on January 18 about currency reform. They discussed interest rates, gold flows, and the endless chain of redemptions, stressing that confidence hinges on coin redemption and a stable monetary system.
Firefighters battled a six story Walker Building at Market and Quincey streets in Chicago. The blaze caused 200000 in losses with 150000 borne by tenant businesses and 50000 by owner Martin A Ryerson. L C Wachsmuth Wholesale Clothier suffered the largest single loss at 100000.
A collage of light anecdotes features Little Edgar praising hail as wain and tandy, a city girl asking about cows chewing cud, a Sunday school backsliding quip, and a Chicago widow's daughter debating wishes with her brother who prefers a big black Newfoundland dog over a father.
The piece highlights Manitoba wheat yields and rising wealth from farming, arguing mining is less secure. It extols free 160 acre homesteads, Liberal Canadian governance, and ready markets, inviting settlers from the U S with official pamphlets and government agents listed in Chicago Reed City Bad Axe Des Moines and Stratford.
In a brief Odds and Ends item Blankley explains he gave his son Harold boxing lessons. The result, shown by a bruised arm and a beaming smile, proves the lesson a success and fills Blankley with pride.
The Great Northern Railway advertises maps and data on the Alaska gold fields available for four cents in stamps or free by visiting 220 South Clark Street Chicago Illinois. It promotes the line as the short connection to Seattle and Portland with vestibuled trains tourist sleepers dining cars and connections to Alaska steamers.
A humorous social note from the Atchison Globe praising sleigh rides as a way for a man to impress and attract multiple girls in winter, comparing it to summer buggy rides and asserting the clever advantage of using a sleigh for social mobility.
Lane's Family Medicine promotes daily bowel movements to stay healthy. The remedy acts gently on the liver and kidneys and treats headaches with prices listed at 25 and 50 cents.
In the Roxbury Gazette a brief exchange mocks Smuggling's views on current topics. Debbits dislikes the necktie Obslow wears, showing light banter and social tone of the period.
An old humor feature humorously notes ethnic traits with a line about an Irishman for wit and a Jew for cash. The brief provokes reflection on dated stereotypes in the source publication’s tone.
The Chicago audience sees James A. Herne begin another engagement with Shore Acres on January 24. Quotations and notices from newspapers praise the show while comments on Klondike travel and local politics surface in the column.
A man pawned a costly music box for $25 to cover urgent needs and nearly a year later redeemed it. At the pawnshop the clerk let him wind and play the instrument, which then unexpectedly rang out the hymn I Know That My Redeemer Liveth, much to the crowd’s amusement.
Timely signs such as heat tenderness swelling indicate ovary disease and possible discharge. The ad promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore normal function, with a testimonial from Mrs. EB Myrns of Quakake Pa and an offer to write to Lydia Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free advice.
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