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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
1
The Express notes a veto signals a new era as 1903 brings mixed fortunes. Statistics show more boys born than girls and record twins. A medical authority warns against working between meals, implying wealth and status among patients. A discovery links radium to paralyzing mice, while prices keep remedies costly.
Oddities from a 19th century issue note a Bagdad group formed to oppose Christianity while a Massachusetts county offers 2.50 a head for tramps and chains them for road work. A store advertises eggs with staged pricing and a joke on theater curtain labels rounds out the column.
Within ten years a network of rice farms has formed from New Orleans to Galveston on land once considered useless. It now covers 570000 acres with 26000000 invested in canals machinery and mills and yields 4500000 barrels annually valued at 15000000.
A scientist proposes that a man could jump 24 feet on the moon instead of four on earth, but the idea echoes Jules Verne who described it decades ago.
Renewed charges against the common English sparrow from Prof. Dyche of Kansas University accuse the bird of thriving in filth and carrying disease germs. He calls it an enemy of fruit growers and says it damages seeds and displaces beneficial birds in farms.
Five men were rescued from a British schooner after being frozen to its deck and were taken to Gloucester Massachusetts by a fishing schooner crew. The incident is described as the worst suffering ever heard of in Gloucester, a town long familiar with maritime hardship.
Scientists and the public alike marvel at radium for its emission of radiation without weight loss, its apparent permanence and immense energy, and its effects in diffusing heat light and electricity.
The Scientific American advocates sailing vessels for passenger travel to Europe. Many travelers who enjoy sea voyages lament the Atlantic crossing now takes a week. they seek passages on freight vessels. A sturdy sailing ship fitting twenty or more passengers could be profitable and appealing to health seekers.
The Waterloo dispute driven by Emperor William and Blucher alleged heroism draws attention from British political campaigns as historians’ official records and past military accounts reveal sharp disagreements. No survivors remain to tell the tale, leaving analysts to contrast rival narratives.
Senator Hanna who owns a Cleveland opera house vows there shall be no repetition of theater horrors. He orders costly fireproofing and ample exits and tells the manager he will be held personally responsible for every patron’s safety.
The article notes a winter marked by continuous snow and cold, fulfilling every elder memory of an old fashioned winter. It asserts that harsh winters persist across frost line regions since late November, despite predictions of milder eras.
A week of federal activity reports on Panama debates with Senators Carmack Spooner Newlands Depew Latimer and Depew defending the administration. The House passes the legislative executive and judicial appropriation bill after restoring civil service salaries. A monument to Benjamin Harrison is authorized in Indianapolis. Adjourned to the 18th.
An order announces staff officer tours in the Philippines will be three years instead of two. A Washington meeting to promote arbitration featured Cardinal Gibbons, Andrew Carnegie, Gen. Miles, Dr. Edward Everett Hale and others. At the White House the annual diplomatic corps dinner was hosted by President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Ex-Congressman Driggs convicted in New York of accepting money while a federal officer and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. In the same court Charles M. Schwab confessed that the shipbuilding trust was hopelessly bankrupt. Havre Montana suffers a $400,000 fire loss leaving many homeless.
The report lists multiple incidents from Chicago to Alabama and beyond. Fires destroy property in Omaha and Pratt City. graves and jails burn. The Hanna senate reelection is declared in Ohio. Rail and lift accidents claim lives in St Louis and New Baden. Lynching reported in Virginia. Friction in labor and city theater closures noted.
A notice posted after the Farmers' Bank of Auburn Indiana closure promises payment at dollar for dollar. Gov. Cummins in a second inauguration address urges tariff revision and reciprocity with Canada. A mob lynched Butch Riley, a black man who killed C. C. McMillan near Tallulah Mississippi.
Telegrams from Tokio and St. Petersburg indicate shifting positions as Japan shows willingness to reopen talks. Persia recognizes Panama's independence while New Jersey Gov Murphy urges removal of disfiguring railroad ads. Hay and Chinese minister ratify a Mukden Antung trade treaty.
Japan voices unity for defense while seeking peace, and war preparations proceed. Amid a flurry of incidents, senators call a national convention in Chicago on June 21, and a Kentucky boat sinking yields a near drowning for eighteen sightseers.
Ex governor of Ohio, Bushnell, died at 1 52 a m after several days of illness. Born September 16 1834 in Rome New York he moved to Ohio as a youth and later led Warder Bushnell Glessner as president 1886. Civil War captain and twice elected governor in 1895 and 1897.
Gainesville Iowa January 15 a mob of about 50 men hanged Jumbo Clark a Black man accused of assaulting a white girl near High Springs. He was captured, identified by the victim, and killed on a roadside tree after authorities were overwhelmed. The day also brings reports of additional lynchings and a theater fire in Calgary.
Reports from Tokio and other capitals depict Japan’s unified stance amid anticipated Russian replies. Government appeals for unity, donations in the millions of yen, and confidence in military strength mark a nation ready to fight.
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