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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1900
Page
3
A concise review notes a Chicago incident where a physician lacks his diploma and necktie, jokes on medical licensing, recalls Edison’s 1879 Menlo Park display as the start of electric lighting, and marks next June as Gutenberg’s 500th birthday, highlighting vast progress from early printing to modern pressrooms.
An exchange presses a dispute about the grammatical construction of the phrase The United States while most agree that the nation’s name is acceptable as phrasing regardless of grammar concerns.
The excerpt portrays horses pushed to endurance and mistreatment, reduced to meat and further exploited in experiments. Doctors attempt to use the animal’s virus to cure human drunkenness, treating the horse as a tool in a controversial, if unclear, medical endeavor.
Frank N. Stanton reports in the Atlanta Constitution a Georgia boy sends a letter to his father in another town describing Jamie being blown up by a toy cannon. The child asks to send Jamie home as family worries about him.
The passage lists ages at key events for figures such as Alexander the Great six and thirty two, Caesar forty eight at Pharsalus, Napoleon forty, Wellington forty six at Waterloo, Washington forty three as commander in chief, Grant forty three at Lee’s surrender, Lee fifty eight, and Sheridan thirty four, highlighting peak moments and lifespans.
The wife of President Lonbet of France gave 150 widows funds to cover their January rent, a gesture that contrasts with claims by French aristocracy that the couple are common, while observers note their royal stock despite not having blue blood.
Mrs. Ballington Booth plans a New York City home for 40 men at a time to rest while seeking work. Despite local protests opposing housing ex-prisoners, she does not waver in the plan.
The United States aims to secure favorable trade terms in China while Europe powers pledge to pacific commercial expansion. The policy is credited with allowing U.S. advantages in trade without entangling alliances or meddling in Chinese affairs.
A bell maker claims the proper bell shape is tubular, challenging the long held belief in the traditional shape. The notice suggests sticking to old ruts prevents discovery and progress beyond familiar designs.
A government model farm is likely to be created three miles west of Washington on unused Arlington cemetery ground. The House Military Affairs Committee approved the bill, enabling the agricultural department to use land currently under the War Department.
A young couple fled from near Plainfield New Jersey to marry in Plainfield. They were pursued by a second horse, then escaped on a tandem bicycle but forgot the telephone and were arrested on arrival, detained for their parents. Modern science beats romance.
C D Pringle a Honolulu merchant has occupied Cocoanut Island, asserting squatter rights. The government argues the site was set aside as a quarantine station for Hilo harbor. Pringle has built a small fort and vowed to defend his claim, appealing to Washington after being ordered to leave.
The passage notes that in 1899 the total embezzled sum in the country totaled 2,218,373 dollars, the smallest in 20 years except for a prior year, suggesting rising honesty under prosperity and a lower theft level than the year before. It compares theft to the country’s stealable wealth and cites historical context.
A week of federal action includes Hale backing Boer sympathy, Morgan opposing the financial bill, and the House passing a 145 million pension measure. A committee favors expulsion of Utah's Brigham M Roberts contestant, Aldrich seated over Robbins in Alabama's Fourth district as sessions pause.
A House special committee recommends expulsion of Brigham F H Roberts of Utah. The elections committee favors a constitutional amendment for direct popular election of senators. A Daniel Webster statue is unveiled in Washington with the president present. Pension claims rise after the Spanish War. US gold stock rises by 223 million since 1897. Wheat and corn crops for 1899 are forecast at 537 million and 2.08 billion bushels respectively. Civil service shows 47,956 examined, 35,682 passed, 12,274 failed.
The temperance lecturer William G. McConnell of Cleveland died in Philadelphia. The week ended the 19th saw U S exchanges aggregate 1 718 116 804 at leading clearing houses, up from 1 469 300 836 last week and 13 7 percent from 1899. New York deaths include Mrs Annie Ellsworth Smith aged 78 who sent the first telegraph message in the country. Other incidents include a family quarrel in New York city leaving Antonio Colletti Caspar and David Salvatore dead. Count Castellano and his wife Miss Anna Gould arrived in New York from Paris. Soap maker James Pyle died in New York City at 77.
Customs receipts at Havana port for 1899 reached 14 072 114 79. A Great Northern collision at Hillyard Washington injured ten. Edward Moore killed his wife in Hillsboro Texas. A deathbed confession exonerated William Rose, hanged in Redmond Falls Minnesota twelve years earlier. Burglars robbed Silver Lake Indiana bank of 3500. John Mitchell reelected UMW president in Indianapolis. Congress may take over Chicago drainage canal for a Great Lakes Gulf link. Philip Denson hanged in Bainbridge Georgia for Will Lane murder. Robbers stole 1500 from Ellersville Indiana bank. Counterfeiters captured near Nashville Tennessee. Brig Gen Anderson retired. Brig Gen Wade new Lakes department head. Rev C M Sheldon to edit Topeka Capital for What Would Jesus Do lines after March 18. Mob lynched George and Ed Meeks in Fort Scott Kansas. Oregon Democrats set state convention in Portland August 12. Two daughters of Rev C N Day drowned near Parsons West Virginia.
Reports detail a New Orleans tenement fire killing four Giordano family members, ongoing Boer War skirmishes near Ladysmith, Osmaan Digna captured, and Gen Warren advancing. Manila ambush leaves American casualties. Yaqui conflict in Mexico reduces indigenous resistance. Colima earthquake kills seven. Deaths include Richard Blackmore at 75 and John Ruskin at Brantwood aged 81.
The senate debated a North Carolina disfranchisement amendment and U S policy in the Philippines. Rawlins urged an investigation into polygamy, and a house session of 40 minutes reported no major action.
Admiral Dewey and wife will attend the Mardi Gras in New Orleans in February. Organists in Hungary are required by law to live with both wives in the same house. The National Live Stock association recommends leasing government grazing lands. Alan Arthur, son of the late president, lives in Europe where income goes further. Kansas City plans another interurban railroad to Olathe, Kansas, 21 miles away. Rev. J. M. Atwater died in Cleveland at 62 and once led Hiram College. Hundreds of physicians from Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa plan a Paris excursion. Uniform prices in the glass tableware industry as factions harmonize. Brady of Alaska says gold rush will intensify next spring. Henry Hughes admitted to Chester county alms house at 95. Cannonading does not hinder wireless telegraph testing in South Africa. Carnegie told a New York Bible class poverty is blessed and one should not fear arguing with an employer. Italian bishop invents device to warn railway engineers of approaching trains. Last year grain and liquor manufacture used large quantities of grain and mokisses. William T. Wallace of Chicago appointed special census bureau agent for lumber statistics. Port Bayard New Mexico discontinued as a garrison post. Jay B. Burrows dies suddenly in Lincoln from lumbago.
London reports Gen Warren's forces press Boer positions near Spion Kop with heavy cannon and rifle fire. Brigades under Woodgate Hart and Hildyard seize ground on Three Tree hill. gains described as substantial but uphill and costly for the Boers.
The sixteenth annual report to the president outlines 75 000 classified and 107 000 unclassified positions with 71 007 occupied by fourth class postmasters. It notes 162 000+ positions in states and territories and annual salaries around 104 million dollars. The report endorses a retirement fund, retention via merit, limits on removals, and expanding civil service in colonial possessions with merit-based appointments, citing the Philippines commission’s stance against patronage.
London, Jan 22 John Ruskin renowned English art critic died Saturday afternoon of influenza aged 81. His funeral will be at Coniston churchyard on Thursday per his wish. Born February 8 1819 he studied at Oxford and rose as a major voice in art and social thought.
A barroom fire in the old St Mary market neighborhood spread quickly late Saturday. Six people in the adjoining building were suffocated before crews reached them, four died, others expected to die. The Giordano family is among the affected. The brick building houses many tenements and the fire’s origin is unknown.
The provincial government of British Columbia plans amendments to its alien exclusion law to allow Americans to hold claims bought from Canadian locators. The move pleases Americans at Atlin. Also in brief: Louisa Luetgert in custody in Akron on new inquiry into her supposed death. James Pyle dies in New York at 77. Albany street cars strike by 365 motormen and conductors. Col. David G. Colson indicted for willful murder in Frankfort.
George Silbee and Ed Meeks, half brothers from Kansas City, were lynched in the county jail yard after being convicted of first degree murder in the Leopold Edlinger case. Amos Phillips, the third accused, escaped death. deputies attacked by the pair sparked the mob violence.
The west end of Los Angeles Third street tunnel caved in while 175 feet from the mouth. Eleven laborers and bricklayers were entombed and an inspector, W. T. Lambie, fatally injured after eight hours under debris. No confirmation of deaths among the workers.
Lancaster Pennsylvania January 22. L W Frank Hauser of Terre Hill was convicted of using counterfeit cigar makers International Union labels in a local trade case.
In Virden Manitoba on November 18 1899 Jacob Reichert a Minnesota farmer writes of his successful Manitoba homestead experience The letter notes he selected three homesteads in 1898 with W F McCreary Immigration Commissioner In Winnipeg He describes planting 100 acres of wheat 50 acres of oats and barley yielding over 2700 bushels with wheat at 13 bushels per acre and No 1 hard grade He praises land quality water depth and nearby markets and states land can be bought from Canadian Pacific Railway Co for 350 per acre with favorable terms He plans to return next year and urges others from high land price districts to consider Manitoba as a viable farming option
There is more catarrh in this region than any other disease and it was once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from I J Cheney & Co Toledo is advertised as the sole constitutional remedy taken internally. The firm offers $100 for any case not cured and lists Druggists selling it for 75 cents plus mentions Hall's Family Pills as well.
A wry Indianapolis Journal fragment mocks politicians gathering to pledge unity and keep outsiders from sharing their scraps in a political love feast setting.
An illustrated pamphlet details Northern Arkansas mining region praised by experts as the richest zinc and lead district globally. undeveloped area offers a lifetime opportunity. Free mailing from J J Lockwood Kansas City Mo.
Trains depart from Central Station Park Row and 12th Street Lake Front to St. Paul Minneapolis Ashland and Duluth. Nearest ticket agent can supply further information.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Knamily Medicine as a daily bowel aid that promotes health and acts gently on the liver and kidneys. It claims to cure headaches and lists prices of 25 and 50 cents. Also mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption with a testimonial from Buffalo, NY, dated May 9, 1804.
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