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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1904
Page
3
The Rhode Island marriage scene shows preachers refusing to remarry divorced persons while justices of the peace see a surge in cases. The article notes love finds a way as both sides face increased activity.
The Chicago theater disaster sparked an unprecedented national drive for better fire safety devices and protections, marking the broadest and most active safety movement in the country to date.
Gen Longstreet dies and no successor will be appointed to the national commission of railroads a sinecure with a $5,000 salary kept alive by Congress for Longstreet. The U S Atlas shows U S family size fell from 5.6 to 4.7 in 50 years and Paris ate 30,000 horses last year with demand unmet.
A new religious sect named the Christian Israelites forms in Boston with members in Charlestown Somerville Medford and Roslindale. Adherents grow long whiskers and hair coiled like a woman's. They predict a millennium in 1916.
Wary of a potential war between Russia and Japan, sources warn camphor supplies could be cut off for an indefinite period. The chemical ingredient is essential for smelless powder as Japan aims to deny Russia any advantage in this area.
Remains of James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution reach New York from Genoa aboard a government vessel en route to Washington for permanent burial. The note highlights his pioneer role in funding education and science in America amid a harsh winter on royalty and a curious anecdote about a Nebraska murder case involving a bacillus.
George Francis Train died in New York at age 74. Once a farmer boy and grocery clerk he became a shipowner railway promoter and later a globe trotter and author. Known for eccentricities he ran for president in 1872 and faced insanity trials after. He completed four world trips holding a 60 day world tour record.
A scientist argues that humans have no use for their toes and predicts future trimming of body parts. The speaker jokes that such reductions would leave only a prehensile nose and a bad temper until the millennium removes temper as well.
Secretary Hay has received through M Jesserand a formal offer from the women of France of a bust of Washington. It is a replica of the 1851 Capitol fire wreck and was created by David of Angers. The original was a 1823 gift from France to the United States. Hay will submit the offer to Congress with a recommendation to accept. A ceremonial installation will be arranged after acceptance.
Summary of congressional actions and key events from the period. Senate discussed post office investigations, Panama canal questions, and annexation proposals. House advanced Hepburn pure food bill. rural free delivery funding sought. Regional disasters included a Colorado mine cave-in with six dead, Marion Indiana hotel fire fatalities, and a California train robbery netting $80,000.
At the national board of trade convention in Washington Senator Hanna called for ship subsidies. The meeting also pressed the government to begin construction of ship canals from Chicago to the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and to develop an Atlantic coast canal system.
In Boston Kid Carter KOed Joe Choynski in the first round and police arrested both principals. James Dunn, 17, released from a New York hospital after five months in a plaster cast for a broken neck. Louisa Elion, 28, killed her two children and herself in New York. New York Central aims to break 120 mph world speed record at Prossen. Pennsylvanian railroad repairmen Batser, Hoffman, and Keen dead near Lancaster. Chinese minister at Holland society dinner cites The Hague tribunal as a path to avoid war. A Johnstown rail mill flywheel burst kills three, injures three fatally, and six severely.
Officials celebrate life sentence for wrecking Colorado Express. Chicago closes eight churches for building violations. St Louis strike and police order to shoot to kill at funerals. Shelby Tube plant fire causes 2 million dollars in losses. Hay leaves Washington for Georgia two weeks. Bushnell estate worth seven million. Grand Rapids alderman convicted of bribery. Johnstown pipe explosion kills 14. National fire inquiry urged for Chicago. J M May dies at 90. Adams County courthouse burned in Brighton. Radical socialist defeat at Indianapolis miners’ convention. Sioux City college students threatened with prosecution. Chicago ranks third in personal crisis reports. five Brewers and Masters union members indicted. Floods and ice jams displace hundreds across Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania.
Congress of Cuba adjourned sine die. Panama adopts a constitution abolishing trade monopolies and instituting death penalty for political crimes while separating church and state. Great excitement over newly found gold fields near Tucumari New Mexico. John Alexander Dowie sails from San Francisco toward Australia with his party.
A Russian notice reports Japanese troops and supplies landed at Chemulpo. Other items include a Chicago Masonic Temple fire causing $20,000 loss and mass evacuation, and various arrests, indictments, floods, and political developments.
The United Mine Workers of America begin their fifteenth annual convention in Tomlinson hall Indianapolis with about 1 000 delegates. President Mitchell delivers the annual address urging moderation and anti injunction and eight hour legislation while Secretary Treasurer Wilson reports on funds, strikes aid and the union's finances. Net gains and total membership near 330 000, with 40 000 unpaid members at risk of revenue loss, prompting a stamp system proposal.
Chicago authorities move to bar any theater from opening for up to 60 days and possibly five months until managers bond for fire safety. The ordinance requires steel curtains fireproof stage construction vented flues sprinklers fire apparatus alarms and on stage firemen with a 25000 bond after compliance. Immediate reopenings within three weeks face possible revision as council stands firm.
The Produce Exchange Bank of Cleveland Ohio was forced to assign after cashier George A Rose confessed a 170000 shortage from grain speculation on the Chicago Board of Trade. The loss wipes out paid in capital and surplus with total liabilities about 300000.
In Kansas City Missouri three negro children John Sallie and Blanche Fulton aged 12 9 and 3 respectively were burned to death after attempting to start a fire with coal oil. They were alone at the time of the accident. Morales Government Recognized. Santo Domingo United States Minister Powell recognized the provisional government of Gen Morales as the de facto authority and informed the diplomatic corps.
During a college color rush at Morningside in Sioux City Iowa between freshmen and sophomores a live rooster decorated in class colors was torn to pieces. The incident prompted an investigation by the faculty and the Humane Society with potential suspensions anticipated.
Prof. Robert Stuart Page superintendent of Freeport public schools died from a paralytic stroke. The prominent West educator was hospitalized after the Friday decline and passed away in Freeport on January 23.
Georgia voters clash over a statute intended to force stock owners to keep cattle in fields. A farmer using his cornfield as a corral charged 50 cents per head for cattle trespass. After enforcement, both sides seized rivals' cattle. disputes over payment followed. The proverb emerges: neighbor before law.
After injuring his thumb with a hammer, Mr. Benson proclaims the loss as a blessing. He counts 257 daily uses for the thumb and notes it remains indispensable. A friend helps with a knife, and he adds a final tally of 258.
An automobile expert running a driving school notes rising demand for licensed drivers. A applicant at his school declared he wanted lessons "to fit myself to be a chiffonier" showing how the era’s transport advances drew new job ambitions and training needs.
In a Philadelphia Public Ledger extract, Miss Egeau asks for the other name Mr. Finnick would marry, noting he has met only two women he could truly wed. The exchange centers on a possible marital match and lingering affection.
The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific completed the Great Salt Lake crossing plan known as the Ogden to Lucin Cut Off. The 102 mile route includes 72 miles land and 30 miles trestle over the lake, slashing travel time and operating costs. Harriman led the opening Thanksgiving Day event as the first trains ran over the new grade reducing San Francisco to Salt Lake City distance.
Medical examiner R L Llewellyn of the U S Treasury praises Peruna claiming a month brings a vast change and cures many catarrh related ailments. Doctors nationwide recognize the remedy, with testimonials from Drs Roberts Gee and others noting improved appetite, menstruation, and general vitality. Dr Hartman invites readers to write for free advice.
Thought It Was Soiled. They were no party of people from up state, and nothing in the big city interested them so much as the great ships at the docks. They wandered joyfully over the deck of a four master just about to clear with coal for an eastern port. A woman found an open hatch and exclaimed with excitement. Look Took Just think She's holier.
Winter tourist tickets are available through the Queen and Crescent Route Southern Railway and connecting lines to points in the South Southeast and Southwest. Return by May 31 1904 with routes via Lookout Mountain Atlanta Asheville and the Land of the Sky. Send inquiries to W C Rinearson Cincinnati O. Also includes unrelated conversational quotation from the Boston Transcript.
A compact ad excerpt highlights Stopes the Cough and Lagative Bromo Quinine Tablets priced at 25 cents. It also satirizes modesty and salary raises, cites Somerville Journal on creamery prices, and notes June Vint Butter Color and Puck magazine quips about peace and restraint.
The Milwaukee Sentinel markets Salzer's Billion Dollar Cross Alfalfa Clover as a leading grass for farmers, claiming 5 to 14 tons per acre with extra pasture. Testimonials from A Walford of Westlore Farms and multiple agrarian voices emphasize its popularity and profitability. A request to Salter Seed Co. seeks their seed catalogs and farm seed samples.
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