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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
2
The piece surveys global kings and courts including Morocco and Servia while noting the new department of commerce and labor opening with ceremony. It warns that while fireworks bring patriotic zeal, larger explosive devices cause deaths and injuries yearly.
The article reports July Fourth accidents nationwide with 53 deaths and 3,667 injuries while warning of similar disaster levels next year. It cites the US Commission of Navigation on global and US shipbuilding, pointing to overproduction of vessels and a need for American ships for American cargoes. It also contrasts per capita schooling rising from 82 days in the early 1800s to 998 days now, noting a twelvefold increase.
A Kansas girl, angered by a rejected poem, dressed as a man, left home, and worked as a farmhand. She was found doing good service, and the piece suggests farmers should support daughters who write poetry to ease harvest staffing.
Weather bureau notes last month was the coldest June in years across the north with copious downpours and discomfort. Fires, uncertain wraps, and humidity marked the spell, though it also carried the month that Cupid belonged to.
The article notes that frog skin grafts can be successfully applied to humans whose skin is damaged. It argues this method would spare donors from sacrificing their own skin and reduce nervous system wear from graft procedures, praising the potential of cold blooded frogs to aid healing.
A Chicago paper surveys leading colleges on coeducation and reports that heads of institutions find women superior in perception memory industry and capacity to absorb knowledge. It concludes women are the better halves of men.
Navy department acts to curb interference with American shipping on the Orinoco by insurgents or government forces. Government aims to stamp out peonage in the South with special prosecutors. Possible forwarding of a Jewish petition to Russia discussed. St. Petersburg to be asked about consent before sending documents. Postmaster General Payne resumes duties after Catskills visit. Brig Gen Leonard Wood may be promoted to major. Government yields lower corn and wheat crop averages. Dr Charles Stiles reports a mosquito destroying germ for potential control. Mint chief sees no gold export panic amid domestic production.
The seven day period ends with $1.97 billion in exchange activity and a 7 percent year over year rise. U S business failures total 154, down from 195. Heat waves cause high mortality in New York and eastern cities. Baltimore bans prize fighting as fire devastates the Ho boken pier with $500000 loss. National Educational Association in Boston calls for tenure and better school funding. Trade reviews note faster business due to improved conditions. A fatal train collision near Fast Brewster kills Mr and Mrs Adnah Rogers. Baseball league percentages show leaders in both national and American circuits. J W Cummins confesses defalcation of $50000 at Cornwall bank. Irish immigration up 29000 in the last fiscal year. Jacob Mueller fatally shoots Mrs Weiss then kills himself in Philadelphia.
Three engineers and a fireman are dead after a rail collision near Canon City Colorado. Other items note naval movements from Puget Sound and sociopolitical plans by William Jennings Bryan.
At Mason City 11 Edward Barton fatally shot Julius Frank and Irving Rosenfield two leading merchants who asked him to pay a bill. Near Lees Summit Missouri an excursion train from Kansas City was struck by a mail train three people were killed and fifty injured.
The tuberculosis commission in Berlin rejects malarial consumption as a cause of human consumption. Rome’s Volpini, secretary of the consistorial congregation, dies suddenly. King Edward sends goodwill to the Honorable Artillery Company mission to the United States. In Cracow 36 Jewish children die from poisoned candy. Kishineff relief receives 192,500 roubles from America. Cuban year totals show receipts of 17,707,000 and disbursements of 15,339,900. King Peter’s birthday is marked by gratitude services in Serbia. Frontline reports cite Bulgarian and Turkish clashes over a neutral zone. Morocco reports complete rebel defeat. American warships viewed by crowds in Portsmouth, England.
In a Milwaukee interview Justice Brewer of the federal supreme court said lynching and burning of negros is murder in the eyes of the law, regardless of motive.
A Transvaal burghers meeting opposes Asiatic labor. Oregon’s initiiative amendment deemed invalid. Sir George Williams, 82 in London, remains alive. Cigarette use grows faster than cigars nationwide. King Alexander and Queen Draga of Servia owed 400 000 francs after leaving debts in Vienna. Express firms raise rates, burdening the public. 1903 railroad receiverships set records low. Texas sues unions under antitrust laws over a San Antonio boycott. Princeton cheaters barred from admission. Secretaries Root Moody propose joint governance board for reforms. US Chinese exclusion at St Louis Exposition draws Peking ire. Industrial Institute exhibit abandoned. A Chicago lecturer predicts czarist autocracy doomed by democracy. National Wholesale Tailors and United Garment Workers pact bars strikes for two years. Prof. Wiley to study tobacco effects this fall.
Rome reports a restless night for Pope Leo XIII with no change in grave condition. Doctors struggle to stabilize him amid faint pulses, labored breathing, and renewed concerns of imminent dissolution. Cardinals and Italian troops await the pope's final moments.
President Roosevelt selected Albany New York native Gen Robert Shaw Oliver to succeed Col William Carey Sanger as assistant secretary of war. The decision followed a Monday conference with Secretary Root who plans to retire due to Mrs Sanger’s ill health. Oliver, a Civil War veteran and New York National Guard brigadier general, is also prominent in iron business. Root leaves for Washington that morning and will sail for London August 23. joint commission sessions start September 3.
A July Fourth series of injuries from toy pistols has caused numerous tetanus deaths across multiple cities. Chicago reports two deaths with total toll rising, including Pittsburg Harrisburg Ithaca Detroit cases of lockjaw from minor wounds and premature discharge.
In Berlin on July 14 a report states the region endured the worst floods in years. Troppau town was submerged for hours with rail bridges and embankments ruined. In Sudeten valley 30 residents perished as villages flooded and fifty houses were destroyed. hailstorms along the Rhine caused massive wine crop damage and several deaths from lightning.
A Herald dispatch from London reports the heat wave ended as thunder and large hailstones cooled temperatures. London’s 22 day drought was broken with heavy rainfall flooding Bath Parade and nearby shops.
An advertisement claims Peruna cures catarrh and female diseases, citing Emma Mitchell of Indianapolis who reports relief after using seven bottles. It asserts most female troubles stem from catarrh and lists endorsers including Belva Lockwood and Mrs. Warren. Readers are urged to write to Dr Hartman for free advice.
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