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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
4
In the Mojave desert prospectors strike water in sinking wells, suggesting a possible bonanza. A government expert notes Americans imported gems totaling 21,919,053 dollars in the past year, a record high. A pocket sized electric fan powered by a storage battery is showcased as a new novelty.
A Brooklyn man recently purchased admission for himself and his wife and their 17 children to the Buffalo exposition. The family plans a holiday outing together and none are being left out or skipping the trip.
A German paper claims under Mrs. Botha that General French of the British army was captured by General Botha but broke his parole and escaped. He was retaken and saved from death when 1,000 prisoners were exchanged for him by Xitechener.
The article estimates waste in the United States at over 1 billion dollars annually with endorsement by Prof William Mathews. It notes English economist Prof Marshal estimates British workers waste about half that amount.
A New York swindler admits he could be rich if the post office would leave him alone and allow 66 percent profits on a fake scheme. Many people are urged to heed Uncle Sam’s protective postal rules to avoid losing money.
Cole Younger, famed Missouri outlaw, recently released from Minnesota prison, served as librarian there. He spent much time reading and study, improving from near illiteracy to a well informed man who can be cornered on few subjects.
A Massachusetts paper laments June as a damp dreary first half and a scorching, freezing end. It mocks poets for calling June a freak and suggests the month defied typical characterization.
The passage speculates that electricity will carry heat light language and power, enabling a renowned inventor to span seas and mountains with or without wires. It compares this potential to past breakthroughs like telegraph and telephone before their feasibility was demonstrated.
The Kansas City prison warden says life behind bars is hard on the better class of women and not as glamorous as rumored. He notes a young woman with good reputation may suffer most, urging Kansas society women with prison tendencies to heed the warning.
A motor balloon circling the Eiffel tower was swept by wind and its gearing failed to answer the helm. The inventor escaped by a rapid descent and believes greater feats were possible if wind conditions had held. A recurring fatal limitation hinders balloons designed for more than ascent and descent.
Professor Starr of the University of Chicago reports more than fifty Chicago residents possess an unusual number of fingers and toes. He plans to catalog five hundred total cases nationwide to study their formation and history.
Secretary Wilson plans a 400 acre model farm near Washington aimed to become a national sight in a few years. It will display fruits and vegetables from the United States and other countries, along with model buildings fencing drainage irrigation and cultivation systems for study by agriculturists and horticulturists.
Commissioner Powermanly will ask Congress for power and funds to track immigrants and deport those showing criminal tendencies. A penal institution visit revealed nearly half the inmates were foreign born and not naturalized, prompting the call for foreigners to declare intent to become citizens.
A weekly roundup covers interstate commerce earnings and rail mileage, pension rolls, drought damage to the central states corn crop, postmaster rate changes on magazines and returned papers, a planned crackdown on sailors smuggling, and demographic shifts with Chinese and Japanese populations rising. introduces ten dollar notes called Buffalo Bill.
Amid a hard line stand by the Amalgamated association no compromise is planned as three steel, sheet metal, and tin plants halt operations. The wage toll rises with costs to workers and three companies cited. Gen Daniel Butterfield dies at 70 near Poughkeepsie.
A compilation notes many events from 19th to early 20th century America including killings in New Mexico, library gifts to Stillwater and Mattoon, a $40,000 pearl found on Round Island, troop movements to San Francisco, robberies foiled in Ohio, child fatalities in Indiana, a plan to abolish Alaska’s military department, marital scandal in Missouri, perjury concerns in Iowa, alleged horse thieves hanged in Montana, drought relief in western states, a diplomat sailing to the Orient, fatal lightning in Montana, a heat induced murder in Pennsylvania, a Canton murder, critique of Protestant hymns in Chicago, mass mining strikes, a railway collision in Missouri, a runaway injury in Wisconsin, a Detroit horse record, a bank failure in Wisconsin, and a Grand Rapids factory fire.
At Michipicoten in Mich a prospector jumped a claim to the Big Helemiron mine and restaked it. The property value is given as 15 million dollars. In San Francisco delegates from worldwide regions attended the fifth international Ep worth league convention opening.
Aug 14 set for Peking evacuation by allies marking relief of legations. Lord Pauncefote says Nicaragua treaty with the U S is being prepared in London. In Saragossa 400 killed in Carlist riots. Italy protests lynching of Italians in Erwin Mississippi. Deutschland makes New York to Plymouth record voyage in 5 days 11 hours 5 minutes. Hawaii reports submarine volcano indicators. Earl Russell pleads guilty to bigamy in London and gets three months. Horatio J Sprague United States consul dies at Gibraltar aged 78. Ecuador consul general A A Sanchez assassinated at Valparaiso. Philippine civil commission restores military rule in Cebu Bohol Batangas Luzon due to incomplete pacification.
Reports say General Kitchener is tightening grip on the Orange River area as efforts mount to end the war in the Cape Colonies. Steyn and De Wet are said to be fugitives in the Verde district. Other items note drought damage to corn, a steel strike stand upheld by J Pierpont Morgan, and various accidents and deaths across the country.
Weather Bureau reports a widespread heat wave with 100 degree plus highs across the corn belt. Davenport Dubuque Springfield Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha and other cities record new extremes from 102 to 110 degrees with no relief in sight and no rain in days.
Paris dispatch reports Mrs Kruger died in Pretoria after long separation from Paul Kruger and the death of her daughter Mrs Smith. London and Hilversum notices say Kruger wept at the news, while newspapers publish sympathy editorials. Mme Kruger was praised as a diligent housewife with a simple life and substantial fortune.
Fort Sill Oklahoma July 22 with the Tiowa-Comanche opening set for August 6 officials fear disorder as about 150000 registered for 13000 lottery claims by July 26. Many reservation residents lacking money plan to move near Lawton if not drawn. Drought has reduced water and a hot wind keeps temps above 100.
Rear Admiral Bowles initiates steps to move the Spanish dry dock from Havana harbor to Subig bay Luzon, thwarting a purchase by New York capitalists. Route spans 11 916 miles via Canary Islands Gibraltar Port Said Aden Colombo Malaya Singapore Manila Subig bay. Fire series hit Mattoon with 18 blazes in four weeks causing 2400000 in losses inciting anti vice patrols.
A carriage carrying James Goodwin Hinsdale Massachusetts William Thurston Percy New Hampshire Thomas Burns Winooski Vermont and Eddie McCabe Lebanon was struck by the Montreal Express on the Boston and Maine railroad. All four occupants were instantly killed.
Brussels reports Count de Lichter velde, Belgium’s minister to the United States, will retire by his own request. He will be succeeded by Baron Moncheur, the Belgian minister to Mexico.
Gov. Charles H. Allen of Porto Rico met with President McKinley in Canton on Sunday after attending church. He traveled from Washington to the McKinley home and later to Boston, with plans to vacation in Maine woods. Allen presented a Porto Rican legislature resolution on a territorial tax system and free trade with the United States. The president will acknowledge receipt July 25, the troops landing anniversary, and issue a proclamation on free trade. Allen praises conditions in Porto Rico and the new regime with cordial relations and strong education enthusiasm. He believes the tax plan meets island needs.
A posse of revenue officers led by Deputy Collector Bell was ambushed near Monterey in Putnam County. Deputy Marshal Thomas Price was killed and Posseman C Mackey wounded, while Bell and others withdrew with Mackey. Bell seeks to recover Price's body.
A July riot at Fairview Park in Indianapolis pits white youths known as the Bunga loons against colored youths. Shots fired, stones and clubs used, 15 policemen called for, Governor asked, bystander Charles Daniels shot in the neck. several others injured. An old feud between western white youths and local black youths underlies the clash.
About 10 000 people attend the grand Sunday meeting at Mechanics Pavilion as Bishop Joyce delivers a fervent sermon on Faith in Christ. The event spurs widespread services across San Francisco churches with visiting pastors filling many pulpits.
The University of Notre Dame announces full courses across Classics, Letters, Economics and History, Journalism, Art, Science, Pharmacy, Law, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Architecture. Preparatory studies and admission pathways for junior or senior year. Rooms for rent near St Edward's Hall offered to students over seventeen. ecclesiastical state candidates at special rates for younger boys. Opening Sept 16 1901. Catalogues free from Rev A Morrissey C.S.C. president.
A concise review of fan use and manufacture from antiquity to the 19th century. Noting Catherine de Medici and Marie Antoinette, Chinese lacquered fans, Canton cheap imports, and a 1871 Queen Victoria patrons event at South Kensington with a top prize of 2000 dollars for a Marie Antoinette fan.
Racine Wisconsin July 22 John Johnson of 924 Hamilton Street suffered kidney and urinary troubles for years. He quit work but after using Dodd's Kidney Pills he became well and resumed daily labor. His recovery was regarded as a miracle by acquaintances.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Press captures a tense exchange with sharp back and forth. The speaker questions honesty while another character asserts annoyance and secret knowledge, framed as a literary echo.
Advertised as a universal remedy claiming to cure headaches and cancer by regulating bowels. Promoted as a natural, painless relief with easy movements, sold for 10 cents per box, labeled genuine with C O C stamped. warnings about imitations.
He laments being told he was all the world to her while she recalls studying astronomy, quoting Puck in a reflective exchange.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes Feel Easy Cures Corns Itching Swollen Hot Callous Smarting Sore and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25c Sample sent FREE Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
A Washington Post note contrasts a full grown man who robs a bird’s nest with a small boy, labeling the man an ornithologist. Another item touts Piso’s Cure for Consumption as infallible medicine, credited to N W Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey. The page also includes a quip about cooking lobsters and a Belligerent Cook joke from Indianapolis News.
Reprinted ad copy urges use of Hoxsie's Croup Cure to prevent diphtheria. Mentions no nausea and price of 50 cents. Includes dialogue about summer appearance and melted ice cream, attributed to the Baltimore American.
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