26 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1894
Page
1
The Express notes Denmark’s long tradition of dairy schools and butter making. It states annual exports total 100,000,000 pounds. It also reports assorted items including parade rules in Germany and Vienna, a Sheridan family widow in Washington, a Milan slander suit, a new hangman device in Massachusetts, and Miss Duannal Fard tout Banajer’s art study in Paris with a Paris salon hanging.
Mary Greene celebrated her 102nd birthday in Swampton Rhode Island after living over seventy five years in her current home two miles from the house where she was born.
By the will of the late Willim Walter Phelps his daughter Baroness von Rottenberg inherits over 2 million dollars. The sum, added to her husband's wealth, makes them one of Germanys wealthiest families.
The article praises women bicycle riders for proper posture and enjoyment of exercise while noting men lie down and clutch their stomachs. It claims women are more fearless and perform many tasks better, especially in cycling.
A Pennsylvania man in a buggy was struck by a thunderbolt while telling a fish story to a companion. The strike interrupted the tale at its cliffhanger ending, prompting readers to submit a final word through coupons to claim the title of a bigger liar than the struck narrator.
The Faraday laid the Commercial Cable Company’s third Atlantic cable recently, completing the work in twenty days. The event fails to astonish the public as the first submarine cable did about forty years ago, reflecting the routine nature of modern transatlantic telegraphy.
The Jewish Advocate reports rapid growth in Jerusalem with constant new buildings and a sprawling western suburb where once there were fields and vineyards. Land sales surge as real estate agents prosper amid booming development.
Scoppers in large cities have grown used to buying ice cream freezers, sealskin cloaks, carpets and diamonds under one roof. The Baltimore department store offered live lambs at a bargain sale, with customers left to carry the animals away themselves by grasping the lambs in both arms.
Autopsy on George O. Carkins found dead in a field in Newington New Hampshire shows death from an ossified heart. Doctors call it one of the most remarkable cases, noting valves were so incrusted they could not close. The heart will be kept for the New Hampshire Medical Society.
The United States nears 45 states with Oklahoma already in, Arizona New Mexico Indian Territory and Alaska remain territorial or federal. Arizona and New Mexico may gain statehood soon while Indian Territory faces treaties with tribes delaying full statehood for years. Alaska may remain a federal dependency, limiting stars to 47 at most.
Dover Me veteran lawyer Ezuraim Flint who died recently once faced contempt of court for bluntly criticizing a county justice. He famously told the judge he would endorse the fine on a ten year old note in his pocket, then did so as a rebuke to the magistrate.
The old Liberty Bell rests in a new case in Independence Hall Philadelphia. The oak case stands 5 ft 10 in square and 10 ft high with arches on each glass side bearing the thirteen states names including Pennsylvania on the keystone. A model of Old Abe the war eagle decorates the top passage and the bell inscription proclaims liberty to all the inhabitants.
July actions recap: lands bill passes in the senate authorizing 1,000,000 acres to be reclaimed and sold to settlers. Indian appropriation bills advance. House passes enlistment regulations for the army and authorizes the soldiers home managers to transfer inmates in emergencies. Maj. Gen. Green placed on retired list. Tariff bill issues dominate during sessions with conference. Senate debates tariff and issues letter from the president. Direct election resolution advances in the House while Des Moines petition calls for Olney impeachment lands in Des Moines.
Leading U S clearing houses show 857 811 437 dollars traded in the week ended the 20th down from 885 545 777 the prior week. Failures in business totaled 286 amid a railroad strike and congressional delays. Hunger and panic spread as exports withdraw gold to 61 million, the treasury low. Bicameralists plan a Washington conference on August 16 to discuss monetary policy changes.
The McKeesport strike ends after nine weeks with six hundred non union workers back at L. D. Alexander & Co. in New York faces insolvency with assets of 114354 and debts of 167417. New York constitutional convention rejects woman suffrage 13 to 4. Three men die and two are injured in a hoist car accident at Williamstown Pennsylvania. A Newark fire leaves twenty five families homeless. A Buffalo man breaks the American five mile record at Jamestown NY in 12 81. Joseph Wallwitz hangs for Deputy Lippincott murder at Trenton NY. National League standings show clubs around .6 with variances. A Niagara county hail and RAM storm causes over 1 million dollars in damage. The James D Avery mansion at Groton built 250 years ago is destroyed. A counterfeit twenty dollar note is found at Barre Vermont.
An attempted wreck of a Big Four passenger train near Muncie Ind was thwarted. Nominations shown for several congressional districts including Fullerton Peck Peel Tanner Shaw Tippin Burton Shaw. In Chicago a federal grand jury returned twenty three indictments for railroad troubles. Wheat prices and a fatal boiler explosion noted along with a major Minneapolis market fire. Obituary for Richard R Pearce aged 95. A copper fake gold brick sale to Albuquerque bank reported.
A cyclone wrecked Wilmore Kentucky injuring at least a dozen. Somerset Indiana suffered a major fire destroying the business section. Concurrent political notes mention North Dakota Republicans nominating Allin and Johnson for office, with a pro suffrage platform. Other reports cover rail and drought conditions, labor protests, and homicides including a Montgomery Alabama scaffold execution.
News notes report a government accounts investigation in Salvador revealing a ten million dollar shortage. A steamer sinking near Star litanak, Oofa, Russia, drowns 100. In Prieta district near Saltillo Mexico a cloudburst floods homes and kills 15. Rumors claim China and Japan may be at war, troops moving to Corea. Anearby rain ends five-year drought near Durango, Mexico. Cholera rises to 100 deaths daily in St. Petersburg. Turkish earthquakes kill over a thousand.
In a three hour Senate speech Senator Gorman accused the president of duplicity over the tariff bill as three associates testified to support him. The House had no quorum. J G Cannon was renominated in Illinois. A Cripple Creek mill fire caused $150000 loss. Three killed and fifteen injured in a Big Four collision at Griffiths Station. Treasury gold reserve fell to $60000000. Seven killed in a Texas Pacific wreck near Queen City. Dens and nine other AmRail union members were to stand trial for conspiracy. A 14 year old girl died of consumption near Fort Wayne. Governor Tillman proclaimed the liquor law in force. 200 Pond Creek residents arrested by deputy marshals. Epworks family and a book agent drowned near Cooperstown. Portandl strike ended. A Logan statue unveiled at Hot Springs. Debs contempt trial begins in Chicago. Western India floods damage crops and lives. Strikers deter reopen of Allen wheel works in Pullman.
Debs and allies urge a boycott of Pullman cars as a means to force employer pay and arbitration, while federal troops withdraw from Chicago. Reports detail state troops sent home, Impeachment efforts against Olney, and continued labor unrest from Hammond to Chicago with riots and militia responses.
A violent rain and hailstorm swept Niagara county causing estimated losses over 1 million dollars. Two storms met near Ransomville and moved northeast, wrecking 75 buildings, destroying crops valued at 500000, and leveling orchards across Lockport and surrounding towns.
Seneca Missouri July 21 C L Moore and his wife living near Tiff City were found dead in their house both shot through the head. Officials say robbery motive suspected as Mr Moore was well to do and kept money in the house.
President Cleveland endorses tariff reform and calls for free raw materials arguing that the party must maintain democratic principles. He favors keeping sugar taxation within reasonable bounds and warns against surrendering core tariff principles for short term gains.
Boise reports T R Leonard longtime postmaster vanished on June 25 and is a defaulter for 7600 dollars. inspector Weyland says shortage confirmed. bondsmen ready to cover loss. Leonard reportedly son in law of local chief justice Huston.
The notice describes Great Northern Railway cars including Palace Dining Car and Observation Car on through routes from St. Paul and Minneapolis to the Pacific Coast. It advises writing F. J. Watney in St. Paul for route and rate information. The snippet also includes a line from Inter Ocean about a social invitation between Grace and Mr Jingle.
North-Western Line offers excursion tickets to St Paul Minnesota at half fare for the round trip in connection with the annual convention. Tickets on sale July 30 and 31 1894 good for return until August 6. Full information from Chicago and North-Western agents.
An item touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as beneficial for liver trouble dyspepsia and bowel irregularity with many endorsers claiming relief. It notes malarial rheumatic and kidney troubles may also improve and urges persistent use. The piece also references humorous word play and unrelated ads about hair dye and other products.
A pugilistic aphorism attributed to Puck notes the difficulty of a craftsman when patrons cannot pay their bills. The line frames commerce as a sport and life as a game with stakes and debts.
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