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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1899
Page
1
Zola leaves the Dreyfus matter in good standing, reporting a favorable outcome yet facing a deficit of about 5,000 francs due to reduced frankness. The figure reflects remaining financial concerns as public attention shifts.
Indian corn is used for smokeless powder and rubber substitutes while Europe adopts corn cakes with maple syrup. The article notes an expansive future for maize as demand grows across sectors.
American Steel and Wire closes a Chicago contract for four 500 foot ships the largest ever built on fresh water. Each ship carries 8000 tons and will transport iron ore exclusively signaling a new iron age for the nation.
The six new protected cruisers will each be equipped with 800 tons of coal to extend their steaming radius beyond any prior ships of the class. Officials emphasize coal capacity as a vital naval operation factor.
A Boston man named Dewey, fresh from Europe, says his name is a passport everywhere. In Rome bankers called at his hotel on arrival, and steamer line managers halted a boat for him, leading him to claim there is power in a name.
The article reports total education contributions this year at 20 340 684 versus 18 086 150 last year. It breaks down as colleges and universities 17 770 684 academies and seminaries 143 000 art institutes 1 500 000. The text notes this line of giving is unmatched in prior years.
An American buying a money order unknowingly supports a vast sector. Last year the national money order business totaled $205,000,000 with current year estimates reaching $230,000,000, per Post Office Department estimates.
An Arkansas inventor unveils a device that vents railroad cars without opening doors or windows. A small metal wind-wheel atop the car powers an exhaust fan at one end, purifying air and circulating it without creating a draught.
Total postal receipts for the year are estimated at 100 million dollars, up from 87.64 million last year. New York tops the list with 15.06 million and Alaska is last with 15 thousand. Massachusetts again leads per capita with an average of 2.30 dollars per inhabitant.
Russian report on Admiral Makaroff’s ice-breaking ship praises its performance. It describes the vessel forging through 30 inches of ice for hours while en route to Kronstadt, demonstrating near total mastery over harsh winter seas.
Responding to F. W. Peck the American commissioner Edison will mount a vast electrical display at the Paris World’s Fair next year. The exhibit promises marvels and possibly new inventions, all at Edison’s own expense as a tribute to the flag and to show that electricity has its master in the Yankee.
The article recalls the early Texas settlement by French emigrants in 1685 and a 25 year clash with Spain. It notes that in 1814 the region was officially named the New Philippines in Spanish records before the name Texas, derived from a local Indian tribe, began to prevail.
The piece contrasts French and American wives in a duel incident. Mendes, a French duelist, was fatally wounded after a jetty quarrel tied to Hamlet’s character. His French wife waited in a bearriage as the fight continued while an American wife might have intervened.
The president names commissioners to determine a practical Isthmus of Panama canal route with Admiral Walker leading the investigation. Gen Miles seeks assignment to the Philippines but does not expect to replace Gen Otis. Exports to Cuba Porto Rico and Asia totaling about 50 million dollars this fiscal year up from 17 million last year.
A report that Thomas T Need resigned from Maine’s congressman post proved false. A J Cassatt was elected to succeed the late Frank Thomson as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In New York James J Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eleven rounds for the world boxing title. In Graniteville New York a Nordlinger Charlton Fireworks plant blast destroyed 36 buildings. Rochester dedicated a monument to Frederick Douglass. Weekly exchange totals at major clearinghouses reached 1 816 706 426 dollars, up from 1 377 633 983. year over year rise 86.9 percent. Nationally 159 business failures occurred in the seven days ended the 9th, vs 145 prior week. In Leechburg Pennsylvania Joseph Poverick fatally shot his boarding mistress Mary Smoski and then killed himself. National league baseball standings show Brooklyn .766 Boston .689 Chicago .583 Baltimore .678 Philadelphia .578 St Louis .574 Cincinnati .600 New York .457 Pittsburgh .422 Washington .262 Louisville .202 Cleveland .186. Iron and steel industry wages rose 25 percent for 45 000 workers.
A wide range of incidents is recorded including drownings of Leonard Mason and William Anderson near Rennville Minnesota, and Merman Clavite and Chris Kervis in Jackson Township Iowa. A cloudburst near Austin Texas caused 25 deaths as rivers rose. A train derailment near Grandview Missouri injured 40. A flood near Wichita Kansas destroyed tracks and property, with fatalities.
In Canon City Colorado Samuel Roberts killed his wife and her mother Mrs George Lew is then killed himself in a murder suicide prompted by domestic trouble. In Cleveland Ohio fourteen streetcar lines shut down by a strike of Big Consolidated Company workers demanding higher wages. Near Suffolk Virginia a freight train wreck killed Engineer W A Clayton Firemen William Tools and Thomas Wells.
A mix of personal tragedies and military actions across several regions is reported. An American lawyer and his wife die by suicide in Berlin amid poverty and jealousy in Warsaw Indiana a wartime advance by 4500 US troops in the Philippines inflicts heavy enemy losses and US casualties a fire at Newcastle upon Tyne damages Armstrong Whitworth works for a million dollars a Manila cablegram notes Captain Henry Nichols dies of sunstroke a German delegate protests at The Hague peace talks and a Spanish tornado devastates San Pedro and Alar es with many homes lost.
Reports describe mass casualties and widespread destruction from a cyclone in the Mississippi valley affecting New Richmond Wisconsin Hudson Wisconsin and Hastings Minnesota with extensive property loss. Other items note a fatal shooting in Neillsville Wisconsin a riot in Cleveland Ohio an explosion in Marietta Ohio and political shifts in France.
Roswell Beardsley retires as North Lansing postmaster after 70 years. An Egyptian rail line orders 200 steel freight cars. Queen Victoria receives felicitations on 80th birthday from European rulers. William R Day earns Doctor of Laws from New York University. William Whist dies in Denver while praying to join his wife. Elm at Fort Meigs falls after historic campaign. UK Guiana reciprocity talks advance toward a treaty next year. The five ton Coke schooner sails from San Francisco to Manila. Captain French expects 60 days to Philippines. South products exposition to open October 25 at Grand Central Palace, New York, through December 1, 1899. Henry Morton receives $50,000 Carnegie donation for engineering lab at Stevens Institute Hoboken. Adamsville marks a state welcome for Admiral Dewey in Montpelier Vermont. Texas Governor Sayers calls anti trust convention for September 24 in St Louis. Attorney General rules Treasury cannot compromise duties on under valued goods barring fraud.
A massive storm swept eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin on Monday evening, causing extensive damage from Hudson to New Richmond. Reports indicate a high loss of life in New Richmond with estimates from 250 to 500, while businesses, telegraph lines, and multiple farms were devastated across the region.
In Marietta Ohio the Marietta Torpedo company factory exploded on Monday at three o'clock killing Clyde Porter and Cal Harte both men were described as 21 and 45 respectively. The blast destroyed the factory uprooted trees and scattered torn remains near the wreck. Porter was loading nitroglycerin when the explosion occurred. Harte had a daughter on the stage whose whereabouts are unknown. The blast shook the town three miles away.
Houston June 13 Governor Sayers reports acceptance of his invitation to attend an anti trust convention in St Louis on September 20 from governors Lanner of Illinois Shaw of Iowa Bushnell of Ohio Pingree of Michigan Thomas of Colorado Poynter of Nebraska and Bradley of Kentucky.
Paris reports the cabinet has resigned with President Loubet accepting the moves and asking ministers to stay on until successors are named. Dupuy’s departure follows a vote showing broad cross party desire to end the premiership amid Dreyfus affair tensions and a looming political reshaping.
The Hague June 13 The drafting committee of the arbitration committee of the peace conference met Monday and continued the discussion of arbitration schemes. Delegates lack new instructions and adjourned until Friday without progress. The American delegates issue a manifesto noting they do not abandon their plan and will present it with Comte de Redaction to the plenary sitting for merit-based judgment.
Practical household maxims emphasize selflessness promptness politeness and order. The guide urges calm speech patience appreciation of beauty and sympathy while toddlers of error ask for forgiveness and self restraint.
A Chicago Chronicle account follows Phebe Ann, a young Georgia enslaved girl—under twelve—as she travels from a rural plantation to a city with Miss Amy. The narrative highlights her novice exposure to trains and moving scenery, capturing her fear and awe at the changing world.
The Big Four Route offers a Spanish American War panorama album 53x8 inches with 160 half tone engravings. It features Dewey Miles Schley Hobson Roosevelt and more, plus hospitals and Rough Riders scenes. Price 12 cents postage paid, limited edition. order via Warren J. Lynch in Cincinnati.
The Grand Trunk Railway offers direct access to popular Northern Michigan resorts and Ontario Highlands plus Atlantic coast resorts via Lehigh Valley service. Illustrated literature with rates and full information is available from J. H Burgis at 249 Clark St Chicago.
Dialogue between lovers Diagnosing Her Case presents an ironic exchange about love and impending marriage. An advertisement notes a railroad round trip fare sale from Chicago via Big Four and C&O Ry with dates July 11-12 for tickets and a return window through July 31, extendable to August 15, with pamphlets available from C. Tucker in Chicago.
In a terse exchange from the era a speaker rejects cremation while another questions the shift, suggesting religious or moral stakes in burial practices. The World source captures a frank, public debate over how to honor the dead and the implications for the living.
An old advertisement extols Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement and gentle action on the liver and kidneys to cure headaches. It lists prices at 25 and 50 cents and includes moral quips from the Boston Watchman and Chicago Daily News about work and revenue.
A letter from Mars Cona Gilson of Yates Manistee Mich recounts two years of back pain heavy menses and leucorrhea with infertility until Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound provided relief leading to pregnancy and ongoing use.
A testimonial from Mars of Barnhart New Castle Pa credits a medicine with ending seven years of illness after marriage, four births, two miscarriages, and symptoms including womb falling, leucorrhoea, back and leg pains, dyspepsia, and nervous stomach trembling. Now free of these troubles, she says she can enjoy life.
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