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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1897
Page
1
The Express reports the Washington agricultural bureau predicts sunflower seed oil will become a popular substitute for olive oil. It notes other oddities from dancing masters to ancient olive trees and Florida orange groves growing after a freeze, with mentions of Montana Indian warfare and Mauser rifles.
The British embassy in Washington costs about $90,000 annually, with the German embassy at $60,000, the French at $50,000, and the Italian at $30,000.
Caracas plans a new commercial museum to display United States goods to Venezuelans on a prominent street. A long stone wall nearly a mile in length, 18 feet high, is rising along Second Avenue in Pittsburgh as part of a $500,000 enhancement by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. California faces an unusual coyotes case with farmers slaughtering the animals to profit from the state’s efforts to destroy them. Mint directorial figures show 1896 gold and silver production at $53,088,000 and $76,069,230 respectively with gains over 1895 of $6,478,000 in gold and $4,018,000 in silver.
Palestine advances several projects including a handsome bridge over the River Jordan, steamboat navigation on the Jordan and Sea of Galilee, and a thriving Jaffa and Jerusalem railroad with over 20,000 tons moved in six months and more than 100 drummers arriving in Jerusalem. The piece also warns that con men thrive on gullibility, noting many are duped daily.
A Paris journal reports a French scientist aims to produce medicated honey in various flavors to cure diseases. He keeps bees under glass to limit nectar sources, claiming flavors address influenza coughs indiges tion asthma and other illnesses while pleasing patients.
The piece quotes Ambrose Bierce denouncing a reviewer as a weak author and notes a chain of ideas about early Chinese presence in Mexico and Polynesian links. It contrasts New York and Boston marriage patterns, highlighting a rich heiress bride and a poor groom in an old fashioned love match.
The United States Senate moved quickly on the tariff bill on the 16th and 17th, finishing 20 pages across two schedules and debating agricultural provisions. A Hawaiian annexation treaty was received along with Stewart L. Woodford’s nomination as minister to Spain. The House was not in session.
In the week ended May 18 there were 198 business failures, down from 262 the prior week and 276 a year earlier. For the eleven months ending May 31, 1897 internal revenue receipts totaled 133,176,200, up 51,389 from the prior fiscal year. Senator Davis will push the Hawaiian treaty to final senate consideration this session. The president plans to revive the abandoned general arbitration treaty with Great Britain.
Weekly exchanges at leading clearing houses totaled 1 054145233, up from 1 008182516, with a 1 2 rise versus 1896. Quincy Massachusetts reopens birthplaces of Presidents Adams. Ellide yacht makes a mile in 1 37%4. Pennsylvania GOP meets August 26 in Harrisburg to nominate state officers. John M Francis dies at 74. Troy Times editor and ex US minister to Austria. National League week standings list multiple teams with varying percentages. Juliet Carson Mother of Cookery dies in New York. Manchester mills suspend June shutdown affecting 14 000 workers. Rear Admiral George Brown retired from Norfolk navy yard.
News briefs note fights halted in New York boxing venues and a Cuban filibuster expedition. Financial and murder cases surface in Indiana and Louisiana as storms devastate Illinois and Iowa, with deaths at a Lincoln facility fire and a drowning near Georgetown.
A fire destroyed the Pickwick hotel in New Orleans causing about 160000 dollars in damage. An earthquake in Hollister California inflicted thousands of dollars in damages to buildings and contents. A fire wrecked a window glass factory in Orestes Indiana with losses around 100000 dollars. The first 1897 wheat of the season in St Louis sold at 90 cents a bushel.
The Thames sees 17 crisis reports in three weeks while France endures a cyclone wrecking Bezons and Colombes with 20 dead and 90 wounded. Assam reports 6,000+ deaths from earthquakes. Dutch Scheveningen and Belgian coast losses claim boats and crews. Queen Victoria marks her diamond jubilee with state services. Barney Barnato funeral in London.
The piece notes Queen Victoria era receptions at Buckingham Palace for foreign envoys, the term popularized by Captain Boycott, and a string of disasters and records including a $10,009 fire at Brooklyn navy yard, a 74 year death in Philadelphia, an earthquake impact report in California, a fatal shooting in Waltham, a waterfront building collapse in Water town injuring many, and a 546 mile rail record from Chicago to Pittsburgh. It also mentions grain stocks and tariff progress in Congress, with Omaha exhibition provisions and House adjournment to the 24th.
A varied roundup mentions a proposed $6 million bridge linking Boston and East Boston, Rockefeller gifting 2 700 German bought books to Vassar, and a baby named Cyclonia born after a summer windstorm. Other notes include ex-congressmen aiding Interior, a Boston man’s Crimean War memento, rising cotton acreage, a Wilmington thief sentenced, future German Russian Greek rulers linked to Victoria, a German colony seeking irrigated lands near Santa Fe, Toronto streetcar trials, McKinley’s vast mail flow, a Mohegan descendant’s death, Queen Liliuokalani offered singing gigs, and Cuba trade decline from 1893 to 1896.
Chicago June 16 President Eugene V Debs spoke at the American Railway union convention outlining a scheme to found a cooperative commonwealth. He urged organizing 1,000,000 workers, welcoming all regardless of race color or sex, to work toward colonization, land purchase, and industrial setup in a western state. Chicago June 18 the American Railway union dissolved and delegates formed the Social Democracy of America to carry the cooperative program forward.
A week of violent weather reports multiple tornadoes and windstorms. In Lincoln Nebraska a barn collapsed injuring and killing several. in Indiana a farm residence was wrecked with fatalities. other towns including Oskaloosa and Paris report cyclones, damaged buildings, and injuries.
Calcutta reports detail extensive damage from last Saturday's earthquake across Dacca Jamalpur Murshidabad and surrounding regions. Many factories treasuries and courts destroyed. rail lines washed away. tidal wave hits Conlpara. Shilong leveled. widespread deaths and breached river banks.
Chicago June 19 C W Spalding former Globe Savings Bank president and former state university treasurer was acquitted of embezzlement. The verdict surprised many as court instructions left little chance for acquittal.
Eugene V. Debs at the Social Democracy convention in Chicago urged aiding the poor to seize wealth and warned of arming against a federal army. He condemned wealth disparity, called for a new commonwealth plan, and outlined a colonization commission to place unemployed in a state chosen by August 1.
London reports Capt Boycott died aged about 55. The land agent in Connemara Mayo became famous as the first target of the boycotting method. The 1880 Parnell speech urged replacing agrarian crime with pressure on harsh landlords and bailiffs, and Boycott was the first man subjected to it, giving the term its name.
In Washington Place Calhoun of Danville Wisconsin is named by President McKinley as candidate for comptroller of the treasury. The position carries a 5500 salary and may be sent to the Senate before week’s end if accepted. In Waterloo Iowa Mrs Susan Lies, 59, committed suicide by jumping into a well amid illness.
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul shops in Minneapolis end reduced hours. About 600 workers affected as payroll rises from 20000 to 40000 monthly. Also report New York tailors strike ending with contractors surrendering to workers.
Iowa reports show cures for hog cholera from experiments at various locations. Summer spread is not common, but this year poor corn feeding brought new cases. Railways hold hundreds of letters from hog raisers praising cure and prevention successes.
Witnesses in Lansing and towns such as Waukon Decorah Elkader report a large fireball moving northward as a quake was felt. A heavy explosion followed the disappearance of the fireball suggesting a monster meteor struck somewhere in northwestern Iowa.
A well at Thomas B. Craft's Belle Plaine property, supplying water for 25 years, has turned into a thick salty brine. When placed in a vessel, clear white salt settles at the bottom.
A gang of five Iowa thieves entered Peter Nelson's store and loaded a wagon with clothing and goods before detection. Three fled. two were captured and refused to reveal identities. Police report the incident in Batavia with the suspects held for further questioning.
Miss Bertha Knaack age 22 niece of Capt W C Knaack disappeared from the Davenport steamer Verne Swaine on June 10 near Princeton. Her wraps hat and valise were found aboard. She was to wed a Davenport man on June 23. No trace found.
Clarence Burrell, principal of the Jesup public schools, is found not guilty of assault and battery on 13 year old Frankie Young. The court says the marks on the body show severe beating but no malice and no permanent injury.
A broad item list notes J C Hubinger promising to shield all users of his telephone system from damages suits following the latest high court decision favoring Bell. Other brief items include a fatal incident on a Winnebago reservation, multiple deaths, a university building plan, and various local calamities and legal actions.
Between Seed Time and Harvest promotes farm lands in South Dakota one day from Chicago with crops Wheat Corn Barley and Flax. South Dakota is highlighted as a leading stock and dairy state offering first class lands with markets nearby from 10 to 15 dollars per acre and up. For details contact Geo H Heatford Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Old Colony Building Chicago Tl.
In a Cincinnati Commercial Tribune excerpt, Mr Snicksnackle questions whether the legislature or district court should alter his name. A thoughtful reply suggests a minister might be the better choice, with the line hinting at a playful outcome three hours later.
Public notice announces two fast trains daily between Chicago and Sluth via St Paul and Minneapolis with stops at Central Wisconsin points. The Wisconsin Central Lines also advertises thousands of acres of fine farming lands for sale in Northern Wisconsin and provides contact details for Jas C Pond, General Passenger Agent in Milwaukee.
The narrator notes a bright spring morning with birds and roses but is distracted by a neighbor, a maiden with auburn hair, playing the piano across the way. The scene contrasts carefree schoolyard joy with personal inner torment caused by the music.
On departures by steamship or train travelers are urged to carry Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. The tonic is praised by commercial travelers and emigrants for fortifying effects and for relief from constipation biliousness malaria kidney complaints and nervousness.
In a brief joke excerpt from the New York Journal a child asks why holes in doughnuts exist. Mr Callipers responds with weary curiosity as silence ends with the playful query about eating the hole or the surrounding dough.
Try Grain-O the new grain based drink that substitutes for coffee. It tastes like Mocha or Java and is gentle on delicate stomachs. Suitable for children and adults sold by all grocers at 15c and 25c per package.
In a witty exchange, Penelope notes a new face in the crowd as Miss Madeup’s face appears freshly reenameled, while Jack reacts with playful skepticism about change and novelty tonight.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder as instant relief for painful swollen smarting feet and bunions. It claims comfort for tight shoes and offers a trial package free and 25 cent sales through druggists and shoe stores.
San Francisco bound trip to depart June 29 to July 3 offered for 25 dollars via the Chicago and North Western Railway on account of the C. E. Convention. Similar round trip rates will be available eastbound and full information may be obtained from C. & N. W. ticket agents.
A collage of brief quotes and ad jingles from multiple papers. Mentions Star Tobacco claims and Piso's Cure for Consumption. Includes light witticisms about judgment for crooked dealing and unanswerable arguments. Ends with miscellaneous snippets and a Hall’s Catarrh Cure pitch.
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