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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1894
Page
1
The Express quotes remarks about liberty statue lighting and a Georgia mule. observes Avustria’s leniency toward murderers, cites 1879 executions, and mentions India rubber from cotton seed oil as a new industrial product. It notes Kondeh people of Lake Nyassa favor crocodile suicide as a customary death method.
The mother-in-law of the Mikado of Japan endured a recent health incident. About 422 physicians were summoned to attend her, yet her condition improved, and she survived.
Report notes dogs traveling with owners now sport violet hues to match prevailing boudoir tones. The two violet shades top the list for white dogs as fashion spreads beyond borders.
Local Texans were swindled by a man who sold an oil claiming to remove hair kinks. The product failed to work and customers reported new problems after use.
The letter questions bias in county reports noting only strikingly beautiful young women as troublemakers. It asks if homely women avoid indiscretions or if none exist in public records. The writer challenges newspaper portrayal and seeks equal treatment of all local residents.
An Arab horseman from Damascus to Denmark covers five thousand miles. The Danish scientist intends to leave money to his widow and children from Gov Grant's dying book, which has paid them $500,000. a cheap edition is planned due to strong demand.
The passage notes the Dirigo the first steel ocean sailing vessel and its anticipated impact on steel use. It also cites curious prairie names and a seafaring captain Carr Pierce Twomrson from Southport Maine, with lifelong devotion to seafaring and steady voyage history.
Missouri death of Miss Lucy Evans at 111 recalls old Tennessee election practice. A voter needed a house or a horse to vote, so men passed a horse among themselves to cast ballots. Those too poor to own a horse built a wooden replica and swore ownership to vote.
Henry GrorcheE fought to claim the estate of George Bowers of Camden New Jersey who left 20000 dollars to spread his peculiar doctrines. Relatives contested the will. The widow died in a poor house after the heirs refused to settle. Only about 200 dollars remains for the single tax advocate.
Writers claim the Kearsarge shed an eleven inch gun that sank the Alabama, but records show the gun was not aboard during the wreck. The eleven inch battery was removed earlier and the guns now reside at Mare Island Navy Yard.
Foreign and domestic news summary notes senate debates on Hawaiian policy and tariff topics. House filibusters stall Bland seigniorage bill as arrests and adjournments follow. Fires cause major losses in St. Louis and Fort Wayne while deaths, crimes, and disasters pepper the week across cities including Omaha Whatcom Lansing and Arcadia with notable figures like Rev James A Stone and Capt C B Graham.
For the week ended the 23d, exchanges at leading U S clearing houses totaled 691,491,780 versus 789,281,711 last week, a drop of 45.2 from 1893. Business failures reached 288 in seven days, down from 628 prior week and 193 in the same period of 1893. January immigration from Europe stood at 3,108, vs 11,530 in January 1893. ALABOR factions advocate removing negroes to Liberia or Africa.
The city official raised the English flag over the American flag but residents compelled him to lower it. Elections returns show Grow leading congressman at large with 180133 votes in most counties, while several items report crimes, deaths, and notable figures across New York and Pennsylvania.
Near Verdi Nevada five woodchoppers were caught in a snowslide with only one survivor. Near Flora Newfoundland Rev J F Hensley was killed by a runaway team during revival meetings. Blossburg New Mexico mine explosion killed eight and injured three. Baltimore marks continental congress site with a bronze tablet. Compte Louisiana boiler explosion killed five and injured several. Oceanic steamer reports no major Honolulu events. Warren Indiana Jacob Heaston robs stolen money and sleeps. Pecatonica Illinois arson efforts heighten local precautions. Knights of Labor calls for boycott on St Louis beer. Shelby Ohio two young people killed by trains.
American capitalists will go to San Domingo to place its financial and economic system on a more solid basis. It was said that Brazilian officers were forcing American colonists into service and the American consul had been appealed to. The Salvation Army will establish a colony on 200,000 acres of land in Chia pas, Mexico. FLAMES destroyed the Indian mission school at Neah Bay, LB. C., and several Indian children lost their lives. The Hawaiian council at Vancouver, S. C., appointed by President Dole, received his exequatur. This shows that Lord Roseberry has concluded to look upon the provisional government as a fixture. Near the Azores the British barie Montgomery Castle encountered fearful storms and eight of her div ers and crew were drowned. In a hurricane a train was swept from a bridge at Auritius Island, England, and fifty lives were reported lost. SENOR Guzman, the Nicaraguan Minister, received news that his country's war with Honduras was at 'an end.
The foreign relations committee presents findings on Hawaii: rejects monarchy, supports Stevens recognition of the provisional government, disavows a protectorate, favors annexation without direct recommendation, and accuses Queen Liliuokalani of provoking the revolution. Also notes unrelated events from 1892 to 1893.
Curicaco February 27 Judge Brentano sentences Patrici Eugene Prendergast to be hanged on March 23 in the county jail yard for the murder of Carter H. Harrison after overruling a motion for a new trial. Prendergast appeared in court as the verdict was read and faced the crowd.
In Chicago on February 26 the court sentenced Patrick Eugene Prendergast to death for fatally shooting Carter Harrison. Prendergast denounced the insanity plea and attacked the press, while Judge Brentano ordered the execution by hanging on March 23 in the county jail. Attorney Darrow indicated plans to file a bill of exceptions. A New York Times dispatch notes the Good Friday timing of the sentence.
Rosa Haywood over 100 years old was found murdered in her bed near RaLeicu North Carolina. Her niece Mary Smith and Orange Page an ex convict are named suspects and arrests reported near Rocky Mount and on a neighboring farm. Also note of a planned transfer of an Indian supply depot from New York to Chicago and the hunting trip of President Cleveland with Gresham and Evans. Immigrant arrivals in January drop to 3192 from 11880 in 1893.
Steele Mackaye famed dramatist died in Timpas Colorado at 7 45 AM on Sunday. He fell ill during a Santa Fe bound trip to Los Angeles and died of stomach cancer. Funeral arrangements call for embalming at La Junta and transfer to Chicago with Dr H N Parker and his widow. Mackaye’s career spanned New York Paris and London with notable works including Hazel Kirke and Paul Kauvar, and his Spectatorium venture near Chicago ended in collapse.
Report from Gurpon Arkansas notes a log farmhouse ten miles west of Murfreesboro in Pike county burned with John Wert his wife and five children all dead. Fire began while asleep and dry timber fed the blaze. The next day only charred remains were found.
Edward Donnelly saved an eight year old boy from the East River in 1889 risking his life. He suffered locomotor ataxia afterward and moved to Auburn where he recovered after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. He praises the pills and urges others to try them while detailing his lengthy treatment and costs.
Poem depicts spring weaving warmth through nature from watercress to arbutus, snowdrops, buttercups, and a sky of sunlit blue. The Boston Globe voice evokes lush imagery of trees, meadows, brooks, and early flowers signaling vernal dawning.
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