Judge rules New York baby show illegal
Judge Andrews declares the proposed New York baby show illegal and asserts officials have the right to interfere and prevent such exhibitions.
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New York
Andrews
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1897
Page
2
Horseless wagon noted in 1861 with runaway horse
The article recalls an 1861 horseless wagon incident where the horse ran away, illustrating historic early automotive experiments.
London writer predicts U S naval dominance in wars
A London newspaper man who authored a book on this country reports visiting several warships and asserts the United States will soon gain command of the sea against the entire world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Electric Saddles Stir Racing Circles
Reported use of electrically stimulated saddles in horse racing shocks sport circles as jockeys reportedly press a button to urge the horse forward, raising concerns over fairness and safety in competition.
Boston lawyer cultivates future with wind powered farm
A Boston lawyer who also farms is called a book farmer for building an electric wind mill. He seems to be ahead of the books and hints that neighbors may soon rely on electricity and compressed air from such modern farming methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Quirky Coffin Requests Highlight Burial Customs
A Chinese group scatters rice and offers roast pig at graves. An Indian ritual burns a pony’s memory and places bow and arrow at the grave for the departed’s use. A Kentuckian requests to swim in Bourbon whisky while interred, the most unusual of the tales.
Congress of Mothers draws sharp reaction nationwide
A ripple of amusement spread as eloquent spinisters joined the congress of mothers in Washington. The piece notes that a congress of bright, wide-awake old maids appears more informed in a moment than the same number of old bachelors would be all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress of Mothers
Washington
Excavations at Jerusalem Defenses Reveal Ancient Treasures
Work in the southern defenses of Jerusalem uncovers masonry mosaics pottery lamps inscriptions and coins. The text notes American involvement in archaeology and their leading role in uncovering history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Naval maneuvers demonstrate blockade strength off Charleston
The maneuvers at Charleston South Carolina showed that modern science allows a war fleet to sustain an almost impassable blockade. An electric searchlight could reveal the location of any blockade runner if war broke out, except under heavy fog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
S. C
English Academy Rejects Woman Artist Membership
The royal academicians in England refused to elect a woman artist to membership. Four eminent candidates received no votes at all, and the article suggests that if the English artists live longer they may hear something fall with a dull thud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Academicians
Ingland
Academy
Old New Jersey Lion Retells Weather Lore at Ninety
An elderly man in a small New Jersey town, now ninety, recalls when woods burned and holds precise meteorological facts. He has puffed tobacco for 75 years and has drunk strong coffee since age six, a hardy, storied figure in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Pickled Tongue Allegations Stir Chicago University
Reported tongue poison claims spark student revolt at Chicago university as young women allege illness after eating tongue tied to molasses candy. Housekeeper cites excessive candy intake, while critics joke about sweetness and tongue references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago University
No Trust No Bust as Rivalry Bites Big Labor Giants
The passage argues that trust breakdowns prove competition disciplines politics and business. It cites the window glass trust as the latest tremor, joining references to the steel rail, glass combination, lead production, and notes that even with sugar and rubber steady, traditional adage holds: no trust, no bust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Window Glass Trust
Weather Prophet Lost Fame Over Groundhog Secret
Rhode Island towns reel as a famed weather predictor loses state pride after revelations that a tame groundhog guided his forecasts. The once trusted seer relied on Arctys angwax to forecast cold and snowy winters, causing almanacs to fall out of use. The public trust wanes as the deception becomes clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Arctys Angwax
Proceedings in Congress on Cuba and domestic bills
The Senate discussed sending battleships to Cuba and criticized Spain and the state department with no decisive action. House actions included war bill talk by Sulzer, passage of several appropriation and tax bills, and measures on post office arrest power, national bank circulation, labor arbitration, and anti scalper provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Cuba
Spain
State Department
Sulzer
N. Y
Post Office
House
Senate International Monetary Conference
Washington
United States Senate
Mrs L G Stevenson Reelected DAR President General
Mrs L G Stevenson wife of the vice president was reelected president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution at their Washington session. The report notes other national affairs including financial data and a new torpedo boat named Parragut after Admiral David Farragut.
National Sound Money League Organized in New York
A nonpartisan group forming to uphold the gold standard as the basis of U S money reports George F E Leighton of St Louis elected president. In Lancaster Pennsylvania Miss C W Cassady dies at 101. A Rochester freshman faces hazing as a raving maniac. Floods leave 50000 jobless across Monongahela Allegheny and upper Ohio valleys while trade shows gradual improvement and employment gains spread across industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sound Money League
United States
George FE. Leighton
St. Louis
C. W. Cassady
Lancaster
Clarence A. Austin
University of Rochester
N. Y
Monongahela
Alleghany
Upper
Ohio
Atlanta Bank Assigns Under Liabilities of 160000
A west bank, the Bank of Lithonia a branch of Union Loan Trust, made an assignment in Atlanta. Across the nation reports include a mob hanging in Loddi Tenn for an attempted assault, a 107 year old man Iverson Bowen dying near Hammondsville Ky, and a 1816 Monroe voter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Bank of Lithonia
Union Loan & Trust Company
Charlie Brown
Lillie Walker
Loddi
Tenn
Iverson Bowen
Hammondsville
James Monroe
Deas
Louisville
Security Loan & Trust Company
Des Moines
Chicago
N. C. Sears
Indiana
Northwest
Fritz Roessle
United States
Matthew Buckley
Delavan
Wis
Willoughby, Hill & Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wilson
Fred Schinneer
St. Louis
MuYanphy Savings Bank
Coldwater
Mich
William B. Sprague
Volcano erupts near Promontory Utah and Canton plant burns
A genuine volcano erupts near Promontory Utah destroying the Middle Branch Portland and Diamond Cement company plant at Canton Ohio. The fire caused an estimated loss of 200000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Salt Lake
Promontory
Utah
Middle Branch
Portland and Diamond Cement Company
Canton
Spain Pardons Citizen After Cuban Imprisonment
Julio Sanguilly, an American imprisoned in Cuba for two years, has been pardoned by the queen of Spain. Advices from Athens report King George and his cabinet vowing to maintain their policy and resisting recall of Greek troops from Crete. Other dispatches note a Greek clash with the great powers, Bulgaria’s potential invasion of Turkey, a Mexican mine fire killing 170, and a Toronto fire causing $100,000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julio Sanguilly
Cuba
Spain
Athens
George
Crete
Peru
United States
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
Zucatecas
Mexico
W. A. Murray & Co
Toronto
Ont
Twauvana
Weyler
Madrid
Moscow
Russia
Congress and State News Roundup
North Dakota passes a convict labor ban while policy toward Greece remains split. King George tightens Crete. A Casey fire causes $200,000 in damage. February federal receipts show a $4.6 million deficit, with $48.1 million since July 1896. Wyoming Pa. houses collapse into a mine shaft. Cleveland refuses to intervene in Dunlop obscenity case. Iowa elections reverse Republican gains and McKinley departs Canton for Washington. February US mint coinage totals $11.76 million. Japan adopts gold standard. Public debt rises $4.59 million in February. total debt less cash stands at $4.013 billion. Cleveland sends Cuba citizen arrests note to Senate. DC appropriations pass. census bureau bill defeated. naval bill under discussion. Tillman accuses trusts’ agents in Senate. Hawley denies it. Presidential election returns transmission bill passes. press limits on prizefight coverage linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Greece
George
Crete
Casey
United States
Wyoming
Cleveland
Joseph Dunlop
Chicago Dispatch
Iowa
William Melkinley
Canton
Washington
Japan
Treasury
United States Senate
Cuba
District of Columbia
Tillman
Hawley
Minor News Items From Various Places
A collection of brief, unsigned notes cites historical banking stability in Baltimore, pilots like Jessie Langford, jury duty gaps in Jamestown, wealth comparisons, a rare aluminum nose operation in Painesville, a Gossip about an eight-pound baby in Danbury, tea cultivation in Brazil, and a Pennsylvania railroad relief report plus horse race prizes for Giens Falls with a double team showdown between Star Pointer Frank Agan and John R. Gentry Robert J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
England
France
Germany
William ST. Manson
Farragut
New Orleans
York
Jessie Langford
Duluth
Minn
Great Lakes
Jamestown
Danbury
Brazil
Finois
Maine
California
Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department
New York Horse Breeders’ Association
Giens Falls
Star Pointer
Frank Agan
John R. Gentry
Robert J
Farewell to Canton as McKinley Heads to Washington
Canton Ohio March 3 McKinley departs for Washington amid mass cheers and militia parade. Maj McKinley and Mrs McKinley wave from the depot as crowds bid farewell. The train carries seven cars including a press car Elkton and private car 505.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
McKinley
Grand Army
Maj. McKinley
Mas. McKinley
T. H. Phillips
Washington
Elkton
Arden
Delphos
Japan to adopt gold standard at thirty two and one third to one
The Japanese government will shift to a gold standard with a 32 1/3 to 1 ratio and withdraw the silver yen gradually. The smallest gold piece will be five yen, and the new system starts in October. Debt statement shows February net public debt rise of 4,592,157 with total treasury cash at 864,338,167.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Washington
Treasury
To Go Abroad. McKinley Aims for Early Foreign Missions
A New York Herald dispatch reports President-elect McKinley will quickly appoint a cabinet and send a batch of foreign missions to the Senate. Possible selections include Bellamy Storer as first assistant secretary of state and John Hay as ambassador to Great Britain. Powell Clayton may become minister to Mexico and William Osborne consul general to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
New York Herald
McKinley
Senate
Iere
Bellamy Storer
Ohio
John Hay
Great Britain
Willam F. Draper
Massachusetts
Horace Porter
France
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Mexico
John A. Roche
Illinois
Persia
John Russell Young
Pennsylvania
China
William McKinley Osborne
London
Perry S. Heath
Indiana
Gowdy
Paris
Storer
Sherman
Department
England
William Meliiley Osborne
Gen. Porter
Col. McCook
Canton
Cameron
Court of
United States
St. Petersburg
Lincoln
Li Hung Chang
Mr. Young
E. T. Mason
FE. T. Mason & Co
William Mason
Fond du Lac
Wis
Maj. McKinley
Japan
Mason
Bicycle Race at Tattersall’s Ends with Schinneer Victor
Fred Schinneer of Bohemian fame won the six days bicycle race at Tattersall's in Chicago finishing Saturday night at 10 05. Distances: Schinneer 1788 miles 4 laps Miller 1764 miles 1 lap Ashinger 1727 miles Lawson 1707 miles 1 lap Hansen 1603 miles 3 laps Liff 461 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Fred Schinneer
Tattersall’s
Schinneer
Miller
Ashinger
Lawson
Hansen
Liff
Gift to Vice President Stevenson Receives Senate Testimonial
Washington March 1 Vice President Stevenson recognized for impartiality courtesy and wisdom with a magnifi cent silver service presented at his Normandie apartments. The parchment testimonial signed by every senator praises his discharge of office and gratitude of the American people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stevenson
Normandie
Senate
Iowa Legislature Debates State Committee and Suffrage Questions
Des Moines reports show Senator Carney pushing a five member senate committee to probe state institutions, passed 24 to 19 with no committee members from state institutions. Other actions include support for Sylvester Scovel relocation for safety, revenue law changes, and salary cuts for insane hospital superintendents. House actions mirror senate votes, with liquor manufacture bills advancing and county officer compensation revisions under discussion. Des Moines, February through March reports cover these legislative developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Carney
Senate
United States Senate
Sylvester Scovel
Cuba
Havana
Supreme Court
Committee On Ways and Means
Tis
House
Congress
House Committee On
Committee On Elections
Sidney A. Foster
Simon Casady
Emily Stowe
Griffith
H. A. Foster
Med
Ways and Means
Railroads Fight Cleveland Land Reserve Plan in West
Omaha merchants and railroad leaders rally against President Cleveland’s order that sets aside more than 21 million acres in Wyoming South Dakota Utah and Montana as forestry reservations. They seek Senate amendment to defeat the measure arguing 900000 families would lose homes and urging Allen to block the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Northwest
Cleveland
Wyoming
South Dakota
Utah
Montana
Senate
Commercial Club
Allen
Senate Committee On Forestry
Rough Weather Hits Transatlantic Steamers in Clyde
London reports brutal seas over several days as steamers reach the Clyde. Heathfield from Newport News lost a crewman overboard. Caspian from Philadelphia shed 88 cattle. Scandinavian from Boston arrived after 42 cattle were washed away. Vilalta from Tacoma ran aground north of Freemantle with Captain Harland drowned. Assistance dispatched to the bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Clyde
Heathfield
Bristol
Newport News
Glasgow
Philadelphia
Boston
Vilalta
Tacoma
Freemantle
West Australia
Harland
Supreme Court Reverses Florida Vessel Ruling Three Friends
The U S Supreme Court reverses the Southern district of Florida ruling in the Cuban steamer Three Friends case and orders the vessel to be under government control. Chief Justice Fuller announces the opinion confirming government positions. Justice Harlan dissents on parts of the conclusions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
District of
Florida
Fuller
Harmon
Harlan
Home and Fireside Health Tips and Cleaning Advice
Sunlight aids health so admit light to sick rooms but soften it. Rejuvenate cane chairs by soaking canework with hot water and a sponge, dry in air. Remove grease on wool or silk with turpentine and blotting paper. Use white castile soap for hair washing and sparingly borax or ammonia with caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castile
Episcopal and Catholic Clergy Moves and Milestones
Rev Dr James Quigley receives papal brief naming him bishop of Buffalo. Rev Henry K Sanborne of North Tonawanda NY called to First Presbyterian Alton IL. Rev Benjamin T Trego of Saginaw MI to perform Shakespearean roles on stage. Episcopal stats for 1896 show clergy 4729 parishes 6321 baptisms 64213 confirmations 45231 communicants 641692 contributions 12640457. Roman Catholics of Oregon plan silver jubilee for Archbishop Gross with a house gift in Portland born Baltimore 60 years ago. He entered Redemptorists 1857 priest 1863 war chaplain, five years at St Alphonsus NY, consecrated Savannah bishop 1873, archbishop of Oregon 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Quigley
Buffalo
Henry K. Sanborne
North Tonawanda
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
Alton
Benjamin T. Trego
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Saginaw
Mich
Pott’s
Whitaker’s
Living Church Quarterly
Oregon
Gross
Portland
Baltimore
Redemptorist Order
St. Alphonsus’ Church
New York City
Savannah
Bullseye Shots
Quotations on success and mislaid faith from a columnist voice urge thrift and prudence. A witty reflection contrasts sturdy gear with fruitless schemes and hints that honest work guides a person toward true achievement.
B and O to Run Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
The Baltimore and Ohio and Wabash railways announce a through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Car line between Baltimore and Chicago via Cincinnati and Indianapolis starting Sunday January 24. Trains No. 4 and 5 will operate without requiring passengers to change cars or trains. For more details contact B and O W Ry agents. It closes with a quip about delays from the Washington Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ry
Baltimore
Chicago
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
The Yield Is Enormous Artichoke Crop Claims
The article notes dramatic yields from White French Artichoke on an acre with reports ranging from 350 to 1500 bushels per acre. It mentions the artichoke gaining popularity as stock food, and adds a light aside about funny stories often centered on an Irishman or a newlywed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Shamus OBrien Opera at MecVicker's Theatre
Chicago notes advertise Shamus OBrien an Irish opera from London and New York success running for two weeks starting March 8. The ad praises performers and hints at romantic themes. St Jacobs Oil is marketed as a remedy for aches pains including neuralgia and rheumatism with claims of purification and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MecVicker's Theatre
Chicago
Shamus O’brien
London
New York
St. Jacobs
St. Jacobs Oil
Wonderful Compound Heals Woman From Severe Ailments
A reader recounts severe heart pains fainting spells and blurred vision then relief after using Lydia E Pinkham's remedy for ovarian inflammation menstrual pain womb issues and related complaints. Mrs J S McGinnas of Roelford Illinois endorses the treatment as curative and urges others to try it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. S. McGinnas
Kilburn Avenue
Roelford, Il
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