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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1904
Page
3
The Canadian government funded about 18,714 miles of railway at roughly 9166 per mile while provinces and municipalities paid 1757 and 873 per mile respectively. Total animal exports valued at 42,551,174 with cattle 57,725,452 hogs 53,180 horses 3,142,731 mules 354,776 sheep 1,153,770 and other animals including fowls 121,265.
The countess proposes agricultural settlements across England staffed by educated women expert in horticulture dairy farming and poultry raising. Workers would operate on cooperative principles with training to meet the goal.
Post office business climbs 1,158,997.66 dollars or 9.3 percent in 1903. Gross receipts reach 13,582,829.62 dollars versus 12,423,831.96 dollars in 1902. Net revenue estimated at about 8,945,000 dollars. Money order business amounts to 21,586,527.57 dollars, up by 43,639,099.53 dollars. Superintendent Elliott buys foreign exchange exceeding 30,000,600 dollars.
Cardinal Ferrari, after attending the German Catholic congress, brought back to Milan the bones of the three kings Melchior Gaspar and Balthasar as a present. The Cologne cathedral relics were once taken from a Milan church by Frederick Barbarossa's men and the gift signals a restitution.
The French government commission confirming two years of yellow fever research corroborates United States Army officers Reed Carrol and Armatonte on the mosquito Stegomyia fasciata as the infection vector and on prevention methods.
A member of a famous family asked the courts to raise his allowance to $50,000 citing inability to maintain his refined upbringing. The piece notes Gotham’s high cost of living as context for such demands.
Recent experiments in France show white blood corpuscles absorb foreign bodies and destroy worn out cells. They also absorb liquid poisons and carry food substances to tissues and play a crucial role in distributing medicinal drugs to all parts of the body.
The passage notes vodka’s popularity in Russian quarters, likening it to beer for Germans and slivowitz for Hungarians. It emphasizes vodka’s high proof and its stimulating, potentially dangerous effects, suggesting only Russians can safely handle even moderate amounts.
In 1858 Queen Victoria gave a small steam yacht to the Japanese emperor with British sailors to teach the crew. The Japanese, learning on the fly, failed to stop the vessel on its first voyage. They steamed in circles until the fires died and then the yacht was towed back to port.
The article notes a Russian regular army soldier receives under 1 cent daily, with food clothing and equipment supplied. His yearly pocket money totals just over a ruble, while extras lift annual costs to under $4 for tobacco, spirits and luxuries. In contrast US enlisted men earn more than three times that amount each month.
Friends of the Glory of the Seas object to crediting the German ship Optima with the record run. Optima completed the voyage in 387 days, while Glory of the Seas did it in 35 days in 1871. Other ships Swallow Elwood Cooper and Alahabad each reached in 39 days, a pace never equaled since 1871.
The article notes the fragility of this season’s straw hats with imports mainly from Japan and the risk to supply if wartime restrictions persisted. It cites Baltimore as a major hat producer and reports a large fire caused only minor damage to the trade, with straw hats spared again.
A weekly overview covers Congress actions and early 20th century U S events. It notes salaries for top officials, ship rules, and district appropriations while detailing House and Senate debates on District of Columbia funding and Philippine policy. It mentions a Grover Cleveland lunch anecdote and general war context.
J. Eb. Watson of Rushville Ind has been renominated for congress from the Sixth district by Republicans for the fourth time L O Harmon sentenced to be electrocuted June 17 for murder of George Geyer near Alton Ohio Robert MacMahon commits suicide in Waterloo Iowa Phillip P Campbell of Pittsburg Kan renominated for congress by Republicans in the Third district
Reports from St Petersburg describe Port Arthur possibly abandoned after shops sank as siege grips Dalny Vladivostok and Amur region. In St Petersburg women at the university show sympathy with the mikado while Japanese forces approach Liaotung gulf sailing toward Newchwang and Yalu outpost skirmishes indicate nearer Russian encampments.
Russia mobilizes four corps totaling 174527 men 67860 horses and 496 guns to crush Japan. Tokyo reports Japanese fleet bombards Port Arthur while Russians fear decisive engagement only after eastern concentration.
At the Smoot hearing in Washington President Smith of the Mormon church affirmed belief in polygamy and admitted having five wives. The testimony comes as Senor Quesada Cuban minister and Secretary Hay sign a treaty recognizing Cuba’s title to the Isle of Pines. Senate committee reviews the case amid broader questions of church influence.
The East notes the death of Noah Raby aged 1382 at Piscataway N J claiming he was the world oldest man. Edith Golding the champion woman swimmer dies at Bath Beach New York aged 238. Vermont election results show strong sentiment for liquor licensing with most towns voting yes. The Farmers Exchange Bank and Parish Exchange Bank in New York state close. In New York City a building collapse leaves 14 dead 20 injured and many missing. Maryland House passes bill requiring separate railroad cars for negroes. Denny Hall at Dickinson College Carlisle burned. Adirondack Murray William Henry Marrison Murray dies at Guilford Connecticut aged 64.
A collection of brief notices reports deaths political nominations and disasters. Items include Wilhelmina Tieceberg's death in Chicago. Sherman transport bound for the Philippines with Twelfth Infantry. Le Sueur county bank closure with 95000 liabilities. S H Hoge nominated for Congress in Virginia's Sixth District. Rock Mount NC destroyed by fire. Wisconsin legislature plans a 2000000 capitol in Madison. blizzard with subzero temps across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota. President supports immediate creation of two new states Oklahoma Indian Territory and Arizona New Mexico. 75000 acres burned in Comanche County Oklahoma with 200000 loss and many feared dead. death of Ferdinand Bricker former Michigan congressman. J W Babcock renominated in Wisconsin Third District. W and Frazer proprietor of Aurora Illinois News dies at home.
Early spring start planned for Chicago Ottumwa Western railway to run from Council Bluffs to Ottumwa. The line would create a coal field between Eddyville and the Buxton mining camp, with 1005 acres of coal lands secured near Eddyville. An electric railway would carry passengers and freight and a Bridgeport depot would link Eddyville to the west, boosting trade for the town. Survey follows the river bluff from Buxton to South Ottumwa.
W J McGee head of the Louisiana Purchase exhibit department after a Des Moines conference with Charles Aldrich outlines Iowa material for the St Louis exposition. He favors displaying in Washington University buildings rather than the Iowa building and aims to unite Iowa history displays with portraits maps manuscripts and department publications including a large Iowa authors collection for liberal arts.
A telegram from Mobile reports Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Ryan of Muncie Ind. wed in Pensacola Fla after seven years apart. Their child had never seen the father until yesterday when he arrived. The couple, once divorced, reconciled and remarried with a new home in Muncie. Mrs Ryan is the daughter of S M Highlands Clinton prominent in local business. The family remains in Florida.
Free mail service expands with new routes in Iowa towns Danbury Waucoma Fonda Anita Emmettsburg Mapleton Guthrie Center and Irwin. Each route lists miles area served population and houses served reflecting nationwide rural delivery rollout.
The Council Bluffs Tabor and Southern Railway wins a franchise by 1475 votes for to 125 against to build lines into Council Bluffs. The route from Council Bluffs to Rockport Missouri will pass near the Iowa School for the Deaf. Work starts soon with cars to Glenwood or Tabor by October 1.
State Bankers association executive committee met last week and decided to hold the annual gathering in Des Moines in June. They also approved plans to increase the reward fund for bank burglar apprehensions and to divide a $1,000 reward for the Quimby savings bank raid among the captors. Three farmers near Quimby who helped in the capture were among those benefiting. they later aided in the Kansas City arrest. The captors received 25 years, though Iowa law limits time served to 12 years.
Mr and Mrs Onias Preble of Independence celebrate their seventy year marriage record likely the longest in Iowa. Born in Vermont they married February 20 1834 and moved from Crown Point New York to Orell Vermont before settling in Iowa in 1856. They reared seven children, three surviving, and have long been Methodists.
A Wichita man recalls how his daughter Mary and son-in-law John extended a visit at their Emporia home, then stayed beyond expectations after selling the family farm and moving to Wichita to run a small hotel. The father reflects on the hospitality and the missed chance of a longer farm visit.
Dr Leland Williamson of Yorktown credits Dodd's Kidney Pills as a new kidney remedy after tests in extreme cases. He cites Mr Robert Weeks as cured after six weeks, noting weight gain and reduced back pain, and adds remarks on general kidney disease relief.
A Punch magazine teaser touts Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass as top fodder plants with extreme yields per acre and urges readers to request the seed catalog and samples from John A. Salter Seed Co. at La Crosse Wisconsin. It adds a pithy quip about reforming gullible martyrs.
A Wisconsin Agri culturist reports on Manitoba's grain valleys along the Assiniboine and Red Rivers, noting rich loam soils, extensive arable acres, and strong wheat yields. The piece highlights dairying potential, climate, long days, and the Canada Pacific Railway belt’s crop quality, with Medicine Hat’s gas heating and local clay deposits.
Special correspondence notes that a move to relocate the state school for the deaf from Council Bluffs is unlikely as eastern committees return from Des Moines convinced there is little chance. The board of control opposes the move and plans no fight, with a likely $275,000 appropriation to rebuild at the current site.
The House killed a bill backed by retailers to subject 25 percent of the wages of heads of families to garnishment for debt. Currently married men’ s wages are not garnishable. Supporters argued moral effect and credit gains. opponents warned of hardship. The measure failed 39 to 49.
The state normal school at Cedar Falls received from Paris a radium sample the size of a pinhead. It is valued at nine dollars and kept in a locked case. Under magnification the particle remains minuscule while emitting bright rays, illustrating cutting edge physics research.
Annie Drew, convicted of bigamy, receives 15 months at Anamosa while Frank Canfield, jailed for adultery, gets 18 months there. Annie Moody Drew and J. W. Drew married in 1838. six months later she paired with Canfield and wed him in Charles City on February 18 without divorce.
Macy Campbell of the Aristo society was chosen to represent the Iowa State Normal school at the annual interstate contest among state normals of Iowa Wisconsin Kansas Missouri and Illinois. The Cedar Falls contest, titled Benjamin Franklin the First Representative American, will be held in the Auditorium on Friday evening May 6.
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