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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
3
An Iowa merchant elopes with a Kentucky belle and marries in Illinois. He plans to live in bliss thereafter. A Kansas saloon-keeper raided by Mrs Nation says the raid does not bother him much, stating he has survived the Galveston hurricane.
After 50 years of searching for his lost sister, an Illinois man finally located her living next door to the house where he had resided 20 years earlier. He quipped that if she had been someone else’s sister, he might have found her in a week.
Mrs J J Robb of Greensburg Pennsylvania who is deaf mute recently gave birth to twins and recovered her hearing at the same time. The note adds that good active twins can enable a mother to hear nearly all the time day or night.
Columbia University highlights a rare volume titled Rights of Women and Children printed in 1558. The text suggests the advanced woman of today dates back almost three centuries, though few would dare tell her so.
The Buffalo Express urges police to make an example of Stanislaus Rasczynski who attempted to choke his wife to death for $3. It states any man who would choke his wife for less than $3.50 is no gentleman.
A Chicago police officer on the hunt for an unknown criminal will rest against a building and sleep to dream about the suspect. Upon waking the officer will identify the culprit and arrest him, with Sergi Madden credited as responsible for this new crew producer.
The Vice President Roosevelt is younger than all senators he presides over except two. Only Breckinridge was younger among VPs elected with Buchanan. Tompkins and Calhoun were the same age as Roosevelt when they took office.
Washington dispatch notes more than 7,000 volunteers and ex volunteers apply for 610 second lieutenancies in the new army. The applicants’ service background and willingness to accept the lowest commissioned grade reflect a high military spirit. A college in Illinois has established a chair and a two year course on the science of prayer to study its nature and effectiveness.
Lieut Totten, once a Yale professor, suggests Nova Persei may be the Bethlehem star, a theory astronomers say recurs every 317 years. He argues the new star marked the meridian at midnight when the pyramid was built, but skeptics dissent without witnesses.
Proposal to build a unique memorial church in Richmond Virginia includes memorial windows for departed naval and military heroes plus windows honoring Christian bankers rail road men and iron workers. Contributions from each group fund the windows with eligible donors receiving ecards granting pew access opposite their memorial.
Exclusive of Egypt the area of King Edward's empire is 11,773,000 square miles including Egypt about 13,000,000 square miles or much over one fourth of the globe. The wealth of the United Kingdom alone is about $60,000,000,000, or second only to the United States. Its population aggregates some 400,000,000, comparable with China. Its shipping equals that of all other countries combined.
A New York writer laments pie fading from American life and suggests looking beyond New York to see pie still thriving nationwide. The piece notes pie varieties such as apple pumpkin mince squash rhubarb and berry remain a favored American staple elsewhere.
National and international briefs report England backing U.S. aims to check Russian moves in China. China’s Li calls for four powers to intervene. U.S. February fire losses total 13.992 million, eight months exports rise by 80 million to 598.741 million. Col. W C Sanger sworn as assistant secretary of war. President proclaims 30 days mourning for Benjamin Harrison. Gen Miles embarks on a Cuban tour.
The list covers estate bequest by Frank O Matthiessen to his widow. Niagara Falls lighting trials by Michigan Central railroad officials. Boston pool champion Frank Sherman wins world title. Lehigh Valley engine explosion with three railway workers dead. Pennsylvania company's control of Baltimore & Ohio railroads debated. Andrew Carnegie retires and donates 5 million to former employer. Marconi arrives in New York. Halifax Pennsylvania cashier C W Ryan shot dead by robbers. Norwood mass murder suicide by Ralph G Bateman of Ella F White. Maine legislature blocks resubmission of prohibitory amendment to constitution.
The Maryland legislature passed a bill disfranchising 40 000 illiterate voters. A separate note shows Bank of Niles losses of 3150 000 deposits and related figures.
Judge Walter I Hayes of Clin ton Ia died suddenly of angina pectoris at Marshall Mich He served three terms as Iowa congressman The report appears in this compact notice with other world event bulletins from the era including Boer surrender talk and Chinese indemnity debates.
Reports from the era note British and Russian troop standoffs near Tientsin as diplomacy points to imminent war. Gen Chaffee ordered a April troop withdrawal from China leaving a legation guard, amid broader upheavals across nations.
Benjamin Harrison lies in a Crown Hill tomb after a day of high solemnity in Indianapolis. President McKinley and dignitaries attended services at the Harrison home and First Presbyterian Church before the burial, with hymns prayers and tributes marking the passing. The tomb is a granite sarcophagus inscribed with Harrison’s name and years 1833 1901, surrounded by ferns and flowers.
Premier Thomas Greenway of Manitoba argues for diversified farming beyond wheat, urging use of all livestock and proper soil fertilization. He highlights Manitoba’s fertility, warns against overreliance on wheat, promotes homesteads, and invites new settlers to come and settle with common sense and industry.
The Tremont house in Chicago, dating to 1832, has been sold to Northwestern University for 500000 and will be remodeled to house graduate schools. It began as a saloon and boarding house and is expected to become the home of Northwestern's graduate departments.
The letters from M W Howard D D Wallace and Henry Distin praise Peruna for la grippe and post illness catarrh. They claim relief within weeks and urge others to use the remedy. The missive warns readers to seek Dr Hartman for guidance and notes the Columbus Ohio address.
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