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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1897
Page
2
The Express notes the likely acceptance of the postmaster-general as a capable official. It mentions his eight daughters and a lighthearted aside about travel tips via illustrated guides. A separate item recalls a sandbagger in New York dying of fright during arrest, and a quip about onions and doctors.
The extra session is the sixteenth since government foundation. The first extra session was called by President Adams and convened May 16 1797.
The new census reports Argentina’s total population at about 4 092 000 with 1 046 000 in cities. Buenos Ayres leads with 663 854 residents, making it the largest city in South America.
A Brooklyn woman creates an electrical contraption to illuminate door plates and keyholes. The amusing man aided by the device may experience an awakened conscience.
All but 19 towns in Massachusetts have public libraries, serving about one percent of the state population. The state expects to improve its library provision soon.
Daily papers are now produced by students at ten U S colleges and universities including Yale Harvard Cornell Princeton Brown Stanford Tulane University of Pennsylvania Wisconsin and Michigan reflecting expanding student journalism initiatives.
The stenographer reports 98 331 letters received from February 17 to Canton departure for Washington. Since inauguration the daily mail volume has increased, reflecting growing correspondence for the president.
A Missouri bachelor senator suggests fining every woman who refuses marriage, arguing it more sensible than fines on bachelors for circumstances beyond their control. The idea prompts debate on gender roles and legal penalties.
A Quaker committee urged Oklahoma lawmakers to end capital punishment. A member interrupted a reading from the New Testament with a quip about not using eastern law books. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in Stamford Connecticut, ten years after her husband’s passing.
A canvass of leading nations shows 12.0 billion newspaper copies printed annually. The total paper used equals about 781,240 tons or 1.56 billion pounds. Even the fastest American press would need 33 years to print one year of editions, yielding a stack almost 50 miles high.
In New York a medical reunion highlighted that physicians in the city minister freely to more than 600,000 people. A speaker argued that scientific physicians combat epidemics and save money by reducing trade and commerce losses caused by pestilence.
The article notes Dr. Nansen may inspect American air ships to accelerate flight tech and possibly use one to surmount polar ice. It also mentions a Santa Rosa discovery of a rubber substitute from the alco elastica tree. It then reports 40 state colleges in 1896 with 92,000 students and tuition in six states from 9 to 60 dollars.
The Senate on the 18th reintroduced a constitutional amendment for popular election of U S senators and voted to instruct the foreign relations committee to study the potential purchase of St Croix St John and St Thomas in the West Indies. An arbitration treaty was favorably reported in executive session. In the House Mr Jenkins of Wisconsin introduced a civil service bill limiting term to five years. The week featured bills, passes on appropriations and the tariff measure readied for a vote. Mr Maxwell introduced no sugar beet mill bill.
Congress made coin mutilation a criminal offense with penalties up to five years in prison and a fine not exceeding $2,000. In the U S 216 business failures occurred in the week ended the 19th, down from 256 prior week and 261 a year earlier. Silas W Lamoreux resigned as commissioner of the General Land Office. Rear Admiral G J Walker of Washington turned 62 and was placed on the retired navy list. Treasury warrant No 5375 for $277 78 paid to Grover Cleveland marks final payment of his services as president.
The former president Grover Cleveland arrived at his Princeton residence after a hunting trip. The report notes the current year’s financial activity with U S exchanges totaling 957 180 625 for the week ending the 19th, down from the prior week.
Reports from multiple states describe floods and cyclones causing loss of life and property damage. Drowned youths James Edwards and John Davis near Chattanooga. Arkansas Missouri and Wisconsin suffer widespread destruction. Major political notes include Kansas legislature adjournment and court ruling on Detroit mayoral tenure.
A fire in Cullen & Co. dry goods store Ottumwa Indiana caused total damage of 175000 dollars spreading to adjacent structures. Separately a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train wreck near Oakland Maryland killed General J. B. Fullerton of St. Louis and injured ten others.
Reports from London discuss Emperor William II’s stability and the possibility of a regency for the German empire. Other notes include Cuba releases of Oscar Cespedes and Charles Scott and Esteban Vinero, a Greek vessel sunk by an Austrian gunboat near Candia, and Crete tensions with foreign troops and a regional blockade by major powers.
Hart county Ky reports large onyx finds of good quality while Georgia acreage drops from 290000 to 260000 per tax returns. Skates with heelplates patented. George Peabody donations rise from 2500000 to 6000000 posthumously. Kansas City mayoral race defeated by a woman after a jilting. Florida supreme court justices draw lots for chief justice. Emilie Biggs first female Presbyterian seminary graduate, second in class. Hawaii’s Lorrin Thurston warns over Japanese importation. California roads drive by wheelmen push state highways. Diaz commission seeks timber preservation in Mexico. New York Court of Appeals allows stake recovery for bets. New York Christian League targets slums with property owners and philanthropists.
A deadly cyclone struck Arlington Georgia destroying the Academy and killing eight students aged 6 to 17 while injuring many others. Teachers Professors Covington and Walker survived as debris crippled the building and neighbors began rescue efforts. A second cyclone in Alabama’s Russell county and nearby areas caused additional fatalities and widespread damage.
A Monday morning fire in Turon destroyed $70,000 worth of property including the Alliance building valued at $26,000 with $10,000 insured. The government land office saved most records while the U S Weather Bureau lost instruments and most records from the last 17 years.
A Manila dispatch states Governor-General Polavioji of the Philippine islands is ill with malarial fever. The report places him in Madrid on March 23.
Rockville Conn March 23 The large woolen mills in the city including the Hockanam Springville New England Rock and American mills have nearly resumed full time operations. These mills have been on two thirds time since February 1895 and employ about 2 000 persons at full capacity.
Massillon Ohio March 23 National President Ratchford of the United Mine Workers denies vigorously that a national coal miners strike is contemplated at present.
Des Moines reports describe the Iowa senate's repeal of nonresident tax exemptions for loan and trust firms and consideration of a Cheshire amendment taxing telegraph, telephone, and express firms. The bills trigger partisan clashes, adjournments, and a later defeat of the Cheshire plan, with ongoing debates on criminal procedure and a heated house investigation into building and loan lobbying activities.
A Sunday blaze in Ottumwa Iowa began at 5 30 p m and was controlled by midnight. Total losses reach 175 000 with Cullin's dry goods store at 50 000 Prugh Co wholesale queensware 15 000 and the building housing the fires 50 000. Remaining damages fall to other firms in the block.
Ex Senator David B Hill began as a train newsboy on the Albany Buffalo run and saved $500 by age fourteen. Thurlow Weed and Daniel Manning also started as newsboys. Andy Burke rose from street waif to governor of North Dakota. A Connecticut “Silver Tongued Orator” trained by a New York couple became Thomas N Waller, a lawyer and former governor.
The minority on Ways and Means led by Rep Bailey denounces the tariff bill as a plan to shield manufacturers and raise consumer prices. They warn of waste, excess revenue, and reduced competition, arguing taxes fund unneeded expenditures and foster trusts, urging delay and alternative measures.
Gov. Pingree nominates Capt. A. E. Stewart for Detroit mayor after controlling first ballot at the Republican city convention in Detroit. Opponent Richert gains 32 votes with Speaker Byers later exonerated in Des Moines. Stewart led 76 to 32.
The latest crackers help children learn letters and spell simple words before parents notice. Papper-doll houses in large blank books provide a fun pastime as children cut pictures from catalogs and magazines to paste on pages, creating a parlor, sitting-room, library, dining-room, bathroom, kitchen, and bedrooms.
An editor reels at Salzer's seed catalogue proving big yields and testimonials. The notice offers 10 cents stamps for a Salzer Seed Co. catalogue and 12 rare farm seed samples valued at $10, from La Crosse Wisconsin, with a start. A remark on a worthless man notes a wife as a possession.
Warning against catarrh treatments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure made in Toledo by F. J. Cheney & Co as mercury free and internal acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Notes price 75 cents per bottle and availability from Druggists. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and social virtue.
Central Wisconsin lands are described as highly desirable especially timber and meadow tracts. Prices range from 86.00 to 12.00 per acre with strong notes on farming suitability, available schools and churches, and access to nearby markets. Call W. E. Powell in Chicago for immigration information.
An old tobacco ad touts Star Tobacco as the best and longest lasting and cheapest for leisure chewing. The piece features a testimonial from Mrs Allie Douglass of Le Roy Michigan dated October 20 1924 claiming Piso Cure for Consumption saved her boy's life.
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