26 Mar 1896
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1896
Page
1
The Express reports Cuba tensions and calls Havana missteps a heavy burden on American policy. A Kansas court rules regular dates imply engagement to marry a woman, while Oregon reports 100,000 wild horses roaming the plains and undervalued livestock. Oregon and Washington expect a hop crop drop due to prices and pests.
Through conflicting statutes on marriage and divorce in different regions, the nation exhibits unity in some states while others show disarray, highlighting a patchwork legal landscape affecting unions and dissolution.
A 27 year old female teacher in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania eloped with a 15 year old boy. The boy's mother followed and retrieved her son from the new partner. Public reaction laments the uncertain morals of the era.
The value of American horses in the United States has fallen by $500 million in three years, reducing their value to half. The trolley car and bicycle have hurt horse use, and a single winter can cost a horse dearly in feed at current prices.
The fashion writers predict the 1896 summer look includes sweaters in many flattering hues for mountain and spring wear. The new woman differs from the old, with a school head declaring a young lady can only glow while a horse sweats and a man perspires.
A Kansas paper quotes playful lines claiming state bragging rights through vegetable personifications. The verse wittily asserts Kansas superiority with vegetables winking, shaking heads, reddening faces, and fields reacting to the boast.
In New Sweden Idaho mayor Ifans Hansen clerk Peter Petersen and a six member council including Peter Hansen Hans Petersen Peter Hans Petersen Hans Peter Hansen and Peter Hansen Hans Petersen are named with no relation claimed among them. Nebraska activists worry droughts with wells and streams unusually high water levels prompting a health board investigation into bathing and drinking water habits.
Seventy thousand tons of granite were shipped from two quarries along Maine’s stern coast last year. The vast export reduces islands and portions of the mainland, altering the geography of the coast as granite is cut out and sent away.
A western university leader publishes a book on the toxological value of Lepidoptera antennae. The piece notes public confusion about scientific knowledge among students and cites a May’s Landing naturalization case and misstatements about U S leadership and U S capital.
Chauncey M Depew of New York City delivers remarks in Ambers Mags arguing for a universal arbitration court. He says a broad body of dignified, worthy jurists could adjudicate disputes among English speaking peoples and close the triumphs of nineteenth century progress. He expresses hope that such a court will be established soon.
A New York inventor, E Enanens, claims to have obtained X rays from ordinary sunlight and produced clear photographs. The findings suggest rays can be concentrated and used to light a dark room or power standard lighting devices, moving beyond mere shadow graphs observed previously.
A pithAist number of personal crisis reports was committed on New York last year than in any other city in the world. The list comprises 453 Vietnams from all walks of life, ages from under 15 to nearly 90, with the Rumble in Central Park cited as a major source of victims. At periods there was an average of more than one death by own action per day, with Canal Street noted as another frequent site.
The report covers Senate debates on opening the Utah Uncompahgre reservation and censures of Bayard in England, plus House actions. It notes Marquette harbor breakwater bill, New Mexico statehood move, immigrant head tax, Cuban question, and Arizona statehood progress. Also listed are political nominations, murders, deaths, strikes, and local disasters across many states.
A conference in Washington saw Silver Republicans map campaign strategy and orders to seize filibustering expeditions aiding Cuban insurgents. The report notes U.S. business failures for a seven day period, lending clearing houses totals, and early delegate preferences at the Republican national convention led by McKinley. President Cleveland extended civil service coverage to nearly all Indian service workers.
At a New York conference of Cuban sympathizers it was decided to outfit three steamers bound for Cuban shores with arms and ammunition for the insurgents.
The Maryland Republicans plan a Baltimore assembly on April 22 to select two presidential electors and tour delegates-at-large to the St. Louis convention. Several violent incidents are reported, including the death of Joseph Young, a centenarian black resident of Belleville, and numerous shootings in Ohio and Washington.
Reports record a recent battle in Pinar del Rio lauded as a Spanish victory but described as a defeat for Gen Weyler’s forces. Cuban insurgents burned several villages while the khalifa called jihad against Egypt. Lord Salisbury said arbitration talks with the United States have begun on the Venezuelan question. The French colony mourns poet Alexander McLachlan who died at 78 in Orangeville. A British schooner Zenith sank after colliding with Forest Bell in the English Channel with five dead.
Reports from Victoria to Fiji describe Suva’s destruction by a hurricane while incidents of violence and financial collapse unfold in the United States. A mob lynched Isaac Pizer near Shreveport. a West Virginia fire killed William Coxey and family. Kingsland & Douglas failed for 100000. a Noblesville shooting left two dead. Colon Panama suffered a 600000 loss. Rugby founder Thomas Hughes died in London. Pearl ferry wreck in Brisbane River claimed 37. Burns in Philadelphia and gas explosion in Dubois killed 13 miners. senate Moorish Cuba resolutions debated. federal crime punishments discussed in the House.
Florida and New Jersey report detail Gen Calixto Garcia joining 62 Cuban patriots aboard the Bermuda after a staged Philadelphia to Delaware breakwater plan. The voyage included help from Atlantic City, Tuckahoe, and Ocean City with arms and ammunition for the Cuban cause.
Eugene V. Debs addressed a mixed First Baptist congregation in Terre Haute on March 23. He criticized church leaders for treating labor as a commodity and urged the church to aid the unemployed, arguing the Christ of Christianity would side with workers and that the brotherhood of man could solve the labor question if lived.
Eva Booth acting commander arrives in Chicago with Commissioner Carleton and Adjutant Caroline Dease to gauge Northwestern officers on joining Ballington Booth’s faction. She speaks at army headquarters amid reports of secession and notes transfers of more than twenty officers, including five Booths, under the five year rule.
An official order from the War Department issued in Washington details the 45 star national flag to be adopted after July 4, 1896. The field will show six horizontal rows with stars distributed eight in the first, third and fifth rows and seven in the second, fourth and sixth rows, all set in a blue union.
Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont releases command by Maj. Gen. Miles GrovcE D. Ruanes for adjutant general duties. Official directive appears in wartime orders timestamped and filed for military admin.
A committee of clothing manufacturers in Chicago failed to agree to arbitrate with the cutters and garment workers unions after a Civic federation panel urged mediation. Manufacturers insisted on negotiating with their employers separately, blocking arbitration.
A correspondent visits Guanajuato’s hillside burial site, a walled hilltop necropolis where coffins are placed in wall alcoves rented for one dollar a month. The poor are buried in the ground without coffins, and when rents lapse or spaces run out, previous tenants are disturbed and exhumed, bones dumped into the basement.
Prof. I H Bailey notes the Japanese plum is productive showy and disease resistant compared with European varieties though not the finest quality it is very saleable. The article advises fertilizing fruit bushes with manure to protect them and promote early spring growth.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad sells round trip excursion tickets on April 7 21 and May 5 from northern cities to destinations in Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Florida and part of Kentucky good for return within 21 days for 32 cents to the agent at the destination. Stops allowed along the southbound route and inquiries routed via C P Atmore in Louisville or J K Ridgely in Chicago.
An idle bowels message extols the furnace like function of the intestines as scavengers removing waste. It promotes Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a means to revive sluggish digestion without harsh purgatives and notes its broad health claims. The piece ends with quips from the Washington Star and Philadelphia Record.
The North Western Limited departs Chicago at 6:00 p m daily with buffet smoking and library cars, sleeping compartments, and deluxe dining. Tickets are sold via the Chicago and North Western route. destination arrival is next morning. Mrs Gullary and Mrs Glanders appear in a Judge quotation about a scandal.
An illus monthly published by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy A R explains western farm lands. Subscription details offer one year delivery for 25 cents in stamps to Corn Belt 200 Adams St Chicago. A quoted line from Uncle Eben reflects regional speech.
The item promotes the Rock Island Route to Cripple Creek via Colorado Springs and advertises Joan Sebastian as General Passenger Agent in Chicago. It also notes Stuart Robson starring in Mrs. Penderbury's Past at Schiller Theater in Chicago starting March 22 and claims it to be his funniest play yet.
Oath by J Cuenxy partner of F J Carnzy Co Toledo that firm will pay one hundred dollars for every chronic catarrh case cured by Hals Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attests on December 6 1838. Adds note on cure mechanism and price 75 cents. Also a humorous exchange about a bearded woman at the circus.
The railroad offers four home seekers excursions on March 10 April 7 21 and May 4 at two dollars above ONE FARE round trip. Tickets valid for return on any Tuesday or Friday within twenty one days. Contact coupon agents or Gro H Hearstorp Chicago for rates and times.
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