29 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1894
Page
1
A collection of brief, miscellaneous tidbits: old Chinese chronology, Vermont maple sugaring timing, U.S. canal mileage vs China, a Jerusalem priest finding a David era talent, a Philadelphia money lender's high interest rate, a Connecticut locomotive head incident, discovery of large white marble near Phoenix, and health issues among workers in cigarette and tobacco plants due to nicotine.
Donald G G Mireur known as lk Marvel, aged 72 with white hair like a crown, shuns media attention and leads a quiet life on a Connecticut farm away from newspapers and magazines.
Fine carriages with rubber tires are said to be coming into use in the city of New York. These tires cost about one hundred dollars for a set of four and rarely last more than one season, but they comfort riders by smooth and quiet motion.
A Pittsburgh workman cut open a pine knot in a piano lid and found a lifelike portrait of a woman wearing period attire. The image shows her lace headrest, one hand at her side, puffed sleeves, and a slender waist, a striking record of a fast era. The piece also notes Philip D Armour and party's 7300 mile Chicago return after 30 days, signaling advances in travel and electrical power.
A new fame fair for hostesses features young ladies presenting baby age photographs for inspection. Men guess which photo matches each participant, with the top scorer winning a prize.
The passage lists several of Alaska s longest village names including Ahgomekhleanaghamute Ahgulalpachamute Choktfoktolerha mute Kahlukhtughamute Kenuachan aghamute Kyktokowtin Quiechora mute Teenahotozna and Algulurigig lak highlighting the linguistic complexity of Arctic toponyms.
Authorities estimate 400 million mummies formed in Egypt from early embalm ing to the seventh century. Herodotus and Dionysus note three embalming grades with costs from about $1 225 to cheaper than common burial. The navy progresses with a 15 inch gun tested near Washington for battleships Indiana Massachusetts and Oregon. At the California Midwinter fair two cabins draw attention Mackay and Perkins built them by hand reflecting humble origins.
The article explains using Niagara Falls to power Erie canal boats via the Cataract Electric Company. It claims electric dynamos will retire mules, making canal traffic more efficient and tying up a fifty year monopoly for the power supplier.
Reports from March 20 to 24 record Senate interest in tariff bills and Chinese immigration talks, House passage of a $27.7 million Sundry Civil Appropriation, and a flurry of contested election actions. Other items note riots, hangings, fires, blizzards, and tragic deaths across the U.S. with multiple local incidents and legal outcomes.
The Mint Bureau in Washington estimates global gold output for 1893 at 150 million dollars. President Cleveland approved a pension for Hannah Lyons aged 91, daughter of Revolutionary War soldier John Russell. The Patent Office reports 87,293 patent applications and 23,670 grants for 1893.
The East state convention in Providence nominated David S. Baker for governor while endorsing repeal of the Sherman act, tariff reform, and repeal of the federal election law. Other items note a New Jersey Supreme Court decision ending a senatorial deadlock, a Wilkes-Barre shooting, Me deaths, a Maine 85 year old death, a Saugus lung bullet, a $1.5 million discrepancy in New York, a drop in prices with rising business, a deadly powder works explosion near Pittsburgh, a Hollidaysburg accident, an infant death caused by arson, and a Williams College student recalled to Africa to become a king.
Chicago superior court allows Patrick Eugene Prendergast fourteen days to ask about his sanity after fatally shooting Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Other items note white violence in Fayette Missouri and a Denver fire causing 300000 dollars in losses. Des Moines bimetallists back free coinage candidates. Iowa senate mulet tax liquor bill ready for governor. Norfolk Virginia mother shoots attacker of her daughter. Lima Ohio man murders wife. Cochiti district strikes draw prospectors. Parkersburg West Virginia man commits suicide at his ailing mother’s side. Fire devastates Money Point Virginia, six houses left. Elwood Indiana man S H Gard’s body found in Arkansas River after disappearing months ago.
Across multiple regions, battles, accidents, and political shifts claim lives and reshape orders. Malays slain in Puntor. six women drown in Patzcuaro harbor. Kossuth remains interred in native land. Bomb blast injures twenty in Grenoble. six may die. Brazil revives 1838 decree. Hawaii eyes a republic. Fire in Laon cremates pupils. arctic parties form in St John’s. Rio de Janeiro sees war remnants fade. Mexico seeks silver conference. Parasitic lamp fire kills five in London. aeronaut Winton dies at Cannes.
Summaries of multiple 1900s style items: Georgia Senator Colquitt dies. Senate and House adjourn in mourning. financial troubles plague Iluenny S. Lovennem & Co.. James Mullen kills wife and commits suicide. ships Lewellyn Morse Edward OBrien J Walker race. duck hunters drown near Holland Mich. Lazarus Silverman reinsures estate after large failure. foreign powers discuss anti anarchist actions. Gravesend inspectors plead guilty. freeze injures crops. George Armstrong dies in Washington. grain stocks report. criminal assault at Great Bend WV. Alfred I. Conger dies aged 70. career highlights listed.
Massillon crowds greet Coxey marchers amid a blizzard as the Commonweal of Christ band plays. Coxey rides in a phaeton, Hugh O’Donnell leads Homestead figures, and banners depict Browne and Coxey amid a lengthy itinerary through Ohio towns.
Coxeys commonweal army left Canton at 11 and encamped near Louisville woodpile seven miles away. Weather was zero with a biting wind. many deserters fled and townspeople shared bread and fodder. Coxey denied leading an army and urged peaceful march Toward Washington while mobilizing fundraising. In Canton Allen Cook chairs a relief committee as Coxey faces mortgage debts and owed sums on his wagon and horse. A separate group of 700 unemployed men moving through Texas faces hunger near Finlay after being side tracked by the Southern Pacific. Governor Hogg awaited word as the army begged aid.
The article notes hopes for better electrical industry times and mentions mica plate insulation made in France. It cites Preece predicting speech between France and England without wires. It also reports the Philadelphia rail link section Bristol to Trenton major bridge work, with contracts soon to be let and rapid progress.
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