31 Mar 1892
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1892
Page
1
The senate debated Maryland slave compensation and Indian and free coinage issues while the house reported several bills including a railway bridges act and a purifier bill. Executives discussed Behring sea plans and court-adjournments followed. News covered fires, drownings, rail restrictions, executions, and notable births and deaths across multiple states with vessel wrecks and market data.
A wide mix of 1890s items shows a Philadelphia Breentown steamship scheme in early stages. Other items report deaths, crimes, fires, legal actions, and economic data including February trade figures and weekly bankruptcies.
Richmond author Joan Jasper aged 80 wed widow Carey aged 59, his fourth wife. Tennessee prohibitionists to meet in Nashville June 2 to pick national delegates and a gubernatorial candidate. North Dakota Democrats in Grand Forks endorsed Cleveland by instructing delegates. Opposing Democrats in Columbia DC nominated John C. Sheppard for governor. Obituaries include Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Farley aged nearly 92 in Brooklyn, Watt Waitman the Good Gray Poet aged 73 in Camden, and J B Wiexernsias pioneer elevated rail advocate in Philadelphia. Stanton J. Peele named judge of Indiana Court of Claims by President Harrison. Also Mrs Sallie Surry in Chicago marks 1000th birth anniversary. Mrs Mancarver Courtney dies at Watertown aged 100. EpEmund Turner dies near Tennessee Texas at 104. Missouri Republican state committee sets Jefferson City as convention site for April 27.
Reports recount a major fire at Immenhausen destroying ninety houses, avalanches kill six in Venetia, drought devastates southern Australia, anarchists in Paris and Rome face repression, and the Behring Sea debate stirs British politics. Additional items include piracy of trains, cannibalism cases in Queensland, and a broad wave of crimes and treaties across Europe, Africa, and Asia.
United States Senate moves to rule a free coinage bill while Behring Sea arbitration is ratified. Texas Senator Mills credentials presented. Des Moines port of delivery bill passes and pure food bill favorably reported. Free wool bill debate resumes. Missouri vagrants law leads to killings. From 1891 to present year coinage totals exceed 86 million coins worth over 51 million dollars. Ohio secretary of state Daniel J. Ryan resigns. Michigan farmer Abraham Coonky kills wife and self. Grant funds for world’s fair exhibit. Wheat ruin reported in Red River valley. Victoria customs restrict Behring Sea sealing ships. Gas suffocation at Lake Charles mine. hydrophobia death from mad dog in Arkansas. Died: Daniel L Tauern in Ontario. George S Bonnell in New Jersey from grape seed obstruction. Rhode Island legislature to hold biennial elections. Paris sees another dynamite blast at Credit Lyonnais. city gripped by terror.
Behring sea arbitration treaty ratified unanimously with no abstentions. Senate adopted two nonmaterial amendments English language proceedings and four month decision window. Ex ministers and senators named for U S and British sides potential arbitrators. tribunal to meet in Paris within twenty days of counter cases. Six month ratification exchange target with Paris as seat for final adjudication of five key questions on jurisdiction and fur seal regulation.
In Columbia South Carolina on May 20 four men and one woman named Elisha Young Ikey Young Holman Noble Alfred Crosby and Martha Young are to be hanged for murder in the Chester jail yard. They allegedly beat Alfred McAlliley to death with stones a year ago.
Wide Awake for April highlights Easter themes with Meynelle and Burgess frontispieces, Garrettt crusading images, Miss Poulsson verses, Barstow hat tale, Elbridge Brooks ballad Prince Almeric Amulet, and other pieces. Includes Mrs. Lewis description of the Easter Tree and tales from Miss Amanda B. Harris and Kenneth McKenzie. D. Lothrop Co. publishes at 20 cents on a 4-number set.
An 1890s Toledo notice proclaims a testimonial backed Hall's Catarrh Cure with a$100 reward for uncured catarrh and lists a notary, Frank J Cheney, and F J Cunney & Co. It also advertises Monon Route rail fares from Chicago to Louisville and other cities with reduced rates effective March 22 and charged via the Monon line. It ends with a Baltimore American quip about suing a railroad for $5,000 over a lost finger.
The note touts Union Pacific as a pioneer in through car service to Denver Ogden Salt Lake City San Francisco and Portland with swift turn times and agent contact details. It also lists notices about land openings on the Sisseton Indian Reservation in South Dakota for farming and sheep raising slated around April 15 1892 and includes miscellaneous items from the era such as jokes and advertisements for medicines and publications.
A historical ad touts Dr Pierce s Favorite Prescription as a remedy for weak run down conditions and female disorders. It claims to improve digestion enrich the blood dispel aches and pains restore sleep and flesh and strength with a guaranteed satisfaction or money back.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as the smallest cheapest and easiest to take remedy that prevents and cures Sick Headache Bilious Headache Constipation Indigestion Bilious Attacks and all derangements of the liver stomach and bowels.
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