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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1899
Page
1
Americans will build a new electric railway linking San Juan with surrounding towns. Municipal woman suffrage is a condition, not a theory, at Beattie Nan. The recent election produced a mayoress five alderwomen and a clerkess.
A terse line explains that to best and to worst are used as exact opposites, illustrating a paradox where one who gets the worst of a fight is said to best the opponent, and vice versa, in casual sports slang.
A poor Parisian woman was found guilty of baptizing her child fourteen times as Catholic and twelve times as Protestant to obtain five francs and a dress on each occasion. The case highlights alleged deception over religious rites to gain material rewards.
Congressman Joe Sibley of Pennsylvania gives his $10,000 salary for the term to public hospitals and other charities in his district, setting a striking example for fellow lawmakers.
The late John Walter of the London Times bequeathed to a daughter a legacy of the paper advert column. The column is premier advertising space, commands high rates, and she earns about 150 dollars daily from it.
In fifty years France increased public officials from 188000 to 416000 and salaries from 49000000 to 121000000 dollars while population grew only ten percent. The speaker questions whether the country had too little or too much government then and now.
Relic seekers take pieces from the Montpelier birth house of Dewey though few items remain tied to the Manila hero. A Mecca pilgrimage tax flurry sparks rumor of the Mohammedan church leaders breaking from the sultan to back the grand sherif, England’s ally, signaling a turbulent European year.
The inspector general of the army reports 29 regular college students and 59 alumni commissioned in the regular army, plus 157 students and 296 alumni in the volunteer army, totaling 541 officers. Additionally 1,084 students and former students joined as noncommissioned officers or privates.
A French cententrian reportedly took his own life to escape living forever. The writer notes his advanced age likely impaired judgment and references Mark Twain's quip about immortal French duelists.
A playful regional dispute pivots on grass kissing as the culprit for hay fever. Ohio cites kissing grass widows, Missouri adds moonlit kisses, Iowa links it to feeding hay, Kansas jokes about kissing the cow, and a poetical editor mentions youth era kissing.
The Hodgenville farm where Abraham Lincoln was born was sold to David Grear and will be preserved as a park. It is described as the last remaining connection to Lincoln’s birthplace not moved for exhibition, despite relics and cabin being lost.
The Herald Ledger of Russellville lists poll tax names in Logan County including Nim Forehand Spot Garrett Kennedy Poteet Commodore Bibb Constance First Perk Lamb Major New Lum Bilberry South West Lum Low Tess Bell Lee Panther Yack Fresh Wash Garrigus Garl Felps Jasper Hipock Green Self Gill Pulley Pearce Ligons Bill Chestnut George Buckett John Woolcock K O Loopmans Penny Hightower Bill Fipps Ike Key Tose Stewart and Samuel Nisselbaugh among those registered.
The announcement that Mme Ade-Hoa Patti is arranging another concert tour in the United States will not surprise her friends and admirers. As both woman and artist and a baroness she can change her mind at will, and she may have thought she left us for good after her last farewell tour. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, and she likely loves America and American dollars more after the last farewells.
Summary of U.S. actions and world affairs: McKinley proclaims ratification of the U S Mexico extradition treaty. Admiral Schley to lead the naval retiring board replacing Howell. Philippine losses: 198 killed, 1 111 wounded, total 1 309 from Feb 4 to Apr 28. President praises officers and troops. Lewis Baker dies in Washington at 67, former minister to Nicaragua 1893 1898. Brig Gen G W Davis reassigned to Porto Rico department at San Juan, replacing Maj Gen Guy V Henry retired. Court of inquiry report on Gen Miles beef charges received.
Decree divorces Henry T. Sloane from Jessie A. Sloane precede Jessie’s remarriage to Perry Belmont in Connecticut. Pittsburgh fires destroy J. J. Welden’s grocery and Novelty candy works with $200,000 loss. Cavanaugh held for manslaughter in Kid Lavelle case. U.S. weekly business failures 184. exchanges total $1.815 billion. New York legislature adjourned sine die. Rochester wreck kills three, injures many. Mary Spooner, 105, dies in New Bedford. Dupont mill blast at Carney Point kills six. H. C. Frick Coke to raise wages. National League standings show week’s percentages with several clubs leading.
Reports detail a deadly tornado in Kirksville Missouri with over 30 dead and 70 injured, fires in St Francis Kansas and Chicago Chinatown, and hangings and mob violence in Arkansas and Texas. Other items include a bank robbery in Ellsworth Illinois and a cyclone in Milan Missouri.
The international Sunday school convention at Atlanta Ga chose Denver to host the next assembly in 1902. A J Miller aged 55 vice president of the Bank of Cobden Illinois which failed March 1 1899 died by his own hand.
Robert Goelet, head of the New York family, died in Naples of heart failure. American exhibits at the Paris Exposition receive 300 000 square feet. Insurgent staff members Bernal and Arguelles meet Gen Otis in Manila. unconditional surrender is demanded and amnesty offered. Filipino emissaries may return with revised proposals as Osis continues war preparations. A fire at Kiel’s Krupp Germania yard causes 500 000 in losses. A Petersboro engineer kills wife then himself. Kishenar gold mine flood in Poland kills 62 miners.
The items note varied brief notices including the Hawaii National Guard becoming fully American, the death of Kublen of Marysville from a sling pebble, a 10 acre burial ground for animals at Coxsackie, and abducted heir Travey Frei resurfacing in Knoxville to claim a fortune. Also mentioned are political shifts, resignations, notable deaths, military heroism, and agricultural reports from Cuba.
Gen. Otis upholds unconditional surrender as the only acceptable end to the war with the Philippines. Filipino envoys meet with Gen. Otis under Gen. Schurman’s mediation as negotiators hope for peace with dignity while preparations continue. Refugees number 75,000 north of San Fernando amid smallpox concerns and ongoing military operations.
A union driven attack at Wardner Idaho on May Day destroyed the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill and mine through dynamite blasts. One picket, Jack Smith, was killed as rioters seized the mill and burned the boarding house. Property losses are estimated at 250000 to 300000 dollars as authorities consider martial law and troop deployments.
Articles filed in New Jersey on May 1 mark the consolidation of 19 large mills including Duluth West Superior Milwaukee Buffalo Syracuse and New York with a daily capacity near 40000 barrels. Organizers acquired properties at reasonable market prices.
Miss Georgiana Dean a former Liberia missionary and nursing graduate at Frances J Willard Hospital testifies from Chicago Tr 1899 that Pe-ru-Na cured obstinate catarrh of the stomach when prescribed by physicians. She praises the medicine as reliable and notes common symptoms include coated tongue heavy stomach belching and dizziness. A free health book by Dr Hartman is offered by mail from Columbus Ohio.
The New York Central system tops the list in passenger earnings, surpassing rivals like the Pennsylvania system. Poor’s Manual cites New York Central at 45,214,000 with other lines such as Michigan Central and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern also reporting strong figures. A note highlights two systems, New York Central lines and Michigan Central, each with multi-million earnings.
A sharp stranger tries to cozy up to a physician on a sick author’s bulletin. He offers to add Bulger's Blood Bitters ad copy for pay, but the doctor insists the bulletins are not advertisements and demands his name be removed.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. I J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio guarantees honesty and solvency. West Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo wholesalers endorse the firm. Cure taken internally and circulates through the blood and mucous surfaces. Price seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills promoted as best.
Attractive 64 page booklet on fruit culture along the Frisco Line in Missouri Arkansas Kansas and Indian Territory issued. Free copy available by writing Bryan Snyder G P A Frisco Line St Louis Mo. Whisky and dyspepsia joke cited from the Detroit Journal.
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