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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1897
Page
7
Rev Talmage frames India's famine as a Christian call to action. He recounts Calcutta visits, praises missionaries, and urges relief shipments from the United States, linking the famine to a worldwide gospel circle from Asia to America and back.
Rabbi Joseph Silverman of New York City reflects that life’s value rests on personal will and action, asserting that the world’s meaning for each person mirrors their own deeds and choices.
A Congregationalist pastor in Cleveland argues that illness and death align with God’s will, claiming every physician acts as a law breaker by opposing divine intention. This reflection frames suffering as part of the ordained order.
Special correspondence reports the Iowa House rebuffed abolishing the state inspector’s office arguing strong leadership and revenue return justify keeping a head. It covers related building and loan bill amendments, Sugar Commissioner appointment, Geddes as secretary, and plans for the state fair with rail fare goals and hospital construction progress.
The fourth annual Corn Belt Editorial association gathering will take place in Correctionville on Thursday and Friday June 10 and 11. The programme committee is arranging an interesting and profitable agenda for attendees.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes that monetary reform remains a distant issue for Republicans. Treasury deficits dominate the agenda as tariffs and revenues take precedence. A presidential commission may study currency changes, but action is unlikely before next winter.
The Albany Journal argues that tariff was not the sole issue in the last presidential race and that Gov. McKinley kept tariffs prominent. It notes the rising importance and assertiveness of the silver element in current and future campaigns, including municipal contests, while warning against oversimplified claims of Republican bad faith.
Press opinions show split views on tariff policy with Republicans urging early action on the Dingley bill. Democratic Southern support for tariff measures and labor demand concerns are noted amid predictions of business stabilization once final form is reached.
Building and science features for a seven and a half room brick and stone foundation home sized 22 by 96 feet. Parlor 32 by 12.5, sitt ing room 12 by 15, dining room 12 by 12, kitchen 11 by 12, hall 5 by 13.5, bath 6 by 6, pantry 6 by 6, chambers 12 by 14 with 10.5 by 12, first and second stories at 9 feet 6 inches, basement 7. Details include joists 6 by 10, studs 2 by 4, rafters 8 by 3, wall plates 2 by 10, siding and sheathing, American glass, cedar shingles, double floors, Georgia pine interior finish, tin gutters, and spouts.
Detailed building plan describing tin flashing art glass transom large parlor window glass front door two cent plaster work exterior painting and finish work. Georgia pine finished off store furnace coal fruit-rooms basement coal house etc with modern plumbing gas piping and colored rooms. GHEORGHE AW KINZ
The article describes an electrical method to dissipate city fog and smoke. It cites a German patent for an incandescent wire in chimneys that burns off soot but notes current impracticality due to high power needs. Reducing costs would require careful dynamo placement and risk of wire fusion if speed changes.
A six inch tarveyized steel plate withstood five 100 pound projectiles fired from 30 feet at 1950 feet per second. The plate shattered them without perforating the plate, exposing only slight surface cracks and bruising to the backing behind each impact.
In a classroom quip, a pupil mocks Pliny the Younger’s detailed house description. The remarkPlayfully suggests the author’s intent to sell the dwelling, reflecting light wartime humor in a schoolroom setting.
In Philadelphia a blocked rubber carrier in a pneumatic tube was located by firing a pistol and timing sound echoes. A chrome drum trace with a tuning fork and clock Pendulum recorded shots and arrivals, yielding a two way travel time of 2,073 seconds and a distance of 1,587 feet to the obstruction. Divers later found the blockage within a foot or two of the marked point.
A Paris Academy report notes Teissler and Guinard experiments using starved dogs that received toxin injections show reduced intestinal lesions and higher survival than fed controls. Mechanisms proposed include starved cells lack essential elements for toxin production or readily seize toxins before damage.
The camphor tree thrives near sea air with south exposure and 15 C yearly average. It grows about 14% inches annually, can reach 40 feet in circumference, and yields about $10,000 yearly per 24% acres at 40 years old. Due to overfelling supply is scarce and prices rise, with crude camphor containing 10-15% oil. future yields may rise with better apparatus and Formosa forests supplying more.
The article notes the two biggest Parisian sewers: under Boulevard Sebastopol des Male sherbes at 18 ft 4 in by 10 ft high with 8 1 2 ft depth and 9 ft 10 in width, and beneath the Stue de Rivoli. Sewer boats carry twenty per car, trains of five, average 4 1 2 miles per hour. Boats run in chains. others use trolley cars. boats less jerky.
A fragmented chat from a New York Tribune page references Adolphus I meeting Miss Brown and notes Booth claims Vilyers proposed five times before acceptance. The Philadelphia North American quips that she gave him a run for his money.
The column cites quips from Chica go Record Old Made New and Town Topics noting a witty exchange on aging and transformation. It highlights lines about old maids becoming new women as a humorous reflection on contemporary social change.
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