16 May 1901
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
1
Over 8000 miles of new steam railways planned in the United States with 612 miles allocated to Oklahoma and Indian Territory. The expansion targets multiple states as part of nationwide infrastructure growth this year.
The sunken battleship Maine in Ilavana harbor contains 162 complete engines, and the contractor raising the wreck believes all are uninjured. The ship is valued at $2,000 if it can be patched up.
A young Connecticut woman dies from injuries after an apparent blow from a nonsensical device on a golf course. The incident underscores concerns about safety at athletic activities while noting the continued push for female exercise.
A San Francisco suburb street railway runs on electricity from a swift river 140 miles away with only a five percent power loss. This shows how mountain cascades can turn wheels of industry many miles distant.
A man in Tiffin Ohio feeds hens powdered india rubber and the hens lay rubber covered eggs. The account claims sulfur vulcanizes the rubber to harden the egg as a preservation method. The man is noted to have been an actor.
Gov Stan ley of Kansas offered silver mugs to all triplets born in his administration last month. He now orders his sixth batch at a cost likely exceeding his $3 000 a year salary, leaving him in an embarrassing financial bind.
Statistics show the peak per capita alcohol intake in 1893 at 18.20 gallons, with 16.20 gallons beer during hard times. By 1899 per capita consumption fell to 16.80 gallons, of which 315.28 gallons were beer.
The Jacksonville blaze wiped out much of the city and left 10,000 residents homeless. The disaster is likened to Chicago in 1871 and Boston in 1872, with wide sympathy for the affected residents.
A department of agriculture table shows retail outlays for favorite flowers in 1899. Roses cost 6 million dollars and carnations 4 million dollars. Violets 750 thousand, chrysanthemums 500 thousand, miscellaneous including lilies 1.25 million. Nearly 100 thousand producers and dealers profited from these sales.
An 84 year old peasant in Grocholetz Poland married an 18 year old girl. The ceremony drew 200 guests including 11 of the groom's children from previous marriages with ages up to 60 and down to 41. The crowd also included 63 grandchildren 39 great grandchildren 21 fourth generation children and four fifth generation descendants.
An ear expert offered Edison a treatment to cure deafness. Edison declined stating his hearing aids his business of thinking and concentration. The report notes other inventors may seek dampers for ear protection.
A Minnesota man asks if an old soldier who moves to Canada and becomes a British subject can keep his U S pension. The answer is yes the pension covers past service not future actions. Over 2 000 veterans live in Canada drawing U S pensions and about 6 000 in foreign countries including England Ireland and Germany.
New York trustees approve designs for a white marble naval arch honoring Dewey and sailors. The 125 by 125 foot structure rises with Victory figures adding 35 feet, flanked by colossal groups and a beacon light. Total cost about 1.1 million dollars. fundraising expected easy.
Summary of national and international news highlights. Congress to boost interstate commerce committee powers. 3,000 farm districts served by rural carriers at 3,500,000 dollars yearly. mail routes projected. Conger discusses Chinese situation with assistant secretary of state. Comptroller eases keeping out objectionable immigrants. Treasury: legitimate commercial enterprise unaffected by stock market fluctuations.
Street railroads in Albany Troy Cohoes Watervliet and Rensselaer N Y were tied up by a strike of the 1000 employes. A S Ochs owner of the New York Times bought the Philadelphia Times. New Jersey prohibitionists nominated Joel W Brown for governor. J M Carroll ex congressman died at Johnstown aged 78. Northern Pacific fight sparked a New York stock exchange panic wrecking fortunes. Harvard trustees voted to make President McKinley LL D. Knights of Columbus moved to expel liquor industry workers. Northern Pacific fight caused a wild swing to 1000 a share and a 10 to 35 point drop elsewhere. Locomotive trust rumored among leading firms.
Reports from Cincinnati to San Francisco detail Raphael Straus death in Cincinnati at 72, while the president toured Arizona mines and Phoenix. Other items note lightning fatalities in Wisconsin, a Chicago police trial, Baltimore election gains, Cannon’s will, Seymour’s death, and various political and legal developments nationwide.
Cuban industrial interests lobby for annexation by the United States to secure access to American markets and avert economic collapse if they lose exports.
Offer to sell the Panama Canal to the United States is reported as Cuban envoys in Havana say terms will be accepted. Insurgents in La Infanta surrender ending the war in north Luzon. Also notes suicide fires and royal expenditures as various nations move on settlements and governance.
Reports detail a series of tragedies and incidents including Lynching in Valdosta Georgia a fatal steamer fire drowning in Michigan a deadly riot in Detroit and multiple suicides and murders. Also covered are political moves such as the US volunteers muster out in San Francisco and the Illinois river incidents.
In White Oak township near Carter Merritt Chism killed his wife during a morning quarrel as she rode to church with two stepdaughters. The victim’s son Harvey Freeland fought Chism who wounded and stabbed the woman and boy before Chism fled and later surrendered in Bloomington. Chism, a wealthy farmer with 100 acres and substantial funds, had no prior crimes.
Twenty six youths from College Point on a star light party collided with a trolley car near Distler's hotel Jamaica. Two youths Michael Schneir and Joseph Pickel died. Five injured remain hospitalized with serious contusions.
Mayor Maybury and Police Director Frank C. Andrews reached a peaceful settlement over campus free speech after a Saturday conference. Andrews agreed to consult the mayor before acting to suppress free speech by single tax orators. About 7,000 gathered to hear Maybury who urged no demonstration and denied any plan to curb free speech.
Washington May 13 report that 150000 directly and 500000 in metal trades may strike May 20 if demands fail. President James O Connell cites nine hour day and 12 percent wage raise as key terms, with efforts to avoid strike but readiness to act. Training Ship Dorothea sails to Illinois naval reserves via St Lawrence and Great Lakes. De Wet resumes operations with 2000 men crossing into the Transvaal. Universal suffrage gains in Norway parliament.
A collection of brief notes cites weights and measures for commodities and foods, norms for bread and paupers, oceans volume, fraternal societies, railway competition, a leprosy hospital in the Vosges, and a curious tale of Albert I of Germany masking a missing car by growing his hair long. It also notes a women’s university in Tokyo nearing completion and a future dedication of St. John the Divine Cathedral in New York signaling a new era of cathedral building in America.
One hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo offers the cure priced at 75 cents per bottle. Endorsers from Walding Kinnan Marvin approve the firm’s honor and ability to fulfill obligations. Sold by all druggists.
A Brooklyn quip contrasts Mrs Flatbush Daubchina’s big A art praise with her husband who uses a big D term. The anon joke appears amid collected quotes from newspapers including Atchison Globe and Chicago Daily News.
Advert for Allen's Foot-Ease powder promising relief for chilblains sweating damp swelling and aching feet. Claims easy fit in new or tight shoes and as a cure for corns and bunions with nationwide availability via druggists and shoe stores. Offering free sample by mail to Allen S Olmsted Leroy N Y.
In a Baltimore American quip, a father and son discuss Noah's Ark with a twist noting that Noah herded microbes. The exchange blends humor about biblical creatures with a modern laugh at tiny beings.
An old publicity item advertises a private mailing card with colored scenery of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway, sent for ten cents. It lists F A Miller as General Passenger Agent in Chicago and includes assorted anecdotes and ad blurbs for patent guidance and medicines.
The passage notes Mexicans quenching thirst by chewing chicle, the key ingredient in White's Yucatan Gum. It ends with a provocative quote about thinking and fools, attributed to the Atchison Globe.
Miss Rose Cullen of Butte Montana and W A Mitchell of Martin Georgia extol Peruna for broad health benefits. Letters claim cures for backache exhaustion and stomach catarrh with rapid improvements and child use cited. Dr Hartman offers free advice from Columbus Ohio.
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