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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1899
Page
1
Havana is reported free from yellow fever in an unusual season. Sanitation work underway promises immediate results and a healthier outlook for residents.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes that battles will not be decided by a liquid registering 600 degrees below zero, calling it an unlikely factor in warfare and reflecting skepticism about liquid air as an explosive.
The article notes uncertainty about who fired the first shot at Yorktown during the late Spanish war and suggests an early settlement is unlikely. It references Britain and the United States as potential initiators of hostilities.
An American buyer secured a 1591 copy of The Troublesome Raigne of John at a London auction, one of only two remaining copies, for 2500 dollars. The note adds Turkey promised to pay 100000 dollars in damages for American missionaries' property destroyed in the Armenian massacres. The cruiser Chicago may visit Turkish ports.
In Athens Georgia Bishop Turner a leading southern colored church figure described the current condition of African Americans as intolerable and said he would prefer slavery again for his people He argued the issue will not be settled until blacks obey God and return to Africa.
The New York Tribune condemns a recent theater production as a rigmarole of puerile nonsense filled with songs dances horseplay and scenic pictures. It calls the piece formless brainless and tending nowhere, noting it reveals the depth of vacuity and the crowd of idiots who applaud it.
A Seattle reader letter reports soldiers from companies D L and II of the regiment unearthed about 80 000 in Pasig and Paternos towns hidden money left by fleeing Filipinos. One private is said to have recovered 4200 in Spanish and English gold and Mexican silver. The note praises the mining as profitable.
A report notes that a gang of convicts in the Colorado state penitentiary has been making counterfeit money in their cells and circulating it through unknown methods. The piece admires their cunning while lamenting their misuse of talent.
The Salvation Army plans to reach Sunday riders with a 20 piece bicycle band in New York City. Adjt. An derson notes the bicycle holds the public and keeps thousands from church, so the force will ride with the times to stay near them.
The article contrasts modern warfare weapons with the old cyclone, noting battles using maxim and gatling guns and huge bombardments yield foe losses of only 30 to 50 men, while cyclones devastate hundreds and annihilate towns in moments.
The Cherokee Creek and Delaware tribes are near completing a mass move from Indian Territory to Mexico. About 8 000 to 10 000 members have left seeking new homes crowding out of old lands. If Mexico is as rich as claimed they may face further displacement.
A man leapt from a third story window as the Finsbury hotel burned and, after a 60 foot drop, walked to a hospital with internal injuries but expected to live. Spectators had feared a fatal end or gruesome spectacle.
The industrial commission in Washington opened an inquiry into trust operations. In Washington District Jail Edward Smith, a Black man, was hanged for the murder of Edmonia Jackson on November 15, 1897. Domestic breadstuffs exports for ten months of the current fiscal year totaled $617,079,957 versus $674,443,236 in the prior year.
The Second district GOP names C. F. Little of Rockland to fill the seat left by Nelson Dingley. The Democrats nominate John Scott of Bath for the same vacancy. Roswell P. Flower of New York dies at Eastport, L I aged 64, leaving a $30 million fortune. Other notes include a deadly Exeter train collision and various corporate and sports items.
A roundup of recent tragedies and incidents includes drownings in Maryland and Wisconsin, a fatal house fire in Georgia, a mass shooting in Michigan, bank robbery in Iowa, shipwrecks off Lake Superior, and notable deaths in politics, military, and society across the United States and abroad.
In Leon Kansas burglars entered Kenoyer's bank and secured about 2000 dollars before fleeing. A mob lynched John Holland a colored man at Blue Lick Springs Kentucky amid tension and violence.
Reports show Charles W. Miller of Chicago winning first prize in a 100 hour cycling test in Paris covering 2258 kilometers. Gen. Lawton moved on San Ildefonso north of Batinag driving insurrectionists from entrenchments near Manila. Russians ban Jews from St. Petersburg. Dewey sails back from the Philippines via Suez. Roumania prays for rain amid drought. Otis joys peace overtures from Aguinaldo. end may be near. Bank robbery in Bowmanville yields 11000. Andree expedition readies from Stockholm for Greenland coast. Fort Burwell flames destroy 27 businesses. one remains.
Roosevelt Rough Riders plan first annual reunion on June 24 in New Mexico. Westinghouse to equip trolley line Philadelphia to Atlantic City. Hartrantt statue unveiled in Harrisburg Capitol Park. Western Society for the Suppression of Vice elects W. J. Jed president in Cincinnati. UK reports resumption of US Canada joint high commission sittings August 2. Government seed contract set at $64,000 to Charles Parker of Santa Clara. Dr William Seward Webb offers war medals from Maria Teresa wreck. Lyndhurst estate buys by Helen Gould for $344,000. Boston school board member Mrs Emily A Fifield presides in president’s absence. Rear Admiral Watson has ties to Farragut during Mobile Bay battle. Exiles Nowadwonski and Olszwski jailed in Siberia over czar report leak. R. W. Wagner of Cadiz, Ohio regains speech after 15 years mute.
Gen. Maximo Gomez informs Gov. Gen. Brooke he cannot name replacement commissioners and withdraws from plans to distribute the 3 million dollars for Cuban troops. Brooke to proceed with a new plan while Gomez stays in friendly inactivity. payments to privates and noncommissioned officers to be organized with company officers for identification.
Chicago May 16 The Chicago post office corner stone ceremonies gain a guest list headed by Admiral Dewey via invitation from Senator Beveridge now in Hong Kong. The organizers expect Dewey for Chicago day on October 9 with President Diaz of Mexico and Lord Minto the governor general of Canada also anticipated to attend alongside President McKinley.
Clean knives with sweet oil and empty powder then polish on a leather bound with whiting. Do not mix knives forks and spoons. Use raw potatoes for fruit and vinegar stains. Wash glassware with soap and hot water and a large toothbrush. Wipe each piece with linen. Oil and wrap knives to prevent rust. Salt air damages steel quickly.
Princeton University faced a violent outbreak as Pawnee Bill’s wild west show paraded through town. Students clashed with cowboys and Indians using eggs, clods, and even revolvers fired harmlessly over heads. A mass meeting led by President Patton ended the disturbance with the show leaving town.
A Louisville man keeps a small house dog that chews gum like a human. An Ohio minister faces church discipline for claiming rainbows existed before the flood. A Philadelphia boy survives a fall from a third story when a man wearing a silk hat cushions the impact, hat ruined. A Pennsylvania boy teases a cat with kittens and suffers a severe leg injury likely to hinder him for life. A San Francisco man’s heart contained a needle long rusted, found after death from pleurisy. A Peru correspondent notes a man’s frequent moving causes hens to lie down when he visits the barn. English churchwomen are being elected to the role of churchwarden.
The Buffalo Express reports the New York Central leased and operated lines total 6,114.81 miles east of Buffalo. It lists mileage for various lines including the New York Central and branches, New York & Harlem, Spuyten Duyvil & Port Morris, and others, noting the dense New York and Pennsylvania states supported by heavy passenger traffic.
A puzzled jeweler tells a customer a watch needs five dollars of repairs after a tense exchange over a stubborn timepiece. The tale contrasts a practical fix with the cheeky remark about the owner, amid a longer insert about Hall’s Catarrh Cure and F J Cheney Co from Toledo.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer item has an undertaker admitting he often lands the first jobs after Dr. Cutter hints at surgeries. The rival asks how he keeps ahead. the undertaker confirms he gets tips and rumors about upcoming appendectomies, staying far busier than competitors.
The piece warns that Talsomines, cheap chalk based preparations, differ from Alabastine which cures to a hardened cement. It urges buyers to check packaging and labeling as no imitation can match Alabastine’s durability over time.
A quip notes the phrase used in weddings as the bride is given away by her father. The comment cites newspaper usage from the Philadelphia North American about the tradition and its disclosure by media.
Try Grain O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. It is made from pure grains and gentler on delicate stomachs. Children may drink it without injury and it costs 15 to 25 cents per package sold by grocers Parke Lane and a witness anecdote. Includes a testimonial from F R Lotz Covington Ky Oct 1 1894.
Justice Laughlin ordered a permanent injunction with costs and full accounting against Paul B. Hudson and a Brooklyn retailer for selling Dr. Clark's Foot Powder, infringements on the Foot-Ease mark. Allen S. Olmsted of Le Roy owns the Foot-Ease trademark and has long advertised the powder nationally. Similar suits will follow against others infringing the Foot-Ease rights.
Two jokers tampered with an attaché of the Leavenworth courthouse by disconnecting his telephone and feigning authority from a central office. The prank escalated as they claimed electric current was flooding the central office, alarming the official. They later pretended to tighten a screw and fled to the cellar, then staged a harmless prank. The Nickel Plate Road runs three daily express trains offering fast service between Chicago, New York, and Boston with modern cars and uniformed porters.
Announcement invites readers to obtain the publication titled Illustrator and General Narrator from D. J. Price at International and Great Northern Railway in Palestine Texas. A 2-cent stamp covers postage.
Witness describes the victim as conscious briefly after the incident. He notes the man seemed to struggle to respond before losing awareness, with responders unsure if he recognized those present.
Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Base a powder for the feet. Cures corns bunions swollen hot callous sore and sweating feet. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c samples sent free. Address Allen Olmsted Le Roy New York. Also notes on beauty and humor from Town Topics and L A W Bulletin.
An ad promoting Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claims cure in one day with a refund if ineffective. Praises the product as a quick remedy priced at 25 cents. The item is printed in a vintage bulletin style with humorous asides about natural tendencies.
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