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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1898
Page
2
The Express notes the Hopper divorce and jokes that De Wolf Hopper becomes a grass Hopper. It highlights that over 8,000 postal card varieties exist, nearly matching bicycle makes. It mentions many streets named for Admiral Dewey and a gum factory explosion in Ohio.
Hostilities resume between sandal-footed boxers of the turf, veteran foes Robert Fitzsimmons and James J. Corbett renew a spirited confrontation at their old stand.
The passage notes widespread knowledge of Bahia Subig bay San Juan and Cape St Vincent as the American vows to study geography more deeply. It emphasizes growing public awareness of global places and a claimed commitment to better geographic literacy.
An international congress of medical women will be held in London this year. The event marks about fifty years since women first entered the medical profession.
Turkey consents to evacuate Thessaly by zones with the last Turk to leave Greece ten years hence if the concert of Europe continues issuing uniform notes. The statement hinges on ongoing diplomatic pressure and coordinated notes among European powers.
The term infantry originated in Spain and was first used for the military force of an infante, a young Spanish prince, aiding his father against the Moors.
The queen of Greece is described as the world's only female admiral, holding an honorary rank in the Russian navy granted by the late czar because her father was a high admiral.
Men and women who shared class with George Dewey proudly note their schooldays in a Vermont schoolhouse. The piece suggests the building was large or that Dewey spent much of his youth pursuing education there.
In Fogia Italy the mayor decreed a town holiday to celebrate the baptism of the chiren of Signora Rosa Zurlo. She presented her husband with four sons born on the same day named Dante Petrarch Basso and Ariosto after the four great Italian poets.
The large number of volunteer rejections draws comment in the army medical corps. Examiners report few rejections outside cigarette smokers, with about 90 percent of habitual smokers rejected.
The narrative recalls Dewey entering the U S Naval Academy in 1854 and serving in the Civil War during operations at Mobile and New Orleans. After a long wait of 44 years he reached a great opportunity, advancing from commodore to acting rear admiral during the later battle period.
The Boston Herald notes that many promising girl violinists from a decade ago have married. The strongest have paused professional careers to raise children, planning to resume only after their offspring are ready to learn the craft.
A New York detective estimates at least 1,000 men in the city use assumed names after turning 21. He notes many are respectable citizens who fled other places after petty crimes, seeking to start anew away from their prior names and reputations.
The article notes war alarms give way to frequent engagements and hurried marriages. It praises American women for marrying soldiers heading to frontline duties, seeing patriotism and blessings as inspiration for courage and glory.
The article notes growing self sufficiency in fruit production with fig culture proving successful in Louisiana Mississippi and Texas. Raisins and prunes now surpass foreign varieties while oranges limes and lemons lead in Southwestern yields. Pineapple alligator pear and mango thrive across Florida Texas and near Los Angeles.
A Parisian woman proclaims a new field named Linguistologie that claims to reveal character from tongue shape. She asserts long tongues show frankness and generosity, short tongues indicate dissimulation, and tongue length and breadth correlate with talkativeness and truthfulness.
A weekly summary notes Senate action on officers in staff roles for the regular and volunteer forces without vacating office, and war revenue bill debates. House confirms a deficiency appropriation of 8 070 872 dollars and passes a labor arbitration bill before adjourning to the 23rd. A joint resolution creates an auxiliary naval force of 3000 men as an inner defense line.
General Miles indicates no further volunteer calls will be made for now as about 95 000 have joined the U S service. Navy officials withhold details amid reports of an imminent battle between Spanish fleet under Cer vera and American ships led by Sampson and Schley. The Oregon is reported safely arriving from Cape Horn and may have joined Samp son's squadron. Washington hints at no rift with France.
Maria Louise Pool a noted authoress died in Rockland Massachusetts. Nev Dr Silas C Swallow Hartisburg Pa nominated for governor by prohibitionists. National league baseball weekly percentages listed for several clubs. Danbury Eleazer Smith New Hampshire war of 1812 survivor marked his hundredth birthday. Edward Bellamy author of Looking Backward died in Chicopee Falls Mass. Mine collapse near Meyersville Pa buries four men. Lena Sparn insane widow murders two young children in Poughkeepsie New York.
A sweeping cyclone wrecked Cedar Clinton and Jackson counties in Iowa and touched Illinois and Wisconsin. Reports list 14 dead in Iowa and 14 in Illinois and Wisconsin combined, with extensive farm loss of livestock and property. other disasters include fires in Kewaunee and Toledo, a snowslide fatality in Alaska, and transport movements toward Cuba.
From San Francisco the cruiser Charleston sailed for Manila with aid for Admiral Dewey and more vessels were preparing to follow. President McKinley ordered the formidable double turreted monitor Monterey to sail from San Francisco to join Admiral Dewey's fleet at Manila.
Dispatches confirm the arrival of the Spanish squadron at San tiago and another report says the fleet left Santiago with the squadrons of Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley in pursuit. Sapasta says Spain will seek European aid and Senor Polo has left Canada for Madrid.
In the 93rd Congress a gradual officer increase for the corps of engineers was proposed as the war revenue bill was debated. The House passed a volunteer pay bill and a provision allowing regular army officers serving as volunteers not to vacate their army posts. A new authorization for five first class cruisers ten torpedo boats and 13 torpedo boat destroyers was introduced.
The column lists brief items: William Irupp as Boston’s first civilian to volunteer with a gun for the war. Cincinnati chosen for the next national charities and correction congress meeting. John Magee, 29, as the youngest Fall Brook railroad president. Deweyville Kansas named after the Manila hero. California Red Cross forms a six-city state organization. Morton writes to chair the monetary congress for the Omaha exposition. signs of unrest in Yangtse region. Captain Bauer lethally collapses in Louisville. New York mayor Van Wyck criticized as petulant. tensions in Samoan islands. French decree removing wheat duties. Captain Dyer to be honored with a sword. 18 more paymasters sought for the regular army. Duval for army cracker contracts. shells printed with Remember the Maine.
Hawarden May 19 William Ewart Gladstone died at five o’clock this morning after a long illness marked by moments of recognition of his wife. The noted statesman and author (born 1809) led Britain through multiple ministries and reforms from 1868 to 1894, with a final resignation in 1894 and distant public life afterward.
Four deputies die in a Foster plantation raid near Horn Lake Mississippi as Nimrod Littlefield and his son William Littlefield resist arrest. Nimrod is killed, Deputy Cooper dies, H R Campbell and Deputy Jones fall, and the posse discovers the white men’s bodies beaten. Bloodhounds hunt for the suspects amid rising tension.
From Triedrichsruhe on May 19 a bedridden Prince Bismarck denounces the war as provoked by America. He criticizes Washington’s policy, says war only defensible after all remedies fail, and predicts US drift toward meddling, military power, and European friction.
The remains of Francis Scott Key and his wife Mary Taylor Key were exhumed from Mount Olivet cemetery Frederick Maryland and re interred in a crypt in the foundation of the new monument to the poet. The Key monument funded by popular subscription will be unveiled August 9.
The selection offers satirical maxims on men and women behaviors, honesty, pride, and wealth. It notes flaws like vanity and dishonesty, praises moral courage, and laments imitation as wealth’s path. The anonymous Chicago Evening News quotation collection contrasts prudence with folly.
A renowned novelist gave a reading to a prestigious local audience. Reportedly the crowd was attentive in appearance but silent, leaving the author to voice his praise for a town with an unusually quiescent, mute attendance.
The piece questions whether French and German dishes improve the American menu while noting critics claim earlier cooking was coarse. It concludes with a nod to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria, and kidney weakness.
The Chicago Evening News records a gleeful remark about Dewey's victory. Sprocketts questions the celebration and reserves judgment until more is learned about the details of the wheel and the rider involved.
The ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder as a remedy for painful swollen nervous smarting feet and bunions, promising instant relief and comfort. It claims to make tight shoes feel easy and cures sweating and callouses. Trial package is free, available from Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A collage of short quotes from newspapers noting domestic themes and political jabs. Items reference home life and social commentary with brief quips about marriage announcements and public notices.
A man wearing a red necktie, mistaken as Spanish, narrowly escaped a mob near Blue Island Avenue after a crowd mistook him for a Spaniard and shouted lynching remarks. He fled to Harrison and Halsted, wiping sweat as he explained the incident to a friend.
A theatrical manager spins a cautionary tale about verbal agreements. An actor seeks engagement with modest demands and a verbal contract offered. The actor quips that his last verbal job came with a verbal salary, hinting at unreliable terms.
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