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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
6
The piece notes Sir Thomas Lipton eyeing another America's Cup challenge and discusses New York City's payroll totaling 57 million dollars for nearly 61 thousand workers. It touches on fashion trends in Europe and remarks on media and food law topics, with regional opinions on culture and sport.
Russian courts in St Petersburg and other cities strain under revolutionist trials with 400 witnesses to be examined in the capital alone. The heavy caseload hinders efforts toward a more liberal form of government.
The article mocks a supposed elixir of life found by the post office department, noting it contains alcohol and peppermint oil diluted with water. It contrasts this with Ponce de Leon whose fountain of youth was water only and never exposed as a fraud.
The London Times reports Russia’s finances are deteriorating with a $200,000,000 gold shortfall, the last loan exhausted, and treasury conditions worse than two years ago, signaling little aid from Europe or the United States.
London alienist Dr Forbes Winslow warned misquotes claim he predicted more lunatics than sane people. He actually said current statistics could lead to a future where the insane outnumber the sane if sanity continues rising at the same rate. The outcome hinges on the if.
The article notes the English cannot be accused of dumping as they offer one of the two known copies of the 62 leaf 1 631 edition of The Passionate Pilgrim for ten thousand dollars. It suggests eighty dollars a page would be more than the home market would likely fetch.
The renowned actress Ristori died at age 84. She mastered serious drama but avoided problem plays, excelling in roles like Medea and Lady Macbeth with a grasp of legitimate and classical acting.
The earnest young men of the poison squad under the genial auspices of the bureau of chemistry in Washington are about to begin a diet with a generous admixture of saltpetre. They have the country’s best wishes and a reasonable certainty that this will be a milder regimen than football gruel.
A sharp reply to a critic who calls Henry James clumsy with language argues that James remains a formidable writer, not a mere literary cakewalker, showcasing his distinctive technique and depth.
At least sixty passengers die as a West Jersey & Seashore electric train plunges from a trestle between Atlantic City and the mainland into thirty feet of water. Divers report many more bodies and rescuers race to recover victims as officials weigh possible bridge or rail failures.
Laura Osten of Hastings on Hudson New Jersey age 23 was mortally wounded when she was shot while riding in a cab with Louis R. Brown on Broadway Sunday authorities investigation ongoing in New York City.
The Cossacks who declared a republic face sentencing with some men given hard labor imprisonment and others receiving milder penalties as the trial concludes in Yekaterinodar.
A Sunday blaze in Eutaw Alabama wiped out the eastern half of the Planters' warehouse and the commission company warehouse. The fire destroyed 2000 to 3000 bales of cotton valued at 75000 to 100000 dollars.
Clayton B. French son of Harry B. French of a wholesale chemists firm was likely fatally wounded by W. G. Audendreid at Montgomery Inn Bryn Mawr after being mistaken for a burglar.
Pulajanes attacked supply boats on the Surigao river killing three scouts and wounding one. Five Pulajanes were killed in the clash. the supplies were saved.
Early Sunday morning a blaze partially destroyed the Trowbridge hall dormitory at Defiance college. Fifty six girls escaped with little time, and losses run about ten thousand dollars covered by insurance.
All central zemstvo members are disqualified for signing the Viborg manifesto or joining the Peasant league. A new council election has been decided.
William O Robson supreme secretary of the Royal Arcanum died of pneumonia at his home in Wellesley Mills after a two day illness. He was elected supreme secretary in 1877.
An explosion in the Rolling Mill mine of the Cambria Steel Company in Johnstown Pennsylvania kills seven men and injures two, most of them foreigners. Official statement notes gas ignition during a blast, with one identified victim Sampson Luther. All lamps intact, no mine damage, heading 29.
The Toledo circuit court on Friday upheld Judge Kinkade in common pleas court, sentencing Reuben Lemon, Rolland Beard, and Joseph Miller to 2500 dollar fines and six months in the workhouse for conspiracy in restraint of trade in ice sales. The court also ruled the Valentine anti trust law constitutional.
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled against the Modern American Fraternal Order, holding the legislature could not exempt the mortuary expense fund from taxation. The case involved taxation of office furniture and supplies at $6,000 and the board of review adding $30,000 for the fund.
Five men adrift on wreckage off the Florida coast witnessed a companion driven mad by thirst and pain leap into the sea to his death. A passing ship later rescued the remaining survivors as they clung to the wreckage seeking life.
Senor Arturo Baldasano y Topete, the Spanish consul general at New York, has been transferred to Manila. Senor Diaz Miranda of the foreign office will succeed Baldasano at New York.
The first group of strike breakers to replace Southern railway machinists on strike in Atlanta arrived Thursday. About 75 workers were in the shipment placed in the shops.
Mrs Guadaloupe Vigily Bates wife of a Round Mountain rancher and her two children drowned in the Rio Grande near Santa Fe while fording the river during Monday's blizzard. The tragedy highlights peril in floodwaters amid severe weather.
In St Paul Minnesota on Wednesday an explosion of gas killed two men, George C. Harding and Frank Aldrich, in a tunnel from the St Paul Gas Light company plant at Fourth and John streets. Harding is described as white and Aldrich as colored.
Vicksburg Miss Illinois Memorial temple dedicated at Vicksburg National Military Park with a parade led by Gov. Charles S. Deneen and Gov. Vardaman. The marble temple and bronze inscribed names honor 36000 Illinois soldiers from Civil War operations. Illinois appropriated 260000 for park monuments.
Kansas City Kansas fire at the Chamber of Commerce building leaves eight missing and at least eight dead. Charles A. Lynch is identified among the victims, along with Edward Winslow his wife and two daughters. The building owner Alderman Walter A. Bunker estimates losses at $60,000. cause of fire unknown.
The state board of assessors remitted all taxes except the school levy reduced to half a mill. Officials say the treasury holds ample funds with over 2.5 million expected, leaving State Treasurer Kempf and Gov. Davidson to decide the plan.
Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens of Portland Maine presided over the Hartford session at Parsons theater as the N W C T U opened its 33rd annual convention. More than 450 delegates attended from across the United States with international delegates from Austria Japan England and Greece present.
In Kerkhoven Minnesota burglars dynamited the bank vault aiming for the money chest but were found by alerted citizens. The pair fled on horseback after the blast as deputies pursued them through the town.
Frank Dorsey a Brooklyn clerk believed to have killed his sweetheart with four bullets fired at her then shot himself in a Fourth avenue bird store where both worked. The incident ends a deadly domestic case in New York as investigators probe motive and circumstances.
John Fogus a Marietta Ohio war veteran was bitten by a family dog three weeks ago developing hydrophobia. He became unmanageable Thursday and was taken to jail. He died Friday.
A cabinet officer said the Panama Canal Zone governor appointment would probably be announced after President Roosevelt's return from the isthmus.
Three foreign miners died from gas inhalation in the James Mullen mine No. 1 near New Philadelphia as the day shift arrived for work on Thursday.
An explosion of escaping natural gas demolished five two story brick business blocks on East Highth Street Coffeyville Kansas at noon Sunday. Three people were killed two more injured seriously and twenty others sustained minor injuries as rescue crews pulled occupants from the debris. The blast leveled the entire block injuring and burying several occupants including a cabman and the three story brick structures housed a real estate office stores and a restaurant. Fire followed but was quickly controlled and the wrecked buildings and stocks were a total loss with no insurance coverage. A young girl escaped injury after being trapped under timbers for twenty minutes.
A simultaneous revival spreads through West Virginia churches of the Christian denomination with strong gains in membership. Although Wheeling trails expectations, numerous towns report more than 2000 new adherents. A mass meeting in Wheeling’s Court theater drew about 2000 attendees. Over 40 churches in Parkersburg, Wheeling, Huntington, Sistersville and Clarksburg participated.
Andrew Carnegie and his wife and daughter returned from Europe aboard the Celtic. He spoke on spelling reform, noting efforts to unite the English and American Reform Spelling associations for a conference with delegates from Canada and Australia. He credited President Roosevelt with advancing reform more than the philologists of two decades.
London. Sir George Henry Lewis acting for the duke and duchess of Marlborough says no deed of separation has been signed and the duchess' children are not in her custody but with their father at Blenheim Castle.
Kansas City searchers amid the Chamber of Commerce wreckage fear four more bodies lie in the rubble, raising the death toll to sixteen. The grim tally emphasizes the disaster’s scale and the danger still trapped inside.
After a six month investigation Post Office Inspector Fulton Sunday arrested Daniel Woodward 61 a railway clerk on charges of stealing packages from mail pouches at the St. Louis facility.
The Merchants and Planters bank of Indianola Miss has been placed in the hands of a receiver on the application of Memphis and New Orleans banking interests whose claims total 35000 dollars.
John Depsey aged 32 of Appalachie was arrested Saturday after an attack on Miss Mary Qualls of Norton. A mob at Blackwood attempted to lynch him but he was taken into custody avoiding a violent crowd.
Lincoln Nebraska. William J Bryan ends his political canvass in his home state with a whirlwind campaign beginning Tuesday next. He will make between 40 and 60 speeches across Nebraska.
The piece describes a caravan cure as a wholesome escape for city dwellers. Lord and Lady Arthur Grosvenor are shown traveling Britain by gypsy style cart and camping at Exmoor, tying the journey to the Lorna Doone landscape and the obstacles of hill climbs.
In a sharp exchange, Harry dismisses having a goal and cites being named after his mother's bachelor brother, a millionaire who plans to leave nothing to charity, reflecting a focus on inheritance and status. The dialogue hints at class and obligation themes.
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