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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1903
Page
1
A Pennsylvania farmer was pinned to the ground by a bull and faced mortal danger before he saved himself by poking the animal in the eye. The incident highlights quick thinking under threat.
Canada has one Pacific railroad, plans a second and a third. In improved waterways the Canadians are far ahead. The Dominion with 5,000,000 people is making a strong record in providing transportation facilities.
A U S consul general plans to meet the Abyssinian king in his country on equal terms, despite the king’s grand official title. The exchange underscores diplomatic protocol and respect for ceremonial rank.
The land office at Great Falls is ordered to withdraw from entry under the desert law 1 150 000 acres in Montana south of the Missouri river. Many entries with issued patents will be suspended pending investigation under the new li tigation law.
Dublin forms an Anti Emigration society to deter Irish from leaving for America. The circular urges locals to remain at home, noting their lot is hard but the unknowns abroad are worse. Yet emigration continues despite the appeal.
The quote asserts that character is constant and truthfulness aids, while theft, alms, and vanity corrupt efforts. It claims lies spoil good impressions and that truth summons help from nature and spirits, guiding honest actions toward unforeseen support.
A Connecticut machinist who aided a fellow worker years ago now inherits a $25,000 estate. The benefactor's small act of kindness is credited with starting a chain of fortune, ending with the generous bequest from the deceased colleague.
Fort Riley correspondence praised a 13 000 troop review as a military spectacle unmatched in this country. The writer reminded readers of Washington in May 1865 when Grant and Sherman’s victorious armies of 199 regiments marched for two days through Pennsylvania Avenue, claimed the greatest spectacle ever seen.
Delaware Chief Justice Lore denounces capital punishment, advocating life imprisonment with structured restraint and penitence. He argues life is sacred and should be preserved as long as possible to allow reform. An American railroad syndicate plans to build 1000 miles of railways in China from Hankow to Canton to modernize transport.
Women seek equal judgment on absolute intellect while men insist on a distinct superior nature. They argue women may perform kitchen tasks factory work or sociology speeches yet men claim she carries a divine revelation beyond common understanding.
A Saratoga County man was forced into bankruptcy after a jury awarded a woman $3000 in damages for 1243 kisses. The tale mocks vanity and romance as a cautionary note about keeping track of debt and business arithmetic in a sentimental age.
A condensed week in review reports U.S. and foreign happenings. Notable items include 217 U.S. business failures, Edward Tanner's arrest near the White House, and fiscal year appropriations totaling 6 009 880 dollars.
Secretary Hitchcock notes more indictments in Portland land fraud cases while Pennsylvania miners honor John Mitchell day. Dowie denounces medicine as converts claim 50 in New York. Emma Booth Tucker to be buried in Brooklyn after a railway disaster in Dean Lake Missouri. Mount Airy bankers assign liabilities of 135000. Parks convict remanded for sentence. Dowie says 600000 homes visited in New York with general reception. Dinah Washington births four children near Oswego. U.S. trade reviews cite high aggregate business. Emma Booth Tucker services in Carnegie Hall. Five story House of All Nations fire in New York kills 25. Bowery blaze at Coney Island destroys property and leaves 500 homeless. Adelina Patti starts U.S. concert tour.
A mixture of court verdicts, crimes, and notable events appears. Henrietta Adams sues for breach of promise winning $30,000. Jim Chambers and Lon Shaw hanged in Alabama. Farwell's will leaves about $2,000,000 to family. Chicago editor and wife die from gas. rail wrecks injure many. gold find in Wisconsin. Cody to retire. various fatalities in accidents and crimes. broader national notes cover debt, politics, weather, and public finance.
Reports detail J M Young of Chicago committing suicide believed to stem from ill health. A life size Ada Rehan statue from the 1898 Chicago World’s Fair is sent to an Omaha smelter for bullion. Sheriff Miller and three Indians die in Wyoming clash. three deputies wounded. Crestline Ohio residents panic as dynamite cars explode, wrecking 350 railroad cars in Pennsylvania yards.
Vatican authorities say sixteen million dollars might secure Philippine friars lands and prompt their departure from the islands. Politicians in Canada press Alaskan award as a campaign issue. A Vatican blaze destroyed three rooms and damaged literary treasures while the pope directed firefighting efforts. Professor Theodore Mommsen, 86, died in Berlin after an apoplectic stroke, noted for his democratic views.
Out of 450 West Point cadets 400 are members of the Young Men's Christian Association. Gould interests arrange consolidation of the Wabash, Wheel ing and Lake Erie and Ann Arbor railroads. Inspectors seek a bill for a separate river forecasting bureau. Federal courts have jurisdiction over navigable waters. canals may be included. A New York miser donates over a million to an old employer’s daughter. Gen. Ballington Booth reports 400 women cared for by Volunteers of America. Radium’s life spans at least 30 000 years per Millikan estimate. A Berlin bricklayer released after 26 years innocence. Lieut. Col. Waters dies at 69 in Washington. Boers and English residents plot display at St. Louis expo. Prof. Howe’s son discovers sunspot group. 92 000 acres to be withdrawn near Olympia forest reserve.
President Theodore Roosevelt issues the annual Thanksgiving proclamation designating Thursday, November 26, as a day to cease work and offer thanks to Almighty God. The document urges citizens to reflect on peace, liberty, and national duties, in a tone typical of early twentieth century public notices.
A Big Four special train wreck near Riverside Park in Indianapolis on a Saturday killed sixteen people and injured about forty, including ten Purdue football players bound for the state championship. Most victims were Lafayette residents. the collision occurred after orders were misunderstood, as a six-car train was struck by a faster loaded train in a cut near Eighteenth Street and Holten Place.
A blaze at the House of All Nations on Eleventh Avenue New York destroys a five story tenement. Twenty-one men and three women plus an infant perish or suffocate. Fire extinguished in twenty minutes. only one injured besides victims. Most victims were Italian. many in Halloween party crowds. Fire escapes blocked by bodies, nets used for rescues as firefighters and police save survivors.
Four white residents die when a southbound Southern Railway train strikes a wagon carrying a corpse near Concord. The wagon swerved as unmanageable mules pulled ahead, shattering the coffin and hurled the body and four men from the wagon. Victims identified as John Key Benjamin Lippit Daniel Weaver and Miss Lula Townsend.
Crestline Ohio and nearby areas were shaken by a blast from two cars of dynamite in the Pennsylvania yards at 8 PM. Yardmaster Courtier and Clerk Geisinger were seriously hurt. Police and Pennsylvania workers search ruins for casualties as property damage soars. Dowie’s crusade ends in New York with large religious gatherings and baptisms.
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