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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1901
Page
2
The Express cites census data showing U S longevity up with average age at death rising from 31 in 1890 to 35 in 1900 across 241 cities totaling 29 million people. Death rate fell from 21 to 18.6 per 1000. A Kentucky man jokes that 13 is not unlucky, linked to his divorce and subsequent marriage to 14.
A professor describes the mushroom noting a smooth pileus without scales, brownish purple gill color when mature, a solid cylindrical stalk with a mid stalk ring, non bulbous base and no sheath by membrane. Emphasizes inspecting the pileus carefully before eating.
Dr. Ernest Liebmann argues in the Leipsic Medical Journal that bad grammar is a disease and illiteracy results from a physical disorder that may respond to medical treatment. He claims ignorance, combined with medicine, is a novel idea.
The London authorities decide on a new promenade name, a gesture seen as fitting and gracious. The idea of naming a New York street Victoria is suggested as an illustrative contrast to the London action.
The London Express argues the United States should not seek war with Turkey but may justify involvement to protect its citizens and punish outrages. European nations would welcome the U S action to resolve the crisis by acting as potential allies or observers in the dispute.
The Northern Pacific received from the Railway Underwriters the largest policy in the United States totaling $13,400,000. The company also insured property from its own funds amounting to about $6,600,000, bringing total coverage to $20,000,000.
The article notes the Philippines are highly fertile and capable of growing almost everything. It warns that frequent typhoons, especially in Luzon and nearby islands, temper life there and would make living conditions more comfortable if not for the storms.
Carrie Merklem a German resident of Baltimore appeals to city police for protection from neighbors who accuse her of witchcraft and threaten her with bodily harm. The article notes belief in witchcraft persists despite modern times.
A French inventor introduces a system allowing 12 operators to transmit telegraph messages simultaneously over a single wire, improving Edison’s quadruplex method. If applied to submarine cables, it could greatly reduce cable tolls and bring nations closer together.
The official showing of precious metals for 1900 records total world gold production at $257,514,700, down $49,070,200 from 1899 mainly due to suspended mining in South Africa. The United States leads in gold with $79,171,000, and in silver with $35,741,100, surpassing Mexico’s $35,611,406.
The article argues for a group to guard innocent Yankees from unscrupulous European traders and landlords, while noting that American tourists often bear responsibility for being seen as easy targets. It suggests that better traveler prudence would reduce the need for such protection.
Anna Edson Taylor, the Michigan woman who barreled over Niagara Falls and survived, says her aim was notoriety to be sold to dime museums for cash. The piece notes a pathetically self serving motive beyond sensational daring.
The October public debt fell by 9 563 408 with cash in treasury at 325 655 697 and total debt excluding cash at 1 022 032 057. Interior expenditures for next year total 170 million, pensions 42 161 200. Schley case evidence nearly complete. verdict after review possible. Navy expansion urged, Wu Ting Fang recalled, Nicaragua canal treaty draft reviewed, Moore dismisses cannon hail suppression idea.
Seven days ending the 1st saw exchanges at leading U.S. clearing houses reach 2.095 billion dollars up from 1.998 billion. Weekly business failures fell to 172 from 240, while rail and trade signals show goods sold outrunning limited railway capacity. A Reading tragedy, a jewelry seizure in New York, and Pan-American losses headline a week of shocks and notable deaths.
A storm of reports details crimes fires and disasters across the nation. Incidents include public whipping for stealing chestnuts in Akron Ohio, mob executions in Kentucky and Georgia, rail collisions in Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, bank robberies in Arizona and Texas, a 12 year old kidnapped in Montana, and massive mining deals in Colorado. Also noted are floods snowstorms, political tensions, and Roosevelt voting in Oyster Bay New York.
Boer forces defeated the British near Bethel with heavy losses. Officials report 54 officers and men killed and 160 wounded in the engagement.
A bill passed the Spanish chamber of deputies banning free coinage of silver, signaling a shift in monetary policy. The debate centers on metal standards and economic stability amid global market pressures.
A new Italian emigration law targets departures to Naples, Genoa and Palermo. Wireless links connect Campania and Lu carne about 170 miles apart as steamers cross oceans.
Two witnesses Frank L. Richards and George Lynch testified for the defense in the Schley court of inquiry on May 5. They described their Cuban campaign coverage aboard the Premier and Somers N. Smith and recalled Capt. Sigsbee communications. The session focused on the relevance of those remarks to Commodore Schley and the inquiry's precepts.
Swiss papers note a drop in wood carving exports due to lack of variety and monotonous subjects. Geneva runs its own gas water works and electric power using Rhone turbines. An unmoving law bans hats over 16 inches wide and flags the use of artificial flowers or foreign feathers. Aletsch glacier drains Marjelen lake after flood in Grieg. The world’s oldest royal line is Japan’s 2600 year dynasty.
President Theodore Roosevelt issues a proclamation designating Thursday November 28 as a day of general thanksgiving. He notes the nation mourns the late President McKinley but emphasizes remaining strong, prosperous, and purposeful, urging all to honor God through duties to fellow citizens.
Buffalo November 4john g milburn extinguished the expos lights at midnight as the Pan-American fair closed. The venture lost over 4 million dollars while attendance reached 8 179 674. Second mortgage bondholders recover 80 percent while first mortgage bonds lose equity. Contractors and concessionaires face heavy losses despite a cyclorama profit.
Details reach Pretoria of General Louis Botha and a thousand men attacking Col. Benson's rear guard October 30. Benson mortally wounded. Maj. Woolf-Sampson assumes defense and holds lines near entrenchments while Boers suffer heavy losses and retreat after Col. Barter relieves the post.
Cheating at cards considered larceny in Washington. Greece and France face deficits and debt. Eastern Washington unveils rich pine forests. $5000 spent on poison for prairie dogs in Kansas. Hat dealers source from England and Italy. Rice deemed safest and most profitable cereal. Benjamin Hanby buried near Columbus. American racing ruled by powerful interests led by Haggin, Whitney, Keene, Belmont, Mackay, Vanderbilt with fortunes over $250 million.
Hangs Timselgz, Terre Haute, Ind. Nov. 4. Joseph Strahan a Park County Coal company bookkeeper at Rosedale killed himself Saturday at seven o'clock. He was 23, married with one child and said to have been mentally unbalanced by overwork and worry.
Washington Nov 4 Mark L Crawford a national bank examiner has been appointed receiver of the failed Eufaula National Bank of Eufaula Alabama after its closure by authorities.
Seth Low earns seven doctorates of laws with Yale as latest. Rumor persists that William Waldorf Astor may receive a title at King Edward's coronation after donating $500,000 to London charities. Toulouse Lautrec dies aged 35 with conflicting causes. Lee Choup, prominent New York Chinese merchant, plans to return to Canton with $150,000 fortune and multiple wives. Lord Fitzwilliam of England marks his 86th birthday and wears the Garter ribbon at dinner. Captain Dreyfus moves from Cologne to Alsace for winter then literature and science. In Wilmington, Del., street-bed condemnations yield a $39 refund for five commissioners who reduce their pay to six dollars each.
Capt A H Bogardus world champion wing shooter spent summer at Ferris Wheel Park Chicago giving exhibitions. He recalls a near fatal kidney disease case from Elkheart Illinois and credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for his recovery stating the medicine alone restored his health.
A reader identifies herself as Ida L Roser and writes to Mrs Pinkham about nearly two years of marriage with no child and ongoing female health issues including painful menstruation, seeking guidance.
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