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Newspaper

Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1896

Page

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Vast 19th Century miscellany spans people and science

An array of short items covers literacy among Russian recruits, autograph book trends, a California divorce suit over hens, honey shortages from rains, German markets for New England apples, large U S postage volume, long distance telephony Boston to St Louis, odd pension names, Danish livestock checks, a 1899 comet date, dreams and senses theory, a winged conenose bedbug, bone grafting limits, professional horse shoeing, artificial ivory from borax and milk, ivory scarcity, Victor Hugo letters, a Mexican Aztec city ruins discovery, and Cape Cod fishermen on mackeral nets and natural selection.

Thanksgiving Proclamation and notable 19th century events

The president proclaims Thanksgiving for November 26. Treasury officers ousted for partisan bias include Judge W I Fleming of Kentucky Thomas S Brantley of South Carolina and Burton I Doyle. Highlights: Stephen J Field turns 80. gasping business failures 230 in week ending 6th. total US clearing-house exchanges near 991 million. Other items: Inman dies in New York aged 53. train explosions fatal. multiple suicides and drownings. Vanderbilt widow dies. various legal and corporate notices. weather, mining floods, and rail feats noted.

Washington Treasury Department Carlisle W. I. Vleming Kentucky Thomas S. Brantley South Carolina Burton I. Doyle Stephen J. Field Supreme Court United States Breckinridge Frank Lt. Jones New York John H. Inman Cotton House Inman, Swan & Co Atlanta William Mann Abe Goss Kansas City Arthur Sh. Snook Marine National Bank of Duluth Pennsylvania Albany N. Y Volunteers of America Ballington Bsoth Salvation Army Russell Smith Glenside W. BL. Peters Otis ¥.Thomas Willis H. Connor Boston Bridge Company Cambridgeport Mass David Blakely Sousa Blakely Printing Company Chicago Wellsville New Jersey McKinley

McKinley Carrys Twenty Four States in Election Returns

Election totals show William McKinley carrying 24 states with 265 electoral votes and a popular vote lead over 939,216. Kentucky and Wyoming remain doubtful as factions report close counts requiring official tallies. Other items include Drake, Maceo, and Gomez alleged Cuban plans, theater fire fatalities, and a Queen Liliuokalani pardon.

Harrison Bacon Courtland William McKinley California Connecticut Delaware Ilinois Indiana Iowa Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Vermont West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Kentucky Tennessee McKinley Ilinois Tanner Altgeld Senate Gem Theater St. Louis William Gray Dallas W. White & Co Texas Winchester Chicago Stock Exchange Lake Erie Henry Mayo Jacob George Vergt Denver Stanley Barrows Er. S. Nicholson Kokomo Ind Quigley Mont Golden Scepter Mining Company Congress House

McKinley Plurality Topped Indiana Votes and National Returns

Official returns show McKinley leading Indiana by 17434 and Pennsylvania by 301606. Oklahoma legislative results indicate control by free silverists. Other items include a major Spencer West Virginia fire loss, shipwrecks, murders in Philadelphia, and notable deaths in New York and Des Moines.

Indiana McKinley Mount Oklahoma Spencer W. Va United States Canada Supreme Court of Illinois Pennsylvania Weyler Cuba Antonio Maceo Pinar del Tio Sonora Point Abino Buffalo N. Y Alexis Berk Plathead Montana William J. Goukler Philadelphia Hermann & Co Chicago Aznafarache Seville Spain Napoleon Sarony New York San Jose W. BE. Miller Des Moines Louisville

Fifty Fifth Congress and Political Clout in Wyoming

An annotated summary lists Wyoming figures Francis Warren and Clarence Clark and party counts from the Fifty-Fifth and Fifty-Fourth Congresses, followed by a humor piece on Santa Claus, a Q&A about ant sleep, and notes on Crusades era armor found with Nile narratives in the Chicago Times-Herald.

Nile Palestine Soudan Fox London Richard, Coeur de Leon Chicago Times-Herald

Widespread factory resumptions follow election

Towns across the nation report renewed activity as plants reopen or extend hours. Pittsburgh announces several mills resume full operation boosting employment. Bristol Cheney Works in Connecticut shift to full-time. Erie and Chesapeake region facilities plan longer hours and more workers.

Pittsburgh Star Tin-Plate Works Twelfth Street Worlkmen Oliver Iron and Steel Company Clinton T Furnace Company Westinghouse Electric Company Carnegie Company Edgar Thomson Steel Works Sligo Iron Works Bristol Conn Bristol Brass and Clock Company Manchester Cheney Brothers Cleveland J. C. Moore Erie Railroad Baltimore John Gibbs Meadville Sedalia Missouri Pacific Huntington W. Va Chesapeake & Ohio Railway la Porte Ind Porter Brick Chesterton Porter Yards Ohio Michigan Ilinois Ashland Ironton Fire Brick Works Parker and Austin Fire Brick Works Coal Grove Ashland Steel Company Norton Nail Works Stonega Virginia Coal and Iron Company Frank Rockefeller Rockefeller Lake Superior John D. Rockefeller Richmond Tradegear Iron Works Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company Richmond Locomotive and Machine Works Seaboard Harrisburg John Moller Philip Moller Anderson Savannah

Latest home and tableware trends feature pine cone motif centerpieces

The article notes pine cone centerpieces with green needles and brown stems, bread and butter dishes with accompanying silver spatula knives, decorative burlap for cushions and hangings, and new lamp shades with five points. It highlights open umbrella shaped lamp frames and sterling silver stands on small dishes as a fashionable table setting.

Britannia's win tops eight thousand dollars in prizes

Happenings Abroad cites Albert Edward's Britannia earning just over 8 000 dollars in prizes last season not counting cups. Census data report India's population at 287 223 451 in 1895, up from 33 429 917. London bakers may deliver bread on Sundays but buns or cake are banned. a Bloomsbury baker was fined. Cambridge University grants powers to strip degrees for misconduct. Sparrowhawk destroyer trials report 30.2 knots on measured mile and 80.68 knots over three hours. Bridget McMullen of Liverpool, 855 police court appearances for intoxication, rivaling Jane Cakebread.

Albert Edward Britannia India London Bloomsbury Cambridge University England Lairds Liverpool Bridget McMullen Jane Cakebread

Household Inventions From Curtain Brackets To Fly Traps

A window curtain pole bracket clamps to the casing without screws. A combined door bell and mail receiver alerts when a card is inserted. A new fastener uses sharpened wire ends as pins with sewable eyelets. A double screen fly trap traps insects with a bottom cleaning door. Entomologist Reaumur notes garden spider threads contain at least 5 000 filaments.

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