20 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1902
Page
1
The piece notes a French dirigible balloon success while suggesting the airship may soon surpass merchants. It also mentions a Washington push to honor Lorenzo Dow with a monument, recalls his 1834 death, and quotes Mrs. Burdette on club women as companions and mothers.
The treasury reports its gold stock exceeds $600,000,000, reaching about $607,000,000. This marks the highest amount ever held by the treasury and larger than any other government has ever possessed.
General Chaffee’s safe return to the United States follows over three years of active service abroad. He served in two hemispheres, two continents, and many islands, with more varied experiences than any other soldier living.
Twelve years after a one vote margin in Bryn Mawr’s Lower Merion district, Robert E Pattison again edges Judge Penny Packer by a single vote in the same district. The piece notes Pattison’s Democratic candidacy for Pennsylvania governor and compares past and present margins.
Col. John Kh. Scott, a New York businessman, says cattle numbers are up on the western plains due to a mild winter and cool summer. He predicts a big fall in meat prices this autumn, despite no current price reductions for steaks.
An ancient grave near Rome contained a female skeleton with a complete set of false teeth made of solid gold. Historical records note mummies in Greece Egypt and Rome using replacements long before modern dentistry.
Gen Corbin argued that while the German army may be the best organized and best drilled, the American soldier surpasses in individual qualities. He noted the distinction between the best army and the best soldiers.
A mid ages inspired event unfolds as Doukhobors journey through British Columbia in a pilgrimage described as a display of childlike faith and renunciation. The piece argues for compassion toward the group despite perceived misguidedness and suffering.
The article notes record college and university attendance across cities, with schools taxed to capacity. Night schools provide adults who work daytime jobs a chance for mental improvement, reflecting broad public demand for education.
A lone lighthouse exists far from sea in the Arizona desert guiding travelers to a pure water well. The structure is a tall cottonwood pole with a lantern, visible for miles, and it stands as the sole water source within forty five miles east and thirty miles in any other direction.
The United States government issued the largest and smallest checks to individuals, William K. Vanderbilt and Grover Cleveland. Vanderbilt once held fifty million dollars in government bonds earning two hundred thousand dollars in annual interest. At Cleveland’s second administration end the government owed him one cent, a check forwarded for payment never presented.
The article argues that excessive clothing in heated rooms represses oxidation and impedes skin nutrition, causing ill effects. It notes men generally wear more than women and suggests heavy garments may worsen diseases linked to cold despite indoor warmth. Doctors are quoted supporting these claims.
A weekly roundup covers foreign dispatches from Washington with items on Secretary Shaw addressing visiting foreign commercial men, Gen Hawkins named governor of the national soldiers' home, and calls for a two cent postage rate to England France and Germany. Gen Chaffee reports progress in the Philippines and denies misconduct by American troops as Inspector General Breckinridge commends army efforts there.
During the week ended the fourth, 247 U.S. business failures occurred versus 215 in the prior year. Clearing houses reported weekly exchanges of 2.48 billion dollars, up 7.7 from last year. Pennsylvania elects D Penny packer for governor by 156 410, while Scranton hosts miners' case testimony. A boiler explosion in Lebanon kills eight, Wall Street pool operators lose 50 million, and Bryant's Cedarmere burns at Roslyn. Vermont may embrace high license and local option after decades of prohibition.
Reports detail Union Pacific securing Southern Pacific stock and Missouri's Democratic plurality at 45244. Indiana GOP backs Durbin for VP in 1904, Princeton football wins national club title, rail firms raise wages by ten percent, and a murder suicide over a board bill in Manchester Ohio.
A blaze destroyed the Ammour & Co packing plant in Sioux City Ta causing an estimated loss of 870000 with 721000 insured. A cyclone north of Terrell Texas devastated farm property and fatally injured two people.
A tariff bill in Germany allows retaliation against nations imposing discriminating duties on German goods. Other items note American land purchases in Canada, a French coal miners strike ending, Santa Maria eruption devastation in Guatemala, Spain's new cabinet under Sagasta, Fez reports of a pretender’s capture, an American beef trust decline in England, Rubino’s assassination attempt on King Leopold, Canada’s emigration push for Americans, and 16 Tlingamite survivors drifting ate ordeal with only two apples.
The coal strike commission will compel bituminous operators to testify on contract terms with the union. Several political and labor developments follow as wage hikes affect 650000 workers and disputes surface across industries.
Votes of 110 presbyteries favor a creed revision. Dessie Grant, son of President Grant, earns from placers investments. US officials report on European army maneuvers. Finland faces unrest under Russianizing edicts. Roosevelt book The Strenuous Life praised in Italy. Alonzo Ryan of the U S Signal Corps commits suicide at Highland Falls. A government speedway project of four-fifths mile at $70,000 begins along the Potomac with officials’ interest.
Three shots fired at King Leopold II as he headed to a Te Deum in memory of Queen Marie Henrietta. The Italian bookkeeper Rubino, born 1859 near Naples, was arrested after the attempts failed as the revolver’s other chambers were empty. He claimed anarchist motives and said he came from London to kill the king.
A Seri Indian on Tiburon island supposedly holds seven white men including Lieut. P. K. L. Robinson and partner Logan of Cleveland, with Capt. Porter of San Diego among the reported scattered victims. Gov. Yates reports gradual improvement, while Count Frank perishes in a Paris fire. John Leach is killed in Lorain by an explosion. Mrs. Coppins dies from sash accident in Valparaiso. Armour & Co. loses 900000 in a Sioux City fire with 3,500 hogs and 2.5 million pounds of pork destroyed. rebuild planned.
In Chicago at Western avenue near Eighteenth street a broken freight train split in two and collided with an electric street car. Hugh Curran died. ten were injured, including five from one family. The incident led to gate and signal confusion and a lengthy rescue.
From Guatemala City a cable reports hundreds dead and massive property destruction near the Santa Maria volcano. Eruptions continue with new craters forming on the side, coffee estates ruined, and the sea coated with volcanic material.
In Elizabethtown Kentucky a mob of 50 to 75 men seized Harlan Buckles from the jail and hanged him at the courthouse yard early Sunday after his Saturday life sentence for the murder of deputy marshal Robert L. Reid. Buckles was taken from jail and executed by hanging near the courthouse.
John Sloan an elderly county resident was shot and killed by James Pratt of Whitley county at the Colyer hotel after an intoxicated altercation. Pratt fired after warning Sloan who advanced with a knife, killing him instantly in the early Sunday hours.
A Baltimore belle read a witty theater invitation signed by Blank & Co, prompting a humorous personal reply from Miss Cash & Co. The mix up led to comic explanations and a wildly amused, frightened young partner.
In Yonkers a gossiping statesman notes Tom Lipton plans another visit to share tea, sparking chatter about a romantic impulse and social intrigue amid local nerves and manners. The fragment hints at a June mood of courtesy and speculation.
A collage of classifieds and notices touts opportunities in the Great Southwest including Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas. Items advertise travel contact for James Barker, a St. Louis address, and a variety of quotes and ads from newspapers, medicines, and dyes with terse taglines and moral maxims.
Hon David Meekison a prominent leader elected to the Fifty fifth Congress credits thirty year catarrh to be conquered by Peruna He reports using several bottles with improvement and hopes continued use will eradicate the long standing ailment He invites others to write Dr Hartman for guidance at the Hartman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio
The article notes proposals to send power 300 miles from Sault Ste Marie to Detroit. It also mentions Colorado building materials for St Louis world fair, rising gas use after electric light in Burton on Trent, and ideas to split New York into two states. An English report cites a Lancaster inventor steering a boat via wireless telegraphy from shore on Lake Windermere with private experiments. details remain sparse.
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