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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1900
Page
3
A Santiago de Cuba correspondent notes locals excel in baseball and Havana might pursue a National League place. Mark Twain is praised as a humorist, while he reportedly enjoyed denying an extended interview. The piece notes a sharp drop in book agents, arguing for a five year census instead of ten.
A government report states 12 million acres of the Sahara have been transformed into productive land and the irrigation work continues rapidly.
A London magazine weighs whether literary men should marry, noting the question has similar relevance to issues like publishers prospering critics staying cool poets sleeping on mantels electors keeping hens. The playful list hints at broader debates about culture and everyday life.
A Connecticut woman sues a physician after he altered her complexion from blond to brunette. The prose notes fashion cycles favor brunettes again soon, implying she should be patient. The column comments on impulsive nature of women and changing trends.
Train thefts in the west drive the Oregon Railroad Navigation company to distribute a litter of bloodhound puppies among agents. The dogs are to be trained to track and capture suspects, with the aim of deterring robberies along the line.
The Northwestern the Q the New York Central and the Pennsylvania will not hire cigarette smokers. Macey's Wanamaker's Siegel Cooper & Co and McCreary will not employ smokers in their large New York stores. Smaller institutions are joining the trend. Pipes cigars and chewing tobacco are allowed. the cigarette ette is banned.
The vessel Charles RB Flint's Arrow was launched in New York after a contract to be the fastest ship. The builder guarantees 42 miles per hour with a possible emergency push to 50 mph. Observers note this may set a new sea speed limit, recalling an 18 mph limit thought reached 15 years ago.
London hospital experiments claim both sun and electric light cure certain diseases after other remedies fail. Bright sunlight supposedly kills the bacillus prodigiousus in about an hour and a half. The note recalls Diogenes asking Alexander the Great to keep out of his sunlight.
Census returns place the Indian population at about 267 900 in the United States. Experts say there are probably as many or near as many Indians on the continent now as at first discovery. Prof Starr of Chicago University notes the rest of us are becoming Indians as the population slowly increases. The next discoverer of America would find the red men very numerous.
Chinese towns display a poster depicting representatives of foreign powers praying to Prince Ching to stop fighting as late mails report the imperial city of Peking fallen and retreating Chinese hosts.
An inventor unveils a nightly rear protective device for locomotives. A top mounted electric headlight on the engine cab can swing half a circle to signal behind, resembling maritime signaling. The idea promises a universal train to train warning system to prevent collisions.
The census puts Belgium at 11,378 square miles with 750,000 people, about 593 per square mile. Holland lists 5,145,000 residents on 12,582 square miles, roughly 408 per square mile, the second most densely populated country after Belgium. Population grows by 55,120 annually.
The statement shows American manufactured goods valued at over 1 million dollars are exported daily including Sundays and holidays. There is no obvious limit to further growth as Americans exploit foreign markets and apply their know how globally.
A summary of international and domestic events including immigration rates, Griges retirement, U.S. internal revenue receipts for 1899 1900 exports records and naval shipping prosperity. Foreign incidents cover Peruvian minister deaths Calcutta floods Boxer punishment Tyrolese poet death and Philippine rebellion actions. Also note Boer warfare, German royal parade incident, Peking peace talks progress, Miss Zimmerman marriage and Moody legacy continuation by Morgan.
In the week ending July 16 there were 217 business failures, plus a fatal blast as Isaac Barriolo hanged for burning his wife in Blossburg. A Lake Shore wreck near Polk killed six. Noah Raaby, 128, marked a New Jersey poorhouse birthday. Dowie lacemakers ordered to return to England. Ex Governor Ramsdell 66, Charles Tyler 80, both linked to long service and old age. A Minnesota ore dock collapse in Buffalo killed two youths. The Mc Gonigal house fire at Oswayo claimed six lives.
A mob seized three Black men from Jefferson Texas jail and hanged them after they were held on accusations of attempting to kill Mr Stallcup. The story notes rising lynching violence in the era and details the public danger they faced.
R A Moseley Jr of Alabama longtime U S consul general at Singapore died in Yokohama Japan. His passing is reported in foreign intelligence circles with note of his service and post.
Reports from Péking say the punishment edict is milder than feared with Prince Tuan and Prince Chwang banished, not jailed, while foreign envoys reject it as inadequate. The Kentucky sails to Smyrna to seize 90 000 from Turkey amid alternating notices of policy and disaster worldwide.
Artificial cotton is made in Austria. For every million Russians only ten newspapers exist. Yale receives Egyptian antiquities from the first dynasty. Roosevelt gets a live bear from an Oklahoma admirer. Arkansas votes 84 counties for license and 31 for nonlicense. A Dewey victory monument is planned in San Francisco. Dunn, Garfield’s tutor, dies at 82 in Scranton. Hargreaves shepherd tries sheep dentistry near Mudgee. Dutch harbor Rotterdam now leads Amsterdam in prosperity. Six hundred cow punchers enlist in Canada’s South Africa front. Whisky valuation up to ten dollars a barrel in Kentucky. Philadelphia North Presbytery rejects revision of the confession. Unemployed in 689 unions total about 2.3 percent. Seattle assay reports over 20 million dollars in gold. The largest parliament is Britain with 670 members. the Dutch parliament has 100.
United States Bank Examiner Tucker seized the German National Bank of Newport Ky after reports of a $201000 shortage by Frank M Brown assistant cashier and bookkeeper. Brown, long trusted, fled possible destinations South America or China amid a Newport panic and bank closure.
At a Sunday meeting in Denver led by C M Hobbs of the YMC A leaders including Gov Thomas Mayor Johnson and other prominent figures condemned the lynching of John Porter the black man burned at the stake near Lincoln County. They urged swift law punishment for such crimes and for participants. A Limon coroner's inquest later found the remains were Porter's death by unknown hands and buried them locally.
The Commissioner of Navigation reports the past fiscal year the most prosperous in years with US documented tonnage surpassing 5,000,000 gross tons for the first time since the Civil War. June 30 1900 shows 23,333 vessels totaling 5,164,839 tons, an 800,000 ton rise. Yellow fever ends in Santiago after 300 years of presence. A whaling voyage reports 13,000 pounds bone and 400 barrels oil. Helena Zimmermann wed Duke of Manchester in London. George B Reeves named Grand Trunk manager succeeding Hays.
The 1900 Hawaiian report notes the decrease of pure Hawaiians still slows, while ownership of real estate by pure Hawaiians increases. Annexation may positively affect Hawaiian character, with education and municipal reforms urged alongside irrigation and fish protection laws.
A 25,000 to 1 gender gap favors women in New York City prompting observations that local men feel emboldened or "sassy" in response. The remark appears in the Indianapolis Journal.
Winter Tourist Tickets to Florida from Cincinnati with direct steamship links to Key West Nassau and Havana offered by Rinearson General Passenger Agent. Meals a la carte and comfortable rock ballast roadbed promise a smooth trip with scenic views and prompt city-to-coast connections. Free printed matter available on inquiry.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad announces enhanced through Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Improved connections with steamer lines open Cuba Porto Rico Nassau and Caribbean ports. Tickets for Tourist and Home Seekers trips are offered at reduced rates.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway issued a booklet listing populations of all U S cities with 25000+ as of the 1900 census. To obtain a copy, send your address with a two cent stamp to the General Passenger Agent in Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway Milwaukee.
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