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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1897
Page
1
The piece notes 900 of 2,300 Germans left homeland since 1871 and 100000 came to America. It recalls schoolhouse telegraphy lessons pre dating modern science and cites a printing press output of 96000 eight page papers per hour. It contrasts past press speed with current production and recalls 1820 world gold production at 8 million.
Prof Alfred M Mayer at Stevens Institute demonstrates a film of air on water that can buoy a dry metal piece. In Harper Kansas young women form an abstinence pledge group vowing not to associate with men who drink smoke or swear. Their motto mocks men who drink to fund indulgences.
A year from now official reports on Alaska gold finds will reveal the Yukon’s true value and trigger a rush. California reports surprising gold discoveries within its borders while 27 American societies track lineages of early settlers. Aluminum production is rising toward 42,460 pounds daily, making the metal increasingly common.
A graphic passage mocks Hottentot speech by Dr Aurel Schulz likening it to many rusty gunlocks clicking at once. The description, filled with onomatopoeic terms, aims to convey the perceived difficulty of pronunciation and linguistic unfamiliarity.
Prince Luigi of Italy completes ascent of Mount Saint Elias in Alaska the highest peak in North America. He approximately determines the mountain height and proves it is not a volcano as previously believed. The American people owe him thanks for this geographical achievement.
Italy is described as a home to anarchists who have no country. The murderers of President Carnot and Premier Canovas are identified as Italians. Milan and other cities are pursuing incendiaries as governments unite in a war against the red threat.
History records a modern European scene where six major powers are armed and vigilant. They seek peace but prepare for conflict, maintaining friendly ties while suspecting treachery. The paradox frames a grim civilization satire on universal fear and preemptive deterrence.
Anticipated purists become critics as Washington antiquarians are ordered to reinter human remains taken from an Indian graveyard. The tribe desires privacy and rejects ethnological digs, arguing that living relatives and respectful handling should govern such discoveries.
The obituary notes Mrs. John Drew dies at 77 after a 69 year public career. She appeared as Louise Titne at age six, debuting in Timon of Athens at Liverpool theater, and became a beloved figure on American stages across generations.
A report from the vice consul at Ilanover notes rising German demand for American horses. Shipping hurdles are overcome and horses reach Hamburg and Bremen in good condition. Percheron type animals sell best, previously sourced from Belgium, with U.S. prices in Hanover listed from 225 to 300 dollars each.
The daily report shows August debt rose by 14.9 million while the cash balance stood at 858.1 million. Net debt after cash is 1.0083 billion. A Washington district tax office safe was robbed of 9 thousand. Varick Hawkins, the negro messenger, faced charges. Fiscal year receipts totaled 58.1 million with 82.7 million in outlays, a 25.6 million shortfall. July arrivals of immigrants were 14.8 thousand, exports for seven months reached 549.9 million, while business failures numbered 191 in the week to the 3d.
A 75 million dollar New York ship canal project is announced. Boxer Jack McAuliffe returns to coopering. Dr E B Andrews is said to head a new Cosmopolitan university opening in Providence. United Mine Workers endorse a 65 cent ton price proposal through year end. Baseball league leaders list weekly percentages. Ten week miners strike wage loss reaches 10.5 million. Forest H Parker and wife drown after boat overturns on Chain Lake. Benjamin Brewster dies at 69 in New York summer home. An excursion train wreck near Newport Maine claims one fatality and four serious injuries. New York City population now 2,000,916.
West and South. In Jacksonville, Florida, Robert Weary was hanged for the murder of his wife in February 1894. A Kansas City fire left 35 families homeless. Bank embezzlement alleged in Durand Illinois. Farm congress resolutions praise dairy industry and propose inter-state disease prevention. Dawson City status disputed as American territory. Greensburg Indiana bank closes with liabilities near $100,000. Rockefeller aids Baptist Home Missionary Society with a $250,000 check. Wealthy Jackson County Missouri farmer Joseph Lilly dies at 61 after long illness. President attends Twenty third Ohio regiment reunion at Fremont Ohio. Nebraska fusion ticket fields judges and university regents. A Chicago Presbyterian treasurer defaulter at $50,000. Denver Republicans renominate Toyt. Colorado silver Republicans endorse him. Englishman W R Ward dies after elopement scandal. Lazarus Greengard, 105, dies in St Louis. Colorado Sunshine mine explosion kills 12. St Joseph Michigan resident Telien Lewis dies at 107, born a slave. Colorado populists nominate Gabbert for supreme court. President hosts Ohio board of agriculture at Columbus fair. Broad Ripple Indiana gas explosions kill eight and injure 24. Kansas corn crop estimated at 165,677,280 bushels. Illinois businessmen duped by two dollar bills raised to ten.
Three tramps set fire to the Conway jail and died in the flames. The incident occurred as authorities investigated the blaze. No other injuries reported and Governor Schofield opened the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition. In Wisconsin, two Majewski children drowned at Stevens Point. Yellow fever reported at Ocean Springs and quarantine ordered. Train robbery at Irvin Mountain Colorado netted $10,000 from the express car.
In Naoetsu Japan high water flooded 1600 houses and 300 persons were drowned. Insurgents at Crete fired on Turkish troops and returned fire with no casualties. A Russian commission will discuss compulsory education. Venezuela elects Gen Ignacio Andrade president. Nicaragua moves to a gold standard. U S consul general Lee returns from Cuba. The sultan reportedly pledges not to oppose Russia in central Asia and the czar pledges to uphold Turkish rights in Europe.
A diverse set of brief reports covers a fatal bicycle accident in East Cambridge, a train‑line murder near Beaver Falls, and a fatal collapse in Alliance. Other items note conventions in Baltimore and Birmingham, a Roxbury fire killing a mother and son, a Philadelphia factory fire, and obituaries for Lew Hanback and ex‑Congressman T. T. Flagler. Also reported are Labor Day observances, a high dive record in Chicago, a Toledo homicide, a Richland Center death, Yellow fever outbreaks in Louisiana, McKinleys’ Canton visit, and a lynching in Virginia.
A collection of short notes including Ella Wheeler Wilcox naming her Long Island summer home The Bungalow and a Tampa ordinance enforcing hawking birds of song. Other items touch on a Phoenix firm buying pennies for trade, Lars Kike the last Norwegian veteran of 1814, Surgeon General Sternberg claiming to be first yellow fever germ discoverer, and Mrs. Louis Sebru reportedly oldest postal worker dating to 1812. Also reported are pirate attack on the Portuguese bark Rosita Farlo off Morocco, Guzman Blanco as the world’s richest man, Montreal’s great bridge project, Bulgaria’s dress code for officials, the Russian census showing 129 million, patent office stats for last year, and a surplus in office funds.
Reports from Ocean Springs and Biloxi confirm the yellow fever outbreak with new state board of health actions. Quarantine strictness rises as trains are barred and baggage fumigated, while New Orleans and Jackson announce medical findings and individual deaths.
In Chicago Sept 6 the Luetgert murder trial heard Mrs Christine Feldt recount letters from the sausage maker to her showing affection and plans after his trouble ends. The testimony painted Luetgert as a lover seeking funds for his defense and challenging public sentiment. The prosecution argued Feldt was the motive, while Luetgert appeared troubled as she testified.
A collection of humorous quips about the Klondike gold rush era referencing arbitration with Great Britain Mosquito annoyances and overvalued gold bricks in New Orleans playfully illustrate the era's gold fever and public wit.
Thomas Ball the sculptor, long resident in Florence for three decades, has come back to America and plans to settle in New York for life. He is in his seventy ninth year. In Bangor Maine, F W Ayer owns a world rank stamp collection and recently sold a 1851 Hawaiian stamp for about 3500 dollars in London.
A humorous Chronicle item relates Mrs. Housekeep and a visiting stranger in a market scene. Clerks discuss tomato pricing in a garbled English lesson about how words like tomatoes and tomat o can be pronounced. The piece mocks linguistic variety and mispronunciation.
Officials of the L A W protest unofficial hotels displaying its sign to attract riders. A Jersey City area proprietor refused to remove the sign claiming it stands for lager ales and wines, prompting threats of legal action but ultimately no case was pursued.
A Chicago dry goods clerk succumbs to a flirtatious customer in a lace display, praising the fabric as heavenly and pure white, before being transferred to another department to avoid further temptation.
In a vivid remark from rubbersneck Bill, the Indianapolis Journal notes that the quick-firing guns left at a burial are less significant than a quick-drawing man behind them. The quote underscores personal readiness over weaponry in a dramatic scene.
A wife seeking dry goods wandered into a neighboring saloon by error. The exchange was noted by the New York Truth as a humorous domestic misadventure.
A collection of humorous snatches from period papers featuring a satire on gravity from an imagined philosopher to a dentist joke about dents and manners. It pairs old newspaper tone with quick one liners about family, church, and bargains.
Article notes the severe 1896 August heat killed many women in their thirties to fifties. It links deaths to female-specific suffering and urges building strength. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with a testimonial from Mrs. Sanuin Craig of Bakerstown, Pa.
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