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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1894
Page
1
The Express notes Bonata from Sumatra as a potential rival to India rubber and gutta-percha. It also reports Japan's need for a prison editor, Vermont governors elect lacking right sleeves, and Prof. Eppy’s claim on suspending bodies in air creating fifteen times weight. Campaign outfits urged to include a balloon for candidates.
The Great Northern railway head promised five thousand acres in Minnesota to be subdivided into twenty acre plots for homeless forest fire victims. Cash contributions would settle the settlers on the land.
Carer Waprain of the Massachusetts bureau of statistics and labor presents a report on unemployment noting its unusual origin and potential for dictionary inclusion as a labor term. The remark regards its coinage and eventual acceptance by lexicographers.
A special banana train reportedly made the fastest long distance freight run in the country from Memphis to Kansas City. The run averaged 40.4 mph over 484 miles with a peak of 64 mph, maintained for 6 miles.
The Tur commission reported in favor of a suspension bridge for the Hudson at New York, preferring the design to a cantilever. It notes the suspension bridge is more handsome and will feature substantial masonry and taller towers than Cologne’s.
J4mMEsS Mackey told Justice Foster that he shared his wife with a white rat a pug dog and taro cats and that the menagerie had the best of it. He faced abuse charges and to countered the claim argued his wife had eight husbands and clashed with one. Both placed under peace bonds.
Enexisu statistics indicate a continuing trend of feeding animals for human food over cultivating grain. This year versus last shows increases of 1.6 percent in wheat, 1 percent in barley, 2.6 percent in oats, 3.7 percent in hay clover and rotation crops, 3.4 percent in hops, and 13.6 percent in hay and permanent pasture.
The Minneapolis Journal notes people wonder why fires like Hinckley occur and suggests the relief fund's growth may teach mankind sympathy and mutual helpfulness, highlighting charity as a fruit of such disasters.
Last year Tuk produced 162,814,077 gross tons of coal versus 164,825,795 tons in the United Kingdom. Iron ore output reached 11,587,629 tons for Tuk, with the British islands at 11,208,476 and imports around 4,000,000 tons. Pig iron production was 7,124,502 tons for Tuk against 6,976,000 tons in the UK, showing near parity in coal and iron between the two countries.
A western town records a man who ended his life to escape a carbuncle’s torment. The piece contrasts his method with a scientific cure, noting a drop of carbolic acid might have quickly rid him of the infection and allowed him to live for others.
The text lists holdings of prominent figures including Mr. Vanderbilt with 2,000,000 acres, Mr. Diston of Pennsylvania with 4,000,000 broad acres, the Schlenley estate owning 2,000 acres in Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and Murphy the California magnate with land larger than Massachusetts. It also cites foreign absentee landlords owning 21,000,600 acres, and Lord Scully owning 90,000 acres in Illinois.
The text argues against shared beds in cramped living spaces, claiming two people in one bed disrupt sleep and worsen restlessness. It favors each person having an entire bed, noting that even two or three single beds in one room are better than forcing two into one bed, especially if a sleeper is restless or unhealthy.
The piece notes Miss Daisy Mason the Wampum PA postmistress is reported short 1500 dollars in her accounts. It defends her character, praising her youth and popular service while questioning the validity of the accusation and criticizing attempts to demean her.
Exports of bread stuffs for August reach 10.85 million dollars with eight month total 85.35 million, down from 1893 figures. Abandoned posting of unclaimed letters due to lack of appropriation. Clearing houses show 853.27 million in weekly exchanges, up from prior week. A jealous homicide in Washington ends with wife’s death and the husband’s suicide. US business failures total 207 for the week, slight rise from prior week. New counterfeit notes circulate a $10 silver certificate and a $5 Cincinnati bank note.
The East reports on the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Pittsburgh choosing Louisville for the next meeting, veteran death tolls, a fatal shooting in Connellsville, Maine governor race results, a globe-trotting youth arrival, and various local incidents. It notes sports standings, a windstorm at Niagara Falls, fires in Wisconsin, and multiple political candidacies and crimes across states.
The paper notes a string of crime and political items including a murder suicide near Chestnut, a Denver Republican ticket for governor, a bank robbery in Rossville Alabama, tar and feathering in Frontier Michigan, and various political nominations. Other items mention a tornado in North Memphis, a counterfeiter captured near Shelbyville Indiana, a train tragedy in Eden, fire in San Francisco, and election outcomes across several states.
The Spanish authorities commanded Cuba’s governor general to reinstate import duties on American products. Among other items, the report notes a series of international incidents including a New York to Queenstown voyage, executions in Montevideo, a bicycle record in Toronto, a London market fire, a Chinese city blaze, and President Diaz addressing the Mexican Congress vowing friendly foreign relations.
Corrected returns from Ashland district counties place Owens ahead of Creekin ridge by 810 votes. The report notes further items: deaths from yellow fever in San Salvador, a mattress factory fire in Washington with five fatalities, and other incidents from around the world and nation.
In Lexington Sept 18 reports show W C Owens leading in the Seventh district primaries with a large delegate count. Breckinridge supporters allege fraud in Scott county with 600 more votes than the prior election, while Desha Breckinridge signals confidence in his candidate.
Reports from Kentucky describe deadly clashes at polling sites in Menry and Breckinridge counties. In Lockport a shooting and stabbing left Wallace dead and Hoskins gravely injured. In Riddles Mills a man fatally wounded Ed Faulkner after a voting dispute. In Maywood a mass confrontation left G W Gillesvie stabbed and gravely wounded during a political dispute between Breckinridge and Owen men.
Grand Army of the Republic opens its twenty eighth national encampment in the Grand Opera House Pittsburgh with Gov Patterson delivering a welcome. Commander in Chief John G B Adams tapped the gavel to commence sessions. Reports show 460 posts inactive and charity disbursements totaling 203780.10 for the year and 182106 comrades in memorial exercises. Sienry Watterson urged Louisville as next encampment host amid an ovation.
Mrs Mary E Gordon of Kansas announces the organization has over 10000 members and $85000 expended in the year. Mrs Emma Wallace of Rockford Ti elected president. The event ends with a grand fireworks display and extensive illumination across the city.
New York Sept 17 Dun and Co weekly review notes no major setback and overall larger activity than August and last year. Tariff changes gain little so far. crop losses loom large with corn estimates ranging from 400 million to 1 billion bushels, affecting meat prices for a year. Pork steady, lard up 30 cents per 100 pounds. wheat and cotton show declines and injuries. Iron output rises, stocks fall. dry goods activity slows as firms defer purchases amid higher cotton goods prices and London wool uncertainty. Failures in early September total 1.43 million, with manufacturing and trading concerns accounting for large shares. U.S. failures up from last year, Canada up from last year.
A freight train on the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha line derailed two oil cars two miles west of Hammond Wisconsin early Saturday. One tank exploded during the incident burning cars and injuring several passengers and bystanders. Rudiger and an elderly man suffered serious burns as oil showered the crowd.
Dispatches from Korea claim southern Corea has risen against Japan and a Japanese force of 2,000 marching to Seoul suffered disaster with 1,200 missing. A fresh 2,000 troops arrived at Susan to defend the settlement amid Toghak bands. Fire in Lung Kin, Se-Chuen province, destroyed 2,000 buildings with over 100 dead including the governor’s wife. governor’s house burned and temples razed. losses estimated at 10 million taels.
Minneap olis resident Rirby Barnum reports a dangerous journey on the Thief river near the Red Lake reservation. A 120 mile run between the Indian agency and Chief River Falls required 8 and 4 mile stretches with passengers wading on sandbars as walls of fire advanced. The fire forced boats to burn repeatedly and the river heats up the water killing millions of fish while wildlife fled.
The federal revenues show a sharp drop about 18 million dollars for the first fourteen days of September versus August. Customs yield totals 9.23 million, while internal revenue sinks to 2.29 million, with whisky tax changes and tariff effects blamed for the decline amid imports. A tornado later devastates North Memphis, killing one man and injuring several others as Wolf River area sawmills and veneer plants suffer the worst damage.
A Seoul dispatch dated September 10 reports Japanese forces advancing from Gensan have routed Chinese troops at Sing Chuen. Both sides suffered heavy losses.
A poem reflection on the humming bird mother who nests in a fragile woven cup. It contrasts winds and predators with the bird’s courage and the perilous yet miraculous survival of its eggs and eventual fledglings, praising resilience and parental care.
The North Western Line offers low-rate Home-Seekers excursions to northwestern Iowa western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah Montana and Idaho. Tickets on Sept 11 25 and Oct yth are valid for return travel within twenty days with stop overs on the going trip. For details contact W A Thrall Chicago and North Western Railway.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad announces one way round trip fares to all South points on October 2 November 6 and December 4. Passengers should check with agents for excursion tickets or write to P Atmore General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky or Gro Cross N W P A Chicago Tl for details.
A professor notes the sign Freshly Painted over a zebra’s cage at 700logical garden. He remarks the stripes seem natural, prompting a wry reaction from the scene’s observers.
The Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway announces ticket sales on September 11 25 and October 9 at reduced rates to Texas points Eddy New Mexico and Lake Charles Louisiana with return validity twenty days from sale date. for more information contact H A Chenice Chicago IL T B Coolberry Des Moines IA or James Barker St Louis MO. T’s doubtless a love match no real en nine one. How can you tell He’s given up cigarettes and she her cooking les sons.
The piece touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a leading American family remedy for rheumatism neuralgia dyspepsia liver complaints malaria and nervous issues. It is praised by eminent physicians and framed as a dependable health aid. A quirky note about letter carriers and late arrivals ends the item in a Philadelphia Times quip.
McVicker's Theater in Chicago presents Athenia or The False Prophet a new two act mystic satire with libretto by John O Keefe and music by Leonard Wales Seats reserved by mail. The item includes humorous clippings from Detroit Syracuse and Milwaukee papers and a joke about a fiancé and a nose turned up.
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