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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1896
Page
6
Crowds exceeding 80 000 fill Canton streets to honor President candidate William McKinley with parades tents and speeches. Governors senators and club delegations from Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia and beyond attend.
In St Louis on September 19 the sixteenth annual National Baptist convention heard a petition to organize an excursion to visit Maj. McKinley in Canton which drew 200 signatures. Rev G L P Taliferro led devotional exercises and Rev J R Roberson delivered the introductory sermon. Home mission board representatives spoke in the morning session as the afternoon addressed reports and addresses by Rev G W D Gaines and IE Love among others.
A presiding elder told the Michigan Methodist conference that many ministers went hungry to feed their children last year. Salaries were in arrears and financial hardship affected clergy while other collections remained steady.
A circulating rumor that the prince of Wales was hurt while shooting at Tulcham Lodge in Elginshire Highlands is unfounded. Investigations show nothing has occurred to justify the rumor during his stay with Mr. Sassoon, the financier.
Gen Miles of the United States army narrowly escaped a serious accident at Ottumwa while traveling to the coast. He and Sen Herman plus other notables and wives were on the platform with the general’s dog Rex when the train started. Miles grabbed Rex and the car rod as the train sped by, suffering only a near-miss due to luck.
George F. Stickelberger, 60, a long-time Scott County resident, shot and killed his wife at their Davenport area home. An application for a guardian was filed recently due to his heavy drinking and farming incapacity. He tried to kill himself but his eldest son stopped him, entering the room in time.
Co W White of Renssalaer Indiana sits in Creston jail after posing as a prosperous farmer and offering 640 acres at 40 dollars an acre. He passed a 400 dollar check on the State Bank of Renssalaer that bounced and used the land deal to borrow funds from neighbors.
Herman L. Graves known as Jud Graves in the printing fraternity died in illness of heart trouble at about age 50. A veteran of the Thirty-second Iowa Infantry, he traveled widely and spent his career as a journeyman printer across the country.
John Green of Oskaloosa died suddenly while helping to stack straw. He collapsed and died within minutes. He was brother to James Green who died last month and to Charles Green who fell from his buggy about a year ago. Another brother died in Ohio about four years ago.
Hog cholera is prevalent in the Mason City vicinity with some large herds wiped out. Former preventatives fail to retard spread and farmers, counting on corn yields from hogs, face a calamity in the area.
An 80 year old farmer Smith Culbertson of Birmingham fell into a stock well on his farm and drowned. The brief item lists other local incidents and political notes from Des Moines and across Iowa, including a notable theft at Sioux City and various deaths and court actions.
Curtis Gould recalls Lincolns warning on passion and deceit noting a current moral crisis as the US grapples with silver coinage and trust. The piece shifts to Maine politics, detailing a sweeping Republican victory with large pluralities, full party control, and historic turnout led by figures like Reed and Dingley.
A speech extols a gold based currency and tariff to cover expenses. It claims no deficit and notes that between 1873 and 1892 the nation paid off one billion dollars of national debt. The passage emphasizes fiscal restraint and debt repayment milestones.
The piece questions the existence of numerous “silver centers” in the west outside mining states and demands evidence. It notes Maine and Vermont did not deliver repudiation at the polls and reports from western correspondents suggest the tide favors sound money. It cites vessel flags on the Chicago river and lakes showing McKinley support, plus a callout to Captain Dunham leading a “sound money” movement on the Chicago river.
The French inventor Bazin proposes a long deck on four axles with enormous hollow wheels as propulsion. A submerged screw provides main thrust while rotating lens shaped wheels add buoyancy and help steer by a water jet. Trials with models show potential for high speeds with low coal use.
Dr George W Wells publishes a longevity table for ages 25 to 65 showing clergy living longest and ministers outperforming doctors. The survey lists dozens of occupations from farmers to bakers and lawyers, noting mortality patterns among each group. It also mentions Browne on insomnia and a plan to power Mexico City from peat beds nine miles away.
Alphone Major devised a scheme to prevent stagnation in water basins by sourcing overflow from the surface rather than the bottom and has spent months trialing the system in New York City's cisterns ponds and basins to reduce disease risk from standing water.
A New York Tribune report describes Mr. Major's automatic overflow device for standing water. The system draws water from the bottom through pipe C and releases via overflow outlet A to a sewer, keeping water levels stable and cleaner.
The article surveys how weather affects mood and mental work, noting dull days and extreme cold dampening literary effort and energy. It cites Goethe, stress on barometric pressure, and a study in the American Journal of Psychology about weather's impact on temperament and decision making. It also mentions a Mich musician inventing a piano mandolin tone attachment to mimic strings.
A wheelman returning from Coney Island found his tire punctured. He removed the tire, replaced it with heavy rope and rode home about eight miles without discomfort. The club he belonged to is said to be proud, claiming to have a rope framed in honor of the feat.
This item blends humorous dialogue from a New York Weekly piece about marriage, mock questions on income and looks, plus quips from Miss Kilduff and Miss Kittish about a matrimonial agency. It also references jokes from Chicago Post and Tit Bits about social occasions and engagement timing.
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