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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1900
Page
1
The Express reports a German scientist estimates the world’s weight at 11 913 000 000 000 000 pounds. A Philadelphiawoman who played ghost died after a brick blow. Horses reportedly suffer hay fever, supposedly tied to high intelligence as a form of horse sense.
In his recent book Rev. Theodore Wood argues some insects have large families, with tens of thousands of offspring. He suggests humans are viewed by mosquitoes as a steady source of food, a constant meal.
Sioux weather prophets predict a severe winter and deep snow citing a heavy buffalo grass seed crop as a sign. The rai kins declare this omen signals a harsh season ahead.
A hospital record from Bellevue in New York notes an unknown man admitted August 13 and dying the same day at 3 13 p.m. after being moved toward room No 13. The entry provides no identification.
A Florida investor has acquired 300 acres of swamp land near Swan's Bridge to establish an alligator breeding operation. He notes rising demand for alligator skin and plans to supply it.
A historical note explains that the Confederate cruiser Alabama carried the number No. 290 for years, and the newer battleship Alabama was also numbered 290 at the builder’s yard before being named, without any link to the prior vessel.
A St. Louis railroad worker witnessing a looming collision performed a double somersault and landed upright with his hat, preventing damage claims. The unlikely feat prompted talk that railroads will favor ex circus acrobats for brakeman roles.
An Eastern traveler cites a petroleum spring in Zante one of the Ionian Isles. Known for 3 000 years it is mentioned by Herodotus as evidence that world wells may not cease.
A Kansas City man pays $600 for a wife in a crude joke about arranged marriages. The piece mocks outdated customs and contrasts them with a supposed modern trend where a woman pays for a husband.
The census shows 201071 voting age males in Porto Rico. Whites born locally total 120295, whites born in Spain 5662, whites born in other countries 2104, and colored men 73010. Literacy totals: locally born whites 35397, colored 12576.
The last native tongue instruction public school in Hawaii closes and English becomes the official language. The territory’s dual court system ends with the act making jury service limited to those who can read speak and write English.
Prof L C Howard head of Washington bureau of entomology notes marked growth in the honey trade with more than 300000 people employed and product value at 20000000 dollars. There are 110 apiarian societies and 80 journals. Much honey is exported with England as the chief buyer.
Eight white men were sentenced to life imprisonment in Austin Texas for the lynching of James Humphries and his two sons on a hog theft accusation. The victims were described as respectable, and the judge denounced the act as a grave overreaction. The piece calls for an end to such mob violence.
Col Le Grande B Cannon arranged preservation of John Brown's grave near North Elba New York. A force with a landscape gardener graded and terrace the plot and will build a 75 foot square iron fence around the grave. The inclosure will be John Brown park.
The Castine naval craft, ordered to Amoy by the government, carries six 6 inch and two 8 inch guns, with a 419 officers and 265 men crew. It displaces 1 177 tons, measures 204 feet long, 32 feet beam, with a protected deck and 16 knot speed, drawing 12 feet of water for river ascent.
The census director pegs the US population at 76,000,000 and says no town under 25,000 will receive a bulletin while state populations will soon be announced. The government prohibits the coupon chain letter system for mail business.
Clearinghouse exchanges totaled 1.37 billion dollars, up from 1.14 billion. U.S. business failures rose to 211. In Shenandoah Pennsylvania a strike riot killed two and wounded ten as the UMWA seeks recognition. Notable deaths include Dr. Lewis Sayre at 80 in New York and George D Vys, polar expedition survivor, in Worcester.
A Dallas judge N K Homan refuses the prohibition nomination for Texas governor. The Chicago annual meeting sees W J Walker of Albany elected president of the Wholesale Druggists association. The roundup covers floods fires wrecks and deaths from across the country.
In an engagement near Manila Captain David D. Mitchell and Lieutenant George A. Cooper, along with ten men, were killed. A mine explosion in Bohemia killed one and wounded many.
The slate of reports covers China policy stakes in England and a shift by France Russia and America, flood and cyclone deaths in Texas Minnesota and California, a fatal duel in Alabama, missing French ships after a gale, immigrant policy with Canada, a village fire in Michigan, rising August revenues, a locomotive firemen convention payout, polar expedition plans, a notable obituary, Irish viceroy appointment, persistent anthracite strikes in Pennsylvania, and large miner absenteeism.
White blackberries and green roses have been propagated in Louisiana this year. Andrew Carnegie has given $4 560 450 to libraries over the last two years. Rev. George Willard of the Reformed church died in Dayton Ohio at 82. Road improvement has begun in the Philippines funded by Manila customs. Two million Boston residents used public baths last summer. Admiral Watson plans to settle in Louisville after commanding the fleet at Manila. Seventy two new coal mines opened in Prussia increasing 1900 output by 2 400 000 tons. Lorin Pease of Hadley Mass died at 100. his father lived to 99 and six siblings passed 70. European birth rates decline on average three percent since 1891. Canada’s coming apple crop expected to be the best yet in quality and quantity. James Ellis Tucker sails to Honolulu to reform Hawaiian customs and service. United Society of Christian Endeavor to hold 1901 convention in Cincinnati. Lord Avebury lauds US manufacturers for goods. Florida emerging as tobacco state with Cuba-level quality. Wyoming women pledge 5000 for a solid silver service for the monitor Wyoming at San Francisco’s Union Ironworks.
Faribault Minn Sept 25 The village of Morristown twelve miles west of Faribault was struck by a cyclone after five PM. Eight people were killed and several injured as the storm crushed a saloon and several outbuildings. The dead include Jake Miller Jake Weaver Jr Frank Pitman Otto Gatzke John Rohrer Jr Treimer Brooks H S Wait and Frank Wilder. The injured listed Paul Gatzke Porter White Lewis Pitman Jr. The storm crossed Cannon River destroying barns and touching off two prior fires this year.
A temporary platform on Third Street in Huron collapsed into a subway shaft at 4 05 pm as spectators crowded the area. 75 to 100 people tumbled into the gap, with three seriously hurt including Florence Keyser and Mrs Jenkins. Mete calf resumed the program after rescuers cleared the scene.
In Washington on September 25 the treasury reports gold certificate issues in the south and west totaling 4.945 million, up from last year. Banks exchange deposits of gold at the New York subtreasury for country correspondents, with 4.545 million in September and only 400 thousand not yet exchanged. New Orleans leads with 3.795 million, followed by St. Louis at 750 thousand and Chicago at 409 thousand.
The passage argues that free speech and press protect other liberties and that public trust must be administered disinterestedly. It urges informed citizens to correct wrongs, make national interests the aim, and seek greatest happiness for the general population under government.
Silas Moot of Lima and Ephraim Bassinger of Bluffton were tarred and stripped by about 6,500 Mansfield residents after resisting. Moot was beaten, both were carried through the streets, tar poured over them, then washed and given new clothes at police headquarters.
A humorous exchange explains golf terms like topping a ball and two up. The husband and wife debate meaning of top shots and the phrase one up versus two up, with playful ignorance and a blunt explanation.
The New York Central engine No 948, one of the new Moguls, pulled train No 11 the Southwestern Limited of sixteen cars. The train weighed 1 832 000 pounds 916 tons and stretched 1212 feet. It covered 143 miles from New York to Albany in three hours and fifteen minutes. The rail line praises its roadbed engineers and loyal staff from President to trackmen safeguarding travelers.
A Philadelphia exchange notes a friend from Chicago accused of a libel. The speaker says he took the friend to lunch and observed no knife use while dining on oyster stew.
In Spokane a lone masked robber robbed a west bound Northern Pacific train at Rathdrum after leaving Athol Idaho, taking 500 dollars, watches and jewelry and silencing conductor Dunning with a pistol shot. In Lincoln four masked men held up a Burlington express car near Woodlawn and attempted to force the local safe, but only a small sum was taken.
Reports from San Antonio describe a Neuces river valley cloudburst that inundated ranches and cut telegraph lines. A British shepherd Ethelbert McDonald and Mexican herders are said to have died on a Brackett Mountain ranch, with two Italians also believed lost.
A fragmentary note records a dialog where one speaker says Gen Shootem Up is dead and another mentions he died on Thursday, framed by a city newspaper voice and humorous misquotation.
A playful note from the Chicago Inter Ocean reports a Seaside Hotel proprietor offering a prize to the first guest who spots the sea serpent, reflecting lighthearted summer advertising.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement, gentle action on liver and kidneys, and headache cure. It lists price points at 25 and 50 cents.
A witty exchange has a witness describe himself as a matrimonial agent for his eight grown daughters. The fragment notes support a humorous tone with brief quotes about love and a bare-faced soubrette.
A collection of vintage ad lines and quips including patent medicine claims for Laxative Bromo Quinine, Putnam Fage Evrss Drs pigments, and Hall's Catarrh Cure. Also features humorous quips about collar buttons cigars chicle and trolley cars from Puck Detroit Journal and others.
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