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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1900
Page
6
A seven day condensed record covers home and foreign items, industrial news, personal and political items, and notable happenings locally and abroad. The summary highlights broader events and key developments, reflecting the era's social and economic milieu.
Senate debates Porto Rican tariff and civil government bills while the House considers war tax relief and a territorial act. Reports note 418,000 acres opened in Fort Hall and 2,500,000 in Oklahoma, with $100,000 for Sheridan post.
Public debt statement shows a $6,629,701 March decrease with treasury cash at $306,792,905 and net debt $1,112,256,358. Nine month FY receipts exceed disbursements by $54,302,000, national bank note circulation up $27,900,751 for the year, and March coinage at $17,075,688. Several other items include Goebel assassination probe in Frankfort, miners striking in Pittsburgh, and various local disasters and political moves.
Mrs. Julia Duplici of Bateman Wisconsin marks her 101st birthday as Republicans gain in Ohio and city elections across Michigan Illinois Minnesota Kansas Nebraska while Democratic gains appear in Wisconsin and Missouri. Union and prohibition figures noted with nominations and deaths.
A Manila census reports 190714 residents far below usual estimates. Aguinaldo reportedly in Singapore with interviews published there. Other global notes include Victoria leaving London for Dublin and Boer actions near Bloemfontein with sieges and battles feared as Gen Cronje sails to St Helena.
The Austin dam gave way after floods on the Colorado river washing away a 30 mile long reservoir. Forty or more dead with many unaccounted. Destruction spans from Waco to San Antonio with widespread crop and property damage and hundreds of homes lost or destroyed along the river.
Thomas Tate writes from Duhamel Alberta to a friend in January 1900 describing a winter move with a pony and three seated rig, weather ranging from 32 below to 22 above, building a log house and stables, ten cows and six horses, and plans to write again next spring.
In San Rafael California it is illegal to shoot game with a repeating or magazine shotgun. The notice cites local firearm restrictions in the city.
A Galveston News retelling describes a youth from Arkansas who leaves his sweetheart after a rejected marriage proposal. He endures a savage kick from the girl’s angry father, grows a long beard and a Roman nose, and journeys away only to learn the truth behind the brutal reception in a rural scene with hens and a cow.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. It claims one cure exists through constitutional remedies and offers one hundred dollars for catarrh related deafness that cannot be cured. Includes pitch for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Emily Pills with prices and supplier details. Also notes a Chicago Daily News quip about politicians and self-awareness.
A depicts a deluxe book promotion listing multiple tales including Making a Revolution Susquehanna Trail Sculpture of the Elfs and Feathers of Fashion. It notes a delightful volume illustrated and offers distribution request details sending 10 cents to T. W. Lee Lackawanna Railroad 26 Exchange Place New York City. Edition Limited.
A quotation from Atchison Globe warns that misleadings adults in teaching will be exposed by youths who learn from them. The note underscores integrity in education and the lasting impact of truthful guidance.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. It claims to rest tired feet and cure corns bunions swelling and soreness hot sweaty feet callouses aching and ingrown nails. It states the powder makes new or tight shoes easy and lists 25 cents price with mail order sample offers.
Fragmentary notes mix health tips with moral sayings and aphorisms. It cites daily bowel movement guidance, mentions the liver and kidneys, and includes a line about loving honesty as a thief at heart, attributed to L. A. W. Bulletin with a Chicago Daily News quote about rivers beginning as springs.
A Chicago Democrat quips that a mother’s slipper often earns the credit for shaping a man’s early cleverness and capability, suggesting humor about upbringing and talent.
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