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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
2
A compact weekly register summarizes global and domestic items across industry, politics, and social events. It highlights notable moves in markets, policy decisions, leadership changes, and community happenings abroad and at home.
Senate post office funds progress and other bills marked by pension raises for blind veterans. House passes military academy and DC measures as senates debate Panama canal and pure food topics. Fires, bank failures, and a royal street explosion in Barcelona round out a wide update.
The day records six personal crisis reports in New York City with many out of work. W B Mack Co suspends in New York as the sixth former JP Morgan employee to fail after starting their own venture. Other items note railroads losing 1 250 000 in 1903 from excess switching charges, a Boston suburb murder linked to a socialite, and banks closing in McLeod Oklahoma Akron Savings Bank and others.
Michigan cities elected GOP and Democratic mayors with Benton Harbor Big Rapids Traverse City Wyandotte Republicans and Marshall Monroe Niles Owosso Menominee Grand Rapids Democrats. Illinois contests produced little change. Nationally Hepburn renominated in Iowa. Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin conventions announced. Tennessee and New York party picks noted.
The Cuban house did not meet at the appointed time due to riotous scenes over contests. The senate convened and heard President Palma’s message. Japanese forces have driven Russians from Korean soil and now occupy Wiju and Yongampo. A new bombardment of Port Arthur was reported. Secrets of Russian troop movements were guarded at St. Petersburg. Locust swarms devastated Usumbara valleys in German East Africa. A violent anti Jewish outbreak at Lompalankay Bulgaria is reported with several Jews said to have been crucified and shops plundered.
In the senate on the 9th Senator Spooner defended the post office department and the president. The Lewis and Clark expedition aid bill and the Philippine shipping bill passed. In the house a resolution to inquire into pensions policy was tabled 103 to 100. Isabella of Spain died in Paris at an advanced age.
Des Moines reports outline senate bills allowing foreign language papers for local boards, parole board setup with governor as chair, salaries for members and secretary, and parole conditions including six months employment post release. House actions cover schooling, public health reporting, liquor laws, and warded taxes, with debates on educational boards and suffrage.
Cripple Creek Colorado April 9 District Judge Lewis sentenced John M Glover a former congressman from Missouri to pay a fine for assaulting Sergt Dittemere of the Colorado national guard Dittemere with militia attempted to arrest Glover in his office Glover resisted but surrendered after being wounded a stay of sentence was granted pending appeal to the supreme court on constitutional questions about military power
An immense crowd witnessed the launch of the Augustus B. Wolvin at the American Ship Building yards in Lorain Ohio. The freighter vessel, described as the largest freshwater boat and designed for heavy freight, is expected to cost about $500000 for completion for the Acme Steamship company.
Memphis, April 8. Fire of unknown origin Thursday morning at the Cole Manufacturing company plant in the southern part of the city destroyed a large storage warehouse filled with finished products and six loaded freight cars. The loss is partially covered by insurance.
T. R. Benson will stage another run of dramatic performances at Stratford on Avon during the 1905 festival. A popular actor notes that many praise Shakespeare yet skip his plays, and a well known manager is quoted as saying Shakespeare is played out.
An advertisement touts Cuaticara Soap Ointment and Pills as a complete skin and blood cleanse for eczema psoriasis scalp issues pimples ringworm and mil crust fetter and salt rheum. It claims universal civilised-world testimony and features a quoted Harvard Lampoon exchange.
Allen's Foot-Ease claims to cure hot and sweaty feet with calluses and swelling. Sold by druggists at 25 cents with trials and substitutes offered. address listed as Allen 8 Olmsted Roy N.
Ethel recalls an attempted assault where she froze and then could not scream. Mabel questions why the fear did not force a scream as the incident unfolded. The account captures a moment of shock and restraint in a public setting reported by the Butte Inter Mountain.
An advertisement claims women suffer from "half invalid" conditions due to failing kidneys and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills. It recounts Mrs. Sadie Mettles of Columbus Ohio as a user who reports relief after using the pills, and offers a free trial via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with sale through druggists at 50 cents per box.
A short reflection centers on the saying by Jeremy Taylor that idleness buries a living man. The aphorism is presented as a timeless warning about inactivity and personal decline.
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