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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
4
In the recent National Academy of Design display in New York three of the four prizes were awarded to women, reflecting a notable shift in recognition.
The United States government issues bank notes in multiple denominations including 1 2 3 10 20 and 100 dollars and also lists higher values such as 500 1000 5000 and 10600. The note types reflect a broad monetary scale for various financial and historical contexts.
Twe European powers are said to have combined to maintain peace. They will probably get into a quarrel over the means by which they will attain that end.
An 1786 autograph letter from George Washington sold at a New York auction for 25 dollars. The letter, addressed to George Taylor of New York dated May 15 1786, thanks him for a gift of apples and oysters.
In Bangor Maine a drunken person arrested is taken to the station in a patrol wagon and a fifty cent fine is added to the punishment to cover the ride.
A medical note cautions that extirpating the coccygeal joint for hysterical coccygodyma is a mistake. The sender thanks the recipient for the information and pledges to avoid repeating the error in the future.
Iris reports a cross-eyed boy fell 100 feet and emerged uninjured with straightened eyes. Experts doubt the cure will be widely used due to the unlikely nature of such a recovery.
Auvance will replace stone or steel for en graving. Proponents claim aluminum plates are lighter and yield about 8 000 impressions versus 50 to 100 from a steel plate.
A claim lists U S presidents allegedly born masons including Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Harrison Tyler Polk Taylor Pierce Buchanan Johnson and Garfield but provides no sources or verifiable details to support the assertion.
The piece notes a shift in attraction from eloping with the coachman back to favoring the coachman after years of the butler holding sway. It reflects changing courtship patterns in a bygone era.
Lux duc d Aumale renounces all royal claims and asks the head of the house of Orleans to join in the renunciation. The move signals a mutual acknowledgment that neither side will seek restoration to the French throne.
A cryptic note describes water infused with decaying vegetables, where microscopic life forms are so tiny that ten thousand would fit within 4 meters of bulk, and references complex organs comparable to those of a whale.
Mrs Jane Beximont of Dover Kentucky marks her 103rd birthday. Her father James Triplett served in the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In September 1807 she witnessed the Clermont trial trip, Robert Fulton’s first steamboat.
The post office issues a circular advising correspondents that government payment for canceled stamps is not provided. It notes many people wrongly believe such stamps hold value and urges recipients to disregard these claims.
A Cincinnati man earns money by visiting businesses and sewing on buttons for customers. He receives five cents per button and carries a supply of assorted buttons to fit each garment.
A Pennsylvania widow cancelled a marriage after a dream in which her former husband appeared and pleaded for her not to remarry. She pledged obedience and the suitor lost any chance.
A court in New York fined a witness for contempt after he hurled a copy of the statutes at a lawyer examining him. The act, seen as an attempt to signal the need for more knowledge of the contents of the book, was judged unjust by observers.
A World publication notes growing soda fountain use in New York praised in recent years by saloonkeepers. One merchant recalls a rival drug store opening a fountain cutting his business 20 percent in six months and leaving only expenses by year end. The speaker says the average man drinks to quench thirst, not crave alcohol.
A census bulletin shows 850 084 people employed in manufacturing in New York. Pennsylvania follows with 620 484 workers and Massachusetts 485 182. Ohio Illinois New Jersey Michigan and others exceed 100 000. Wages range from Colorado 720 to North Carolina 226.
In Pleasanton Kansas a woman is elected mayor described as weighing 240 pounds and vowing to clean up the town. She pledges a strict moral transformation and asserts no police force will be needed as she enacts municipal house-cleaning.
Da Brown Seguago, who died in Paris, was among the century’s finest physicians. Son of a Yankee seaman, he lived in the United States at Harvard College earlier, then served as physician to the imperial family and to nobility. He contributed to medical literature and advanced surgical knowledge, with his elixir of life causing a two year sensation.
A recap of congressional actions from April 7 to April 12 with debates on the Chinese treaty tariff coinage Mexican dollars and banking plans. Notable items include Hill opposing the tariff and Hawaiian policy, Walsh sworn in as Georgia senator, and rules enforcing votes and leaves of absence in the House.
For the week ended the 7th five U.S. losses from telegraphic reports totaled 2 583 085 dollars. Since January 1 losses rise to 36 257 735 dollars. Admiral Benham retired at 62. Captain Wilson now commands Bluefields. A house Democrats caucus adopted a resolution for repeal of the state bank tax. Winter wheat condition averages 86 1 percent nationwide, up from 77 4 last year.
Reports list A G Cattell of Merchantsville dies at 79 in Jamestown New York. John Graneoxe Ferris dies at Glens Falls New York. Thomas Davidson last survivor of Stonington battle dies at New London Connecticut. Fire destroys Frothingham Arcade in Scranton. A storm damages Atlantic coast ships. Williamsburg brick collapse kills two, injures eight. American Glucose plant in Buffalo burns for a $1,000,000 loss. Beaver Falls Tur Wallace bank theft. McKeesport gas explosion harms family. Newark jewelry manager accused of $25,000 theft. Republicans sweep New Jersey towns and Albany elects mayor.
A steam pressure panic at Humboldt school Chicago left Daniel Gunstein dead and many students injured. Milwaukee theater fire killed nine firefighters and damaged property worth 200000 dollars. A Chicago man William Faber killed his wife then himself. Glamorgan works in Lynchburg Va burned, loss 100000 dollars. An elderly woman 106th birthday near Zanesville Ohio. Toryapo Kansas flood damaged fruit and grain and ruined many buildings. Baltimore stable burned, 157 horses cremated. A runaway near Shelbyville Indiana killed Mrs Cuapmies Taxter and daughter. Omaha man arrested for four wives. Readouts from Utah districts show large Mormon immigration plans. California town elections favor Republicans. Grandmother Goenen dies in Indianapolis. A 15-year-old girl buried alive in Protivin Iowa. Gold findings reported in La Plata Colorado.
Reports span bank robbery in Chadron to train holdups and hangings in Texas and Indiana. Indictments for social clubs in Platte City amid fires and wrecks, plus political shifts including women’s suffrage bills in Ohio and party nominations in Oregon and Tennessee.
A London paper claims Henry Le Caron the British spy is alive and traveling to a distant colony. Reports from Brazil's Santa Roga describe a garrison surprise by revolutionary forces, a citadel explosion, and heavy casualties. An impressive list of other events includes a German lab dynamite disaster and Mexico's coinage proposal linked to U S mint policy.
Senate debated the urgent deficiency bill and tariff measure. Peffer bill would issue 250 million treasury notes to cover government expenses and send to states counties towns and individuals with no interest. House lacked a quorum for business. Democrats in caucus instructed rules committee to report a quorum rule. Several deaths and crimes noted including Gen Henry W Stocum pneumonia 67 in Brooklyn and a mob execution in Alabama. Wheat stocks and political races also appear with various local incidents and legislative votes.
A massive blaze at the American Glucose Company plant in Borrao New York and its Peoria works spread across eleven stories of brick structures. The loss exceeds 1 million dollars with 4 workers and 3 firemen injured and several men feared dead. Fires also spread to the Buffalo city fish market across the street as flames cut through the main building, power house, refinery and store house.
Wasuteron April 14 The secretary of the treasury expects about 2 million dollars in gold coin for export next Saturday with roughly half from the treasury and half from New York banks. Officials view this as the start of the regular spring export cycle and not a cause for alarm. Net treasury gold stands at 105,963,539 after Thursday. Last year April and May saw heavy exports of 19,148,964 and 16,914,317 respectively, with declines in June and July.
Representative Sherry of Connecticut has introduced in the House a bill to create a bureau of interstate banks. The measure, a modification of the national banking act, aims to provide local currency in the south and west by offering a more profitable and accessible circulation base than United States bonds.
The Sayres Seoville carriage factory on Colerain avenue burned Thursday night leaving only brick walls. Stock, machinery and contents total loss. Brick four story, 100 feet long. Fire started in the paint shop from unknown causes. Loss estimated at 50 000.
Chicago reports say 75 000 to 100 000 building trades could be out of work due to a city wide lockout while union headquarters cite far fewer losses and bosses claim around 10 000. In Cotumbus Ohio President John C McBride of the United Mine Workers discusses expected April 21 strikes and maintaining old wage scales across states.
A New York report cites a weakening cyclone along the Atlantic coast with strong winds. Two more ships wrecked and eight sailors aboard three yachts are missing, pushing storm casualties past twenty five as crews seek word from the sea.
In Montgomery on April 14 the four Black defendants were found guilty in the murder of Mr. Grant. Alex, Joe and Wilson Woodley are sentenced to hang and Jack Gabriel to life. Jim Calloway was previously ordered to be hanged. Eight condemned prisoners remain to be hanged within three months with six more murderers awaiting trial and likely to be hanged.
Albert Whipple, cashier at Crawford Banking Company in Crawford Nebraska, was robbed at gunpoint by a stranger in cowboy garb who took about $2,500 and locked Whipple in the vault for twenty minutes until the president found him. In Beaver Falls a thief drilled through the vault floor and stole $3,500 during noon, then escaped. Drought unsettles farmers across England and neighboring countries. Mrs James Oswald dies of heart disease after shock from family accident.
A Vienna dispatch reports the collapse of David Wiener and Sons merchants with liabilities totaling 2,500,000 dollars. The loss marks a major financial setback for the family firm and its creditors.
In McKersport Pennsylvania on Jenny Lind street a natural gas blast wrecked the home of William Malseed. His wife Mrs Malseed and their 12 year old daughter Effie died from severe burns. The ruins did not ignite. Loss estimated at about 500 dollars. In Fayette Missouri ex senator Sam Major a noted western criminal lawyer was found dead in bed with heart disease listed as the cause.
A massive blizzard cripples New York New Jersey and Pennsylvania with telegraph lines down and coastlines battered. Eight seamen perish off Squan and twelve aboard the Kate Markee drown near Highland Beach as lifeboats fail to reach them.
Maprio April 18 The duke of Veragua is named president of the senatorial committee on treaties of commerce with Germany Austria and Italy.
In Washmeton the House clubhouse heated as Democrats and Republicans clashed over rule VIII. The proposed rule carried fines for nonattendance and nonvoting, sparking a partisan fight that left the chamber with a 141 to 11 tally and a looming renewed struggle.
In Denison on April 14, farm hand Frank Crews shot and mortally wounded employer Thomas Murrell. Mrs Murrell was killed while helping, Murrell died from injuries, and Crews fled after robbing money and watch. He later killed Morgan Murrell, son of the murdered man, in a field. A courier arrived too late to save him.
A Frankfort letter from Col Breckinridge declares he will run for congress to the bitter end despite adverse verdicts. The note says he will not withdraw and will continue his campaign amid public statements.
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