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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
2
World and national items blend in early 1900s bulletin
Brief items report the launch of Reliance in Bristol R I the drowning of Raymonds in Indiana and a Mississippi river crossing fatality a postal probe and bank receiver appointment storm damages and Easter events in Washington and Portland scientific and political notes including Roosevelts jubilee gifts and union debates in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Herreshoff
Reliance
Bristol
R. I
Raymond
Blue Lick Creek
Henryville
Ind
Payne
Washington
Belden
Henry F. Jordan
Kenosha
Wis
Clarence Bishop
Port Jarvis
N. Y
Catharine Danz
George Hussey
Philadelphia
Portland
White House
William Vallance
Trenton
N. J
Indianapolis
American Association of Independent Mechanics
Charles Barron
Graham & Morton Line
Chicago
Great Lakes
Carbon
I. T
Frank K. Baldowin
Department of the Colorado
Frederick Funston
Niagara Falls
Prospect Point
Scow Hughes
Delaware River
Marcus Hook
Monroe County
Ala
New York
David M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
New Orleans
Knox
Northern Securities Counsel
Roosevelt
Department of Agriculture
Albert West
Media
Matt W. Allen
Chester
Wisconsin
Ruby
Charles Bevans
Richard Houck
Rufus Houck
Grover Cleveland
Booker T. Washington
Southern Association of Newspaper Publishers
Atlanta
Yellowstone Park
National Association of Manufacturers
Carroll D. Wright
St. Louis
John Robert Payne
Stigler
Asheville
Stiglers
Lake Shore
Conneaut
Arnold Kentler
F. Dennis
Gen. Otis
Aguinaldo
Notable Obituaries Across States and Nations
A roundup of notable deaths includes 116 year old Mrs. Katherine Barrett of Iowa. Mrs. Mary Roll of Minneapolis aged 102. Ex-Congressman Abner Taylor of Illinois. painter Thomas Waterman Wood in New York aged 74. Hallett Kilbourn of Washington aged 72. ex-Congressman Benoni Fuller of Boonville. Dr Chauncey Ayers of Stamford aged 95. J. J. Davis founder of Manhattan Mercury. Reginald Vanderbilt wedding in Newport. lawyer Lester Band. Carlos French of Seymour. Moses Waterman of Marshalltown aged 58. Ohio Democratic state convention set for Columbus August 25-26. Col James Powell U.S.A. veteran dies in Peoria after 20 years illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Barrett
Iowa
Waterloo
Mary Roll
Minneapolis
Dayton
O. Abner Taylor
Congress
Illinois
Washington
Thomas Waterman Wood
New York
Montpelier
Hallett Kilbourn
Interior Department
Benoni F. Fuller
Boonville
Ind
Chauncey Ayers
Stamford
Conn
Yale Medical School
J. J. Davis
Manhattan
Kan
Mercury
New Orleans
Reginald C. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Kathleen G. Neilson
Newport
R. I
Lester Legrand Band
Chicago
Carlos French
Seymour
Moses Waterman
Foreign warfare and diplomatic moves dominate front
Moro fortifications near Bacolod shelled by 600 American troops under Capt. Pershing with numerous Filipino fatalities. A Mussulman village in Bulgaria reportedly wiped out by revolters against Turkey with 165 dead. Cuba's President Palma convenes a conference to outline a new US proposition for a permanent treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacolod
Pershing
Mussulman
Bulgaria
Turkey
Palma
Cuba
United States
Mis souri lieutenant governor missing amid bribery accusations
A sweeping 1901 news digest reports Missouri Lieut. Gov. John A. Lee missing and accused by St. Louis officials of distributing 27000 dollars in baking powder trust boodle to state legislators. The item lists deaths, executions, shipwrecks, weather, sports scores, and other incidents from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lee
Missouri
St. Louis
Roosevelt
Fort Yellowstone
Norris Geysers
A.S. McClure
Wooster
Fannie S. Wilder
St. Paul
Charles May
Robert Martin
St. Joseph
Marseilles
France
John Taylor
Kansas City
Ruth Nollard
Ora Eddington
William Dudley
Clinton
Ind
Harry Kline
May Jackson
Fort Wayne
Elliott Lyons
W. W. Withers
Eugene
Ore
Butler
D. B. Donegan
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Shamrock III
Sir Thomas Lipton
Weymouth
England
Thomas
Jesse G. Hawley
Reading Eagle
Reading
Allen State Bank
Alles
Kan
Conger
Peking
Yallen
Oliver Mowat
Ontario
Ottawa
Indiana
Carrie Nation
Topeka
West Virginia
Newport News
Catherine White
Henry Herman
Milwaukee
Philippines
James McKinney
Tibbetts
Bakersfield
Cal
Packard
John H. Molesworth
Chicago
Bridget Maher
Houghton
Mich
John Victor
Maggie Fuetz
Victor
Kalkaska
Francis A. Horton
Temple Presbyterian Church
Philadelphia
George J. Jordan
Pittsburg
Boston
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Secret Damascus Steel Revealed to Taft after 15 Years
S R Dawson discloses the long guarded Damascus and Hercules steel formula to C C Taft, president of the Damascus Steel Company in Des Moines. Taft is the only living recipient of the secret, now shared to protect the invention for the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Dawson
Damascus
Hercules
C. C. Taft
Taft
Damascus Steel Company
Des Moines
Mr. Dawson
Mr. Taft
Hogs profitable for Iowa industrial school farm
The Iowa board of control reports Eldora farm hogs yielding money with $3,000 earned from hog sales since January and $2,000 more expected this season. About 500 young pigs will be raised this summer, and inmates number 514 as of March. The farm is run in first-class fashion with ample fresh pork for the boys. New buildings for the school and industrial establishment were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
Board of Control
Eldora
Marshalltown
Downie
Itinerant physician fights Iowa license law
Dr. B A Stockdale of Council Bluffs challenges the state law requiring itinerant physicians to pay a license. He argues his state certificate allows practice in multiple western Iowa cities as he travels on regular dates. The case, supported by notable lawyers, targets a licensing regime that raises about $20 000 annually from itinerant practitioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. A. Stockdale
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Unbelievably Large Yields Reported Across Western Canada
Stirling Alberta correspondent for Canadian Government Land agents reports extraordinary crop yields and strong homestead opportunities in Western Canada. He cites oats 80 bushels per acre near Edmonton and 110 near St. Albert, with high beet production and emerging sugar factory at Raymond. Mentioned districts include Edmonton Lacombe Wetaskiwin and Lethbridge with prospects for farming and stock raising thriving markets and affordable living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stirling
Alberta
Free Homestead Lands
M. Pickrell
Beechwood
Kentucky
Western
Canada
Terra-Firma
Edmonton
St. Albert
Raymond
Lethbridge
Lacombe
Wetaskiwin
Western Canada
Ponoka
Manitoba
State Purchases Triangle for Iowa Veterans Monuments
The state of Iowa bought a triangular 100 foot sided plot from Georgia to place the Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge monuments. The commission paid 100 dollars and will erect the general Iowa monument at the intersection of the Chattanooga pike and the government road midway between the two sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Georgia
United States
Iowa
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga Pike
Government Road
Commission
Device purifies wash water to improve butter keeping
The Iowa State College dairy department reports a device for purifying wash water to destroy germs and bacteria that cause butter deterioration, a major advance for creameries and butter quality in Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College of Agriculture
Lowa
Tragic Mule Team Driver Dies After Wagon Accident
Frank Beebee aged 35 died in Charlotte after a wagon accident. While driving a team of mules he was thrown over the dashboard, his foot caught in the wheel, and his leg was mangled and nearly torn from its socket. The amputation delayed his death from shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beebee
Charlotte
Gossip One Change
The coal strike arbitration hearings cost is estimated at 750000 dollars. Savings banks in Chicago show rising deposits and a predicted 26 percent yearly gain if trends continue. France imports 4.2 million more raw materials in January and February than last year while exports rise only 0.4 million in manufactures. Kyao-Chau, the Kyao-Chau colony, proves costly. since 1897 twelve million dollars spent with a new appropriation of about 3 million. Philadelphia banks receive a secret service circular to brand bad money as worthless, though many hesitate to offend customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
France
Germany
Kyao-Chau
Philadelphia
Secret Service
Also Mentioned on This Page
AMES
Wabash
Texas
Beaumont
Rebecca Taylor
War Department
San Francisco
Tom Gilyard
Joplin
Atlantic
William Johnson
Dysart
J. L. Vallata
Andrew J. Bowermaster
Ill
Mathew Alexander
Thomas Burke
Terre Haute
Michigan City
Peerless Coal & Coke Company
Vivian
W. Va
Horace Hollingshead
Mississippi
Lansing
Minnesota
New London
Erie
Oswego
Champlain
Moses Fowler Chase
Lafayette
Henry E. Youtsey
Frankfort
Wellsburg
Phoebe
Libbie Heeley
Bear Creek
Mishawaka
Baden-Powell
America
Root
Adolf Lorenz
Reina Christina
Montejo
Dewey
Manila Bay
Hussner
Army Nd Navy
Porto Rico
Loubet
Algiers
Dublin
Edward
Valetta
Malta
Alexander
Servia
Belgrade
Balkan
R. Dawson
Ealdora Institution
Thos. F. Tipton
Bloomington
Monticello
Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello, Ill
Carter
Carters Liver
Fisk
Wees
Nashville, Chatta
Nooga & St. Louis
Tennessee
Alabama
H. F. Smith
Nashville, Tenn
Charles E. Hires
Malvern, Pa
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