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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1886
Page
2
A wide array of 19th century political notes fill this page. Senator Allison introduces a pension bill for Aunt Becky Young while other items question suffrage, railroad ties counting, and political corruption. The piece blends editorial observations with literary notices and public discourse.
A Kentucky man formerly in a thirty days regiment received 10155 dollars in pension arrears. Review found rheumatism existed before service and his lasting injuries were due to self injury with an adze and a fall after discharge.
An editorial argues 6,000 annual liquor deaths go largely unnoticed while a cyclone killing sixty across the nation provokes nationwide shock. It claims whisky is chosen as an easy path to death, though the cyclone works much faster. There is no accounting for tastes.
In Kansas City a boycott among non sympathizers shows merchants who resist the Knights of Labor gain support while those aligned with the boycott face diminished patronage. Similar anti boycott actions occur with Tarbox the Lynn grocer and other individuals in New York Chicago and St Louis.
Oshkosh businessmen form a mutual fire insurance company to cut costs. The plan aims to extend to Des Moines and other cities, offering insurance at cost with a 10 to 15 percent margin for administration if well managed.
At Green Point about 100 public school pupils demanded a 30 minute recess, refused to return after the morning break, and formed a guard at the entrances. Police intervened and the ring leader’s mother forced an orderly return. In Troy half the ward’s scholars struck for shorter hours, with police quelling the riot.
The last Iowa Legislature advanced reforms including a physiology and hygiene course in public schools, local arbitration boards for employer disputes, a soldiers home, grand jury and district court reorganizations, dairy commissioner creation, and bogus butter labeling. It also addressed tile drains, foreign corporate incorporation for litigation, traffic in dead hogs, mine inspectors, medicine practice regulation to curb quackery, and the liquor prohibition effort ending at Des Moines.
A Lady physician at Child's Hospital in Albany New York reports success using Scotts Emulsion for bone diseases in children. She notes many patients suffer bone ailments and finds the product very beneficial. The quotation contrasts vanity with good deeds and cautions that good looks can mislead people.
The Western Rural of Chicago touts derorning cattle benefits and painless methods with veterinarian opinions. It announces a new practical year book, promotes joining the National Farmers Alliance, and invites subscriptions priced at 31 per year through Milton George at 155 Dearborn St. Chicago.
A debate on reform proposes a nationwide shift to integrate manual training within public schools to prepare graduates for remunerative work. It argues such a program would unite classes, reduce attendance dropoffs, and foster respect between workers. In Springville Linn County rival editors quit personal attacks after a citizens’ ultimatum to stop the feud.
The piece notes harsh winters and a volatile climate aggravating asthma and chronic coughs. It urges keeping Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure on hand and offers a free trial bottle from H. Westerman, with larger sizes at 50c and $1. The ad promotes Westerman as the seller.
A Kansas man states he read a newspaper fully and endorses the recommendation to use Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He urges selling the product and mentions Westerman.
A new society named the White Cross Society has formed in New York with over 1,000 members. It pledges respect for women, to curb indecent language, uphold purity for all, and to spread these principles among peers and younger brothers.
Credit 18 for first using Red Clover blossoms as medicine. Best results come from combining with other medicinal roots and herbs as in S r Jones Red Clover Touse, a well known cure for blood diseases stomach and liver troubles pimples costiveness bad breath piles ague malaria indigestion loss of appetite headaches and kidney diseases. Price twenty cents. For sale by J H Pickett Co.
Tuene, a Lyell County Ky female candidate for superintendent of public schools, declares herself a Democrat and notes party scrutiny. She appeals voters to judge by merit and fitness rather than gallantry, praising her clear-minded stance while criticizing many male Democrats demanding offices.
The household remedy for coughs colds asthma and consumption titled Sprague's Throat and Lung Cure has earned wide public approval. The ad urges neighbors to try a free trial bottle and notes large sizes available at low prices.
Everner t McFappen of Boone led the examination for appointment to the Annapolis Naval Academy at Webster City on Thursday last, standing highest among all candidates.
The New York Sun describes South American press practice, noting irregular publication hours outside major cities, enterprise in cities like Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres, and the flamboyant style of reporting. It covers advertising, paper quality, circulation, and censorship including pre publication approval.
The statement shows Japan's domestic debt at 251,066,226 dollars and foreign debt at 1,641,500 pounds. A new 10 million dollar loan was raised for railways, yet since 1882 the national debt has fallen, and in three years the paper currency declined by about 100,000,000 dollars.
A lone man walks the street as an official summons sounds “Front nine ought forty right away” and he climbs stairs unseen. The poem notes no crowd, no awards, no fanfare and portrays an eerie quiet around the climactic moment.
Wealthy Columbus ladies boycott Governor Foraker over plans for a tax reform bill. The campaign targets his request to the Legislature to create a system where the rich pay a fair share. The move could influence future elections by increasing support for the governor.
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