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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1903
Page
2
Brief roundup of industry news personal notes and political items from home and abroad highlighting economic shifts and public affairs with concise summaries of key developments and notable figures.
The article notes Payne will return to work on August 3. It also covers union protests, factory and railway incidents, and other national events from the period, including political and labor developments.
James J. Perrin a long time Indiana banker dies in Lafayette at 74. Alexander Conduit last survivor of 1850 Indiana constitutional convention dies in Indianapolis at 85. F J Kimball Norfolk and Western president dies in Radnor Pennsylvania at 59. A B Youngson dies at Meadville Pennsylvania after leading Locomotive Engineers. Mrs Anna Agnew Davis widow of Cushman K Davis and Hunter Doll marry in Knoxville. Benjamin Williams (colored) dies in Battle Creek Michigan at 101. Tom L Johnson opens the Ohio Democratic campaign at Canton.
Reports state the Manchurian port opening treaty with China is ready with only the signing date to be set. The London Chronicle notes far eastern peace through winter with concessions by Russia to the US Japan and Britain. Other items include a 250 million ton coal find in Peace River district and the death of John G Long in Scotland.
Weekly trade reviews note the speculative pullback in New York did not dampen business elsewhere. Reports include indictments against postal officials, mob lynching in Texas, robberies in Chicago, bridge collapses, and various deaths and economic figures across the nation.
At the Ames Agricultural College board meeting, Dr. John D. Repp resigned as station veterinarian and pathology professor, Dr. Co W Gay was chosen to succeed him, and he will start September first. Miss Mary Sabin resigns as head of domestic economy. Miss Merritt will fill temporarily. Prof. Homer Price resigns as horticulture head to become dean at Ohio State. Prof. Erwin becomes horticulture head after September. A new farm mechanics professorship is created and Zeinoth of South Dakota Agricultural School is elected to it.
Special correspondence notes curator Charles Aldrich and Judge George Duffield locating the exact site of Iowaville near Eldon. The grave of Black Hawk is marked by a stone pile, relic hunters have taken many artifacts, and locals push for a permanent state monument at the site two and a half miles from Eldon with a few old houses still standing.
The state board of control faces a tight coal supply for state institutions. Bids showed price advances from 50 cents to one dollar per ton, complicating a fuel appropriation that covers roughly 75,000 tons needed for fall operations.
The state spent about $2,000 to call militia to protect Dubuque street car properties during a strike. Warrants totaling $1,838 were drawn for the adjutant general with executive council approval. Gov. Cummins ordered troops at the street car company request and personally visited the scene, where he brokered a peaceful compromise.
County Superintendent M Ralph faces winter hiring gaps as few male applications arrive. At the summer institute enrollment held steady yet only four young men attended amid claims high farm labor costs. A new town Swisher Site emerges in Johnson County on the old Swisher homestead with 300 acres and a Cedar Rapids Iowa City Southern rail station planned, ten miles south of Cedar Rapids and 16 miles north of Iowa City.
Iowa Falls capitalists show interest in Lanning of Iowa Walls for a practical corn harvester. The invention, announced to be marketed this summer, has yet to demonstrate practicability and faces early testing hurdles.
The piece likens Weber to a bright carnation and Beethoven to the rose, Mozart to a quiet violet, Chopin to tuberose with earthly sweetness, Liszt to a gaudy tulip, Haydn as a field of blossoms, Mendelssohn to jasmine, and courts the idea that many blooms yield abundance. It ponders the challenge of playing 48 Songs Without Words in one sitting with endless expressive shades.
Harvard to receive Baron De Beyet’s zoological collection through Mr Carnegie, rich in extinct birds. Trinity College Dublin seeks royal permit to educate women at the university. George Lincoln Burr of Cornell tours New England by bicycle to study early American history. Amherst Agricultural College graduates 1899 graduates becoming farmers and 189 other careers in farming sectors.
Fragmented overheard exchanges reveal tension between a man with glasses and a beard and others as they discuss blame and cruelty. The dialogue hints at legal strains and personal turmoil touching ideas of divorce and accountability.
The fragment shows a dialogue between A Fusser and Mary McLane with lines about kissing and a reaction, cited as from Punch Bowl. The fragment suggests a playful exchange and a potential mock confrontation.
The fragment cites Piso's Cure with exaggerated medical promises and a joke about a foot observer shrinking a man, attributed to a Minneapolis address and a Philadelphia press mention. The snippet reflects dubious early 20th century ad rhetoric and sensational testimony.
A terse transit item notes the Overland Limited train feature described as a solid cage to the Chicago Pacific route, with emphasis on railway service and connections.
A fragmentary OCR style line references a Chicago to Missouri River rail track or cable line. The text is garbled and offers no clear event dates names or outcomes.
Advertises relief for aching backs and hip and loin pains with swelling and dropsy signs vanishing. Claims to ease heart palpitations sleeplessness headaches nervousness and dizziness through a reported treatment.
The phrase appears as a fragmented OCR snippet mentioning Rome and a person with a kidney issue spanning eight or nine years. No clear event, names, or public context are readable to form a complete news item.
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