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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1904
Page
2
A summary of industrial, personal, political and general happenings from the week at home and abroad. The column highlights notable developments in industry, society, and international affairs with concise notes and observations.
The report catalogs major incidents and obituaries from 1904 including the Michigan Central elevator fire near Toledo with $200,000 loss, Pullman car works layoffs for 6,000 workers, a fatal Boston Worcester Street railway collision, and various political and criminal updates across the United States and abroad.
Gen Kuropatkin says Japanese occupy Ikhuaven and Yangse pass near Liaoyang. Kuroki defeats Russians at Yushulikzu and Yangse pass. Port Arthur inner defenses fall after three day assault with 6 000 Russian losses and 20 000 Japanese casualties. Russians evacuate Yangtzuling as Haicheng retreat observed. Poignant notes include Haitian unrest and a ship sinking near Digby with seven of eight drowning.
Reports detail actions from the Turkish sultanate to Lhassa and Chicago labor strife. British forces reach Lhassa. Japanese and Russian casualties noted around Motien Pass and Simoucheng. A Wisconsin man kills his son. deaths include inmates, a hotel fire in Glidden Indiana, and a fatal insect bite in Osceola. Newsboys' day at the world fair announced. wheat crop outlook lowers figures. several political shifts and personal tragedies reported.
George M. Long, once a navy yard laborer in Washington, cut the throat of his sweetheart Nora Adams with a razor and then wounded himself fatally. Both died within minutes. The day’s news also reports widespread unrest, political deaths, and war updates from Europe and Asia.
Many bitten by rattlers this summer in Monona county with snakes abundant in wheat and cats fields. Lars Albertson of Ute suffered a severe bite requiring cauterization. Farmers abandon barefoot work as bites become a near weekly issue and residents plan noise protests to deter snakes before harvest.
New details allege widespread irregularities at the Grinnell bank include embezzlement of lands and broad forgeries through nine bogus notes totaling 7 479 dollars. The receiver notified eight prominent farmers and businessmen whose signatures were forged and who testified their names were altered slightly.
Packing house strikes push Iowa corn prices up over 50 cents a bushel as feeders compete aggressively. Capt M T Russell, a leading Iowa grain man, notes it is nearly impossible to buy corn with feeders securing most surplus to avoid livestock delays.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the drugstore of A. J. Kupka and eight other small businesses in Albion. One side of the principal business street burned before firefighters gained control. Estimated loss up to $15,000, partly insured. Water scarcity hindered effort as flames consumed the street.
Rev. Charles H Mayne continues to improve after a three week battle with injuries from a burglar raid in Iowa Falls. He was shot in the groin with the bullet perforating the intestines eight times and treated at Ellsworth hospital. Dr. W H Morton reports the recovery pressures easing and that he may soon return to normal.
Testimony before the coroner’s jury states Mrs. Frank Pickle died after breaking through ice while crossing a river near Burlington. N Van Chamberlain of Ames received a British war medal for service in 1866 Fenian threats. Frank Tozer, son in law of Fredric postmaster Newt Reeves, drowned in the Des Moines River near Eddyville. A large snapping turtle with hieroglyphics was captured on the Des Moines River above Fort Dodge. Jim Campbell’s arrest ends the Mason City wild man mystery after months of fear. Sioux City corn crop stands well with estimates of 60 to 70 bushels per acre. one farmer has corn over ten feet tall. Yardmaster Eldon of the Rock Island road and $1,000 in silk recovered mark an anti-robbery crackdown on Ottumwa trainmen. Boone electric plant ownership referendum failed 27 to 561, a repeat loss five years earlier. Five year old Trace Willmer Hsped warned an agent at Clarion station, saving a fast Chicago Great Western Limited wreck. Mrs. Henry Struntze burned to death in a Hartford explosion. Fred Mueller near Elkader reports a remarkable mastodon tooth discovery, top circumference 17 inches, weight four pounds one ounce.
Jack McCaffrey, a Keokuk logger, sails to the Louisiana Purchase fair aboard a 16 foot log. The craft carries a pole, paddle, four boom locks, a flag, lantern, and improvised basket for clothing and provisions as crowds cheer along the river.
Mayor Harlow and Onawa police met Train No 29 at the depot after 300 men occupied the through freight from Council Bluffs to Sioux City. They refused fare and left the train unmolested, saying they sought work in northern harvest fields. Conductor Cole reported no damage. The train proceeded with passengers and eight extra tramps aboard.
Aunt Fannie Dean of Glenwood, aged over 79, earns two dollars weekly but funds two foreign missionaries and a ten dollar yearly gift to a school for blind Black children in the South. She says missionary work keeps her strong, aided by memories of England and a lifetime of hard work.
State Superintendent J. F. Riggs decides that in a consolidation vote, if the independent district favors union but the sub district votes no, the sub district cannot be compelled to unite with the independent district. This ruling applies to the Guthrie county case on appeal.
Postmaster John McKay of Des Moines urges Washington to lift the ban restricting civil service exams for letter carriers to men. He argues women are faster and reliable, performing equally or better in money order and stamp duties and should be trialed in delivery.
Sidney Justus of Mentor Ohio credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing a long standing kidney trouble. He describes severe backache rheumatic pains dropsical swelling and painful urinary secretions. He says half a box relieved him and three boxes cured him completely. Trial offer and price 50 cents.
The piece notes the London Royal Botanic Gardens as the sole women’s gardening school in the capital. It reports French executioner M. Deibler researching death penalty history in Europe and observes glycerine used in dried prunes. Berlin sees rapid new building, upper Rhine freighters resume coal cargo, and an Elizabethan jug raises funds for an English church. Prince Albert of Monaco backs a north pole expedition costing 300000 dollars with two ships. A Swiss Alpine society report deems mountain climbing largely safe. 1903 saw 26 climbers killed and 23 injured due to weather and lack of guides.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes that Ecuadorian Indians allegedly shrink human heads to one third and jokes about opening a morning-after studio in the region.
A sufferer plagued by chronic dyspepsia recounts recovery after switching to Grape-Nuts and cream, avoiding fatty foods. The reader notes sour stomach subsides and weight rises from 98 to 125 pounds as digestion improves, crediting the product and the Postum Co. with the cure.
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