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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1877
Page
4
Illinoisian Jons F. Wrvter named Consul at Rotterdam. Reports claim Achmet Pasha, defeated Nikopolis commander, died by own hand. Virginia and Maine party conventions, currency debates, and financial collapses feature in a broad political and economic roundup with multiple states and figures.
A Sioux Indiana delegation will visit Washington next month to seek authorization to use their present agencies. The American Dental Association held its annual Chicago convention last week. The administration is said to consider increasing the army to 50 000 and adding ten ships to the navy for harbor defense. A Pittsburgh lawyer notified the city that claims totaling 156 000 have been entrusted to him for collection. Local papers estimate county liability at 114 per year. The fifteenth annual session of the Supreme Temple of Pythias concluded. fifteen men from Mexico entered Rio Grande City Texas, broke jail, shot Judge Cox and the jailer, released two outlaws, and escaped into Mexico after a pursuit with 100 regulars and Gatling guns. Philadelphia church opening remains to be decided with Sunday operations.
Ansomer reprieve granted to Thomas Campbell who was to be hanged April 10 and res pited until Aug 9 for killing a man at Car rage ae rested and charged with lang the bell punch and pocketing proceeds of the cheat.
The Pennsylvania Democrats postponed their State Convention to the last week of September. Maine Republicans held their State Convention in Augusta on the 9th with Joseph Drummond of Portland as chair. Gov. Connor was renominated by acclimation. Resolutions sparked a heated debate with proposals praising Rutherford B Hayes and calling for recognition of governors in Louisiana and South Carolina, triggering factional tensions and calls for unity behind Connor. The report notes broader international war dispatches and a Vatican reform proposal provoking continental reaction.
Seven buildings burned down in Aylmer Ontario last week causing about 15000 in damage. A steamer T R Lyon burned near Watertown New York with two men killed. A San Francisco fire caused property losses around 150000 with 40000 insured. Three girls drowned at Lyndoch Ontario while bathing. The Pacific Steam Navigation steamer Eten was wrecked near Valparaiso with about 100 dead. A British war vessel and a Chilean gunboat aided but weather hampered rescue. Four people drowned off Chicago from a sailboat capsize. Tapeit Hell of Mercer James Berle Ohioville Pa suffered injuries to workers onsite.
General Faeigah Mewes reports from Port au Prince where insurgents hold ten to the capital. The city remains under siege with war conditions continuing and measures in effect for two days. A separate note from Canada mentions protective tariffs and prorogation of Parliament on the Mtb inst. The Queen's speech offered congratulations to the country.
Reports say the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad paid 50 to leaders of the July break in a strike and train throughs. The Pittsburgh riots damaged 60 000 bushels of wheat and the Confederate occupation remains at Fort Clark Texas are noted.
A fragment lists several craft societies with branches across states such as Texas and Illinois, noting about 14 000 members in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and other groups. The text mentions unions like the Iron Molders Association and United Sons of Vulcan, with branches and eras of establishment, plus various allied craft societies and local forge structures.
The article notes rising US exports to Great Britain including fresh mutton beef and livestock. Six months of 1877 show shipments near 6 million dollars versus about 2 million in 1876, a near threefold rise. Sheep exports reach 6 000 head and cattle up by about a quarter. Last week cheese shipments totaled 40 000 packages and 3 500 cases of butter to British ports.
At about 9 am a severe accident occurred at M C Hamilton's stear saw mill north of the city. William Knowlton, a mill employee, was killed instantly while tending a circular saw three feet in diameter. He slipped while reaching for a broken belt and his hand and head were fatally injured.
Russian Krudenerʼs force of about 65 000 attacked a fortified Turkish position near Softeha and Garinea. Heavy artillery and hand to hand fighting left the Russians decisively defeated with thousands killed and wounded. Turks counterattacked and held their lines despite brutal assault.
Glycerine is noted for varied medical roles including feeding infants by substituting sugar in milk or water to reduce illness risk. It is also cited as a remedy for adult ear issues such as cerumen buildup and hardness, claimed to ease secretion and lymph flow in certain conditions.
The Utica Observer recounts Gen Shields brave night mission to save a sister and mother from abduction during the Mexican War. He led a small column over the wall, defeated Mexican defenders, and returned to camp as alarms spread. Gen Scott later forgave but scolded the act as unauthorized. The piece also notes Shields as a 67 year old Kansas City resident with a vivid memory of events.
A pamphlet outlines detection methods for counterfeit greenbacks and bank notes. It explains plates produce four notes labeled A B C or D and that identifying the letter on a forged note narrows exposure risk by three quarters. It notes genuine plates can also yield stolen notes and the government refuses to redeem them to discourage further theft.
The report describes improvised escape attempts by rioters in a torn narrative, with men trying to board muskets and disguise themselves. Veterans shredded lines, crows circled for food, and a weary hero arrived home at Blairsville, recounting his actions and hoping for sandwiches and beer for the First Division.
Bill known as Frontier Bill fell from a horse near Hat Creek on July 9 and lay insensible for hours. Wounded and parched he crawled for water, nearly dying, before a rattlesnake threatened him again and forced a retreat to a ranch road where a ranchman found him and he was taken in for care.
The article describes how massive pyramid stones were quarried in Arabian hills, transported to the river, and moved in stages. Workers leveled the foundation and erected the structure, using a wooden machine and cement layers as thin as paper to bind stones from the top down.
The text outlines a method to render ten ounces of raw loin meat into a pulp with eight and a half ounces of shelled almonds and sugars, then mentions adding milk for nutrition and notes multiple historical asides. It also briefly recounts a geologist's Highland tour and a deadly rockfall incident near Inverforigaig.
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