25 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1898
Page
1
The issue notes Ames and Story County affairs, college actions, and local farming reports. It highlights winter wheat farming methods, yields, seed varieties like Dawson's Golden Chaff and Turkish Red, and notes distribution of seed by the Iowa Experiment Station. It mentions railway support and a small obituary of The Story County Advocate and regional politics.
The notice promotes Yellowstone Park as a premier summer destination with high altitude scenery, geysers, canyons, and four modern government maintained hotels. It urges patriotic Americans to visit or, if affordability is an issue, to consider Leech Lake Minnesota as an alternative resort with new hotels and fishing. Send six cents for Wonderland 98 from Northern Pacific Railway.
Prof. Curtiss writes to the Register that gradual shifts in Iowa show winter wheat becoming profitable in many areas. The Turkish Red is the only hardy variety surviving winters, with typical yields from 20 to 54.7 bushels per acre. This year twelve acres on the Iowa Agricultural College farm yielded 440 bushels.
The Chicago Great Western debuted two Pullman palace trains between Chicago and Minneapolis in green and gold with red roofs. Interiors feature mahogany, inlaid surfaces, diamond lattice windows, and club car rooms with high backed settees and center tables. A quiet inaugural rollout aims to let travelers discover the luxuriously appointed trains.
Centuries ago people feared plagues yet constipation caused more misery and illness. The text extols Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative and mild cathartic, warning against unscrupulous druggists selling inferior remedies.
In Harper’s Magazine Stephen Bonsal lauds Siberian prison conditions and the humane treatment of inmates after a visit, contrasting with English prisons. A Westminster Gazette correspondent recalls Burne-Jones and Charles Lamb, noting Lamb’s paradoxical humor and a tale of borrowed books and moral reminders from Burne-Jones.
The Scientific American highlights a chronograph recording infinitesimal intervals down to a millionth of a second. It uses a rotating cylinder moving at 100 feet per second with a light pencil through a vibrating tuning fork to photograph compression curves in copper.
Robert J Burdette notes in The Ladies' Home Journal that hotel clocks are reliable while home clocks mislead travelers. He warns against mantel clocks with ornate features after misjudging schedules and missing lectures, estimating losses around fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.
A man stepping from a London train was greeted by a woman who kissed him thinking him her father. The stranger insisted she was his daughter and held her until a policeman arrived finding his diamond pin on the scene.
Detroit Free Press recounts violinist Edouard Remenyi recalling his first US tour. He learned slang after a Detroit review praised his fiddle while mocking his appearance, prompting him to study slang to avoid future misunderstandings.
A bishop waiting for a train chats with a young officer whose face seems familiar. The officer turns out to be the Duke of Connaught, the bishop learns after asking the station master. The piece then notes the many titles held by the king of Spain and reflects on entwined European histories.
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