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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1893
Page
4
The article notes the sun's largest spot could hold the entire planet without touching the sides, and adds a linguistic aside that the word cop for policeman is derived from copitank a peculiar hat term per Prof. Hoppen.
Reports from the Lick observatory state the sun’s face shows many strange and unknown objects. The freckled summer girl says it serves the old thing right.
The obituary notes Reverend William C. Crawford of Alvarado as the sole survivor among the Texan patriots who signed the Texas independence declaration on March 2, 1836. The piece preserves his memory and marks the wartime signer’s final chapter.
The Philadelphia Record cites a city reporter aged twenty five who can read and translate twenty three languages and plans to add more. This note highlights his linguistic skills and ambition.
A new law in New York makes a mother a joint guardian with the father of their children, with the surviving parent remaining sole guardian if the other dies. The rule now applies in Iowa Kansas Nebraska Oregon and Washington.
The Assam king keeps two hundred wives in nine classes. When a wife dies her body is lowered from the palace walls and buried, not carried out through palace doors. On the king’s death the consorts may remarry any of his subjects.
Ruta Brown Thompson, daughter of Ossawatomie John Brown of Harper's Ferry fame, resides on a ranch near Pasadena, California. A medium height woman, about seventy or older, she appears younger. Once vigorous, she now shows fragile health from nervous trouble.
The rail system began in 1827. U S miles of track 214 528. world total 864 310. In 1892 U S passengers carried 556 015 802 with earnings 1 135 024 459. Capital stock 4 809 176 651 and dividends 90 719 757. Men employed 784 235.
St Louis is gearing up for two major Sunday school gatherings. About 3000 delegates will assemble September 1 for the seventh International Sunday-school convention of the United States and Canada, followed by September 4 for the World Sunday-school convention, an event last held in London where 2000 delegates are expected.
The seven month total of embezzlements in the United States amounts to 6,373,140 dollars. Much of this loss is due to speculation with others' money and personal extravagance that follows criminal use of property.
Groree B McClellan son of the general says he has heard of many buttons from the coat his father wore at Antietam. He asserts the last button was used in casting the Columbia Liberty Bell and that the coat, never missing a button, is now in his possession with a card in Gen McClellan’s handwriting reading This is the coat I wore at Antietam.
A Harper’s Magazine writer notes Paris’s vast wealth in rubbish as 50,000 earn by scavenging rubbish daily. About 1,200 tons are gathered each day by 20,000 women and children who sort the materials and sell to rag dealers for roughly 70,000 francs.
The Ormond horse, foaled 1883 and sired by Ben D Or, has been sold to W O B Macdonough of California. The famed runner, transported to a stock ranch, earned nineteen wins including the Derby, with a notable value of 150.08 dollars for the horseflesh. Originating at the duke of Westminster's Eaton farm, he began racing as a two year old and remains undefeated in his Derby career.
Mrs. Mary Larcent Hopkins of Providence R I extols cycling as youthful aid. She has ridden eight years and presents herself as a living example, claiming the bicycle can postpone wrinkles and old age and grant an extra decade of good looks. She aims to convert women to wheel use.
Mrs. E N Denney of Ashland Oregon received by mail a living rose tree from the garden of Gethsemane sent by T J Alley of the Jewish relief mission in Jerusalem. It travelled eleven thousand miles in a condensed milk can weighing under half a pound and is thriving in its new home near its longitudinal opposite point.
Marvin R. Clark, now totally blind for four years, remains a highly active New York newspaper man. He reads with a boy’s eyes, uses a typewriter to produce legible manuscripts, and maintains a 600 volume library to access information. He is alert, capable of handling orders promptly despite his blindness.
The News of the Week summarizes a flurry of August debates in Congress on silver purchase repeal with speeches by Voorhees Palmer Dubois and Peffer. It notes passage of exposition funding, stalled action on treasury checks, and various state and local incidents including a major fire in Merced and bank suspensions resuming.
The report shows receipts totaling 46 575 776 and expenditures at 61 882 888. Grain stocks in the U S on the 21st include wheat 57 813 000, corn 5 389 000, oats 2 370 000, rye 331 000, barley 413 000 bushels. Gold and silver production since 1792 to 1892 totaled 10 783 869 000, with coins and arts use split between metals. Standard silver dollar issuance for the week ended the 19th was 699 384 versus 487 855 a year earlier. A proclamation opens the Cherokee strip in Indian Territory to settlement on September 16. China asserts Americans would be expelled if the Geary law is enforced.
A massive hurricane from New York to the Delaware coast causes widespread destruction. Fall River mills shut indefinitely. Galeton fires destroy seventeen buildings including church and opera house. A train hits a carriage in Leroy killing multiple travelers. In Pittsburgh a man fatally shoots his white mistress then kills himself. Additional wrecks and a laundry steam mangle blast injure several.
At Galliopolis Ohio the Ohio river fell to a record low preventing steamer travel. People cross by teams for the first time in fifty years, reflecting the drought impact on navigation and commerce.
Reports from abroad describe a deadly explosion in Dort Mund Germany killing fifty and wounding many, violent clashes in Romero Mexico over governorship candidates Garza Galan and Cardona, and France concluding elections with a safe government majority. Scotland unveils a Lincoln monument while Liverpool mourns seven drowned sailors after a sailboat capsize. The Duke of Edinburgh ascends following Duke Ernest’s death, and maritime disasters claim Hewnnis and family in Porter's Lake. France settles a 3,000,000 franc indemnity claim with Siam.
The senate confirmed many presidential nominations on the 25th with Hill of New York backing repeal of the silver bill and Stewart of Nevada opposing it. The house favored repeal with Burrows of Michigan and Springer of Illinois leading speeches. Also reported: a severe storm wrecked 30 fishing boats off Picton Island with losses to several lives.
Numerous representatives from both parties debate repeal of the Sherman act purchasing clause and the wisdom of free coinage of silver. Speakers argue over gold and silver standards, bi metallic policies, and the impact on labor, trade, and prices as Congress weighs changes amid a nationwide economic distress.
A major blaze in South Chicago near Aug. 25 leveled about twenty-five acres of residences, two churches, a coal yard, and extensive docks. Over 1,000 people rendered homeless, with more than 200 dwellings burned and total losses around $600,000. No fatalities but several firemen and residents were injured. The blaze started around No. 9048 Superior and spread rapidly east and toward the lake, burning through Superior, Buffalo, Mackinaw, Green Bay, Harbor, and the Strand areas.
Illinois Day at the fair drew the largest crowd on the exposition grounds since July with 240,909 paid attendees. Governor Altgeld led a parade beginning at 9 or 10 am, followed by 5,000 Illinois National Guard members and a Midway Plaisance procession. An informal 4 pm reception for the governor filled the Illinois building, and a grand fireworks show lit the lake side, featuring a 60 by 40 foot Illinois state building piece and a 40 by 40 foot Lincoln monument display with thousands of burning lances.
Rahway New Jersey awoke to a shock as John Hough a poor elderly man living with his daughter on Central avenue was revealed as the heir to an estimated million dollar fortune left by a California benefactor whom Hough aided during typhoid fever.
In San Francisco on August 25 the Navarro Mill company filed for insolvency. Reported liabilities reach about 1 million dollars with assets far below. The firm owns a large Mendocino county timber tract where it runs a sawmill.
Washington Aug 22 Speaker Crisp公布众议院委员会名单 威尔逊西维吉尼亚州出任财政委员会主席 弥补席位后各主要委员会分派如下 包括银行与货币 赋税 税则与度量 以及众多专门委员会 派系与成员名录详列 若干代表任免涉及权力重组 与会者关注的财政与贸易议题被列为核心议题
A bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled in Calton Hill cemetery Edinburgh to honor Scottish American Civil War soldiers. The monument shows a freed slave with Lincoln and the emancipation proclamation, surrounded by bronze battle flags. Sir William Arrol presided and Consul Wallace Bruce delivered the oration before a large crowd and municipal officials.
Joseph King 20 died after being struck with a pitchfork while attempting to separate a brawl at a Naperville horse raffle. Lawrence Tyler of Lemont struck him over the head and remains at large as the crowd was intoxicated. The incident occurred Sunday with King dying at midnight.
Chicago on August 22 reports Peter Hyland, batter for an amateur baseball team, struck in the head by a pitched ball and killed instantly. Ed J. Carter, the pitcher, was arrested. In TriY, Ohio a farmer William Einsel reported he withdrew 400 in cash and hid it. masked robbers entered, threatening him, forcing surrender of the money. In Cyanieston Missouri three negro children died in a cabin fire blamed on superstition. In Trenton New Jersey Mrs Mattye Shann was acquitted of murdering her son by mercurial poison to obtain life insurance.
Newport Ark Aug 22 Saturday night Lee Bentley a young farmer saw his wife die and swallowed laudanum with fatal effect both died and will be buried together in a tragic double death note with local context and names.
The Santa Fe Route announces very low round trip fares to destinations including Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas much of New Mexico and Phoenix Tempe Arizona Tickets valid from sale date for continuous two way travel with a return limit of twenty days stopovers allowed beyond the first Harvest Excursion point Details available from Santa Fe ticket agents or Jno J Byrne Assistant Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago IL War makes you so sure that Wrighter is going into fiction Has he ever done anything in that line ae but as tie Bur to spend two weeks on a fishing falo Courier
North-Western Line offers low rate harvest excursions to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah with return validity twenty days from sale dates August 22 September 12 and October 10 1893 Tickets may include one stopover and further details are available from W A Thrall Chicago and North-Western Railway agents Circulary rates and information will be mailed free The text includes unrelated asides and quotes from the Inter Ocean Philadelphia Inquirer and others.
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