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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
7
A storage reservoir system with capacity to supply water for 150 000 is to be built by New York capitalists on the Verde river 50 miles north of Phoenix Arizona. The dam will be 386 feet long at its base 1250 feet at its crest and 150 feet high with cost unspecified.
In Poland the rewards of literature appear considerable as Hen Sienkiewicz, the eminent novelist, is honored on his silver jubilee with a Clean and an estate gifted on the occasion. He loves hunting and his Warsaw home walls display trophies, including some from Africa.
A proposal describes a permanent Temple of Beauty in Paris. It would be a building where the handsomest women from various countries are paid salaries and kept in constant exhibition under famous artists. Recruitment would be continuous due to enticing marriages pulling exhibits away.
The anthracite industry expects the current year to produce the most in its history, about 10,000,000 tons more than 1900. Last year’s production was 45,197,484 tons, 1599 saw 47,666,000 tons, and 1898 had 41,889,800 tons. Nine months into the year shipments reached 40,309,786 tons, up from 34,202,710 a year earlier, an increase of 6,107,076 tons.
A Philadelphian amateur balloonist suspended 1000 feet above waves plans a trans Atlantic crossing. Prof. Samuel A. King, famed for 403 ascensions, believes the voyage can be done with comparative safety and is ready to attempt it for science at any time.
As a girl of 15 Mme. Modjeska met a gypsy in Vienna who foretold she would wear a coronet. She later married her guardian M. Modjeska, who died after four years. She then married Count Bozenta Chiopowski three years later, fulfilling the prophecy.
In Germany the cigar is exceptionally popular and tobacco production cannot meet demand. Last year imports reached about $22,000,000 with the United States supplying over a third. Cigarette use is rising rapidly, with 886 tons consumed, vastly more than a decade ago.
A plaintiff sued the Lyons restaurant claiming he chewed a mutton pie with a button hidden in the crust. The bite shattered his false teeth, forcing him to swallow liquids and endure bodily and mental distress.
The article notes wild canines cannot bark but whine and howl. It credits long human companionship with giving domestic dogs a useful call method and claims human breeding has increased dog brain power, citing jackal 13 ounces versus collie 291 ounces and fox hound nearly as much.
A model lodging house in Milan Italy has become popular with clerks and shop assistants rather than manual laborers. Rooms cost 671 cents per week and lodgers must stay in their rooms from midnight to 9 am. Bathrooms are open all day with a full bath at four cents and a shower bath at two cents. Lodgers may cook their own meals in hotel kitchens or buy supplies cheaply from the hotel bar.
In 1762 the Hertfordshire physician Thomas Dimsdale was summoned to St Petersburg to vaccinate Empress Catherine II. He stayed less than a week and earned £12,000 plus a life pension of £500 annually. A later vaccination by Dr Butler on six Indian rajahs brought £10,000 per patient for a day’s work.
In a September 1901 letter to The Farmer, Prof. Thomas Shaw of Minnesota State University argues Western Canada is undervalued. He notes its immense, underappreciated area offers reliable wheat production despite cold winters, contrasting common frost fears with actual tillable potential.
A vacationing tourist in Death Valley meets a passerby and remarks on deserted surroundings. The native replies that the area remains lifeless most of the year, mentioning occasional funerals as the only respite from the stillness. The exchange is drawn from a New York Times note.
Mr J Pope of Streatham tells how a half bottle of St Jacobs Oil cured his rheumatism and sciatica after years of pain. He recalls a friend Bowman who received a bottle and urged its use, leading to his rapid improvement and ongoing relief.
Western Canada offers vast tilled and grazed areas across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Assiniboia. The prairie provinces form a potential grain and stock empire with untapped resources and a history of exceptional wheat yields as far north as the Peace River Country.
The region favors grain and grazing with irrigation from mountain streams possible to boost farming east and north. Wheat yields are strong with cool nights aiding plump grain. expectativa average over 20 bushels per acre in Manitoba and the Territories. Some farmers focus on cattle, others on mixed grain and stock, a prudent long term mix.
The author praises the high quality of cattle stock observed in Winnipeg after three days in the beef classes. The remarks claim the state’s cattle surpass others in quality except in dairy classes and cite widespread evidence of stock improvement and careful judging at multiple showcases.
The grass quality is good and settlers from Ontario valued stock. Railroads and government support reduce costs for farmers to obtain good males. Western Canadian lands are largely free or reasonably cheap. Information available from Canadian Government agents advertised elsewhere.
A village fire at Hermannnisreuth near the Bavarian border saw a Bavarian fire unit halted by Austrian customs demands for import taxes. Unable to cross, the Bavarian crew retreated and half the village burned before Austrian responders arrived.
The Baltimore American recounts Boom eville offering a subsidy for oe establishments and planting a rhubarb field to join the fund. He promoted several pie plants, illustrating a quirky effort to boost local agriculture and industry.
Walter Baker and Co Limited of Dorchester Massachusetts received three gold medals at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo for their Breakfast Cocoa and other cocoa and chocolate products. The awards mark the thirty seventh highest recognition the company has earned from major expositions in Europe and America.
In Stray Stories a comical exchange unfolds as Charlie asks for wealth to be loved and pampered. He insists riches are a secret motive they must keep, while others doubt the plan and label the uncle an old fool.
Travelers urged to compare with Nickel Plate Road rates East or West as the line touts its low fares and efficient service. Uniformed colored attendants attend first and second class passengers while dining cars offer meals from 35 cents to 1.00. Pullman service remains standard and semi weekly tourist cars run coast to coast, advised to consult the nearest agent.
A Philadelphia Press item recalls a humorous exchange in a department store where a customer asks for a dog collar and an absent-minded attendant, newly transferred, asks about shirt size. The moment underlines light retail humor and clerical distraction in a city paper.
An old advertisement claims all ailments from headaches to cancer stem from bowels and promises Cascarets help nature with easy, painless, natural movements. The product is described as genuine, sold in metal boxes for 10 cents, with C. C. C. stamped on each tablet and warns against imitations.
A Boston Transcript quote defines an adage as epigrammatic sophistry aimed at preventing action or pushing one toward it. The line frames adages as rhetorical tools used to guide or restrain behavior.
On the Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Ry tickets go on sale in November and December for trips north of and including Abbott Iowa. Tickets have a 21 day limit to allow time to review the trip. Contact a local agent for rates and ensure tickets read via the B C R N Ry. George Farmer A G P and T A B C R N Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa.
A concise remark from the Atchison Globe notes the belief that each man views his own writing as clearer than all others past. The quote reflects a common boast about plainspoken style attributed to reader opinions in the publication.
Round trip fare offered for travel to Canada via Grand Trunk Railway. Tickets go on sale December 12 to 15 with return validity up to January 4, 1902. City ticket office in Chicago at 249 Clark Street. Phone Harrison 1757.
The Chicago Daily News comments on character with a pithy adage about rogues failing to act as clever, exposing foolishness behind scheming.
Atlanta based H. H. Green's Sons advertise free treatment for dropsy claiming top specialists. The ad, cited with praise from the Atchison Globe noting distrust of friends but easy manipulation by strangers.
A vintage drug advert claims Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if the cure fails. The notice targets general druggists and customers with a 2c price and refund promise.
A Chicago domestic dispute ends with a man facing legal trouble after a heated confrontation. Police report details and ongoing investigation describe the incident and its aftermath for involved parties.
A Puck quotation touts PUTNAM FACELESS DYES as simple like soap with no masses or failures. claims some people cannot even manage a rocket like ascent.
Secretary of State Merriam releases the complete semiofficial vote from official returns. John Herriott leads the ticket with 83 861 plurality. R C Barrett 83 478. S M Weaver 83 304. A B Cummins 83 184. E C Brown 81 121. The piece also notes Republican totals and candidate votes across offices while adding a humorous exchange about food and character.
Waterloo bankers join state colleagues in raising funds for Mrs. John Sundblad widow of the man killed during the Greenville bank robbery. Albert City Marshal Charles Lodine, shot in the clash, is also dead. Three fatalities total with two citizens and one robber.
Charles Meinkey a juror in the Balliett mining case at the U S district court in Des Moines was found dead in his Greffe house room. He apparently blew out the gas before retiring and died by asphyxiation. The trial continued with 11 jurors. Meinkey was a farmer valued at about $50 000.
William Burnside and Son of Oskaloosa contract to purchase the W Ballew chain of retail yards in Iowa. Properties at Albia Lovilla Osceola Mount Ayr and Fort Madison will transfer and C S Rex and Son Creston holdings included. Transfer set for January 1 1902 with headquarters at Oskaloosa.
Hereford beeves from South Dakota sold at seven cents per pound on the Sioux City market, averaging 1 683 pounds and $118 per head. Other Iowa items include deaths, resignations, a new bank charter, and a major divorce settlement.
Hon. J Wing of the Federal Court of Cleveland issues a permanent injunction with costs and damages against Gorey to stop manufacture and sale of an imitation Cascarets. The ruling notes copied boxes and a similar tablet shape and name, warns dealers not to offer substitutes, and urges readers to seek Sterling Remedy Company products in New York or Chicago.
The medium speaks in a solemn voice about a husband and widow, with fragmentation and unclear quotation. The text shows a disrupted dialogue and garbled names, suggesting a clipped, unfinished news item or OCR damage from a Philadelphia page.
The New York to Chicago Lackawanna line offers scenic travel on fine roadbeds and cars. Dining service follows a European plan with meals ordered and paid individually. Club breakfasts and suppers are available at a minimum cost of 35 cents, aiming to please even fastidious travelers.
An Atchison Globe quote notes that some men seek easy gain in others enterprises but end up losing money, a caution about venture intrusions.
A near life saved on Maple Street in Iwich on February 17 1900 after using Piso's Cure for Phthisis. The account notes the remedy as a lifesaving choice three years prior.
A terse aphorism or excerpt notes a crown of contentment tied to a denied tune. The line evokes a paradox between wealth or status and hindered harmony, suggesting that true satisfaction exists despite obstruction.
A survey of empire population and power details notes 248 888 Jews in the British empire and 16 leading art societies in the United Kingdom. It lists Norway's coastline, charted islands, and Britain’s share of world tonnage. It mentions Rhine castles and Vatican vineyard yields shrouded by a damaging hailstorm.
Fredericksburg Indiana December report cites Rev E P Stevens claiming a universal kidney remedy. He says prolonged suffering from urinary disorders ended with Dodd's Kidney Pills and asserts success against Lame Back Rheumatism Bright's Disease Diabetes and other kidney ailments.
A speaker argues that advocacy and education uplift women but notes limited practical access and opportunity to apply knowledge. She urges action to translate learning into real empowerment for women.
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