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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
6
A compact digest of home and foreign items spanning industry, politics and notable happenings. The column surveys events at home and abroad, highlighting political moves, business developments, and social occurrences from the week.
Ciruit judges in St Louis grant 50 divorces in one day. Long urges revival of vice admiral, 5000 sailors needed, réclame two battleships and six gunboats. Moler & Son in Columbus fails for 133000. Grain supplies rise with wheat 62222000 bushels and corn 7209000. Dr H A Hamilton shot in Marysville.
Mrs. Catherine Skinner of Fort Wayne marked her 100th birthday. Henry W. Bigler, discoverer of the 1848 California gold strike, died at 76 in St. George Utah. National election returns show McKinley with a large popular lead. Gen. G. Smith, former Nebraska surveyor general, died in San Jose. George W. Wilson, I R commissioner, died in Washington at 57. Senator Morgan reelected from Alabama. Robert E. A. Dorr, publisher, died in New York. Cushman Kellogg Davis of Minnesota died at 62 in St Paul after two months illness. Caleb Baldwin celebrated his 101st birthday in Newark. David Whitney Jr., lumber and vessel magnate, died in Detroit at 70. Rear Admiral Frederick V. McNair died of apoplexy in Washington at 69.
Reports from Manila note the Sherman arrives with U S troops. Kruger’s train is restricted in Belgium. A French gunboat imposes indemnities on Swatow missions. Lord Roberts cites a failed assassination plot against him. An ambush in Luzon leaves two dead and three wounded. Uruguay eyes breaking ties with Brazil. Paris banquet honors Gen Porter U S ambassador. Kruger visit draws no Dutch joy. France shuns intervention in South Africa. Aniche mine explosion kills 12. Roberts seeks 8000 reinforcements. A typhoon near Tourane Japan claims 1500 to 1600 lives and renders 4000 homeless.
London papers urge peace terms with Boer generals as Lord Roberts transfers command to Lord Kitchener. Reports note McKinley leads California with a 14 254 plurality amid a wide array of global events from Wilde’s death to Chinese unrest.
The text describes the Chinese Almanac as widely printed and used to predict weather and lucky days for life events and remedies. It asserts that a lucky day is unnecessary when Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is taken for constipation indigestion dyspepsia biliousness liver or kidney troubles and claims it will cure these disorders.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quote highlights that the least informed who masks ignorance may surpass confident experts. The line folds into a commentary on wisdom, perception, and social restraint without naming individuals or events.
For the present winter season the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company has improved its already nearly perfect through service of Pullman Vestibuled Sleeping Cars and elegant day coaches from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and Chicago to Mobile New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Thomasville Ga Pensacola Jacksonville Tampa Palm Beach and other points in Florida with connections to steamer lines for Cuba Porto Rico Nassau West Indian and Central American ports. Tourist and Home Seekers excursion tickets on sale at low rates. Write C L Stone General Passenger Agent Louisville Ky for particulars.
A Philadelphia based remark contrasts two views on judging a man by the cigars he smokes and the cigars he inspires others to smoke, highlighting witty social commentary from an American source.
The Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway offers Homeseeker information for Tennessee Alabama and Georgia with details on farm prices soil climate elevation and rainfall. Excursion tickets to the territory are offered at low rates. Maps printed matter and more information available from ticket agents or Briard F Hill N P A 328 Marquette Building Chicago Ill J B Killibrew Emigration Agent or W L Danley P A Nashville Tenn.
A Detroit Journal piece notes that prying exposes nothing. subtlety reveals the safe approach. It laments intrusion into a robot’s affairs and hints at clever means to access without direct probing.
An old advertising notice pitches Rome's Balsam as a cure for coughs that allegedly lead to consumption. It urges readers to visit a druggist for a free sample bottle and offers large 25 and 50 seat bottles, warning that delays are dangerous.
In a fragment from the Indianapolis News a man declares his patriotism and asserts he voted "like a man" after obtaining papers just before a conflict. The exchange highlights tensions over loyalty and eligibility during a tense period.
The Census of 1900 booklet lists populations for all U S cities 25000 and over and was issued by the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway passenger department. A copy may be obtained by sending address with a two cent postage to the General Passenger Agent, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway, Chicago.
The Syracuse Herald quotes a politician answering a blunt prompt about patriotism. The exchange highlights a public figure asserting long service in government as proof of loyalty.
A daily question answered with a quick dessert suggestion. Jell O is praised as delicious and healthful to prepare in two minutes with no boiling or baking. It requires only boiling water to set and offers Lemon Orange no berry Strawberry flavors.
A humorous quarrel unfolds as a poet jokes about shaving a beard while a colleague responds that marble cannot reproduce the beard's likeness. The exchange appears in Fliegende Blaetter with a playful tone.
A health claim ad asserts joint relief from many ailments by cleansing the bowels. It promotes Cascarets as a natural, painless cure, costing 10 cents to begin, and warns to beware of imitations of the genuine metal box tablets stamped with C. O.C.
A Bibli cal history artist attempted a sketch titled Rebecca at the well but could not draw the water. The remark appeared in the Chicago Daily News as a light anecdote about artistic struggle.
Jell-O offers a new dessert in four flavors lemon orange grape and strawberry at grocers for 10 cents. Try it today.
In a Brooklyn Eagle item Mrs Murray Hill asks Uncle Remus if he is getting better. He replies that the doctor says he is convalescing now.
A Chicago Journal note promotes White's Yucatan Gum as a means to keep teeth clean bright and sound. The ad claims it is sold by every confectioner and frames the product as a worldly wise choice.
A marketing note states thirty minutes are enough to dye with Putnam Fapeess Dogs. The product is sold by all druggists.
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