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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
2
A weekly digest of home and foreign items including industrial developments personal and political items and notable happenings from the past seven days. The roundup highlights key events in commerce politics and daily life with concise summaries and regional notes.
A Senate joint resolution seeks to invite the King of Siam to the United States during his visit. House bills provide temporary Philippine revenue, raise postal pay, and threaten penalties for attacks on officials while Sen Hanna proposes pensions for McKinley’s widow and promotions for Schley and Clark.
William Gregory governor of Rhode Island died at his Wickford home aged 52. Also noted were the deaths of Mary Emery from Wabash Indiana at 100, Mrs Virginia Young at Redwood New York aged 101, and Louis Rock at Ludington Michigan aged 107. Richard Croker states he will remain head of Tammany Hall.
A Birmingham riot follows an attempt by Lloyd George to hold a meeting in which 60,000 people participated. The report notes heightened political tension and public unrest amid Boer War and diplomacy headlines.
A collection of brief items reports Admiral Schley refusing 500 dollars a night for 40 lectures, Penn defeating Columbia in debate, Gen Joe Wheeler's age and West Point graduation, British coal exports decline in 1901, John Braden’s inheritance and death, Mormon converts in West Virginia, UK farming revival plans, a New York boy’s death from a dog’s fright, a bronze tablet marking McKinley’s state funeral site, California raisin crop drop, Chile decrees for guards ahead of war with Argentina, Arkansas county bond rules, Lt Cmdr Lucien Young relieved at Havana port, Ben Milam’s arrest for kidnapping slaves, and a new vast cave found near the Jefferson canyon along the Northern Pacific line.
The New York Evening Post editorial lauds beet sugar as a standalone, profitable industry. It cites Oxnard and Cutting claiming sugar can be produced cheaper here than in Europe, notes profits under free trade, and argues against tariff protection for Cuban sugar.
The article suggests benzoin in water creates a milky facial wash and recommends a cold water compress for sore throat. It advises wringing a bandage dry, wrapping the throat, and covering with dry flannel. It notes beauty favors a well-sized mouth with curved lips over a small Cupid’s bow mouth.
A series of testimonials from medical figures praising Peruna as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. Dr Llewellyn Jordan notes a vast improvement after one month and urges fellow sufferers to try it. Dr George C Havener and Dr L S Smith likewise commend Peruna for chronic catarrh and female reproductive issues. Dr Mary Smith argues Peruna helps ovarian trouble and menstruation. Readers are urged to write to Dr Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium for free advice.
The article details the season's fashion notes with the Alexandra Victorine collarette as a capelet style, high collars, and lapels from cape to hem. It notes belts of white leather, waistbands, sashes on gowns, and a palette of browns to burgundies, fur hats, lace trims, and Japanese embroidery for cloth costumes.
The 1843 comet was the only daytime sighting in the last century. Eclipse shadows on Earth measure about 50 miles across. Of the moon’s 1000 parts, 576 are visible and 424 hidden. The moon’s day length is 354% hours of sunlight followed by an equal night, making its day a fraction of ours.
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