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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
1
A historical column surveys Rear Admiral John Irwin’s early service from Veracruz to Fort Pickens, Thomas S. Martin’s Virginia senatorial bid, Dabney Dabney Jr.’s appointment, and other 19th century biographical sketches. It also offers tips on bathing, diet, lacework care, and early photographic cards.
The town fault finder should move on as his room is needed for enterprise. James Ham mock, four months after a leg injury, had an amputation and is recovering. Doctors Edger Goodman and Woodard performed the operation. The Watchman notes tourers drawing crowds. Rev Byron Clark had a mishap with a horse and carriage after unhitching at John Watkins, causing a lively tumble. The grand jury system is criticized as un-American and should be abolished.
J H Atkinson and John Dague with families return from Nebraska and plan to stay locally this season. Fiorence Knox of Washington Iowa becomes Bank of Maxwell stenographer. Katie Kemp also from Washington county works in Arty Addison's office. D D Bales leaves Maxwell for Ames to run a drug stock and business. he is an experienced pharmacist relocating with his family.
Cedar Rapids residents noted as brightening a parental home while Senator Boardman visited Ames for a legislative committee inspection at the Agricultural College. Grand and trial jurors were drawn for the February district court term. Judge Birdsall to open an adjourned November session. Dr Chamberlin's team recovered after being taken from Joe Pool's shed and damaged near Nevada. Local editorials urge schooling for idle boys and snow-clean sidewalks as Northwestern trims expenses.
Elmer Sowers of Ames attended the Royal Master conferring by 3x53 Chapter on Wednesday. S. F. Barhett, Polk County district judge, visited Ames earlier in the week. A Holiness Convention begins February fifth at the Methodist Church under Rev. Allen of Sioux City. J. B. Shaw, Story County supervisor member, has bought a residence and will move to Ames to better serve residents.
The Slater Schools closed for a week due to diphtheria. Henry Sheldahl shows slight improvement and hopes for recovery. Mr. Ross of Kansas and Miss Lizzie Estenson of near Huxley married last week at the bride's parents home. Councilmen extend bid reception time for Windmill. Gust Samuelson in Ames Kelley for business. The Tan Gundy family of Slater, Iowa, surprised by telegram from Clay County Texas announcing the death of Edwin G. Van Gundy from grippe.
Attorney James A. Baker visited Ames on business. He notes youthful congregants cause disturbances during services and warns that continued misbehavior may bring their names into print. Also, Charles Hitchcock was injured when his horse fell, injuring him severely.
The Zearing Enterprise notes B N Lawrence of Zearing earned a patent on a draft equalizer. Frank Ambrose Johnson and H A Grimm shipped two car loads of cattle from their feeding. Citizens form a purse to prospect a public well on Pearl Street with council permission granted for start when weather allows.
Washington Hesing Chicago postmaster and editor of The Illinois Staats Zeitung was born in Cincinnati in 1849. He studied at Yale graduating in 1870 and worked in Germany before returning to Chicago in 1871 to join the Staats Zeitung as managing editor. Hesing shifted from Republican to Democratic ranks over tariff policy and opposed Carter Harrison for mayoral nomination. Chicago post office handles about 8,500,000 pieces of mail daily.
A certificate of membership in the International Peace Society arrived by mail in Kansas addressed to Monsieur Mary Ellen Lease from Switzerland. Miss Georgie Dean Spaulding placed a polished granite bell monument on graves of Emma F. and William P. Spaulding. Mme Eva Nansen, famed singer, attains high regard in Norway after a recital attended by royalty in Christiania. The Virginia breakthrough sees Miss Robert Ackerly named deputy clerk of the US district court at Lynchburg.
A guide advising would be conversationally adept women to keep a notebook of entertaining anecdotes and repartee. It encourages studying older, witty figures for coaching and notes that sharing stories at dinner can be honest and socially beneficial. It links preparation in style to lively table talk.
Instructions detail washing merino stockings in warm lather from boiled soap, with a second warm rinse, and warn against rubbing with soap or using cold water. The piece shifts to a discussion of invisible inks, heat activated and light sensitive, listing chemicals like cobalt and nickel salts, nitrate of silver, and other preparations. It then shifts again to a miscellany of society notes including births, weddings, and notable figures such as Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Cooper, Miss Anna Gould, Julia Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, the Ames family, Rose Shelley, and James R. Sovereign with biographical notes and political affiliations.
The statue of General James Shields in the Illinois state program stands in statuary hall at the capitol in Washington. The bronze figure shows Shields in Mexican War uniform, leaning on a sword. The pedestal panels display Warrior Jurist Statesman and coats of arms of Illinois Minnesota Missouri. Shields, born in Ireland in 1810, emigrated to the United States in 1826 and noted for his Mexican and Civil War service.
Salvador de Mendonca, Brazil’s envoy extraordinary to the United States, stands as a key figure in Washington during Brazil’s upheaval. A longtime republican advocate, he founded Brazil’s first republican paper in 1870 and later became consul general in New York. his wife hails from New England.
A Missouri man Scott Swartzlander aged 30 is described in unflattering terms and a Springfield federal case ends with a judge quashing charges after commenting that the man’s appearance suffices punishment for alleged timber theft. The tale is paired with assorted anecdotes on servants, theft, and period opinions on honesty and public finance.
A French journal notes Vatican annual expenditures exceed 7,000,000 francs. Allocations include 500,100 for the pope’s personal needs, 700,000 for cardinals, 1,800,000 for administration, 1,000,000 for the secretary of state, 1,200,000 for schools and the poor, and 60,000 for major foreign capitals Paris Vienna Madrid Lisbon.
Aged Judge Foster on the Oxford circuit spoke to Worcester's grand jury during an extreme heat spell. He noted his age and urged the jurors to perform their duties, adding a brief reminder about the weather and their responsibilities.
Paris reports the presents to Admiral Avelan and his officers totaled about 3 000 000 francs. Items included 300 pounds of tallow candles thousands of champagne bottles fine wines liquors cognac soap perfume linen and bric a brac. French clergy gifted a J Maillart painting for the admiral’s chapel aboard his ship.
Personal gossip notes Peter Koop an aged German tanner of Johnstown living at 105. Also mentioned are the Arabian scholar Mov-shoom-dar Pratap Chander Mozoomdar Bulgaria’s exiled premier Stephen Stambuloff Uxbridge pharmacist Jennie H Sumner and Buck Taylor famed cowboy who favors mineral water.
Property deeds show numerous transfers in Story City Nevada Collins Mills Slater Junction and surrounding areas. Buyers include E W Padelford Connolly David V Smith Philip Smith and Geo E Huff among others with values from 40 to 3200 dollars.
An 1894 guide from the Illinois Central rail system promotes farm relocation benefits for northern farmers moving south along the Illinois Central and Yazoo Mississippi lines. It highlights refrigerator cars for fruit handling and direct routes to major northern western and southern markets. Free copies offered by A G Merry at Manchester.
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