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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1894
Page
6
Letters from readers protest the new postage stamps as inadequate and liken them to failing New Year resolutions. The missives voice frustration with adhesion and practicality. Readers seek clearer guidance on stamp use and durability.
The wife of President Dole, a Hawaii resident, is a Castine Maine native. She spent her early girlhood there and her maiden name was Anna Prentiss Cate.
Mrs James Brown Potter compares Mrs Oscar Wilde unfavorably for her dress style likening her to an animated lamp shade in a sharp social remark from a British salon scene.
A newspaper quip suggests smokers of common cigarette brands are likened to opium fiends a boiled-down line noting opium costs and dried grass lighter in price.
Representative Life of Kentucky describes long stumping travels in a mountainous district with no rail line in sight, having ridden for weeks in the saddle and rarely seeing a railroad during his campaign.
A remark on how some modern dialogue seems as dense as a book, suggesting such speech would mark a man as exceptionally remarkable and highly crafted in nature.
A quirky, obscure line describes prune as a small berry affecting a convict at a boarding house. The text claims nature abhors a vacuum and dislikes leather soaked in sugar water, mixing odd imagery with a rural setting.
A noted rise in women's organizations is observed as members socialize in shops and on streets. The trend shows frequent remarks about encounters in public spaces, reflecting wider social engagement and visibility.
Grex B E Cook opened a Northampton jewelry store over sixty six years ago and has run it there ever since. He recently celebrated his 90th birthday with a dinner hosted by fellow townsmen.
Rots, who fired four shots into Delmonico's restaurant, pleads he was unaware of his actions due to his condition and says he did not realize the pistol was loaded.
Edward Dvunpak once a noted evangelist and hymn author died recently in the Coffeyville Kansas jail where he had applied for lodging as a tramp. The report notes his life as a religious writer and his final days behind bars.
Four year experiments indicate Texas soil and climate support the best qualities of tobacco. Researchers find both soil and climate favorable for extended crop growth and high quality yields in the state.
Charles RipaBock, who journeyed to the Pacific coast in 1828 as a sailor and married a Mexican rancher's daughter whose land is now San Francisco, has recently gained admission to the city's poorhouse. He is 91 years old.
In the Forum, Prof. G Stanley discusses a scientific study of children. The outline includes age bands from under four years to full mobility, with terms like psychogenesis and pathology. The talk omits references to spankophobics and other placeholder fields.
A cashier named Lewis Redwine from an Atlanta bank faced a ten year penitentiary sentence for defaulting. The judge noted his weakness for wine and its influence on his actions.
An Eastern paper notes a Carmel Maine story about a young man who failed to notice his companion had fallen from a sleigh after a mile. Local practice favors one handed driving or letting the girl steer to avoid mishaps.
The writer laments a circus trust forming among managers who will divide top acts and tinker with competition, claiming no single show can claim greatness as clowns and stars lose novelty. The piece questions the future of entertainment and market dynamics.
About three hundred cats are maintained by the United States government and funded through post office department accounts. They are distributed to roughly fifty post offices to prevent rats and mice from damaging mail sacks and letters. Previously rodents chewed holes in sacks, but the cats now deter such damage.
The article explains that China lacks a government postal service and relies on private letter shops for mail and packages. About two hundred such shops operate in Shanghai, insured and registered with distance-based charges, while foreign letters use the destination country’s postal system.
A traveler from Oklahoma notes the new territory has remarkable fruit growth. In three years over a million and a half fruit trees have been planted and early yields from apples peaches pears and berries show the promising potential of Oklahoma as a major fruit region.
The article notes medieval European cures using toads and frogs. It cites remedies for ague from a toad swallowed on St John’s Eve, rheumatism treated with pinning cloth bands into toad or frog flesh, and water from a toad’s brain for mental afflictions along with rubbing a live toad over diseased areas to treat quinsy.
In the United States the visible supply of grain on the 22d includes Wheat 80,384,000 bushels Corn 13,856,000 Barley 2,194,000 oats 4,117,000 Rye 857,000. The secretary of the treasury issued a circular on how and where the new bond issue can be purchased. In Washington the National Board of Trade favored admitting foreign skilled labor while barring paupers.
The Anderson steamer bound from Costa Rica to New York ran ashore near Atlantic City, crew saved. A Pittsburgh fire homeless thirty families. An alleged Danbury hat factory arson plot surfaced. The Normannia, 700 miles out, struck by a tidal wave and required return to New York. Mrs. Braddock died at 120 in Slabtown. Mme Laura Schirmer Mapleson, opera singer, died in New York. A White insane Mrs. Emil Kellar killed her husband and child then herself in Auburn. Danbury hat factories resumed operations with nonunion workers. Joseph Sisley resigned from Congress. A Niagara Falls tunnel water power test was successful.
A roundup lists casualties from a private tram road crash near Camden Arkansas with three dead and eighteen injured. Other items note the Louisville Telephone Co terminal damage, widespread distress in Ohio coal regions, a Birmingham Emigration Society incorporation, Kansas schools forced to close over tax, frauds in mining equities, Michigan fraud probe, Helena bank reopens, Portland dry goods failure, Indianapolis directory count, Des Moines miners' wage strike, Iowa prohibitory amendment ruling, Bank of Sterling president’s prison sentence, Acme West Virginia birth tragedy, Purdue mechanical hall fire, Pleasanton Neb. destruction, Rainy lake gold findings, Toledo bunco loss, and a Chicago homicide at the county agent’s office.
Ranges from Britain seeking peaceful disarmament in Europe to Palestine colonization policy by Hebrew leaders. Reports fishing losses near Bilboa with twenty five deaths, Brazilian insurgents vanquished, and Moçambique island combat casualties. East Liverpool potters strike affects 4000 workers across 23 of 26 plants. A Russian rail crash near Samara claims fifteen lives. Serbia reshapes government with Simitch as PM and foreign minister. Germany’s emperor reconciled with Bismarck. Exiled Servian royalty expelled from Serbia. decrees canceled.
The Senate on the 26th debated Senator Call's public land resolution and federal election bill with adjournment set for the 29th. The House approved one tariff amendment raising the duty on unset diamonds to 30 percent. The judiciary committee said the treasury secretary cannot sell bonds to cover current expenses.
The House conducts exhaustive discussion on the Wilson bill with focus on free rails and coal. Johnson defends a rail free list while Dalzell presses charges of monopolistic practice and misrepresentation amid a larger tariff battle involving sugar bounty and reciprocity with Canada.
Perrine Richey aged 72 was slain in his Mansfield home along the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway early Sunday. James McKeever, known to police, is charged and at large after fleeing to Pitts burgh following a deadly struggle with a bread knife used in the attack.
The mercury is 26 degrees below zero in Koovak with a piercing north wind. Numerous people have been frozen to death and scores of frozen limbs are reported.
Report from western Indian Territory shows Cheyenne Indians suffering rising deaths and illness as a mysterious grip spreads through camps. Local officials attribute the illness to unsanitary conditions and limited medical access.
R G Dun & Co reports that Secretary Carlisle's bond issuance and large bids boost recovery prospects. Industrial gains appear more definite, with resumed or increased production and wage cuts. Textile, iron, shoe, and feather trades show gains while wheat, coffee, and petroleum soften amid a dull produce market.
Mrs. James B. Amos of Auburn Michigan travels lake ports seeking her missing husband believed dead. She identifies an unidentified corpse in Buffalo as her spouse, who left a fortune of 150000 to 200000 dollars through an aunt's residuary bequest. The man died near the New York Central tracks and bore tattoo marks matching her description.
At Wasu Hineton on January 29 the National Board of Trade adopted resolutions urging Congress to pass Morgan's $70,000,000 Nicaragua canal bonds bill and to act on tariff and revenue issues. They also supported waterways, post office costs, and amending the national banks law, then adjourned sine die.
Public punishments in Denmark include ax executions, while European cities restrict women of ill repute from daytime streets without police permission. Calcutta sees arrests for nuisances, and French prison discipline includes binding restraints. English prisons use treadmill, crank labor, and stone breaking with the Bible as reading matter.
A humorous exchange notes that hearing in the next box was poor at a performance. Dr Bitterpill’s practice is joked about as the cemetery expands twice in a year. Hopper wears ear muffs due to mild weather while piano practice from the girls next door is mentioned. The thread ends with a father approving a marriage proposal.
Judge Ricks of the United States circuit court rules against employees of the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City railroad seeking an order to stop wage reductions. The receiver cites a heavy half year revenue loss of over 865000 versus 1892, making a restraint impracticable amid the road and national financial downturn.
Bob Stitler the fourth Seminole train robber testified for the prosecution at Fort Smith Arkansas on January 29 and confessed with details. He said Joe Turner alias Buckskin had no hand in the robbery and noted all four suspects Henry Turner Bob Rogers Willis Brown and Bob Stitler were held under $5000 bail with Rogers' father posting bond.
The Schuschardt homestead overlooking Flushing Bay burned early Friday. Owned by Wall Street stock broker Mr. Hunter, the house was valued at 100000 dollars. Many family relics paintings and bric-a-brac were lost in the blaze.
California lumber dealer and mill owner A. M. Leach failed on Friday. Liabilities are expected to exceed assets by about 200000 dollars. Leach puts assets at 50000 dollars, though reports suggest assets may total no more than 10000 dollars.
An old advertisement promotes Stomach Bitters as an efficient safe guard against malaria. It claims cures biliousness and aids digestion, kidney function, and nerves, presenting a broad health benefit claim in promotional Archaic text.
A fragmented OCR excerpt presents a puzzling line about Inkley and a last poem. The text also mentions an overlooked waste basket among presents, attributed to Incer Ocean, leaving ambiguity about context and source.
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