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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1892
Page
1
The Intelligencer issued Thursdays at Ames Story County Iowa by H and S KK Wilson. Terms of subscription one dollar per year payable in advance.
A heated discussion touches on enlarging the White House with spacious wings to house the president and family, with a proposed executive department budget of 950000. Senator Stanford backs Mrs. Harrison's plan, while other fragments describe coal smoke control tech and a Sioux divorce case.
County officers include Auditor and District Court, County Attorney, Coroner, and Board of Supervisors with names such as Franklin and Palestine Township. City officers list resembles a municipal roster with multiple titles and signatures.
SOCIETIES METHODIS EPISCOPAL services every Sunday morning and evening. Sunday School meeting Wednesday evening. Pastor Sunt. BAPTIST services at 11 o clock and 6 o clock with Sunday school after morning service. Christian Endeavor an hour before evening service. M Rickman Pastor. CONGREGATIONAL services Sundays at 11 and 7:30 with midweek meeting Wednesday 7:30. F J Dovenass Pastor. UNITED BRETHREN preaching Sundays at 11 and 7:30 with union praise at 3:30 and Thursday meeting. Byron Clark Pastor. Public invited.
The notice lists preaching every morning and evening on Sundays with a Lord's Day prayer meeting posted for Wednesdays. Pastor T. J. Dow is named for the ministry.
Bishop E R Hendrix of Kansas City is described as a popular Missouri preacher since 1869. Born in Fayette in 1847, he educated there and at Union Theological Seminary, served as president of Central College Fayette, and was active in last year's church conference in St. Louis.
The Adams Ex press company’s president John Hoey is abruptly removed amid allegations of watering stocks and subsequent sale to the firm. Directors hold his vast profits in limbo as a major legal clash looms, with the matter unfolding after decades of service at the company.
A compact portrait of Menelik II of Abyssinia depicting him as a premier native ruler on the Dark Continent. The piece traces a royal lineage from Solomon to Haelon and the royal overthrow by Italians, highlighting Menelik as a chosen king renowned for his regal ascent and epic life.
The article notes Jacob Sloat Fassett, once a New York State senator from Steuben and surrounding counties, began as a Elmira lawyer in 1379 after marrying Jennie Crocker heiress to about 5 million. It mentions his brief port collector role, then shifts to a description of bright Firefly style lighting lamps used for night illumination nationwide, naming Fassett as associated with these projects.
A historical note states that only 9 percent of amputation cases are fatal. It also notes the American population grows by about 7,000 daily, and claims the British Museum houses thirteen miles of shelves. Additional items include a Pennyweight measure and a man’s lifting strength range of 230 to 24 pounds. It mentions Austrian-Hungarian bank notes printed in German on one side and unspecified on the other.
A bronze statue unveiled July 4 1891 by the Seventy second Pennsylvania Zouaves marks the exact position held by that regiment when Pickett's Charge was repulsed. The 4" Zouave statue depicted the regiment in battle dress and was present at the dedication.
The equestrian Grant statue in Chicago is praised for its lifelike pose with Grant on horseback listening to an aide. Unveiled during the Society of the Army of Tennessee reunion, the ceremony featured an oration by General and Judge Walter Q. Gresham.
The text profiles W S Capeller former auditor of Hamilton county railroad commission and long active in state politics and journalism. Now editor and principal manager of The Daily News Mansfield Ohio he helped organize associated dailies and served as state Republican chair. It notes his Odd Fellows leadership and other honors.
An item notes voiceless animals like the giraffe armadillo and porcupine. A Concord Michigan man raises English sparrows and sells their heads for bounty. A piebald blackbird with white body and black tail and breast seen onapham common. An Eastport fisherman caught a forty inch lobster. Ceylon has a spider with a yellow web six to eight feet wide. Professor Blattner cites insect species tiny enough to fit in an ounce vial.
The piece argues Utah learned to irrigate for great crops and compares Brigham Young and slaves to other possible workers. It contends irrigation work and maintenance need funds beyond congressional appropriations and warns private corporations would dominate. It notes the land commissioner suggests Congress cede control to states with allocations to farmers.
A Cosmopolitan Magazine excerpt by Joseph W. Richards analyzes aluminum’s potential and limits. It traces origins from a 19th century French discovery, notes high early costs, predicts increasing alloy use and casting improvements, and envisions aluminum becoming a common metal by 1900 alongside copper and silver.
A committee reports on the Torre Nuova in Zaragoza, Aragon, noting the leaning clock tower may be torn down due to severe rains and soil damage. Built in the fifteenth century by multiple architects, it rises 300 feet with a ten foot lean and 260 steps to the top gallery.
A district society tea becomes the focus of intrusive reporting as a young woman rebukes a meddling reporter while a letter detailing the event circulates. A friend’s note, written in the lady’s hand, prompts newspaper interest and a sharp protest from the hostess. Foster Coates in New York Mail and Express.
A Philadelphia bride-to-be demanded rapid hair styling for her wedding day noted by a salon owner. The stylist warned drying time would delay the finish, yet the bride pressed on and left, promising to return and pay, while the stylist fears future consequences of the rushed order.
A poet notes a scene of romance and mistaken gift as he drops a glove on the stairs and receives a mitten in return, contrasted with a separate line about Furnishes.
A dated religious study notes Isaiah chapter four with verse-by-verse commentary. It links Israel’s future messianic deliverance to global blessing, urges personal salvation through Christ, and cites parallels from Ezekiel Zechariah Romans and Revelation while stressing obedience repentance and divine wisdom.
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