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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1902
Page
6
A weekly roundup summarizes home and foreign items from the past seven days. It covers industrial developments, personal and political items, and notable happenings at home and abroad.
The senate heatedly debated army officer remarks on Philippine conduct. The house moved to compel witness attendance and coin 20 cent pieces. A speech therapy project failed. Debates covered commerce, diplomacy, and a Panama Nicaragua substitute. Other measures passed or debated included a permanent census bureau and war tax repeal.
Washington correspondent notes England's stance surpasses mere diplomatic friendship to deter European involvement in the Spanish conflict.
A roundup of 190? items notes Admiral Sampson's upcoming retirement on February 9, plus varied items from health quaran tines over smallpox to political moves by ex Governor Shaw in Des Moines, Prince Henry's tour plans, railroad signaling changes, and deaths in accidents.
The New Jersey legislature elected John F. Dryden of Newark as United States senator. Obituaries note Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly’s death in West Newton Massachusetts after wartime bravery and a Samoa hurricane incident. Elizabeth Shoemaker dies in Monmouth New Jersey at age 100. Byron Terrill, famed stage driver of Kansas, dies at Gueda Springs. Charles E. Pearce, ex representative from St Louis district, dies in St Louis. Rev J A B Miller longtime president of Waynesburg College dies in Waynesburg Pennsylvania. Ex-Congressman Charles F Sprague dies in a Providence Rhode Island sanitarium.
The Havana postal account shortfall is declared at 250 691. Ten missing Marines exploring Samar in the Philippines were found alive but delirious and in danger of death. Santos-Dumont completed two successful Mediterranean sea flights at Monte Carlo with his airship. The German emperor celebrated his birthday with names for regiments and a palace levee. Holland offers to act as Britain’s diplomatic agent for Boer peace terms, with England open to considering the tender.
The docket includes an anti war revenue tax repeal push, senators and representatives salaries proposals, a New Sebrides firearms ban, and tributes to deceased Rep Brosius. Elsewhere Taft and Roosevelt weigh in on Philippine conditions, a Mexico mine disaster, and fiscal briefs from the treasury. Iowa bills cover reform, parole, education, and taxation shifts.
The article notes bees use their tongues to extract honey and that a bee’s tongue runs about a twenty fifth of an inch. Clever beekeepers have bred longer tongues, extending some colonies by an additional hundredth of an inch, allowing a quarter more work in the same period.
A collage of international facts notes Europe’s murder rate, small English West African populations, and the Russian mercantile fleet. It highlights winter tourism in the Tyrol, trade gaps with Greenland and Iceland, Valletta coal imports, Amsterdam jewelers employing 7000, Malta coal shipments, and a Romanian gypsy settlement bill.
Nadeau Michigan February 3 Mr Nelson De Rosier a 61 year old farmer long troubled by kidney trouble finds relief from Dodd's Kidney Pills He praises the medicine saying it helps weak and sick humanity and urges others with kidney trouble to use the remedy The pills are claimed to cure kidney troubles Brights disease Dropsy Rheumatism Lumbago and backache when used as directed
In a testimonial from Chicago woman Bonnie Delano she describes years of irregular painful periods and general illness, credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health within four months, and asserts she has had no pain since. The notice warns of a $5000 forfeit if the testimonial is not genuine and urges refusing substitutes.
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