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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1909
Page
2
A presidential message to the California Assembly defends the administration’s immigration policy. He argues the plan serves the people of the coast with minimal disruption and warns against changing the current arrangement, noting possible national policy reversals if immigration results worsen.
President forwards the report of the country life commission, appointed to improve farm life and make farming remunerative. He highlights burdens on farmers and their families, urges government action to ease conditions, and outlines issues and remedies studied by the commission.
The lower house passes a bill segregating Japanese youths into separate schools along with Mongolian and other Asian children. President Roosevelt calls Governor Gillett, calling the measure offensive and unconstitutional and pledging to test it in court.
Senator Perkins of California responds to a telegram from President Roosevelt criticizing his stance on the navy. He contends he has backed his record and opposed the four battleship program, while asserting a state's policing power remains unquestioned amid foreign treaties.
United States government renews push in Chicago against Armour and Co. DA Sims issues subpoenas for Bernard Remmer auditor and Reuben Dickinson department manager at Armour & Co. in the probe.
The Lemp divorce case in the St Louis circuit court before Judge Hitchcock features Mrs Lemp seeking alimony and custody of William J. Lemp II, with husband William Lemp Jr. filing a cross bill for divorce and custody, citing his wife’s loud dresses and a 1905 letter to another man.
Chicago began a Lincoln centennial celebration with patriotic decorations and programs. Amity council No 137 National Union and General Phil Sheridan garrison No 31 Army and Navy Union joined services at Abraham Lincoln Center and Slyde Park Baptist church and other groups observed the anniversary.
Judge Williams of the circuit court in St Louis holds a child's life begins at birth and not before. The ruling sustains a street car company's demurrer to a suit by Mr and Mrs Cornelius H Buel for damages from the death of their four month old son allegedly caused by an accident before birth. The judge cited Genesis 2 7 in support.
President Taft and his party departed Colon on the U S cruiser North Carolina bound for New Orleans. The Montana accompanied them and a large gathering of Panama railroad and canal commission employees bid farewell. Lieutenant Colonel Goethals, chief engineer of the canal, sailed with Taft.
Ten thousand cartridges exploded in a Nancy storehouse killing nine to ten people and injuring others. The blast followed a dynamite stockpile incident raising fears of further damage at the dockyard site.
Floods sweep confluents of the Rhine on the north side. Nordhausen reports ten drowned. Pegnitz floods Nuremberg streets twelve feet high. Frankfort and other regions record record water. Lahn at Giessen sixteen feet above normal. Seven miners drowned near Brockhausen. total twenty casualties.
The letter from Mrs Edwards of Milner Georgia praises Miles Heart Remedy after her husband’s severe heart trouble. It credits recovery to the medicine and notes the doctor’s conference charge in 1904. She urges others to try it and promises refunds if no benefit.
The New Orleans and Chicago fast train derailed after striking an open switch at Coldwater Mississippi. Two were killed and about thirty injured. Victims include J. T. Talbert of the Commercial National Bank of Chicago and E. W. Washburn of the University of Illinois. Officials claim tampering caused the switch to be open.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra arrive in Berlin amid high expectations of a historic visit. Official circles anticipate courtly reception while German papers treat the trip as a courtesy and doubt any immediate tangible outcomes.
A New York Assembly resolution cites Trinity Church holdings, claiming real estate valued at over 160 million with annual income around 6 million, noting no filed account since 1854 and a 13 million valuation reported by the corporation.
The Religious Education Association began in Chicago with a three day meeting. Dr Francis Greenwood Peabody serves as president and delivered the opening address.
In Nashville Tennessee on the nineteenth day of the trial the jury remains incomplete in the state case against Colonel Duncan Bee Robin Cooper and John D Sha charged with the murder of Fort Senator E W Carmack.
The Chautauqua committee has arranged for Pamahasika to appear at the Ames Assembly hall for one day. The famed trainer, who began training animals at age nine, will showcase dogs cats birds cockatoos and parrots performing remarkable feats. The act promises novelty and a welcome break amid lectures.
Seasonal health notice promoting De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills as the best remedy for back aches urinary disorders and bladder inflammation. C. A Gamble endorses they are antiseptic and act promptly and urges to ensure you get the genuine product.
Travel to California now via the Chicago Pacific and North Western Line offers an outdoor life among flowers and foliage with balmy air. The route is advertised as the best and most direct with many opportunities for prospective settlers. For full information contact ticket agents of the Chicago & Western Railway.
A concise proverb notes that a person’s mindset directs tongue and speech. It emphasizes the link between inner focus and outward expression, suggesting thoughts guide words in everyday communication.
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