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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1878
Page
4
Accounts of the steamer Metropolis wreck with loss of life and boats, crew heroism, and a near ark of safety, followed by a violent North Atlantic gale causing wrecks and drownings along the coast. Updates from Baltimore and other ports mention Charley Ross rumors, bank de faclations, and widespread storm damage.
Stanley dined with the Prince of Wales at St James Palace and attended a Geographical Society meeting at St James Hall. Over 300 distinguished London figures heard Stanley recount his African journey with vivid scenes and survivors' return. Prince of Wales and Sir Samuel Baker praised his achievement.
A Shanghai telegram cites harrowing famine across Chihli Shansi Henan and Northern Shantung. Accounts detail mass hunger as harvests fail and prices rise, with people selling furniture and girls for food while many households lose members to starvation.
Surviving Mexican War soldiers number about 6,000 with 1,000 widows and 2,700 regulars also served. Black Hawk Creek and Seminole War veterans add 3,700. The House Invalid Pensions Committee favorably reports a bill to provide pensions totaling 1,286,400 dollars per year at 96 dollars each, declining as beneficiaries pass away over time.
The Meade Pa Record notes William Blankinship born in Franklin County Virginia in 176 percent. He went to that state with Berry Wright about sixty five years ago. He has married three times and claims his age with corroboration from other old citizens. If he loses his wife he would marry again. Though uneducated his mind remains active and his early life recollections are clearer than recent events. Estimated age set at 115 years by local elders.
The report notes a safe, comfortable business with no remarkable profits. It cites an unstated interest bearing item and mentions a farmer who spoke sufficiently to enable determining yearly profits or losses in Home Ga Sentinel.
The bill sets a nine member Civil Service Commission with term limits and nonpartisan appointments. It outlines appointment rules, vacancies, salaries, removal for cause, district examinations, and written nominations from Congress members with strict qualifications. It aims to create a permanent nonpolitical civil service and limit political influence.
Journal reports varied views on Southern Democrats backing Hendricks for president and Gen. Johnston as a possible candidate. Other notes mock overwork in Congress, cabinet harmony, and a portrait of Senator Voornmees with a long frock coat, heavy hair, and a red-brown beard.
The Senate Finance Committee agrees to report a bill for a long bond issue to invest savings. It authorizes up to 100 million dollars in 25 50 and 100 dollar coupons redeemable in coin after fifty years at 3.65 percent interest. Bonds may be sold at par or accrue interest in coin or legal tender notes. Senator Walworth to report and recommend passage.
The final settlement of Horace Greeley's affairs shows an 1873 appraisal of the estate as largely valueless. Only about $20 cash is realizable, the rest tied up in notes, Tribune stock, bankrupt railroad shares, and various other inadequate assets. Six shares of Tribune stock remain among the nominal assets.
Rome reels in sorrow as Pope Pius IX dies just before 5 PM after a long illness. Officials, cardinals, and ambassadors gather at the Vatican while prayers fill churches. King Humbert I and foreign dignitaries await news as Rome honors the pontiff whose reign touched millions.
Mississippi records describe a tax proposal where drink buyers receive coupons worth 1 2 or 5 cents to offset state taxes. Orange for 2 cents and blue for 5 cents. Saloons are crowded as customers use coupons to reduce tax payments.
A gentleman on a city street saw a man with a lit pipe ignite his coat pocket. He threw himself into the snow to smother the flames and extinguish the fire. The incident, witnessed by bystanders, highlights quick action and danger from careless smoking.
The Boston shipping trade has declined over four years. Leaders push petitions to Albany for a direct rail connection to the Hoosac tunnel to link Chicago and other Western markets with the East, aiming to halt decline and regain trade.
Ex Senator Boutwell completed his revision of the United States statutes and the codification has been examined and approved by Secretary Evarts. The manuscript is in type at the Government Printing Office and will not be ready for publication for two months.
The author argues that blood is the body's true source of health and youth, citing myths and medical lore from Europe to Florida. He notes diseases arising from corrupted blood and asserts that while many names exist for these conditions, effective treatment follows similar principles across forms.
An unclear market note extolled a savings operation focusing on low prices and light packaging. The fragment mentions "Meneeceen" and "Ripe Rogge Powpsr" as purported examples of product quality and value in a general discount context.
An ad claims Johnsons Tiniment is nearly as effective as the lao nenza remedy, noting it hardens the cough and will prevent and cure the croup. The language suggests a patent medicine listing typical of period ads.
A reader wagers a year's subscription that a 25-cent package of Sheridan's Condition Powders is worth less than a bushel of any large-package product. The claim asserts the powders are worthless trash.
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