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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
2
Congress Adopts Measures in War and Post Office Bills
The Senate on the 4th forms work plans for appropriation bills and a District of Columbia district, while Mason introduces a federal district bill for Illinois. The House passes a Spain claims commission bill and extends national bank charters for two years. debates post office funds continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mason
Illinois
House
United States
Spain
District of Columbia
West Point Military Academy
Military Academy
Brown
Ohio
Philippines
Decision on mulct law and prison population at Fort Madison
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ruling that adjourned meetings may validly canvass statements of consent in mull t law cases. Fort Madison reports its prison population at 456, the lowest in years, attributed to better employment. The piece also covers a proposed state gun license, library funding and growth, and details on library donations and statewide institutional consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Madison
Library Bulletin
Board of Control
Des Moines
Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
M. T. Butterfield
W. N. Treichier
Cedar County
Iowa Supreme Court
Ellis
Fortieth Iowa
Ncon
Jones
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Iowa Seed Corn Growers’ Association
State Agricultural Society
State House
John E. Brown
Mitchellville
N. J. Harris
Notable 19th Century Figures Pass Away in Short Span
Jefferson Long former Macon district congressman dies in Macon Georgia at an unknown exact date. Mrs Julia Armstrong pioneer of Minnesota dies at Oakdale aged 108. Horace Silsby steam fire engine inventor dies in Seneca Falls New York aged 60. William M Evarts celebrated in New York on 83rd birth anniversary. John Big Fire Jacket last of Red Jacket line dies at Cattaraugus Indian Reservation aged 93. Capt James Dunham noted Great Lakes marine figure dies suddenly at home in Chicago aged 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Long
Macon
Congress
Julia Armstrong
Minnesota
Oakdale
Horace Silsby
Seneca Falls
N. Y
William M. Evarts
New York
John Big Fire Jacket
Red Jacket
Cattaraugus
James
Dunham
Great Lakes
Chicago
Eshleman Former County Clerk Dies at 65
B Eshleman former county clerk and later cashier of the Savings Bank died in Marengo at age 65.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Eshleman
The
Savings Bank
Marengo
Creston Mayors Study Electric Rail Line to Winterset
The Creston mayor and two council members returned from Omaha where they studied a proposed electric rail line from Creston to Winterset via Macksburg. Spanning about 40 miles, it would connect the Winterset Rock Island terminus with the Burlington main line, with tentative cost of 300000 dollars already pledged. The plan includes passenger and freight service, stations, and potential light and power supply along the route. Franchise rights at Creston and Winterset are pending, with rights of way sought in Union and Madison counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Omaha
Winterset
Macksburg
Rock Island Railroad
Burlington
Iowa
Lyman Waterman
Union
Madison
Mail clerk’s name sparks 25 year reunion in Sioux City
A Sioux City mail clerk R. E. Pack discovers a package bearing his name on a voyage between the United States and South Australia. A foreign clerk who knew Mrs. Julia Symons of Port Augusta traced the Pack family and they reunite after 25 years. Pack’s aged aunt will move from South Australia to Sioux City to live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South Australia
Sioux City
R. E. Pack
Julia
Iowa Supreme Court voids Titus amendment in Senator Smith case
Senator-elect Fred N. Smith of Burlington faces a peculiar position after the Iowa supreme court voided the Titus amendment. Elected to fill the unexpired term of Senator McArthur, Smith’s term ends January 1, 1902, so he serves no days or receives pay. The 1902 legislature will swear in his successor. Smith loses several hundred dollars in election expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Supreme Court
Fred N. Smith
Burlington
McArthur
United States
Smith
Convicted Mills County Man Seeks $1000 Investment
Joe McCrary, a life convict from Mills County at Fort Madison, writes to Mills County National Bank in Glenwood with a $1000 draft. He describes the sum as 22 years of savings earned after hours through odd jobs including shining shoes. McCrary was 16 in 1878 when he shot James Lymann and William Doran from ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McCrary
Mills County
Fort Madison
Mills County National Bank
Glenwood
McCrary
James Lymann
William Doran
Dr J F Brandt of Clinton Held for Insanity Review
Dr J F Brandt of Clinton aged past 80 in poor health and possibly of unsound mind was sent to the county hospital by the sheriff. He had recently troubled the family he lived with and acted as if insane. Insanity commissioners declined to declare him insane. Brandt was a well known physician years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Brandt
Clinton
Brandt
Playmate of Kaiser Thomas Dealtry Reveals Early Glove Touts
Sioux City man Thomas Dealtry recalls childhood in England with the future German emperor. They grew up together as boys, with Dealtry’s father teaching the queen’s grandson. Dealtry says the Kaiser was nervy and would take punishment before admitting defeat in their youth boxing bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dealtry
Sioux City
Germany
England
Dealtry
Queen Victoria
Negro Inventor Patents Mining Device for Three‑Man Work
R. R. Richmond of Chariton, a Black inventor, has secured a patent for a mining device said to replace three workers in coal mining. He also holds a patent for a rapid firing gun and seeks government interest. Pierce Manufacturing Co. of Pierre, South Dakota, will manufacture the mining machines for market release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Richmond
Chariton
Richmond
Pierce Manufacturing Company
Pierre
8. D
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Clarinda
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