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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1888
Page
4
A regional report details political contention over rail policy affecting trade routes and business interests. Officials from municipal and state levels weigh proposed reforms while merchants fear disruption to shipments and schedules.
Report claims Hon. William Means, president of a Cincinnati bank, is arrested amid alleged banking law violations. The piece notes excessive loans to officers breach limits and ties to Fidelity cases. The broader text covers treaties, armament trends, and dynamite conspiracy verdicts in London.
Ex Gov H C Warmoth accepts the Republican nomination for governor without pledges. He pledges a nonpartisan administration and says he will keep competent, honest officials, regardless of party. He calls for fair elections and warns that fraud would be resisted.
The Toledo Blade reports a syndicate of New York Toledo Chicago and Detroit capitalists with $25,090,000 organized to build a pipe line from northwestern Ohio oil fields to Toledo and to erect refineries. They claim patents on a new refining process and can market cheaper. Capital stock is $10,000,000.
Me Sawyer of Wisconsin introduces a Senate bill granting the same bounty to soldiers with ninety days service who were honorably mustered out on surgeons certificates of disability. Other measures include free licensing for steamers, broadened officer and crew requirements, and a pension for army nurses. House actions cover treasury bond details, land deposits, and internal revenue penalties.
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Bismarck speaking to a packed Reichstag crowd on the military loan bill. He argues that France, Russia, and Austria pose no imminent threat, urges strength, and cautions against war while stressing diplomatic restraint and a united front with Russia and neighboring powers.
A New York telegram places Victoria Schilling at Greys Falls in Warren County New York, while her disappearance in September 1886 left husband Ernest Schilling-Hulskamp distressed. A Louisiana National Bank president, Joseph H. Oglesby, dies in New Orleans at 65. An Omaha telegram reports Miss Louise Royce and three pupils perished in a blizzard with Royce gravely injured and limbs amputated, with Nebraska and Iowa donors helping. Miss Etta Shattuck, another blizzard victim, dies in Seward Nebraska. Omaha Bee fund reaches 3750 dollars for her family.
The President announces appointments of land office registrars including Dennis O'Brien of Marion Iowa James B Lowrie of Portland Indiana Marion H Ingrim of Winamac Indiana M E Lennon of Hurley Wisconsin G F Lewis of Saginaw Michigan E J Landers of Imlay City Michigan B F Ogood of Mendon Michigan and Michael Griffin of Frankfort Kansas.
The report lists United States debt by category including bonds at 4 percent totaling 1 1 1 million and other interest bearing forms. Also notes debt bearing no interest, cash in treasury and reductions for February 1 month. Following are brief items on labor unrest at Solar Iron Works and a Chicago Tribune dispatch on sugar market implications, bank suspensions, mergers, and various legal and political notices.
A Birmingham editor Thomas Eilis was mortally wounded by detective Sullivan. An Urbana accident from an open switch killed three. A Texas and Pacific derailment near Longview caused four deaths. Fireman Donovan and Ed Kelly died leaping from a car near Clinton. A Polish boarding-house blast near Pittsburgh injured four. A St Louis fire destroyed property valued at 100000 dollars. A boiler explosion at a Barnesville farm killed John.
The dispatch details a brutal double tragedy in Georgia and Louisiana involving Black individuals Harrell and Cornelius. It also notes a fatal rail collision near Steamburg, New York, with a list of injured and dead including Hattie Abbott and Cyra Battey, and a Cincinnati bank case against Benjamin Hopkins.
A narrative blends a historical Highland Guards song with a Civil War reminiscence. It recounts a 1865 James River episode, a concert for Confederate officers, and a Union supper of patriotic tunes. The writer details severe winter travel and helping starving rebels, ending with a brutal January storm and wrecked trains.
A veteran of Company C, 178th Illinois, remembered for humor and service. While en route by rail a prankster tried to pass whisky in a canteen. Pete pretended innocence then drank, exposing the ruse and warning his comrades with a sharp quip.
APTAIN NOURSE recounts the Fifty fifth Illinois Infantry in the Vicksburg Jackson and Chattanooga Knoxville Atlanta campaigns. He recalls Orion Howe of Waukegan Illinois who begged for cartridges and cried Caliber 54 as Sherman’s letter describes a hero’s injured plea. Howe inspired poems in Atlantic Monthly and a Harper's Weekly illustration.
During a Civil War raid a Wisconsin regiment under Col. Rusk fought Confederate forces. A brave sergeant guided troops through a swamp and, after victory, a farmhouse confrontation over poultry revealed the sergeant was a Methodist minister who prevented theft. The amused farmer remarked on his faith.
A fragmented ad blend describes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for female complaints and back weakness implying a revelation of benefits. It traces dispensaries to London’s Royal General Dispensary in 1770 and notes early English body guards dating to Saul and Henry VII.
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