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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1905
Page
2
Summary of progress in the Russo Japanese War in the Far East. North American dispatches report developments across the Union and foreign intelligence highlights.
About 30 000 strikers in St Petersburg threaten order as Cossacks and troops are drafted. Police arrest ringleaders amid Lodz unrest where 144 burned bodies and 200 wounded are reported. Czars favor zemsky robot but court voices urge delay. Lodz mills close affecting 49 000 workers. New unrest prompts rumors of Father Gapon活动.
The Senate approved 9.94 million dollars for the District of Columbia and 2.156 million for diplomatic and consular services. Illinois statue Frances E. Willard is placed in Statuary Hall as the first woman represented. The House passed the canal zone government bill the 16th. A U S Santo Domingo treaty was sent to the Senate the 15th with a request for inquiry into San Domingo rights. House clash as Hearst and Sullivan spar over homicide charges and editorial attacks.
Czar Nicholas may accept Japan’s peace proposals and end the Russo-Japanese War appears near. General Grippenberg reached St. Petersburg and accuses Kuropatkin of ordering a retreat at Heikoutai despite Russian advantage.
Grand Duke Sergius is killed by a socialist revolutionary in Moscow. Roosevelt orders a broad inquiry into Standard Oil methods with focus on the Kansas field, while various other national incidents and trials unfold across the United States and abroad.
Des Moines Iowa reports relief trains reaching isolated towns easing coal scarcity after a severe two week crisis. Rising prices and starvation risks prompted charity appeals as weather warmed and rail lines reopened. Census questions and a school trip funding note also appear in the covered dispatch.
Prof Holden resumes his seed corn campaign aiming to boost Iowa output. He notes last year’s crop nearly 323 million bushels and predicts 1905 production may exceed 1904. Railways host speeches across the state from February through April with evening programs in towns like Manilla Carroll Lake City Hawarden Sioux City Waterloo Cherokee and Fort Dodge.
State Superintendent Riggs invited Iowa high schools to select a representative student to join a chaperoned party attending the inaugural in Washington on March 4. Names have been received by the superintendent.
Chicago wildcat insurers react to the Iowa Supreme Court ruling upholding a lower court finding Hart man Daniels v Hollowell. The decision says agents placing policies with unauthorized companies remain liable for losses, as Iowa tightens its crusade against dubious carriers.
Keb, once a thriving coal mining town in Wapello County with about 1000 residents, has ceased to exist as the coal vein dried up. In just three months the residents relocated, leaving only the company store as a relic of the former prosperous community.
The question of river ownership arises over coal mining beneath the Des Moines River bed. The governor has referred the matter to Attorney General Mullan for investigation and report after state officials initially viewed the activity as a state encroachment. About 75,000 tons of coal are claimed to have been mined under the bed.
Gov. Cummins appeals directly to President Roosevelt after failing to sway the War Department over inscriptions on Shiloh battlefield monuments. He notes the issue matters greatly to Iowa veterans of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth regiments and to old soldiers statewide.
Iowa supreme court upholds lower court ruling sending former Deputy U S Marshal W A Richards to the penitentiary for 18 years for complicity in the hold up of Peter Sullivan and his wife at Hamilton two years ago.
Gowrie Mayor E. W. Sorber proclaimed fines for old maids and widows who did not wed during leap year and for bachelors who refused proposals in 1904. His edict drew national attention and brought Gowrie fame as a result of the unusual proclamation.
Engineer Charles Anderson and fireman Charles Pochusta of a Milwaukee passenger engine suffered severe burns when a lubricator exploded at McGregor. They were transported to Clark Hospital for treatment.
A wealthy newcomer to Washington astonishes guests by naming a wine's brand and vintage without seeing a bottle. She explains her skill comes from childhood in New Orleans where her father kept a vast cellar and taught her about wines in dusty caves.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a host praising an orchestra at a box party. Mr Newrich agrees, amused, and comments on a musician's performance, describing it as if swallowing the instrument while sliding it back and forth.
A New England clerk who won a $1,500 automobile in a $20-a-week raffle says he cannot keep the car and rails at fortune’s inequalities. He laments the win while many clerks never win such prizes.
Raisuli now appears as Raisuli, AN and seeks rapid entry into fashionable circles as noted in the Washington Times.
The John A Salzer Seed Co of La Crosse Wisconsin advertises a test offer for vegetable seeds. It promises 1 000 cabbages 2 000 turnips 3 000 lettuce 1 000 flowers and 1 000 desserts plus a Berliner cauliflower sample for 16 cents postage with return of the notice.
A Lynn Massachusetts schoolboy was asked to define a vacuum by his teacher. He replied that he could not simply describe it but that he has it in his head, prompting a wry remark from Lippincott's Magazine about the humorous misunderstanding of scientific terms.
An advertisement describes travel from Chicago to Jacksonville via the Dixie 4 and the Chicago and Western Indiana Limited with connections at Nashville and Atlanta. The route is billed as the famous Battlefields Route on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. Contacts provided for literature include Briard F. Hill, Northern Passenger Agent, St. Louis Ry., Marquette Building, Chicago.
The Pulajones take up arms in Samar marking the first outbreak within the Jones family in over four decades. Local observers note tensions rising as the clash begins.
Special excursions to the Southwest offered on February 7 and 21 and March 7 and 21, 1905 via Kansas City Southern Railway. Trips to Port Arthur Beaumont Tex Lake Charles Galveston Houston San Astene Tex and other points with 21 day limit and stopover privilege both ways. For tickets or literature on The Land of Fulfillment write Jarner G P T A 0 RS Kansas City Mo.
Satirical note from Puck laments widening poverty amid progress. The quip compares society’s wealth to an uppasteurized stone, highlighting the mismatch between abundance and need. The line evokes a sense of social critique in a witty, period voice.
Advertisement notes Paro Ointment as a cure for piles with a refund promise if not cured in 6 to 14 days. It warns that the rugst will refund money and claims Paro Ointment fails to cure. The language is promotional and vague about efficacy.
A brief quip notes that being out of work is a misfortune for some and a habit for others, attributed to Uncle Eben. The remark reflects attitudes toward unemployment as reported in a Washington context.
A. C. Sprague of Normal Illinois describes years of kidney pain and sleepless nights. After using three boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills his pain vanished, enabling him to ride, travel, and sleep well. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY offers trial free and sells for 50 cents.
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