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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
1
Fragmented OCR notes describe a collision on the Rocky Mountain line near Denver with injuries and fatalities among crew, plus a fire and dispute over repairs. Names and places are garbled but hint at railroad operations, a receivership petition, and international diplomatic references.
A December 26 roundup lists accidents deaths and news from Victoria Texas to New York City. Entries include Mrs. Dooley killed by a Southern Pacific train in Victoria and report on railroads politics and incidents nationwide. Many brief notes cover crime weather marriages and a flood of small hometown items.
A Republican conference in Governor Bradley's office in Frankfort launched the Bradley boom for president. Forty Kentucky conservatives pledged to elect a Bradley delegation to the national convention in St Louis and back his nomination. A separate report details a theater panic in Omaha caused by a gas jet flare, with many dead or injured and a crowd racing for exits.
Eicher of Washington named assistant U S district attorney for the southern district of Iowa. Burglars at Emporia Kansas set fire to Mrs Swan’s military store with little damage. Ethel Howell of Webster City Iowa likely fatally burned by clothing caught at a stove. Pierre land office allocates 41612 dollars from the interest and income fund to counties, 40 cents per school population. Missionaries conference of the Northwest Sunday School union in Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio era. A stage between Harris California was robbed by highwaymen of a large treasure box. Ohio and land of Ohio decide cash shall be mined twice monthly after February 1, price 65 cents.
At Straight Creek mines in Asu Lanp Kentucky two men Charles Jones and Lon Irwin were fatally shot and Thomas Wolfe stabbed during a general fight. Police reported no further details immediately available.
In Iowa a steamer named Orion began a voyage from Dubuque to Vera Cruz after ice cleared. A Sioux City death is reported in the same item.
Fragmentary tax and marriage notice notes Iowa editor wed with the help of Weerster Crry and references to Dancomb family. Unclear spellings and dates hinder full context but point to a local marriage announcement in a small-town paper.
The Cis River five miles from here has burst its banks. Water measured about four feet in the river bottoms. Farmers are gathering corn by skiff as fields flood and access becomes difficult.
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake dominates the West End Gun Club tournament in Davenport Iowa winning first money in five of six events and missing only five shots in 83. The report notes the event sequence and Gilbert’s skill across multiple disciplines.
Two Baltimore and Ohio passenger trains collided near Coal City twelve miles from Cincinnati. The fatalities include a Louisville express fireman and an engineer from St. Louis. An express messenger on the St. Louis train suffered internal injuries and other injuries. He asked after his wife.
Billie Odonnell of Sioux City and Davis of Chicago meet January 4 at Grand Geneva for a scientific six round bout. Five rounds will be used, with a $300 purse and gate receipts to the winner. The event comes as firms Peavey and Stephens seek wider furniture market in state and dissolve a $16,800 chattel mortgage with Iowa Investment and Trust Co and J M Clelland noted in the record.
The president of Tabor College was injured while en route to participate in a state teachers meeting.
Whitehill, raised on a farm near the area, was the focus of a warm ovation during a concert, marking early recognition of his growing talent by the audience at Lake Forest.
An explosion at a mine near Breslau Prussia destroys a large portion of the workforce. Rescue efforts recover dozens of bodies and bring several injured to the surface as investigators work to determine the cause amid ongoing efforts.
Present were Bishop Perr port Venerable J Hay archdeacon of Davenport Venerable Irving McElroy archdeacon of Waver ly and Rev Brooks of Detroit Mich first pastor of the church here.
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