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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1894
Page
4
West Coast Railroad Dining Hall Worker Known as Biscuit Shooter
A girl who works in a railroad dining car on the far west is nicknamed a biscuit shooter for her quick biscuit service. The term reflects a local shorthand in this travel era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Panis Insurance Refuses Policies for Hair Dye Users
An insurer under Panis rejects life policies for individuals who use hair dyes. The firm cites policy risk and health concerns as grounds for denial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panis
New French Insurance Firm Plans Dowry for Brides
A novel insurance company in France has been launched to provide dowries to girls upon marriage. The venture aims to secure financial support for brides through structured savings and risk pooling, aligning with traditional nuptial customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Man with counterfeit bill shows ingenuity over judgment
A man who produced a dangerous counterfeit one hundred dollar bill displayed cleverness beyond sound judgment. The note’s devious value makes it impractical for most people to change at present, as a genuine small bill would be required.
Bell Telephone Company Earnings and Patent Expiration
The American Bell Telephone Company reports 1893 earnings of 5.9 million dollars on a capital base of 20 million, roughly a 30 percent return. The Bell patents are set to expire next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuer
American Bell Telephone Company
Bell
Officials to issue world fair history at high price
Two leading authorities connected with the world fair plan to publish a history at a cost of one thousand dollars per copy. The note hints that children will clamour for the book but will not receive it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee
Chestnut word origin traces to Italian antiquities term
Linguistic note explains that chestnut as an archaism comes not from the English nut but from the Italian word chessanutta meaning antiquities. The etymology links an old story label to a heritage term.
Furniture Made From Despised Southwestern Cactus
The article describes cactus wood used for furniture. Stalks are split steamed and rolled into boards creating a natural filigree appearance that is delicate yet strong.
Sea serpent sighting near Newfoundland stirs winter rumor
The sea serpent has appeared off Newfoundland shores and is expected to move southward during winter. It is anticipated to surface near seaside resorts just before the summer season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Ax Oaksend Cat man recovers from head injury but cannot recognize wife’s mother
A Cat. man struck on the head by a firing bolt has recovered from surgery but now suffers amnesia toward his wife’s mother. A scramble is anticipated over the bolt and its origins.
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Oaksend
Erie canal trolley plan eyed for grain transit
The proposal to adopt a trolley system on the Erie canal estimates a daily grain throughput of 30,685,290 bushels and an annual total of 6,444,043,020 bushels during the two navigation days each year.
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Erie Canal
New instrument sounds sea depths without lead line
An invention drops a sinking cartridge that explodes on reaching the bottom. The shock is recorded by a microphone array and depth is calculated from the explosion time.
Four train robbers sentenced to thirty five years
The four men who held up the International express at Duval Texas were sentenced to thirty five years each after admitting guilt. The judge cited that such verdicts may deter future train robberies.
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Duval
Tex
France allows free gathering of fallen forest leaves
The minister of agriculture in France authorizes collecting fallen leaves from forests without permission. Penalties for gathering without consent include a thirty franc fine if a horse is used and six francs if a person collects with sacks or by hand.
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France
Record-Breaking Turf Wagers Highlight Season
Mr McCalmont topped English turf with 127000 dollars while France’s leading turfman earned 170000 dollars. American Keene led with 270000 dollars in winnings and Domino contributed 190000. The totals show exceptional gains amid many losses last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. McCalmont
France
Keene
Domino
Electric current astonishes patients at Long View asylum
The first energizing of circuits at Long View asylum in Cincinnati, V, caused patients to display remarkable excitement. They embraced, moved with glee, and showed uplifted behavior, with improvements noted in many cases due to the buoyant effect on their systems.
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Long View Insane Asylum
Cincinnati
Chicago ad seeks forty workers draws over a thousand applicants
A Chicago firm advertised for about forty men, and the Tribune notes that over a thousand people—old and young, married and single, clerks, mechanics, and laborers—applied. Wages were low, yet applicants did not object, illustrating widespread distress among the previously employed who cannot find work.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Veteran actor Cuartes R. TuHorne dies at 83
Cuartes R. TuHorne, renowned actor of Forrest and Macready era, died aged 83 after a long Pacific coast residence. He first appeared 64 years ago as Octavian in Colman's The Mountaineers at the old Park Theatre. He married actress Ann Mestayer, who died about twelve years ago, and his two sons Charles R. and Edwin became actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuartes R. TuHorne
Pacific Coast
Forrest
Macready
Wallack
Poe
Octavian
Colman
Old Park Theater
Ann Mestayer
Charles R
Edwin
Canadian social shifts as Chicago widow gains status
The article notes Mrs. Foster, once a Chicago grass widow, gains acceptance in Canadian society after Lord Aberdeen, the new governor general, ignores prior refusals to invite her to receptions. It highlights how a single influence can reshape royal precedent and social norms.
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Canada
Foster
Dominion
Lord Aberdeen
California’s First Governor Peter Burnett Turns Eighty Six
The article recalls Peter H. Burnett, California’s first governor, alive at age eighty six. It notes his San Francisco beginnings before the gold rush and his early role as associate judge of the territorial supreme court. It highlights his long memory of the state’s rapid progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Peter H. Burnett
San Francisco
Territorial Site Court
Week of market data shows decline and job losses nationwide
Weekly exchange totals reached 1.958 billion dollars, down from 1.916 billion. US employment losses reach nearly 3,000,099 with wage cuts and shortened hours. Visible grain stocks rise and a surge of fire losses and violent incidents cross multiple cities.
Blaze, cave-in tolls, and stock-farm fire mark bleak year
A Boston six-story blaze of 200000 dollars hits a Manchester Center frame. a Carnegie Homestead cave-in kills fourteen and injures four. Other items note a West Point graduate’s death, a Pa stock farm barn fire with twenty two horses lost, and a citywide relief appeal for unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Manchester Center
Vit
Carnegie
New Mill
Homestead
West Point Academy
William C. Young
New York
Keystone
Kittaning
Bowser Brothers
New York Grand Jury
Bedford
Albert Hancer & Co
Philadelphia
Ann Stimson
Hancock
N. Y
Danvinlg
Mahoning Rolling Mill Company
Thomas C. Platt
New York & New England Railroad
Henry Anpd
Josefa Manly
George Cronk
Plattsburg
Saranac Lake
Tupper Lake
August Miller
Samuel Heber
Pennsylvania
South Hampton
Providence
R. I
Trenton
N. J
United States Cordage Company
Nationwide briefly reports a string of 1890s incidents and deaths
The report notes John Dawson aged 104 died in Terre Haute. a charter for Duval Athletic Club in Jacksonville was refused. Judge Taylor ruled vaccination not required for pupils. stockman J L Shal CROss lost a barn with 30 horses and 100 cattle in Kentucky. drownings in Grand Lake and a boiler explosion in Tennessee killed four and injured five. Roscoe Parker confessed to a double murder near Winchester. coal barges sunk in Ohio due to low water. race war at Laguna del Gallo left five Americans and nineteen Mexicans dead. train hold up on Union Pacific in Seminole. Ironwood officers convicted. Joan A Nicnos dies in Blackshear. Armier in Marshall robs express for 8000. Colorado legislature to convene January 10. Cincinnati flooded with aluminum dime counterfeits from 1893.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
John Dawson
Terre Haute
Washington
Duval Athletic Club
Jacksonville
Fla
Corbett
Mitchell
Get. Mitchell
Judge Taylor
Ind
J. L. Shalcross
Anchorage
Grand Lake
Mermenteau
Thibodeaux
Miller
Knoxville
Tenn
Roscoe Parker
L. P. Ryan
Winchester
Ohio
Laguna del Gallo
N. M
Union Pacific
Seminole
I. T
Ironwood
Mich
Joan A. Nicnos
Blackshear
Georgia
Armier
Marshall
Tex
Gov
Warre
Colorado
Cincinnati
Battles at Nassawah Egypt Kill Dervishes and Italians
Reports describe a battle near Nassawah Egypt in which hundreds of dervishes and Italian soldiers died, including Mohammed Ali and emirs in his faction. Other items claim false news of Rio Janeiro, a prize from the Institute of France, a Kiama boating wreck, France wine output, British trade declines, and Brazilian imprisonment of Captain Andrews with crew, plus Matabele forces killing Captain Wilson and forty followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nassawah
Egypt
Mohammed Ali
Rio Janeiro
Peixoto
Admiral Melle
Institute of France
Paris
Kiama
France
London
John Andrews
Wilson
King Lobengula
South Africa
Dramatic Courtroom Clash Over Mayor Harrison Murder
Prendergast clashes with attorney A S Trude in a Chicago court as Trude denounces the mayor's killer. Prendergast erupts, defends himself, then collapses in rage while jurors witness a tense, dramatic scene. The proceedings mark a striking turn in the long murder trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmecaco
Prendergast
Trude
A. S. Trude
Harrison
Wade
Trade
Mr. Trude
Spray
Dearborn Street
Bridewell
Yearly federal building outlay tops four million dollars
Jeremiah O Rourke reports four million one hundred twenty six thousand one hundred fifty nine dollars spent on new federal buildings. Hillsboro Texas fire destroyed a block worth two hundred seventy five thousand dollars. Railway mileage fell to twenty six thirty miles, the lowest since 1878. Fatal boiler explosion near Peru Indiana killed George and B Mc Donald. Duncan Kentucky widow and three children burned. Lawrenceville Illinois wiped out by fire. Anna Wagner found not guilty of poisoning the Koosters in Indianapolis. A colored man Mack Segars lynched at Brantley Alabama for attempted assault. Kansas sheriffs meet to protest the tramp circular. Curis Evans escapes Fresno jail with wife and a waiter. Four miners drown in Symonds Kaye mine Halifax Nova Scotia. Carnegie offers sixty five thousand daily for two months in Pittsburgh. Patents chief to publish names of long lived rights. Gov Lewelline removes Mary E Lease from Kansas charity board. Cass County Bank of Atlantic closes. Mirenlecs and Corbett arrested in Jacksonville to test glove contest law. Kansas soldier pension not attachable. Louisiana Lottery plans island purchase in Honduras for Monte Carlo style operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeremiah O'Rourke
The
Treasury
Hillsboro
Tex
United States
Peru
Ind
George
B. McDonald
Thomas Ranspatt
Duncan
Lawrenceville
Indianapolis
Anna Wagner
Mack Segars
Brantley
Ala
Sheriffs of
Kansas
Topeka
Lewelling
Curis Evans
Fresno
Cal
Faulkner
Lois
Savage
Tuttle
Symonds Kaye
Halifax
Axprew
Carnegie
Pittsburgh
Commissioner of Patents
Lewelline
Mary E. Lease
State Board of Charities
Cass County Bank of Atlantic
Charles Mirenlecs
James J. Corbett
Jacksonville
Fla
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Honduras
Grand jury indicts six in Widows Home theft case
sensational reports reach Cincinnati as grand jury weighs the $63,438 treasury loss at the Widows home. Indictments naming J. D. MacNeal W B K Burnett Powell Crosley F J Mitchell W A Thompson and George M Leighton as principals and accessories alleged to obtain money under false pretenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnavi
Grand Jury
J. D. MacNeal
W. BK. Burnett
Powell Crosley
F. J. Mitchell
W. A. Thompson
George M. Leighton
Fire kills family as home burns near Haxneropssure
Thomas Ransdall, a prosperous farmer in Haxneropssure Kentucky, woke to flames, carried his baby to safety, but his wife and three children died when the house collapsed. The residence and its contents were worth about $3,000. The father is reportedly in deep grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haxneropssure
Thomas Ransdall
Three to Hang on the Same Day in Texas Court
In federal court Judge Bryant sentenced Manning Davis a white man Edward Gonzales a Mexican and Jim Upkins a negro to be hanged on Friday March 30 1894. Davis and Gonzales were convicted of murder and Upkins of assaulting a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pants
Tex
Bryant
Manning Davis
Edward Gonzales
Jim Upkins
Davis
Gonzales
Upkins
Drowned in Nova Scotia Mine Disaster
Savage and Tuettle were drowned in the Symonds Kaye gold mine ten miles from Halifax Nova Scotia after a blast breached a wall and flooded the shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Hallifax
Faulkner
Lois
Savage
Tuettle
Halifax
Noted Gatlian Flees Jail in Fresno Robbery Case
Chris Evans a known train robber escaped the Fresno county jail with help from his wife Deanne Evans and accomplice Ed Morel after overpowering Deputy Scott. They fled via Mariposa street toward Mono and Q streets firing on pursuers, injuring City Marshal Morgan. Evans, a former murder convict, had prior life sentence and recent estimates of further trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Cal
Deanne
Chris Evans
Scott
Ben Merritt
Evans
Ed Morel
Morel
Chris
Ben
Mariposa Street
Adventist Church
Morgan
W. M. Wyatt
Wyatt
Mono
Q Streets
Willard Cochran
United States
Marshal Wilson
Simpson
McGinnis and
Beaver
Stone Corral
Sontag
Carnegie Offers 85 000 a Day to Employ idle Pittsburgh Workers
A letter from Andrew Carnegie to Robert Pitcairn of the Pennsylvania Railroad proposes that Carnegie fund five thousand dollars daily for two months, matching the city’s relief effort to hire idle workers. He argues the current emergency warrants work over alms and urges the rich to support the needy, hoping for national recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pittspvren
Andrew Carnegie
Robert Pitcairn
Pennsylvania _railroad
Relief Committee
Carnegie
Republic
Illinois militia totals five thousand thirty six men
The naval section and the Illinois militia bring the grand total to 5,036 men, reflecting full mobilization figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Militia of
Illinois
Stockbridge Sleeper May White Awakens After Years
Jackson Michigan reports May White known as the Stockbridge sleeper is slowly recovering. After two years of unarousable sleep she now stays awake for hours each day and spends time knitting and crocheting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockbridge
Jackson, Mich
Oldest Mason in the United States Dies in San Diego
Samuel McKeon died in San Diego California on December 30 at age 91. He was reputed the oldest free mason in the United States having been admitted in 15825.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Dirgo
Cal
Samuel McKeon
Sovereign condemns Carlisle bond scheme in address
General Master Workman Sovereign plans to issue an address to the Knights of Labor denouncing Secretary Carlisle s proposal to issue 290 million dollars in bonds. The lengthy message reflects strong agitation and opposition to the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlisie
Patapetruia
Workman
Sovereign
Knights of Labor
Carlisle
Santa Fe System Placed Under Receivership
United States Judge Caldwell appoints three receivers to take immediate control of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and St Louis and San Francisco railroads in a distress swap. The total bonded debt runs about 240 million with 8,346 miles of lines to be operated under court supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litrie Roca
Ark
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
St Louis
San Francisco
Santa Fe
United States
H. G. Caldwell
Chambers
Union Trust Company of New York
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe
Mercantile Trust Company of New York
St. Louis
George C. Magoun
Catoosa
Iron Mountain
Federal Courthouse
Judge Caldwell
J. W. Reinhardt
J. J. McCook
Joseph C. Wilson
United States District Court
Topeka
Kan
Reinhardt
McCook
George C. Nickerson
Frisco
Robbery at Leonardsville Farm by Masked Men
In Urica New York December 27 three masked men entered the Miner farm near Leonardsville twenty miles away bound and gagged Matthew Miner and his wife ransacked the house and took 1800 dollars. Officers pursue the trio who fled south amid neighborhood excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urica
N. Y
Leonardsville
Matthew Miner
Miner
Strike Looms as Northern Pacific Receivers Move to Cut Wages
North ern Pacific receivers adopt a new wage schedule cutting 5 to 20 percent for many workers sparking a potential general strike. Court injunction orders employees and unions not to quit or conspire to halt service while 3 500 workers across the line face possible walkouts by January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwauker
Northern Pacific Railroad
Acutof
Paul
Jenkins
United States Court
United States
Northern Pacific
Michigan
Toledo
Ann Arbor
Conference Committee
P. M. Arthur
E. C. Clark
E. P. Sargent
D. G. Ramsey
E. Wilkinson
United States Man-of-War Mohican Aims for Honolulu
United States warship Mohican to be dispatched to Honolulu with orders issued and Mare Island activity rising as the Aus tralia has already sailed for the same destination. The move suggests a need to bolster naval strength at Honolulu. In Kansas City the school board accepted a War Department offer to appoint a military attache to teach tactics in public schools, Fort Leavenworth providing the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury
Josefh Donover
Washington
Barney
Post Office Department
Thompson
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Hawaii
San Francisco
Honolulu
Mare Island
Australia
Willis
Kansas City
Board of Education
Secretary of War
Fort Leavenworth
Tragedy at Rail Yard Claims Two Lives
Frank Maxwell and Edward Fletcher, railroad employee, were killed by a shifting train near Dennison. A Philadelphia relief committee seeks 10 000 dollars weekly for aid, listing 750 dependent families on its charity list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permanent Relief Committee of
Philadelphia
Omaha Beetsugar Factory Deal Ends Two Week Negotiations
Count Lubienski for a Polish syndicate and the Omaha Commercial club reach a contract to build a beet sugar factory next year. The club will invest 100000 stock into a 1500000 project to harvest 4900 acres within 29 miles of Omaha and bring 200 Polish emigrant families. A smaller Elkhorn valley plant is also planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omana
Neb
Count Lubienski
Commercial Club
Omaha
Grand Island
Norfolk
Elkworn
Murderer in Wilmington Case Arraigned in Judge Dibell Court
Ernest, accused of fatally murdering Ella Byron near Wilmington on August 6 as she returned from church, was arraigned. Abatements denied and motion for new trial rejected. Judge Jam Dibell sentenced him to be hanged on Friday January 19. the prisoner was 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouter
Lil
Ernest
Ella Byron
Wilmington
Mills at Bay View idled by eight orders on hand
Milwaukee December 28 The top and bottom mills of the Illinois Steel company at Bay View failed to start up Tuesday morning due to eight orders on hand. The rest of the plant runs normally except the blast furnaces. Manager Hinton says startup may come in a week or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Mllnois Steel Company
Bay View
Hinton
Brake man killed in fall near Blairsburg on Illinois Central
Out Of His Head, Webster CITY, la., Dec. 28. Brake man Tynan on the Illinois Central road fell from a car and was killed near Blairsburg, his head severed from his body. His relatives live here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Tynan
Lllipois
Blairsburg
Death of Victor Schoelcher French Senator
Death reported of Senator Victor Schoelcher noted as writer and traveler. Born 1804, he visited Mexico Cuba and the United States earlier in life.
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Victor Schoelcher
Mexico
Cuba
The
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