25 Jan 1894
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1894
Page
1
A Story County Iowa Board of Supervisors certification confirms the balance of rections and disbursements for Treasurer T. J. Miller from June 1, 18:3 to December 189} is correct according to vouchers and auditor's ledger.
A Yakutsk Gazette account describes ancient and current human sacrifices among the Tchuktchi and other groups in Siberia, detailing ritual killing methods, funeral rites, and reindeer-hung corpses. The report notes participation by Sukatchis and Monts, with Russian and Lomonts linked to ceremonies.
Photographer Napoleon Sarony recounts Beecher’s love of having his picture taken and the need to read a sitter’s habits. He notes Beecher’s impulsive earnestness and how a few questions reveal subject matter that brings out expression. The passage highlights the craft of capturing character in a single lens.
A correspondent reports that Trinity College Cambridge allowed examination of skin taken from Corder the murderer of Maria Marten. The dissecting doctor, foreseeing a Life of Corder, sent a tanned skin sample which was later bound into a book and placed in the library.
An anecdote from a mayor's court speech recounts a judge who joked about a railway company losing bags. He told jurors that the company always loses bags and even said they lost his own bag while on circuit, urging the verdict to be easy. The jury agreed.
A New York Tribune note states a promising international future if nations heed Turkey and Servia who have agreed to mark their frontiers with a continuous line of iron wire. The piece highlights a historic peace gesture after long conflicts between the two powers.
The article details mourning pins with light open black enamel and diamonds, umbrella tags with removable silver clasps, a silver gilt marker for devotional books featuring a blue and green enamel cross and pale blue ribbon, and new round oblong silver buckles with curved sides and raised central bars. Old three toothed buckles are being superseded.
The Pictburg Dispatch reports France will prosecute all incitements to commit dynamite outrages and all glorifications of crimes. The move aims to curb anarchist activity, leaving militants with little to do but drink.
The Forum cites Bjornstjerne Bjornson as a possible presidential candidate in a Norwegian republic scenario. It also reports physicians and college presidents favor keeping football, with Dr. D B St John Roosa urging abolition of the flying wedge and urging play on college grounds under new rules. Local items note Story City and Ames residents, changes in business interests, a coroner’s inquest over John Danielson, and the death of J A Hawkins with Odd Fellows services and burial arrangements at State Center.
Sir George Elliot Bart outlines a plan to nationalize coal lands in Scotland and Wales by a cooperative system. Shares and miner votes would form local committees with government price controls and liberal miner wages. A two thirds coal owner majority would launch the scheme, needing about 550 million dollars in capital.
Dr Jennie M Taylor age 26 daughter of Rev A E Taylor Martinsville Pa joins Bishop Taylor in advancing Methodist Episcopal missions in Africa She earns A B A M M D and D D after her name and will travel to Liberia Angola and Congo with the diocese facing long hardships and distant voyages.
The article notes the first British regiment formed in 1683 and estimates Bolivia’s army cost at 5 800 000 yearly. It cites a world taxpayers’ burden of about 40 000 000 for cannons, plus Pneumatic Vesuvius shells of 489 pounds at long ranges. The Tulipe gun is claimed strong yet light. It estimates 100 000 000 guns globally, and rifles, shotguns, and muskets costing around 1 000 000 at ten dollars each.
The passage argues that business failures stem from debt taken to expand farms and businesses. It traces a chain from farmer to merchant to manufacturer and financier, leading to widespread panics when debts mature. It asks how often panics would occur if people avoided debt and used only actual capital.
The Lehigh Valley strikers still out of work are accused of pursuing a course that could hinder public sympathy. Reports allege theyhave hung about freight yards, tampered with signals, uncoupled cars, removed pins and chains, and hurled stones at a train window.
The piece advocates winter relief programs by American cities to employ the unemployed on street and park work. It argues for modest wages just to feed and shelter workers, preventing competition with regular labor. Some schemes propose a dollar per day for these tasks.
Under Tillmans temperance system state liquor sellers receive salaries and report all purchases and sales. The governor argues this reduces personal profit and promotes temperance since less whisky sold means less labor for salesmen and the same pay.
Mile Reichenberg earns praise in Dutch towns including Amsterdam where enthusiastic crowds turned away. Ludwig Barnay recovers enough from relapses to return as Hamlet and in Widmann’s new drama Jenseits von Gut und Bose. Sir Arthur Sullivan protests female Nanki Poo substitution in The Mikado revival at Unter den Linden Theatre Berlin.
The clearing house of London began in 1775 as a pioneering financial clearing center. In the United States, the Bank of New York and the Bank of Massachusetts were established in 1784.
Richardson and Mead report fourteen car loads of stock shipped since last issue. J. F. Horst toils for a flowing well near Central. S. M. McCall and family moved to take charge of Hotel Zearing. Rex Landlord Armstrong and family stay at the hotel while houses remain scarce. Miss Anna Hileman of Elwell visits Zearing with her sister. Pat Kelly of Marshalltown visits Mike MacDonnald at the Grove. Keil adds his name to the local list.
Collins Clipper reports Iola Fisher of Green Castle died suddenly last Tuesday after preparing supper when she suffered a hemorrhage and died shortly after. The notice also mentions a sheriff closing a wholesale house over unpaid goods and other local incidents.
Prominent figure C A Wood returns to Battle Creek sanitarium with Mrs Beatty returning to Indiana. Mrs J A Fitzpatrick and daughter Genevieve depart for three months in California via the southern route visiting Fresno and others. Police report numerous inform ations filed in 24 hours accusing boys of stealing rings from harness on streets and in stables. Candidates dispute Worsley appointment claims with rivals saying the fight has just begun. The Republican postmaster remains paid beyond his term.
Rev B Loving has arrived to accept the pastorate and will preach in the Baptist church this Sabbath. Eldora Mather of Maxwell underwent a surgical operation performed by Dr Smith and associates but died from shock after the procedure. she was about 30 years old. J J Couli of Ames visited Des Moines and election committee work. Will Scott wedding sixth anniversary celebrated with gifts and a jolly gathering at their northeast Ames home.
Maxwell of Ames remains talkative on streets while revival meetings unfold at the Lutheran church led by Rev. Byron Clark. Hon. F. RB. Nellis appears pleased as old associate Dunbar brings an assay showing the ore from Nellis' claim yields gold, silver, and copper values. Fernando, son of Mrs. Jane Nellis, is celebrated by friends.
Maxwell Tribune notes high demand for rental houses in Maxwell with residents continually seeking homes. Also mentions Epworth League chapter organized at Colo last week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Bryant attended a funeral in Ames for a Bryant family member. Bertha Ersland suffered a broken collarbone after a schoolyard tumble. Relatives hosted a surprise for Mrs. Ole Tesdahl’s 450th birthday with about 40 guests, gifting a plush sofa.
A reader from Otway Ohio credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with curing a lagippe related cough after six weeks of coughing. The notice promotes the 25 and 50 cent bottles sold by L M Bosworth and mentions Hood s Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. Other items note Georgia legislature pushing a state bank system and Colorado extra session set for January 3 1883.
A collection of quirky notes mentions Castoria for children’s ailments an eel surviving 18 days out of water oysters forming 10 foot ledges off South Carolina coast a compact army worm column and claims about alligators and rattlesnakes biting patterns The items read like a quirky snippet page from a bygone era.
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