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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1900
Page
6
A compact digest of notable events in industry trade, political movements, and social developments abroad and at home. Highlights include shifts in manufacturing markets, policy debates, and cultural or personal notices shaping public life.
The report catalogs multiple incidents and events: wildfires crippling Wisconsin and Minnesota. a mob hanged Bob Davis in Mulberry Florida. a saloon shootout in New York leaves both combatants dead. Rev. Francis E Clark reelected head of the United Society of Christian Endeavor. drought harms crops across Minnesota North Dakota and surrounding states. Yale beats Harvard in New London four mile boat race. various transport, military, and political updates including Dewey captured cannon, Boer envoys sailing, Hawaii governor inauguration, and legal changes on gas pumping.
The Florida Democrats nominated William Jennings for governor. The article surveys weekly financials, rail crashes, crop outlooks, legal actions, and notable deaths across the United States including McKinley and McDonough Ga. wrecks, cyclones, court decisions, and political nominations.
Short items report on a 125 year old apple tree in North Haven Maine a British commander's weekly pay of 75 pounds an epidemic in Italian silk production likely raising silk prices labor union growth West Missouri Senate retirement rate comparisons for soldiers and clergymen a Cal Oakland school principal Edwin Markham influence a French minister of war and the Dreyfus case charity by Charles Broadway Rouss a driveway leaf clearing contrivance free textbooks in Chicago city Salvation Army Mexico religious processions Mexican law restrictions Pittsburghs largest locomotive weight 240000 pounds Josie Wanous first woman American Pharmaceutical Association officer Sarah Flanagan Kingston Ont first woman to hold that city clerks job status
Reports indicate allied forces closing on Peking with Admiral Seymour relieved and foreign ministers under guard as Chinese defenses vow to resist. Updates note Seymour’s relief column near Tientsin and Chaffee to lead the American body in China amid broader imperial-strife across Africa and India.
At Des Moines the Crocker's Brigade committee plans to return a Confederate battle flag captured by Iowa troops in 1865 to the state, while the State Board of Control reports about 7500 dollars saved on flour contracts. Des Moines rebuild of the auditorium proceeds with a new plan, and the Republican convention set for August 1 remains on track if the hall is ready. Labor Commissioner Wennerstrom advances broad factory inspections, seeking data on child labor, hours, safety, ventilation, and entry rights, with attorney general guidance clarifying entry authority. The G A R announces personnel for Chicago encampment, while a fund-raising fair covers travel for over 100 veterans. The session laws are printed for sale, and the Iowa National Guard braces for modern rifles under new funding.
A Washington Star reporter notes a local boss carpenter, Hobart, who judged job applicants by their preferred tunes. If an applicant sang Old Hundred or Auld Lang Syne, he rejected them as too slow. whistling Yankee Doodle or The Fisher's Hornpipe earned approval to begin work.
The C Chronicle cites a tale between Senator Benton and Senator Green with Congressman Hitt recounting Green as brilliant yet sociable at the National hotel. Green jokes about church attendance and his disdain for long sermons, saying debate matters more than reading the journal.
A Kansas City Star anecdote from railroad circles recounts a Burlington line eye exam day. A messenger delivers a glass eye with a rambling note from Mike, describing hurried scribbles about eye injuries and a plan to swap the fake for a real look during an inspection.
A Waterloo man at Boone asks his wife to send his interchangeable mileage book after a poor telephone connection. The Webster City operator relays the message jokingly as interchangeable marriage book. The Waterloo wife reacts in disbelief and hangs up.
A woman recounts two years of no relief from an ulceration of the uterus despite medical help from two top city doctors. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s remedies for relief after using the Pinkham products from the Mrs. Lydia Pinkham Medicine Company in Lynn Massachusetts.
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