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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
2
Exports of lard from the United States to Germany grew from 8488653 dollars in 1894 to 14921540 dollars in 1904, reflecting a steady increase in trade over the decade.
People of Pike county Pennsylvania have killed a larger number of rattlesnakes than ever before this season. The rattles are eagerly sought as keepsakes by summer boarders visiting the area.
A notable Frenchman says the United States has gained what European governments have lost morally through timidity, in remarks linking to President Roosevelts peace endeavors.
Bankers importers and major houses note the gold standard drive prompts ten loan ventures and strengthens confidence. A buffalo bull in Iowa sold for nearly 1000 dollars with head 600 hay 200 and meat 59 cents per pound. In 1877 thousands of buffalo crossed the Platte at a dollar per head for poachers. A famed mathematician from a commercial college could not add 5 and 3 correctly, consistently choosing 7.
German papers claim leather ties are used on Russian government railways as a substitute for tarred wood and iron. Wood decays and iron warps with temperature, leather is said to resist air and heat and not split when nailed.
The article notes the advances in dye chemistry have cut costs and broadened color options, but warns that poisonous dyes contaminate bright fabrics including fon dant bonbon shades and military reds, making ladies' clothing emit strong, unsafe odors.
Colombians view General Rafael Reyes as a strong leader who could bring peace and progress. They compare him to Mexico's Diaz and have extended his term to ten years. Reyes opposed recognizing Panama's independence by the United States but aims to maintain good relations with the United States.
The text lists Library of Congress with millions of volumes including pamphlets, Harvard with 560000 bound volumes and 350000 bound pamphlets, Boston Public with 772000 books and pamphlets, New York Public with 500000 books and 140000 pamphlets, and Paris Bibliotheque Nationale with 3000 to 6200 books and pamphlets, noting Paris is largest among the referenced figures.
Catherine I championed Washington as a hero and prayed for his success. Alexander J. used influence to avert the 1812 15 war between the United States and England and sought a quick end once hostilities began. Alexander Tr. offered two fleets to Lincoln if Britain and France intervened on the Confederacy’s side. He later sold Alaska and removed potential rivalry over territory.
In Odessa the Kniaz Potemkine, Russia’s powerful Black Sea battleship, lies under mutineers control after the captain and most officers were killed. Rioters burn warehouses and ships while troops fire on crowds. hundreds are killed or wounded. The city braces as the main Black Sea squadron approaches and martial law is imposed.
Secretary Taft delivered a harsh rebuke to John F. Wallace after he resigned as chief engineer of the Panama canal. Wallace cited a $60 000 to $65 000 annual offer and loneliness in the canal zone but refused to stay unless allowed to live in the United States. The Interborough Rapid Transit company offered the salary and Wallace’s departure was accepted.
A three story residence belonging to John F. Merrill at Washington Street and Van Ness Avenue was laid waste by fire. Investigators say the blaze started in a dumb waiter shaft and was caused by a gas explosion.
The body of Mary O. Rogers of Leesburg Virginia was found in the Saranac River near the cottage from which she disappeared a week earlier.
News from St. Petersburg reports a mutiny aboard an emperor's battleship in Odessa harbor. The crew, led by eight officers, has the ship under armed control, prompting near panic at the admiralty and nationwide consternation.
Lancaster, June 30. Lee Furman and John O'Brien were hanged for the murder of Samuel Ressler, a tollgate keeper, on the night of July 1, 1904. Earlier, Furman, O'Brien and Craig shot at several people at Gordonville. Craig was captured and jailed for 20 years, while Furman and O'Brien later reached Ressler’s tollhouse after dusk.
President Roosevelt rests at Sagamore Hill after two days of work and alumni events at Harvard. A formal reception for Russia and Japan plenipotentiaries remains undecided, with envoys possibly arriving from Washington aboard the cruiser Mayflower and Dolphin.
A mob seized the Watkinsville jail at two o clock in the morning and hanged nine prisoners, eight shot dead. Victims include Lon J Aycock white jailed for murder and seven Black prisoners charged with related killings and crimes. One Black prisoner escaped believed dead by the mob.
Karl Burnham aged 34 with an armed female accomplice abducted his 15 month old child in Kansas City after exchanging gunfire with his wife in which she was slightly wounded.
One person died and two firemen were seriously hurt in a small South Brooklyn fire on June 30. William Gardam suffocated while attempting to reach the street to obtain aid for his wife and a servant girl.
Lockesburg Colony in Sevier County Arkansas covering about 30000 acres and Loring Colony spanning around 2 324000 acres are now open for settlement on favorable terms up to 15.00 per acre. Colonies offer fertile land for farming stock raising and market gardening in a healthy climate with good water. Write for books on Lockesburg and Loring Colonies and current events magazine to Warner and Roesler, Kansas City Missouri. High finance is now rising and some expect to reach heaven from its peak.
A nurse explained that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has cured Mrs Fred Seydel of West Philadelphia after a long illness. The advertisement claims the remedy has helped over a hundred thousand women annually and emphasizes confidential free advice from a experienced female clinician in Lynn Massachusetts.
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