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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
2
Railroads liable to U S for mail loss and other 1909 news
U S circuit court in St. Louis rules railroad firms answerable only to the government for mail losses. A roundup of events includes a Chester Colorado train robbery, Wheaton's retirement, census director appointment, mines explosions near Johnstown, Chicago freight concessions, and Roosevelt era diplomacy in China and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St. Louis
Chester
Col
Lloyd Wheaton
Merriam
Rolling Mill
Johnstown
Teamsters’ Union
Chicago
Amanda George
Anderson
Ind
New York
Arctic
Cleveland
Jacob Cox
Mount Vernon
Ill
Wu Ting Fang
China
Roosevelt
Vatican
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Outlaw Tracy
Palmer
Wash
Maine
Philadelphia
Delaware Capes
Senor Quesada
Palma
Bragg
Frank C. Wachter
Baltimore
Emma H. King
George J. Barney
Shippenport
N. H
Cortelyou
Oyster Bay
Washington
Erie
Joseph A. Sternhart
Milwaukee
Nina A. Phillips
Niagara Falls
Lake Shore
Nickel Plate
Michigan Central
Rock Island
Northwestern
North Dakota
Colombia
Liang Chen Tung
America
Navy
Hobson
East St. Louis
Political Nominations Sweep Across States In Brief
Democrats in Indiana’s Eleventh district nominate John C. Nelson for congress. Republicans renominate Gov De Forest Richards and other state officials in Wyoming. Michigan Republicans nominate H C Young for congress in the Twelfth. Wisconsin Republicans endorse Spooner Roosevelt La Follette in Madison and nominate a state ticket led by La Follette. Union notes on Lacey Crowley Lanham and Clark death and other nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
John C. Nelson
Congress
Wyoming
de Forest Richards
Michigan
H. C. Young
Wisconsin
Madison
United States
Spooner
Roosevelt
la Follette
John F. Lacey
Town
Town. the Local Option League
Vermont
P. M. Clement
Rutland
Illinois
Joseph B. Crowley
Texas
S. W. T. Lanham
Parker County
Sheldon
H. C. Smith
Weeks
Aplin
Charles H. Smith
United States Army
Washington
LaFollette
Oscar Turner
Fifth
Louisville
North Carolina
Walter Clark
Supreme Court
Multiple World Events Signal Shifting Tides Across Nations
Sir Michael Hicks Beach resigns as chancellor of the exchequer in Britain. The Venice Campanile on St Mark’s Piazza collapses after surviving for ten centuries. The Illinois battleship grounds in Christiania harbor with a bottom hole. King Edward’s doctors report continued progress as satisfactory. Maj. Gen. Adna Chaffee returns from the Philippines. Maj. Gen. George Davis named successor. Newfoundland Chief Justice Sir Joseph Little dies in St. John’s. Minister Bowen asks for a warship to Caracas amid tensions. McKinley medical bills totaling 45000 dollars to be paid. Cortelyou to audit. Marconi reports wireless messages 1400 miles from the British coast. Edward travels from palace to yacht and then to Cowes. A Venice architect warns ancient piling is decayed and city may be destroyed. Campanile destruction seen as a warning. Thirty drown when steamer sinks on the Lu ge river near Probroa Scheyekaia. Rup-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Hicks-Beach
St. Mark’s Piazza
Venice
Illinois
Christiania Harborr
Edward
Adna R. Chaffee
Philippines
George Davis
Joseph I. Little
Newfoundland
St. Johns
Herbert W. Bowen
Venezuela
Caracas
McKinley
Congress
Cortelyou
Marconi
London
Cowes
Luge
Probroa-Scheyekaia
Floods and storms damage towns with vast losses reported
Widespread wind and rain cause heavy damage across town with an estimated loss of 2.5 million dollars. Other items note coronation plans, drownings in Michigan and Illinois, shipwrecks, a Paris Vatican note, and a major strike in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Mountain
Elkins
W. Va
Root
Taft
Vatican
Philippines
Indianapolis
Chicago
Harvard
Isles of Shoals
New Hampshire
John Anderson
Owensboro
Plattsmouth
Neb
Brigham to intensify Iowa factory inspections this year
Labor Commissioner E. D. Brigham begins enforcing a new Iowa law on factory visits focusing on machinery safety and gendered sanitary conditions. He reports widespread low wages for women and children, and plans immediate action to ensure compliance alongside ongoing railroad tax assessment discussions and state financial adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
E. D. Brigham
Brigham
Mr. Brigham
Bold Burglary Strikes Story City Stores
The burglary of Christensen Henderson's stores in Story City occurred a few nights ago. Thieves stole about $800 worth of merchandise, loaded it into a wagon, and drove south of town, pursued for about two miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christensen & Henderson’s
Story City
Story County Newspaper Association Formed In Ames
Editors from Story County held a meeting in Ames to establish a permanent organization for mutual benefit. The Story County Newspaper Association was created with officers elected including A. K. Graf ton as secretary and George Benjamin as treasurer of the Nevada Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County
Ames
Story County Newspaper Association
A. K. Grafton
Story City Herald
George Benjamin
Nevada Journal
The Young Idea
A short urban vignette recalls a young minister urging students to observe spring and church attendance. A New York judge relates a class scene where a child quips that spring brings the rent man. The piece ends with a pastor noting Friday services and playful student misinterpretations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side
Hogs
New York
Draughon Offers Personal and Correspondence Courses
Draughon announces about three thousand students enrolled for personal instruction and several thousand in correspondence study across his colleges in Nashville and other cities. He urges readers to write today for a catalog from Draughon’s College, Nashville Tenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.F. Draughon
Draughon
Nashville
St. Louis
Atlanta
Ft. Worth
Galveston
Little Rock
Shreveport
Catal Dress
Draughon’s College
Nashville Tenn
Poem Hint on Feet and Shoes in Ohio State Journal
The exchange notes a missing element in a poem about feet and suggests shoes as the absent detail. It captures a bemused, literary moment from the Ohio State Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio State Journal
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement note
An old ad for Allen's Foot-Ease promises relief for sore and swollen feet. It claims to cure rint and other foot ailments and is sold by artists and shoe stores with address A. 8 Olmsted Le Roy N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen's
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Judge Defines Goo Goo Eyes As Attention Without Intent
A Jersey City judge rules that making oo goo eyes constitutes attention without genuine intent, reframing a common gesture. The decision clarifies social behavior standards and could influence court interpretations of intent in similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Milwaukee Sentinel
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Ad
Stops the cough and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
Paid in Full Grimshaw Town Topics Quip
A fragment from Town Topics features a witty exchange about being paid and living, with Grimshaw replying that living itself proves existence. The brief item captures a terse, humorous edge in a local column.
Cough Cure Adette Describes Jan 1900 Release
An old advertisement notes a cough cure named Piso's Cure from January 1900 era. It references a physician or seller and uses period phrasing typical of turn of the century medical remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Brien
Man Who Calls for Fool Killer Hides When Seen
A Chicago Daily News remark notes a man who constantly urges the fool killer would be the first to disappear if he encountered the feared figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Odd Government Expenses Atrocity of Extradition and Prisons
A historical account lists annual outlays for extraditing criminals from abroad and related measures. It notes 5000 for extradition, 2270 membership dues, 1500 for geodetic work, and 14100 for foreign prison support including Bangkok Shanghai Yokohama and Turkey. Additional sums cover Brussels administration 100, lighthouses Tangiers Cape Spartel 325, rescue rewards 4500, and Panama seamen hospitals 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Bureau of Weights and Measures
International Geodetic Association
Bangkok
Shanghai
Yokohama
Turkey
Brussels
International Bureau
Tangiers
Cape Spartel
Morocco
What Might Have Been Sonoma Man Credits Dodd’s Kidney Pills
Delos Hutchins of Sonoma Michigan recalls severe rheumatic pain from a Louisiana swamps service 1861 64. After using Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports pain relief after four boxes and improvement in back hip and legs though lingering deformities remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonoma
Mich
Delos Hutchins
Dodd
Hutchins
Louisiana
Fred Parker
Mr. Parker
Mr. Hutchins
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