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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1905
Page
7
The notes sketch Norway with more reindeer than horses and more sheep than cows. Pay days see saloons closed and banks open late. Government loans help young farmers at three percent. Telegraphed messages, stamp rules, and literacy gaps noted. Physical prowess high. army service universal with small rejection rate. Death rates cited and living costs compared across nations.
A collection of old adages with mixed wording offering caution about luck, timing, restraint, and resilience. Some lines resemble common proverbs, though phrasing is imperfect and quirky in places. The set reflects traditional moral guidance in compact rounds.
The article notes Britain produces about 90 000 tons of butter yearly, American auto exports up 40 percent in the last year, and Montreal housing the empire’s largest flour mill yielding 5 000 barrels daily. It also cites high prices for hand spun thread and exports data for eggs and butter from Denmark to the UK in 1904.
Gov Higginson Higgs urged a joint commission to probe life insurance firms in the state. The Armstrong resolution appropriates 50000 for the inquiry detailing investments corporate relations policyholder contracts costs and other key aspects to inform a legal revision at the next session.
Miss Margaret M. James recalls teaching in city schools for six years before a nervous breakdown forced resignation. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring sleep, blood, strength, and health, noting fellow teachers also benefited as the pills are sold in drug stores.
Kansas City Kan City National Bank failed to open on Thursday after holding Devlin paper of Topeka totaling over 100000. The collapse stemmed from the Topeka First National Bank failure and a forced capital repair. Depositors were trended calm with few withdrawals as officials prepared asset statements.
A cloudburst on Thursday sent Spring river up 18 feet, forcing residents from Carthage and Kendricktown to higher ground. Losses reach about 150000 dollars with one death Calvin Rudy. Many cattle and horses drowned and several bridges washed away. Losses fall on farmers miners and railroads.
The joint council declared off the strike against the Employers' Association after 15 weeks of disruption. Citywide violence, 18 deaths, 400 injuries, 900 arrests, and broad cost tallies marked the protracted confrontation. 4000 workers participated with union costs at 350000 and total city costs at 560000.
The World reports that the $685000 loan to the Equitable Life Assurance Society by the Mercantile Trust Company has been paid. Payment was made last Friday by former president James W Alexander and former comptroller Thomas D Jordan, or by unknown individuals for their account.
Pierre July 21 reports a high demand for laborers and harvest hands in South Dakota. Five thousand men are needed for baying and harvest, with 500 required in Edmunds County alone. Wages range from 35 to 45 dollars monthly plus board.
Judge Noah W. Cheever of Ann Arbor died suddenly at his home from apoplexy on Thursday. He was 65 and had been prominent in national prohibition party affairs. The death occurred in his residence, leaving a notable figure in local and national politics.
In Los Angeles M T Hancock, noted inventor and manufacturer, dies from skull fractures after an auto crash that also seriously injures his wife and children. In Indianapolis, Olive Johnson and five others, ages 14 to adults, are burned when a car plunges into a ditch and explodes its gasoline tank. C O Dale is badly burned and bystander William Klanke rescues him.
Twenty four true bills against fourteen individuals were returned by Milwaukee’s grand jury probing graft. The third indictment batch since June 20 raises the total to 129 with seven new homes named, including Thomas A. Clancy fire chief indicted for perjury. Capiuses issued for listed defendants including Hanrahan Coer Boemming Dick Neider Schultz Klefisch Harting Dettmar Haasch Reinnoldt and O Keefe.
A group of five ladies visit Mr M in Catena office to solicit a subscription for a home for aged and indigent widows. He contributes $500 and asks to remain anonymous, declining to have his benefaction publicized while thanking the visitors. The brief ends noting the difficulty of building a programable lighted airship, per Washington.
Mrs J Wilson of Moravic New York nearly weighed 200 pounds when stricken with Sugar Diabetes. She lost over sixty pounds and then regained health after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. Her husband credits the remedy with curing her illness after four years of doctors and pain.
The Washington Times notes Kipling’s claim that cars have made men in all respects, except in dodging and swearing, a partial critique highlighting specific vices and behaviors linked to automobile culture.
Le Roy New York inventor Allen Olmsted owner of Foot-Ease wins injunction in New York Supreme Court. Court orders restraining rivals from making or selling foot powder resembling Allen's Foot-Base in form or design. Olmsted lauds the decision as a defense of advertising and inventive effort against trade theft.
A telegram from Constantinople reports during the Selamlik a bomb exploded in the mosque courtyard near the sultan. His majesty escaped unharmed, but several of his suite were killed or injured as arrests followed. London notes Turkish censorship obscures further dispatches. The sultan reportedly returned to the palace calmly amid public indignation.
Stephen Okrjeia, condemned for hurling a bomb into a police station at Praga Warsaw, was executed on Friday. The rope broke on the first hang, forcing a second attempt. His last words were Down with despotism and Long live socialism.
In Helsingfors Finland Col Kremarenko chief of police was shot Friday by a man named Procope who died later. Procope was arrested and linked as an accomplice of the man who tried to assassinate former Gov Missojedoff.
Lincoln Neb July 22 Senator EB Burkett reports a letter from Secretary Loeb stating the presidents intention to convene a special session of Congress on November 11. The notice outlines a November meeting to address ongoing national issues.
A woman troubled by headaches nerves and melancholy seeks relief from what doctors call dyspepsia and the blues. The advertisement claims Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured Rosa Adam of Louisville Kentucky and offers readers to write for advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
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