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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
2
A compact review covers industrial field updates, personal news, political items, and notable happenings at home and abroad. Read as a weekly digest of business, society, and events shaping local and global contexts.
Gen Davis the Panama canal governor general seeks 100000 yards of wire gauze to block mosquito entry in the canal zone. The report lists numerous other international and domestic events from politics, accidents, crimes and disasters across the United States and beyond.
The State Bank of East Moline Illinois was entered by robbers who blew the vault. The front of the building was wrecked by the explosion. Bank officers say no money was taken. <no further details provided>
Refugees from Teheran recount cholera deaths reaching 900 daily. At Motien pass Russians attack Japanese lines and suffer heavy losses while Japanese casualties are low. London papers praise swift action as Britain demands Russia explain mail seizures in the Red Sea and testifies to war fever.
The Farmers Incorporated Cooperative Society of Burchinal Iowa filed articles of incorporation in Cerro Gordo county to operate groceries clothing dry goods boots and shoes building materials livestock and real estate. Capital is 25000 with one share one vote for bona fide farmers. Officers: J R Kirk president A H Nelson vice president G E Morehead secretary D McMillen treasurer. Directors: the officers plus G C Bisgrove D Carstens Iver Hadnefield S Walsh C J Campbell J Anderson EF A Hall J K Aitchison M Dorsey.
The report cites Kou ropatkin that Russian forces fell at Sybel pass with 229 dead while Japanese advances at Keller’s left face checks. Japanese claim roads to Liaoyang and Mukden remain in their control amid broader war updates.
The Iowa state board of health recently formally passed on 147 applicants for physicians certificates. Of these, 21 failed to meet the required percentage in answering questions. The session also focused on preparing blank forms for the vital statistics law to collect birth and death data for health policy decisions.
During a severe electrical storm in Nevada a herd of cattle owned by Frank L'Homme dein on pasture land near Colo was struck by lightning killing 11 cattle. The storm also damaged crops including standing small grain and hay, with heavy winds soaking cut grain and hay.
Grant Hunt of Hampton was shot in the head by George Griffe, who fled into a cornfield after exchanging fire with police. Griffe, a Missouri laborer, claimed Hunt aided his estranged wife’s affections, whom Griffe’s wife recently left him for.
Mrs. Elisha Allen Eades files for divorce claiming her husband was untrue and cruel after an elopement four months earlier. She says forgiveness followed but marriage proved unsatisfactory and she sought dissolution.
Albert Gosby of Des Moines stripped to the waist and laid his clothes on a streetcar track. He lay asleep on a sidewalk doorway until a policeman arrived and gave him a ride to the station.
The Sapasity Journal notes public pride in Justice Brewer after his elevation to the supreme bench. A Topeka cigar maker labeled a ten cent domestic cigar Our Justice with Brewer’s portrait on the box cover. A Kansas visit years earlier saw a hotel clerk and a bell boy misidentify him, sparking a joke about famous names and humor from a Justice Brewer, a Kansas native.
Mrs Betsey A Clawson of Middlesex New York says she suffered inflammatory rheumatism for five years and two weeks after taking two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills she could care for herself dig potatoes and tend her garden again imputedly attributing her recovery to the remedy she says it removed uric acid from her blood and restored kidney function.
Tickets sold August 12 to 14 at less than one fare for round trip to Boston. Return limit may extend to 30 days. Tickets available via New York if desired. Information from L F Vosburgh Chicago or C F Daly Chicago A G P A.
The note quotes a line about inner feeling and distance, attributed to a post by C SThiees. It suggests a theme of sincerity guiding proximity or understanding. The passage centers on self awareness and emotional closeness without concrete events.
Travel notice for G A R National Encampment to Boston via Nickel Plate Road August 15 to 20 with tickets on sale August 12 13 14 1904 liberal return limit and stopoffs at Newager Falls and Chautauqua Lake. Special G A R train departs Chicago at 8 00 a m on August lith rates reservations through local agent J Y Calahan Chicago Ill.
An historical advertisement proclaims Allen's Foot-Ease as a cure for painful swollen feet and foot discomfort. It urges purchase at allists and shoe stores with a free sample offer and lists A. B. Olmsted in Le Roy New York as the contact.
Collection of historic quotes and patent medicine ads from the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Daily News. Includes testimonials for Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and Piso's Cure for Consumption with years and locations in early 20th century ads.
Miss Nellie Holmes of Buffalo credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing years of menorrhagia and back pain. She reports improved general health, appetite, and weight after using the remedy and urges others to do the same. A note promises $5000 for proof of authenticity.
The New York Herald notes a mother admiring her infant's future and declaring the child would be president, while Dr Veranus counters with a cautious view that only a few may achieve such a path. The anecdote reflects early ambitions and skepticism about destined leadership.
The Dominion Exhibition in Winnipeg Manitoba will attract hundreds of thousands this year aided by the Dominion Government. The expo will showcase Canada's agricultural and industrial resources with many special attractions and broad railway access encouraging U S visitors to attend. Hon Clifford Sefton Minister of the Interior is expected to declare the exhibition open on opening day. Hotel accommodations will be ample for attendees.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune line quotes a parent noting a man’s refusal to sing in public when asked to do 80, framing it as a negative virtue and a lesson in restraint.
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