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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1903
Page
2
A compact weekly roundup covers home and foreign items, industrial news, political items, and notable happenings at home and abroad. brief summaries highlight key events and notable figures across the past seven days.
A broad review of 1903 events notes President Roosevelt restoring an assistant foreman at the Washington government printing office after union expulsion. It also reports a Nome fire destroying the Golden Gate hotel and several fatal incidents across Arkansas, Illinois, and Iowa, plus other national news items.
Obituaries report the deaths of Archbishop Katzer of Milwaukee Fond du Lac aged 59 Mrs James G Blaine buried in Oak Hill Washington John Bohee the hairless man dies in Wilkes Barre Pa Rt Rev Henry Muehlsiepen dies age 68 Mass Republican State Convention set for October 2 in Boston Rev Joseph Ayers oldest Methodist minister dies Sidney Ohio Cassius M Clay abolitionist dies Whitehall aged 94 Francis Marion Wells California sculptor dies San Francisco aged 55 Frederick W Holls diplomat dies Yonkers N Y Grover Cleveland predicts arbitration line from a magazine article urging patriotism and public sanity to prevent labor trouble.
The prince and princess of Wales plan a U S visit aboard a British warship. Pope Leo XIII died in Rome at 4:04 p m on the 20th from pleuro pneumonia at age 93. The pope's funeral rites will span nine days with the body in St Peter's Cathedral.
The day saw about 30000 mourners pass the catafalque in St. Peter's Basilica as Leo XIII lay in state. News items report a post office safe blowout in Maysville New York, mine disaster recoveries, church ceremonies in Milwaukee, and various national incidents and obituaries.
An auxiliary committee of women was authorized to work with the Iowa commission for the state exhibit at the St Louis fair next year. Members include Mrs. W. H. Baily Des Moines Mrs. H. E. Deemer Red Oak and Mrs. Henry J. Howe Marshalltown. George M. Curtis heads the women’s work department and will convene a conference soon. The committee will oversee arts and crafts embroidery lace making social settlements Pel la South Amana and other fields.
The Iowa Association of the Church of Christ filed articles of incorporation in Polk County and will file with the secretary of state. It aims to raise ministerial efficiency and protect the Christian church in Iowa from unworthy members. A special committee may be appointed to examine charges against ministers. F. L. Moffett is the president.
Theodore Anderson of Storm Lake files suit against Illinois Central over a February street crossing wreck. He alleges the train exceeded city limits and failed to take proper precautions, causing a wreck that killed his horse and left him with arm and leg injuries.
The committee appointed to secure plans for the state Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo has accepted the submitted plans. The building is estimated to cost 28 000 to 30 000 dollars and will house 60 patients with an attic ready for future expansion. Elevators provide full length access and go to the ground floor. The latest equipment will be used in all departments.
An advertisement touts Peruna as a remedy for twenty years of kidney catarrh. It claims to root out disease by clearing stagnant blood, aiding kidney excretion, and supporting heart and digestion. The notice invites readers to write to Dr Hartman in Columbus Ohio for free advice.
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