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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1893
Page
3
Hon J M Beck former Iowa supreme court judge was found dead in Fort Madison. He died of heart failure caused by rheumatism after a long respected judicial career. The article notes a Harper piece on New France under British rule by Henry Loomis Nelson.
The June issue of St Nicholas features Washington as a unique growth center and political hub. It appeals to readers who have visited or wish to visit, highlighting diverse American perspectives and contributing pieces on grave and gay topics to enrich the issue.
Romance presents a special Scandinavian issue priced 25 cents, with over half the stories from Bjornson Kielland and other Nordic authors. It features American English French and Italian tales including Maupassant and Merimee, and is published by Romance Publishing Company in New York.
The correspondence laments anarchist blame and urges Sunday opening of the fair in Chicago. It notes civic pressure, calls for lawful conduct, and contrasts the journey from Ames on a bright moonlit Sunday with slow roads and a slow horse. Mrs. James Robinson visits Boone kin. James Ball is laid up for repairs after illness. The apple harvest may be delayed next September.
Corn planting progresses with rain and mud. Mrs. Ferdinand Beolk bears a girl, first in Grant township in years. Church services, Memorial exercises, and a Sabbath School convention announcement accompany notices of local residents and visitors across Webster City and surrounding area.
The athletic ground building will be moved to a grove north of the experiment station for repairs. Masonry on the new agricultural hall nears completion. Prof. Wilson begins supplying the steward's department with home grown vegetables next week. The Sophomore picnic and a Saturday musicale were well received. Miss Doolittle’s reception was elegant and praised by the Junior class. Capt Brown and wife visited the college Monday.
Attendees thank Gen. Lincoln for a grand reception. Drake University to play the I A C in a league baseball game at the Capital City next Saturday. Notable visitors include Mr. T Rutledge newly named Idaho experiment station assistant director, ex secretary of state Mr. Jackson, and Dr Bjorkenheim of Finland. Dr. Mott led Sabbath meetings with Mr. Michner to be invited again. Wishard of the Y M C A international committee paused in town en route to Iowa City.
The Legion of Honor faces a curiosity as M. Laborde, ex senator and Ariege council president, refuses the New Year nomination. He may be decorated yet cannot be officially received without a godfather salute, a ceremonial formality he avoids by staying silent about the honor.
The Women’s Educational and Industrial Union adds a hand laundry in Longwood to its list of women’s work departments. It has run for 10 years in Brookline under respected local women, aims to give fair wages, reasonable customer charges, and healthy, well managed labor conditions with skilled workwomen and pure water. A second fragment notes a horse sliding down a hill and a light elopement story from Palmyra and Janesville ending in a wedding with a $100 gift from the father.
Major Earl Brandt a German journalist died Tuesday leaving a will that bequeaths his heart to his wife in Germany and instructs its removal and delivery to her. The tale notes his unhappy marriage and lifelong affection for his spouse despite estrangement.
At a famous New England college the Photographic society fights for existence while plans to revive the dead Society of Electrical Engineering proceed. The football team shows good form and organization and the athletic club prepares for high jump and class team races. The London Illustrated News cites American youths as more versed in poetry and fiction than English youths, though all acknowledge Americans read sports pages more than literary content.
A writer argues that many so called educated applicants and city pupils lack solid English skills. He cites a merchant with 50 applications for an entry clerk and only five competent in arithmetic. He condemns city schools for excess and praises plain hardpan education.
A feature on how the spraying machine revolutionizes farming by destroying insect pests and fungous growths. It explains kerosene emulsion for grains and arsenic compounds for orchard fruits, noting copper salts for vineyards and claiming no poison remains on fruit.
A pamphlet lists speakers and candidates: Watterson for the Democrats Weaver for the Populists Woodford for the Republicans and Conway for the church. The item notes one pamphlet offers all speeches and promises further offers in another column.
The annual meeting of the members of the Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance Association of Story county is set for Tuesday June 6 1893 at 10 o clock in the morning. The gathering at Nevada City Hall will elect three directors and handle other business. A J Graves President D M Hayden Secretary.
The Northwestern Home Seeker, a recently issued newspaper, highlights South Dakota’s agricultural and mineral resources and overall prosperity. It invites readers seeking good locations or resource information to mail their address to W. A. Thrall in Chicago to receive a copy free of charge.
Velasco offers healthful sea air and comfort with active shipping in Texas ports. Fresh vegetables winter and fruit ripening early, with notes on climate and soil as strong selling points. Rand McNally seeks a local manager to handle sale of the Universal Atlas in Velasco.
Distressing kidney and bladder diseases relieved in six hours by a new cure sold by L. M. Bosworth in Ames Iowa. The advertisement pitches a magic relief and urges purchase to avoid missing out.
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