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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
2
A historical note claims a hen can consume sixteen times its weight annually. It states eggs equal six times the hen’s weight and are worth six times the feed cost. The diet advice favors abundant wheat, oats, grits, clover and bone meal with less corn.
Experiments show a large ocean steamer at 19 knots needs at least one mile to stop, with two miles required after engines are stopped and reversed. authorities cite one to a mile and a half as typical stopping spaces.
White Pigeon Michigan reports frugal finances with 800 residents totaling 1325 for general expenses last year. Health department cost 2.25 plus health officer salary 20. Police budget 0.50 and fire department 60 complete the town’s lean fiscal picture.
D. M. Walker of Kirksville Missouri is a 59 year old great grandfather with a 14 child family. His oldest child is 39 and youngest is four. He has 25 grandchildren and one great grandchild, the daughter of J S Watts of Pana Illinois.
J Pierpont Morgan intends to donate his entire art collection to the United States government if Congress removes tariff barriers on import and provides a suitable building and custodians for care. He has bought numerous paintings sculptures and curios of great value stored in London and elsewhere on the continent.
Before departing Dallas for Gainesville the United States Senator J W Bailey announced the sale of his Grapevine Prairie ranch in Dallas County. He said the farm was closed as he could not attend to it, having spent one day on the farm in 18 months, and such inattention would not yield profits.
In France silkworms are fed almost exclusively on mulberry leaves. Rare hatching before leaves appear leads to feeding on young rose leaves briefly. About 90,000 acres are planted in mulberry, 40,810 pounds of leaves yield 2.2 pounds of cocoons. Fresh cocoons per ounce of eggs range 45 to 147 pounds.
From New York to San Francisco in ten hours on a wheelless train of cars at 300 miles per hour by a one horse power locomotive. Prof. A. G. Albertson, electrical engineer formerly of Copenhagen University, claims the system. both American and European governments have granted letters patent.
The 214 wells completed in the Baku field have an average depth of 1302 feet and an average initial production of 292 barrels per well per day. This compares with 358 wells completed in 1901 at 1086 feet and 330 barrels per day, indicating deeper drilling and a notable drop in well productivity. Oil is worth two thirds of a cent per gallon at the wells.
A peace treaty between the Millinery Robbers' Association and the Audubon Society ends the use of song birds on hats and bans other birds like gulls terns hummingbirds and grebes. The agreement mirrors an earlier east coast accord between millinery merchants and the New York Audubon Society.
In Oska loosa Iowa for the trial of Delishman vs Chicago Burlington and Quincy a Black man for the first time sits as circuit judge. Judge B W Preston left the room and attorney Woodson was chosen to fill the bench. Woodson, born in Virginia, is a personal friend of Booker T Washington.
In Paris a 40 year old laborer named Negocier tried to drink 12 glasses of absinthe as 11 o clock struck. He downed the final glass at the last stroke then collapsed dead. The crowd attended the fallen man in the Rue de Charenton wine shop.
A weekly roundup of industrial, personal, and political items includes domestic and international happenings. Notable entries cover business, policy moves, and social developments from across regions.
International and domestic items report labor strike growth in New York and Chicago, deadly mine and rail accidents in Pennsylvania and Iowa, wildfires and floods harming hundreds, political agitation in Mississippi and Alabama, and presidents addressing labor, reform, and foreign affairs. The panoply includes riots and lynchings, ship races, court cases, and weather-driven devastation.
Obituaries note deaths of Prof Harvey T Woodman Elmira native Dennis Connolly Wisconsin educator Edward West and centenarian Elizabeth Reichsomer. Political items include Tianna opposition withdrawal to Roosevelt in Ohio convention Pennsylvania GOP endorsement of Roosevelt tariff stance and prohibition tickets headed by Creamer Hanson. Murdock win in Wichita and Bryan's continued silver standard advocacy.
Russian police chief orders expulsion of Jews lacking legal residence in Kieff mont as measure to control urban populations. Andrew Carnegie donates 1.5 million dollars to The Hague for a peace palace and arbitration library. King Alfonso inherits 7.5 million from King Francis. Lady Henry Somerset resigns as president of the National British Woman's Temperance Association due to health.
Revised estimates place North Topeka flood and fire deaths at 250 with 8000 homeless and over 4 million dollars in losses. Kansas City areas flood 12 square miles, 20000 homeless, 16 million in property loss. Roosevelt visits Utah and Wyoming. Des Moines faces pneumonia risk from exposure and train disruption. Ex congressman Sumner dies in Wisconsin. Rioting in Pittsburg injures 35. Textile strike in Philadelphia. Senate urged to expel Apostle Smoot. Wreck near Santa Barbara injures 40. Returns show Candamon elected president in Peru. Public salaries cut due to scandals. Indiana forest reserve purchase. Filipino insurgent leader Rios sentenced. Trade and memorial day noted. Turkey earthquake deaths set at 860. National Civic Federation chief cites labor progress.
A business man laments fast food service and cites a New York Times account of a Park Row restaurant scene. Two customers order identically yet the waiter repeats orders mechanically with humorous mishearing, echoing the phonograph analogy.
A humorous Houston Post exchange shows Mr Smiffkins pressed for repayment after his daughter scorns his romance. He insists on loan repayment and demands the money immediately, while a plan to have her take back the scorn until month’s end is floated.
Frosts in April destroy about half of France’s vine crop. John D. Rockefeller donates 50000 to the Washington YMCA. Lincoln birthplace near Hogenville Ky to be sold next month. New York Police Commissioner Greene calls for enforcing the law on Sundays. Capt. C J Barclay becomes commander at Puget Sound Navy Yard. Samuel Cupples plans to enlarge Washington University in St Louis as a leading engineering school. A fashion show opens at Madison Square Garden on September 1. The battle flag of the Sixty third Tennessee Cavalry reaches its original Alabama owner. El Paso residents report a smoldering volcano in Casas Grande in the Sierra Madre showing recent eruption signs.
A teacher presses pupils about discomfort after wrongdoing. A child answers with stomach humor, recalling stolen fruit. The tale notes how the kid mentions many organs but omits conscience in a quip attributed to the New York Times.
A witty exchange recalls a fashionable doctor warning a young lady to boil unfiltered water to kill microbes, while she quips she’d rather be an aquarium than a cemetery, reflecting period humor from Tit-Bits.
A man asks for a sound investment and is advised to buy tickets for a symphony concert. The exchange shows a speculative approach to entertainment as a financial choice, with the responder labeling the concert as a safe bet.
Philip Doyle of Adrian Minnesota declares Dodd's Kidney Pills cured his long standing Kidney Trouble after about ten boxes. He says he is fully recovered and endorses the medicine to others as the best he has taken with several friends also attempting it.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets advertised to stop coughing and cure a cold. Priced at 25 cents.
A fragment suggests a reflection on people who live to amuse themselves, doing less for daily bread than others, attributed to H. More, highlighting a skeptical view of idle amusement versus productive work.
A fragment from 1900 includes an echoed medical claim for Piso’s Cure for Consumption and a quip from the New York State newspaper The Yonkers Statesman about seizing meals today. The items reflect era marketing and social witticisms in Ocean Grove New Jersey through quoted lines and dates.
A Town Topics note describes a stove trade mark promising comfortable cooking in a cool kitchen. It hints at hidden spaces like a high wall concealing a garden of weeds.
An advertisement style notice offers treatment for opium and liquor habits by B M Woolley M D of Atlanta Ga. It promotes candour with courtesy and includes quotes from Ram's Horn and J R Lowell and mentions Putnam Fadeless Dyes at 10 cents per package.
A maid asks for the secret of conversation and a sage replies that listening is the art of agreeable talk, illustrating the idea with a concise exchange. The lines emphasize attentive listening as the key skill in dialogue.
A Florence resident notes a balcony over a Venice street where an American mother and daughter halt to confirm they are in Venice on April 15. The exchange plays on travel plans and identity with light humor.
The Four Track News reports a rising monthly circulation of 50 000 and broad distribution via thirty four U S and Canadian news companies and the International News Co in Europe. Foreign offices handle subscriptions in London Southampton Bremen Paris Havre Antwerp Liverpool Hamburg Genoa with U S files at every U S consulate. Sales through express firms and tourist agents extend to about 210 cities in 45 foreign countries.
A Chicago Daily News quotation contrasts the fool who waits for remarkable opportunities with the wise person who seizes ordinary chances and makes them great.
A housekeeper noting many ranges on the market declares the Majestic the best. It is built of steel and malleable iron with superior workmanship, bakes quicker and more evenly than rivals, and uses less fuel.
The Town Topics column quotes a local thinker saying two remarks tilt him: the truth and a lie. The wry line frames a brief reflection on honesty and deception.
Ladies can wear shoes one size smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease a remedy for swollen sweating hot aching feet sold by druggists for 25 cents. Accept no substitute. Trial package available at A.8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A Boston Transcript exchange highlights affection for spring. The speaker remarks on loving the season and notes their mediates peak in spring, underscoring seasonal activity and sentiment in the period framing.
Three through trains run daily from Chicago to California on the Union Pacific North Western Line. The service connects Chicago with western destinations, offering direct routes without intermediate transfers.
A Washington Star quote by Uncle Eben notes some people stay busy with heavy tasks while others seek to escape for a fishing trip. The remark contrasts labor with leisure and hints at common local themes.
Chicago passengers may reach California Oregon and Washington by three daily trains operated by Union Pacific and the North Western Line. This service links Chicago with western states via direct routes and varying schedules.
A Chicago audience learns a circus can help a sick boy by performing a dramatic bedside act after three doctors fail to ease his illness. The audience witnessed the troupe’s unusual remedy and left hopeful.
Grippe hurt kidneys in Aurora New Mexico with a girl nine and bed wetting improved after taking the sample. A Barrie Creek resident reports husband using Dean's Kidney Pills and feeling like a new man. Swelling, back pain, and urinary issues eased. pills said to remove calculi and relieve related symptoms.
A reader from Pury West Virginia reports the free trial of Dean’s Kidney Pills improved kidney trouble receiving three boxes from Hooff at Point Pleasant. He notes less nocturnal urination, cleaner urine, and relief of dribbling and frequent urges, claiming strong praise for the remedy.
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