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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1901
Page
2
The Intelligencer reports the thirteenth anniversary celebration of the American Sabbath union in New York. Other items include the US Supreme Court ruling on insular possessions, a Porto Rico customs victory for the government, and multiple national events.
A concise round up of industrial field news personal and political items with happenings at home and abroad.
Professor George D. Herron wed Carrie Rand in New York, the Iowa socialist aide. A Charleston boom backs Wade Hampton for senator to follow McLaurin. Fliza Taylor aged 105 dies in Charlestown. Ohio Democrats set July 9 Columbus state convention. Lieut. Col. Francis Michler dies in Washington. Hiram Price, longtime Iowa congressman, dies in Washington at 87. Pennsylvania GOP convention slated for August 21 in Harrisburg.
Lieut. Sweet a former New York police officer to lead Manila secret service. Admiral Rodgers to Manila to replace Kempff. Disaster as 29 Icelandic fishermen drown near West Mani islands. Boer arbitration bid to The Hague over Transvaal war. A lyddite shell kills Boer Gen Schoeman and daughter at Pretoria. Transport Thomas sails from Manila with 1615 volunteers 97 officers. Ohio with 749 men 42 officers. Duke of Abruzzi and Dr Nansen plan joint polar expedition. Guerrero Mexico sees revolution by political malcontents. US welcomes Germany’s withdrawal from China. Manila governing board named an army officer a Filipino and an American civilian. 200 Boers surrender at Palapye. 42 wagon loads surrender at Fort Tuli. Commissary Sergt Henry Wilson sentenced to three years in Bilibid prison.
In Des Moines three cases the Iowa Supreme Court upholds 12 percent interest of building and loan associations. The 1898 curative act legalized usurious contracts, repealed in 1900, with suits filed asserting illegality after repeal. Court sustains vested rights from the act, protecting contracts made before repeal.
A condensed news survey reports a cabinet decision to notify Cuban authorities that the Platt amendment action is unsatisfactory and that Cubans must accept or reject the act of Congress. The summary covers multiple events from lynchings and crimes to economic indicators and political shifts.
Edgar Sleeper a Civil War veteran from Mason City sought a pension raise after no relief from officials. He wrote to Mrs McKinley presenting affidavits and was answered by C L Pruden that his case would be referred to the pension department. He later sent remaining papers and hopes to raise his pension from eight to thirty dollars monthly once approved.
A Villisca couple story centers on Burt Benware and his wife Carmen the only Filipino woman in Iowa. Carmen from the Philippines marries Benware after a courtship crossed oceans and cultures. He previously served as a private in Uncle Samuel’s army and later works as an engineer on a Philippine railroad before returning to Iowa.
Grain men in Des Moines report Iowa small grain acreage will be about 25 percent below last year. Farmers shift from wheat and oats to corn due to strong corn prices and high returns from cattle and hogs. Poor oats outlook in some areas prompts plowing oats for corn, reducing oats acreage more than earlier figures indicated.
Charles Neil, 19, a Jewett Typewriter employee in Des Moines, entered the Mercer home at nine in the morning and fired three shots at Effie Mercer, 13. He fled but was captured, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily injury, and was bound over to the grand jury. The Mercers were strangers. motive unclear and Neil described as possibly insane.
Emil Swanson, a young farmer living northwest of Salem, vanished from his farm seven weeks ago. He lived alone after divorcing his wife, now said to reside in Fairfield, with no known reason for his departure. He left a good farm and personal property unattended.
Archbishop Keane urged Catholic societies in DuBuque to press the mulet law and support a campaign to close saloons on Sundays. He said the movement had Catholic approval and expressed hope for its success.
The 11 year old son of C P Holt postmaster at Blairsburg was gored by a bull. He was caught on the horns and thrown, then trampled and left unconscious with severe abdominal injuries. Doctors fear recovery is impossible.
Iowa Grand Commercial Travelers in session at Sion with Grand Counselor Bluffs Grand Junior Counselor Treanor Mason City and W E Trex. City elected officers J F Helwing Des Moines D B Morrow Sioux City C N Brags A E Bray Des Moines active roles noted.
Grinnell students celebrated a state meet win with a campus bonfire and the burning of a creamery building in South Grinnell. The town fire department responded to safeguard nearby structures as faculty, alumni and athletes cheered through a wild demonstration. Permission was obtained from the owner to destroy the building.
Harry Johnson a St. Louis man linked to an Omaha tontine and a Minneapolis woman Myrtle Johnson was arrested in Vinton on a robbery charge. He allegedly beat retired farmer Henry Weinecke and stole $50, fleeing by midnight train with the woman whose fur bonnet hid the money. Johnson, about 30, described as a morphine fiend, represented the tontine firm.
Rural free delivery will start July 1 in Essex Iowa Page county with two carriers covering 504 miles serving 1 040 people C E Hanson and B B Pendleton. Lenox Taylor county adds two carriers on 84 miles serving 1 050 people John Wurston Jr and Mark Van Houten. Red Oak Montgomery county adds two carriers on 49 5 miles serving 1 175 people D J Leech and Joseph Mickle. Nyman post office to be supplied by rural carrier Sanborn O Brien county covers 506 66 miles with two carriers F H Ballon and Ss D Redmond.
The Des Moines packing house opened with about 700 hogs killed on the first day and plans to raise daily output gradually. Prices paid range from 5.25 to 5.60 dollars per hog. New lessees the Agars are experienced capitalists who aim to develop Des Moines into a thriving live stock market. They have acquired the Vincent stock yards and maintain good railroad relations to ensure full facilities.
Fred Gantry of Fort Dodge recovered a lost watch while grading a new athletic park site. Found in a cornfield a year after being lost, the gold case remains nearly untarnished and the mechanism still runs perfectly.
Local chatter centers on a supposed equestrian routine praised by Fogg-Bass, with Fenderson-Hm! and Fogg-Bass both vocal about its merits. The speaker notes frequent daily horseback riding by the subject, doubting time for training.
The Nickel Plate Road offers reduced summer rates to the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo. Fares include one and one third cents per mile with 15 day sale and return limit, one fare west of Cleveland and one fare east for round trips with 10 day return. Tue excursion trains in June July September October at one cent per mile return three days. Contact local agent or C A Sterlin Ft Wayne Ind.
A brief dialogue from the Ohio State Journal features two milk dealers debating ice use. The first question asks if water is added to milk, and the second responds that ice is used to chill the milk, not water it down.
The excerpt shows Mr Mann arguing about bonnet trim styles and what can be attached to bonnets. A pair of letters mentions Piso's Cure for consumption and coughs, attributed to John F Boyer of Trinity Springs dated 1900.
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