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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
2
Reports from Washington and worldwide sources trace ongoing hostilities between Russia and Japan with diplomatic and strategic developments in progress. Analysts note shifts in public interest and regional reactions as the conflict extends.
Reports say Russia’s ruler leans toward peace after talks with Roosevelt and Moscow officials. The czar’s allies including his brother in law and Admiral Alexieff are pushing for negotiations while Japan mounts a major drive to Vladivostok and asserts battle readiness.
Davenport Frank Carter, an inmate at Mercy hospital, admits he killed Robert Parks whose charred body was found in his Dixon home ten years ago. He had been considered by locals to be the killer who burned the house to hide the deed, and he says the weight of the secret drove him insane.
Western Electric Telephone Company main office Mason City Iowa filed a chattel mortgage in this county to secure bonds at five percent per annum totaling 600000 dollars due January 1 1925 The mortgage covers exchanges at Osage Mason City Charles City Sheldon and 1784 miles of long distance lines in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota
Rowers on the Mississippi rescue a satchel containing a newborn infant's body wrapped in a striped shirt. Police suspect the infant was cast from a passing steamer. The body was taken to the city for coroner examination.
Sarah Kuhn, a Keokuk murderess serving a life term, died in Anamosa prison from concentrated lye taken a month earlier amid a personal crisis. She killed her husband by poisoning his beer, an act that followed years of efforts in the Iowa legislature to obtain a pardon for the young woman.
Ainsworth reports a double tragedy as Mrs. Thomas Suelson killed herself with strychnine after alleged husband infidelity. The husband was arrested at the funeral, released on bail, then killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. The couple, married four years, leave a three year old daughter.
In Washington the Inter-State Commerce Commission rate power is debated. Prouty argues railways should set their own rates and oppose federal or state authorities overriding them. He warns arbitrary rates injure property rights and cites the fourteenth amendment as protection for railways.
A Chicago Sun quip captures winter life as a man returns from paying the final coal bill to find his wife perusing summer resort brochures. The wry line reflects small domestic tensions and seasonal anxieties in urban life.
To wash lace collars boil Ivory Soap with soda then drop in the collar and stir until clean. Rinse in hot water with gum arabic and coffee or Indian tea. To iron on white flannel press with a hot iron. By Eleanor R. Parker.
A brief aphorism from Philadelphia notes a focus on speed and purpose. The line suggests that swift effort proves valuable only when guided by correct direction.
Special rail rates from Chicago to Asbury Park Niagara Falls Detroit Philadelphia Toronto and Buffalo with return fares and multiple travel dates. Fares range from 6.59 to 19.90 with liberal limits and stopovers. Full particulars at city ticket office corner Clark and Jackson Chicago telephone Harrison 1757.
A brief exchange outlines a daughter's rebuke of a fiancé who lacks financial sense and questions about worth. The Brooklyn Eagle quote centers on family reluctance and a critical view of the suitor.
The Nickel Plate Road offers low fares for an annual meeting trip to Buffalo New York from July 11 to 13 with long limit and step over at Chautauqua Lake. Fail information of Agent J Y Calahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago Illinois.
A Yonkers Statesman exchange notes Mrs. Bacon and Mr. Bacon discussing Mexico housing with walls three to six feet thick. They consider a flat there to suit their needs.
Mrs P Brunzel of Everett Washington describes long back pain relief after using five boxes of Doan’s Kidney Pills. She reports improved sleep and reduced suffering with the product from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, priced 56 cents a box and sold by all druggists.
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