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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
A compact digest of industrial and political items at home and abroad. Highlights include personal and political developments, market news, and notable happenings shaping the economic landscape.
A wide, disjointed national digest reports lynchings in Belleville and Forest, hangings in Georgia and Sing Sing executions, church leadership shifts, bribery arrests, labor strife in Pittsburg, famine responses, weather disasters, business failures, lightning deaths, new battleship bids, and policy debates from Taft to Roosevelt.
Michigan lawmakers adjourn sine die and a measure to raise the state supreme court from five to eight justices passes. The news item surveys shifts in state government and related political events across multiple states.
The marriage of Gov Bailey of Kansas to Ida M Weede occurred in Kansas City. Capt Richmond P Hobson cites himself as Alabama congress candidate on a greater navy platform. Conrad Kahler, pressman and inventor of newspaper folding machines, dies in Chicago at 68. Ruth Hanna daughter of Senator Hanna marries Joseph Medill McCormick in Cleveland with President Roosevelt and daughter among guests.
Reports note John C. Ingersoll dies in Colombia while a Illinois native. The sixth World's WCTU convention opens in Geneva. Rioters mob a rabbi and loot 150 houses in Bealystock. Moroccan town Figuig bombarded by French artillery after tribe attack on Gon. Moro province becomes autonomous Philippines with Gen Leonard Wood as first governor. Kishineff riots spark Russian concern. Premier Balfour defuses tariff debate in Parliament.
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch has been proclaimed king of Servia and vows reforms including absolute press freedom. He will implement ideas from Swiss democracy studies. The Belgrade conference also backed his accession.
City Solicitor W J McCoy replies to D P J McConnell's suit seeking 2008 dollars for a decayed tree removal. He ridicules the petition claiming the tree had a habit of leaving each spring and that only weary individuals enjoyed its shade, denying any misuse of the tree’s remains.
State geological board in Des Moines outlines the 1 season plan to push clay investigations in Clayton Clinton Bremer Winneshiek Benton Emmet Palo Alto Pocahontas counties and begin coal prospecting. Areal work will cover Clinton Clayton Benton Emmitt Palo Alto Pocahontas Winneshiek. Norton will study artesian waters with Iowa survey and USGS cooperation.
Wet conditions hurt crops in Warren County with an estimated two thirds harvested, potential loss near 750000. Late forage crops like millet and Hungarian are lagging. County bridges face about 5000 in damages and township road losses around 8000.
Schaefer and West lose five head of Shorthorn cattle valued around 2000. Initial belief blamed Paris Green drift from a neighbor’s barn blown by a recent storm, but investigation shows poison taken from Schaefer’s barn and planted to mislead. Ed Brown arrested for poisoning stock.
The State Center general merchandise firm Nason and Whitehall found their store on fire and quickly extinguished it with chemicals. After inspecting the inventory they concluded a quantity of goods had been stolen and suspected the blaze was set to cover the crime.
In Vernon Connecticut born May 22, 1811, twins Perrin lived 20 years in New Hampshire. One never married, the other wed Valentine O Tilton in 1852. Both blind yet alert with sharp memories and numerous early life stories.
Mayor Schmitz relates a fortune telling moment with a persistent applicant seeking city work. In a suburban path, the man’s cane became a seat and then dropped him toward a boardwalk hole. The mayor declares the open position exists and urges the applicant to try and fill it.
Tickets available June 25 26 27 with extreme return limits August 1 and September 1. July 1 2 3 4 5 return limits apply. Stops at Niagara Falls Chau tauqua and New York on route. Further rates and routes at City Ticket Office 180 Clark St Chicago contact C F Daly Chief A G P A. Conscientious Effort.
The Santa Fe passenger department plans two pamphlets for distribution. The Panhandle of Texas promotes small farming with stock raising in a region once deemed cattle country. Fruit Growing in Pecos Valley of New Mexico argues the Pecos Valley is a premier U S fruit area with strong growing prospects.
A Detroit Free Press quotation notes that after a person is observed, he may protest yet remain truthful without changing others views. The remark casts doubt on judgments formed from first impressions and suggests caution in labeling.
One fare round trip plus 25 cents. Tickets go on sale July 7 and 8, 92 percent returning until July 15 with extension available until August 15 on deposit of ticket and 60 cents payment at the Joint Agency in Atlanta. Bjohnson asks to borrow a lawn mower and Blackson agrees if Os is cut to cover the rental.
The piece notes close relations and farming as a key exponent, urging readers to copy this and other publications about money making along the M K T Ry line. It mentions the Katy address in St. Louis and includes a quip about a talking parrot, illustrating light humorous content in the clipping.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Fase claiming it eases painter smarting and makes new shoes easy. It urges buying from all druggists and shoe stores, warns against substitutes, and lists A. S. Olmsted of Le Roy as a contact.
Chelsea Gazette reports on Sparks as a noted sprinter amid financial troubles. The brief notes contesting debt challenges and a remark that Sparks cannot be beaten in speed, framing a local sports and finance crossfire.
Tickets go on sale July 4 for a special fare and a third round trip via Queens and Crescent Route. Tickets valid for return until July 8 and agent details provided for more information. The note ends with a local slogan about tickets and a Chicago Daily News reference.
A vintage trade mark proclaims The Klean Kool Kitchen Kind as the stove that cooks without smoke ashes or heat. The slogan promises comfortable cooking and a cleaner kitchen experience.
The quote appears as a maxim about success and perseverance, noting that the greatest damage comes from failing to succeed on the first attempt. It reflects a mindset of immediate achievement and repeated effort without dwelling on setbacks.
An old advertisement cites Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to curb coughs and colds at 25 cents. It mentions doctors preferring patient patience and includes quips from Chicago Daily News and Chicago Journal. Also notes three daily trains from Chicago to California via Union Pacific North-Western Line.
Opina M. Woolley, M.D. of Atlanta offers a free book as part of a noted motto. A line proclaims a virtue is not a deceased vice, aligning with Ram's Horn publication themes.
William Winter lauds Jeffersons Rip for poetic treatment of common things. W S Gilbert jokes about being alive. Danish sculptor Hasselius to carve a 300th anniversary Hamlet statue with royal backing. Roosevelt charm story in Sharon Springs ends with a man admiring the presidents squirrel teeth.
Doan's Kidney Pills claim to ease aching backs and relieve hip and joint pains while reducing swelling and dropsy signs. The ad asserts relief from urine issues including brick dust sediment, pain, dribbling, bedwetting, and claims to remove calculi and gravel plus heart palpitations headaches and nervousness.
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