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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
2
The New York World notes the arrival of the five masted German bark Rickmers in New York, touted as the largest sailing ship afloat. At about 5 000 tons, it relies less on coal, boosting cargo capacity and challenging steamship dominance while noting safety parity in certain aspects.
M. H. De Young, San Francisco Chroncle owner, faced heavy losses in a disaster and remained focused on rebuilding. A friend urged optimism, but De Young sought practical means for materials and location to reconstruct his extensive holdings.
The San Francisco calamity relief lists reveal large gifts and many tiny ones. Waiters, bell boys, streetcar workers, office staff, and shopgirls each contribute, showing broad national sympathy and generosity toward the western coast capital.
A famous player recalls an unsuccessful comedy told at a Brooklyn matinee with 15 in attendance. In the stalls a young girl sat in the second row and a young man stood in the balcony front. The leading man spoke and the balcony replied with a quip about sea colors.
Prof. W. R. Hart of Nebraska argues in a recent address that farming studies in public schools offer strong mental discipline. He says farm life provides real, vivid knowledge and connects with students’ daily life, unlike symbols and abstractions.
Betsy Sims, 26, described as handsome and fearless, is in Raleigh charged with moonshining. Three deputy sheriffs pursued her in Rutherford county but five men aided her escape. She later appeared in court voluntarily and will be brought to trial.
A committee of expert engineers reports Chicago City Hall suffers from circumflex fractures great fatigue in lateral trusses tampered angle of repose metacentrum shifted at least five inches and deflection of gyration.
In Kansas City Judge Brumback presided over a trial where a pianist sought 25000 damages after his right hand fingers were cut off. As the jury examined the hand the plaintiff cried, prompting the judge to discharge the jury and order a new suit to be filed.
Council Bluffs man C Nickel sues for 2000 damages over lost fingers from a lathe. Clinton High School hires Theodore Carstensen as manual training teacher. Cass County fights saloon tax refunds. Boone hosts Seventh Day Adventists officers. Buxton murder verdict ties Earnest Taylor to a pistol death. Leclaire fire devastates business district causing over 100000 damages. Webster City reports Texas itch outbreaks in horses. Buena Vista College reelects most trustees amid leadership tensions. Sioux City punishes two youths for burglary. Boone youth injured in Northwest car incident. Des Moines River drownings and other local misfortunes reported. Clinton Sugar Refining Co opens with Chicago investors. new plant to employ 200 and produce sugar glucose. Jack and Jack to race Lincoln fire team at Clinton meet. free-for-all bunk-hitch event highlighted.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt and Rep. Wadsworth clash over the house meat inspection bill. The president condemns the house version as worse than the senate, framing it to shield packing abuses. Wadsworth defends the measure and accuses the president of impropriety while outlining its faults and a potential veto threat.
United States Circuit Court Judge W H Seaman issues a sweeping decree in the rebate case against the Milwaukee Refrigerator Transit Co and several railroads plus Pabst Brewing. The decree bars soliciting or accepting rebates and forbids rail carriers from offering lower rates than published tariffs, with injunctions and costs awarded to the government.
Madison Wisconsin June 16 a monument to Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war in 1862 was unveiled Friday afternoon by the Grand Army post the Women's Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans under the auspices of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Letters from southern governors were read.
The June 14 Republican state convention in Duluth nominated a full state ticket led by A. L. Cole for governor and A. O. Eberhart for lieutenant governor with Co. C. Dinehart as treasurer and B. T. Young as attorney general. Knute Nelson was endorsed for re election to the U S Senate. The platform backed the national GOP, the Panama Canal, labor protection, gold standard, anti adulteration laws, direct senatorial elections, a two cent railroad fare, abolition of free passes, and freight rate readjustment.
In Topeka Kansas on Friday six members of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe railway fire department were severely burned by an oil tank explosion in the freight yards. Gus Miller and Guy Luddington were fatally burned and cannot recover.
Guthrie Oklahoma June 15 Al Karp ster serving life in Kansas prison for murder of Martin Julian a year ago declines pardon. He was proven innocent by Byron Coles dying confession near Enid last week and seeks retrial to clear his name.
A compact note on business mindset emphasizes calm steady attention to details. It argues success comes from constructive, enjoyable work and not from anxious or tricky behavior.
A Canadian woman from Ontario recounts severe eczema with limbs wasting from knees to feet. She credits Cuticura Remedies for soothing relief and eventual cure, noting the painful condition before treatment and ongoing use at home.
Washington correspondent recalls Longworth of Ohio and Murdock of Kansas as golf enthusiasts sharing tales. The quotes recount a Cincinnati golfer who mixed Scotch highballs with golfing zeal and a judge who uses wit in court and on the links.
A Colorado mother recounts feeding her 15 month old with Grape-Nuts and milk after pneumonia and brain fever left him weak. A Kansas City visit followed by Grape-Nuts and later the cereal itself restored his health quickly. she also raised her daughters on it. The ad promotes Grape-Nuts and cream as nourishing for brain and nerves and invites readers to view a photograph and the book The Road to Well.
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