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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
8
Knights of Pythias from surrounding towns gathered in Sioux City for memorial services. A grand parade proceeded to the society hall where exercises were conducted over graves of deceased members. Zens lodge and Metes Temple of LaMars conducted similar services in their districts.
Isaac Warford, a Milwaukee Road brakeman, was killed near Bouton Iowa when he hung from a westbound freight to check the air brake and was struck by an overhead wagon bridge. The fast train crushed his head.
The Society of Crocker’s Iowa brigade will hold its eighth biennial reunion in Marshalltown on September 28 and 29. Members are veterans from the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa infantry volunteer regiments. Lieutenant John Y. Stone of the Fifteenth Iowa will deliver the biennial address.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy fast mail crossed the Mississippi River bridge at 50 mph with Engineer W. B. Giddings dead in the cab and Fireman Sam Main alarmed after a missile is believed to have struck the engine. The draw had just opened and a steamer departed before the train. The fireman halted the train to avert disaster in Burlington yards.
Iowa railroad commissioners publish a schedule of maximum freight rates and a classification of freights effective July 1. Class A lines include Northwestern, Burlington and Northern, Milwaukee, Rock Island, and others. Class B covers Chicago Great Western and a few regional lines. Class C includes all remaining Iowa railroads.
Marcus A. Hanna, a Cleveland millionaire known as Mark, rises in Republican politics. A major marriage unites two ample fortunes as Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt announce an engagement at The Breakers Newport. Vanderbilt heiress valued around 25 million dollars. Whitney lineage includes William C. Whitney, ex secretary of the navy. Yale graduate of 1893. match supported by both families.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that George Barnes known as the hermit in Jacksonville died there recently leaving over $100,000 to his brothers James Barnes of Paterson and William Barnes of Franklin New Jersey. Once a farm boy in Powershun New Jersey George left home 43 years ago vowing to marry or live as a hermit.
Miss Kate Burchfield, sponsor of the Jacksonville Light Infantry, is badly burned and faces multiple skin grafts. Surgeons have begun grafting alien skin and plan to use more grafts supplied by members of the Light Infantry to save her life.
Miss Irene Bloomberg, 19, a Narrowsburg public schools principal’s daughter, hosted an afternoon tea for young women friends. A tabby trained to run a double octave on the piano performed with equal time for each note, then sang with Miss Bloomberg accompanying. The display drew delighted crowds who urged repeats and praised the cat’s训练.
The Wasp owned by Paul Butler son of General B F Butler is described as the fastest canoe. Its 19 ft 6 in mainmast is 8 ft 6 in longer than the boat and it carries 220 sq ft of cloth. The mizzenmast sits beside the centerboard trunk abaft the skipper. Butler set a new mile record last year with a 4 25 time.
The sergeant at Central station questioned a young woman arrested for shoplifting. He asked if she was married, single, or widowed. She answered that she was engaged, leaving him momentarily baffled by the reply.
The ad claims many suffer daily from secret illness and stomach distress leading to headaches. It touts Simmons Liver Regulator as a gentle, non violent remedy that relieves symptoms by aiding digestion and normal liver function, promising relief to thousands.
A free illustrated booklet about the fairest portion of Southern California will be mailed on request. Address to OpsEnVeER, Ontario, California.
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