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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
2
Floods and politics dominate a global report
New York marks the 126th Stars and Stripes birthday while East St. Louis and Heppner flood debris claim hundreds. Roosevelt directs post office investigations and welcomes foreign envoys as land withdrawals and rail accidents draw attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Stars and Stripes
New York City
East St. Louis
Til
Post Office Department
President Roosevelt
Secretary of the Interior
Idaho
Nevada
Heppner
Ore
Interstate Commercce Commission
Treasury Department
Roosevelt
Chentung Liang-Chen
Italy
France
Baltimore
Eckerman
Upper Michigan Peninsula
B'nai Brith Society
Russia
Fred Mink
Newton Harris
Sarah Mink
Pittsfield
Ill
A. J. Cassatt
North Jersey Street Railway Company
Newark
Charles F. McFarlane
Anti-Policy Society
New York
William Spencer
Rockies
New England
University of Chicago
Eau Claire
Wis
Scranton
Chicago
White House
Oyster Bay
Payne
Edmund H. Driggs
Lisbon
Santa Fe
Nogales
Mojave
California
John R. Chadwick
United States Navy
Henry Shayhorn
Philadelphia
National Association of Manufacturers
University of Virginia At
Charlottesville
Cheyenne
Wyo
Obituaries and Political Hints Mentioned in Brief
Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton of the U S A retired died in Washington at age 70. John Paul Bocock, noted fiction and travel writer, died in Wayne Pennsylvania. A San Francisco paper says Gen A B Grant is a candidate for the Republican nomination for vice president next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Wheaton
Washington
John Paul Bocock
Wayne
San Francisco
Gen. A
Grant
Modern Woodmen adopt Iowa rate plan at convention
A convention in Indianapolis votes 215 to 166 to adopt the Iowa plan for readjusting rates. It provides a graded increase from 35 to 100 percent. The vote follows debates on finances and policy behind the welfare association and its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Iowa
Belgrade
George Bonham
Peter
Curtis Jett
Jackson
Tom White
Lexington
Cynthiana
Knox
Navy Department
Galveston
Grover Cleveland
Chicago
McKinley Monument Association
Post Office
August W. Machen
Free Delivery Service
Count Cassini
Russia
Turkey
Constantinople
Woodmen of America
Milwaukee
Bridger Creek
Montana
Tippecanoe
Lafayette
Ind
Senecaville
Roosevelt
Ping Tu
China
Joseph Roy
Oak Park
Salisbury
Elmer Heath
Katie Adkins
George White
Helen Bishop
Wilmington
Del
King Alexander
France
Lowell
Jolietville
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
St. Louis
New York
Detroit
Washington
Mind Cleared After Six Years in Cherokee Insane Hospital
Horace M. Ferrin, confined at the Cherokee hospital for six years, suddenly regained his reason while lying on the grass. He described waking from a dream and later walked away with a patch of onion fields in mind, confirming recognition of his surroundings. He has since met family and appears rational and likely to be discharged soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace M. Ferrin
Cherokee
Hlis Reason
Linn Ferrin
Death by self harm at Anamosa prison detailed
The board reports the death by hanging of Mrs. Christian Behrens of Scott County in the Anamosa prison. Convicted of poisoning her husband after two juries disagreed, she had been jailed since 1897. She used a muslin rope and later tried to weaken herself by eating soap, which was evacuated from her stomach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Democrats
Peter Karageorgevitch
Servia
Belgrade
Alexander
Depew
Honduras
Peter Suay
Montreal
United States
Philippines
John Redmond
House of Commons
Peter
Clayton
Germany
Jodz
Russian Poland
Ammundsen
Christiana
Norway
Jean Ankrom
Waynesboro
Porto Rico
Ponce
Board of Control
Hunter
Anamosa Prison
Christian Behrens
Scott County
New Municipal Government Idea Slated for Iowa Bar Meet
The Iowa State Bar association will hear a proposed municipal governance plan from its law reform committee. The plan envisions a state wide council of three aldermen with staggered three year terms. Committee members split on the proposal but it is among items for discussion. Proposals to tighten marriage eligibility will also be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Bar Association
Sugar contracts awarded to state institutions third quarter
The board of control awarded sugar contracts for the third quarter to Warfield Pratt Howell Co. of Des Moines for Anamosa and Cherokee. J H Merrill Co. of Ottumwa for Mitchellville. John Blaut's Sons Co. of Burlington for Davenport Fort Madison Independence Mt. Pleasant and Vinton. Groneweg & Schoentgen of Council Bluffs for Glenwood. Letts Fletcher Co. of Marshalltown for Eldora and Marshalltown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Warfield, Pratt, Howell Company
Des Moines
J. H. Merrill Company
Ottumwa
Mitchellville
John Blaut’s Sons’ Company
Burlington
Davenport
Fort Madison
Independence
Mt. Pleasant
Vinton
Groneweg & Schoentgen
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Letts
Osceola Forming Guard Company I of 51st Regiment
Adjutant General Byers authorizes a guard company at Osceola to be named Company I of the Fifty-first Regiment. F C Wilson is approved to receive enrollments. Osceola has not had a company since 1885, and locals show strong interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adjt
Byers
Osceola
Fifty-first Regiment
Bedford
F. C. Wilson
Dialogue From Flie gende Blaetter Sparks Theatre Toast
A hotel guest praises a menu and learns the head waiter is the author. The exchange satirizes boastful writers amid changing times as a humorous illustration in a Flie gende Blaetter dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fliegende Blaetter
One Fare and Third Round Trip via Queen and Crescent Route
Tickets on sale July three dollars and four cents for the return trip until July eighth. Ask ticket agents for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen & Crescent
Ask
Arthur Declines Invite Over Uncertain Attendees
Vanity Fair notes Arthur will not accept an invitation unless he knows who is to be there. Edmund quips that perhaps he fears meeting some of his creditors, reflecting social tensions in a Brooklyn Life item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shelton
Cedar Rapids
Mason
Kansas City
Marshal Kozlowsky
Belle Plaine
Clinton
Vanity Fair
Edgar
Arthur
Edmund
Brooklyn
To Be Proud of Rank Defined as Vanity
A concise quotation from the Chicago Journal notes that vanity arises from pride in social rank or position, contrasting self regard with actual status and aiming to provoke thoughtful reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Journal
Overland Limited Trains Coast to Chicago Route
A brief note from the Chicago Daily News cites the Overland Limited running daily from Chicago to the Coast via the Union Pacific and North-Western Line. The piece adds a grim line about worry being a good friend of the undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Overland Limited
Chicago
Union Pacific & North-Western Line
Worry
Undertaker
Chicago Daily News
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James R. Garfield
Chauncey Dewey
Clyde Wilson
W. J. McBride
St. Francis
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Berry
James T. Metcalf
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Alexander County
McKinzie
Department of Commerce and Labor
J. C. Hartzell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles J. Glidden
Kansas
George A. Fuller Construction Company
Richmond
Gerald B. Smith
Aurora
Clyde Allen
Quarles
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Board of Conciliation
Wilkesharre
Northcott
Illinois
Adams & Larber Oil Company
Logan County
Iil
Alabama
Tallapoosa
Coosa
Lowndes
Austria
London
Vilayet
Van
Woolwich Arsenal
Lapponi
Cherokee Hospital
State Bar Association
Guard Company
Lydia E. Pinkham
Selah Stowell
Wellington St
Kingston, Ont
Lydia Binkham
Dia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Katy
Golden Square
Old Mexico
Wainwright Bidg
St. Louis, Mo
Collier
Asheville
Return
Mires Rootbeer
Charles F
Malvern, Pa
St. Vitus
W. H. May
Pine Street
Paxtine
Shne Eaxton CO
Columbus Av
Macs
Anakesis Sret
ANA & Ese
Tribune Building
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