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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
10
A weekly digest covers the Far East war progress between Russia and Japan, developments from Washington, and notable interest stories from around the world. It highlights military moves, diplomatic signals, and economic effects shaping the international stage.
M Nelidoff, Russian ambassador to Paris, named as a peace plenipotentiary. Russia accepts August 1 for plenipotentiary meeting, with Cassini instructed. Japan demands envoys meet and credentials exchanged before armistice. Reports detail Manchuria actions, Liac eres capture, and warnings of Russian retreat amid losses.
John C. Driscoll testified before the Chicago grand jury about more than 100 canceled checks paying labor leaders to settle or avert strikes. The Chicago Teamsters' Joint Council ousted Cornelius P. Shea and formed a committee to end the long running strike. A row over union buttons blocked settlement of the Teamsters strike. Henry Hucksold a nonunion painter was killed and Cleave White a union driver was wounded by a deputy sheriff in Chicago.
The Lake Shore line offers $2,000 for arrest or information on the Twentieth Century Limited wreck at Mentor Colorado. Officials say the switch was tampered with and opened recently, with detectives tracing suspect movements and the engine lacking full derailment until 50 feet on the side track. State Railroad Commissioner J C Morris cites evidence of deliberate act and ongoing investigations. The official statement notes secret service and railroad detectives pursuing the case.
The head camp of the Modern Woodmen of America endorses A Crozier of Delaware for a fraternal congress to announce the benefits of fraternal insurance over old line policies. A liquor question reform passes 330 to 132. The modified rule excludes workers directly in liquor handling but allows others in breweries, distilleries, and department stores selling liquor in unopened packages to join. Special rail rates for the N E A meeting to Asbury Park July 27 are announced with stopovers at Chautauqua Lake Niagara Falls and New York City.
Philadelphia officials issue an additional warrant for John W Hill former filtration bureau chief on forgery charges tied to 40000 in filtration contracts. Hill posted 8000 bail after a magistrate hearing on related accusations alleging creation of false records to defraud the city. The affidavit signed by Captain James I Donaghy cites Hill as chief of the bureau of filtration in connection with statements about work by Daniel J Mc Nichol, contractor.
In Lodz Russian Poland on June 24 troops stormed street barricades as a general strike paralyzed the city. Martial law is expected. dozens are dead or wounded with numbers uncertain amid looting, wrecked shops, broken lamps, and suspended rail traffic.
Two men held up and robbed four passengers and crew of a Chicago and Milwaukee electric car on Friday night just before ten o'clock. Several hundred dollars were taken. The incident occurred in Chicago on June 24.
Peter Kiolbassa former building commissioner and city treasurer died at St Mary of Nazareth hospital in Chicago from blood poisoning and complications after a foot injury nine weeks earlier.
A severe storm swept New York and surrounding areas killing two men. Eight people were seriously hurt and significant property damage occurred across the region.
A courtroom exchange features a prisoner and judge in an odd dialogue about punishment. The prisoner recalls teaching the judge’s daughter singing, prompting a suggested twenty year sentence. The terse dialogue hints at a theatrical or allegorical litigation moment.
A concise editorial note from the Boston Globe arguing that men should devote life to being good rather than chasing idealized goals. It emphasizes moral conduct over grand pursuits and calls for personal virtue as societal improvement.
W S Taylor of Sedgwick Ark recounts his son’s rapid recovery from severe dropsy after using Dodd's Kidney Fills. He says the child could not walk before treatment and that after taking thirty-five pills he regained health, able to run dance and sing. The account labels the cure as miraculous.
The Chicago Tribune quotes a maxim that wealth cannot buy loyalty or friendship. The aphorism cautions against using money to gain true regard, implying integrity matters more than riches.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female ailments. It claims to treat ovarian troubles inflammation and ulceration and other reproductive issues and notes it is suited to menopause.
The advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for backache and female weakness. It claims to dissolve tumors in the uterus in early development and relieve bearing down pains. It references kidney complaints and invites readers to write to Mrs Pinkham in confidence from Lynn Massachusetts.
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