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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1887
Page
4
A compact column blending political gossip railroad notes and minor local occurrences. It surveys contemporary chatter about campaigns rail events and assorted small items affecting residents and public life.
A London cablegram reports the Queen's Jubilee procession drew vast crowds estimated at over two million. The parade featured royal escorts, foreign princes, and elaborate carriages, ending at Westminster Abbey and returning to Buckingham Palace amid universal enthusiasm and ceremonial pomp.
Demonstrations marked the Queen's jubilee with disorder as police clashed with crowds in Cork and other towns. In New York, public services at the Metropolitan Opera House featured a requiem mass for the victims of famine in Ireland.
The FP. H. Walters steam barge, from Lan a Ohio, foundered in a Lake Erie squall near Cleveland. Eight drowned include Mrs L G Gillespie wife of J Alphas and child Jennie Gillespie engineer Peter Grines Cleveland fireman John Petersen wheel man Guet Shaffer Sandusky deck hand Peter Powley Lighthouse Station and stewardess Kate Powley wife of Peter.
Wheat sold in Chicago Tuesday at the lowest levels since last week with June deliveries as low as 68 cents and July at 63 percent. Cattle remain cheap at the Stock Yards with prime beeves offered at 4.50 to 4.65 per 100 pounds while hogs are scarce and about five cents higher.
A long historical note on punishments for women in Anglo Saxon and medieval Europe is followed by a report on the Interstate Commerce Commission ruling. The commission extends temporary relief orders for long and short haul clauses across multiple rail lines including Louisville and Nashville and various transcontinental routes. It discusses the interpretation of dissimilar circumstances in applying relief and outlines ongoing cases of alleged rail discrimination.
A Danube boat carrying 250 Hungarian refugees capsized near Paris with most perishing and over a hundred bodies recovered. In Dublin editor William O'Brien was greeted by crowds and dignitaries, while jubilee celebrations spread from London to India, New Zealand and South Africa. The report also covers court verdicts in Chicago, political protests over flag returns, Mount Vernon expansion via Jay Gould, and grain stock changes in the United States.
F Trigg of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad died by his own hand leaping from a bridge at Niagara Falls. No cause given. In Ohio at Painesville Professor Clark completed a balloon ascent but fell sixty feet from a tree and sustained fatal injuries.
The coke workers strike in Connellsville Pa extends as producers refuse wage demands. Roanoke based Crozier Iron and Steel assigns with $378000 preferences. Prospect Machine and Engine Cleveland also assigns with $409000 capital stock and $209000 liabilities. Washington Manufacturing Philadelphia suspends payments with $550000 liabilities and $1 356144 assets. Sloan & Sons Philadelphia cotton brokers suspend due to Washington Manufacturing insolvency and have substantial indorsed obligations. Reports from Chicago Times indicate drought affected crops but Northwest yields and corn outlook look favorable.
Old church in Brooklyn shut for summer awaiting directing hand with prospects of not reopening under current auspices. Missouri's Sunday law to be enforced in St Louis closing saloons beer gardens theaters and baseball parks. Manitoba wheat crop reports indicate increased acreage and favorable prospects. Mine gas explosion near Scranton Pa injures six. Ex Chief of Police William J McGarigle and Edward McDonald jailed for three years after seven week trial in Joliet.
A east bound Southern Pacific Express train was robbed near Flatonia Texas as it traveled at 12 34 a m on a trestle over a creek. Bandits seized the baggage and express car loot total from 18000 to 75000 with diamonds cash and valuables. Passengers and crew were compelled to surrender money with several men beaten and a Mexican army officer robbed of 400. Officers and bloodhounds pursue the masked robbers after the siege ended as the west bound train neared the scene.
Fifty nine aboard the Champlain perished or were lost with thirty eight saved after a fire near Fisherman's Island. Captain Casey led the rescue as crew and passengers acted with bravery saving others. details include Mary Wakefield and Mrs Ingalls earning fame for lifesaving acts and a full victim list.
Milne discusses myths from Japan Mongolia India and elsewhere attributing quakes to underground beings and gods. He reviews quasi scientific ideas from wind to electrical theories and demonstrates experiments showing electricity from dynamite is not a quake cause.
The article notes that at least 3 million women and girls work in England with many in domestic roles. It argues half of working-class families rely on women’s wages, yet pay is very low, especially in London, suggesting women work for a livelihood or amusement. It laments public neglect of workers’ present and future condition.
The text notes the four successors Abu Beker Omar Othman and Ali as Mahomet's chief agents who established the new religion and fought unbelievers, all dying violent deaths, and claims his family was wholly extirpated within thirty years after his death.
Ouray columnist Solid Muldoon warns readers about the infamous San Juan pie scene. The column blends tall tale humor with local lore, noting pie lore, founders, and notorious potency. It jests that novices face surgeons knives and treacherous customs when sampling the pie under rustic, frontier conditions.
A dialogue explores why kissing dominates early British culture, tracing its origins to nature and courtship. It cites Rowena’s legend, Edward IV and Henry VIII era customs, and Erasmus praising kisses as ubiquitous and pleasant across travel and residence.
The article describes a Creole Jambalaya method with chicken fried crisp then served over a tomato onion rice dish. It instructs preparing chicken in egg and cracker crumbs, frying, and finishing with parsley, then cooking tomatoes onion butter sugar and rice until tender.
All associations of baseball players and athletic clubs rely on St Jacobs Oil for sprains bruises pains and aches. Individual members also use it for the same remedies.
An exhibition piece touts Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo and his Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for blood taints humors ulcers pimples and related affections. The write up frames it as a science based cure claimed to address several conditions.
The piece argues persistent effort and imagination, not luck, drive publishing success. It cites Trollope Charlotte Bronte Byron Dickens Scott and Conway to show varied outcomes, noting that genius, preparation, and industry matter more than mere perseverance. It also notes declining author payments over time and shifting market dynamics.
The article notes the Moxie plant produces a tasteless beverage claimed to banish nervousness and boost endurance in women without stimulanlike effects, though it questions the accuracy of these claims and urges druggists to maintain stock.
A teacher discusses chewing tobacco with students. A boy argues it may be acceptable if teeth ache, claiming no harm. The teacher tests the logic by asking what a girl would do, and the boy replies she should have the tooth pulled, highlighting how vices can become remedies. Sydney cyclist Joux Rour touts St Jacobs Oil after 1,000 miles of riding.
In a pulpit scene from Arkansaw Traveler a gospel preacher named Sam leads a fervent prayer after a messenger announces his wife Becky has run away with a yellow scoundrel who owes Sam ten dollars. Sam asks the congregation to join in prayer for the man who owes the debt.
A dubious pitch touts Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy claiming vast cures for obstinate catarrh and offers premium rewards to anyone who fails to benefit. The article mocks the tactic and questions who will bid next for cure or cash amid springtime quips about a "pretty girl's plate."
Advertised remedies promise rapid relief with Dr Harter's Tonic and Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Vague warnings about danger and life threats accompany phrases urging immediate use to ensure a cure.
The article notes that plants take up water not only by roots. It cites Duchartre’s claim that leaves cannot imbibe water or vapor, a view once taught for twenty years. English experiments later corrected this, showing leaves absorb vapor when ambient humidity is higher outside than inside, as seen after a shower or in humid air.
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