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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
2
A compact weekly digest reports home and foreign happenings across politics industry and society. It highlights industrial developments personal items and notable events from the past seven days in a concise survey.
Congress adjourned sine die after passing major appropriation bills except river and harbor. inaugural festivities in Washington featured a grand ball and elaborate decorations. A zinc mine accident in Center Valley, Missouri left five dead two injured. Andover Kans citizens threatened to close Wichita saloons. Various officials pledged resignations and new postings while inflation of public notices and interstate actions continued.
Maj. Daniel W. Whittle, associate of the late Dwight L. Moody, dies in East Northfield Massachusetts at age 60. Isaac M. Gregory editor of Judge humor weekly dies in New York City at about age 65. Michigan Democrats nominate Allen C. Adsit for supreme court justice and Elmer G. Goldsmith and Edward Shields for university regents. Carter H. Harrison renominated for Chicago mayor by Democrats.
A Qing dynasty edict cancels decrees and reports issued between June 20 and August 14 1900 to erase historical traces. Reports on diplomacy include Leishman’s arrival in Constantinople as new US minister to Turkey. Other items note Irish MPs suspended, Cavite killings of three US soldiers, and various European political moves.
In an executive session on the 8th the United States Senate approved a supplemental extradition treaty with Great Britain adding crimes for extradition including obtaining money under false pretenses, railroad destruction, endangering life and procuring abortions. The extra session ended on the 9th after confirming all presidential nominations.
The Iowa and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers association held its annual meeting in Council Bluffs with large attendance. Elected officers included Samuel Mahon of Ottumwa as president, Charles H. May of Fremont as vice president, and John Mehlhop Jr. of Dubuque as secretary and treasurer. The group approved policies to combat trusts and capital combinations affecting the robber and endorsed the Mahon plan for sugar handling.
Sioux City Provision company to own and operate the Sioux City plant of the International Packing company in a few days. Cattle and hogs will be slaughtered by the new organization, transforming Sioux City into a competitive cattle market with strong financial backing from Chicago promoters.
A Kansas City physician traveled to southwest Missouri for a day of shooting and returned telling his wife he had killed nothing. She quipped that his lack of success was what he deserved for neglecting any business. Kansas City Star.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and said to act directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. It is described as not a quack medicine, prescribed by a leading physician, with testimonials offered and priced at 75 cents.
A warning notes swindlers are traveling through the western part of the state gathering signatures from farmers on contracts to sell chickens for high prices. The crooks never deliver the chickens, and the agreements turn into promissory notes.
George Armstrong of Farley named superintendent of the Arlington estate where thousands of soldiers lie buried. The government plans to reclaim and beautify the grounds. Armstrong served in the Twenty first Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.
The fragmentary line from the Chicago Daily News hints at a reflective remark on how success can spoil certain aspects of life or achievement, suggesting a cautious view of triumph.
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