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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
2
A compact week in review delivers home and foreign items, industrial field developments, and notable personal and political happenings from the past seven days. Readers receive a sweep of domestic and international notes, markets, and events highlighted for quick digestion.
The Senate debated the ship subsidy bill with opposition by West and Tillman. The House advanced the rural free delivery classification and wage scales for agents and carriers. Senate leaders Hoar and Depew spoke on direct senatorial election and Hepburn’s Nicaragua canal bill. The isthmian canal committee backed Hepburn. Crumpacker introduced a suffrage laws investigation resolution.
The American visit wrapped with a public reception in Philadelphia and a tour of Cramp's shipyards. A farewell speech denied any secret objective to his trip. Prince Henry was serenaded by the Arion club and hosted by the Vanderbilts at dinner.
Secretary of the Navy Long resigns with President naming William H. Moody as successor effective May 1. Congressional nominations arise in Kansas Indiana Missouri with Bow ersock Hemenway Miller Ward and Hamlin. Doorkeeper W J Glenn dies of pneumonia in Washington. Ex Gov Altgeld of Chicago dies at Joliet at 55 after paralysis. Mrs Jane Smith dies in Marshalltown Iowa at nearly 103.
Tidal waves kill many on the Pacific coast of Central America. A Peking censor accuses Wu Ting Fang of 80 000 dollars in Tientsin silver. Generals Methuen wounded and captured as Boers attack British forces. Russia may withdraw from Manchuria in 18 months. Venezuela yields to German claims. China protests US exclusion law reenactment. London fears retaliation over Scheepers execution.
Reports say Gen De Wet crossed the British line and aims to join Delarey in western Transvaal. Also noted are Miss Alice Roosevelt arriving in Havana with friends and King Edward canceling a planned Ireland visit amid cabinet advice.
Senate debate on the ship subsidy bill continues with support from Senator Foraker on the 14th and opposition from McLaurin and Harris. The Hague convention on war conduct is ratified. The House passes the post office appropriation bill and an omnibus territories bill for Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma. A $150000 marine hospital for Savannah is approved and a Missouri river bridge at South Omaha is funded. Large pension bill passage in the House sets a record of 229. Significant fires and deaths, weather, and political shifts fill the rest of the items.
In Forsyth Missouri on March 17 hundreds of farmers in the Ozark hills and nearby areas in Arkansas endure severe hardship from last summer's drought. About ten percent of district residents may have gone hungry this winter as aid is refused and seed for spring planting runs short. Seed distribution is funded by Arkansas governor and possibly bank loans.
New York City receives annual anonymous restitution payments to its conscience fund. Amounts are typically small from $50 to $400, totaling $302 last year, while England’s conscience fund yields little and the state government receives minimal sums.
An elderly patient challenges a doctor's plan to issue a large capsule prescription. After explanation, she quips she can swallow big things from years of marriage, noting a husband in two whist clubs and many lodges. The Washington Post vignette highlights stubborn humor in a medical scene.
The first lieutenant asks to bombard the city this afternoon. The captain refuses, citing the American warship commander who has a headache and fears noise, but may permit an attack tomorrow if sunny for photos with his Kodak.
The notice lists fares from Chicago to multiple western destinations including $30.00 to Helena, Butte, and Anaconda, $30.50 to Los Angeles and Seattle, with daily Tourist Sleeping Cars to the Pacific Coast. Maps and details available from ticket agents or W. B. Kniskern in Chicago.
In a Philadelphia Press clipping, Sharpe reports an observation about a person in the ong cafe of Mr Nuritel. The dialogue includes a heated exchange about cutting someone, with a remark that the person expected you to cut yourself any minute.
Plant a plenty of this prodigally prolific millet 5 to 8 tons of rich hay per acre. Price 50 lbs 1.90, 100 lbs 3.00. Low freights. John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Crawford asking about Lent preparations. Mrs Crabshaw confirms her husband bought boneless codfish for her and obtained a dispensation for himself. The judge presides with a sharp, witty verdict.
A resident of Robbins Maple Street Norwich New York claims wakeful relief after using Piso's Cure for Ocneution three years ago on February 17 1900.
A brief editorial line from the Washington Democrat proclaims that only those who work win, underscoring a progressive view of merit through labor.
An old advertising fragment touts Pike’s Toothache Drops as a cure in one minute for toothache. It also promotes a nostrums line about honeys and tar and includes a quoted proverb warning against overanxious pursuit of advancement.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claiming cough relief and cold cure at two cents. The copy mocks haste to get rich and labels the Chicago fly News as context.
The Berlin fire department responded to 11,060 calls last year highlighting a high level of emergency activity.
A collection of curious facts notes New York City hosting about 400 000 Germans residents. It cites yearly mining of 95 tons of gold and 520 tons of silver. Hawaiian yacht racing is a major pastime. A silk thread is three times stronger than a flax thread of equal thickness. Of London’s 24 centenarians, 19 are women. Diamonds in Montana were actually white sapphires.
Champion Michigan woman describes years of kidney pain and sleepless nights ending after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She reports improved sleep, absence of back and limb pain, and restored appetite following continued use.
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