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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1903
Page
2
A weekly roundup of industrial field news personal political items and notable happenings at home and abroad. The column summarizes business trends public affairs and miscellaneous events shaping markets and society during the period.
The U S Senate spent hours in executive session on the Panama canal amendments before final vote. The treaty was ratified 73 to 5, with no changes since original negotiations.
James H. Pound chosen by the Michigan Democratic committee for the supreme bench after Judge Yaple declined. Carter Harrison is nominated by Chicago Democrats for mayor for the fourth time. John W. Candler, former congressman, dies in Providence. Anna Powalek dies in Wisconsin aged 101. Tom L. Johnson renominated for Cleveland mayor. President Cleveland marks his sixty sixth birthday in Princeton. Maj. A. George Courtney dies in Syracuse at 63. Rev. Bennett Murrell dies in Huntington at 94. Rev. P. M. Weddell dies in Piqua at 82. James K. Jones, longtime Ohio bank president, dies at 91. Gen. Schuyler Hamilton dies in New York at 83. Jose Etrada Palma weds Miss Mabel Jacobs privately in New York. Alice Roosevelt arrives in San Juan from New York amid warm reception.
The navy maintenance sum of 178184205 pounds is asked for 1903 04. Shamrock NT was launched at Dumbarton with Sir Thomas Lipton and guests. The German Reichstag voted 375000 dollars for the St Louis Exposition appropriation.
The Missouri supreme court ruled five Chicago packing concerns violated state anti trust law and imposed fines of five thousand dollars each with five thousand dollars in costs. The governor reappointed Dr W D Crum collector of customs at Charleston DC. News items note business failures 220 in seven days ended the 20th and various deaths and political shifts across the United States.
A Philadelphia Record recounts a comic cure claim where a fat man credits a raw potato carried in his pocket for curing rheumatism after a janitor suggests the remedy. The man gives cigars to the janitor in gratitude, revealing the joke that the cure was misheard as a raw tomato.
A Chicago Tribune quotation shows a promoter explaining that investors in Montana are kept unaware of the mine's true bonanza to prevent others from profiting, while locals are described as already wealthy and uninterested in quick stock uptake.
A Tioga boy peering at a drop under a microscope was impressed by microbes and joked that he now knows what bites you when you drink soda water. Philadelphia Record.
The Alhambra Illinois column reports Mr. P J Oswald suffered rheumatism until he used Dodd's Kidney Pills which quickly relieved his symptoms. The piece notes State Treasurer Fred A Busse also credited with recovery from rheumatism. A separate humorous exchange about conundrums closes the item.
Daily through June 15 1903 the M K T Ry sells second class tickets to California from St Louis at 30 dollars to San Francisco via a through tourist car leaving at 8 42 p m The Katy Flyer departs St Louis and travel arrangements are handled by Katy in the Wainwright Building St Louis Mo inquiries invited
Wyzacre asks the timing of a wedding as Bizziebodie laments her efforts to show the couple were not suited for each other in this Baltimore American passage.
Ask To-Day for Allen's Foot-Bace. It cures swollen aching tired feet. Available at all druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents. Sample sent REL Address A S Olmsted Le Roy New York.
The Glasgow Times quotes Bragg saying he was knocked senseless by a cricket ball two years ago and the boy in the corner asks when he will recover.
A fragment from Town Topics shows a woman asserting she shall leave what to her father, while a man insists the father should leave everything to her. The exchange hints at intrafamily debate over inheritance and guardianship of assets.
A historical notice lists three solid through trains daily from Chicago to California on the Union Pacific and North Western Line, highlighting the service across Illinois to the West. The brief also includes various ads and quotes from period sources about labor, health products, and sayings.
A Judge notes that it is not what a man thinks but what he thinks he thinks that defines his mental state and status.
Mr Pleasant Ohio veterinary surgeon George W Smith reports Doan's Kidney Pills eased severe kidney and bladder congestion. He notes benefits for elderly patients, incontinence, back pains, swelling, and urinary symptoms including brick dust sediment and nocturnal enuresis.
Sapme Davis of Baxter Springs Kansas reports five years of back pain thought to come from the kidneys. After using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills she says the trouble was entirely cured and she wants others to know.
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