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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1890
Page
4
A historical ad promotes Hall's Cure for cancer claims and blood purification. Frank J. Cheney and FP J. Cheney & Co. endorse the remedy sold through Toledo druggists. Notary public attestation dated December 6.
Logardus advises readers to pose as they are not as they wish to be. Photographers copy the sitter without forcing a dramatic expression. Women often complain pictures look too old, not too young, when the operator is skilled a satisfactory portrait follows.
The text touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with a guarantee of cure or refund. It also describes English officers testing torpedo defense by jumping a small boat over a boom, with the craft passing over the obstacle without damage after a high-speed dash.
Entirely Helpless to Health, Mrs B. Ford’s cure tale cited by Cor Mana residents. Ads tout RuMatic Syrup, Kemp's Bal Sam, and Brown's Bronchial Troches. inquiries poke at farming in England and Canada. a veteran Goering turns Napoleonic pageant recollections.
The Chicago world’s fair authorization cleared the Senate by forty three to thirteen. Debate was light after opposition coalesced, with support from the West and many republics. A House session followed on unrelated measures including pension aid and Oklahoma concerns.
Malignant diphtheria devastates Vining Otter Tail County with about 150 residents nine tenths ill. Twenty deaths since April and thirty total. Funerals held publicly as authorities lag on quarantine while the State Board of Health has been notified but acts not yet taken.
The table shows national and western league standings with teams such as Philadelphia Pittsburg Buffalo Chicago Brooklyn New York Cleveland Cincinnati and Minneapolis Omaha in various win loss records and percentages. Key figures include Pittsburgh at 2 9 1 000 and New York at 11 509 with other clubs listed under Western.
Secretary Blaine has pursued a treaty for broader reciprocity with Mexico and signaled to the Argentine Confederation and other South and Central American states that similar privileges may be offered. Meanwhile four men drowned after the schooner W. H. Brinsfield sank near Point No Point, with three crew members and four passengers among the deceased.
The New York Produce Exchange reports visible grain afloat and in store with totals for Wheat Corn Oats and Barley, all down from prior figures. Captain William L. Couch, a prominent Oklahoma boomers leader, died from a rifle wound received April 4 in Guthrie, while South Dakota crops await rain but not expected to suffer for ten days.
Fifteen sailors drowned as the steamer Bilboa, sailing from Grimsby April 8 to London, was lost in the North Sea. A Kentucky town Harropspore is nearly wiped out by fire, with losses around 150000 dollars. Secretary Burne orders the Pan American delegates to return to Washington from Richmond as only two want to continue. Two Cincinnatians die of pneumonia, John Church of the John Church Company and George W. McAlpin head of a dry goods firm.
The seventieth birthday of Gen. W. T. Sherman was celebrated in New York with a reception by the Union League Club. A detachment of the Fifth Artillery led by Lieut. Miley lined the grand stairway as Sherman arrived and was escorted upstairs for congratulations. extensive forest fires burned north of Pine Grove Pennsylvania destroying hundreds of acres of timber. Philadelphia publisher A. H. Hupparp of Hubbard Bros. faces $140,000 in liabilities with assets around £250,000 and seeks time extension to continue business. Nine smallpox cases aboard the Lark Sarah from Fayal were detained at quarantine in Boston. The Reformed and United Presbyterian churches union talks adjourned after adopting resolutions favoring organic union and planning a convention with a view to union.
A. B. Sprrchurs of a major sugar firm warns that proposed tariff sugar clauses would virtually ruin California beet sugar. He urges maintaining current duties while he speaks in San Francisco.
The Mississippi River fell at Helena Arkansas while Bayou Sara faced a critical rise and levee breaks seemed likely. A 130 foot stretch at Nita crevasse Louisiana was washed away. Mississippi Valley tracks were waterlogged and crews laid an incline five miles south. A tornado hit upper Geneva County Alabama damaging homes but few residents nearby. Fatalities range from nine to fifteen. Nearby, three Raisden brothers were killed in a shootout with a sheriff’s posse at Pigeon Creek West Virginia. A man near Glasgow Kentucky faces hydrophobia after a mad dog bite.
The river and harbor appropriation bill to the House totals 21 million dollars excluding Galveston. Illinois allocations include Chicago, Calumet, Kaskaskia, and Illinois River harbors and channels with varied sums. Mississippi River work covers Des Moines Rapids to Illinois River, Cairo to above St Anthony Falls, and related segments. Desertion figures show 1,578 in nine months vs 1,893 prior year, a 6 percent drop, with reform urged by Lee Proctor and legislative action pending Sena te consideration.
The Senate confirms several nominations including A Harper and J Fleming. The President sends nominees Stevens Monnesey and others for various federal posts in North Dakota Idaho Oregon and Washington. Promotions follow in cavalry and a customs post at St Augustine Florida. New Hampshire Supreme Court vacancy prompts D Arthur Taggart to act as Governor until Gov Goodell recovers. John F Britt secures Democratic nomination for Indiana Congressman seat in Shoals at the 387th ballot.
Henry B. Stone, Second Vice President of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad, resigns effective June 11 to become President of Chicago Telephone Company and Central Illinois Telephone, after twelve years with the Burlington system and a career rising from Motive Power Superintendent to General Manager. Directors of Southern Pacific thank Leland Stanford for his integrity as President.
Across the ocean Vienna reports twelve thousand workmen at Wittkowitz iron works on strike. Troops at Karwin fired on rioters with several wounded and one killed. Ro bonitz mine owners ask Prague for troops as Ostran strikers attack Kunzendorf sugar and Ratiman cellulose factories. Seven domestics burned at the Imperial Palace. Engagement announced between William O Brien and Mile. Raffalovitch.
The Philadelphia service for Samuel Randall featured a sermon by Rev Dr Chester at Presbyterian Church, with hundreds paying respects as the body lay in state. Honorary pallbearers included W Childs A J Drexel Alex Chir e John Wanamaker and others, and the remains were interred in Philadelphia after a solemn vault service led by Dr Henry C McCook and Rev Chester.
Detroit reports a Quebec auctioneer Thomas Casey recounts finding seven trunks aboard the wrecked schooner Emma. The trunks held theatrical wardrobes and items linked to J. Wilkes Booth, with evidence suggesting a Bosk connection to Edwin Booth. Casey preserved some items and sought Edwin Booth’s reaction.
The Senate debated measures on a new battle ship and appellate courts across circuits with multiple judges, then moved to Mississippi River bridge work and Indian Reservation rights. The vote on Senators Power and Sanders was party-line and the House discussed tariff and military academy matters before adjourning.
Reports list Newsy Play Jeux MILts aged 6 killed by Des Moines Electric Street Railway cars. J Yrasling of Bedford Iowa fatally injured in runaway accident. Don Calnan likely fatally shot by J E Jimmerson at New Hartford Iowa. Lamoni Iowa recent Latter Day Saints conference closed with high priests ordained and over one hundred missionaries assigned nationwide. Dopona in Epirus noted as ancient oracle alongside Delos and Delphi. References to ancient warfare, philosophers, and editorials appear in a jumble of quotations and stray lines.
A mosaic of witticisms and brief observations on life, love, work, and society. Snatches include quips on temperance, tailoring, doctors, charity, electricity, and criminals. Notes on prizefighters, weddings, and Canadian wives appear amid miscellaneous slogans and anecdotes from a Mobile paper’s fragment.
A playful piece presenting menu linked phrases like The wish bone and Coffee grounds as wordplay. It interweaves meals and visitors with cryptic lines such as Guest at dinner and An air of Wagner’s, hinting at a literary or satirical tone from a periodical.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a landlord and a traveler debating who runs the hotel and my not reaching a decision. The terse exchange hints at miscommunication and cross purposes in a lodging setting.
An Eastern knitting mill manager computes that a working girl unties shoes three times daily losing about fifty seconds per incident. With about 4.0 girls employed, yearly wasted time reaches 45,800,000 seconds worth $943,174 at average wages. It is decreed girls must wear buttoned shoes or Congress gaiters under penalty of discipline.
Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills are scientifically compounded and uniform in action. They relieve griping pain following use. Safe for adults and children. They claim unique care for sick headache constipation dyspepsia biliousness and as an appetizer they excel any other preparation.
A visitor asks for Mr Bradley. the Irish servant explains he is not back and has gone for a ride in an interim buggy with a high toned name. The servant notes hope for Mr Gicks and heads downtown during the interim.
Physicians of high standing endorse a country of electrical appliances for curing acute chronic and nervous diseases. A St Louis endorsement notes the writer a professor in medicine and claims the belt is practical and useful. Also reports a football injury in Peebles Scotland where a collision killed a youth from concussion.
An-era style ad urges “Last chance for fine free” homes in Sioux Re region and promotes Piso's Cure for frequent cold or sore eyes. It mentions Dr Isaac Thompson's Eye Water and Tansill's Punch with dealer inquiry.
An exchange notes a dramatic transformation after using Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for pimples and skin eruptions. The ad from Worth's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, claims cures for Salt rheum, Eczema, Boils, and other blood impurities, with a money refund guarantee.
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