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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
3
A Des Moines special reports a table of railway property assessments from 1872 to present. Railroads paid 5.02 percent of state taxes in 1872 and will pay over nine percent under the current system. The table uses official records on state appropriations and related figures.
Gov. Shaw named three commissions from the legislature. The library panel includes Capt. W. H. Johnson Grinnell Mrs. D. W. Norris Corning Mrs. H. M. Towner Corning and Miss Jessie Waite Burlington with ex-officio state officials. The Shiloh commission lists Iowa battle survivors from Des Moines Webster City Ottumwa Washington Muscatine Emmetsburg Mount Vernon Anamosa Woodburn Red Oak and other cities. It will secure designs award contracts and place monuments by April sixth the thirty-ninth anniversary. An 11 regiment state monument allowance stands at 15000 with 3000 per regiment and 2000 for commission expenses. A Vicksburg commission from each Iowa regiment will mark battlefield sites for future monuments.
State Superintendent Barrett defends mandatory music knowledge for teachers and urges music in county institutes. Iowa dairy interests push for inspectors to improve creameries and dairy sanitation, citing Minnesota success and potential butter value gains.
C L Joselyn a Clinton barber died from a rare melanoma like disease melanosarcoma. A dark mole on his arm and widespread pigment spread through organs led doctors to confirm the diagnosis after autopsy.
About February 20 a suave swindler took subscriptions in Newton for Little Folks. Some 40 mothers paid one dollar yearly and received a convincing signed receipt by G. A. Williston, but no magazine ever arrived. Publisher B. E. Cassino identifies the scammer as Wheeler, who used two names while operating for about ten months across Iowa Missouri and Kansas and even promised to print children’s pictures in the next issue.
Crystal Oil of Des Moines files a 50000 damage suit against Standard Oil alleging ruin of its business through predatory pricing and customer incentives. The suit claims Standard Oil, the nation’s wealthiest corporation, used its influence in Des Moines to drive Crystal out of business.
A peculiar spinal disease rapidly kills horses around Thompson. Infected animals drop and seldom rise again. Surgeons blame fattening and long idle rests after heavy work, followed by resumed labor, as the disease trigger.
Theodore Thorson, missing from Decorah for two weeks, was found in the river behind Reium's slaughter house, lodged against a wire fence. Night Watch Rima located the body. Foul play suspected, but his purse and money on the clothes suggest he wandered into the river and drowned. He was intoxicated when last seen alive.
Fred W. Marston an ex convict played evangelist and choir leader a judge Shiras in Dubuque sentenced him to 13 months in Anamosa penitentiary for using the mails to defraud He ran a library association at Independence and allegedly charged from one to ten dollars from correspondents answering his ads for agents for a Chicago publishing house.
The Lower Bruie tribe of Sioux Indians offer to end their 30 year treaty by proposing to dispose of two sections of tribal land. They would use the proceeds to buy cattle and enter the ranching business if the government approves.
The second annual Iowa postmasters meeting for first and second class officers will be held in Marshalltown on May 23 and 24, 1900. Invitations extend to third and fourth class postmasters, assistant postmasters, chief clerks and mail carriers. Officials expected to attend should notify J. Q. Saint. Charles Emory Smith hopes for a well attended convention. George M. Allen will represent the department and speak. Officers are President W. S. Gardner, Clinton. Secretary C. M. Junkin, Fairfield. Executive Committee includes Saint, A. W. Lee, and John W. Palm.
Attorney General Remley issues an opinion to the state board of control interpreting the new pension law. It requires pensioners to give one half of their pension to dependent relatives if any exist, reversing the board's prior practice of allocating excess funds to relatives or the state. The ruling reacts to a pensioner who wished to keep all his money while still aiding his children in the Davenport home.
The weekly weather bureau bulletin reports past seven days averaged two to four degrees above normal with heavy rainfall on the 16th and 17th, especially in the north and east. Moisture is abundant for now, aiding field work, oats and barley seeding delays noted in some districts, and grass growth and fruit prospects are strong. Pastures expected to support stock by May 1.
A fakir fleeced Boone women out of two dollars each for a four dollar tailor made suit. Telegrams from a Chicago department store warned the fraud and urged arrest. The man is jailed in Boone County awaiting potential penitentiary time.
Paul Blake, noted forger, was arrested in St. Louis and returned to Anamosa to face forgery charges. Jones County officials had pursued him for two years before the St. Louis police captured him. Blake allegedly forged a bank bookkeeper's name in Kenawee Illinois to defraud local banks of several thousand dollars.
Ella Reade of Fairfield is taken to the Harrison Street station annex in Chicago after planning to elope with a young farmer who she will not name. The 16 year old intended to travel to Kalamazoo to meet relatives while her companion awaited there. a depot-watcher for the YWCA flagged her upon arrival.
Mrs Eunice Jenny aged 90 died in Glidden from pneumonia after a short illness of one week. She had just arrived from New York with her daughter Mrs L M Lyons with plans to settle in Glidden but the journey proved too much. Her remains were sent back to her old home in New York state.
The piece blames the aristocracy and luxury for national decline while arguing health hinges on a strong stomach. It touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a cure for indigestion constipation and biliousness.
A Columbia Missouri school visitor asks a lower grade class about the earth axis. A pupil explains it as an imaginary line from pole to pole on which the earth revolves and even suggests an imaginary bonnet could hang on it. The visitor has no more questions.
A historical ad offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh cure, claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure works by affecting blood and mucous surfaces. It lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo as sellers, with endorsements from local wholesalers and notes price at 75 cents per bottle.
A Chicago Post quip notes a man telling a woman she should be a better orator. He cites Demosthenes practicing with pebbles in his mouth, prompting her to remove pins from her mouth and call him mean.
Grain-O is described as a long desired coffee substitute that does not upset nerves or digestion. It is made from pure grains and provides health and strength, claiming to taste and look like the best coffee at an affordable price. Ask your grocer for Grain-O.
A fragment from the Indianapolis Journal notes the narrator’s befuddlement while reading a piece about a fabled explanation. The writer recalls losing track of their initial learning goal as the text weaves through perplexing ideas and curious phrasing.
A vintage notice promoting Allen’s Foot-Ease powder to ease sore feet and fit shoes. It claims to cure corns bunions swelling and sweating feet and ingrown nails. Sold by all shoe stores for 25 cents with a mail sample option to Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy New York.
A fragment mentions a Sunday school teacher finishing a narration about Jonah and the whale. It references a character named Johnny Cumso and a remark on Harlem life.
An unclear ad-like fragment promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement benefits and liver and kidney care. The text is garbled with phrases about health actions and a price of 25, lacking coherent context or verifiable details.
Readable excerpts show Hicks and Wicks exchanging taunts as a case unfolds. The witness quotes reveal a charged exchange with one party challenging another, ending with a defiant remark. The report preserves dialogue without full context.
The makers of Carter's Ink assert they cannot produce ink of higher quality and prefer to keep their standard. They state they can make poorer ink but will not. The company claims no need to improve beyond their current product.
Atchison Globe notes the complaint about bias in judging others by one’s own standards, urging fair assessment and humility in personal comparisons.
William O Endsley of Vanburen Indiana commends Piso's Cure as the best medicine for throat and lung affections in a February 10 1900 testimonial.
A brief quote from the Chicago Democrat urges avoiding personal loyalty to powerful men to prevent being dropped or sidelined. The message stresses independence and self preservation in political or social cycles.
An old advertisement touts Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar and Pike's Toothache Drops as immediate cures. The copy urges swift use to quiet coughing and toothache with ready made remedies.
Had continual head aches backache and falling of uterus and my eyes were affected One bottle relieved me and after taking eight bottles am now a health woman have gained in weight from 95 pounds to 140 everyone asks what makes me so stout Mrs A Tolle 1946 Hilet on St Philadelphia Pa Mrs Pinkham has fifty thousand such setters from grateful women
Hon Dan A Grosvenor writes from Washington thanking readers for the benefit from one bottle of Peruna calling it a top spring tonic and catarrh remedy. Hal P Denton of the National Exposition in Philadelphia credits Peruna with restoring health after a breakdown. A Lynchburg Virginia reader shares nerves and health improvements from Peruna noting it as a strong spring tonic. Free summer catarrh book offered by The Peruna Medicine Co.
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