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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1895
Page
7
The Salvation Army has expanded globally and gained broad respect in New York. Once persecuted, its disciplined Christian workers now operate openly in a large new Fourteenth Street headquarters valued at $200,000 on land costing $160,000, with halls seating 500 and 2,500 on successive floors.
The article profiles General Booths army structure in 1894 with 430 cities, 39 states, 544 corps and 58 out posts. Ballington Booth reports on New York slum work including souls saved 1134 and meals 26538. It notes a large indoor and outdoor meeting footprint and charity efforts in poverty stricken areas.
A rough exchange unfolds as Ragglies tricks a man by feigning poverty to earn a coin. The con artist, believing flattery works, pockets a quarter and plans to warn his partner Dusty about the next mark.
Greece currently has more than 2,600 miles of wagon roads built through rugged terrain at a cost of about $10,890,000.
O E Dallimore of Madison New Jersey says he suffered Landry's Paralysis starting in March in New York and London Ontario. After doctors gave days to live he began taking Williams Pink Pills for Pale People and recovered by July walking upstairs again by October returning to work. An affidavit sworn December 3 1894 confirms the story. The pills are advertised as blood and nerve restorers available from Schenectady NY or druggists.
A con man asks a mark to pretend a mermaid saved him. They approach Capt. Smith in a saloon and Smith recalls a shipwreck tale about the Mary Ann. The lie backfires when the hired liar pretends to be the mermaid and is tricked into revealing the ruse.
The Hawkeye Insurance Company of Des Moines is praised for over a century in Iowa. Its first annual statement in 1866 showed assets of 28617.14, rising to 750581.56 by January 1895 with yearly increases. The company insures property against fire lightning high winds cyclones and tornadoes. President A Howell and Secretary W D Skinner lead a long experienced staff.
The queen of Greece is described as frugal and hands on, spending her leisure cutting out and sewing her own undergarments. The detail highlights a modest, practical side of royal life.
The Great Northern Railway announces personally conducted excursions from St. Paul to the Pacific coast and Alaska, and east via the Great Lakes. Travel by magnificent passenger steamers to Mackinaw, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, then to the Thousand Islands and the White Mountains. For details contact G. W. Hallock, General Agent, 220 Fourth St. Des Moines Iowa.
The Harper's Bazaar description showcases strictly tailor made street gowns in pois de chameau and light beige tones. It details a gored skirt, double stitched seams, high button waistcoat, knee length interlined coat, silk facings, and elaborate velvet trim with bronze bead details highlighting Parisian fashion.
Mamie and George plot to torment their stingy telegraph employer by flooding messages with ten word phrases and grand words. The pair plan to worsen overtime pennies and exact change while others join in. The tale centers on a grievance against a grasping monopoly and a dramatic breakup.
A local discussion questions the value of a banquet for the legislature. The consensus leans to showing town advantages, with a plan to provide at least a decanter for every two guests as a precaution.
Mrs Brown praises Miss Smith for flawless acting in the show while noting she was not in the cast and watched from a front seat with evident enjoyment.
The Burlington Route advertises a daily 4 55 p m departure from Omaha to the Black Hills northern Wyoming Yellowstone Helena Butte Spokane Seattle and Helena via its fastest and best train. For rates and timetable contact local agents or J Francis G P and T A Omaha Nebraska. The line ends with a reflective note about trying new possibilities.
The United Society of Christian Endeavor and the National Young People's Christian Union plan their Fourteenth International convention in Boston from July 10 to 14, 1895. The Wabash Railroad offers a reduced one first class fare for round trips to Boston, with maps and route guides available from C S Crane in St Louis.
An advertisement touts cures for constipation diabetes rheumatism and piles sold without medicine or injections. It lists prices of one dollar five dollars and a California salve with instant relief and urges sending six cents in stamps to Home Care Co. Philadelphia. It ends with a quip about rising beef costs making quail on toast cheaper.
An old remedy claim for teething uses Mrs Winslows soothing syrup for children. A separate line cites a historical world population estimate of 1.5 billion as of January 1. The text mixes medical advertising with a demographic figure from a past era.
A deaconess home at Toledo, Ohio, is proposed with a total cost of 115000 dollars. The plan outlines funding and construction steps for the new facility serving the local community.
The text cites Kep ler as the first to attempt an explanation of ocean currents. It mentions sea cucumbers as thin skins with large stomachs, sea water containing earth’s soluble substances, and Dead Sea saline yield. It notes over 7,000 microscopic sea shell varieties and 25,600 creatures found per foot of phosphorescent water.
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