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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
7
The late Bret Harte remained a recluse yet kept the Golden State’s essence in his work. His mining camp stories echo the tone of his Overland Monthly days, despite years away from California.
New stamps depicting the king with a wreath will immediately change after the coronation as the wreath is replaced by a crown. Officials deemed it improper to show the king wearing a crown before his actual coronation.
Thirty years ago Miss Rachel Dick son and Peter Barclay of Middletown New York were lovers. A quarrel split them and he moved to Ringold county Iowa where he married. His wife and two children died and recently he joined them. In his will he left all his estate valued at thirty thousand dollars to his old sweetheart who remained single.
A prisoner in a cell beneath the earth reportedly lasted four days in horror after St Pierre was buried by volcanic discharges. The tale claims he is the sole survivor among thousands, a scene as dreadful as any romance.
An underground chamber on Capri is described as a vault once used by Emperor Tiberius to imprison victims before disposal at sea. Inscriptions reportedly indicate that among the immured were the sister and wife of Emperor Commodus.
A 500 pound bell cast in St. Petersburg and sent to Chicago for a world’s fair exhibit was stolen from the rear of St. Vladimir's Russian church. Valued at $500, it was to be placed in the new church belfry in two months, presented to the church by the Russian consul.
Boston merchants urge Congress to appropriate funds for a larger, better arranged custom house on State Street. With annual collections above $29 million and high rent costs for outlying premises, supporters say a new building would benefit the port and yield government gains.
A White House gardener toils at a flower bed when President Roosevelt pauses to observe. He comments that the plants are too close together, but the gardener replies without looking up that he knows he is not. The exchange ends with the president continuing his walk.
Alfonso a Bourbon descendant of Henry of Navarre and Louis XIV is not a lawful monarch under Bourbon tradition. He traces his title through his grandmother Isabella who challenged Salic law. Isabella's father Ferdinand VII. tried to set aside the Salic restriction to exclude Don Carlos.
The rapid displacement of horses from street-car lines in cities began a market slump, but a late 19th century shift has revived demand. Prices, once low, are rising as shipments abroad increase and certain horse classes are in strong local demand.
W. Abraham notes thousands of tons of machinery on U S rubbish heaps that in England and Wales could have lasted ten to twenty more years. He cites Chicago steel workers with pay day gigs driving home, imagining Rhondda colliers in similar fare on payday.
A remarkable note likely written and sent during the South African war reached British postal authorities. Written on an army hard tack biscuit, the address and stamp lie on one side while the message occupies the other, the biscuit serving as a makeshift postcard due to scarce paper at the camp.
The second Iowa Year Book from the Department of Agriculture is about to print with reports from the State Farmers Institute and other agencies. Iowa Supreme Court rules corporations renewing articles pay original fees. state seeks recovery from federal government for Civil War costs. bankers oppose asset currency and branch banking. doctors seek reform of expert testimony. nominations and conventions for Congressmen. new independent toll line planned between Burlington and Council Bluffs.
The Health Department of New York seized a batch of so called cheap baking powder sold in city department stores. Analysis found it to be an alum powder made mainly of alum and pulverized rock. Several thousand pounds were destroyed at the offal dock. The notice warns against using cheap food powders and endorses cream of tartar brands for safety and economy.
A collection of science and everyday facts notes varied rates of breathing and heart blood flow, solar flare reach, life expectancy by locale, methods to prevent seed sprouting, ballast pig iron term, theft trends, and strong records in cheese size rose production and flowering plants including a Marechal Niel at Whitby.
Charles Dibdin is noted as England’s most prolific songwriter. David James performed as the Butter man in Our Boys 1 200 straight shows. Clarence Holt, veteran Australian actor, plans to publish sixty years of reminiscences. A German Shakespeare society prize offers 200 and 150 for essays on Shakespeare’s English belles lettres and Garrick’s interpretation. Senator Clark’s singing voice and love of music are praised.
Star City Arkansas reports W H McFalls suffered two years with a burning head ache. After trying Dodd's Kidney Pills the pain disappeared. A La Grippe lay him up but the remedy banished the trouble. His son George used remaining pills and praises them.
A Milwaukee woman details months of female health troubles and a dramatic recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the treatment and invites other women to consult Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass for free guidance.
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