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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
2
A condensed seven day round up of home and foreign items. Highlights cover industrial updates, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad.
The president is entertained by the Knights Templar in San Francisco as Mrs. McKinley’s health improves daily. Reports note a broader sweep of international and domestic events, from labor strikes to policy moves on Chinese exclusion and Arctic exploration.
Gen Fitz John Porter dies in Morristown at 80. Former Maine Congressman Routelle dies in Waverly at 63. James B Ricks elected to Illinois Supreme Court to replace Jesse Phillips. Archibald Gibson dies in Wichita at unknown age. Leah A Robinson dies in Victoria Illinois at 101. A A Coates nominated by Iowa prohibitionists for governor. John R Tanner former Illinois governor dies in Springfield at 57 from rheumatic heart disease leaving a wife and three children.
A compilation of global notes reports the empress dowager demanding a huge sum to fund the court’s return to Peking. Other items include Irish census declines, Filipino surrender talks, and a French Portugal diplomatic strain amid broader war and trade updates.
John D Rockefeller hands charity affairs to his son. Indian lands in Indian Territory valued at millions. Santa Fe Railway contracts 125 locomotives for delivery this year. Congress may clash over Cuba reciprocity. Swiss railways and factories place large coal contracts with America. American Museum plans a China ethnology expedition. Southern U S prospers on high cotton prices and growing trade. Negro leaders from Haiti back emigration plan. Twenty English machinists visit U S to study work methods. Grand Duke Michael of Russia eager to visit the United States if world events permit. Twenty torpedo boats to be turned over to the government by contractors soon. Yale's Prof Ladd deems United States a nation of lawbreakers. Speculators buy railroad stocks after Wall Street rally. French manufacturers press government to curb American railway orders. Indians on White Earth resist logging cuts they deem fraud. Edwin H Conger urges expanded American commerce in the orient and aid for ships and cables.
Special correspondence from Des Moines reports no machinists’ walkout. Deputy Labor Commissioner Arthur E Holder helped broker a deal granting ten hours pay for nine hours, overtime rate, and constraints on handymen. Apprentices earn stepped wages up to full scale, with emphasis on thorough training and stable shop employment.
County superintendents plan most teachers institutes in June to dodge heat and offer better vacation. Some districts will hold sessions earlier with dates fixed as noted in the article.
The item promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for ovarian and womb inflammation, citing Mrs Chappell of Grant Park and a Lynn Massachusetts address for free advice. It also notes Professor Barrett's views on teachers institutes and education reforms, and reports on a Dubuque accident where Frances King was scalped after hair was caught in a revolving shaft.
Practical tips on preserving parsley in cheesecloth and using proper molds for desserts. Advice on lemon, jelly, and gelatine handling plus a method to extend chicken meat with pork or veal. Includes a Japanese technique for keeping meat fresh in hot weather using heat and water to coagulate albumen.
A collection of humorous and aphoristic lines from Chicago Daily News, N Y Press, Are son Globe, and Detroit Journal. The passages poke at busyness, fitting roles, heaven, family influence on folly, and the effects of sweetness on the stomach.
Four local doctors failed to help Mollie Moore of Aldrich Missouri before Dodd Kidney Pills were used. The pills allegedly halted a severe nervous breakdown and kidney disease with dark spots before the eyes and episodes of collapse. Neighbors report rapid improvement and widespread praise for the remedy.
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