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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1904
Page
2
A digest of notable industrial field advances political developments and social happenings from the past week at home and abroad. Highlights include domestic market activity labor news and international events shaping policy and commerce.
A lengthy digest reports Crane Cornell Preston death after plum pudding poisoning in New York. Obituaries note James Marr age 84 Lincoln, Neb. Another dispatch covers King Menelik gifts arriving in New York. A Chicago window washer dies after a fall. boating deaths occur near Detroit. Counterfeiters arrested in Cleveland. editor E. H. Thayer dies in Clinton Iowa. Public notices include arbitration talks with Mexico. Fires and accidents claim lives in Texas, Illinois, and Missouri. Roosevelt and Fairbanks win national ticket. Debs grows. Roosevelts plurality tops two million.
A long list of brief reports: Chicago building fire at Madison and Wabash with $300k loss. bank wrecked in Rio Alabama with $2500 haul. Gen Kuroki killed near Liao Yang. world fair admissions reach 17 million. Hessian flu hits wheat regions Ohio Indiana Michigan. Treasury loan call denied. Roosevelt to St Louis trip no stopovers. Oregon Short Line train collision near Green River Wyoming kills 11. Wabash wreck at St Louis injures 14. riots over vaccination in Rio. Atlantic coast storms disrupt ships and power. murder charges in Auburn California. Watson credits Roosevelt popularity. cattle thieves battle near Death Valley. US-Denmark talks open. Harcourt Studios fire in Boston. Lou Dillon sets trotting record in Memphis. tramps burned in Altoona. Danish peace conference invite accepted. Mrs Cleveland lays corner stone in New York. Hay to continue as Secretary of State. Balaklava survivor Alexander Sutherland dies in Denver. Coptic brings silk and gold to San Francisco. Weber family murdered in Auburn. Kramer murdered near St Charles Kentucky. Ray Brom convicted in Spokane. casualty lists from Shakhhe river. wireless tests in St Louis fairgrounds. Iowa Falls medical duel leads to injunction. Drake University chemistry on radium. Des Moines first news stand founder dead. National Life Underwriters meeting possibly Des Moines 1906. Marshalltown heirs to fortune. Iowa hotel sale in Des Moines. Lyceum theater lease at St Joseph. Cob H Gilbert dies. Harry Houser killed by scaffolding accident in Cedar Rapids. Fairfield Journal offered for sale. agriculture meeting to discuss transport. G Spoo disappears. Lewis Aalvik pleads guilty in Ringsted.
A fire drill evacuated 2500 school children from a burning New York City school. Other items note Navy seeking 41.3 million for new warships and multiple national incidents including fires, deaths, and political events across the United States and abroad.
Russia charges the Japanese minister at The Hague with plotting to destroy the Baltic fleet and may use it to justify action in the North sea case. Russia accepts the draft Anglo Russian pact for inquiry into the North sea incident.
Rev. John M. Carroll president of St. Joseph's College Dubuque is named bishop of Helena Montana by Pope Pius X. His consecration is expected before Christmas at St Raphael's Cathedral. Helena diocese covers all Montana with 146080 square miles served by 53 priests in 65 churches and 110 stations.
Decorah resident and church worker T I Gifford is under arrest on a first degree murder charge after H A Bigelow died from a blow with a hoe during a dispute over property. Bigelow, a Winneshiek County pioneer, died several hours later after being struck and left on Gifford’s property.
The Des Moines city directory by R L Polk and Co. lists a population of 97 693, with a gain of 1 288 from last year. The census used a more conservative method than in prior years, yielding a smaller increase than the previous year’s 4 800.
W. H. McGargill, cashier of the Citizens' bank of Imogene ten miles north of Shenandoah, absconded while claiming to attend business in Maryville, Missouri. He later wrote from St. Joseph admitting a shortage of about $30,000 tied to stock trading and said he would not return.
John Lorden of Davenport was killed by a shotgun blast fired by Carl Davis. Davis fled to the police station to surrender and claimed Lorden set his dog on him. He wept in his cell and appeared fearful of lynching.
Lancaster loses status as county seat after 11 years as Sigourney gains mail distribution control. Post office removal ends rivalry between the two towns as Sigourney now handles all county mail from the former Lancaster site.
Ed Miller of O. Miller and Son private bankers at New Providence, a firm that failed last March, has been indicted by the Harding county grand jury on fraudulent banking charges. He is under arrest accused of taking deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent.
A Chicago Inter Ocean account recalls a fakir at a downtown street corner arranging bottles on a table and asking the crowd about toothache earache insomnia and suicide before offering a miraculous tonic that would remove odors. A wild rush followed as he handed out bottles.
A dignified English matron admits her father's wealth came from trade while an American heiress accuses him of making money by exploiting watered stocks. The judge notes the heiress asserts Papa did not work yet profited by skinning investors, in a clash over inherited wealth.
In Mineral Idaho on November 14 a resident Mr D S Colson endorses Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for sciatic and rheumatic pains. He claims the pills stopped his severe pain by cleansing uric acid from the blood through healthier kidneys. A Philadelphia Record quip about alcohol and silver is also noted.
Tickets for the South Florida Fair in Tampa go on sale November 15, 1904, with a 21 day limit. The Seaboard Air Line offers the shortest route to Florida via its line.
A reader from Ocean Grove New Jersey on February 17 1900 claims daily bread and cake prayers imply different needs. Samuel asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption is infallible for colds in a casual testimonial.
A witty line from Smart Set notes that men are skeptical of old maid types, framing a joke about romantic statistics and irresistibility in humorous social dialogue.
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