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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1904
Page
3
World News Roundup of Fire, War, and Politics
A sweeping digest notes deaths in New York and Nebraska, ship arrivals from Abyssinia, accidents and crimes in Chicago and Detroit, emergency strikes, arbitration talks with Mexico, fires in Texas and New York, postal gains, Roosevelt visits, naval plans, and tensions in Russo Japanese affairs. Includes Emperor William, baller factions, and various local disasters.
Chicago Building Fire Causes Large Loss
A blaze at the Browning King & Co. building at Madison and Wabash, Chicago, caused an estimated loss of $300000. The report lists numerous other incidents including robberies, wrecks, deaths, and political notes from various cities and nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning, King & Co
Madison Street
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Iowan Chosen as Helena Diocese Bishop
Rev. John M. Carroll president of St. Joseph's College Dubuque named bishop of Helena Montana by Pope Pius X. Consecration likely at St Raphael's cathedral before Christmas. Helena diocese covers all Montana with 146080 square miles, 53 priests, 65 churches, 110 stations and chapels. Bishop Brondel died November 3 1943, administration by Very Rev Victor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowan
John M. Carroll
St. Joseph's College
Dubuque
Helena
Mont
Pius X
St. Raphael's
Montana
John Brondel
Victor Day
Decorah Professor Charged With First Degree Murder
Prof. T. L. Gifford a Decorah resident and church worker is under arrest on a first degree murder charge after H. A. Bigelow died from a blow with a hoe. The dispute over property led Gifford to strike Bigelow, drag his body onto his lot, and leave him. Bigelow was a Winneshiek county pioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. Gifford
Decorah
H. A. Bigelow
Gifford
Bigelow
Roosevelts Victory Swells Republican Landslide Headlines
The results show Theodore Roosevelt and Charles Fairbanks winning the presidency with about 425 electoral votes to Parker Davis. Roosevelt leads in popular votes by roughly 2,000,000 and a 343 electoral votes tally. The Republicans gain seats in the House and Senate, and Speaker Cannon is reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedman’s Aid and Education Society
Manchester
N. H
North Sea Inquiry Board
Admiral Dewey
United States
House of Representatives
Samuel House
Roosevelt
Bruceville
Ind
Speaker Cannon
Congress
Judge Parker
New York
W. J. Bryan
Illinois
Milwaukee
Parker
Senate
Missouri
James H. Peabody
Colorado
Alva Adams
Peabody
National
Des Moines Population in City Directory Rises to 97693
The Des Moines city directory from R L Polk & Co reports a population of 97693, up 1288 from last year. The gain is smaller than the prior year’s 4800, as the census was calculated with a more conservative method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
R. L. Polk & Co
Cashier Flees With Bank Funds From Imogene
W H MecGargill a cashier of the Citizens bank of Imogene ten miles north of Shenandoah disappeared after leaving home to attend to business in Maryville Missouri He later wrote from St Joseph Missouri that he had a shortage of about $30000 due to play at the board of trade and would not return
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. MecGargill
Citizens’ Bank of
Shot at Dog Kills Man in Davenport
John Lorden of Davenport was killed by a shotgun blast from Carl Davis who fled to the police to surrender. Davis says Lorden had set his dog on him and that he intended to shoot. He wept in his cell and appeared fearful of lynching.
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Rio
Kuroki
Liaoyang
Nemirovich Danchenko
Mukden
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
St. Louis
Green River
Wyo
Wabash Road
Rio de Janeiro
New York
Atlantic
Great Lakes
Adolph Weber
Auburn
Cal
Thomas E. Watson
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Watson
Deeth
Nev
United States
Denmark
Harcourt Studios
Back Bay
Boston
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Tenn
Major Delmar
Altoona
Grover Cleveland
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
John Hay
Alexander Sutherland
Denver
Col
Tennyson
San Francisco
Orient
Julius Weber
Bertha
Paul
Elbert Kramer
St. Charles
Ray Brom
Spokane
Wash
Decatur
Ill
Richard L. Roberts
Shakhe Rivers
St Louis Fair Grounds
National Life Underwriters’ Association
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Nial McDonald
Franklin County
Iowa
Lyceum Theater
St Joseph
H. Walter van Dyke
Belle Plaine
C. H. Gilbert
Grundy Center
Harry Houser
Cedar Rapids
New University
Fairfield Journal
H. F. Dolph
State Department of Agriculture
G. Spoo
Twelve Mile Lake Township
Lewis Aalvik
Queal Lumber Company
Ringsted
Anamese
John Lorden
Davenport
Carl Davis
Davis
Lorden
Russia accuses Japanese minister at The Hague
Russia charges a Japanese minister with plotting to destroy the Baltic fleet and may use the claim to justify actions in the North Sea case. Lamsdorff has received Roosevelt’s peace conference proposal and may accept if delayed until after the war. Port Arthur is described as filled with wounded and dying men. Lady Curzon is reported as a nervous wreck after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
America
Great Britain
Lord Lansdowne
London
Roosevelt
William
Germany
London Board of Trade
Hut
Japan
Russia
Port Arthur
Hague
North Sea
Curzon
Lamsdorff
Lancaster Dropped as Keokuk County Seat
Lancaster loses status as county seat after 11 years as the court town. The post office moves mail distribution to Sigourney, ending a long rival town dispute between Sigourney and Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Prominent Banker Indicted After Bank Failure
Ed Miller of the firm O F Miller and Son private bankers at New Providence was 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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Miller
O. F. Miller & Son
New Providence
Harding County Grand Jury
Miller
Fakir peddles scent to masked crowd in street corner
A Chicago Inter Ocean report describes a fakir arranging bottles on a table at a downtown street corner and offering a miraculous prep that promises to cure toothache earache head ache insomnia low spirits and even conceal intoxicant use, triggering a disorderly rush as attendees buy bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter Ocean
RIGHT ON HER DIGNITY
An English matron explains to an American heiress that her father earned wealth in trade. The heiress retorts that he used watered stocks to cheat people, not by earned labor, and questions the fairness of inherited wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Dodd's Kidney Pills End Sciatic Pain Claim
Mineral Idaho reports special notice praising Dodd's Kidney Pills as a cure for sciatic and rheumatic pains. J S Colson cites personal recovery from severe hip pain, attributing relief to the pills while noting uric acid causes rheumatism and sciatica. A Philadelphia Record quip about alcohol cleaning silver is included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineral
Idaho
J. S. Colson
Dodd
Florida Midwinter Exposition and South Florida Fair Tickets
Lowest rates for Florida events offered for Tampa visitors with tickets on Seaboard Air Line Railway. Tickets go on sale in November 1964 with a 21 day final limit. Includes unrelated ad copy about a bread prayer and a medicine testimonial from 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Men dislike old maids quote in Smart Set
A brief quotation from Smart Set stating men dislike old maids as statistics against man's irresistibility.
Quotations on Life and Law From the Washington Star
The Washington Star quotes Eben on ambition and arrogance noting that the person who starts life thinking himself wiser than others often ends up hiring lawyers to fix his affairs. The remark reflects a caution about pride and legal entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
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St. Clair Flats
Detroit
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Silver Queen
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Harry
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Wyant
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Emperor William
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James B. Storm
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General Board of the Navy
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Edward Moran
Pnaemonia
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University of Chicago
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Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Frank Grosvenor
Charles H. Grosvenor
Rome Township
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Edward Truman
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Sedan
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Katherine Green
Brooklyn
N. Y
Watson Stillman Manufacturing Company
Aldene
N. J
Drake University Chemical Society
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Philadelphia Record
Chicago_ Record-Herald
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