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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
2
Commentary compares Allegheny with a bank scandal to Louisville and Cleveland. The piece notes a growing claim of prominence amid financial controversy and regional rivalries.
Among elephants the African species show tusks in both sexes while in Asia tusks are generally restricted to males.
Nome district records a gold yield of 10 million dollars for 1905, up 3 million from 1904 and the best year in the district's history. Alaska as a whole will produce 15 million dollars in gold during 1995.
A clever suggestion from an unnamed man proposes that thin people gain weight by falling from a roof. He claims the body will come down with added heft, presenting the stunt as a health remedy.
Flowers and trees blanket Paris creating a citywide tapestry of municipal gardening and private taste. Every spot, large or small, crowded or obscure, receives the universal greenery and blossoms.
A striking instance of hereditary leadership is Francis Kossuth who works to broaden Hungarys liberties as his father previously fought for independence. With him largely rests the peace of Austro Hungary.
A shell relic from the War of 1812 was raised from Curtis Bay in a fish seine by B. R. Stull of Baltimore. The shell is believed to have been dropped overboard from a British warship that attacked Baltimore.
A globe shaped vehicle carries people as it travels a triple incline course. The machine rolls down two hills and toboggans a third, risking a fall 100 feet if any course variation occurs.
The passage asserts that England lavishly rewards naval and military heroes and their descendants. It cites the duke of Marlborough receiving a perpetual $20,000 pension, a grand palace, an estate costing over $1,240,000, and annual emoluments of $320,000. It claims the family has been paid over $5,000,000 for battles won over two centuries ago.
The American author Mr. Prentis Ingraham, who died last year, reportedly surpassed Dumas in output by producing 1,000 novels and about 60 million words over 40 years. He wrote his best seller in a fort night at about 10,000 words daily and later dictation aided higher productivity.
Jose Burgos age 17 leads his classes at the Cincinnati university technical school and is educated at the Filipino government’s expense. He is described as the only Filipino football player in the United States and is making a strong mark on the class team with quick decisive plays.
A grateful nation granted a perpetual pension of 25 000 dollars a year to the earldom alongside Lord Nelsons brother the clergyman and a purchased 500 000 dollar Wiltshire estate. The present earl, an elderly man of modest conduct, has drawn 1 750 000 dollars from the treasury for deeds by his great uncle a century past. He owns more than 7 000 acres and a rent roll near 3 000 dollars yearly. The Nelson pension was the last perpetual allowance.
Principal George H. Linsley, a leading New Jersey educator, ends 65 years of teaching and 64 years as Public School No. 1 head in Jersey City. He helped found the state’s first normal school and led it for two decades. Legislators grant him a $1200 yearly pension.
About 200 sailors from Prince Louis of Battenberg’s squadron are missing as the British ships weigh anchor and move down the Hudson toward Gibraltar. The Drake leads the fleet in a midstream joining, a grand procession to the sea with crowds cheering from docks and skyscraper windows. Governor's Island fires a 21 gun salute as the ships pass.
A severe blaze engulfed a Watson street lodging house in Glasgow on Sunday. Thirty nine workers died and many more were injured as flames trapped occupants on the attic floor. Survivors climbed to neighboring roofs through broken windows after windows were locked. By ten o'clock rescuers had recovered a full victim list showing 39 dead and 32 hurt.
The London and Southwestern Railway steamer Hilda sinks off northern France after a snowbound night with gale conditions. Officials report 128 dead including 91 saloon passengers 80 onion sellers and 27 crew members. Captain Gregory among the recovered bodies in St Malo hospital.
Miss Maud Reese aged 25 was killed after surprising a burglar in her flat at 200 Evanston Avenue. She wrestled with him through dark rooms and the front entry before a fatal shot through her heart. The intruder fled via a rear window and a vacant lot into the night.
In Detroit Minnesota on November 21 a south bound extra freight crashed into a rear section on the See line wrecking the caboose. Conductor George W Smiley, his wife and their infant daughter were killed. Their other daughter Mabel 14 was fatally injured.
Warships from several powers destined to confront Turkey arrived at Pireus on Wednesday. Commanders exchanged salutes and official visits as they await further orders for a joint demonstration.
John Brown a black man formerly of Birmingham Alabama shot and killed his wife and her father and mother at their Meridian Mississippi home Wednesday night and then escaped.
A fog bound head on collision one mile from Albion Indiana between a work train and a gravel train on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad killed five men and fatally injured a sixth. Names include Engineer Odenkirk Avilla fireman Deitch Fort Wayne brakeman Cress and two Roumanian workers. The wreck damaged both engines several cars and tore up the track.
A period journal warns that most hospital patients are women awaiting or recovering from operations caused by neglect. It lists warning signs from womb pain to nervous exhaustion and urges action. The piece mixes a patient letter about tumor treatment with a long ad for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and a separate note on Marshall Field Jr.’s shooting incident.
Postmaster General Cortelyou sent fiscal 1907 estimates to the treasury showing postal service expenditures at 193 million dollars, a 12 million dollar increase. Rural delivery and railway mail services require over 20 million more, with gains partly offset by targeted expense reductions. The prior year deficit stood at 14.57 million dollars.
United States Senator J Ralph Burton of Kansas faces a second indictment in St Louis circuit court alleging he was offered and accepted compensation from the Rialto Grain and Securities company to use his senate influence on matters before the post office department.
Copenhagen reports Prince Charles of Denmark received the Norwegian throne after a parliamentary deputation offered it, and King Christian accepted on behalf of his grandson on Monday morning.
London dispatch says Vienna sources report the sultan of Turkey asked Emperor Francis Joseph to postpone a naval demonstration in Turkish waters. The emperor reportedly replied that further delay was impossible.
Minnie Krombs pleaded guilty to shooting Clara Peterson with intent to kill and was sentenced to ten years in the Waupun prison by Judge Webb in Stevens Point Wisconsin on November 23.
London reports the Turkish government refuses European revenue control for Macedonia villages despite allied ultimatums. A naval demonstration may be used to force Turkey to accept European administration and reforms. The sultan believes he lacks strong backing from Germany and fears wider power tensions.
Washington reports show Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 inauguration cost $145,491, the highest to date. Gen. John M. Wilson cites a $4,780 balance returned to the Auditorium association and notes $17,999 spent decorating the pension building for the ball.
Victoria November 24 The Japanese cabinet under Prime Minister Katsura may resign if the government disapproves its plan for administering affairs in Manchuria and Korea, news from Tokyo states that preparations are underway and a resignation could follow.
Representing the United States, Henry White ambassador to Rome was selected to join Minister Gummere of Tangier at the upcoming Moroccan conference.
The text notes seven year old tea plants yield 700 pounds per acre. It describes a Java orchid whose flowers all open and wither in unison. It ranks fragrance by bloom color, with white and red varieties most fragrant, followed by yellow, blue, violet, green, orange, brown, and black.
In Yonkers, Patrice upholds family tradition wearing the gown her mother wore thirty five years ago and the jewels once worn by her grandmother. The piece notes the bride's up to date style while honoring lineage.
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