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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1893
Page
4
Tobacco seed count linked to cigarette illness risk
A tobacco plant yields 360 000 seeds and a cigarette produces about the same number of seeds of disease, noting limited tobacco content in the cigarette.
Moonshine Associations Rise in Georgia
In Georgia a formal association forms to protect illicit distilling and promote lunar whisky production, reflecting organized efforts within the era's underground liquor trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Railroads vary in use of block signal systems
Some railroads use the block signal system while others lack it and appear poorly equipped. The result is a number of appalling accidents suggesting serious safety gaps in lines without full blockhead implementation.
Galveston Woman Earns 500 From World Fair Walk Photos
Miss Lucille Ropyery completed a Galveston to the world fair trek counting ties along the route and sold photographs to net $500 from the feat. The remarkable walk is noted in today’s brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucillle Ropyery
Galveston
Tex
Householder laments marriage view in fiery letter
An indignant Householder writes to a Boston paper saying in these times the man who marries aiming for a home is a fool. It may be that Householder is merely hot tempered and a poor cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Gentlemanly telescope shop owner notes rising business
The street corner telescope proprietor reports improving trade amid a financial test that emerged during the 1837 panic but is seen as sound and likely to endure through further periods of low mood.
Patent Medicine Ad Claims Cost Pensioner His Benefit
A Pennsylvania man who certified that a patent medicine completely cured him is removed from the pension rolls. The article suggests the patent medicine company should compensate from advertising profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Patent Medicine
Ancient Indians Coined Coal in Ohio Valley
The Ohio Valley ancients minted coal as coins, showing the timeless idea that coal is valuable. Modern fuel dealers are profiting from coal similarly, though less directly, highlighting a persistent view of coal as a precious mineral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley
German tramp problem curbed by work stations and lodging
Estimates say Germany spent about $15 million yearly on alms and food for tramps. A network of 2,300 work stations and lodging houses spaced about half a day’s tramp apart has largely eliminated the issue, forcing men to earn meals through manual labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Peary Secure in Two-Year Post Despite Hardship
Lagout notes that Peary remains one of the few Americans spared from monetary strain. He is assured of employment for two years, travels to moneyless regions, and carries clothing and provisions for a long siege. He faces potential shortages en route between ice floes but otherwise adapts well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peary
St Peters Church Marks Its Second Century
Onn St Peters Protestant Episcopal church at Westchester New York celebrated the completion of its second century. Founded September 21 1693 during the reign of William and Mary this parish is among the oldest Episcopal congregations in the country. The series of anniversaries makes the era feel historic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onn St. Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Westchester
N. Y
Colorado referendum on women's right to vote proposed
On November 7 the electors will vote on a constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote in all elections. The proposal would strike out the word male from existing laws and extend the franchise to women under the same conditions as men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Russian Railways Sets Aside Special Smoking Cars for Ladies
A Russian journal notes that smoking carriages reserved for women have been introduced on Russian railways. The notice is presented as a mere custom, though it would provoke strong reactions here with protests from women’s groups and journals.
Rock-a-Bye Baby Composer Effie L Can ning
Effie L Can ning of Rockland born and now in Boston wrote the popular lullaby Rock-a-Bye Baby. The song’s sudden inspiration brought notable success and profit, as the tall slender composer with brown eyes gains recognition for its creation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie L. Canning
Rockland
Boston
Miss Canning
Mrs Field Becomes Partner in New York Millinery House
Mrs Crrus W Frevo wife of the young man bearing his father's name enters business as partner in a New York millinery house. Her husband’s share of the senior Field estate was squandered by the elder brother. While he serves as American consul at Brunswick Germany she invests money and plans to devote time to the venture. Mrs Field asserts no reason a woman cannot be a good business man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crrus W. Frevo
New York
Field
Brunswick
Germany
Woman Suffrage as a Complete Revolution Says Anthony
Susan B. Anthony argues that woman suffrage implies a total government reform. She envisions revised constitutions, expurgated laws, equal representation, humane punishment, and unified moral codes for a just society.
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Susan B. Anthony
Old Baltimore & Ohio Engine Beats Electric Locomotive
At the world’s fair a 31 ton Baltimore & Ohio engine faced a 25 ton electric locomotive. Coupled by a 20 foot cable they pulled at full power but the electric engine could not move the old steam locomotive. The era of the steam locomotive remains, for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evecrrerry
Baltimore & Ohio
Debates and bills in Congress on silver, immigration, and elections
The News of the Week covers bills by Mr. Allen for silver coinage and Mr. Loud to fund immigration enforcement, debates on cloture, free silver, and federal election law repeal, plus gestures to honors and wartime claims. It notes speeches by Stewart, Cameron, Oates, Morse, Palmer, Voorhees, Gorman, Wolcott, Chandler, Mitchell, Aldrich, Peffer, and Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Messrs
George
Miss
Hansbrough
N. D
House
Loud
Cal
Senate
Platt
Committee On Rules
Stewart
Don Cameron
Mr. Oates
Ala
Morse
Mass
Tursday
Palmer
Voorhees
Nevada
Cleveland
Gorman
Wolcott
Chandler
Mitchell
Aldrich
Peffer
Wisconsin
Capitol
Washington
Pere Marquette
Black
MecKaig
Gen. Jubal
Fithian
Mr. Morse
Utah Officials Say Polygamy in Mor mon Territory Is Over
Commissioners report polygamous marriages in the Mor mon territory are a thing of the past. Mint weekly silver dollars total 496545, up from 471689 same period last year. Robert E. Preston of Washington named mint director. A lunatic claiming to be President Cleveland's son caused a White House stir. Leopold Morse's nomination as consul at St Christopher was withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Mormon Territory
Treasury
Robert E. Preston
Washington
White House
Cleveland
Leopold Morse
New York City
St Christopher
West Indies
Boston banker confesses to $125,000 theft from Old Colony line
John M. Washburn, thirty years treasurer of the Old Colony road, admits stealing about $125,000 from the company. Also noted are a Pittsburgh shooting suicide, a fatal Erie tracks crash, state convention nominations, a giant man’s death, Mrs. John Drew’s stage anniversary, a Springfield defaulter, and a Springfield bicycle record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John M. Washburn
Old Colony Road
Samuel G. Stoddart
Carnegie Steel Company
Pittsburgh
Woodward
James Goodell
North Olean
N. Y
Massachusetts
Democrats
J. E. Russell
Leicester
J. B. Carroll
Springfield
J. W. McDonald
Marlborough
Charles Lillie
Dudley
John D. Wheelwright
Senate
House
United States
George Walker
Rockland
R. L
John Drew
Philadelphia
Art Syracuse
Frank Kendrick
Mass. H
Tyler
Coal lands bought. convict mining to begin in Tennessee
The state bought 9 000 acres of coal lands in Morgan county Tennessee and will set convicts to mining coal. Jealousy led Charles Herring to kill his 16 year old wife in Atlanta Georgia and then die by suicide. Nine bridge carpenters died when trains collided near Hillsboro Texas. Fire swept Coral Michigan destroying business district. B A Kipp & Co furniture factory in Milwaukee burned for about 200 000. The Cigarmakers International union in Milwaukee urged formation of a third party. An attempted wreck on Vandalia line near Stanton Indiana suspected robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County
Tenn
Charles Herring
Atlanta
Hillsboro
Tex
Coral
Michigan
B. A. Kipp & Co
Milwaukee
Cigarmakers’ International Union
Vandalia
St. Louis Express
Stanton
Ind
Wichita
Kan
Chicago
Stark County
D.) Fair
Grand Trunk Road
Bellevue
Mich
Henry B. Newland
Detroit
Louisville & Nashville Road
Scranton
Miss
Fires and Attacks Sparking National Turmoil Across Cities
Reports describe a Lima livery barn fire claiming eighty-five horses, a Chicago board of trade shooting wounding three, a Clinton lumber trust forming with 1.5 million capital, and Chicago day debt payoff plans by exposition directors. Other items note lynching calls, train wrecks, and public murders across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borxiss Bros
Lima
Chicago
Cassius Belden
Board of Trade
Clinton
Mississippi
St. Paul
St. Louis
Potter
Missouri
Bob Roberts
Gila City
A. T
Indian Territory
Jim McGrath
Engineer Gribbell
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Streator
Bishop Watters
Indianapolis
Thompson
Louisville & Nashville Road
Hazel Patch
Jim Kelly
Smith
Lew Ryan
Arthur Pearce
Casa Grande
Supreme Council of the
Minnesota Knights of Pythias
John Turpie
Indiana
Delphi
Marion Hedgepeth
J. H. Raisiey
Paola
Fla
Gulfport
Miss
Multiple Disasters and Disclosures Across Global Conflicts
Dispatches report the loss of the Russian steamer Alphonse Zeevecke with sixty aboard near unknown waters. Around Barcelona Italy and Spain generals are wounded by an anarchist bomb. In Guaymas American vice consul G D Root dies by self inflicted gunshot. A fire hits Brenczenica Poland killing several. An anarchistic plot spawns 71 arrests in Moravia. A Toronto man faces a $300,000 defalcation. Canadian immigration falters. Three children die after ingesting strychnine at St Evariette Beach. Ireland rule debate resumes as G B Claption warns Lords. A boiler explosion on a Japanese coastal steamer kills thirty. Gifu floods kill 238 and displace 30,205. Greek Laurium uncovers ancient ruins. Turkey pays for missionary outrages amid shifts in US relations. A Warsaw area synagogue fire results in many deaths and injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Alphonse Zeevecke
Barcelona
Spain
Martinez de Campos
Castellvi
Guaymas
Mexico
G. D. Root
Brenczenica
Poland
Moravia
John Leys
Toronto
Can
Queen’s Counsel
Canada
Baldue
St. Evariette Beach
Glapstone
Midlothian
Ireland
Gifu
Japan
Laurium
Greece
Turkey
Kalwarya
Senate and House Debates Highlight 1890s Political Strife
Senate debate sees Harris and Morgan oppose silver repeal while Cameron backs tariff protection. House discusses federal election supervision as Carlisle reports 106 688 Chinese residents with 13 245 registered. Notable incidents include shootings in Indianapolis and Louisiana mob justice. Economic notes cite bankrupted Texas treasury, mine disaster at Crystal Falls, forest fires, and stock liquidity. Will D Machen dies. national business failures rise to nearly 4 000 in three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Senate
Harris
Tenn
Morgan
Ala
Cameron
Philadelphia
House
Carlisle
Robert T. Hunt
Indianapolis
Henry Coleman, Jr
Thomas Lyles
Midway
Benton
Ter
Texas State Treasury
Michigamme
Mansfield
Crystal Falls
Mich
New York
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Winchester
Jefferson Township
Mount Vernon
Alexander Peterson
United States
Hopkinsville
Flooded Mine Disaster Kills Twenty Eight in Michigamme Shaft
Crystal Falls Mich Sept 30 Waters of the Michigamme river burst through the Mansfield mine drowning twenty eight workers beneath the stream while eighteen escaped. The accident trapped men on upper levels as water surged through the shafts. Foreman Frank Rocco perished after warning his men. Tony Buletto survived. Authorities pledge a strict investigation by Iron county mine inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crystal Farms
Mich
Michigamme
Mansfield
Sam Peters
James Strongman
W. H. Pierce
Swan Johnson
Mike Harrington
Frank Rocko
al Torresani
Frank Johnson
Sam Johnson
Shellimo Zadra
Peter Turry
Nicolo Fontani
Charles Pohl
John Regula
Ole Carlson
Joe Kola
John Holmstrom
Rose
Fortimato
John Kirshe
Andrew Sullivan
Tony Buletto
Frank Rocco
Rocco
Buletto
Lake Superior
Marquette
John M. Longyear
Calhoun & Tenney
Chicago
Mansfield Mining Company
Longyear
Iron County
Mansfield Mine
Murder of 11 Year Old Girl In Clermont County
Milo Wilson, a laborer, shot 11 year old Iva Warman at Williamsberg in Clermont county Ohio after her parents opposed his attention to her. He killed her in front of the girl's mother and later killed himself with the same revolver, his body found in Japtha Lytle's barn nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsberg
Clermont County
Milo Wilson
Iva Warman
Japtha Lytle
Negroes Hanged at Mount Vernon for Murder
At noon on one scaffold in Mount Vernon Montgomery county four Black men were hanged for murders in July. Three killed Alexander Peterson, a wealthy merchant, and the fourth killed a 5 year old child. About 1,000 spectators watched in a public place. It was the county's first postwar execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mount Vernon
Montgomery County
Alexander Peterson
Bank cashier dies in Maine prison from 1892 case
Thomaston Maine September 30 M C Percival the former cashier of the National Shoe and Leather Bank Lewiston died Thursday in the state prison. He had been sentenced in October 1892 to ten years’ imprisonment for defaults at the Lewiston bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomaston
M. C. Percival
National Shoe and Leather Bank
Lewiston
Cleveland Letter Demands Swift Senate Action on Sherman Repeal
President Cleveland writes Gov. Northen urging repeal of the Sherman silver purchase clause and a unified financial policy. He stresses stable currency, equal purchasing power, and warns against senate delays risking national credit and economic distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Atlanta
Constitution
Cleveland
Gov. Northen
Georgia
South
Congress
Executive
W. J. Northen
United States
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
Two Wreck Victims at Bellevue Michigan
A rear end collision at Bellevue station on September 28 killed Henry A. Newland and his wife, both Detroit residents, and injured five others including cashier Howard Meredith. The crash involved trains No. 5 and No. 9 in dense fog, as signals failed and a pay car was demolished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Mich
Henry A. Newland
Detroit
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railroad
Meredith
William Castles
Porter
William Abernathy
Cook
No. 9
James Kk. Joy
Wabash Railroad
Howard Meredith
Grand Trunk Railroad
Mr. Newland
Crossing Collision Claims Two Lives in Greenfield
Mrs. Henry L. Stevers and Miss Sophia T. W. Morton were instantly killed when their vehicle was struck at a grade crossing on the Boston and Maine line in Greenfield Massachusetts on Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenfield
Mass
Henry L. Stevers
Sophia T. W. Morton
Boston & Maine
Jockey Henry Fields Injured at Lexington Racecourse
At Lexington race track on Wednesday Jockey Henry Fields aged 15 rode a yearling colt when another horse struck him breaking his neck. He was thrown to the ground and struck his head in the incident. Found Guilty of Embezzlement by San Francisco court Col Clark Royce treasurer of the Veterans home found guilty of embezzling $2000. Royce a prominent lawyer attempted suicide before the shortage was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Henry Fields
San Francisco
Col
Clark Royce
Veterans’ Home
Royce
Sioux City Dressed Beef & Canning assets listed
The assignee informs creditors of assets and liabilities after the company failed. Liabilities total 270000 dollars while assets are about 10000 dollars. The plant is valuable but mortgaged under all property of the Stock Yards company, with foreclosure already begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Father and son die in well blast gas tragedy
Henry Behrens and his son, living nine miles south of Cedar Falls, sparked a dynamite blast at the bottom of a fifty foot well. The men entered the well to inspect the blast and were overcome by gas. Both died before assistance arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Behrens
Cedar Falls
Henry
Diamond Robber Sentenced for Chicago Drummer Diamonds
Frank Shercliff convicted at Logan of assaulting and robbing G. W. Pollock, a Chicago drummer, of diamonds valued at $20,000 last November. He received a seventeen year prison sentence. He pleaded innocence and frail health, remained calm until remanded to Fort Madison penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Shercliff
Logan
G. W. Pollock
Chicago
Fort Madison
Horrible Accident to a Tramp on Burlington Train
Trainmen of Burlington passenger No. 6 report a grisly wreck in Union county where one tramp on top of a coach was decapitated by a low bridge. The survivor, covered in blood, rode for ninety minutes in a drunken stupor before officials removed the corpse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Union County
Fatal Fire Destroys Dargavel Barn at Centerville
A barn belonging to mine owner A. Dargavel burned at Centerville. One person died and three horses perished. Mary Dargavel, aged 16 and home alone, attempted to save the horses and died from burns sustained in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Dargavel
Centerville
Mary
Under the Wheels at Ames Leaves Printer Dead
A printer named Will Reynolds, long employed in Ames, was killed when run over by a train car. His head was severed from his body as he apparently attempted to board the train to Boone and fell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Will Reynolds
Boone
Indicted man Wheeler confesses to murder attempt
Harry Wheeler under indictment at Mason City for assault with intent to commit murder claims responsibility. He allegedly attacked and robbed an elderly man named White and left him on a railway track to be run over by an oncoming train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Wheeler
Mason City
Iowa News This Week a Mix of Tragedy and Triumph
Reports from Des Moines Knoxville Fort Madison and other towns recounts deaths including Roy Emery run over by a train and Willian Emery kicked by a colt. several accidents including John Rice attacked by highwaymen and Dan Griswold killed near Fort Madison. A depot opening Sioux City and courthouse dedication at Harlan highlight progress alongside scandals and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Emery
Des Moines
Knoxville
John Rice
Creston
Dan Griswold
Lawson
Fort Madison
Batavia
Miles Shepard
Elizabeth Workman
Union
Sioux City
A. D. Carpenter
Joe Luddasaw
le Mars
E. S. Carr
Congregational Church
Fort Dodge
Harvard College
Iowa City Press
John P. Irish
Ayrshire & Springer
H. L. Throop
Mount Pleasant
P. L. Cole
Ottumwa
Wheeler House
Chicago
Frank McGo
James Alderson
Rockwell
Edith Train
Woman's Relief Corps
Willian Emery
Martin Burke
Sheffield
Dave Ferris
Lenox
Tom Reynolds
Dee
Frank Pleumer
J. M. Miller
Theodore Morens
Independent District of
Osage
Maria Peterson
Henry Droegmeyer
Burlington
Shelby County
Harlan
Floyd B. Smith
Iowa Central
A. G. Martin
Shellburg
Blanche Berger
E. Ware
Mediapolis
Iowa
Northwestern Seed Company
Tacoma
Wash
Brown & Chambers
Sibley
Benjamin F. Mitchell
Emperor and Iron Chancellor Reconciliation Hopes Rise
Bern dispatch says Bismarck weakened by acute pneumonia faces relapse risk as doctors and family guard him. Emperor William urges possible winter quarters to aid recovery and a potential interview. Caprivi reportedly backs reconciliation amid slow, cautious negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Flerr Alers
Bismark
Bismarck
Alers
Friedrichshiue
Schweninger
Frankfurt
Count Lehandorff
Kissingen
Count Hergert
Count Rantzau
William
Prince Bismarck
Guens
Germany
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
von Caprivi
Perry Leads Oklahoma Strip Boom With 12,000 In Perry City
Gurung reports Chero kee land settled as 200000 entrants thin to 1000 to 12000 populations in towns including Perry leading at 12000 and proclaimed first class city amid rapid depot work and 300 buildings rising. murders noted near Perry. Also reports deaths in Olean hearse accident and Bishop appointment in Dallas, plus a Toronto embezzler hiding near Burrawa and a Michigan special election for the First district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gurung
C. T
Pawnee
Kirk
Kildare
Powca
Enid
Pond Creek
Alva
Woodward
Perry
Wichita
Love and witch’s wing taints in Stanton’s Atlanta note
A fragment from Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution depicts a child’s arms around a narrator, uttering love as hardship dissolves. The surreal line “the wing, the witch” blends tenderness with surreal imagery, shaping a vivid local voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta
Me Lost An Appetite Le Se Ied When Nature
A fragment from a nature themed piece notes a lapse in appetite as the author reflects on natural scenes and personal mood. The text hints at a contemplative tone and a brief draw towards quiet observation of surroundings.
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A. J. Tow
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J. S Soner
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