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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1904
Page
2
A condensed seven day summary reports rail wrecks near Lewiston Maine with deaths and injuries, fires in Colorado and Iowa, political and labor developments, court actions, and notable deaths. The piece notes Roosevelt aims for Hague conference resumption, coal strike costs, and various legal and criminal cases across the United States.
The Twenty eighth New York congressional district Republican committee renominated William H. Flack. The Democratic National Campaign is now under Judge Parker with personal and absolute charge. The Catholic Eucharist Congress meets in New York drawing the greatest church gathering in U S history. The Democratic National Committee abandons western headquarters plans. Henry J Patterson of St Johns is nominated for Congress in Michigan eighth district. The Trans Mississippi Commercial Congress meets in St Louis October 25 to 29. The New York Eucharist Congress denounces France for religious order persecution.
Dispatches describe Marshal Oyama extending a vast flanking operation on the east side of Mukden with a 60 mile front from Fushun to the Hun river. Japanese cavalry reaches Pu valley and prepares rail access while Russian forces pull back and fortify southern approaches.
Reports say Russian forces under Gen Sakharoff aim to restore Port Arthur water supply by retaking Fort Kuropatkin. Japanese flanking movement east of Bentempatze checked. News covers multiple mortality, fires, floods, and political notes across rural and urban areas.
Prof. Frank I. Herriott of Drake University presents a cost comparison between county asylums and state hospitals in Iowa. He notes county facilities underfunded, with about 2,300 inmates and 20,000 acres of farm land aiding care, while state hospitals treat acute and nonworking patients at higher costs.
John Scott, a 45 year old widower, sues Mrs. A C Bassett of New York for breach of promise seeking 6000 dollars. He claims she accepted his attentions for three years at Hornick and that letters will prove the case. Bassett, 35, was on a wedding tour with her husband when served.
A czar report cites 66 780 churches in Russia with 833 new consecrations last year. Nagasaki hosts Japan’s only Jewish community, the synagogue built by a Japanese woman in memory of her late husband. Agnes Knox Black named head of elocution at Boston University. Pius X. shifts church finances, proposing lower cardinal incomes and free papal residence. Cardinals oppose.
A Connellsville woman describes twenty five years of sick headaches ending after replacing coffee and tea with Postum Food Coffee. She says headaches vanished and overall health improved after starting Postum, noting a friend with a similar experience and praising the beverage from Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason.
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