12 Oct 1893
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1893
Page
1
James A. Bradley left New York to camp at Ocean Grove and bought 500 acres to develop a model summer resort that became Asbury Park. He championed reform against loud bathing suits and liquor traffic, while laying out streets and selling lots on the future town site.
The inscription To the Glory of God and In Memory of Jay Gould will mark the cornerstone of a new church building at Roxbury Delaware County New York. Roxbury, the birthplace of the financier, will honor him with this memorial and his children chose the site for his rest.
The text notes Don Antonio of Montpensier as the son of a despised Montpensier duke who ruled in France and Spain and was kept in power as a dynastic link. Antonio is a son of Louis Philippe and married Isabella of Spain’s sister, making him Eulalie’s husband a full cousin and grandson of France’s last king. He is described as a genuine good fellow with surprising knowledge.
An observation from the Brooklyn Eagle notes that sugar dissolves quicker when lifted by a spoon near the surface, due to continuous circulation as sweetened tea sinks. If sugar rests on the bottom, dissolution slows once the adjacent layer saturates, until diffusion permits further mixing. Life, like tea, is sweetened by stirring up the mixture.
Mrs. L. T. George of Chicago cites Goulds Notes and Queries on flood traditions and gives exact dates for the great waters breaking up. The deluge threat in 1536, began December 7 1656 B C, lasted 877 days, Ark rested May 6 1657, Noah left December 18 following.
A humorous exchange in a Harlem livery stable centers on a $50 deposit for a horse. The stableman quips that the horse might run off with the rider, highlighting a comic misgiving amid other freight and railroad industry notes.
The New York Tribune reports British and Chinese concerns over a French bid to build a canal across the Siamese Malay peninsula. Aims include reshaping trade routes, threatening Singapore, and complicating rail links to Calcutta and Rangoon. China joins Britain in opposing a French foothold west of the Mekong, with Siam as a potential vassal.
A man living near Ma honey's boiler works deceives creditors by posing as a painter in Centerville. He bought $18 of groceries on credit, then fled when pay day came. A fake scarlet fever sign on his cabin door failed to deter the debt collector who uncovered the ruse.
The Illinois Central Railroad runs a through sleeping car between Chicago and Memphis with arrivals and departures described. Tickets and circulars available from local agents or J. F. Merry in Manchester Iowa. A. H. Hanson noted as Gen'l Pass Agt. Also mentions Thomas Bailey Aldrich buying land at Tenants Harbor Me for a summer home to be ready next summer.
The article notes the public auction of political attention from the silver issue and a failed Democratic plan. Senator Morgan accuses the President with sharp epithets, calling him a monopolist and charlatan. White House detectives are blamed for sensational stories about a supposed idiot arrested at the White House.
A historic route will resume service with trains arriving and departing through a newly located line. The old station at the foot of Leke Street is abandoned as operations shift to the improved alignment and facilities nearby.
Prominent botanists De Candolle and Gray argue trees could live indefinitely if they avoid accidents and insect ravages. They note annual renewal at the circumference replaces aging wood, making death from old age unlikely in any proper sense.
The London Times reports a parliamentary act extending the permitted marriage hour from noon to 3 p.m. This change broadens the window for couples to wed in the city under new rules.
Edmund E Price announces a new melodrama titled Darkness and Dawn. The production requires five complete scenery sets sixteen speaking parts and sixty supernumeraries with principal scenes set at Dartmouth prison and a battlefield.
The piece notes that round waisted toilets remain popular and highlights the directoire ribbon scarf worn tied at the left with long ends. It describes new fur pelerines shaped as short capes with mousquetaire collars and long wide stole ends extending nearly to the feet, suitable to trim jackets or delisses.
A fragment notes a surge of theft at a religious parliament attracting many crooks. While attendees prayed and listened to eloquence, pickpockets raided wallets and even diamond earrings reportedly vanished from a lady during an astral moment.
Among amendments to the Wilson-Voorhees silver repeal bill Senator Stewart offers a plan to invite Mexico Central and South American republics and Haiti and San Domingo to a four month conference. The aim is for all invited nations to agree on a common mutual silver dollar to be legal tender for debts public and private.
A step toward federal control in Indian Territory may lead to a bill extending U.S. court reach there. It would cover cases where native tribunals are believed unable to deliver justice due to local prejudice.
Dr J D Ballard of Cloud Chief Oklahoma requests spare books magazines and newspapers for colonists sent via express to Minco Oklahoma through the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway with prepayment of expressage. The Fifty third Congress in its first month had 15 joint resolutions 400 general bills and 1500 private bills a heavy docket and not a good season for bills.
E. C. Stedman, a Wall Street broker, authored the line There are gains for all our losses, explaining his view on market risk. The remark ties to his broader commentary on investment strategy and financial philosophy.
An advertisement by Drs. Starkey and Palen promotes inhalation based oxygen therapy for ailments such as asthma bronchitis and rheumatism. It offers a free two hundred page book with testimonials, home and office treatments, free consultation, and warns against imitation. Addresses include Philadelphia San Francisco and Toronto.
An essay notes France’s 1905 compulsory morals instruction law and its unsectarian public education shift. It cites reductions in lying bullying and cruelty as signs teachers instill moral conduct, while a test shows most children would not steal found money. The piece argues stronger moral teaching could curb crime in the United States.
A British scene recalls Gladstone's home rule bill defeat with taunts and laughter. The National Liberal Federation calls to abolish hereditary lawmakers, signaling rising public pressure and a looming shift in Britain's constitutional order.
European traders report pelisses and spencers will be worn again this season. Stylish walking coats rival capes, and the new autumn blazers feature black passementerie flecked with silver blue, paired with a deep Neapolitan blue and dark Russian green fabrics.
An English mastiff named Rex in Bendigo Australia in 1851 blocks a visitor from leaving a tent with a kettle. Rex first appears friendly then shows teeth when the guest tries to depart. After about an hour the guest is released and notes Rex’s loyalty as the camp returns to normal. October t. Nicholas.
Mark Twain’s new works include Pudd nhead Wilson for The Century with dramatic and detective crime elements set in a Mississippi river town. St Nicholas will serialize Tom Sawyer Abroad featuring Tom Sawyer Huckleberry Finn and Jim in the Eastern Hemisphere via a flying machine.
The piece defends the Senate as a stabilizing force in a free country and predicts it will endure. It warns political foes of consequences after the election and recalls 1857 tariff debts to explain public concern over a future tariff.
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