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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
4
A freight train collided with a passenger on the Chicago and Atlantic road near Kouts Indiana. Thirty people were killed or seriously burned as cars exploded and debris trapped victims. Rescue was hindered by heat and distance from habitation as fire consumed the wreckage.
After a St Paul drive the President and party toured Minneapolis exposition with Mayor Ames greetings. A reception followed before departing for Omaha with a one hour Sioux City stop where a large crowd welcomed the President at six thirty a.m. and cheered him.
The season’s first snow storm hit Wisconsin on the 11th. John B. Owens admits taking money from a Pacific Express robbery on the Iron Mountain Railway but claims amnesia and drunkenness at the time. Niobrara Land and Cattle Co of Mast Louis assigns liabilities around 250000 with assets unlikely to exceed 25 to 5 percent. Judge Manning died in New York. World series: St Louis and Detroit split the second game in Detroit. Tampa health scare: yellow fever confirmed. Counterfeiters near Mitchell captured. Morton E Post & Co of Cheyenne suspended. St Louis Browns beat Detroit in world championship. Locke & Jewell furniture factory near Amesbury burned. losses about 125000. Tampa reports eight new fever cases. treasury empty, nurses scarce. Merchants and Miners Bank of Iron Mountain closes. cashier absconds with 15000.
The Vatican faces shock from a cholera visitation with a Pontifical guard officer a victim. Russia accepts the Porte's offer to send an Ottoman Commissioner to Bulgaria to assist a Russian lieutenant governor with rank supremacy contested. Berlin signals a consummated triple alliance dampening Russia’s plans and boosting Italy’s prestige. An Leipsic court sentences anarchist John Neve to fifteen years. A steamer collision in Lake Constance sinks Bavarian vessel with many dead. Caffarel corruption probe implicates prominent French figures including Boulanger and Wilson, son-in-law of President Grevy.
During the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions session at Madison ex Governor William B Washburn collapsed and died on the platform likely from apoplexy. President Cleveland and party traveled to Milwaukee then Madison with large crowds overwhelming police.
Notices report Colby Duncan & Co piano makers in New York entering receivership with about 175000 dollars in liabilities. Philadelphia coal dealers Chipman & Holt fail amid linked assignments. Richmond tobacconist Flour ney and Montreal firm Bessette Lefort & Co also in distress. Davenport metals in Boston saddled with 100000 liabilities. Western Union buys Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph for 5 million. Knights of Labor campaign against Sunday work. Agriculture predicts 1.5 billion bushels corn and 450 million wheat. cotton and potatoes weaker.
The schooner Jesse Scarth sailing from Chicago to Owen Sound with 23 000 bushels of corn sank at anchor in Portage Harbor Michigan. crew escaped to shore. The tug Orient, six crew on board, went down near Point Pelee after a heavy Erie storm. seas extinguished her fires as she sank, and all six perished.
A New York paper reports U S fire losses for September at 7 927 dollars a sharp drop from 6 500 000 dollars in the same month last year. The note mentions nine months of the current year but lacks complete context.
Bellevue Hospital New York used a telephone probe to locate a bullet in a man shot during a burglary attempt. Salt Lake City hosts a Mormon Constitutional Convention memorial urging Utah statehood as Congress readiness debates.
General Master Workman Powderly addresses the Minneapolis assembly detailing the order’s separation from anarchy, defense of due process for China’s seven condemned men, and calls for a national Labor Department, government telegraph, and a universal benefit plan while denying socialist affiliation.
George Francis Train headlines a Sunday afternoon gathering in Chicago with about six hundred in attendance. He announces plans to launch the Daily Anarchist, lauds past actions against Herr Most, and stirs the crowd with remarks on mobilizing 20,000,000 workers. Police report bombs found as the event ends amid cheers and a crowded handshaking scene.
Cable dispatch reports the sudden death of Maurice Strakosch in Paris. Moravian born, he gained fame in Paris London and New York as impresario and pianist. He helped Adelina Patti rise in Europe and guided her early appearances with his management.
The Chicago News reports the President's private railcar offers luxurious seating, dining, and sleeping rooms at the passenger's expense. The saloon and bedroom are described as elegant, with modern comforts, and Cleveland pays all costs himself to avoid railroad conflicts with the Interstate Commerce Commission.
In Dry Gulch near Helena Montana a historic pine served as a vigilante gallows. The article recounts multiple hangings including John Keene Jacob Seachriest George Saunders James Daniels and a self styled lawyer known as Frenchy who confessed to robberies and thefts before swinging from the tree.
The Austrian giant Herr Winkelmeier died recently after a year of exhibitions in London and an impending visit to Britain. Born in 1865 in Freidburg, Austria, he reached 8 feet 9 inches, weighing about five hundred pounds with a 104 feet arm reach. Prof. Virchow predicted continued growth to 25. Pere Hyacinthe commented on church politics amid remarks about Leo XIII and Prince Bismarck.
The paper reproduces two ads. One from a Sichuan woman warning her runaway son with a dire threat and a plea for readers to aid in finding him. The second, from a husband blaming his wife for eloping with a tea-house lover, offers a $20 reward for information on her whereabouts.
A vintage health ad warns that kidney and bladder diseases ruin the system faster than consumption. It urges early use of a diuretic to invigorate the kidneys and prevent Bright's disease diabetes and bladder trouble. The remedy also claims to ease liver complaints constipation nervous ailments and rheumatism. It touts protection against damp weather fatigue and general weakness.
In 1815 Vandamme told Marshal Soult while climbing the Tuileries steps that the Earl’s fascination unsettles him more than fear of God or devil. He says the man could make him pass through a needle’s eye or cast himself into fire for him, a remark noted by Cosmopolitan.
The article notes Jonathan Edwards rising to fame as America’s greatest metaphysician and an unmatched scholar in Europe. It recalls his Latin start at age six and a notable paper on immortality of the swal at age ten before entering Yale College at thirteen and graduating four years later.
The text argues against hasty adoption of new methods in doubtful cases and notes that Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy has been on sale by druggists for a quarter century.
Sufferers from consumption scrofula bronchitis and general debility are urged to use Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil for immediate relief and lasting benefit. The medical profession praises it as highly valuable and reliable with testimonials from grateful readers.
The passage claims a woman’s health declines from female troubles and drifting marriage, urging readers to take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. It promises restoration to health and a money back guarantee if not satisfied, sold by druggists.
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