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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1904
Page
2
World's Champion Trotter Lou Dillon Sets New Workout Mark
World champion trotting mare Lou Dillon circled the Memphis driving park course in 20114 setting a new work out record for trotting horses. The report notes the feat among a list of other national and international news items of the era including political treaties and regional incidents.
Charitable Bequests From Des Moines Millionaire Revealed
The will of Des Moines publisher James Callanan discloses more than 3000000 in estate to charities schools and churches with 100000 to Tuskegee Institute and 50000 to the Iowa humane society among other gifts. Collateral heirs receive the remainder. multiple local notices follow including marriages deaths and civic appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Callanan
Des Moines
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Institution
Iowa Humane Society
Iowa Home
Salvation Army of
Benedict Home
Iowa Equal Suffrage Association
Home
American Peace Society
Boston
National Temperance and Publication House
Penn College
Oskaloosa
de Moines College
Notable deaths and world events slide through 1900s news
Obituaries note deaths of Mrs. Mary E. Warren and others including Gen. William Scott Worth and Alonzo B. Cornell. Updates cover a fort explosion casualties, a bull attack in Pittsburg, and the Lewis and Clark souvenir dollars. Also listed are political comments by Judge Parker, a forest congress plan, and fiscal data on the Louisiana Purchase loan, currency growth, and Panama fair funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Warren
Fox Lake
Wis
William Scott Worth
Clinton
Staten Island
Cuba
United States
Fort Banks
Boston Harbor
Wilhelmina Masur
John Masur
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Alonzo B. Cornell
New York
Ithaca
N. Y
Bright
Ezra Cornell
Cornell University
Grand
F. Smith
Davenport
Mississippi River Commission
St. Louis
Chicago
Cotter
Ark
King of Siam
Williams
Gloucester
Mass
Elwood Burton
Alton B. Parker
Rosemount
America
Taft
Philippines
American Forest Congress
Washington
Andrew Leonhardt
Baltimore
King George
Saxony
Massachusetts
Francis M. Kennedy
New Bedford
Wentworth
Cape Cod
Moses Bensinger
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
French Lick Springs
Ind
Edwin P. Welles
Brainerd Lumber Company
Minneapolis
Minn
Archbishop of Canterbury
White Star Line
Cedric
House of Deputies
Episcopal General Convention
Boston
Census Bureau
Executive Civil Service
Dun’s and
Bradstreet’s
Panama
Treasury
Mukden
Ig Clos
Ruined Bank Scandal Reveals Grinnell Defalcation
The Grinnell bank failure climaxed with the double suicide of H C Spencer the cashier and his son who followed his forgery driven scheme. H C Spencer senior owed eighty thousand dollars and hid losses with forged notes. The son continued duplicity to cover the defalcations, manipulating books to mask shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell
H. C. Spencer
H. Spencer
8&0
Des Moines River Land Settlers Receive 160 Acre Warrants
Washington has informed many Des Moines river land settlers around Webster City that those with land titles canceled in 1893 will receive land warrants for 160 acres. G F Tucker of Webster City, who pursued many claims, reports these warrants can substitute for title or be sold if the holder prefers not to locate the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Des Moines
Webster City
T Tme
G. F. Tucker
Ex President Cleveland to preside at mass meeting in Carnegie Hall
Ex president Cleveland will preside at a political mass meeting in Carnegie Hall New York on October 21. It will be his only appearance in the campaign. Everett Fowler declined the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Twenty fourth New York district. Wisconsin speakers will be sent via the La Follette organization. Henry G Davis campaigns in Maryland and West Virginia. Episcopalians in Boston debate a report favoring the prohibition of marriage for divorced persons. Massachusetts AFL condemns Gov Bates for vetoing overtime and urges political action. Gov Bates appoints W Murray Crane to the Senate post and Crane will accept. Wisconsin stalwarts keep their ticket in the field. David Hill attacks government by injunction demanding jury trials for contempt of court. jonal committee a the La Follette
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Dillon
Memphis
Tenn
Hay
Chentung Liang Cheng
Behumil Schnepp
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Robert J. Wynne
Mr. Wynne
Missouri Pacific
Warrensburg
D. E. Tuigg
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
Frank de Peyster Hall
New York
Boston
William Powell
Chaffee
Kansas City
Lulu Cook
Minnie Island
Buckingham, Jr
Kankakee
New Haven
Payne
Chillicothe
George Runyon
Moberly
Kingston Mines
Ill
Grove Hurlbut
Berkshires
Pittsfield
Mass
Hurlbut
Alvin Schreiter
St. Louis
Michigan Building
Wabash
Minn
Exposition Grounds
Charles Netcher
Hampden Flats
Junction City
Carnegie Hall
Everett Fowler
Democrats
Congress
Republican Not
State Committee
Wisconsin
la Follette
Henry G. Davis
Baltimore
Maryland
West Virginia
Episcopalians
Committee On Canon
Massachusetts
American Federation of Labor
Gov. Bates
John L. Bates
W. Murray Crane
United States
George F. Hoar
Crane
Gov
Bates
David B. Hill
Wheeling
W. Va
Jonal Committee
Murder Mystery Solved in Red Oak Creek Killing
State chemist reports Harry Salisbury died from poison after liquor with knockout drops. Body found in shallow Red Oak creek two months ago showed no violence. watch and money missing, suggesting robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Salisbury
Red Oak
Insurance Agent Accused in Jealous Fatal At Ottumwa
Earl Ryder forced his wife to drink laudanum then went to the home of Jesse Spurgeon in Ottumwa and fired several shots in a jealous murder attempt. Ryder is jailed on $2,500 bond for assault with intent to murder. Spurgeon posted $500 bond after countercharges. The wife survived thanks to a physician who gave an antidote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Ryder
Jesse Spurgeon
Ottumwa
Ryder
Spurgeon
Town character shot dead on What Cheer sidewalk
James Smythe known as Jim the Bum was shot and killed on the sidewalk in front of the house he had seized near What Cheer city hall. Willard McNabb found the body and Smythe died instantly with hands in his pockets and no sign of struggle. The coroner's inquest will determine motive and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Smythe
Jim
What Cheer
Willard McNabb
Standard Oil
Smythe
Davenport
Cooley
Grand Jury
Tusk of Mastodon Found in Union Park Gravel Pit
William Chatterton, a melodrama company member and amateur geologist, found a two foot long fossil ivory fragment weighing about 20 pounds in a Union park gravel pit. The piece, curved and decayed, likely comes from the middle of a tusk once ten or fifteen feet long. He will present it to the state historical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Park
William Chatterton
Melodrama Company
Chatterton
Lowry
Achievements of Women in European Institutions and Sciences
Four Bonn nuns join philosophy hearers aiming for Ph D at Innsbruck four Ursuline sisters attend lectures. Ella Mench of Darmstadt wins silver medal for art and science from Grand Duke of Hesse. A Bonn Ph D holder and German countess earns Paris Academy prize for animal reproduction work. A Kiel museum director becomes the first German woman professor at 70. Two western women excel in zoology and mineral mining with major posts in Texas and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Bonn
Innsbruck
Ella Mench
Darmstadt
Grand Duke of Hesse
Zurich
Paris Academy of Sciences
Schleswig-Holstein
Kiel
Germany
Lonor
St. Louis Exposition
University of Texas
Missouri
State University
Naples
Sigourney Bars Drummers From Soliciting Orders
Sigourney passes ordinance barring traveling men from soliciting orders for future delivery. Mayor enforces it. Lon Smithart, a drummer, fined $1, refuses to pay and will test the ordinance in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
Lon Smithart
Celebrate Iowa German Day in Burlington Parade
The German day celebration in Burlington drew about ten thousand visitors for a major event. Gov. Cummins and Gen. P J Osterhaus of St Louis attended as guests of honor. The allegorical and industrial parade stretched about a half mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Burlington
Gov. Cummins
P. J. Osterhaus
St. Louis
Japanese Gunboat Heigen Wrecked by Mines. 197 Drowned
Russian advices say Oyama concentrates forces north of Liaoyang and abandons eastern positions. Bentsiaputze loss leaves Oyama’s flank exposed. Emperor William to unveil Frederick the Great statue in Washington November 19. Dr Leo Vogel named Swiss minister to the U S. Japanese emperor decorates several American nurses with the Order of the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heigen
Pigeon Bay
Oyama
Liaoyang
Bentsiaputze
Emperor William
Frederick the Great
Speck Sternburg
Army War College
Washington
Leo Vogel
Jegation
Berlin
United States
Japan
Divorce Granted to Richland Woman from Ex Mayor
In Sigourney district court Mrs. M. E. Williams of Richland was granted a divorce from J. D. Williams former Richland mayor. He departed town suddenly two months ago and has not been heard from since. His assets were about 5 000 with liabilities likely exceeding 15 000 leaving the family nearly penniless. Fast living is blamed for his downfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
M. E. Williams
Richland
J. D. Williams
Williams
Gibraltar
Labor Leaders Indicted For Assault With Intent To Kill
Arthur E. Ireland general organizer of the Federation of Labor and W F Devine and L C Meyer prominent members of the International Machinists union were indicted at Fort Madison by the grand jury on the charge of assault with intent to kill A Matheson a non union machinist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Ireland
Federation of Labor
W. F. Devine
L. C. Meyer
International Machinists’ Union
Fort Madison
A. Matheson
Iowa League Meets at Cedar Rapids Annual Session
Two hundred fifty representatives from many Iowa cities and towns attended the seventh annual meeting of the Iowa League of Municipalities in Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa League
Iowa
Iowa League of Municipalities
Cedar Rapids
The Noblest Thing Ever Town Topics
A brief note ponders the noblest profession, with a coy exchange about love as the answer, reflecting whimsical town talk and social musings.
This Woman Knows of a Blood Cure for Rheumatism
Mrs. E M De Long of Council Bluffs Iowa claims sudden relief from rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes severe joint pain, bed rest, and six boxes leading to full recovery and years of no need to use them. The pills are said to purify blood and strengthen nerves and muscles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. de Long
West Broadway
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Dr. Williams
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John Harper
Magnolia
Episcopal Church
Interstate Commerce Commission
Armour Car Line
Mississippi
New Orleans
Jeffersonville
American Car & Foundry Company
American Street Railway Association
Francis
Edmund Burke
Burke
Bessie Stone
Robert Gill
Ashland
George Krebs
Kirkwood
Thomas Noonan
James E. Cummings
Peoria County
Bellaire
Army
Duke of Connaught
Edward
Edinburgh
Call
New London
Prince Edward Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Yentai
Schili
Manuel Quintana
Republic of
Argentina
George Fitch
Lake City
North Ward
Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Charles D. Huston
Sarah Everett
Logan
A. L. Riseley
Montpelier
A. Scott
Rockwell City
Israel
Fran Birdsell
Kville
James Malone
Corydon
Richard Sweet
Iowa Soldiers’ Home
Association of Land Grant Colleges of the
Justice W. 8S. Long
Chariton
Sioux City
Florence McFarland
Thomas Harris
Iowa General Assembly
Poweshiex County
Iowa State News
Jim the Bum
Cen EA
Texas
Montana
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A. J. Tower CO
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National Casket Co
Undertaker
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