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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
2
A week’s record summarizes notable home and foreign items across industry politics and daily happenings. It highlights personal reports and global events, presenting a compact digest of developments from the past seven days.
Capt. Cook testified he gave the loop order at Santiago to check fleeing Spaniards, praising Schley as brave. Roosevelt plans cautious reciprocity in trade and ship subsidies, leaving Congress initiative. Anarchist Most jailed for publishing pro violence piece before McKinley assassination.
Rhode Island voters nominate L. F. C. Garvin of Lonsdale for governor. Henry H. Aplin wins Congress seat in Michigan’s Tenth District to replace the late Crump. Ann Taylor dies in St Joseph Missouri after long life of work. Socialists of Nebraska denied ballot access for their state candidates.
The effort to save Miss Stone hinges on a $50,000 shortfall in the ransom fund as missionaries fail to contact the brigands.
Adjutant General Corbin reports full losses for the regular army and volunteers from July 1, 1900 to June 30 last, totaling 16 924 and 8 191 respectively. Other items note deaths and incidents including a rock fall in New York transit, Pillsbury’s death, and various political and military updates.
Millie Cooper, an attractive young assistant postmistress in Manson, attempted suicide twice on a Fort Dodge bound Illinois Central train crossing the Des Moines river bridge. She jumped from the rear platform and then from the bridge center into the river, both times escaping with bruises. The acts followed a broken engagement as the fiancé failed to attend their wedding.
At Davenport the Iowa Unitarians approved a memorial church in Des Moines to serve as state headquarters and a permanent summer school at Lake Okoboji. Officers named include President Rev. Arthur M. Judy, Vice President Rev. Mary A. Baf ford, Treasurer Homer Miller, with trustees Rev. E. M. S. Hodgin Granville B. Healy and Mrs. Mary Emeley.
Iowa Supreme Court reverses Montgomery County ruling in the suit by the University of Illinois to compel John Hayes of Red Oak to reimburse a proportionate share of funds lost by discharge cashier Charles W. Spalding. Hayes acts as surety on the bond.
Des Moines arrest of Bert Conklin and George Adams leads to a wide scale scheme to rob Rock Island freight trains from Omaha to Davenport. They face breaking and entering charges in a case tied to the theft of a car carrying pig lead and spelter en route from Omaha to La Salle Illinois.
John Diehl a farmer was arrested at Independence for destroying a contract. He handed a $100 note for blue sky territory rights to sell a patent wire fence, then tore up the note after reading it. He posted bail and his sympathy among townspeople is noted.
In a close brawl on the Drake University campus Des Moines three men were seriously injured. Sophomore William Peck was kicked in the head and lay unconscious for an hour. Freshman Charles McVey suffered a broken rib. Sophomore Charles Coffman sprained a knee. The freshmen won by numbers.
At Burlington session the State Library association chose Grinnell as the next meeting site. Elected officers include President F. F. Dowley of Cedar Rapids Vice President C. M. Crapo of Burlington Secretary Miss Margaret Brown of Des Moines and Treasurer M. H. Douglas of Grinnell.
The Iowa state board of control, in charge of penal institutions hospitals the soldiers home and schools for blind and deaf, will ask the legislature for at least 800000 in additional appropriation, on top of the 1250000 needed each year to operate state facilities.
A report notes efforts to form a Des Moines board of trade while other items include Mrs. Edwin C. Conger traveling to China, possible absorption of the C I D by the C and N W, a 16 by 24 picture sent to the state historical department, and various local incidents and business dealings.
Promote Allen's Foot-Ease powder offering a free sample from Allen 8. Olmsted Le Roy NY. Claims to cure sweating damp swollen aching feet and to ease breaking in new shoes. Available at druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
From the Baltimore Herald comes a note on autumn fashion trends for football fields. Chrysanthemums and the chrysanthemum hair style gain popularity alongside fall wear among players and fans.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a cure for ailments from headaches to cancer by cleansing the bowels with natural, painless movements. It stresses a 10 cent starting price, metal-box packaging, and the imprint C. 6.6. The note ends with a Washington Irving quote about kindness.
An advertisement touts a laxative remedy labeled Bromo Gemini Tablets for a cold. It claims a refund from druggists if the cure fails and lists a price of 2 cents.
A brief notice notes a boy’s idea of revenge against his parents by refusing to take his school lessons, reported by the Atchison Globe.
An advertisement note cites a cough cure with no opium priced at 50 cents and hints at affectation marking absence of emotion in the Ram's Horn publication.
A short reader note mentions Piso's Cure for Consumption and praises it for coughs and colds. T Boyer of Trinity Springs Indiana cites February as the time. A proverb about two fools' heads and a Ram's Horn quip round out the brief column.
A collage of brief notes reports France bans praising anarchist crime public displays Britain ships eggs and mulberry trees to Georgia after settlement steel sheets for pen making measure eight by three feet and yield three to four pens per cut iron stoves spread in Bulgaria overtaking tin plated models Germany led with iron stoves facing Belgian and English rivals
In April last Mrs Samuel G Dyer of McCarron Michigan cured of heart trouble by Dodd's Kidney Pills now enjoys full health with no recurrence. Once bedridden for relief she moves about as a healthy 62 year old woman. Pills gain many friends in Chippewa County through her case.
Miss Laura Howard testifies to improved health after using a new product. She describes prior constant rheumatic pain swelling limbs dizziness and dark periods, claiming a recovery to perfect health today. The brief note frames her as a testimonial for the product’s effectiveness.
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