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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1878
Page
2
Burlington voters heard on Wednesday night that the state Democrats will hold an early legal election day for Representatives in Congress on the first Tuesday in November. The gathering, called by chairman Campbell, was unanimous that the Governor's proclamation omission does not deprive the people of jurisdiction.
An order from the Secretary of the Treasury establishes a weekly bid system for silver bullion. London prices are deemed unsafe due to small New York volumes and speculative movements. Bids will be held on Wednesdays for delivery at Philadelphia or San Francisco. Prices under 10,000 ounces to be fixed by a market based rule from public bids.
Navy Department bureaus submit annual reports with brief abstracts for the secretary. About twenty naval vessels are on foreign stations and eight or nine more are being prepared to be sent abroad. No ships remain on the Gulf, crews on leave for three months, 7500 active and 1100 in reserve, all in admirable condition.
Partial OCR shows county totals for a tax vote on Congressional representation in the Ninth District. It lists counties incl Osceola Palo Alto Plymouth Ida Woodbury with Carpenter and Hoggatt vote tallies and a total near 18,123 to 12,158. Details are fragmented but indicate Carpenter held a majority in Ida and Woodbury areas.
The Glasgowbank failure triggers arrests of eight officers and broad media outrage. London Times calls the report disgraceful, Glasgow Herald demands inquiry into legal ties, and other outlets condemn vast frauds and deception in the bank’s collapse. Losses run into millions.
A Chicago journal notes rising farm demand and cautious real estate activity across the country. Foreclosures decline, landowners from railroads profit, and capitalists quietly buy at low rates while awaiting a broader economic revival.
The author argues wartime growth will slow but remain sound. Cities will gain strength as centers for agricultural trade rather than being overrun by merchants aiming to undersell. Town lot prices may hold, but productive property growth will boost overall business and wealth.
The piece argues a temporary shipment halt could lift prices for breadstuffs as wheat remains plentiful and priced low. It notes consumer demand, warehouse stocks in the U.S. and Europe, and advises producers to hold grain to balance supply with consumption, amid weak markets and varied crop quality.
A severe tornado swept through Sac and Carroll counties last Tuesday evening, with Carroll hit hardest. The storm formed in Washington township and traveled north along a similar path to last spring, causing extensive damage and numerous fatalities in the affected areas.
In Emmett County the swamp land charges against C C Carpenter drew 150 to 200 votes, while the Northern Vindicator editor who spread the charges lost by 75 in the Clerk of the Court race. The Tribune October 1 note is cited as evidence that truth outweighed poetry in the county.
The Strite estate administrator reports a bank safe emptied by a death of a Grand Junction banker leaving insufficient funds to cover depositors losses. Iowa items include tall Mike Davie and short Johnny McKibben heading to Chicago, freight car counts at Council Bluffs, hog cholera notes, and township officer elections with extensive local official lists.
A New York Herald correspondent argues that gallant soldiers who faced General Custer at the Little Big Horn are still interred and warns that relic seekers may desecrate bones by turning them into trinkets, a practice despised even by prairie tribes.
Curefixe intelligence notes frost and ice in Memphis and other Southern points such as Louisiana Jackson Miss Mobile Chattanooga and Vicksburg. The frost is described as curative and unlikely to persist, with life and industry resuming while graves mark the toll. Lippincott's features light entertainments and scientific notices including Seawanhaka The Harvesting Ants of Florida and other cultural pieces.
The Marshall Republican reports that G. W. Ferguson suffered a fire loss of over 27 000 dollars last Saturday night. The blaze destroyed his barn farm utensils grain and 11 horses including Trymeon valued at 8000 dollars Smuggler 2000 Grey Eagle 1500 Brown Eagle 800 Bruiser 2500 Vick 3000 Johnny Bull 1000 Young Grey Eagle 1000 Young Messenger Chief 1500 Old Edwin Forrest 1000. Insurance covered only 4000 dollars.
The November Monthlies issue for young readers is offered at 1.59 per year with bright child pictures. The Atlantic features "The Nationals, their Origin and their Aims" and "Presidential Elections" plus "Oppressive Taxation of the Poor" by Brooks Adams. Howells's "The Lady of the Aroostook" opens, and "The Star in the Valley" closes the fiction segment.
A testimonial style ad proclaims Green's August Flower cures liver complaints and dyspepsia. It asserts personal knowledge and common sense proof, boasting wide Western reach and urging readers to try a 10 cent sample bottle with three doses claimed to relieve symptoms. Sold by J. J. Bousquet.
Reverend George H Thayer praises Shiloh's Consumption Cure to his community noting it saved his life and his wife’s. The claim, endorsed by a local minister, cites wide sales and relief for lung diseases with great satisfaction in Bourbon Indiana dated May 15 78.
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