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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1904
Page
2
World News Briefs Include Fires Deaths and Discoveries
A fires ruin Martin college in Pulaski with $40 000 loss and $30 000 insured occupants escape. Accidents claim teachers Ring and Dawson in Colorado. A Brookline wife and police officer are killed in a domestic shooting. The Frederick the Great statue arrives in Washington ahead of November 19 unveiling. Robbery and rail injuries are reported alongside university enrollments and bank failures. Monuments, elections, and international diplomacy fill the ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Female College
Pulaski
Tenn
David C. Ring
Vera Dawson
Denver
Col
Golden
Harry Bowles
Brookline
Mass
Joseph MacMurray
Frederick the Great
United States
Germany
Washington
Abandit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hegewisch
Ind
New York
Sir John Burgoyne
Gen
Horatio Gates
Saratoga County
Saratoga Battle Monument
Washington Gladden
Columbus
American Missionary Association
Acme Harester Company
South Bartonville
Ill
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hague Tribunal
Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller
Boston
Mad River
Springfield
Anchor Rubber Tire Company
Sptanket
L. 1
Harvard University
Western Colleges
St. Louis University
Louisiana Purchase Territory
Festival Hall
Rushsylvania (0
J. M. McClung
Palace Hotel
San Francisco
Philip Weinseimer
Building Trades Alliance of New York
Emma Grenell
West Chicago Street Railway Company
George D. Ruggles
Soldiers
Clifford
N. C
Children’s Home and Aid Society
Shelbyville
Lil
Yale University
Melrose
Florida
Ex Mayor Smith of Davenport Sentenced in Embezzlement Case
Ex mayor 8 F Smith of Davenport Iowa, son of Samuel Francis Smith, jailed ten years for embezzling 120000 from large estates he trustees. Michigan Supreme Court upholds ex Alderman Ellen conviction for bribery in Lake Michigan water deal. Louis J Tichacek named Democratic candidate for Missouri Tenth district. Alfred Lucking renominated by Democrats in First Michigan. Letters notify Hearst Sulzer Towne Baker Laughlin of NY Democratic nominees also nominated by People's Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Smith
Davenport
Samuel Francis Smith
Anamosa
Smith
Michigan Supreme Court
Jacob Ellen
Grand Rapids
Lake Michigan
Louis J. Tichacek
St. Louis
Congress
Missouri
Alfred Lucking
Michigan
Messrs. Hearst
Sulzer
Towne, Baker and Laughlin
New York City
People’s Party
Death of Infanta Maria de Las Mercedes of Spain
Infanta Maria de Las Mercedes princess of the Asturias and sister of King Alfonso and wife of Prince Charles of Bourbon is dead. Foreign office in Paris cites Russia unlikely to seek mediation and to pursue the war. Tokyo reports Japanese army losses around five thousand in the recent battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infanta Maria de Las Mercedes
St. Louis
Chili
Bolivia
State Department
Tokio
Extortion letters land Chicagoans' suspect in arrests
Attempts to extort money by threats sent by mail to H N Higin botham and Milton W Kirk, prominent Chicagoans, led to the arrest of Roger McDonnell who denies writing the letters. Premier Combes survives French vote and a Russian convoy arrives in Harbin for care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Higinbotham
Milton W. Kirk
Henry G. Davis
Portland
Ore
Frank Loos
Elgin
Ill
Ira Blanchard
Desplaines
Fred Schorn
Cecilia
Chicago
Reuben A. Hitchcock
Calumet Country Club
Hull
England
Russia
Europe
George A. Bennett
Marengo
Harmony
Robert Willard
Illinois Federation of Woman’s Clubs
Danville
James Frake
W. E. Fithian
Joliet
John Robinson
Sheppard Patterbury
Carmi
Robinson
Gershon Marx
New London
Conn
Buckingham Hotel
St. Louis
Albert Sherwin
Leadville
Col
Andrew Carnegie
Palace of Peace
Manchester
Joseph Choate
Court of St. James
Roosevelt
Whitelaw Reid
Choate
Capt
Hitch
Statesboro
Ames
Minneapolis, Minn
Harrison
Dr. Ames
Iowa Man Faces Bigamy Claims Amid Prolific Marriages
W Basset of Syracuse and Boonville New York and Hornick Iowa traveled with an officer to explain his three wives. He wed Mrs. English in Iowa and is facing a $10,000 breach of promise suit by John H Scott. Three women claim to be his wives and pursue action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Bassett
Syracuse
Boonville
N. Y
Hornick
Alice Brooks
Binghamton
Sioux City
English
Webster City's Graphic Herald Suspends Publication
The municipal daily Graphic Herald, once touted nationwide as the country’s only city paper, has reportedly suspended editions though the editor denies it. The paper rose to challenge a private gas franchise and the council’s feud through its pages, then declined and withered away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Graphic Herald
United States
Shortage Report Arises Over Davenport Bank Failure
Revelation to the Davenport grand jury cites a shortage exceeding prior figures in the New Liberty Savings Bank collapse. Directors and bank examiners allege $95,000 of $160,000 deposits have vanished, risking most depositors' funds unless doubtful collateral yields materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport Grand Jury
New Liberty Savings Bank
Bank President Hangs Self in Wolcott Tragedy
William Schwarzing, president of the Farmers' Bank at Wolcott, hanged himself amid despondency over losses tied to the New Liberty bank failure. The collapse prompts charges against Beuthiens, father and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schwarzing
Farmers’ Bank
Wolcott
New Liberty
Beuthiens
Safe Cracking at Avery Center Bank
A daring robbery at Avery Center woke the town as the safe in Tom Rye's bank was blown apart and all contents stolen. Authorities believe experts carried out the job, noting the safe was among the largest in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Center
Tom Rye
Former Davenport Mayor Indicted for Embezzlement and Perjury
Grand jury returns indictments against 8 F Smith former Davenport mayor and trustee of Iowa estates over embezzlement and perjury totaling about 100000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Smith
Davenport
Big
Iowa
Embezzler President Arrested at New Liberty Bank
M Beuthien chief of New Liberty savings bank has been arrested on embezzlement charges involving fourteen thousand dollars. In other notes, Roland Hunnewell sues Modern Woodmen of America for five thousand dollars claiming branding during initiation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Beuthien
New Liberty Savings Bank
Roland Hunnewell
Boone
Woodmen of America
Marshall County
David Moore
Liscomb
Fred Cope
Franklin County
Reservey
Farmers’ Savings Bank
Supreme Court
Steve Smith
Tampa
Ringgold County
Iowa
St. Louis
H. M. Bostwick
First National Bank
Olive McPherson
Charles Burt
Osceola
O. R. Patrick
Des Moines
C. B. Powell
Albia
Iowa State Association of Railway Surgeons
Michael Ader
Keokuk
Charles Burns
Waterloo
Iowa Coal Operators
United Mine Workers
Oskaloosa
Fraser
SQUIBS AND FUNNY BITS Sunday School Quip
A Sunday school teacher laments to a boy named Johnny that they may not meet in the better land. Johnny responds with a witty, defiant question about his mischief and the afterlife. The exchange captures light humor from a bygone page.
Contentment or riches debated by two men
The philosopher notes contentment as better than riches while Dustin Stax replies with a wry desire for both. The exchange hints at a light moral about balance between wealth and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin Stax
Baby weight mystery baffles proud father
A humorous exchange centers on a newborn weighing. The father jokes he last weighed the baby nearly three hours ago, adding to the lighthearted moment as relatives share the joke about the infant’s size.
Child’s Resignation Mirrors Father’s Diminished Fame
A visitor notes four year old Harry resembles his father and the boy responds with quiet acceptance. The exchange captures a moment of humor and contrast as the child acknowledges the common comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Neighbor’s remark on music sparks playful tension
A woman tells of her daughter’s growing love for music and the neighbor replies with a cheeky cut at her husband’s reaction, suggesting the man’s passion is stirred more than the daughter’s. The exchange concludes with light, humorous tension between Mrs. Snappe and the other woman.
Cannibal mother hints at new minister dinner plan
A cannibal mother urges her youngest to mind behavior as she reveals they will dine on the new minister. The exchange shows dark humor about a planned killing and feast.
Pompous resort guest and gray-eyed man clash over society
A summer resort conversation reveals class tension as a pompous host touts elite society and a cold eyed interlocutor hints at dubious connections through private talk of padded vans. The exchange signals underlying intrigue and possible crime links.
American agriculture a bulwark in inflation era gains
The west with large corn and wheat crops supports the nation through inflated finance. Agriculture this year will add about four billion dollars to wealth and foreign buyers will pay around nine hundred million dollars for exports. The farmer funded European debt, repatriated securities, and supported global investment, while per capita wheat consumption sits at about five hundred forty four bushels annually for eighty one million people. High meat prices may lift bread demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Europe
A Voice From the Pulpit Praises Kidney Pills
Rev. Jacob D. Van Doren of Fond Du Lac Wisconsin testifies to kidney disorder attacks that kept him home for days He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with improving health reducing pain and normalizing kidney secretions He notes Dean's Kidney Pills are sold by all dealers at 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob D. van Doren
Sixth Street
Fond du Lac
Wis
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Wm. Y
Blood Will Tell How Blood State Affects Female Health
A health advertorial explains that a woman’s happiness hinges on blood balance and that Dr Williams Pink Pills restore function during menstrual suppression and other female disorders. It cites Miss Mattie Griggs of Lawrence Kansas who recovered after four months of cessation and urges readers to obtain the company booklet Plain Talks to Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Griggs
Indiana Street
Lawrence
Kansas
Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Iady
N. Y
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