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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
2
A weekly digest of home and foreign items, covering industrial developments, personal and political items, and happenings at home and abroad. The condensed survey highlights notable events across the past week in a compact reportage style.
Robbers tunneled into Chicago main post office vault and carried off stamps worth 74610 dollars. Night Watchman August Brinkman saw the loot removed in a light express wagon on two occasions. no promising crew has been found.
In a broad survey of international trade and policy, British observers note Boers purchase horses in Russia and cannon from France. Editorial commentary by Henry Watterson argues the president adheres to Republican party principles in hosting Booker T. Washington at the White House.
Foreign, American and European merchants in China fear a new outbreak. Cuban businessmen circulate a petition for annexation to the United States while a Havana reciprocity meeting is expected to back union with the U.S. The Pan American congress in Mexico calls on Venezuela and Colombia to seek peace.
The Santiago inquiry resumes as Admiral Schley testifies on the battle with Cervera's fleet and the blockade, countering prior sworn statements.
Washington dispatch reports President Roosevelt will read a concise message to critics this week covering reciprocity naval buildup and the Isthmian Canal. He may urge an amended Sherman Act, stronger immigration controls, and continued Philippines status quo with no tax cuts or new revenue measures.
Phoenix Arizona October 28 A statehood convention was held with delegates from every county municipality and commercial organization. Resolutions affirm Arizona's right to statehood and a committee was chosen to travel to Washington to present the claim before Congress.
Another body was recovered early Saturday from the ruins of Hunt Wilkinson & Co. at 1219-21 Market Street, bringing the death toll to 20. Eleven are still missing, with strong belief their bodies lie beneath the debris.
Jim Morgan, an escaped Texas penitentiary convict, was arrested in Tulsa on Friday. A $3,500 reward had been offered for Morgan’s capture.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for irregular and painful menstruation, leucorrhoea, womb issues, and related debility. It claims wide endorsements and cures, warning readers to refuse other medicines.
A compilation of curious measurements and natural facts including life expectancy of a 20 year old farm laborer, lethal eel venom, granite crushing weight, digestibility of rice, bones weights for men and women, the Hamburg gorilla, liquid hydrogen temperatures, and brain weights of dogs and birds, with notes on bird waking times.
The piece notes 80,000 American oil wells produce 160,000 barrels daily. It states one fifth of Germany’s population works in export industries. It reports Brooklyn Bridge cables show 71,000 psi strain, 18 percent over limit, and saddle pressures at tower tops reaching 36.6 tons per square foot, beyond the 20 tons permitted.
A collection of numeric items covers a yarn bank of 840 yards, daily European accident deaths at 300, Mississippi convict labor receipts about 10 000 dollars, New Orleans gunshot deaths at 78, global wheat 154 million acres, rye 115 million, maize 108 million, 1900 French auto duty with 2897 cars, 1859 two seaters, Atlantic crossing by steamer 935 feet long 87 wide 30 knots 110000 HP, coal use 1700 tons daily.
Clarissa Minnesota story tells how Mrs Clara Keys wife of a teacher suffered chronic back and head pain and neuralgia until using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She reports rapid relief and later her 74 year old mother also recovered, praising the remedy.
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