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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
2
A wide array of articles notes suicides in New York and Chicago, fatal automobile wrecks near Long Branch, labor strikes and policy clashes, Roosevelt speeches on Cuba and citizenship, coal disputes in New York, naval and political shifts, and economic figures from the Klondike and U S output.
Brief round up of industrial field news, personal notes and political items from home and abroad. Short items cover economic trends, domestic events, and overseas developments with concise summaries.
George Hoadley former Ohio governor died in Watkins New York at 76. Anna Douglas died in Fort Lauderdale aged 101. Illinois Democrats nominate H C Bell B F Caldwell and James Lingle for Congress in Eighteenth Twenty first and Twenty fifth districts. California Republicans nominate George C Pardee for governor. Michigan Democrats nominate Fred B Wood for Congress Second district. Ernest Schlaewin dies in Milwaukee at nearly 100. C Scott Delay Shreveport Times editor dies.
A report alleging the United States sought South African veterans to fight in the Philippines is shown to be groundless. Other items note wage declines in England, a royal farewell, and various wartime actions across Europe and the Caribbean.
Violent France storms ruin vineyards with hail smashing buds. Texas congressman Reese C De Graffenreid dies suddenly in Washington at the Riggs house. Indian pilot John Boucher dies at 80 in Sault Ste. Marie after guiding thousands safely. Brig Gen Gobin orders troops to shoot and bayonet mobs in coal fields. Wounded Captain Heim in Lansford clash as strikers bayoneted. Public Alliance urges President Roosevelt to end the coal strike. Leagues of American Municipalities convene in Grand Rapids with Mayor Smyth chairing. Twenty buildings burn in Livingston Texas. Gov Hoadley’s remains buried in Cincinnati. US weekly failures 173. Canadian 14. National Farmers congress to meet in Macon GA Oct 7–11. Francis Rawle elected ABA president. Amish buy 1000 acres near Meyer Texas to form colony. Mr and Mrs Murphy die from gas in Minneapolis.
A Cuban senator calls for removing all United States flags from the island. Pressed Steel Car of New York reports orders exceeding 20 million dollars in new cars. Luther R. Marsh, once Daniel Webster’s partner, dies in Middletown at 89. John W. Gates predicts unprecedented prosperity for laborers and capitalists. German consular system expands rapidly. Powers surrender control of Tientsin to Chinese authorities. Ex governors Ramsey of Minnesota and Holbrook of Vermont are still alive. Surveys seek to measure groundwater depths in the western United States. A 15 million dollar mortgage is filed covering United States Shipbuilding Company property in New Jersey. Rear Admiral Taylor warns pay increases for warrant officers are needed. Joplin fifer Palmer plays a fife used by his grandfather in 1812. Carnegie’s 10 million dollar endowment largely funds life-origin research. Three Norwegians elected as South Dakota governors. W K Vanderbilt Jr quits auto hobby as New York and Newport leaders follow. Naval training site selection board nears Chicago area. Immigration bureau to track arrivals to aid naturalization and curb frauds.
Ray Fisminger a 13 year old from Harri son township Mahaska county confessed to poisoning the Andersons family food with strychnine on two occasions The lad a helper for the Andersons was reluctant to speak in front of his mother Charity Eis mimnger He says the bottle of strychnine was bought to kill crows and he acted alone before being sent to reform school.
The War Department order affecting three state schools that employ regular army officers as instructors will not likely alter Cedar Falls Normal's military program. Trustees will decide actions, but President Seerley and the board are expected to keep or enhance the program. The normal's military department is regarded as one of the best and the change may even double instructional time.
Moore Brothers and Felthouse of Mason county found that their Chapin warehouse scales overcharged by 10 to 19 bushels per hundred. An expert audit suggests they have likely paid out about $1,500 for grain never received from the warehouse.
A skilled con man forged two checks in Waterloo bearing the signature of Illinois Central engineer A. J. Fairbank. One for 15 dollars and another for 16.50 dollars were paid after the swindler used a boy to collect funds from J. J. Knapp's pharmacy and Hurst's grocery with a note supposedly from Fairbank.
Prof H W Wickham of the zoology department brings the finest beetle collection to Iowa City to Iowa's museum. He tracked the field triumphs across the Death Valley region of California and Nevada, covering 20 000 square miles on foot and crossing Kearsarge Pass.
A playful excerpt features George praised for strong hands as his mother-in-law watches him unscrew a stubborn can of preserves. The bride comments on his skill and recalls his sleep talk about a beautiful pair of openers, in a light domestic tone.
The Chicago and Alton Railway established an Employment Bureau to recruit from along the Alton line. Local citizens are contacted to find young men of good habits and high character for roles such as telegraph office staff clerks operators brakemen and firemen after mental and physical examinations.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a character named Nodd and a doctor discussing a move to next door in a London Tit-Bits context. The text is unclear and garbled, with dialogue about scying and stopping, lacking concrete names, dates, or events.
Travelers east or west find Nickel Plate Road fares among the lowest with comfortable travel. Colored uniformed porters attend to passenger needs regardless of ticket class, with care for ladies and children. Modern coaches sleeping cars and dining service, meal plans from 35 cents to 1.00, no excess fare. Read tickets via Nickel Plate Road.
A quirky line notes that even when a bachelor locates his ideal woman she may be seeking a platonic ideal of a man Artful editorial tone from Chicago Daily News hints at romantic idealism and social norms without specifics.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad introduces dining car service between St Louis and New Orleans and Mobile. The superintendent of dining cars and commissary headquarter moved to Jackson Tennessee. The cars compare favorably in cost finish and furnishing with the best built to date.
A Plautus line warns that a man is worthless who can receive a favor but cannot return one. It emphasizes civic virtue and gratitude in social relations.
An old medical advertisement compiles claims for Allen's Foot-Ease a remedy for hot sweaty feet and feet swelling with trial package free and price listed. It cites Druggists and addresses in New York. It also includes a testimonial about Piso's Cure for Consumption and a quote from various sources.
Stops the cough and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
A concise quotation attributed to Horace emphasizing self mastery. The line cautions that unchecked emotion can govern actions if not kept in check.
Tablets will mark sites of Buffalo’s first schoolhouse built 1807 and first courthouse. The schoolhouse was burned in 1813 by British forces. Prof Hamlin notes recent U S building costs rival medieval cathedral expenditures.
Lenox Missouri September 1 A local man W H Brown credits a friend for recommending Dodd s Kidney Pills after twelve months of backache He used two boxes and reports complete relief and renewed health praising the remedy and the friend who suggested it
A Lancet writer notes cancer strikes younger people today. London Hospital asks if good diets boost recoveries. Dr. Flagge explains heat transfer through closed rooms. Britain’s mean temp rose about 1.5 degrees in 50 years and January warmer. Birds such as skylark tutlark woodlark water pepper sedge warbler willow warbler winchat are observed. Princeton’s Wyckoff to study mound builders and geology in Colorado. Twilight myths challenged with Peru sunset data and latitude effects on daylight.
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