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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1900
Page
6
US population tops 75.6 million as world events move
The United States population is estimated at 75,578,000, up 12,955,750 since 1890. Reports note battles and disasters worldwide including fires in Wisconsin and Illinois mobs in Missouri, a train wreck in Illinois, coal miners threatening strike, and a shaken political scene with nominees and campaigns across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bar Harbor
McKinley
Canton
New York
St. Louis
Enoch Mows
Bastrop
Tex
Neal Lane
Potosi
Wis
Navy
William E. Morris
Engineer Ryan
Northwestern
Freeport
Francis Frohm
Elizabethville
George Bancroft
Charles Robinson
Chambers
Wilkesbarre
F. E. Clark
Christian Endeavor
Boston
Peking
Lake Front
Chicago
Joseph Dakus
Poplar Bluff
Paul Cronin
E. Miller
Waukesha
Hartford
Conn
Michigan
Peotone
Inl
William Krieg
Chris Miller
George Krieg
Hannah Hansel
Georgetown
Cantrill
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Albany
N. Y
Elijah Davis
Charleston
Havana
Cuba
Lituya Bay
Alaska
State Bank of
Detroit
Mich
John N. Parsons
Peoria
William Fitzpatrick
Richard Gordon
Clifton
Manito
Lil
Rawlins
Fitzhugh Lee
Florida
Thomas Riggsford
Kingsford Starch Company
Oswego
China
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Louisiana
R. H. Burford
Richard Quinn
Fort St. Philip
Italy
Japan
America
John Endicott
Minot’s Light
Cohassett
Mass
Kruger
Lydenburg
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
Ind
Mitchell
Census Bureau
Portland
Ore
Chaffee
Labor union deemed a pool of trust by Justice Halloran
The Des Moines jurist rules a labor union operates as a pool of trust. West Point’s freshman class reaches 176, the largest in academy history. Secretary of War orders Gen. Shafter to discharge all volunteers in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Halloran
Des Moines
West Point
Military Academy
Secretary of War
Gen. Shafter
Department of California
San Francisco
Nations pore over Peking crisis amid foreign policy shifts
Status reports show Russia balking allies plan while China faces revolution and foreign mediation efforts. Li Hung Chang tours peace talks with four aides. Chaffee keeps 5000 troops in China. Japan vows action if China breaks apart. floods, storms, and battles ripple across the world stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
MacDonald
Peking
Russia
Germany
Li Hung Chang
Gen. Delarey
Elands
Jacques Faure
Paris Aero Club
English Channel
China
Canton
Gen Chaffee
Prince Ching
Yung-Lu
Hsu Tung
Ali Mahomet Bey
Persia
Bolice
Lord Roberts
Transvaal
Washington
Gaselee
War Office
Aguinaldo
Manila
Colima
Mexico
Galveston
Tex
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
McKinley
Philadelphia
Cuba
Porto Rico
Tientsin
Japan
Fo-Kien
Amoy
Lorenzo Waugh
Williams
Cal
John Reider
Brooklyn
N. Y
Abbott
Hartford
Coan
Albert D. Shaw
Congress
Twenty-fourth
New York
Wyoming
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Chaffee
War Department
Taku
United States
Philippines
Hill
State Department
Naval
Gen. Chaffee
Legation
London
Count von Waldersee
Chi Li
Europe
Robert Hart
Tokio
Emperor Kwang Su
Hsuen Hwa Fu
Yung Lu
George Hamilton
India
Shiffnal
Her
Emperor William Says God Is With Us for Germany
The official text records Emperor William's reply to the burgomaster's welcome. He ends with the assertion that he has no anxiety for the future because God is with them and will help them through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stettin
William
Cleveland Declines Hague Arbitration Board Appointment
Washington reports ex president Cleveland has declined the appointment to the international board of arbitration under The Hague treaty. Former president Harrison has accepted the post joining the arbitration board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Washington
International Board of Arbitration
Harrison
Tuppenny Tube and Lipton’s New Wine Venture
Londoners nickname the new underground railway Tuppenny Tube as it gains popularity. A pneumatic rocking-chair with air cushions akin to cycle tires is patented. Sir Thomas Lipton launches a venture to promote Australian wines to Britain, following his Ceylon tea strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
The Fall of Babylon
A Sunday school lesson ends in silence as children fail to name why Babylon fell. A reader named Percy jokes that Babylon fell perhaps because someone stepped on a banana peel, provoking a puzzled teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Babylon Fell
Babyon
Percy
Chicago Times-Herald
Low-Rate Excursions On Missouri Pacific And Iron Mountain
Low-rate excursions to the West Southwest and Southeast offered at half rate. Round trip fare of 2.00. Tickets on sale Tuesdays September 4 18 October 2 16 November 6 20 and December 4 18 1900. For full information contact H C Townsend G T Agent St Louis Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. Townsend
St.Louis
With Regrets. True spirit of estofial declining say old timer
A brief quip contrasts an old timer and a struggling author over the notion that true estofial spirit is waning. The Philadelphia Press notes the exchange as a humorous reflection on decline.
Quotations on Labor and Medicine from 1900
A line from N. W. Samuel of Ocean Grove New Jersey dated February 17 1900 contrasts the laborer as bread-winner with the employer as dough-winner and markets Piso Cure for Consumption as an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. W. Samuel
Ocean Grove
N. J
Industrious man faces surprising case and loafer
A line from the Atchison Globe notes the odd dynamic where a strong case and a loafer can rally against a diligent man. It highlights lingering tensions between diligence and fault finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Yucatan Gum Promises Clean Bright Teeth
Advice promotes White's Yucatan Gum as a method to maintain clean bright and sound teeth with pervasively available chewing gum sold by every confectioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Fame's perils ruin ambitious men in indiscretions
The Chicago Daily News notes that the wish for fame leads ambitious men to reckless acts that destroy their reputations, detailing how greed for attention or recognition causes downfall and public scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Daily News
Putnam Fapeless Drxs sold by druggists in half hour
A brief note states that Putnam Fapeless Drxs can be sold by druggists in about thirty minutes. The item is presented as ready for consumer purchase with quick service implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Ad offers a one day cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Priced at 25 cents.
Parlor Air Castles Slams Kitchens Missing
An Atchison Globe quotation critiques girls plans as airy and decorative only, lacking practical kitchens attached to their schemes.
Hall's Gatarrh Cure Advertised for Internal Use
An advertiser promotes Hall's Gatarrh Cure for internal use with a price of 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
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