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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
2
A condensed foreign dispatch summary highlights notable events from around the world. Readers are offered quick sketches of developments abroad and beyond, presented in compact form for fast assimilation.
Reports say Tartars control the Baku region with village massacres leaving Armenian casualties. oil industry ruined as Russian forces face defeats. News notes intensifying warlike activity and awaiting armistice.
Representatives of Russia and Japan signed the treaty at 3 47 p m on September 6 a naval salute rang out at Kittery Point to mark the event. Ratifications to be exchanged in Washington with President Roosevelt receiving thanks from the Japanese emperor for efforts toward peace and humanity. M de Witte attended a dinner in New York hosted by Col Harvey and paid tribute to the president.
Rioting in Tokio erupts over the peace treaty with Americans and Christians attacked. Martial law is declared, national troops deployed, two killed and about 500 injured as churches, police stations, and the cabinet home are damaged. Ko mura is foreign minister amid possible cabinet upheaval.
The yellow fever record to date shows 298 deaths and 2,142 total cases. The disease spreads with alarming rapidity in northern Louisiana and along the gulf coast, while a New Orleans physician is arrested for failure to report two cases. Improved city sanitation is expected due to the outbreak.
Patrol Driver Charles Platner of Council Bluffs police was accidentally wounded by Jailer Thomas Sloan during a chase of a burglar from the residence of Mrs. Lundean on Oakland avenue. Sloan discharged his revolver while climbing a fence, the bullet striking Platner in the left breast near the heart.
D R Willson once a prominent Shenandoah figure was arrested in a Chicago flat by Detectives Sheehan and Kane after a yearlong investigation spanning Europe Mexico and the United States. He is accused of forging about 40000 in Shenandoah IA with the First National Bank as the principal victim.
Herbert Penner fourteen year old son of Bernard Penner a Chicago architect died at the home of H H Anderson his grand uncle in Davenport. He entered an unfinished bathroom lit a gas heater without proper exhaust and was overcome by the fumes. He fainted and died several hours later at the wealthy residence.
In Sioux City, tennis player Robert Tacka Berry collapsed during a match after a dramatic reach for the ball. Spectators, including his wife, laughed thinking it was part of the play. Minutes later a bystander found him dead, suggesting a fatal injury from the effort.
The national convention of post office clerks gathered 200 delegates representing about 97 000 members. Welcome addresses were given by Postmaster Boyd, Mayor Huston, and Cedar Rapids branch president M L Davis. Chicago president Donoghue replied.
Rev. William A. Shanklin of Reading Pa. named president of Upper Iowa University. Shanklin a Hamilton College and Garrett Biblical Institute graduate has served as pastor in Spokane and Seattle.
Cedar Rapids reports William Bryant of Marion died after an ether anesthesia during cancer surgery. He was a renowned horseman in the state and died from brain hemorrhage during the operation.
In India a physician listens to the patient chest and notes a curious swelling over the heart area. The patient jokes that the swelling is his pocketbook and pleads not to reduce it too much, adding a humorous air to the dramatic scene.
In a brief gossiping exchange Mrs Bacon asks if her husband is better while Ms Egbert remarks he is worse. She says when he goes fishing he cannot refrain from lying about his catch and makes affidavits instead.
A brief, childlike dialogue explains the canal as a growing link beyond the Panama region. The exchange frames the water route as a widening path that connects distant places, using simple terms and a playful tone.
A historical note from Philadelphia hints that while battles may define war, lasting peace depends on the careful negotiations and thrifty arrangements led by skilled diplomats.
Monticello Mississippi September 4 Special citing fresh evidence that Dodd's Kidney Pills cure kidney troubles Mrs Lett and Mrs Baggett are named locals praising the American Kidney Remedy The ad claims Dodd's Kidney Pills drain impurities from blood and restore health with testimonials from residents about dropsy and kidney strain efforts.
Fragmentary text mentions shots on Wall Street and references a distant side. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Advertises Mull's Anti Belch Wafers claiming cure for indigestion belching sour eructations and stomach pain. Promises two boxes for 75 cents or a free sample by coupon, stating no drugs and a safe, absorber action with bold claims.
Fairfield two year old Wendell Stucker drowned after falling into a cistern at his grandfather W. W. Whitaker’s home. Burlington losses include Mrs Louisa Steingraber dead and Mrs Mary Lessers fatally injured in a stairway fall. Des Moines Rabbi Eugene Mannheimer named successor to S H Sonneschien at Mount Sinai Sioux City and Des Moines. Jamaica hundreds attend annual pioneers reunion from Dallas Guthrie and Green counties. Webster City Harry Cooley struck by Northwestern train and killed at Eagle Grove yards. Swea City sixtieth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Henry White celebrated at Bradgate. Marshalltown Mrs Paul Rodolff commits suicide by chloroform. Des Moines ministerial association reorganizes after summer break electing officers and committees. Maloy J W Beaman reappears after disappearance near Cleveland. Hopkinton Milroy Johnson hardware store broken into. razors and silverware valued at $50 stolen. Waterloo Western division WW Co A convention names Waterloo as permanent meeting place. Des Moines miner Robert Bartholomew killed by blasting powder discharge.
An Indianapolis News item from Nashville Tennessee extols Ward Seminary as a model educational Christian home. It highlights its thorough faculty and instruction, urging readers to write for information.
Excursion return fares from Chicago and Philadelphia offered with liberal limits. Details at city ticket office corner Ark St and Jackson Blvd Chicago. Telephone Harrison 1757. Note the article indicates a new era ahead.
The Nickel Plate Road advertises its Splendid Passenger Service with attention to colored porters in uniform and special care for women traveling with children. Dining and berthing options are advertised with no excess fares, and trains depart from Street Station in Chicago. For tickets and schedules contact J Calahan, General Agent.
A reflective snippet notes the urge to speak honestly about thoughts and feelings, framing a moral meditation as if from the Albany Argus. It presents a somber, almost biblical cadence with a cryptic admonition toward inner truth and distant judgment.
A fragment notes a petition dated February 15, 1900, from F. Boyer of Trinity Springs opposing Piso's Cure for ri gms, with a proverb about sides and outcomes on the right.
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