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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1892
Page
2
Vermont swung Republican as the party captured the full state ticket. The GOP gained 5,339 votes over 1890, with a plurality of 19,625. Democrats lost nine representatives in the legislature compared with two years ago.
Maine held its first election under the Australian system on Monday. The trial satisfied observers with a turnout about 12,900 fewer than 1888. The result elected the Republican governor, four congressmen, and two-thirds of the legislature in a landslide compared with the Democratic rival.
In 58 counties the Democrat has 69,634 votes, the Republican 24,148, and the People's Party 22,444. Seventeen counties remain uncounted, with expectations of increasing the Democrat share.
At the state convention on September 13 the Connecticut Democrats adopted platform planks calling taxes the chief revenue source and supporting a gold redeemable safe currency. They opposed state or private bank bills unless insured as national bank notes.
On Long Island harbor residents resisted the transfer of Fire Island for a temporary cholera quarantine station. They blocked landings for days with force and an injunction from a utility court judge, but the governor sent in the militia and the full court reversed that order, restoring calm.
President Harrison remains at his wife Mrs. Harrison's bedside as anxiety grows over her health. He has canceled engagements to stay near her and may miss the upcoming G A R national encampment in Washington. Public sympathy runs across party lines for her swift recovery.
The September Atlantic, Cosmopolitan, and Century issues feature Deland’s The Story of a Child, Whittier’s last poem to Holmes, and Amma San. Articles cover education in the South, citizenship topics, Jersey inland arts, arctic reports on Labrador and Alaska, plus art and architecture notes. An Iowa College presents A Greek Play on the Prairies.
The Review of Reviews highlights Louise Michel in its character sketch section and praises the journal for its month’s progress coverage. It notes the month’s events, numerous portraits, and strong interest in the issue.
A Carroll Herald note reports Iowa labor commissioner Sovereign claiming farmers’ collapse in productivity while New York data show wage gains of six million dollars since the McKinley act. Critics accuse him of bias, but Peck’s data reportedly contradict Sovereign’s conclusions, prompting partisan reactions and calls to share data with party committees.
Postal authorities advise withholding disputed mail when a firm dissolves and no receiver is named. Letters inciting dispute or arriving after thirty days should go to the dead letter office marked In Dispute. Postmasters may not reveal patron addresses. law officers may obtain postmarks to pursue fugitives.
Mr A Jeffers notes electric power is used near Old Point Comfort to haul cabbage potatoes beans and other crops from Hamp ton truck farms to the government wharf for local use and for shipment by steamer to New York Philadelphia Boston Baltimore or Washington. He mentions other lines near Norfolk considering the same. An electric motor on a flat car acts as the locomotive with additional flat cars loaded to full capacity.
Geneva physician Dr Redard proposes using chloride of ethyl in sealed glass tubes for local anesthesia. A breakable tip releases a cold jet to numb targeted areas, effective for sciatica neuralgia and toothache. The liquid freezes water and can aid laboratory cooling.
Prof. A Graham Bell discusses future telephone systems arguing that current outdoors lines perform best, but underground wires would require a metallic circuit similar to long distance setups. He notes two conductors and envisions a new arrangement to protect the network.
A public warning notes that extensive use of wires will raise company expenses and force the public to cover the cost. As wire numbers grow rapidly, the speaker argues they must soon be buried to curb rising expenses and avoid luxury spending.
A massive search light has been placed atop Mt. Washington New Hampshire at 6300 feet. It runs 90 amperes with 56 volts and uses a 30 inch French lens to project a beam readable from six miles away at the Fabyan House. Hotels within twenty miles may be illuminated, boosting evening lawn parties and tennis events.
A writer in The Clay Worker remarks that truly capable labor is scarce across professions. He notes skilled chiefs, steady office help, and good foremen are hard to find and may lift a worker from low to higher status, expanding his world. The piece cites Scientific American.
Central Station Des Moines Iowa reports a cool week with 2 to 3 degrees below normal average and heavy rains in eastern districts. Corn progress slow but fair, frost risk by September 25, 1882. winter wheat planted. frost expected in northern part Wednesday morning. crop summary from 857 correspondents notes 75 percent corn condition and 85 percent need September time to ripen.
A compilation of critiques questioning free trade logic. It argues duties protect American industry and wool prices, cites McKinley law effects, timbering lines of reform, and compares Democratic leaders to historical protectionists. It also questions reform bills on tin plate and raw materials.
Massachusetts Senator Dawes once faced a lucrative offer to take stock in the Bell Telephone Company which would have made him a millionaire if he had accepted.
Othe Cook and his wife of Burlington Iowa visited Mrs L C St John Friday and Saturday. They planned a brief stop with their aunt Mrs Lyman Crane of Kelley after visiting Mr Cook's parents in Onawa and were en route home.
A compilation of statements from Franklin, Grant, Garfield, Clay, Webster, Hamilton, Blaine, Sherman, McKinley, Reed, Jefferson, Madison, Washington, Lincoln, Harrison, Cleveland, Grant, Polk, Davis, Calhoun, and Buchanan advocating protection or free trade. The excerpts span 1789 to 1861 with varied stances on tariffs, domestic industry, and national policy.
State notes report five Iowa ladies among passengers from Europe held in quarantine in New York. Other items include Jumber fatally injured by an elevator in Grinnell, Ellsworth creamery fire with $1,500 insured loss, and C W Hall of Winterset Bank dead from heart disease.
Durham Globe editor hypes G Cleveland over Harrison, praising the Buffalo man who slapped pensioners while denouncing immigrants as dirty rascals. He proclaims southern loyalty and a White Man's country stance, asserting ongoing fight for honesty.
The Treasury Department orders that from September 18 1892 ships carrying immigrant personal baggage from cholera infected districts must present consular disinfected proof. Disinfection methods include boiling for an hour, steam at 100 to 115 C, or a 2 percent carbolic acid solution for leather and rubber goods.
The text argues that inebriety is a physical disease with hereditary and social causes. It further claims it is a disease of the moral nature caused by inactive intellect, weak conscience, unchecked appetite, and poor moral education, asserted as clearly proven.
Nostalgic rhyme notes Castoria used for children from infancy to motherhood. A motif of trust in Castoria as a household remedy passed through generations. No explicit product claims. focuses on repeated usage across life stages.
The fourth annual reunion of the Twenty-third Iowa will be held at Ames on Wednesday October 19 1892 at 10 a.m. Surviving comrades are urged to attend with arrangements for reduced railroad rates. Secretaries Walker and Glasgow announce the event.
The notice invites readers to join a club with the Skandinaven and Intelligencer, the leading paper of its kind in the United States, for a yearly price of $3.00 and directs applications to the issuing office.
Weekly transfers ending Sept 3 1892 include Iowa R R Land Co to Virginia Houser and multiple other deeds across Ames Nevada Maxwell and Slater Junction with prices from 12 to 4200 dollars and parcels ranging from lots to blocks including Blairs Ames and Story City properties. A second week ending Sept 10 1892 records further transfers featuring Grath Gossard Kulow Rich and others with totals up to 3000 dollars across snw nw and adjacent parcels in the same towns.
Real estate notice offers lands and farms for sale at reasonable prices on good terms and many farms for rent each year. Also residences and about fifty town lots in Nevada. Loans at low rates on real estate security. Call F C McCaay Nevada Story County Iowa for buying or selling real estate.
On September 27, 1892 the North Western Line will sell half rate Harvest Excursion tickets to Dakota Nebraska Kansas Wyoming Utah Idaho Colorado and Montana. Tickets are first class and valid for return passage within twenty days from sale. For rates and information apply to Chicago and North Western agents.
Weather remains gloomy yet forecasts call for warm conditions this fall. Miss Fannie Outwater returns to Des Moines after visiting relatives. Mrs. Outwater visits Mr. Liddles. Mr. Lefer shows off a new two seat buggy. Mr. G N McFarlan heads to New York via Chicago and Cincinnati to visit relatives. McGill advances on his new house and seeks a housekeeper. A Stanhope gent buys land to open a meat store in Gilbert. Barnum and Bailey show draws crowds at Boone. Mrs. Addie Clemens recovers slowly from illness. Rev. Henderson preaches at the Presbyterian church after missing his McCallsburgh train. Town school expected soon. teachers unnamed.
Due to the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Washington D C the Chicago and North Western Railway offers excursion tickets from September 18 to 20 at low rates with return passage valid until October 10 1892 For tickets and information contact local agents and the railway office.
From September 10 to 11 excursion tickets to Portland Oregon are sold at half fare. Tickets are valid for return within 60 days and travelers may return by a different route. Inquiries through Iowa Central Ry. agents or Thomas P Barry.
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