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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1880
Page
2
Fosventers carried the state ticket in Maine and elected alongside, two of the Sve congressmen. Local issues defeated the Republicans of a complete victory, but success is promised in November, and our Republican friends may rest assured that victory will crown their efforts at the end of this presidential campaign.
St Jotres, reigning trotting champion, is entered to challenge his own record at the Pair Grounds in Washington next month. Maud 8's reentry on public roads delays and fans hope for another milestone in trotting history following the 1880 record.
The society pages buzz over Ulysses Grant winning Miss Jennie Flood daughter of a Pacific Coast bonanza king. The couple planned marriage soon. Grant reportedly traveled to California and amid a spree in San Francisco neglected his fiancée and her $1,500,000 4 percent government securities.
The price current notes five year US corn average at 1.376 billion bushels and eight year average at 936 million. It reports a forecast for the present year of 1.345 billion bushels, down 200 million from 1879 and 13 percent from last year.
The St Louis Daily Times argues that if silver fails to circulate as a medium, gold should share blame. It notes three dollars in gold for every one in silver, yet silver circulates more widely. The piece warns condemning gold would abandon all money to fiat and irredeemable paper.
The passage compares monarchies and republics noting that critics in England and Europe have accused American border state justice of lynch law while executions without trials existed in Europe in the past. It argues aging traditions affect views on current practices.
A Wasumerox dispatch to the Chicago Tribune describes Maine Republicans who voted with Fusionists as celebrating a day of satisfaction. The piece portrays former Confederate sympathizers, former prisoners, and antiwar figures reveling in the outcome with scenes of hotel socializing and festive backslapping.
A dispatch from Braine to the National Republican committee condemns the Maine vote outcome as a betrayal by Republican electors driven by money. He argues money did not broadly buy votes and criticizes Senator Blaine for endorsing a telegraphic claim that friends were bought. He calls the charge the dirtiest defense a defeated candidate can use.
The Hancock plan argues the nation seeks national reform in administration while Maine shows local Republicans discontent with Army leadership and state figures. Supporters cite local jealousies and heartburns as factors in defeats, naming Blaine as influential and predicting further clashes at local levels.
The article argues Indiana may not be decided as Maine did in September, and emphasizes that local differences within the party should be healed before the election. It notes there is no criterion to judge national outcomes by other states and stresses unity.
A detailed tour through the college displays diverse student work from zoological mounts and insect collections to Iowa woods crafts and a printing department. Highlights include twenty thousand Iowa insects, polished woods for flooring, a press and typesetting setup, and a notable cookery program with a grand student dinner.
A compiled note on hog cholera warns of yearly losses up to 20 million dollars and outlines contagion, transmission, symptoms, and the need for strict prevention. Col. R. M. Littler lectures Iowa farmers on butter making, urging creamery butter sales to improve prices and reduce losses from ignorance.
State Board of Health urges local boards to enforce glanders controls, isolate suspected animals, and report promptly to prevent the disease’s spread to humans. Warning of severe, often fatal outcomes and calls for destruction of confirmed cases. Also notes a shift in attitude toward agriculture and optimistic future for farming leadership.
The October issue shines with literary and artistic goods, billed as the best and cheapest Sunday magazine. Leading article by A. H. Guernsey examines Christians in the Turkish Empire, followed by notable pieces like a Peru journey and a Havana Passion play.
The issue highlights new serial Hester Morgan's Husband and Maid Majority plus short stories sketches and poems by celebrated writers. Noteworthy articles include Felicia Dorothea Hemans and Coptic Community in Apt with diverse European life pictures. 123 quarto pages per number, illustrations exceed 1090. Single copy 25 cents. annual postpaid $3. Frank Leslie's Publishing House New York.
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