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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1904
Page
2
A weekly digest of home and foreign items covering industry, politics, and notable happenings. Highlights summarize personal, political, and international developments from the past seven days.
A large blaze in Idaho Falls Idaho started in the Butte cafe and burned seven hours destroying most of the business blocks. Loss tallies reach about 300000 with thin insurance coverage.
A mass meeting in Salt Lake formed a permanent American party aimed at opposing Mormon interference in politics. In St. Louis, the Louisiana Purchase exposition’s banner event drew 385,000 attendees with parades speeches songs and fireworks. A severe Atlantic coast storm from Jacksonville to New York caused fourteen deaths and extensive property damage with shipping disruptions and inland losses.
The piece notes Maine’s Republican plurality around 30 000 versus 34 132 in 1900, Democratic gains of 31 percent and Republican 15 percent, with women voters pivotal in Colorado Wyoming Utah and Idaho in November. It lists Republican and Democratic nominations and conventions in multiple states and a few local political shifts. It also covers Judge Parker’s travel, Iowa licensing law invalidation, and other state party decisions.
A British warship stands by to sink the Russian cruiser Lena if she is forced from San Francisco and menaces British merchant ships. Gen. Orloff is blamed for Liaoyang defeat in Gen. Kuropatkin's report to the emperor.
Davenport ex mayor S F Smith returns to Iowa to answer grand jury indictments for embezzling over 100000 dollars entrusted as manager of large estates. Indictments on multiple counts expected, testimony likely to take a week. Trustees dismiss Smiths westward vow as unnecessary amid hasty creditor actions.
A pair of professional burglars dynamited safes in Minden's post office and meat market, stealing between 400 and 500 dollars from the government safe and about 10 dollars from the market. The explosions were heard townwide, but no clues were left and the thieves escaped.
Charles McGuire a Sioux City strike leader and Hog Butchers union president and Frank Caine a stockyards saloon keeper were indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy against the Cudahy Packing company during the packers strike. McGuire served as ringleader and brains behind moves and was arrested early in the strike, fined 100 dollars for an alleged assault on a boy visitor to the plant.
Five men held up a Rock Island train near Letts just after midnight. They blew the safe with dynamite and wrecked the baggage car, taking about $20,000. Passengers were not harmed and the bandits vanished into the woods after rifling the safe. The engine was taken near Letts.
William Fox a 95 year old Jackson county veteran known as General Fox says his wife left him after nearly six decades of marriage. He claims no cause for abandonment and refuses to be held liable for her debts. He fought in the Mexican and Civil Wars and several Indian campaigns.
J. P. Fenton a traveling man from Philadelphia died after leaping from a second story window at the Butler hotel in Boone. He struck his head on impact and the force drove his skull through a cellar door. He died a few hours later.
A playful exchange weighs friendship’s depth with a quip about skin. The fragment suggests urban wit set in Philadelphia, highlighting a sharp back-and-forth dialogue about perception and closeness.
The Nickel Plate Road markets vacation trips to famous eastern summer resorts with stopovers at Niagara Falls and Lake Chautauqua. Three modern trains run from Chicago to Ft. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, New York and Boston with dining and sleeping cars. Tickets are priced lower than comparable routes, with meals available from 35 cents to 1.00, and colored porters provide courteous service. Inquiries directed to J Y Calahan, General Agent, Chicago.
The Ohio farmer who named his newborn Roosevelt Parker is taking no chances, signaling strong defense of the unusual name as reported by the Atlanta Constitution.
Kansas City Southern Ry offers special excursion fares on Sept 13 20 27 Oct 4 and 18 to Arkansas Indian Territory Louisiana and Texas with very low one way and round trip rates. Write G Warner G P T A for details Kansas City Mo
A cautious notice from Ocean Grove New Jersey asserts a medical cure for coughs and colds is advertised by a local dealer. The date given is February 17 1900 and the speaker is N W Samuel. The tone warns against interference for promotional purposes.
A clipped Chicago Daily News item notes a proverb about sowing wild oats and outcomes, implying caution about risky youth choices.
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