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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1897
Page
4
A miscellany of wry quotes and odd observations spans topics from vanity and bachelorhood to cigars and Greek rivalries. It notes Gladstone’s deafness, empresses, and a Chicago pool room linked to an alderman’s saloon, then comments on Idaho’s irregular adjournment and rare legislative behavior.
A new political party is to be organized next summer, seen as welcome news. The speaker asserts the country needs more political parties to diversify representation.
Reports from Missouri counties indicate an unusually forward greens crop this year. Rural inns have already served guests with a generous mess of greens, paired with breakfast bacon poached eggs corn pone and buttermilk in a hearty rural meal.
The article describes garments made from large sheets of crisped paper sewn together with bottomholes reinforced by calico or linen. The fabric is strong when wet, flexible, and extremely light, and is marketably cheap. It notes that every Japanese person bathes daily, influencing clothing durability and replacement.
Mrs Yetta Gerber aged 106 died in New York a Polish immigrant who recalled Napoleon's Russian invasion era. She came to New York ten years ago with daughter Mary. She worked at home until late life and cracked filbert nuts with her natural teeth. Survived by four living children ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
The piece lampoons a new East coast fad called the Poverty Party where guests dress as tramps. Characters include Dusty Rhoades Weary Willie Oyster Mike and Handorgan Sally. The humor centers on laughing at the misfortunes of the poor amid critique of social conditions and class bribery.
The era’s two veterans, Gladstone and Bismarck, reveal stark contrasts in age and attitude. Bismarck claims life has lost its joys and politics tire him while his illness grows. Gladstone remains vigorous, courageous, and devout, a beacon of steadfast public service.
The record quotes Bob promising to kill Corbett if he fights Fitzsimmons, while Corbett warned he would beat Fitzsimmons to death if he refused to fight. The exchange captures a violent, heightened rivalry between the ex-champion and the challenger.
A fragment notes improbable feats featuring excursion boats on the Mississippi and a Baron Munchausen style tale of tying a horse to a church steeple, reflecting tall folklore rather than serious event reporting.
One hundred depositors from the defunct South Ottumwa bank met in Ottumwa on March 31 and heard a committee report finding few assets and many discrepancies. They voted to pursue action to compel Banker Colt to pay in full with no compromise, and asked the court to set aside the assignment due to fraud while the assignee seeks an investigation.
Sioux City April 3. For years small lakes in northwestern Iowa northeastern Nebraska and the Dakotas have dried up as farmers improved beds and built on them. Heavy floods this season refill springs and lakes now hold 15 to 20 feet of water with no drainage expected for two to three years.
A meat train on the Chicago Great Western road wrecked three miles north of Gladbrook on April 2. The engine cleared the bridge while the following cars left the track and piled into a ravine. Eleven cars derailed, contents scattered, no injuries reported.
A colored burglar, likely Tom Coombs of Oskaloosa, entered D Wetsman home and stabbed M B Handler and R Grossman after being cornered. Mrs Wetsman fought to hold him, but he overpowered her. Only thirty cents missing. Handler loses an eye, other wounds not dangerous.
Albert Snodgrass, who held a January 25 marriage license to Dora Golliday, faces a seduction charge and a pending $20,000 damages suit for breach of promise after his father in Jasper county intervened and took him back home. The case is before the grand jury.
Dr George Paul son of Jim Paul and key figure in a sensational murder trial was liberated from the county jail at Ft Dodge and sent home to near Homer Webster City April 1. The grand jury did not indict him on suborning witnesses.
In Fairmount Minnesota on April 2 the jury found Lewis Kellihan guilty of murder in the first degree for killing a bank cashier during a Sherburne bank robbery. The court granted a stay of sentence until April 12 for preparation of a bill of exceptions and subsequent argument.
The jury acquitted Ike Cohen after eighteen hours of deliberation. Three more indictments remain likely to be continued to the September term. Mike Cohen was found guilty and sentenced to the penitentiary with prospects for appeal to the supreme court.
Des Moines April report says the senate committee on suppression of intemperance recommends passage of a manufacturing bill for intoxicating liquors by a 7 to 6 vote. The substitute for the house bill, prepared by Senator Ellis, is described as more stringent.
The federal court in Council Bluffs presided by Judge Woolson freed Avington A Edgington of Avoca a Drake University medical student after the trial on charges of conspiring to commit pension fraud.
A Chicago Great Western freight train derailed between Shell Rock and Everly on April 3. Four men in the caboose were badly shaken. property damage was heavy.
Ed Johnson of Frederick died hours after a spark from his pipe ignited powder he was pouring at Smoky Hollow mines between Frederick and Avery. He worked there two years and left a wife and one child.
Governor Drake pardons Michael Kerwin who was sentenced in March 1894 to six and a half years for manslaughter after stabbing John Maar at Twin Springs. The pardon came on a petition from local officials and jurors, with the condition kerwin avoid alcohol and saloons.
Des Moines reports Senator Riggen, once seen as doubtful on the manufacturing bill, has announced he will vote against it. The pledge is viewed as virtually guaranteeing the bill's defeat.
The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints plans a world conference in Lamont starting April 6 with legates expected from all states and possibly foreign countries.
Washington March 29 Congressman Clark of Keokuk has formally told colleagues he will not run again for the First district seat in Congress. He is expected to make a formal retirement announcement soon.
Iowa Senator Gear introduced a bill to appropriate 17,919 dollars to pay St Lobdell of Parkersburg Iowa for stores and supplies used by federal troops during the war.
Clint B. Catlin of Eldora was indicted for embezzling 1100 dollars and arrested in Ida Grove by Hardin County authorities. The batch of Iowa items also notes Washington Post rumors of E H Conger’s Brazil appointment, a Mystic track murder body found, Frank R Peck’s rail accident, and a Larrabee shooting motive dispute. An Independence report covers Bohemian laborer John Winger’s February disappearance and suspected insanity.
Reports from March and April show governments urging action over the Crete crisis. Greece faces pressure from major powers as Crete’s fate fuels calls for annexation, while Turkish and Macedonian tensions intensify near Elassona, Arta, and Thessalian frontier areas.
In the hills of Pinar del Rio near Cabezadas Rio Hono, insurgent General Rivera Rius Rivera led 109 rebels against Havana forces. After an hour of hard fighting the rebels were defeated. Rivera and his chief of staff Colonel Bacalla were taken prisoner, while Lieutenant Terry of the insurgents died of wounds. The troops suffered one killed and twenty-four wounded.
Guthrie Oklahoma reports a devastating cyclone hitting Chandler killing twenty one residents and injuring seventy five with many believed buried under wreckage. Only two buildings remain standing the Mitchell hotel and the Grand Island grocery. Further updates note twenty six killed outright and one hundred seventy injured as the town lies in ruins with fires burning debris.
Washington March 27 report shows the House moving slowly on the tariff bill with only five more pages disposed of bringing total to fourteen in two days under the five minute rule. Senate notes include nominations to Austria and China posts and debate on a kinetoscope ban and river improvements.
Cuba is poised to win the struggle, says Sylvester Scovel freshly released from a Cuban jail. He notes Spain spends about 10 million dollars monthly and loses 3,000 men per month to sickness and war while Cuban fighters and sympathizers total 193,000 against 265,000 Spaniards. Dupuy de Lome concedes Spain awaits a graceful exit as Cuba’s fate nears sealed amid official rascality or incapacity.
Washington reports a March surplus of 9,004,664 dollars, with receipts exceeding expenditures by that amount. The rise is linked to heavy imports and importers rushing to unload goods from bond before the Dingley bill took effect.
London notes Major Sir John Willoughby released from Holloway jail after ten months as part of the Jameson raid convictions. The sentence followed alongside Dr L B Jameson Maj R White Col H Fr White Col R Grey and Captain Coventry.
The steamer Laurada, long regarded as a Cuban filibustering vessel, was seized by customs officials at Witwindon Delaware on suspicion of violating its sailing provisions from Baltimore.
Ten thousand people left homeless by floods in Greenville Mississippi and surrounding districts. Three hundred towns submerged and desolation blankets the valley. Greenville is an isolated island with a single telegraph link to Winona. rail service cut off to the north and south.
Tendered to Colonel Grant on April 2, Colonel Fred Grant declines the offer to be assistant secretary of war. A report notes blotted ink origins in the United States, sand used before printing ink absorption, Borgund Norway houses an eleventh century church preserved by pitch. A flying quail struck Arthur L. Lezinsky near Coral Hollow California, causing him to fall unconscious.
Prince Bismarck was 82 on the 1st as Emperor William sent congratulations. William T. Adams known as Oliver Optic is dead. A Ferrol dispatch reports a collision sink with 21 lives lost. Washington notes 80,000 post office applicants after a change in administration. Arms and heavy pieces landed near Havana as famine hits Sancti Spiritus and sugar crop fails.
Official Manila dispatch reports Spanish troops clashing with insurgents. thirty insurgents killed and 1,097 surrendered. Three thousand families from the insurgent camp have reached Manila.
Des Moines reports three patents allowed but not issued. S. L. Hill of Moulton receives a cylinder press with a stationary cylinder and moving bed and crank driven ink transfer. Mrs. E. B. Young of Red Oak gets a water bag that seals water tight for portable use. C. E. Bechtel of Des Moines is granted a autographic manifold register. Inventors in other states can use the same services.
Five boys supplied the cigarettes sparking outrage from the keeper. Dalton Query of Blue Ridge Indiana is noted as a gum chewer for years and suffered a dangerous appendicitis attack with a gum ball found in his intestines. A monk at Gethsemane Kentucky is described as dying in his habitual robe with no coffin used.
Des Moines reports recount Senate action on internal improvements private property taking for that purpose and shifting appointive power to a library board. Discussions cover banks supervision revenue and regents and trustees of state institutions with amendments and enforcements noted.
The item mentions A. A. Powell of Cincinnati at 272 pounds and 7 feet 2 inches with shoe No 12 and glove No 19. It also recalls Samuel Ward of Waynesboro in July 1894 losing a cat from a moving train near Frederick Maryland, only for the cat to return. A Morocco sultan has hired Highlander musicians to play bagpipes, with Moorish players reacting to the sound.
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