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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1900
Page
2
The text claims Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters cures indigestion and dyspepsia and prevents malaria fever and age. It notes dusty decks on ships at night despite morning washing and days with no work. The sun allegedly shines every Saturday but one in the year.
Senator Healy introduces a bill to regulate Iowa building and loan associations. The measure ends fixed charges, requires expenses be paid from earnings, and caps salaried officers at two with a $3,200 annual limit each, addressing perceived injustices and payroll excesses.
In Des Morins Frank Belding was convicted of robbery and given twenty years at Fort Madison, with hard labor. He resisted the sentence, cursed the judge, and demanded death or punishment on the court steps, before bailiffs escorted him to jail.
Mason City reports Cecil Emsley Gale a four year old born blind who began making melodies at 16 months and now plays sixty tunes. He learned without lessons reproducing any heard piece instantly and without forgetting it.
Luther Davidson, on trial in district court for shooting Alfred Thelin at Fraser last summer, withdrew his not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit manslaughter. Judge Weaver sentenced him to four months in jail and a $250 fine. he has already served five months. Thelin suffered a dangerous wound during mining troubles after being labeled a scab but recovered.
The supreme court finished its current term and members have returned home. During the term opinions were issued in eighty nine cases with sixty two affirmed and twenty seven reversed. A special term will be held in April to issue opinions, and the next regular term begins on the second Tuesday in May.
On February 9 S C Masterson and George D Rand escaped from the county jail and remain at large. Masterson is wanted in Oklahoma for rape and Rand awaits grand jury action on grand larceny. Rand is accused of stealing Nabby G a trotting horse and a buggy from a local livery stable weeks earlier.
Cepar Ramos February 9. Grace church choir under Prof. Hall quits after rector Rev. Thamas FE Green, late bishopric candidate for Iowa, publicly criticised them. Choir and organist say the rector was angered because the soprano faced the audience from the stall.
A young man named Neikirk, six miles north of Glidden, was kicked on the chest by a vicious horse as he dismounted a wagon. He suffered a broken collar bone and two ribs and was found lifeless before recovering with medical aid on the scene. his condition improves with a chance of recovery.
Newton Feb 10 Judge A R Dewey holds section 1374 of the code constitutional and retroactive allowing five years of back tax collection. The Iowa Tax Investigating Company sued several parties, arguing unconstitutionality. The decision follows exhaustive arguments and overrules demurrers saving thousands to the state.
Des Moines receives one of the two inch guns salvaged from the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa after its destruction near Bermuda. The gun, Spanish made and rescued by the US ship Vulcan, will be mounted in a public square. The vessel was raised by Hobson after attempting escape from Santiago harbor.
Drs Morkxs Feb 9. The House normal school committee voted almost unanimously to report for passage a bill creating three additional normal schools. Only Representatives Towner and Cold opposed the measure in the final tally. The committee meeting ran into the afternoon with lively discussion, but members favored at least reporting the bill and leaving floor opposition to later debate.
G N Matthissen was badly wounded in the leg by a mad boar and is described as in dangerous condition. Detectives uncover a scrap iron and brass theft ring involving thirteen people. John Callanan stabbed city marshal Mell Lambertson at Edmundson house. Frantz found dead near Iowa City with throat cut. Treasurer Herriott faces alleged malfeasance over state tax collection. Fire at Ervay clothing store in Rudd destroys property. several injuries incurred, origin of the fire unknown.
Feb 11 1900 Des Moines Johnson of the State Agricultural Society advocates selling coal rights under fair grounds to fund improvements for the Harriman bill and warns mining companies may seize the coal. Rev J C George presses for homes and jobs for discharged penal workers and a state department under the board with a dedicated fund. Sioux City Har Association seeks another judge for the Fourth district and to cut Harrison county.
Des Moines reports a flurry of bills passed and introduced across both chambers. Junkin and Jewiss bills clear the Senate, while the House advances measures on tax notices, notaries, tuberculosis inspections, and a governor salary increase. Joint session names trustees for state schools and universities, with further deliberations on equal suffrage and building and loan regulation.
Borr Heap Lancenr Ladysmith February 12 reports from the upper Tugela say in a recent fight Boer forces drove the British across the river with heavy losses. Four Boers were killed and eight wounded. Upon retaking the kopje twenty two Boers were found dead. An alarm at midnight said Ladysmith troops were attempting a passage toward the Free State laager with heavy firing heard but no details.
Lonnox Feb 7 John Redmond Parnellite leader and Waterford City MP has been unanimously elected chairman of the United Irish nationalist party.
Fighting began yesterday at Sterkstroom and is now in progress. Roberts and Kitchener have started for the front.
A controversial claim sparks public discourse as officials defend truthfulness amid allegations. Community leaders urge careful scrutiny while media watchdogs press for accountability and evidence-based reporting.
Representative Boysen from Audubon county introduces a house bill letting cities and counties substitute ballot votes for petition forms of consent for saloons. The law would let cities over 5000 population submit the issue by secret ballot with a majority vote by the council, and counties by the board of supervisors.
In Des Moines plans are underway to build two of the west’s largest wholesale hardware houses this summer. One will be owned by C. J. and F. H. Luthe, recent retirees from Patrick and Luthe. The second would be owned by a foreign firm, whose representative visited to study moving the firm’s existing wholesale hardware house from a western city to Des Moines.
The Iowa Wholesale Butter and Egg Dealers Association re-elected its officers: President A. Rhynsberger of Pella, Secretary W. M. Verhey of Des Moines, and Treasurer J. T. Davis of Perry. The group adjourned to meet again in Des Moines on March 22.
The house passed a bill repealing a 1 percent tax on lawn insurance companies gross receipts. The supreme court ruled the tax law unconstitutional as a substitute for all taxes. The measure relieves mutual or assessment life companies from taxes totaling over $50,000 annually.
The ways and means committee recommends passage of Senator Fitzpatrick’s bill for a one tenth mill tax for five years to fund building at the State Agricultural College, with no direct appropriation requested. The same tax approach also favors the State University, pleasing supporters and signaling likely legislative approval.
Oscar Strauss American minister to Turkey reports the sultan has yielded to U S demands for indemnity for Armenian disorders. American flour will be admitted to Turkish ports and the U S gains the right to establish consulates throughout Turkey.
From Ladysmith Feb 4 the garrison was cheered by General Buller's guns yesterday but the outcome of the engagement remains unknown. Boers again mass near Ladysmith and move another gun toward Surprise Hill while the defenders stay ready for another attack.
In Buenos Ayres on February 6 219 sunstroke cases were reported with 34 fatalities and a 120 degree shade temperature. The harsh heat sent residents indoors as officials warned against exposure.
A description of a handsome illustrated monthly publication by G. N. R.R. detailing match sources of Texas with monthly topics. It lists partnerships with counties and cities such as Montgomery Okee Leon and San Antonio for investors tourists and home seekers. Subscriptions priced at twenty five cents annually with two cent samples.
A letter from John Cummings of Wetaskiwin Canada describes relocating to North Alberta and building a homestead with stables and log housing. He reports doubled land and livestock for neighbors, debt avoidance, and strong harvests, claiming better prices and profits amid a booming prairie settlement.
The largest ostrich farm in the country is in Fullerton California housing about 300 birds. A recent incident involved one bird startled by a gimlet causing a startled stomach reaction.
A conservative report endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney Co of Toledo, noting it contains no mercury and acts directly on blood and mucous surfaces. The piece stresses reader safety, independent investigation, and no vested interests behind the endorsement.
A brief observation notes that increasing insect activity, specifically biting flies, signals an approaching rain. Local weather lore links insect behavior to atmospheric change and soon after, rain is expected to arrive.
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