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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1898
Page
9
Within the past month the first iron bridge in Ohio was removed. It crossed Salt Creek on the Baltimore and Ohio line in Muskingum county. Built in 1851 as a Bollman deck truss with plate girders designed by Bollman, the chief engineer of B and O Construction.
In New Guinea a single young woman wears her hair long before marriage but must cut it short after wedlock. The note contrasts gendered grooming customs with rapid change after marriage.
An 19th century classified style item lists Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief and pain reduction. It also promotes COSMO BUTTERMILK SOAP as a scented bath product. A note claims 741 German newspapers published in the United States and a seacoast line of the globe approximated at 126000 miles.
Unclear commerce fragment claims New Zealand company ships English brook trout to London stockpile. Involved are Beli CC and assess refund demand. Parcel appears in transit with cold storage handling noted.
A humorous exchange contrasts elephants and circuses with a child asking if Asia has elephants and a parent noting circuses are not present. The joke hinges on the playful misdirection about elephants needing circuses.
A Paris fashion anecdote notes French and American women wearing flags crafted from rubies saphires and diamonds while mentioning Spanish women and English interest in American alliances.
The piece highlights a Philippine insurgent leader described as beautiful and life charmed, while remarking that many locals stay vigorous by using Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a celebrated remedy.
A tourist asks if Mrs Trefry’s table matches the Digby House. The host replies that both are equally good, if not better at Digby House.
Paris Exposition of 1900 will cost about 20 million dollars for buildings walks and ornamentation. Also notes milk composition with 87 percent water and 13 percent solids and remarks on COSMO BUTTERMILK TOILET SOAP claims.
Paris reports European chancelleries discuss possible intervention in the Philippine islands as war reshapes sovereignty. Berlin advises policy, Germany favors status quo but rejects American succession. Britain may align with others to protect its own interests under a Monroe Doctrine logic.
In mountains of Washington on July 16 the yellow fever outbreak among U S troops near Santiago shifts government strategy. General Shafter’s forces stay in Cuba until infection risk subsides. Surgeon General Sternberg recommends moving exposed troops to cool eastern Cuban mountains for safety.
A semi official dispatch suggests Spain is ready to concede Cuban independence transfer Puerto Rico to the United States in exchange for the Philippines and to permit a U S coaling station in the Philippines If confirmed by Spain these terms would likely end the war promptly in favor of the United States.
Berlin reports the emperor is greatly interested in dynamite guns and has asked experts for diagrams and details of the U S Navy guns. He questions their action and outcomes in the Santiago bombardment and may have Krupp produce a trial weapon.
Two more deaths in Jacksonville camp from typhoid fever. Corporal George A. Jackson of company F Second Illinois and Private William Tardy of company C First Wisconsin died. Jackson's remains go to Chicago today by military escort for interment, Tardy's to Whitewater Wisconsin.
London papers praise the success of American strategy in seizing eastern Cuba with minimal bloodshed. They deem continued Spanish resistance doomed as famine pressures Capt. Blanco toward surrender and call for Spain to seek peace during the temporary pause.
Springfield dispatch reports unofficial Washington information that Col. James R. Campbell's Ninth regiment will be assigned to the seventh army corps under Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and, once fully equipped, sent to Jacksonville Florida.
Wreckers continue inspecting the sunken Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon and anticipate saving her. They believe she may be able to travel to the United States under her own steam.
Emperor William gave 10 000 marks to the Red Cross for the wounded Spanish and American soldiers in Berlin. The gesture supports medical relief as casualties mount in the war.
The Official Gazette in Madrid publishes a royal decree suspending individual rights to preserve order while negotiations for peace with Spain’s enemies begin. Sagasta signals desire for honorable peace, the army resisting, and France may have offered mediation. Washington notes potential martial law or looming military dictatorship.
Chicago reports the Chicago Board of Trade table shows the range of quotations for today with variations across active commodities. The list reflects price ranges, opening figures, and closing tendencies within the session.
The bodies of the ten remaining victims were found by a rescuing party on Friday and brought to the shore end near the tunnel head. An enormous crowd gathered as police struggled to control the frenzied mourners at the surface.
The weekly war department bulletin shows station changes for volunteer troops. First Illinois Infantry and Sixth Illinois Infantry are assigned to Santiago, Ninth and Eighth Illinois Infantry to Springfield, Illinois, with the note of changes from the last issue. These updates help friends and relatives locate service members.
Washington reports a cautious approach to sending ships into Santiago harbor with larger vessels likely joining Watson's eastern squadron en route to Spain. No fever cases among the navy are reported and Admiral Sampson will decide on bay entry based on his judgment.
The Hiogo News from Kobe dated June 20 reports the Chinese torpedo boat Hee Ching sank at Port Arthur with 118 aboard and no survivors. No further details are provided.
Washington July 15 Senator Cul lom a Foreign Relations Committee member says the general situation indicates an early movement by Spain for peace.
New York dispatch reports official word that an Italian squadron has been ordered to cruise off the coast of Spain.
Letters from women like Eva E Brenner and S J Swanson praise Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for relief from backache headaches nervous fatigue and female ailments. The ads describe free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts and recommend treatment to reach the root of female distress.
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