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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
17
The Ames Times announces changes in delivery routes and publication logistics overseen by Lon G Harden publisher in Ames Iowa. The notice highlights adjustments to newspaper distribution and local readership schedules.
A jumble of notes recalls theatrical companies wary of a ghost on stage and a telegram about buried gold in a Boston suburb. Details are unclear but the items reference crimes, political figures, and odd local events across several cities.
In 1754 a quarter loaf cost four pence and by 1800 the price had reached 17 pence. Three years earlier it stood at 10 pence. A later note imposed a 5 shillings penalty per loaf if the baker sold bread after it aged 24 hours.
In Leavenworth on a Saturday, Stone Stew and John Harbunkle argued with knives. Harbunkle stabbed thrice and died. Stewart was fatally wounded. The article also notes penitentiary uniform changes in Illinois with green for good behavior, cadet gray for intermediate, and blood red for unruly.
Judge Grosscup of Chicago holds that a man may ask for what is due him without violating federal statute. The law targets threats and humiliating tactics by creditors, while the primary abuses occur against the poor, not the ignorant, he says.
The famous armor presented by Charles VII to Joan of Arc was found in the galleries of the area of Aisne, placed there by Marquis de Courval years ago. It fits a 5 foot 4 inch girl and bears Charles VII s arms given after Orleans. Some believe it is the suit the Maid wore at her Rheims entry.
An Atchison Kansas man observes his two daughters differ in habits. The bicycle rider eats more, goes to bed without grumbling, and has not washed a dish since getting her wheel. The non rider stays up later for chores, leaving the other daughter to handle sewing machine work.
The ode imagines the last living heroes joining the funeral caravan and the final echo of taps marking the graves of warriors who once led the march. It foresees future cenotaphs and quiet halls where the long line of soldiers is remembered in solemn ceremony.
As jelly season nears, readers are warned about dubious currant jelly in San Francisco markets made largely from pork blood and flavored with coal tar byproducts. Other apple jellies reportedly use dried apple bases with acids glucose and cochineal color, urging careful selection and preservation hints.
Heavy rain and a hailstorm struck Atlantic causing extensive property damage. Sky lights shattered in the Odd Fellows hall amounting to 200 dollars and Scott's greenhouse suffered 1500 dollars in glass and plant losses. Glass and water damage hit Egbert's photo gallery with about 100 dollars. Many wells and stores lost windows. Bull Creek overflowed lifting houses downstream. Total damages likely around 6000 dollars as two hundred acres ready for canning peas in Atlantic may be ruined.
A fishing party from near Pocahontas traveling to Lost Island Lake with a four horse team falls ill. Effie Hurley Nettie McCullough and Zach Berry are near death with suspected strychnine poisoning. Several fish were found dead on Lost Island Lake shores amid fears of deliberate poisoning.
Des Moines reports Dr. W C Pipino fatally injured after being thrown from his riding horse on West Ninth street near Gov Gue's residence. The horse kicked him, fracturing the skull as he struck the curb while the animal was startled by a stray paper. He died within hours.
An OskaLoosa report says a cup of coffee sent to the Penn College lab contained enough strychnine to kill at least six. The poison was allegedly placed before an elderly man at dinner with criminal intent. No names are released. case to be aired in court later.
Valentine Kondora, 74, of Johnson county for 35 years, was killed when a C R N train struck him as he helped his son control horses near the track in Scott township Iowa. The collision hurled him 40 feet. he died instantly.
In Atoona on June 5 the jury deliberated 36 hours before awarding Colonel Clark 3800 dollars in the Clark Ellsworth attorneys' fees case. The second trial followed an earlier verdict of 2500 dollars. The suit sought fees for overturning a divorce decree.
Attorney General Remley rules sheriffs cannot be paid for serving civil notices, though the law likely had an oversight. The ruling notes potential injustice to sheriffs and affects county government expenses.
At the Commercial Exchange, Mayor MacVicar presided over the founding meeting of The Emergency Club of Des Moines. Officers include President MacVicar, Vice President Hoyt Sherman, Vice President Mrs. John Wyman, Secretary O L F Browne, and Treasurer Conrad Youngerman. An executive committee will handle the club’s management. The constitution calls for a permanent body to provide immediate relief and coordinate action in disasters such as tornadoes floods fires or rail accidents.
A late night burglary in Tama yielded about 1500 dollars in goods with a possible total of 2000 dollars. Thieves broke into the Northwest ern road section house and Thomas Brice's general store taking coats tools silk and 1500 yards of fine bolts. Authorities state certain parties have been placed under arrest and are believed to be the culprits amid local excitement.
Three Nora Springs senior class members and three Marengo drownings reported in the Cedar and Iowa rivers. Names include Mason Crry Vernon Galt Roy Slosson Robbie Collie and Carl Fry. Arthur Turner also drowns in North Branch while crossing the river with horses.
Creston June 6 An accident near Spaulding may prove fatal for Mrs Swan Danielson Her son in law had taken a party to the cemetery and returning home the horses ran away and threw Mrs Danielson to the ground causing internal injuries and a small child was badly bruised about the head
Reports from Havana and New York detail Spain planning 250000 troops to pursue Antonio Maceo in Pinar del Rio, with insurgent bands short on resources. Gollazo joins Gomez in Sancti Spiritus as 100000 reinforcements and a 300000000 peso loan to Spain are discussed. U.S. consul general Fitzhugh Lee arrives in Havana while Cuban filibustering supplies are landed aboard the Three Friends in New York.
Austin Corbin, multi million aire of New York, dies from injuries after his carriage horses bolted at his Newport estate two miles from the town. His grandson Edgell Corbin and a tutor were injured. the driver John Stokes died later. Corbin had banking ties in Davenport from 1851 to 1865.
Des Moines born Lincoln Lageschulte killed himself by firing a 32 caliber pistol into his temple. His body was found about eight to ten hours later by his 10 year old son in his Des Mores apartment. He had led a dissipated life and his wife had left him.
Mrs. Chas. Gregory, wife of a prominent citizen, died after taking a teaspoonful of arsenic during a personal crisis. The marriage occurred last September. ill health is given as the cause.
A gang of three, armed with two revolvers each, robbed the cashier of $500 at the general merchandise store of Klein Halstead and Fourteenth streets in Chicago. One robber blocked customers at the entrance as the others forced the woman cashier to hand over the money before fleeing.
The state census bureau reports Iowa manufacturing figures for 1894 with totals for establishment value, material costs, raw material input, and finished goods. It lists wages paid and employment by gender and age, noting 23,208 men over 18 and 2,973 women. Frank T. Campbell seeks a second term as ex railroad commissioner at the Republican state convention. In Polk County, Suel Spaulding is discharged after embezzling allegations. the court voids the indictment, bondsmen released, and Spaulding walks free.
The form the governor Bradley remain in the presidential race is denied by the governor and his advisers. A San Quentin jail warden recounts a winter breakfast request by an execution prisoner who asked for peaches, arguing time of year matters little.
Eyewitnesses accuse M. Vlassovsky, police prefect, of causing a deadly crush on the Khodimskoye plain that killed over two thousand. He refused military aid, fighting off fear and prompting crowds to anger. Cossacks whipped crowds, two guards killed, and many Moujiks drowned in beer vats during the feast.
Prevonta reports the executive council postpones the final decision on releasing four reform leaders Col. Francis Rhodes Joh Hayes Hammond Lionel Phillips and George Farrar until June 11 after a lengthy discussion.
The St Louis and East St Louis death toll and injuries total 424 with confirmed deaths 198 in St Louis and 138 in East St Louis. Officials describe a vast area of destruction spanning six square miles with eighty five miles of streets obstructed by debris and extensive street and utility damage across the storm district.
Reports from Washington June 1 to June 6 describe Cullom opposing bond prohibitions, a twelve-member labor commission bill passing, and Senate and House votes on river and harbor, naval, and Indian appropriation bills. The era's partisan clashes center on bonds, naval tonnage, and sectarian school funding.
Dispatches from Constantinople and Madrid report Russia warning the Porte of a Christian massacre in Crete could unite Europe against Turkey. In Crete, arrests climb to about a thousand with many Moslems deported or killed, as fighting spreads and villages report massacres and armed clashes.
Hawaii's legislature adjourned after approving annexation resolutions claiming voter support. A British demand on the government for Ashford's return, exiled for 1895 rebellion, is reportedly resisted by President Dole. a British ship may land him despite warnings. Watch hoards found on a baby aboard the Saale in Hoboken. thirty watches valued at seven thousand dollars. Hypnotism trial ends with burial in Lyons. man revived after three days and remains weak.
A June report from the steamer Pera notes the plague gaining alarming proportions in the Orient. Communications are cut off in many areas as Japan enforces quarantine measures and disinfects all incoming vessels to keep the disease from entering the country.
In Ottawa on June 4 P. M. Art 4 won re election as chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers by 326 votes to 86 over Haberstick of Wisconsin. The item also notes social trivia about Kentucky and long term financial calculations, and mentions Verdi as a horse breeder and musician with Italian country estate paddocks near Genos.
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