Ames Times notable quirky notes and odd facts
The Ames Times compiles miscellaneous items: Elsie Bates of Webster Mays aged 12 weighing 310 pounds. John Bull scoring limits. snow in Pennsylvania invites skating. coffee price up yet easing. potatoes in St. Joseph ten cents a bushel. Pensioner Jared Ferguson dies aged 101 in Deborah Iowa. Patrick Carroll’s poker hand from Chicago. a Connecticut woman nearly electrocuted climbing a tele graph pole. Park police ride bikes. Monroe doctrine humor. Arapahoes remark. endorse price with faith not hyperbole. Northwestern Railway switches to checks. note of too many train robbers.
Shortest name among generals and ordinary people
Gen I, a Tartar commander in the eastern war, has a notably short name. Many common individuals also carry the single initial I as an identifying mark.
Observers See Olney's Actions Under Scrutiny
The text hints that many observers view Mr. Olney with heightened scrutiny, suggesting a strong public focus on his conduct and decisions through an amplified lens.
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Mr. Olney
Orchard fires push blossoms near Coloma Michigan
The heat from nearby forest fires has forced many orchard trees to bloom around Coloma Michigan over the past weeks. Other items note moral duty, labor practices, and social nteractions with a mix of observations on politics and world empires.
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Coloma
Mich
Canned horse labeled to avert misreading
In a humorous ruling Secretary Morton orders that canned horse meat must be plainly marked Horse so buyers avoid unintended consumption. The old joke about cans of corned beef from a bicycle is negated by this new labeling requirement, preventing accidental hippophagy.
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Morton
Princeton Football Players Quit Team For Study
Six Princeton College football players were compelled to quit the team to focus on their studies. The faculty warned of enforcing stricter discipline, aiming to curb excessive football and lack of intellect. The move challenges the notion that colleges exist mainly to athletic success.
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Princeton College
Princeton
Bank failure in Richland looms large losses and vanished cashier
October reports estimate total losses from the Richland bank collapse between 75000 and 90000 dollars as deposits and notes vanish. Cashier Charlton disappeared with suspected 40000 to 60000 dollars, while forged notes used as collateral threaten many locals and the town’s business. An expert will probe the vault’s locked state and missing private notes totaling around 25000 to 28000 dollars.
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RichLanp
Richland
A. ©. Charlton
Charlton
Rich Lane
Barker
Starker
Trichina Not Found in Sabula Wedding Case
State Board of Health officers report no trichina in tissues from a Sabula wedding poisoning case affecting 106 people. Bacteriologist Bay and Prof. Clifton Scott examined spleen intestine diaphragm and chest muscles for days and found no trichina or lesions indicating infection.
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State Board of Health
Bay
Clifton Scott
Highland Park College
Conklin Charged with First Degree Murder in Mahaska County
Mahaska county grand jury indicts Charles Conklin for murder in the first degree. Conklin jailed pending trial slated within about a week. The July 10 death of Mrs. Conklin in her garden involved kerosene and self immolation suspected as her own act.
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Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Conklin
Man Held for Clinton Ax Murder If Recovered Sanity
In Clinton on October 20 Deputy Sheriff Woldenburg transported August Swansen to Independence after he chopped off his son's head with a hatchet last spring. The asylum was asked to alert Clinton County if Swansen regained sanity, with return to Clinton for trial if mental state improves.
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Clinton
Woldenburg
August Swansen
Independence
Clinton County
Waterman
Swansen
Greased the Rail Electric Car Crash in Burlington
An electric car on Valley street hill sped to thirty miles an hour and left the track hitting a ditch in Central avenue curve. Traveling salesman KE G Segner and his wife sustained serious injuries while everyone aboard was hurt. The car was wrecked and the track greased.
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Burlington
Valley Street Hill
Central Avenue
KE. G. Segner
Winterset Fire Destroys Six Barns and Residence
A severe blaze in Wryxverset October 17 destroyed six barns and a residence as high winds hampered control. The loss exceeds $5,000 and only luck saved the city hotel and a cottage from destruction.
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Wryxverset
Winterset
College suspends students for dancing at ball in desegregated era
Iowa Wesleyan College faculty suspend several students for attending a ball hosted by Mrs. Robert Lincoln at Senator Harlan's home. Dancing is forbidden by college rule, and the action has sparked controversy among the 440 students as supporters back President Stafford's discipline stance.
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Peasant
Iowa Wesleyan College
Robert Lincoln
Senator Harlan
Stafford
Murderous Outburst Ends in Jailbreak After Sheriff Wound
Rees Smith 35, a Black Jewett County man, allegedly attacked his wife with a club at Lehigh on October 21 killing her. Sheriff Woolsey of Fort Dodge was shot in the ear as Smith fled after a room incident. A bystander named Barber died from the stray bullet. Smith was last seen near Jewell Junction.
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Rees Smith Kike
Wounde
Wonster Crry
Rees Smith
Lehigh
Sheriff Woolsey
Fort Dodge
Smith
Woolsey
Barber
Jewell Junction
Bank Robbery at Grinnell Silent Theft of Papers and Coin
In Grinnell the private bank of G Segar Gilman was robbed at 2 30 am. Burglars blew the safe shattering the building and tossing the door onto the floor. They fled with a tin box holding papers and about 100 dollars in silver and gold.
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Grinnell
G. Segar Gilman
Boatman and Gunn Indicted for Abortion Death
Oskaloosa October 19 The Mahaska county grand jury indicted Dr Boatman and J A Gunn both of Fremont for murder in the second degree in causing the death of 17 year old Irene Severt by abortion.
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Irene Severt
Oskaloosa
Mahaska County
Dr. Boatman
J. A. Gunn
Fremont
Jury verdict in manslaughter case at Bryant dance
The Clinton jury found Fred Johannsen guilty of manslaughter for killing Hans Rogers with a club at a Bryant dance last May and recommended mercy from the court.
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Clinton
Fred Johannsen
Johannsen
Hans Rogers
Bryant
Van Leuven Pardoned by President over Pension Violation
Washington October 19. The president pardoned George M. Van Leuven who had been sentenced to two years in the Anamosa penitentiary and a $1000 fine for violating pension laws.
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van Leuven
Washington, D. C
George M. van Leuven
Anamosa
Injunctions Filed Against Burlington Saloons and Local Deaths
Injunction proceedings have been instituted against twenty Burlington saloonkeepers. Prof. Evans died from a gunshot wound, with a ball in the brain, and his body was found near Osage after he vanished while on a river walk.
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Burlington
Prof
Evans
Iowa College
Williamsburg
Sioux City
Ludwig Terrmann
Fowler
Terrmann
Sigourney Dispatch
Richland
A. C. Charlton
Allen Stocker
Charlton
Mexico
Stocker
District Court
Union County
Andy Burnett
Burlington Road
Schifferle
Burnett
Board of Supervisors
Mackenner & Sterner
Odd Fellows
Jefferson
H. V. Evans
Osage
Britain Venezuela dispute heats as frontier arms move in
Dispatches from London and Washington reveal British plans to fortify the Schomburg line with two Maxim guns and road cuts to the frontier. Venezuela builds up modern arms including ten Maxim guns from Britain, while US capitalists prepare to deploy prospectors to Venezuelan gold lands.
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Lonxon
St. James Gazette
Venezuela
Great Britain
Joseph Chamberlain
British Guiana
Schomburg Line
Chamberlain
Washington
London
New York
United States
Armenian Reform Scheme Signed by the Sultan
An irade announced the sultan signed the Armenian reform scheme demanded by the powers. A Constantinople eye witness reports Trebizond massacre where soldiers aided the slaughter while the better Turks sheltered Armenian women and children.
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Constantinople
London
Odessa
Black Sea
Bosphorus
A_ dispatch
Daily News
Trebizond
Chronicle
Dardanelles
England
Plussia
France
Armenia
Governors invited to Midcontinent Exposition Meet
Governor Clough invites governors of ten states and mayors of major cities to Minneapolis to discuss a continental exposition in the Twin Cities. States invited include Wisconsin Michigan Iowa North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Montana Oregon Washington and Wyoming.
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Minneapolis
Clough
St. Paul
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Insurance company uses Amick treatment for consumptives
Special reports from Cincinnati state a leading life insurer is accepting up to 300000 dollars in life risks on consumptives using the Amick Chemical Treatment for lung disease. The Amick Chemical Company of Cincinnati pays premiums and presents policies to patients, claiming extensive consumption statistics and good risk with continued treatment.
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Cincinnati
Amick
Amick Chemical Company
Wagner Remains in Jail on Embezzlement Trial
Domi nick Wagner, former priest, was arraigned in criminal court in St. Joseph Missouri. His attorneys requested a continuance to the November term, where he will face embezzlement charges and possible rape and kidnapping counts. He will stay in jail until trial.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Dominick Wagner
Wagner
Salisbury and Chamberlain press for end to frontier dispute
The St James Gazette reports Premier Salisbury sent an ultimatum to President Crespo demanding reparation over the arrest of a deputation and police inspector at Uruan and outlining terms to settle the boundary dispute. Salisbury and Chamberlain reportedly agree on ending the frontier dispute by any effective means. Venezuela warns that British moves to build the military road will provoke collision if it crosses the line.
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London
St. James
Salisbury
Crespo
Uruan
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Venezuela
Washington
Venezuelan Foreign Office
Lees
British Guinea
Corbett Habeas Corpus Case Alters Arkansas Prize Fight Law
Champion J. J. Corbett was arrested on a peace bond warrant in Strixnes. His lawyers Greaves and Martin filed for a writ of habeas corpus hoping for release. Chancellor Leatherman ruled the state has no statute prohibiting prize fighting and the attorney general will appeal.
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J. J. Corbett
W. A. Kirk
C. V. Teague
Corbett
Greaves & Martin
Arkansas
Hor Stringa
Leatherman
Spain recognizes American consul as diplomatic agent
The Spanish government has received no threat from the United States over the treatment of U S consul Ramone Williams, and after friendly U S representations Spain recognizes the American consul as a diplomatic agent. In Santa Clara insurgents warn residents to avoid railroads as they plan to explode them with dynamite. Cuban reports claim Guantanamo has been completely destroyed.
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Maparco
Fel Nacional
United States
Havana
Ramone Williams
el Nacional
Spain
Santa Clara
Key West
Fla
Guantanamo
Drunken husband kills wife then shoots self in Grant County
In Grant county South Dakota Frank Kaatsitz returns home drunk and kills his wife then shoots himself after learning she wed him at her own wedding. The bride later marries Kaatsitz who had attended the ceremony.
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Ortonville
Minn
Grant County
South Dakota
Frank Kaatsitz
Kaatsitz
Fire destroys three blocks of business buildings
Crepe Col October 20 reports a blaze burning three blocks of business property including thirty four stores the post office and two newspaper offices with estimated losses around 150000 dollars.
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Crepe
Col
World Tensions Rise as Powers Note-Armenian Turmoil
Advices from Honolulu report a subsiding cholera scare but warn of possible filibustering. A porte commission probes Armenian arrests with vows to punish torturers. Trebizond reports 400 Turks and Armenians casualties. British naval presence at Foo Chow upped executions of murderers. Cuban insurgents seize a Spanish steamer. crew freed. Rumors of Corea uprising mention a queen's disappearance and US Russia Britain marines landing.
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Honolulu
Porte
Foo Chow
Spain
Corea
United States
Karina
Japan
Foreign Office
Tokio
Russia
Great Britain
Diplomatic Reading of Venezuelan Note Shifts Monroe Focus
Washington officials reveal that Britain's long review of Secretary Olney’s note on the Venezuelan dispute hints at more than a simple Monroe Doctrine assertion. London reportedly seeks time to consult France Spain and other European powers about a coordinated approach to the issue.
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Washington
State Department
Olmey
Great Britain
France
Spain
National Road Parliament gathers in Atlanta for good roads drive
GOOD ROAD FOLKS. ATLANTA, Ga, October 18.—The National Road Parliament, the greatest gathering ever held in this country for the agitation of the good roads question, assembled in the hall of the house of representatives, in response to an invitation extended to all interested organizations and individuals throughout the country, by the Georgia governor and general assembly, the Atlanta mayor and council, the cotton states exposition authorities and various local groups.
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Atlanta
National Road Parliament
House of Representatives
Governor and General Assembly of
Georgia
National Road Conference
National League For Good Roads
Train Robbers Hold Missouri Kansas Texas Passenger Express
Two masked men stopped north bound train No 1 near Temple Texas forced the express car to a distant point and used dynamite to blow the safe but failed. They abandoned the car and fled into the woods as a posse pursues them. No passengers or crew were harmed.
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Denison
Texas
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Temple
Serious situation in Corea with palace disturbances
In Corea on October 20 the king will be given a new queen immediately. The Japanese minister asked the Chinese minister of war to sign a paper taking responsibility for recent palace murders. The Corean minister to Japan has resigned and Kioka Chin, linked to the conspiracy who wishes to depart, has been appointed in his place. Disturbances have occurred near the palace in the last hours.
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Skocl
Corea
Japan
Kioka Chin
Spain's Bloody Hands. Christina Chairs Scout for 85,000 Draft
Queen Regent Christina led a cabinet meeting in Mapnio on October 19 to summon 85,000 men for active service before year end. Among them 24,000 are set for colonial service. The cabinet also drafted a bill addressing dynamite outrages attributed to Cuban insurgents.
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Liberty
Mapnio
Christina
Cuba
Dynamite blast kills workers on Kentucky turnpike project
A Sharpsburg Ky report says dynamite prepared for blasting at a Plat Creek turnpike site exploded prematurely. The accident killed one worker and injured three others as a party of laborers carried on with construction near Louisville.
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Louisville
Sharpsburg
Plat Creek
Riots Reported in China Target English Mission
A Shanghai dispatch claims anti foreign riots occurred at Chang Pu fifty miles southeast of Shanghai and in Fukien. The English mission faced mandarins who openly refused to interfere.
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London
Shanghai
Chang Pu
Ferry Capsize at Cairo Ferry Kills Sixty Passengers
A ferry boat carrying sixty passengers near Cairo capsized after snagging an anchor. Fifty people, mostly workmen, drowned in the accident reported from Alexandria on October 1.
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Pitty
Alexandria
Egypt
Cairo
Book Free to Investors and Speculators in Grain Provisions and Stocks
One hundred pages of useful information on the markets will be mailed on application. Avoid bucket shops and trade where your order will affect the market. A. Whyland & Co. bankers and brokers are Chicago Board of Trade members. References to G. F. Stone and Illinois Trust and Savings Bank.
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A. Whyland & Co
Chicago Board of and Stock Exchange
Pacificave
Chicago
Yacht Club accepts Rose challenge for America's Cup
The New York yacht club meeting at Madison Square club house accepted Charles Day Rose's challenge for the America's Cup. The 1895 cup committee was reappointed to handle arrangements.
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New York
New York Yacht Club
Charles Day Rose
Madison Square Club
Turpin Summoned to Constantinople for Dardanelles Fortification
Paris reports inventor M. Turpin of explosive helmite has been summoned to Constantinople after the Turkish government sought his expertise to fortify the Dardanelles. He will advise on fortifications and strengthening coastal defenses.
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Paris
M. Turpin
Constantinople
Dardanelles
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