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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1901
Page
6
Poetic meditation on faces across life from youth to old age. It contrasts the future and past with the evolving changes in beauty and the enduring tenderness of loved ones. The piece contemplates inner soul versus outward appearance.
In England men find time for schemes of vengeance. Albert Bewdley of Leeds faced ants in his dining room after a neighbor naturalist released a trail of insects. Violent repartee followed as violinist Rowley tormented a horse dealer Brant with music trains and bands in a costly legal feud.
A painting themed around a golf girl drew brisk bidding at an auction before the bidder laughed off a pun. The crowd laughed at fore and five as the auctioneer pressed to finish the sale amid unpaid bills and a punster's remorse.
A man sits beside a young woman on a city car and learns she is traveling with her husband the conductor, her cousin the motor man, and her father and brother nearby. The scene turns awkward as he realizes the family is present, and he leaves abruptly.
Local shop promotes Tone Bros coffee in response to customer demand. Company F Lerrs is listed as supplier.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Honey and Tar cures stubborn coughs from la grippe or heavy cold by strengthening the lungs and restoring health, attributed to Tilden & Loughran.
A good farm of 160 acres four miles from Ledyard in Kossuth county Iowa offered at 32.50 dollars per acre by Atwoop & Thomas.
An assortment of notices promotes insurance claims by The Bankers Accident Insurance Co in Iowa and land bargains in Emmet and Kossuth counties priced at 80 to 40 dollars per acre. Also offers for lands in South Dakota and Minnesota and employment for agents with commissions.
Notice states the partnership between W H Swank and A L White dissolved by mutual consent on March 16 1901. All notes and accounts owed to the firm to be paid to A L White and all demands presented to him. Business to be continued under the name A L White at the old stand. Swank and White, March 27 1901.
High grade piano for sale in Ames Iowa in near new condition. Also listings for wall paper and paints at Tilden and Loughran with varnishes. White Rose flour at 90 cents per sack from J W Adams. Bankers Accident Insurance Co promo with agent 48 F L Merepits. Randall horse trotting stallion at Morris east end barn with race record 2 2434. Manager 501f D Cupps.
One 1-year-old Short Horn bull and three head of steers and heifers two years old are listed with contact for Mrs. Elizapeth Nowlen Ames Iowa. For sale small fruit bushes include black raspberry Turner Red raspberry Nebraska Wonder plum and strawberry plants from H P Saytxs 503.
Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Railway issues a free descriptive booklet on the summer resorts at Spirit and Okoboji Lakes in Northwestern Iowa. Free copies mailed upon application to Jnc G. Farmer Assistant Genl Pass Agt Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The piece remembers Charley Carr son of Ames first physician now living in Emerson at fifty. It notes the death of Ira Bixby’s wife Elizabeth at Cushing Iowa on March 20 from softening of the brain. Her eldest daughter Ella Wa ker died in Independence two years earlier. Bixby’s daughter Lizzie Hatch lives in LeMars.
A neighbor keeps a white sea gull with his cat after boys shot the bird and broke its wing. The gull learned to take meals from a plate with a fork, and later fetched meat pieces to a pan of water to fish for dinner, proving an odd kinship between bird and pet.
Captain Foster led the slave ship Clotilda to the gulf of Guinea and smuggled 100 enslaved people to Mobile bay. He evaded U S war vessels and authorities, transferring captives at night and setting the ship on fire to slip away before the end of the war.
A reader recalls buying steaks and facing poor cuts until advised to tip the butcher. The columnist explains tipping the cutter directly, not the proprietor, and suggests offering a drink or small money to win better service. The piece cites the New York Press noting tipping as common in busy markets.
In Melchior de Santa Cruz's Floresta Espanola an anecdote features Cardinal Pedro Gonzalez who rebukes a Biscayan priest for carrying a short sword. The priest says he needs it against dogs, and the cardinal suggests reciting from St. John when a dog advances, noting some dogs do not understand Latin.
A humorous exchange about writing setups contrasts a man’s need for a real desk and chair with a woman who may own a $200 desk but still writes on an old book. The dialogue highlights gendered views on writing spaces in a brief New York Weekly fragment.
A North Central railroad schedule fragment lists Freight and Passenger services with times and routes. It mentions trains like Overland Limited, Dakota Express, Pacific Express, Fast Mail, and Des Moines Pass, indicating daily and Sunday exceptions in a chaotic OCR read.
Advertisement for Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets claims to break up a cold during sleep with no cures, no pay, priced at 26 cents. Listed by LL M. Bosworth at 29-27.
A Boston tale notes a young girl who ate her pie before dinner to ensure the dish would not be eaten first by others. She quips she’d rather have the pie if anything remains, revealing a child's humorous view on sharing.
The typical Moro is described as always armed and capable in many arenas. He fights on foot horseback in war canoes and in water, swimming like a fish and diving like a penguin.
Ancient beverages relied on honey to add sweetness before refined sugar became common. Trade and availability shaped early palates as honey served as the primary sweetener in various regions and eras.
Reduced one way settlers rates to points in the northwest will run through February March and April 1901 via the Iowa Central. For full particulars call or address Geo G Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa 41 f.
Lincoln L Keepren advertises seasonal savings with good bargains on Winter Underwear at The New Clothing Store. The notice highlights pricing and shopping opportunity for local customers.
The Des Moines Daily News enlarges to eight pages and uses the Associated Press telegraphic service. Subscription remains $1 per year with 75 cents for six months and 50 cents for three months. Circulation exceeds 29,000. Address The News Des Moines Iowa.
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