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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
5
Weather through April 15 1901 brought snow sleet and rain delaying field work across Iowa. Soil remains saturated with many areas needing drying to sow and plow. Grass and rye look strong. winter wheat seems promising. fruit buds healthy. tile drainage cited as valuable.
W D Ferguson son of D G Ferguson of Crookston leads the firm with strong local support. The Crookston Land & Loan Company moves to Reckitt block rooms 24 25 and 26 on the second floor offering prime offices. The company will focus on buying and selling lands city property and mortgages and has ties to top real estate agents and financial institutions in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Rev Byron J Clark of Webster City will present two lectures at the U B church on April 18 and 19. Thursday offers Barnacles with free admission and stereoptican views and hymns. Friday presents Ben Hur with 80 colored views and a descriptive lecture. Admission for Ben Hur is 25 and 15 cents.
Elmer Gunder ill with Miss Elma Doolittle of Nevada visits Mr and Mrs H Totten. Geo P Brown on sick list. P P P Medicine Co closed a week engagement after collecting all loose change. N B Gretsinger in town to survey grounds for a new bank. Mrs Geo Miller of Ames dined with the Totten. W Y Wilson back from eastern Iowa checking cattle business for E B Barnes. Mr and Mrs Guild visited with Harrison family. W W Wilson in Webster City on business. Cora Brown to Ross Iowa to visit relatives. Miller & Sons sell Graham flour whole wheat flour corn meal and pancake flour. 35-tf
Real estate transfers reported by Smith and Bricker list multiple parcels in Story City Ames and surrounding areas. Transactions include Fannie Cairns Cairns Subdivision block 22 College Park north Ames and several lots bought by Martin S Smith Christ Jensen Bertha Smith L Oliver J J Oliver Edmund Lindsey A Duntz Wm Hulett Edward Cooper Isaac Otis and others with prices ranging from 2650 to 8000 dollars and locations in Story City Kelley Ontario and Northwest Iowa.
An advertisement touts De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a remedy for skin troubles burns and chafing warning it is imitated and urging readers to buy DeWitt's. The piece also mentions a flour brand and a doctor character reflecting generic product promotion.
An ad invites readers to see a complete list of houses and lots. It notes rheumatism cures by B. Cawdrey offering native herbs with a 200 day treatment and money back guarantee if no cure. It also promotes Bankers Accident Insurance Co with high claims in Iowa and points to F. L. Mereprin at Tilden & Loughran for paints, oils, and varnishes.
The California Tourist Car on the Iowa Central Railway will run between Minneapolis and Los Angeles starting March 5 1901 and then every Tuesday instead of Wednesday. It promotes a direct route for California tourists with low one way rates through April 30 1901. Contact Iowa Central ticket agents or Geo Batty G P and T A Marshalltown Iowa for details.
J OC Lewis and his company of comedians appear in the Comedy Success Plankard at the opera house on Friday April 19. The rural comedy features new rewritten material and lively novelties. Also notes the Bankers Accident Insurance Co as agent. A testimonial praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for bronchitis from Warrington England.
Marion Rooke of T M Thompson insists Cham berlain's Cough Remedy cured a dreadful cold that kept her awake and hindered work. She notes swift relief after trying it via a milliner with the same ailment. For sale by druggists. Si Plankard with J Lewis stars to perform at the opera house April 19 with a rewritten farce comedy.
A Troy Ohio resident says Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave quick relief from rheumatic pain in the arm and shoulder after other remedies failed. He bought a bottle on a druggist recommendation and has since advised many friends it is the best remedy for muscular rheumatism. For sale by all druggists.
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