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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1905
Page
4
Local briefs list visits and travels of residents with Ames ties, upcoming events at Opera hall, public sales for Shortborn cattle, a fatal pneumonia case, a Gilbert funeral, and a W. R. event postpone. Notables include Tom Leonard, Ike Fruitt, and O. H. Watkins. church services, school play, and ongoing ads fill the page.
Dick Fisher a well known Eagle Grove figure led locals on a chaotic chase after attempting to shoot his wife during an argument at the King household. He escaped briefly in a back alley dash before being captured by Marshall Burt and Sgt Bart near Wright street.
Advertising rates listed for local notices at five cents per line per insertion. Entertainment notices and similar ads priced at five cents per line per insertion. Cards of thanks five cents. Resolutions of respect and condolence one dollar. Church services lodge society and club announcements will publish one time with five cents per additional publication. Display rates available on application and must be provided by evening of each week.
In Story County the Intelligencer will issue a special illustrated edition and trade review of Ames and surrounding area. The edition aims to persuade skeptics that Ames is the best town in Story County, with experienced help arranged and city cooperation to boost its credit.
The library thanks donors for gifts including works by Alexandre Dumas from the Macabees and volumes from Myer, Ladd, Woodbridge, and Burke donated via Prof. Baker. Dr Cessna loans two Biblical literature cyclopedias and ten volumes. 89 bound periodicals have been shelved. A request lists McClures issues missing from 1894 to 1904, seeking donations.
The Fifth Annual tour by King and Perkins comes to the opera house Friday evening April 21. Frank G. King and Chic Perkins are longtime favorites delivering clean comedy with a strong supporting cast and elaborate scenic display. Also noted are a marriage in Ames and horse services offered by George Connelly with terms and locations in Nevada and Ames.
Ben Har arrives at Loughran and Bauers firm after a period of negotiation and preparatory steps and is welcomed by partners pending formal confirmation of role.
The Ames Mothers' club held a strong meeting with president Mrs. Robinson opening the session. Paul and Erma Taylor performed a duet, Dr. Stuart presented a timely paper on Home Nursing focusing on ventilation and disinfection, and Miss Gladis Johnston sang a solo. Miss Paddock spoke on Foods, urging mothers to learn care to prevent disease and deaths. The next gathering is scheduled for the second Friday in May.
Local sale advertises a removal discount of 26 percent on fancy china at J E Judge. The notice promotes purchasing opportunities during the sale period.
Moore Bros in Eldon Iowa say Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best and most popular for croupy children severe coughs and la grippe. They claim higher sales than other brands and that it cures coughs and colds quickly for all ages. Loughran and Bauer report similar results.
Easter Sunday services at the Congregational church of Ames include morning decorations, special music, and a sermon aligned with the day. In the evening the pastor closes Passion week with illustrated sermons using colored views from Dore Mankacsy Tissot and others, with Good Friday and Easter programs.
Easter Sunday services led by Pastor J. Fowe feature an 11:00 sermon If a Man Die Shall He Live Again and an evening service Christ in the Hour of Death. Special music planned for both services. All welcome.
Virly the black Percheron will stand at Chet Davis barn six miles north and eleven east of Ames on Mondays and Tuesdays each week. At Taylors feed shed in Ames on Wednesdays and Thursdays. At Penfields two miles east and three and a quarter south of Ames on Fridays and Saturdays. Grant Township Horse Co offers Middlings at Geo Little's feed store for twenty two dollars per ton.
The Farm Department of Iowa State College will offer on April 22 at 2 p.m. in Ames a second hand hemp manure spreader two Hayes corn planters a wind mill and pump a wagon scale and other used machinery Carara’s mixed paint at $1.25 per gallon sold by Citizens Lumber Co.
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