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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
4
Friday evening band concert includes a memorial program celebrating the birth anniversary of Francis Scott Key author of the Star Spangled Banner. Opening and closing numbers feature the national air in various arrangements. Key was born in Frederick Maryland August 9 1780 and died in 1843.
The Commercial club of Ames hosted officers of the interurban road that linked the town with Boone and Des Moines. The event fostered goodwill and cooperation between local business leaders and the electric railroad, though concerns arise about reputational risk from close ties with a large corporation.
A York County user hails Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best in the world after five years of family use and recommendations. The medicine is sold by Laughran & Bauer and Joel C Cagwin.
Ole Roe, a experienced public official, seeks the insurance supervisor post. He served ten years as Story county superintendent of schools and six years as deputy state auditor, practiced law four years, and has led the insurance field office since Auditor Carroll took charge. Audubon Republican.
John Riha of Vining Indiana endorses DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills after selling them for a year. He notes dozen local users with perfect satisfaction and says he has used them himself with fine results. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
A municipal marshal will install house numbers for noncompliant occupants next week and enforce the ordinance. Citizens are urged to act now to avoid penalties and ensure proper identification.
A fierce wind storm and cyclone struck northern Iowa Tuesday evening. Two people died and several were injured as Clear Lake Han Jonton and Lake Mills suffered the heaviest damage. Hot weather prevailed statewide then rain and storms followed, with Mason City area also reporting unsettled conditions.
The Brown and Blue armies clash near Des Moines with Company C from Ames joining Gen Lincoln's Brown forces. Ames officers Knapp Underwood and Rusmore march with the unit as Des Moines hosts a grand military parade and camp life amid rain and tents.
Rain kept Ames residents home as President M. L. Kephart of Leander Clarke College spoke in the U S church on I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. He presented a practical scientific defense of his text and promised a future return. Next Sunday evening I N McCash of the State Anti-Saloon league will lead services.
Professor Newens returns to Ames for a new chautauqua program titled Some Human Nature on August 17 at 10 30. The performer blends lecture and reading with selections from notable writers and his own pieces.
Alaska bound John Johnston, early Black Hills figure and Spearfish founder, has become a millionaire after striking it rich in Alaska. He filed a suit against Treadwell Mining Company over land ownership, claiming a strip was never properly located and has applied for a patent. Article submitted by Mrs. Mary Swartzer, a relative living near Ames.
Pastor William J. Minchin returns from vacation to preach on Getting Repose or Equilibrium a lesson from nature and life. Evening union service will be at the park. Sunday school meets at 9 45 and the O E at eight in the lecture room.
Andrew M. Shea serves as pastor with 9 45 Sunday school and 11 00 a m sermon by Rev Smith D D A 6 80 vesper service and sermon by Rev N Mc Cash D D Epworth League meets at 7 30 with topic Early Persecution led by Loretta Williams
Walter I. Fowle pastor returns from summer vacation and will preach Sunday morning continuing exposition of Galatians. Sunday school at 9 45 and young people's meeting follows park service in the evening.
Pastor D Williams leads Bible school at 9 45 a m with good orchestra music. Classes suit ed to all who come. At 11 00 the pastor will preach.
The church building committee has not reached a final decision on construction. Bids exceed the agreement with the architect who declines to travel for corrections but offers to modify specifications to fit the board’s estimate excluding a 30000 organ. If changes justify a contract, work could start this fall. Armory contract assumes meetings in warm weather and winter rent will be higher.
An advertisement warns against cough cures claiming parity with Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It touts gentle bowel action and full clearing of coughs and colds, asserting quick throat relief and irritation reduction sold by A. Gamble.
The opening chapter of The Lion and the Mouse is scheduled to begin next week in The Intelligencer, inviting readers to follow the story as it starts.
Advice urges those with stomach trouble to aid digestion with a natural preparation. Kodol for Indigestion and Dyspepsia is described as containing vegetable acids and the same juices as a healthy stomach and is advertised as digesting what you eat, sold by C. A. Gamble.
Mrs D M Groves hosted a reception for Miss Jessie Weston of Winterset on Tuesday. A Shaller Sac county house party includes Ella and Frances Hopkins Lois Boardman Ruth Dyer. Edna Sildorf hosted a recent house party. A back ride to Ames Friday and a large picnic Saturday are reported. Des Moines Taake sisters were guests of honor. Aug 9 is set for a Woman's Foreign Missionary Society gathering at the Methodist church. Kensington club met with Mrs E H Dewel. Thimble club was hosted by Mrs Clara McCall. Nevada W R C ladies were entertained by Ames Woman's Relief Corps. Estella Minkler and Alba Vail announce their upcoming Milford township wedding. Cemetery society met with Mrs Edgar John. Presbyterian Sabbath school and Ladies Aid held their annual picnic near East Indian Creek. Bertha Vinje hosted a gathering for cousin Miss Dahl of Madison Wis. Rev R B Shaw of the M B church spoke on The Self-Sinking of Personality.
In this hot season citizens are advised to eat little and digest with ease. The article promotes Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspepsia as a stomach aid, claiming it digests food for relief. Sold by Cc. A. Gamble.
The article argues that hoboes arriving on Northwestern trains should be set to labor for food and street cleanup. It condemns vagrancy and calls for using the unemployed to clear weeds and perform farm and town work.
In the District Court of Story County Iowa August Term 1 Henry Haag plaintiff files a civil action. Court records show the case docketed under the August Term with Haag named as plaintiff seeking relief as specified by law.
The Story County Iowa Board of Supervisors met at Nevada court house August 2 1907 with all members present. Bids were opened for Richland Two Drain No 10 Section One. Dunkelbarger King and Morse bid 40 cents per cubic yard and were accepted. Contracts filed and Sections Two and Three time for completion requested, granted. Board adjourned to meeting next morning at nine.
Proceedings of August 3 1907 note the Story County board canvassed a July 1907 special election on funding a county fair site. A 30 acre tract described by lot and section was to be purchased for up to 4000 with title to Story County and held by a county fair association for an annual fair. Votes were 571 for 496 against. proposition lost. Other business includes road petition referral and a bill payment recommendation.
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