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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
7
Superintendent Ira J. Scott announces the Ames Chautauqua spelling match next Tuesday afternoon August 16 at 3:00 in Chautauqua Park. About 101 county pupils from 7th and 8th grades will spell for cash prizes and free season tickets with incentives for top places and county winners.
Notice to qualified electors that a petition seeks a one mill tax levy to fund a public hospital in Ames with building cost not exceeding 50000. The November 8 1910 election will use standard precinct polling hours from 8 PM to 7 AM. Fr Dunahugh County Auditor signs the notice.
A playful exchange unfolds in a dining room as a guest complains the sausages are too peppery and the waiter jests that they taste like dogs of war, prompting light banter about fiery flavors and combat metaphor.
One of the best 240 acre farms in Northern Iowa offered for sale by Howard Olson and Nessa of Forest City. Interested parties should write or call the firm for details. 1912.
Iowa crop officials report better than the ten year average corn prospects, with rain showers aiding late moisture and thrashing progress. Yields are forecast at oats forty, wheat twenty five, barley thirty two bushels per acre, timothy four, while moisture shortages affect pastures and fall plowing in southern counties.
An advertisement claims deafness from catarrh can be cured by constitutional remedies. It asserts deafness results from inflamed Eustachian tubes and offers a $100 reward for any case not cured. Circulars are mailed free, with Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills sold nationwide.
A. L. Urick, head of the state federation of labor, arrived in Ottumwa to investigate a strike by 28 hello girls at the Ottumwa Telephone Company exchange. Operators walked out at 9 a.m. Tuesday when a closed shop agreement was refused, crippling service and temporarily cutting off the South Ottumwa exchange.
W F Cooper transfers to A A Wells a 30 acre lot 5 in subdivision of lot 4 E 30 a SW NE 9 83 24. Hawley D Miller transfers to A F Griffith a 1 lot 4 in H D Millers subdivision 3d addition to Ames. Mary A Myers transfers to C F Cooper a 7 lot 5 and 6 in C Pad Ames. R H Inman transfers to Walter Canady a 5 000 dollar property lot 1 and WJ lot 2 block 5 Duffs addition Ames. Charles Thompson transfers to Henry Anfinson a 1 200 dollar 4 5 6 blocks 18 UP addition Cambridge. GH Folkins transfers to James N Dunlop a 4 000 dollar lot 8 Woodland Park add Ames. Dunlop transfers to Ames 4 000 dollar lot 2 Woodland Park add Ames.
Bulletin issued at 1:30 a.m. reports Mayor Gaynor awake and cheerful with no pain. He is conversing with nurses and doctors and indications point to a good night for the mayor.
The Butler Land Co of Northwood Iowa reports selling 4000 acres of Worth County lands this year due to foresight in acquiring or listing last year and earlier at rock bottom prices. They still have 5000 acres to deliver at the same prices and offer an illustrated pamphlet describing these lands.
Charles T. Archer a wealthy Red Oak resident was brought to Council Bluffs by Deputy U S Marshal Groneweg on bootlegging charges.
Dubuque Iowa August 10 fire of unknown origin destroyed several buildings along the railway tracks burning a horse and other property and causing several thousand dollars in loss.
Ames notes Rain .29 boosts corn and oats show strong yield and weight. Fall plowing begun and light early apple harvest with a few plums. Boone Rain .50 arrived in time but more needed for pastures and late potatoes. Corn not suffering and thrashing advances under good conditions. Sunny Jim says he never met an insurgent. insurgents saw him coming per Pittsburg Post.
A brief notice directs readers to leave an order for trip cards at the Intelligencer office before taking a fur mer on vacation. The item reads like a small community instruction with no dates or further details.
A lively chat between a beautiful young widow and Senator Piffle. The widow challenges remarks by Mr. Brown who calls the senator a politician rather than a statesman.
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