Celebration of 1859 Fourth at Agricultural College Grounds
A Boone County News report in the Story County Advocate describes the July 4 1859 celebration at the Ames Agricultural College grounds. About eight hundred to fifteen hundred attendees traveled by a long procession of forty teams under threatening skies, yet the day turned cool and pleasant with music from local bands and no disorder. The event praised the college grounds 650 acres between Timber Creek and Squaw Fork for timber stone and soil and touted the school as a potential Iowa beacon. Pine salve advertisement notes Gamble sells carbolized salve for burns cuts and bruises.
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Boone
Nevada
Story County Advocate
Boone County News
Boone County
Ames
Agricultural College
James Phelan
Aoonsboro
Swearingen
Zemo and Pineules Kidney Remedy Ads
An 1910s advertisement touts Zemo as a cure for eczema and itching skin and scalp diseases with samples and patient cures shown by druggist Mr. Cagwin. Pineules are promoted as a kidney remedy for back pain bladder inflammation urinary disorders and weak kidneys sold by C. A. Gamble.
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Cagwin
Zemo
C. A. Gamble
Pain displays Battle in the Clouds at Iowa State Fair
The Pain Company unveils its latest spectacular fireworks show Battle in the Clouds for the Iowa Stars Fair this year. The State Fair is state owned and run by the Department of Agriculture, running August 27 to September 3 with visitors from nearly every township expected.
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Pain
United States
Pain Company
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Golden Wedding in the West Rev H D Weaver and Mrs Weaver
Rev H D Weaver and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in Long Beach California with a July 4th reception at the First Baptist church. Friends from Iowa Oregon and New York attended a program including remarks by Deacon A A McLean and former pastor Rev Frank L Norton. The couple married in 1859 in Oregon City Illinois and have long served as ministers in Iowa and Illinois.
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Ames
H. D. Weaver
Long Beach
California
Bowers
Pasadena
Miss Pierce
Miller
A. A. McLean
Mr. Whiting
Frank L. Norton
Oregon City
Ilinois
Iowa
City Council Proceedings Publication Law Question Clarified
Special counsel George Cosson states city councils may opt to publish council proceedings in a newspaper or post them publicly. statute allows publication as optional with compensation limited to one third of legal notice fees. Des Moines dispatch dated June 26, 1909.
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George Cosson
Byers
Riggs Printing & Publishing Company
Des Moines
Riggs Ptg. & Pub. Company
van Meter
Towa
Thirtythird General
SEN Cummins Home Coming Draws Enthusiastic Iowa Welcome
Senator Cummins arrived in Des Moines Monday to an energetic turnout of old and new admirers. He spoke of upholding truth and justified his actions in opposition to party policy, noting the tariff bill controversies and Taft's influence, returning to a more united constituency.
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Nevada
Cummins
Des Moines
Iowa
Cumming
Senate
Taft
Thaat
Parade of prize stock at Iowa State Fair closes with new amphitheater
A closing day parade of prize winning horses and cattle at the Iowa State Fair is planned with the new amphitheater boosting enjoyment. The event showcases a half million dollars worth of stock under favorable conditions, though the date contains an error in September.
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Iowa
Boone Fair and Speed Program Planned for September Four Days
Boone Driving Park and Fair Association announces a four day fair starting September 21 featuring trotting and running races, an automobile meet, an educational department, and a floral hall. No entrance fee, and Boone County students are eligible to exhibit.
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Boone Driving Park & Fair Association
Boone
Boone County
Resolutions For Mrs Helen Allen From Laura Chapter 115
Laura Chapter 115 offers heartfelt memorial resolutions for Mrs Helen Allen. The tribute lauds her as a trusted, selfless worker who enriched others lives and lives by faith. The chapter passes to minutes and city papers a copy and sends a copy to Nellie Bosworth Georgian Walkey and M A Manning with condolences. Gambling warns of youths losing money as a cautionary line.
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Laura
Helen Allen
City
Breaved
Nellie M. Bosworth
Georgian L. Walkey
M. A. Manning
Corn Crop Utilization Breaks Down by Use
The article lists total corn output at 2 000 bushels with 241 000 000 used in flour mill products and 8 000 000 in storch manufacture. It notes 9 bushels for malt liquors, 40 0 bushels for glucose, 190 bushels for export, and 3 000 bushels for seed, totaling 518 000 000 bushels or 19.7 percent of the crop. The remaining 80.7 percent or 2 118 000 000 bushels were nearly all fed.
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Kansas
Clitb Journal
Surprise at Hanson home for Miss Zenor
A surprise party hosted at the Hanson residence on Arrasmith stead, four miles north of Ames. Miss L Zenor, a milliner, was greeted by about fifty guests after a stroll with Milda Swearingen. she received a souvenir spoon as a token of esteem from attendees from Ames Zearing Nevada and surrounding areas.
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Hanson
Arrasmith Stead
Ames
L. Zenor
South
Miss Zenor
Milda Swearingen
Mit Zenor
Vuesis
Zearing
Maure
Nevada
Summer Coughs and Colds Sue to Laxative Syrup Claim
A fragmentary ad claims Bees Laxative Syrup cures colds and coughs with a pleasant laxative effect. The notice lists a seller and a contact but provides incomplete details. The advertisement reads like a dated health product claim with sparse provenance.
Time Waits for No Man but a Conductor Beats It
A lighthearted note suggests a musical conductor can tempo with time, implying mastery over schedules and pacing. The quip frames conductors as timekeepers who steer performances with precision and urgency.
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Tennessee Red
H. L. Munn Lumber
Bosworth Drug Store
Mutual Telephone
Ames, Iowa
John W. Kennedy & CO
Chicago, U. S. A
Boone CO. News
B. A. Lockwood Grain CO
J. M. Munsinger
LOUGHRAN @ BAUER
Ames Baptist Church
City Council
Sen. Cummins
Wettstein Tailoring Company
Gambling
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