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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
3
A collage of ads and brief items notes Judge Jackson's long federal tenure in West Virginia, a Vienna hospital radiation damage payout, Swiss rejection of a Tell plateau funicular, and bowel/pile remedies Pine-ules and ManZan with local dealer mentions.
Race program for Story County Fair listing events with purses from 5 to 50 dollars. Includes one and one half mile relay, half mile dashes for boys ponies, gentlemen driving, reign events, and ponies shown for premiums. Entries close September 11 1906 with rules on world entries, county limitations, and payout splits.
Poem by Charles Gould Beedle from Ames Iowa celebrates September arriving with harvest imagery. It describes rustling corn, sun dyed grasses, fruit trees, and a breezy, life crowned by autumn colors and abundance.
Farmers push independent lines in Iowa with stock backing from communities. Phantom phoning connects ends of parallel lines for better sound and easier eavesdropping avoidance on rural systems. A rural line anecdote shows the risk of unwanted listening while city exchanges stay secure. The piece also notes returning players Watts Ly man and Jeansen and explains ongoing local football team plans for fall.
Iowa State College forestry department tests treating willow cottonwood and maple fence posts with coal tar and oil to rival oak durability. Farmers may send 50 to 100 posts for treatment, with 10 percent kept for study, and about 3000 posts have been treated so far.
Crop report notes corn fodder yields are starting to dent and will be much heavier than usual. Minor crops remain about as previously reported with no new significant changes.
Edgar John and wife transfer to J M Whitney for 400 dollars in Nevada. K Graves and wife transfer to Mattie Rayness for 1800 dollars in Ames. J P Duthie and wife transfer to W T Smith for 3900 dollars in Duthies subdivision and Parkers addition Ames. Carl L Little and wife transfer to Vivian G Coy for 1500 dollars in Lees addition.
Des Moines Iowa reports unusually high temperatures with high humidity during the week ending August 27 1906. A Sunday cool wave dropped temperatures near the frost line and light frost was observed at Charles City on the 27th. Rainfall was light statewide but showers occurred in the northeast northwest west central and southeast regions. Soil is largely dry with needed rains for pasture potatoes late corn and fall plowing. No widespread drought damage. some southern pockets affected. Threshing fair and plowing progress and corn growth strong with rapid advancement and early fields ready for harvest in the coming week. Additional lines list property transfers and rights of way in Ames Blair and Cambridge areas.
Acute attacks of colic and dysentery are said to yield to Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with fast relief before a doctor arrives. The ad claims it never fails in severe cases and advises every family to keep it on hand. Loughran and Bauer sell it near the Mississippi congressman John Sharp Williams, known locally as John Ship due to family ties.
The DM and SRR Co deed a $1200 right of way over section 26 township 82 range 24 in Story County. Sheriff of Story County transfers to P C Hanse and Sons a deed valued at $19.92. The location references Adams 9 and 1 and McCallisburg.
160 acres in Howell County Missouri with 65 acres cultivated and a large family orchard plus modern improvements. Circumstances force sale at a sacrifice. For details write E. L. Gilmore Freeborn Minnesota. tf pd J
Mrs. Fry of Brookline Missouri, said to be in the final stages of pulmonary consumption, began using White Wine of Tur and reports immediate relief. Now using a fourth bottle and in better health than for years, the couple recommends it to others. Rev. J N Fry and Susan E Fry attest to the remedy.
Frank Jons of Pikeville Indiana reports high demand for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says it has cured dysentery when other remedies failed and notes Loughran and Bauer sell the product locally.
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