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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
6
Mr. W. M. Acworth discusses the phrase all the traffic will bear from his volume The elements of Railway Economics. He argues that charges should cover out of pocket costs and shared expenses, enabling otherwise unaffordable traffic to exist and supporting low class traffic through high class surpluses.
The undersigned offers 88 head of livestock 38 cattle 20 cows 18 milch cows some fresh soon 1 yearling bull 1 two year old heifer 4 horses 14 hogs and farm machinery including plows planters and wagons. Sale Friday December 22 1905 at 10 00 am on the farm seven miles northwest of Ames one south and two miles west of Gilbert. Terms cash for 5.00 and under notes payable bankable with 8 percent interest on sums over that amount 2 percent discount for cash. Free lunch at noon. Auditors W H Totten clerk.
A farm sale 349 miles northwest of Ames and 8 miles south of Gilbert on Wednesday December 20 at 12 30 includes 60 pure bred Chester White brood sows with 42 bred by sale day and 90 tops September pigs. Breeding uses Remeo 15107 and Challenger boars. Two extra good Percheron fillies foaled March 1905. Sale in heated building with cash or one year notes at 8 percent. Free conveyance for distant bidders.
W T Barr E F Posegate from Ames Henry Dun Howe Story City F G Houghton Albion serve as auctioneers with B Shelden acting as clerk for the sale listing.
Exclusive tour under the Tourist Department and rail lines leaves Chicago on February 7 for a sun filled journey through February and March. The package costs 35000 including railway fare sleeping cars meals in dining cars and hotel expenses. Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois travelers west of Chicago can join en route by writing for itineraries and details to A Hutchison manager at 212 Clark St Chicago Ill.
Executrix Annie Elliott announces December 7 1906 date from the District Court of Storrgeowa for the estate of John B Elliott deceased. Creditors must present claims authenticated to the court and debtors should pay the executrix.
The piece traces old legal terms like This in denture witnesseth and hand and seal to parchment costs and thumb seals. It notes the survival of seals and red wafers in documents, explains dock from German and bar from Welsh, and explains why bench phraseology persists.
The article explains Japan’s ancient pagodas resist quakes due to a heavy timber frame and a central pendulum that connects to four sides. This device stabilizes the structure, keeping the center of gravity at the base and explaining why many pagodas survive centuries despite nearby temples.
The term baffled once signified disgrace rather than thwarted as today. A baffled knight faced loss of plumes, broken sword, torn robe, severed spurs, public chastisement, and formal declaration of disgrace, a usage found in Shakespeare and era writers.
Observation notes human respiration rates: about sixteen to seventeen cubic inches of air enter the lungs per breath, twenty breaths per minute, totaling roughly 274 cubic feet daily. Lungs hold 2.80 cubic feet, with oxygen conversion to carbonic acid gas at 1.3875 per breath. Inspired and expired nitrogen are equal, and lungs are coldest during inspiration.
A reflective exchange contrasts two viewpoints on Mrs. Jones who sings all day. One side calls her a happy woman while the other labels her a troublesome neighbor, illustrating how perception changes with perspective.
A Chicago News note recalls a long courtship with Maude and Jack Huggins. The couple has dated for months with one party expecting a proposal soon. The other recalls a slower pace before engagement.
Humorous exchange from the Houston Post notes Maggie’s verdict after a year of marriage. The question about her husband elicits a dry reply that he remains sober, delivering a wry domestic vignette.
A short aphorism attributed to Theresa 81, suggesting paradox of love and wickedness. The line contemplates moral transformation if evil Or beings could feel love, implying a paradoxical restraint on sin.
A vintage advertisement claims thin babies suffer pain from gentle touches, endorsing Scott's Emulsion as the solution. It touts fat babies as content and well nourished, urging parents to buy bottles priced 50 cents and 1 dollar and to look for the label on every wrapper.
The Chicago Daily Tribune and The Ames Intelligence offer a one year package for $8.00, with The Tribune at $4.00 and The Intelligencer at $1.00 annually. A limited time special lets readers get both papers for $5.00 a year, with extensions for current subscribers and withdrawals possible on short notice. Make remittances to The Intelligencer in Ames Iowa.
An old newspaper ad digest touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for indigestion with claims of improved vitality. It also promotes DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve for skin relief and hemorrhoids, sold by C. A. Gamble.
A brief note records that sliding seats were introduced in rowing competitions in 1875, marking an early modernization of the sport and influencing subsequent boat designs and race strategies.
Advertises a two for eight dollar subscription deal for the Intelligencer and the Chicago Daily Tribune. Claims regular price as five hundred dollars.
Wanted by Chicago manufactur ing house a trustworthy person familiar with local territory to assist an in branch office. Salary 1800 paid weekly permanent position no investment required previous experience not essential. Address Manager Branches Como Block Chicago.
Rev. J. R. Fly and Susan E. Fly of Brookline Mo report their wife’s relief from pulmonary consumption after using White Wine of Tar. She began taking it and after four bottles her health is better than in years, and they commend it to others.
A witty remark notes that love is blind though not deaf or dumb, suggesting affection can miss obvious limits while still missing external signals. The line frames romance as imperfect perception in human behavior.
The Intelligencer advertises exceptionally low rates for Ladies Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, and another publication. A three-title clubbing rate of $8.25 is offered for renewals or new subscriptions, versus the regular $4.00 per year price for each.
Rates offer excursion tickets from December 16 to 20 with return validity to December 24 on the North Western Line. Tickets obtainable through agents and the North Western Railway. Also includes generic medical and consumer ads for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with seller names OC A Gamble and Lough.
The Intelligencer provides local and county news as a home paper while the Daily News covers world events politics daily markets and capital city news. Readers are invited to place an order at the office for the two-paper combination at a low cost.
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