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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1900
Page
2
A source notes a Michigan printing office that begins daily with prayer and ends with closing rites, contrasting with common prints shops opened by the devil and closed by the sheriff.
The piece notes an inauspicious ground hog day and a shadow predicted by Hicks. It suggests six more weeks of winter may not be so bad and expresses hope for an average early spring despite predictions from Hicks and the ground hog.
The Fort Dodge Messenger notes dissatisfaction with Rev Hicks once esteemed as a weather prophet. His forecasts of a severe winter failed, damaging his reputation as his predictions proved unreliable and his influence waned.
A hardworking woman from Red Wood Falls Minnesota saved money in a trunk. mice chewed the hoard into fragments resembling a catnip banquet. She reported the loss, submitted the tampered notes for damage assessment, and received $275 in new bills from the treasury within a week.
The State Agricultural College faced its funding request before a joint Senate and House appropriations committee. Beardshear outlined a need of $211,500 plus a one tenth mill tax for five years for buildings and equipment, while Curtiss and others pressed for upgraded laboratories and facilities, noting relative state support lags behind neighboring states. The discussion covered department needs, farm profit insights, and cattle purchases to bolster the program.
The state contributes funds and the national endowment provides 67000 dollars as support. Prof. Marston urged larger quarters for the engineering departments noting current cramped conditions. The overall showing was excellent for the college.
The Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station at Ames reports on winter frost damage to orchards and nurseries and outlines prevention steps. It highlights three approaches hardy stocks deeper planting and cover crop systems and argues management matters as much as stock choice. Readers are urged to obtain Bulletin 44.
The Brintons bring life like moving pictures to the Ames opera house on February 12 13 and 14 with a changing program each evening Admission 10 15 and 25 cents.
The Story County Farmers Institute will be held at the opera house in Roland on Friday February 9 and Saturday February 10. The schedule includes morning and afternoon sessions with music addresses on Poultry Farming Fruit Culture and Co operative Creameries and a Friday evening program featuring consolidation of country schools and farm life advantages. Saturday covers soil fertility sheep swine feeding good roads and committee reports with later discussions and industry talks.
J. R. Sherman rescheduled a public sale from February 8 to February 15 1900. The notice shifts the timeline and sets a new sale date for the event.
An advertisement advises taking Foley's Honey and Tar after exposure or at the onset of cold symptoms to stop a cold, claiming it never fails when used in time and instructing to take nothing else.
The Pullman Palace Car Company reduced wages for about 1,000 conductors by 20 percent, reflecting cost cutting measures across the railway service.
Beginning Saturday February 17 1900 photos are offered at one cent each. The sale is held over J. B. Kooser’s & Co. grocery store in Ames Iowa.
A varied farm and medical ad column notes cures and tonics. A Pa. reader credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with restoring mobility after rheumatism. Testimonials tout Foley's Honey and Tar for colds and pneumonia prevention. Other items promote Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Advert promotes Foley's Kidney Cure from Tilden & Loughran claiming it restores health when other medicines fail after symptoms misled doctors about kidney problems.
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