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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
3
An advertisement invites all readers to try ZEMO and ZEMO soap for irritated skin with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The ad touts ZEMO as a clear external liquid curing eczema pimples dandruff and other skin eruptions for infants or adults.
Notice states Sigma Nu House Company incorporated in Ames Story County Iowa to erect and operate a Gamma Sigma Chapter House. Capital stock authorized 15000 dollars with 1200 dollars common and 13800 dollars preferred. Business to start January 1 1911 and end January 1 1931 unless dissolved by three fourths vote. Officals include a president and secretary treasurer and five trustees.
The Gamma Sigma Chapter trustees will be elected at the annual meeting on the first Tuesday in October at the Chapter House by a majority vote of active and alumnus members and present stockholders. Each qualified person has one vote in person. Officers are elected for one year at the trustees first meeting. The maximum corporate indebtedness is two-thirds of issued capital stock. Personal stockholders' property is exempt from corporate debts. Signed January 16 1911 by Bannister and Cox Attorneys.
An attack of the grip is often followed by a persistent cough, which many find annoying. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been widely used with good success for relief and cure of this cough. Many cases have been cured after other remedies failed. Sold by all dealers.
J. B. Ball states he will not be responsible for any debts incurred by his wife Mrs. J. B. Ball after January 21 1910. The notice is dated Ames Iowa and signed by J. B. Ball.
A notice advises keeping Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at home for croup and to give a dose at first signs, as delays in treatment can be dangerous. The product is described as pleasant to take and widely sold by dealers.
A notice directs residents to Story County Bank for a complete list of taxes and the option to pay. The message emphasizes payment access and official handling of tax matters.
W. W. Marsh of Waterloo told Iowa Dairy show attendees that the dairy cow is the foundation of true conservation. He spoke aboard a special dairy train run by the Iowa State Dairy association over the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line, urging farmers to protect soil fertility as butter prices rise.
Ruth Hall, principal in a famed damage suit against Chicago Telephone, died recently from injuries alleged to come from an electrical shock while using a telephone in Chicago. The four year case drew notable figures, with Thomas A. Edison subpoenaed and testifying on shock risk.
The theft of oats valued at about 25 dollars ten chickens five turkeys a stock set of augers and groceries from Wallace McKinney’s house prompted a lengthy police chase and arrest of Carl Vester after a county investigation by County Attorney E M Sabin and Sheriff P A Gullickson. Vester was held to await the next grand jury on burglary charges. Police in several northern Iowa cities say the group is tied to about a dozen winter grain thefts in the region.
A new Miller Manney Cement Products Company factory will rise in Marshalltown and be ready to operate by March 1. It will produce cement building blocks reinforced fence posts cement brick and various cement novelties such as porch piers and columns.
Estherville news reports Jason L. Howe known as Shorty Howe, about 45, died of heart failure while ascending stairs in the Coon block. He was unmarried and educated, having attended Glen Falls New York, where he knew Governor Dix in youth.
Boone announces sale of bonds issued to fund a new water system. The project will bring Des Moines River gravel-bed water to the city’s supply. The bonds were issued to finance construction and infrastructure upgrades.
A message from Mankato Kansas says sixteen year old Miss Flossie Kent daughter of Mrs F B Kent of Nevada who disappeared last November is alive and will be sent home.
Democratic members of the house pledged party support for the Canadian United States reciprocity agreement and favored action by the house. Anti reciprocity Democrats were given freedom to oppose, with amendments debated but deemed potentially invalidating the accord. Champ Clark and Underwood led the push for endorsement.
Washington February 8 Senator Wesley L Jones charged the Illinois jack pot fund with responsibility for any bribery in the Lorimer senatorial election. He said the fund was used to buy votes, aiming to defeat Senator A J Hopkins rather than elevate Lorimer.
Rock Island Illinois February third week council meeting hears Alderman James Simser claim he was offered 50 dollars to back a specific fire hose brand. He says a 200 dollar jackpot influenced bids and caused report suppression and readvertisement as aldermen seek details.
Acting on Judge McPherson's ruling in the U S district court, 11 Servians who arrived in Philadelphia en route to Gary Indiana to seek steel mill work are to be deported for possible becoming public charges. Immigration officials cited Gary's high unemployment as basis. Counsel for the Servians sought release but the judge upheld the deportation order.
Chicago February 8 Judge Gibbons in the Circuit court ruled for the Illinois Central Railroad in a case against former officials. The suit sought an accounting of funds claimed to have been fraudulently paid to several car repair companies, following last June's bill.
A claim of $1,000 by A. G. Lafferty of Humboldt County for supplies during the 1851 Indian wars has been allowed by the California assembly. Lafferty, then 22, is now 82, and the claim has been before the legislature since 1879, repeatedly refused each year.
Cagwin Drug Store promotes Zemo claiming relief from pimples dandruff eczema and rashes with a money back guarantee and a 32 page booklet on skin care. A separate public notice from Harvey Peck of Algona Iowa warns he will not be responsible for his wife Jessie M W Peck’s debts after she left their home dated February 17 1943. The clipping also endorses Chamberlains Cough Remedy for preventing and treating croup with sellers noted.
Tack pieces of rubber cut from overshoes to the bottom of step ladder legs to stop sliding on slippery floors.
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