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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
16
An old newspaper item promotes gin for kidney ailments with a physician’s recipe and cautions about untreated kidney disease. It then shifts to a column contrasting gossip and scandal, praising gossip as social fuel and noting the scandalmonger’s unpopularity. A Chicago Tribune quip mocks marriage hurdles.
The excerpt credits Marcus Aurelius as the first to mitigate war’s harshness and defend indestructible rights of soldiers as men. It notes De Quincey praising his stance and marks the rise of modern humanitarianism in war from the early eighteenth century.
A father reads a report card and jokes that his son excels only at fighting. The boy promises he can beat any classmate in a fight, while the teacher’s notes mark him poor in most studies. The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes the exchange.
A sharp rebuke from a young woman halts the scene as the editor laments an unexpected accident preventing publication, the Chicago Tribune noting the disruption to the press schedule.
A brief humorous exchange features Tawkins asking why a hen crosses the road and Poorpeigh replying that a hen has no tailor, with a wry transcript-style feel from Poston.
A pamphlet-style notice repeats a Milton quotation about repentance and urges readers to invest 25 cents in Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains and bruises. Sold by all dealers.
Iowa lawmakers consider Representative Stipes short course bill proposing a $100000 universal county program to extend agricultural education through Iowa State College. The agriculture committee endorsed the project and urged full funding, while an amendment to cut to $50000 was withdrawn amid protests. Also recommended for passage, state aid to county fairs faces final appropriations review along with other routine measures.
Webster City reports a projected interurban line from Iowa Falls to Boone to connect with the Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern. Secretary Frank E. Foster of the Iowa Falls Commercial Club is polling Jewell Story City on backing. Jewell and Story City show enthusiasm and pledge support. The venture is in infancy but promising.
Nevada E L Erickson of Story City is named as a victim of the Spanish prison letter swindle. A Russian nobleman supposedly imprisoned in South America asks for money to free him in exchange for a share of funds. Erickson did not fall for the scam, a Webster City businessman also received a similar letter.
Annual meeting of the Dental Faculty Society of the Association of American Universities will be held in Iowa City March 7 and 8 under the University of Iowa dental faculty. Deans attending include Eugene H. Smith Harvard Boston Edward C. Kirk University of Pennsylvania secretary James G. Sharp California University N S Hoff University of Michigan Alfred Owre University of Minnesota.
Deputy Game Warden H. E. Martin reports the first shipment of Hungarian pheasants received in Iowa Falls. State Game Warden Lincoln plans widespread release across the county, with farmers agreeing to protect and care for the birds as they establish population in the state.
The state’s largest silo has been completed near the city on G. T. Groves’s farm. A novel fattening cattle method, watched by Ames agricultural authorities, features a concrete block silo thirty feet in diameter and fifty feet tall, with a capacity of 600 tons of silage.
Ames. The Hans Olson family, eighteen members living in Roland Story county, claims total weight of 3,722 pounds and an average of 206.79 pounds per person, rivaling any other family of similar size in the state.
Susie Scott aged 74 filed in district court to set aside her 75-year-old husband’s decree of divorce granted last fall, alleging fraud and misrepresentation to the court. The case centers on nullifying the decree. Also, Ren A Brown of Hamburg named principal and Rex Brude of Garden Grove as alternates to Annapolis.
The annual stockholders meeting reported a prosperous year with business beyond expectations. C. B. Olson elected president replacing L. N. Bauge. Anton Reinertson named director succeeding W. P. George, and Van Lewis elected treasurer.
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