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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1911
Page
5
A quip compares courting over a buggy ride to conducting business without advertising. The aunt enjoys the ride, but the romantic aim remains unmet. The piece advises persistent, targeted column advertising to win the home trade.
Reports from Harbin say Russian troops concentrate at Kiakhta opposite Marmachin as war office orders strengthen frontier watch. China dispatches mobilization orders to the resident general in Mongolia, while Beijing denies Russian charges and diplomacy looms ahead of any escalation.
Lake Mills reports dairy expert G W Patterson of the North Iowa Dairy Improvement Association says sweet corn silage equals shelled corn as cattle feed at 100 tons to about 600 bushels. Experiments at Colby farm used fields of waste stalks. Patterson cites a table comparing digestible nutrients and notes silage with ears is richer than dent corn stalks. 100 tons of silage equals about 261.50 dollars of shelled corn at 40 cents per bushel or 390 dollars worth of oats at 28 cents per bushel.
The Story county board of supervisors considers Milford township drain No 32, a major project costing about 94000 dollars. The district covers roughly 9000 acres, averaging 10.44 dollars per acre for drainage. An open ditch will run four miles while tile lines extend fourteen miles, varying from 30 to 8 inches in size.
Des Moines reports the Bank of Kelley in Kelley Indiana suspended business after a depositor run triggered by disclosed financial difficulties and the disappearance of president E J Penfield. The bank sits between Des Moines and Ames.
Des Moines governor B F Carroll vetoed the Oregon primary plan bill, saying it aims to indirectly achieve what cannot be done directly. He calls it an evasion of the U S Constitution and says it affects only a constitutional change, not a direct election amendment.
A crew of carpenters is enlarging John D. Rockefeller's Pocantico Hills residence in Tarrytown New York. The mansion will rise to seven stories with sixty rooms after the expansion, using the time Rockefeller spends in the South to complete the work.
Reports say Cunard Steamship and Canadian Northern Railway plan a joint steamship service linking Bristol and Liverpool with Canada. A joint board will run the venture with a Cunard director serving as chairman.
Des Moines. Albert Grandquist, father of twelve, oldest child age 12, received a severe reprimand from Judge Bradshaw in district court after his wife testified to excessive drinking. The judge ordered him to quit liquor or go to Knoxville hospital.
Council Bluffs county supervisors vote unanimously to pay no more gopher bounties. A resolution resists the claim that the county is legally liable for the bounty which has cost the county.
Mount Pleasant Mrs. Jane Connor widow of Francis Connor former city marshal died of a broken heart after the death of her daughter Dr. Mary Keith. Connor was born in Ohio 76 years ago and had faced recent sorrows and financial strains.
The Chicago Great Western Railway finishes a large ice house capable of storing hundreds of tons. Its completion would make Fort Dodge a division point for the road, removing the doubt about its status as a division hub.
S R Wilson of Des Moines attempted suicide at the McElroy hotel in Ottumwa by slashing his throat with a penknife. He failed to sever the jugular vein. A physician treated and sewed the wound.
Manning city council voted to hire an engineer to draw plans and surveys for installing a sewerage system. Main Street likely to be paved next year.
A crowd of about 300 township officers and farmers attended a county good roads meeting in Nevada addressed by D W King of Missouri. The gathering was noted as one of the county’s most enthusiastic on the subject.
In Buxton Mine No. 12 a slate fall fatally crushed Charles Cross, a colored worker. About 500 men were employed in the mine. He leaves a wife and six children.
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