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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
5
The fragment shows a noisy ad with mentions of rooms and a cashier inquiry and a 25 cent item price. It references freight and a January 9 date but lacks coherent details or proper names. The readable items are sparse and not tied to a clear event or entity.
Mr Glen H Corlette leaves Tuesday for Indianapolis and then to Brazil as an expert machinist for Fairbanks Morse Co He sails January 13 for a two year assignment with possible future work in Africa and returns unknown.
Mrs Nettie Zimmerman widow of the late John Zimmerman received a $2000 life insurance draft from the Modern Woodmen of America. J W Lathero delivered the document to Mrs Zimmerman who lives on Boone Street near the College.
Private McElroy Howard of the Second Cavalry was found guilty of manslaughter by a Polk County district court jury on Friday night for shooting Martha Pie ray. He faces an indeterminate sentence not to exceed eight years in prison.
Word reaches this city of the death in Comanchee of Mrs. John Dunn aged about ninety born in Ireland. An aunt of Mrs. M. J. Reilly and mother of Mrs. Leslie M. Shaw, she had often visited the area and was a well known pioneer resident near Clinton. Boone News-Republican.
Mrs Anna Nichols filed in the district court seeking a divorce from Harry P Nichols whom she married in Wyoming Illinois in 1890. She asserts desertion after seven years of marriage and asks custody of their 11 year old daughter. Nevada Journal.
The Horticultural Department showcases a full collection of apples at the horticultural laboratory east of the greenhouse during the Ames Short Course. Visitors may view the exhibit from 1 to 6 pm daily starting January 1. All are invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs Daniel Cupps decide to make Ames their home and will take possession of the Arlington hotel which is undergoing thorough remodeling for patrons comfort. The Cupps are well known in Ames and enjoy the respect of the community. The Intelligencer wishes them success.
The statement promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as the best pills for constipation and headache. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
A brief exchange reveals Mr Trav's plan to circle the globe in what appears to be a bold round the world journey aboard a long voyage. The remark places the traveler at the start of an ambitious itinerary.
The Iowa National Guard will send Adjutant-General Thrift General J R Lincoln and four colonels to Boston for a meeting of officers across states at Faneuil Hall. The convention aims to align state units with the Dix law and regular army while pushing for immediate equipment to meet a twenty four hour ready status.
Professor P. J. Holden warns that Iowa soil is not inexhaustible and will become worthless without returning nutrients through fertilization alongside seed corn. He notes deserts in the old world, likening soil depletion to past civilizations and stresses preserving soil richness for continued productivity.
An editorial argues that rats cause millions in damage in England and the United States, urging a nationwide bounty on rats. It cites Norway’s two-cent bounty program and calls on readers to pressure legislators to fund a one-cent per rat reward to save property and reduce disease.
A lively Powell and Cohan musical drama performs in reduced form with new songs and extras. Bud Hicks stars as a strenuous lifer figure in Rooseveltian street slang, delivering song and dance and comic relief amid dramatic killings and unsolved puzzles.
The Ft. Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway updates the Ames Des Moines interurban timetable. Noon car now runs to Kelley and back, with 1 pm return trips linking Kelley and Des Moines cars. Evening college car runs to Kelley until 8 25 then joins Des Moines Ft. Dodge car to Ames arriving 8 50 pm. An extra New Year’s night car operated for Sunday travelers.
A Scenic theater machine operator left Sunday morning without paying his Ames hotel bill. Landlord Smith tracked him to Boone where he was jailed by night. The story hints the man may learn that skipping board is poor conduct.
The Epworth League presents a Trip Around the World event scheduled for January 9 1908. The program features a guided tour through distant lands with speakers and displays illustrating global customs and cultures.
Secretary Wilson states the law informs consumers of harmful drugs in medicines and requires labeling of chloroform opium morphine and other habit forming substances. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy lacks these drugs and is promoted as safe effective for coughs and colds. Sold by Loughran & Bauer.
The Colfax piece laments aging city electric service and hostility to patrons. It notes A B Cox of Ames exploring a gas plant, a bid to revamp or replace the Interurban franchise, and Polk Jr of the Interurban signaling eventual light and power supply by 1913, urging action to speed progress.
Do not let a bad cough or cold become chronic bronchitis or lead to pneumonia. Take Chamberlains Cough Remedy for prompt relief. Its wide use spans the United States and many foreign countries with numerous cures. Sold by Loughran and Bauer.
The Andes Slack period notes how blanket trees in Peru yield seven by five foot blankets from neatly peeled bark. Indians cut trunk, soak, pound away rough outer layers, and dye the inner fibers in bright colors. Foreign buyers pay high prices for fine bark blankets.
An old advertisement touts Ring's Little Liver Pills claiming to wake lazy livers, cleanse the system, and clear the skin for biliousness and sick headaches. It lists a 25 cent price and that it is sold by C. A. Gamble.
The text notes elephants were once used in battle in the East as fighting animals wielding chains and bars to unseat riders, lift men, and trample infantry. It suggests elephants last served regularly in war around 1601 during Akbar's campaigns to subdue Deccan kingdoms and establish Mughal power.
Advertisement for ManZan piles treatment priced at 50 cents. Sold by C. A. Gamble. Claims quick relief for soreness and inflammation from any form of piles.
William O Brien recounts a dinner with Parnell when he learns two sub editors children have scar latina. Parnell panics and asks to burn the note then rushes to wash his hands and empties water into the basin in earnest. The tale ends with the company roaring at his zeal.
Mrs. F. H. McElwee of Boistown New Brunswick reports relief from a lingering left shoulder pain after trying Chamberlains Pain Balm. The balm is sold locally by Loughran and Bauer.
A discussion on cantilever bridges cites Sir Benjamin Baker noting bridges were built on a Chinese principle long ago. The Forth Bridge is described as a continuous girder design, with cantilever origin explained as two brackets reaching across a stream before a connecting girder.
An American tourist on the summit of Vesuvius expresses shock at the grandeur of the sight saying it reminds him of hades. His English companion teases his American travel manners in a brief exchange captured by Ladies' Home Journal.
The piece honors William Lillywhite of Sussex as a premier early 20th century bowler and LORD Frederick Beauclerck as a leading batsman at Lord's. It notes Lillywhite at age over sixty still relied on a helper to supply the ball, while Beauclerck boasted of his batting by hanging his gold watch on the bails.
A young Arnold Bocklin married a Roman beauty and faced poverty while pursuing art. He refused to alter a landscape for a wealthy German merchant who offered nearly $1,000 for changes, choosing to keep his artistic ideals.
The article notes that world oceans contain at least 2,000,000 tons of dissolved silver and also hold copper and small amounts of gold, highlighting potential riches from sea water.
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