This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1909
Page
5
A dated notice outlines advertising rates of one cent per word with a ten cent minimum and half-price for additional insertions. It explains payment with copy to avoid collections and offers directed ads to a post office box or number care of The Intelligencer, plus forwarding of out of town replies.
Advertising copy promotes ManZap as the best remedy for piles with a convenient nozzle applicator. It notes effectiveness for blind bleeding and itching piles and states the product is sold by C. A. Gamble.
An Irish beggar asks a passing woman for a drink of water as he laments hunger and uncertainty about where he will sleep tonight, illustrating hardship and vulnerability in the streets.
Baxter Ohio January 12 James Linder shot and killed his fourteen year old son Arthur seriously wounded his wife then killed himself at his home four miles west of town Neighbors say he seemed unsettled after failing to secure a coal load The wife survived long enough to summon help Linder a former Newton carpenter and recovering alcoholic with a church background may have suffered lingering mental decline after a severe typhoid fever attack.
The Marquis de Villalobar Spanish minister to Washington has been reassigned to Lisbon. He expressed surprise at the transfer and denied rumors that he caused an unpleasant incident at the White House reception, insisting the report is untrue.
Des Moines reports Gov Carroll limits use of hunters license funds to 35000. State Game and Fish Protective association vows action. Des Moines branch meets Monday. About 100000 from licenses was to fund drainage, waterways, conservation, stocking streams and fields. Hunters insist law requires full revenue be used for propagation and deputy wardens.
In Cerro Gordo County Mason City Iowa January 12 steam heat for hogs is adopted at the county farm with a new 30 by 78 foot building and over 1000 feet of radiation tied to the main heating plant. The facility will house hogs and provide an apartment for sick animals including calves colts horses and sheep needing extra care.
Attorney M. V. Gannon a Davenport and Chicago figure known as an Irish American orator was arrested for allegedly embezzling 3300 dollars from the James Quinn estate. He posted 2500 dollars bail and was released.
Des Moines reports ten year old Beda Murphy kidnapped from her adopted father's home at Twenty Ninth and Crocker Streets on Saturday by an unknown woman. She was taken by train to a village near Des Moines, escaped, and walked back to the city found in the snow in exhausted condition, only partially conscious.
Dubuque Iowa January 12 F T Oldis resigns after fifteen years serving as superintendent of the Dubuque public schools leaving the district to seek new opportunities and ending a long tenure.
Detectives accompany heiress Roberta De Janon and waiter Frederick Cohen from Chicago to Philadelphia after she eloped on December 29. She had fled to her grandfather’s home, claimed Cohen was like an adopted father, and was allowed to attend a theater with detectives. Cohen remained in a Chicago cell.
The family of G Howland Leavitt confirms Miss Margaret Howland Leavitt twenty five year old heiress to a million dollars wed Joseph F Smollen her chauffeur without parental knowledge or consent in New York on January 12.
Fourteen striking shirtwaist makers were held in bail in Philadelphia on charges tied to disturbances near nonunion operated factories. Several are charged with inciting to riot.
In Bobsted near LaGrange Missouri on January 12 Westhort Elges aged thirteen died after a collision between two bobsteds. Charles Guilfoile, also thirteen, is reported fatally injured. Several others suffer minor injuries. Elges’ skull was crushed.
Jackson Mississippi January 12 The legislative caucus remains deadlocked over a successor to the late Senator A J McLaurin Former Governor James K Vardaman lost seven votes but holds 41 more than his nearest challenger now each side waits for a break in the stalemate
Springfield Mass January 12 John Kirby Jr president of the National Manufacturers association assigns large responsibility for higher living costs to what he terms the labor trust in an address in the city.
Washington January 12. The insurgents were further forestalled by Representative Dwight the Republican whip giving instructions to clerks to pair no Republicans without his permission.
Glenn H. Curtiss in a Curtiss biplane set a speed record with a passenger at 55 mph and broke records for time to lift off 625 seconds and distance run before leaving ground 98 feet. Louis Paulhan failed to reach 400 feet in height attempts as Edgar S. Smith suffered a serious head injury from a Langley propeller.
Cairo Illinois January 12 reports say a mob in Vienna thirty five miles north of Cairo is attempting to lynch three African Americans who killed a white man. Local militia is ordered to Vienna by special train as trains are halted and telephone lines cut isolating the town.
Boston voters in the first partyless election under the new charter chose former Mayor John F. Fitzgerald for a four year term by 46 698 to 45 475 over banker James J Storrow with 1 783 for the incumbent George A Hibbard who had 38 000 two years ago on a reform ticket in the previous contest
Effie Sellberry and her companion Henry Corcoran were arrested in New Orleans after arriving from Terre Haute where W. H. Helman was found dead in a hotel. Helman had left a statement claiming Sellberry poisoned him.
Portland observers report the jury to try former Congressman Binger Hermann was completed in United States district court. Hermann faces conspiracy to defraud the government of public land charges. Jury selection took five hours, a record for Oregon land fraud trials.
Hamilton McKown Twombly, prominent capitalist and railroad figure, died at his Madison New Jersey home. He married Adele Vanderbilt, daughter of William H. Vanderbilt, and played a long active role in Vanderbilt railroad operations.
In Washington on January 12 a pension of five thousand dollars yearly is due Mrs Grover Cleveland. Senator Root introduced a bill in the senate to grant the amount, matching the widow wives precedent for former presidents.
Impressive funeral rites were held at the Church of St John for Cardinal Satolli in Rome on January 12. The ceremony followed his death and drew clergy and mourners, with services conducted by church officials and honored by the public.
Delegates at the American National Live Stock Association convention in Denver attack Taft's interstate commerce court proposal blaming railroads. They call for restoring the 15 per cent duty on hides and oppose tariff revisions, arguing for nonpartisan tariff investigation and preservation of a strong home market for beef. Vice President Murdo McKenzie cites large beef exports as a safeguard against shortages.
New York on January 12 reports the top personal property tax for 1909 or 1910 includes Emma B Kennedy widow of John S Kennedy valued at six million dollars. She inherits twenty six million from Kennedy and leads the list ahead of Andrew Carnegie and Russell Sage tied for second with about three to four million in personal property.
The jail warden uncovered that a person jailed as William Dubers aged sixty five is a woman. She admitted masquerading as a man for thirty five years, often earning a living as a deck hand on lumber barges. She wears a skirt in the infirmary and finds it awkward.
Willam Whalen of Blunt South Dakota perished in a blaze that partly destroyed the city jail where he was confined. The incident occurred in Pierre on January 12.
A cartoonish quip from Puck features Rondeau Rimer criticizing a sonnet title and joking about a faulty meter. The exchange includes a gas bill scene and a cashier remark, reflecting satirical tone about poetry and service.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.