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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1903
Page
2
Friends of Frank P. Bryant seek funds to help prosecute his Sanderson Texas murder. Officials connected to Bryant’s road district donate generously, with a substantial sum expected. The defendant pleads self defence, but evidence undermines that claim.
An upcoming Chautauqua program features over 150 colored views detailing travel studies in England Russia and world movements. Frank Cattern director will present at Story City January 29 Gilberts Station January 30 and Ames January 31 with free admission and emphasis on home study courses and historic places.
The item notes Regular Sizes in Stock at M W A with events involving Arthur Bee Falls and Iowa State College. It mentions Prof Curtiss returning from Kansas City to address National Live Stock Exposition, Bertha Lofstedt departing for Ames College, and Prof John J Repp presenting at the Nebraska State Dairy Association. A public sale on the Cole farm near Ames on Jan 28 offers 500 bushels of corn, 25 tons hay, a top buggy and colt sale with cash or credit terms and settlement rules.
The sale at W. H. Day and H. B. Craddick farm begins 11 o clock with ten horses including black mares and gray horses, ten cattle including Shorthorns and yearlings, ten Poland China sows, poultry, fodder, hay, corn, potatoes, seed corn, tools, and farm gear. Terms are 10 months on notes at seven percent or 2 percent off for cash. The report also notes local college faculty and events in stock breeding courses and college activities.
Flora DeVoss Company to present a week long engagement at the opera house with Princess Lou as the opening play. The company, led by Flora DeVoss, features a refined cast and Italian orchestra. Music interludes and specialties accompany nightly bill changes with 10 20 30 cent prices and free ladies Monday night.
The Lisbon Sun notes attorney H. E. Slattery will relocate after selling his Lisbon practice. A highly educated, respected figure, he completed Drake University law studies under ex Chief Justice O. C. Cole and earned multiple degrees in seven years. Several openings await him elsewhere, with many hoping for his return if opportunities arise.
The Christian Endeavor Society enjoyed a musical and floral evening at Miss Vera Kistler’s home with local youth enthusiasm. Mr and Mrs A H Miller newlyweds plan to move from Ames to Minneapolis where he will drive a street car. Mrs Miller to join later as plans unfold, while associates in the community pursue business and trade.
Morning services include Bible study at 11 o'clock and an evening sermon Paul at Athens at 7 30. Christian Endeavor meets at 6 15 p m. Bible school at 9 45 a m. PF D Ferrarr is pastor. Women’s Home Missionary Society plans a shoe social to raise funds. Shoe price doubles as admission. event features song, cake and coffee at the home of Mr and Mrs Nathan Little on Clark Street Monday evening January 26 1903.
A jagged verse condemns the rush to push boys into adulthood. It decries rapid schooling, relentless brainwashing, and the obsession with money. The critic warns this pressure leads to exhaustion, nervous breakdowns, and death.
College notes highlight Roy Campbell and Clara McConnell at the veterinary and horticultural departments as new term attendance rises after Chicago livestock exhibit success. A depot hold up at Ames ends with guard Allen Buck injured, and suspect fled. Buck’s bravery credited for stopping the crime. A county school officers meeting is planned for February 7 with topics on school environment and rural needs.
James Prendergast of Amato Bay Jamaica reports using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a severe cold with chest pains that subsided in two days. He claims the remedy has prevented pneumonia tendencies and has been trusted in his family for seven years. Sold by all druggists.
The undersigned will sell at his premises known as Sumner Hall farm four miles west and two and a half miles north of Kelley eight miles west and twenty four miles south of Ames and three and a half miles south of Ontario on Wednesday February 4 at 10 a m sharp. 14 head of cattle eight head of horses farm machinery 15 dozen chickens and household furniture and other articles. Lunch on grounds. Terms cash under five dollars cash over that amount ten months with approved note at seven percent interest from date two percent off for cash. No property removed until settled. E F Posegate auditor B J Shelden clerk S Simpson.
Rare and beautiful women owe their loveliness to Rocky Mountain Tea. Fine toilet soaps and perfumes offered by Loughran & Bauer's with a Seal of Minnesota Flour noted.
A mother from Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with saving her son's life. She bought it from A. E. Steere in Goodwin and administered it as directed, noting the child struggled to breathe until relief came with the medicine. The notice ends urging All Druggists to carry the remedy.
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