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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
5
The stockholders of Tilden Bros. & Company Incorporated held their first annual meeting on Tuesday January 21. Officers were reelected and reported satisfactory results. They plan improvements to the store and factory and anticipate better business in 1908.
Prof Paul M Pearson editor Talent opens a college lecture recital at the college chapel on Saturday evening. Prof Newens praises Pearsons work though a new figure to the audience. Seats and reservations available this afternoon at 2 o clock at the association building.
W L King, long associated with the Intelligencer in every capacity, plans to launch his own firm by taking over the duplicating sales book department and establishing a plant to handle the work. He aims to build a large, efficient operation and deserves success.
Story County was attached to Boone for elections and had been part of enton and Polk counties. Boundaries were fixed in 1846, organization completed in 1853. Fires followed: Ed Barstow drug store burned January 25 1882 and Ames fire January 28 1886 destroyed multiple properties including Barrell Brown Hulitt Rogers Miss Dix Cook Thomas Sisson Green Bigelow Huntington Booth.
A home talent production of Captain Rackett promises lively farce on Friday February 7. The plot riffs on the captain’s lies and romantic entanglements, with brisk movement and crisp dialogue. Cast favorite exploits end happily as the audience is urged to pack the Armory for strong patronage.
Two dogs and a cow in western Ames area reportedly contracted hydrophobia after a dog by Lee Coffman mixed with another dog and bit a cow belonging to Murl Crane. The bitten Coffman family members sought Pasteur Institute treatment in Chicago while authorities monitor the situation.
E B Jenkins North Western freight agent left Ames last week in a box car to Marshalltown amid fears of small pox. In Marshalltown he met the health officer who sent him to a detention hospital where doctors diagnosed a mild case. He has worked as freight agent since the C and N W began office changes and will likely return after detention.
Frank Kooser, sheriff candidate, and Frey were riding toward Nevada when the horse team bolted at an object on the roadside. The buggy hit a telephone pole, both occupants tangled in robes and gear. Kooser had a head bump and a sprained wrist. Frey joked he was unharmed.
The New York supreme court held that a wagon owner is liable for a boy’s negligence when the owner allows a boy to drive the wagon and a collision with a street car injures a passenger.
An old advertisement promotes Ring's Little Liver Pills as a remedy to wake lazy livers, cleanse the system, and clear the skin for biliousness and sick headache. It notes a 25 cent price and lists A. Gamble as the seller.
The Ames college engineering department sees W H Grover resigning to enter business and W Muir promoted to general engineer after a career from sand boy to engine driver. Civil service reforms enable experienced railroad men to join with new opportunities as Muir inspires others.
The Democrat reports a peaceful turn in the Manson area with readers sending bouquets and praise. A subscriber values the paper, another paid in advance, a banker paid for printing, and a Moorland sale bill praised as the nicest yet.
Boone and Ames residents unite to push a large packing house at Kelley. The Ames Intelligencer editor promotes the scheme while noting Boone’s open saloon and arguing for strict prohibition in the district. The piece endorses Kelley for its rail connections and access to Des Moines, Boone, and Ames, urging cooperative support.
The poet editor of the Oskaloosa Herald condemns weak curfew and weed ordinances. He argues parental discipline and common sense would curb youth trouble, saying homes in Os kaloosa resemble hells to many youths and that parents need reform more than their children.
A ------------- historical advertisement describes Kodol as a scientific blend of natural digestants with vegetable acids, claiming it contains the same juices as a healthy stomach. It promotes it as the best remedy for dyspepsia and indigestion and urges taking Kodol today, noting availability through C. A. Gamble.
The London Telegraph recounts a prosecutrix crediting a purse loss with four shillings two sixpences and a sovereign. A barrister asks if she ever saw a sovereign in anything but gold, and she recalls seeing King Edward in a carriage.
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an Ames examination on February 5 for clerk and carrier posts in post office service. Details cover grades, salaries from 660 to 1200, promotions, transfers, auxiliary work, and substitutes. Eligibility includes age 18 to 45, height and weight for men, and health restrictions. Married women barred, some exceptions apply for divorced or separated supporters. Applications due by February 1, 1908 with W D Rich and J M Shoemaker handling.
Colonel Bingham of Plainville shows a vacant lot where a public building will rise for a town hall lectures and entertainments. He notes the project will be paid entirely by popular subscription, and reveals he has already dug up $500 himself.
A Midlands house burglary ends when a maid overhears a thief's boast about her figure. She tracks the crooks, alerts a policeman, and helps the arrest of the much wanted burglars. The tale unfolds as the maid recalls the remark that betrayed the criminals.
Ruby Dannenbaum writes for Housekeeper about Mexico City streetcars where each ticket is a numbered lottery slip. Every passenger holds a chance at a monthly premium, and many locals earn a living selling lottery tickets on busy streets.
An advertisement touts Kodol in claims to relieve indigestion and sour stomach by using natural digestive juices and tonic properties. It asserts benefits for stomach troubles, purification of mucous membranes, and overall health, and mentions DeWITT'S KIDNEY and BLADDER PILLS.
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