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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
8
A fragmentary quote on wealth warns that sudden riches convert a humble donor into a boastful figure seen as sensible, while a rich man’s promises hide treachery and harm. Swift and Tupper voices caution that wealth corrupts, tempts, and hollows the heart.
The broker's daughter questions loyalty as Sportleish pledges lasting fidelity. He asks whether she will accept true as steel and chooses between common or preferred, while a chestnut tree and a doughnut tree figure in a playful scene with a small boy.
Hides tanned and ready for fur coats robes and mittens. Bring or mail hides for tanning. All products fully guaranteed with customer satisfaction. We pay top market prices for hides and furs of all kinds. Catalog and price list available on request.
Steward's Potatoes advertises hand sorted crates holding over 60 pounds, no small or defective spuds, guarantee of goods as represented, minimum five bushels per order, phone 2608, three miles east of Ames.
Civic Improvement Society stages two performances to raise funds for four public playgrounds in Ames. Cast features Marjory Faber and Mother Goose with local townsfolk in a musical fantasy backed by Mrs. Harold Clemmer. Proceeds aid Central building and three ward schools with amenities like tennis courts and sandpiles.
The melodrama The Two Orphans in six acts will be the season’s top attraction at the Armory on Friday January 27. Scenery and costumes cost a vast sum and yield striking stage pictures including Paris river view and Bel Air suburb. The fete scene showcases exact replicas of the era’s rich costumes.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets claim to supply a missing element in gastric juices to ease indigestion and dyspepsia. Take one after heavy meals to aid digestion and bloodstream nourishment. Guaranteed to relieve indigestion or your money back. Available in 25, 50 cent and one dollar sizes at Loughran and Bauer.
Cape Town enforced strict sumptuary rules under Luich law 6 limiting umbrella use to a small elite. Only those of high rank such as junior merchants and council members could display or possess umbrellas, effectively restricting the item to about fifty people in the city while most residents faced a cold season.
Mme Schumann-Heink, famed contralto, recalls early training with calfs that blat. The Weber City concert on Feb 5 at the Armory Opera House promises a world class performance, supported by a four-figure guarantee and hosted by W H Cook and Northwestern train specials from Ames.
The Rexall Store promotes Rexall Orderlies as odorless tasteless and colorless with no habit formation while acting as a bowel regulator and strengthener. If they fail to deliver as claimed a refund is offered, with sizes 25c and 10c available at Loughran & If you want a room or a house let your desires be known through the In telligencer's want column.
The piece discusses reforms expanding care for the insane, paupers, and prisoners, noting Europe and some states abolished the death penalty. It argues public sympathy now favors criminals over victims, referencing Talleyrand on murder and quotes Henry Cabot Lodge on abolition.
Fraternal notices show Ames Canton 48 planning an open gathering on Wednesday February 1 1911 to confer the decoration of chivalry with six Ames and eight Webster City candidates. Delegations from Eureka Webster City and Princess Caution Des Moines will attend along with subordinates from Maxwell Gilbert Colo Nevada Ontario. Members urged to attend with wives and Rebekahs.
The piece argues that movers should assess whether costs energy and money spent on a new location would yield greater profit and comfort than staying. It urges weighing old home advantages before deciding to move, suggesting staying may be wiser to avoid regret.
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