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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
A young man troubled by hair that sticks up sought a plan from a weekly paper. The recipe combined molasses bees wax india rubber glue cod liver oil and required boiling then applying hot and rolling the scalp with a lawn roller. He did not try it.
Story county Iowa board met in Nevada at the courthouse with all members present. They approved a 7000 bond for R A Fley and ordered the return of a 3500 check by the county auditor. A temporary clerk vacancy in Grant township prompted a recount review of the primary election ballots and tally lists to certify true results.
Before the 1899 chess international in Manchester an unknown local played a simul against Emanuel Lasker. The player challenged the champion, held the game fair, but was checkmated. He asked where he erred, and Lasker noted no knight moves. The player admitted he had not mastered the knight move yet.
An Englishman returned from abroad hosts a party in Nottingham and boasts of travel wonders. He claims a Spanish church is a mile and a half long and ten yards wide, prompting a guest to dub the narrator a “confounded He” whose lies are as broad as they are long.
Second Day's Proceedings report that the Board met with all members present on Wednesday June 3 1908. Adjourned at 6 pm to reconvene the next morning at 9 o'clock.
Proceedings note a Thursday session on June 4 adjourned at 6 p m and set to reconvene later.
A man and woman dance to heavenly music as her silken skirts swirl and roses perfume the air. She compares him to a Whitman poem, provoking a moment of dizziness and dreamlike escape as he asks which poem. She answers any will do since the feet wander through them all.
Pinealve carbolized acts as a poultice for bites stings chapped skin cuts burns and sores. Reduces tan and sunburn. For sale by C. A. Gamble.
On Friday June 6 1908 the fourth day of proceedings commenced with routine motions and brief reports. A notice indicates continuation into Monday June 8 1908 for further hearings and actions.
On Monday June 8 1908 the board moved to reject all bids received June 3 1908 for a concrete bridge over Squaw Creek near Ames due to high cost. County auditor ordered to return certified checks. Voting was Michaelson Johnson and Scott aye. Adjourned to meet Tuesday at 9 a.m.
The sixteenth day proceedings show the board overruling objections to affidavits by S F Prouty and ordering a recount in Washington 1 Palestine 2 Ames 1st 2nd and 3rd wards and Nevada 1st ward. The board then vas s Story county primary returns and recounts in contested precincts.
The report notes continued voting in the Republican primaries across contested precincts on Wednesday June 16 as ballots were cast and tallied amid the ongoing campaign.
On Thursday June 11 1908 the board met after adjournment to recount Republican primary ballots in contested precincts. The day focused on verifying ballots and resolving discrepancies in several districts.
Proceedings describe a Friday session with no board meeting and the day spent at the county farm. An adjournment to Monday June 15 is noted.
On Monday June 15 1908 proceedings focused on recounting Republican ballots in the mary. The session examined ballots to resolve disputed counts and ensure accuracy for party records.
On Tuesday June 16 1908 the Board met to adjourn. They recount ballots in contested Republican precincts and then canvass the poll books from the primary. The day focused on ensuring accuracy in the party proceedings.
A fragment notes a calendar entry on a Wednesday in June likely referencing the date June 17. Details on event or year are unclear from the readable text.
The board met as adjourned to examine primary election returns and to check accounts with the county treasurer.
The record shows the fourteenth day proceedings on Friday June 19 1968 with a portion spent examining accounts with the county treasurer. The board discusses ongoing fiscal matters and related motions.
The day was spent passing on bills and deciding minor legislative questions amid routine committee work in the session.
The board met as adjourned and Supervisor Scott reported on Dr. Nordgren's bill for 46 dollars, referred May 11, 1908 and paid by order on the Poor fund. The remainder of the day was spent approving bills.
Eighteenth Day proceedings report approving changing a county road from 66 to 50 feet in Union township and granting petitions for drains in Cambridge and Nevada townships. Appointments for engineering surveys were made, and various tax refunds and cancellations were authorized by the boards of Story and surrounding townships. District notices and assessments involving the Chicago and Northwestern Railway were noted.
The 1908 session authorized payments of claims and adjourned to July 6, 1908. It ordered equalization adjustments for personal property assessments including several equal reductions and one increase for Stallions in Roland. Names J. O. Michaelson and F. G. Dunahugh appear as Chairman and County Auditor.
County officials in Nevada Iowa met in the courthouse on July 6 1908 to approve contracts with N M Stark & Co Des Moines for concrete bridges across Squaw creek Boone street Ames and West Indian creek Nevada township with roadways of 20 feet, and 45 foot spans totaling 6485 and 2400 dollars. A prior 1907 contract for East Indian creek Richland township with two 35 foot spans and 16 foot roadway was cancelled by consent. Adjournment set for August 3 1908.
A tenement block near Second Avenue hosts a lively game of tag with six children. A seven year old boy, confined to iron bands and crutches, eagerly joins, often tagging others and dodging pursuers, pleasing spectators including two girls who explain the rules keep him able to play.
A Horace Mann anecdote recounts his remark that saving one boy from ruin would repay the cost of reformatories. In private, a critic pressed him to soften the claim. Mann answered firmly, Not if it were my boy, underscoring the personal stake in rescue.
Holmes observes a boy sketching and carving his name, then spills milk on an old piano. Watson reacts, but Holmes notes the villa is rented furnished for the season, suggesting no interference is needed. The scene unfolds indoors at a villa referenced by the Times-Democrat.
Sir Frederick Gort Ouseley recounted a tale about Claren don Press at Oxford where a final revision of a Bible edition nearly fixed an error in I Corinthians xv 52. The printer’s “free” rendering read The trumpet shall sound, and we shall be hanged.
Laxative cough syrup praised for all ages as prompt relief from coughs colds croup hoarseness and whooping cough. Gentle laxative pleasant to take guaranteed and suggested for every household. Sold by A Gamble.
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