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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
4
Judge and Major back Ames sale offering Kimball pianos at 100.00 and organs at 25.00 off. Endorsed by schools worldwide, with easy terms and free stool and scarf. E R Scott stays one week. sale ends in ten days with evenings open.
The corn crop this year depends on farmer skill more than season. Some fields lack proper seed testing while others show strong stands, proving a capable farmer can yield a good crop despite adverse weather. The key is testing seed, planting depth, and sound management to utilize available heat and moisture.
Miss Harriet L. Watts and Mrs. J. M. Jones announce a Woman's exchange to open Aug 2 offering home baked goods and a small selection of lace leather and novelties. They will also act as agents for The Ladies Perfection Tailoring Co of Chicago and guarantee satisfaction. Lost July 22 1904 Gold Medal engraved Northwestern University Chas H Miller reward for return to T J Miller.
Clarence Russell Hubbart, aged eight years four months, died July 21 1904 at home in Ames Iowa. Funeral at the north street home July 23 conducted by F D Ferral Christian Church pastor, interment in Ames cemetery.
Last night at Dr Christ’s home A H Ander son married Miss Martha Folden with Rev Shea of the Methodist church presiding. Only a few intimate friends attended the ceremony.
The Ames city council met to consider bids for a sewer contract. Several bidders submitted amounts from 24,681.85 to 26,820 with Des Moines firms represented. A special meeting was scheduled for Saturday evening to choose whether to let the contract.
John Allan advertises rubber tires for buggies and rubber shoes for horses with a promise of quality work at a reasonable price and an invitation to call.
Listing of commodity prices including corn oats wheat barley rye butter eggs potatoes lard and live stock with figures such as corn 387c ear 40 870 oats wheat 65c barley 384c rye 48 butter 13c creamery 22c eggs 12c new potatoes 40c hogs 4.50 5.00 chickens geese turkeys ducks veal 4.00 450. Prices reflect fresh market quotations and regional rates.
The Northwestern Line offers low rate round trip tickets from August 6 to 11 to Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota resorts with return valid through September 15. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Ry. 15-4.
A famous comedian boarded a streetcar and paid his fare. After a short ride he offered the same nickel again. The conductor refused the second payment while the actor insisted he had paid for the company. The anecdote ended with laughter and a missed register.
A literary gathering urged against sequels, arguing most fail from a literary view. Mentions of Paradise Regained, Paradise Lost, Catriona, The Prisoner of Zenda, Rupert of Hentzau, Pendennis, The Newcomes, and Zola's Nana versus L Assommoir.
The passage from Lafcadio Hearn describes a Japanese custom where people pray for absent loved ones at Dakeyama mountain. A summit shrine commemorates a historic princess who died pining, now seen as a rock form. Pilgrims leave pebbles as talismans and later return with pebbles to express gratitude after reunion.
Carlyle regards Macaulay as a real acquisition who sparked good talk and much indifferent content. He praises Macaulay’s vast memory and extensive reading while noting his ideas lack greatness or originality beyond neat expression.
A witty anecdote recalls Sir Henry Thompson a famed author artist and surgeon staying with another renowned physician. As mail arrived the guest boasted of a large letter batch while Thompson noted his own letters were all in black edged envelopes implying a somber fate or rebuke.
A witty exchange questions shared living costs. One man asserts two people can live cheaply, while another jokes his wife spending exceeds one. The Chicago Tribune quotation frames the gag about domestic economics.
A brief dialogue from the Chicago Journal shows a character refusing to endure mistreatment and declaring intent to return to his mother. The other character minimizes the situation, implying any outcome is preferable to remaining in the present company.
A brief domestic quarrel centers on meal prep with Mistress Jane denying forgetting salad oil and the table polishing claim escalated by a punch remark. The exchange highlights a small domestic conflict and a physical outburst.
The remark laments a lack of statues and honor for the speaker, arguing it is better to be remembered by inquiry than by absence. It frames fame as a public measure of legacy and reward.
An eyewitness recounts a London News description of Japanese jugglers whose minimal props include a boy's top and paper butterflies. A top is spun, then recaught midair for repeated spins while a fan guides paper butterflies to settle on targets such as a spectator's ears.
The peasants named icons as churches based on the number of scenes they contained. These diptych triptych or polyptych panels depict saints and biblical life scenes. They are made of brass or carved boxwood and may be adorned with enamels.
The text notes that billiard balls carved from well preserved mammoth ivory, some thousands of years old, performed for months without showing wear. It adds that mammoth ivory is generally not as tough as fresh ivory.
A quoted exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times shows a speaker asserting opposition to women's higher education and to teaching women to read. The remarks frame education as irrelevant to women’s interests and imply literacy limits women’s purchasing ability.
Somerville Journal notes a magazine writer’s inquiry into the four sweetest English phrases. Some argue the line Here, take this money captures a striking sentiment about generosity or pressure in financial exchange.
A terse remark credits a man for honesty in marriage and contrasts it with a provocative image about loyalty and attraction, mentioning a Chinese doll as a symbol of an idealized partner.
T. M. Wood, manager of the White County News, Beebe, Arkansas, praises Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he has used it personally and with his family with the best results and strong endorsement.
An 19th century classified advertisement claims a remedy is the best of its kind. It notes availability from Loughran & Bauer and urges readers to try the product for reputed efficacy. The snippet reflects promotional language typical of period medical ads.
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