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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
2
An advertisement extols ZEMO for face and scalp issues and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to brace nerves and counteract sickness. Also included is a tribute by Mary Twain praising his wife for constant cheer and fortitude during poverty, noting her influence on him and their children.
A one wheeled jinricksha on the monocycle principle is being introduced among the Chinese of the Malay states. It is said to be safe with advantages over the old vehicle, including reduced wear and tear, lighter puller work, and increased speed.
A magazine tale describes Dannhauer gambling his last cent and returning home hungry. He asks his wife to cook everything, revealing his extreme appetite. She questions his hunger, he reveals plans to sell the stove, highlighting his plight.
Daily Diet and Health Hints explains Beane beans supply 25 percent proteid for building and 50 percent starch for energy and heat. They are mineral rich though processing reduces minerals. For hard physical or mental work beans are best with brown bread rarely with fruit milk or eggs. Fat helps, olive or peanut oil preferred to pork.
Des Moines opinion holds the real estate in which a bank's capital stock is vested may be deducted from the stock's value before taxation under the monies and credits law. This avoids double taxation by separating land value from share value while noting shares represent the bank's capital.
The state board of control will grant a 15 percent general salary increase to employees at state hospitals and institutions under its jurisdiction, excluding penitentiary workers. The raise targets experienced staff to retain talent at the insane asylums amid higher wages elsewhere in the West. Grinnell Harness Firm Faces Involuntary Bankruptcy. J Cole & Son of Grinnell files for involuntary bankruptcy with Sears Frizzell Co Davenport, Merchants National Bank Grinnell, and Etta Sears among creditors. Nomination Papers. Judge W R Green of Audubon Republican for Congress in the Ninth District filed with Secretary of State Hayward after convention in Council Bluffs. Articles of Incorporation. Western Silo Co Des Moines capitalized at 75000. Farmers Grain Stock and Lumber Co Dedham capitalized at 6000 with incorporators George Schreck, Theodore Meyers, John Siedl, and others.
Fort Dodge reports the death of S. J. Bennett 72 a former four term mayor and four term county supervisor. He led the local Knights Templar lodge as Eminent Commander for sixteen years chaired the Commercial National Bank for two decades and served as president of the Iowa League of Municipalities.
President MacLean of the state university arrives in Washington from the Lake Mohonk conference. He has the endorsement of Senator Cummins for commissioner of education and will likely discuss the matter with President Taft.
The W. D. Smith & Son general store in Humeston was entered by burglars who robbed the safe of 140 dollars. Entrance was believed to be gained via the front door with a specially made key.
An anonymous letter from the Black Hand society was sent to Mayor Rector in Waterloo threatening death unless Chief of Police Dineen and Night Desk Sergeant W. H. Hokcroft are immediately discharged. The note demands action and heightens security concerns for city officials.
Seventy five passengers on an Illinois Central train narrowly escaped serious injury when a northbound car derailed and tumbled down a thirty foot embankment near Alburnett just north of Cedar Rapids. All cars except one were overturned.
Ottumwa reports the Iowa association of Stationary Engineers closes its eighth annual convention by selecting Sioux City as next year’s meeting location and electing officers.
Des Moines Bentley Olmsted will construct a $100000 shoe factory this summer at the corner of East First street and Court avenue. The plant aims to be the state’s largest shoe manufacturing establishment.
Kate Shelly, Iowa’s famed heroine who saved a Northwestern passenger train near an open bridge near Boone about twenty years ago, is reported at the point of death in a local hospital.
Over one hundred attendees were served at a 1 o'clock luncheon in Boone. Federation president Mrs. Clara Mann spoke among the roster of speakers at the event.
Jeremiah Harrington once Keokuk police chief and thirty others were seized in a city gambling raid ordered by Attorney General George Cosson. The operation targeted illegal gaming dens and disrupted a wider network. Authorities reported multiple arrests and ongoing investigations.
A general store owned by H. E. Swore in Storm Lake was burned to the ground, with an estimated loss of 8000 dollars. The wrecked building belonged to W. A. Jones and is a total loss.
C H Stange outlines Iowa State College’s new veterinary building plans for 1911. He notes upgraded laboratories and a clinical ward for about 70 patients, enabling full division development, stricter meat inspection, hog cholera progress, and tuberculosis combat through education and legislation. The piece closes with an event notice for Dr Newell Dwight Hillis at the Methodist church on June 5th.
A quotation attributed to Alexander Hamilton proclaims that genius is the fruit of labor and deep study. It asserts that thorough, sustained work before others recognizes the subject and perceives the eventual result as genius.
German postal authorities decree that employees requesting a blue pencil must first show the stamp of the old one to guarantee against fraud. This rule introduces a stamps-based safeguard governing pencil requests in the postal system.
In dialect dialogue a boss discusses a worker named William with his assistant Melia. The boss says William will have his salary doubled, while noting the current pay is roughly half of the new amount. The exchange shows bargaining over compensation.
Aeschylus asserts that belief in the man comes from the man himself, not the oath. The adage emphasizes personal integrity over formal promises in evaluating trust.
Waterloo Herald reports Fayette student Paul shot through the neck at Oelwein by an Italian youth during a teasing incident. Paul and companions were involved in a student clash when the attack occurred. The incident underscores tension between local youths and immigrant residents in the town.
The body of 14 year old Leo Kelly was recovered from the Cedar River by Harry Cross of Mount Vernon after drowning. Lumber Officials Talk in Dubuque on the Standard Lumber yard fire loss, estimated at 500000 dollars. Iowa Central Railroad announces track improvements on the Eldora to Steamboat Rock segment.
In Cedar Rapids Leo Kelly aged 14 drowned after his canoe was swept over a dam. While Henry Warner searched for Kelly’s body his boat overturned and he drowned as well.
Centerville man Vince Marengo received eight years in Anamosa prison for the killing of Paul Stepkevich during a drunken beer bout. Judge Hunter imposed the sentence after Marengo pled guilty.
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