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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
9
A condensed report notes new programs boosting local arts with community studios, galleries, and workshops. City partners fund projects featuring emerging artists and cultural events to expand access and visibility across neighborhoods.
Frank Taylor aged 52 on Iowa Central section hand was cut in two by a switch engine backing to move a car under a heavy shower. Though alive and rational his legs are severed high and both hands crushed. he will die. A former Seymour resident, with daughters Mrs Black and Hazel Taylor in Oskaloosa.
A humorous anecdote from Lincoln school relays Harold Smith's first day. Miss Blank, a veteran primary teacher, asks his name and age, and the boy answers six. The younger teachers laugh at the moment, recalling Harold's clever reply.
A Hawarden report quotes the town as boasting the largest Iowa high school graduating class with thirty two seniors. The piece notes Ames High School reported fifty graduates this spring, prompting challenge to Hawarden’s claim and statewide comparison.
The Republican Congressional Committee invites submissions on why the party should succeed in the next election. Prizes total 150 dollars for best article up to 1000 words. Manuscripts must be mailed by July 15 to the Literary Bureau in Washington, D. C., with judging by style, arguments, facts, and persuasive power.
A mothers recommended cough syrup promises prompt relief for coughs colds croup hoarseness and whooping cough. It is described as a gentle laxative and pleasant to take with a guarantee. Sold by C A Gamble and suggested for every household.
Public record notes transfers: Ka H Graves to A J Graves for lot 2 and parts of lot 1 in Blairs addition Ames. Christian Wegst to Kate FE Munden with multiple lots in Bloomington. W F Shaw to Carrie J Rinder with described parcels. Ole J Brieckson to Ole T Johnson for a defined 33 by 80 rod parcel. Fanny M Adams to Frank Adams for northwest quarter and related parcels. Frank Adams to Fanny M Adams for portions of section 26 83 21. Caroline Clawson to W M Elliott for parcel near sub lot 2 lot 4 southeast area with stated corner and meets.
A reader argues that a county settled solely by mail order buyers would abandon local stores banks newspapers and schools. He warns of vacant buildings and drifting populations as commerce shifts to distant cities and urges farmers and businessmen to support their hometown.
A brief health note claims human breathing occurs about twenty thousand times daily and averages twenty breaths per minute, though the text is garbled. The fragment suggests a lay explanation of daily respiration rate and typical breathing pace.
A Merry Widow hat worn by Mrs. Hubert Rueillard ignited after contact with a cigar lighter at Wise Bros. drug store. The blaze caused extensive damage but a quick response by bystander L. A. Lenhard prevented greater harm to the wearer and surroundings.
In Onawa an editorial notes three youths Earl Ross Will Heitman and Sigwald Jermundson responded to the call of adventure leaving home but the Onawa Sentinel urges them to return. The piece reflects on parental guidance the value of credentials and encourages the boys to come back with blessings from family.
Dr. A P D Melvin and Secretary Wilson convened a ten day congress of corn belt veterinarians at Ames to review government vaccine methods. Attendees from Minnesota Michigan Indiana Ohio Missouri Arkansas Kansas Nebraska and Iowa endorsed the dairy and hog cholera prevention plan and discussed serum distribution to hog raisers.
A Canadian hunter recounts to the Philadelphia Press how an Indian single handedly killed three moose swimming in a lake without firearms. He paddled beside each, covered heads with a blanket or coat, stunned and finished them, then towed the carcasses ashore.
A preacher tells a newspaper man editors cannot tell the whole truth without harming their paper. The editor counters that a minister who reveals every member's flaws would fail his pulpit after one sermon. The piece likens the press and pulpit to whitewash and brags of beauty masking reality.
One application of ManZan Pile Remedy for all forms of piles relieves pain soothes reduces inflammation soreness and itching. Price 50c. Guaranteed to give satisfaction.
The article reports on veterinary efforts to control tuberculosis, emphasizing cattle as the key to eradicating the disease. It notes high prior rates decreasing through testing, mentions interstate collaboration plans, and cites Minnesota and Maine experiences along with comments by Dean Charles F. Curtis highlighting progress and regional interest.
In a comedic Punch panel Ellen scolds six year old Nancy for not napping. The nurse recalls checking the child and finding her asleep on three screen checks. The lighthearted exchange underscores domestic discipline and child mischief.
A dialogue in the Yonkers Statesman jokes that heat ascends and hotheaded men get cold feet, reflecting a playful exchange on temperament and fate. The brief cartoon caption uses witty wordplay to suggest irony in bravado.
Edna Mason an eighteen year old mulatto winner takes first prize at a charity bazaar beauty show in Taylorstown Pa. Admirers of her white competitors threaten to expel the colored population from the neighborhood. Mason from Louisiana with slave lineage grew up in wealth and was educated in a southern institute. She studied abroad as a maid and is noted as a promising musician with a refined voice.
In a pond near Redding Ridge Bridgeport, Ruben Warren spotted a motionless 40 pound trout. He grabbed the fish and found a four foot water snake fast to the trout tail. Warren killed the reptile and exhibited both at the Fish and Game club rooms in Bridgeport.
Mrs Roy Wilson of Chicago seized a sword when a bulldog mauled her husband at their home. She ran the animal through and pinned it to the wall until it died. Both she and her husband fainted and were revived by nearby neighbors.
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