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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
8
Three colored men debate animal intelligence and one declares a goat can read. Old Peter Jackson claims the goat chewed his plug hat after recognizing him near a billboard, proving the goat’s remarkable intelligence in a vivid street anecdote.
A city street car tale describes a conductor who doubted a woman's right to vote. After she pays with a dollar and counts change, she mutters that the bill is short by 95 cents. He mutters that such people want to vote, highlighting gender voting tensions in a humorous, moralizing vignette.
The widow of a large estate owner in Germany, now married to a minor noble, obtained a separation from her second husband after three weeks. The court ruled the marriage invalid on grounds that if she had known the husband wore a wig she would not have wed him, and thus granted the separation.
A philanthropic group in New York forms the Personal Protective Loan Association to lend to the poor at six percent. The capital is 10,000 dollars with incorporators Thomas M. Mulry Edward F. Cragin Rev. Dr. David J. Burrell Father A. P. Doyle and Robert B Miller. Individual lenders often charge at least thirty percent. There are 300 pawnshops in the city.
A Wisconsin preacher visiting New York asked at a theater about the moral of the piece A Fool and His Money. The box office man replied it costs $2 to find out. The preacher thanked him and left, recounting the tale later.
Dr. Lillinksjold of Butte Montana faced arrest, fine, and a twenty day gaol term for a minor offense. He reportedly hypnotized himself and vowed to awaken after the period. Efforts to rouse him proved unsuccessful through the full twenty days.
Inspectors J. T. Tatlow John Wharton George Banks F T Dale and H O Brien of the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway in England are in the United States on an extended inspection tour. They have viewed systems in several eastern cities and will soon visit Chicago representing the mechanical freight and passenger departments of their line.
Mrs Frisbie sues her husband for divorce. The dispute centers on alleged domestic irritants including use of curling irons shirt waists borrowed collars and the final straw stealing small change from pockets after she slept.
A Pittsburg millionaire presents his six year old daughter with a gold handled skipping rope studded with a jewel. The cord cost over a dollar per inch and the child treats it as an ordinary rope, though she will one day fully appreciate the gift.
The Dorchester colony established the first tax funded public school in America in May 1639 with a £20 yearly rent on Thompson's Island. The rent supported teaching English and Latin, with a schoolmaster elected by freemen and possible inclusion of girls. Rev. Thomas Waterhouse served as the first teacher. A separate note discusses photography's subjectivity, noting twins photographed differently due to expression.
Thackeray, not vain, distrusted display, but let Lawrence paint his full portrait after family persuasion. At a club dining, a guards officer teased about the likeness to spurs. Thackeray quipped that full length suits soldiers, but authors care about the other end.
Early writers describe squirrels as amazingly numerous with Godman noting a feared gray coat. Pennsylvania paid 8000 pounds in bounties for scalps in 1749, totaling about 640000 within a small district. Western settlers organized regular hunts, two companies roaming from dawn till night to claim the greatest trophies.
At a Charles Lamb party Hazlitt and Talfourd argued over Holbein and Vandyke. The debate ended in a fight when Hazlitt fought with Lamb's brother, leaving Hazlitt with a black eye. Hazlitt told Talfourd not to trouble himself as only an abstract idea matters to him.
A professor’s rebuke of a young dogmatic undergraduate frames dogmatism as puppyism that has reached maturity, suggesting the trait proceeds from youthful rigidity to adult certainty. The reflection underscores how fixed beliefs harden with time.
The Limited from Marshalltown departs at 8:15 a.m. daily for Peoria and eastern points, offering quick travel and conveniences. It arrives in Peoria at 11:30 a.m., serving St. Paul Minneapolis and connections to Kansas City St. Louis and Peoria.
An advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as the essential remedy for stomach troubles and overall health. The text claims nourishment comes through the stomach and lists symptoms it supposedly cures. Distributed by Loughran & Co.
An advertisement claims Kodol Dyspepsia Cure enables digestion and nutrient transformation to nourish nerves tissues and muscles. It purports to cure indigestion dyspepsia and stomach catarrh and related disorders and lists Loughran and Bauer as sellers.
The Passenger Department of the Illinois Central Railroad issues monthly circulars on fruit growing vegetable gardening stock raising dairying in Kentucky West Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Farmers homeseekers sending name and address receive free Circulars Nos 1 2 5 6 and others as issued monthly. J F Merry Asst Gen. Peas Agent Dubuque Iowa.
Local ad touts Rocky Mountain Tea for improving mood and liver health with a price of 85 cents. Signed LM. Bosworth.
Send 2 cents for a copy of hints to T to B Kniskern Passenger Traffic Manager Chicago For rates tickets etc apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway Aug 15.
Low fares to California and return via the North Western Line. First class round trips on sale May 3 and May 12 to 18 to Los Angeles and San Francisco with favorable limits and stop over privileges. The overland limited leaves Chicago daily at 8:00 p.m. in under three days with drawing room and compartment sleeping cars. Three daily Chicago to coast trains and daily guided tourist car excursions to California, Washington and Oregon. For particulars contact Chicago & North Western ticket agents. July 10.
Advert says ladies and children should try De Witt’s Little Early Risers easy pills. They claim not to purge the system and to avoid griping. Endorsed by W H Howell in Houston and Moore in Lafayette as better than other laxatives. Sold by Loughran and Bauer.
Advertising copy urges readers to buy Roky Mountain Tea for weight gain by L M Bosworth, priced at 85 cents. No further context or event details provided.
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