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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
7
Davenport report tells of Mrs Lucinda Ganson who refused twenty thousand dollars left by Charles Simpson in Sacramento in a will on condition she convert to Catholicism. She chose her faith over wealth, sending the funds to a Catholic orphanage.
Frank Champlin president of the City Bank of Boone and a noted mason died suddenly of a bronchial hemorrhage while gardening. He was near 75 and passed in the arms of his daughter after staying in good health. Champlin was a pioneer railway man and former chief conductor of the National Order of Railway Conductors. He leaves a large family.
The Mississippi overflowed from Clinton to Davenport with Burlington and Keokuk near the danger line. Thousands of acres flooded and property losses ran into hundreds of thousands. Muscatine and Clinton faced critical conditions as city streets could flood with another foot rise.
A pig owned by William Lynch bears an almost exact elephantlike head and neck, including a full trunk and ears, while the rest of its body is normal. It is part of a litter of eight.
Charles C. McChord a well to do farmer near Cottonwood died by suicide at age 66. Ill health for years was believed to be the cause. He leaves a wife five children and several brothers and sisters.
A string of brief items reports Miss Agnes Ernwine struck by lightning in Nashua and seriously injured. St. Paul & Des Moines railroad incorporation filed to run from Iowa Falls to the Minnesota line. John Hawkins killed by a Northwestern fast mail train in Council Bluffs. James Morgan dies at his Neola home. Iowa Railroad Commissioner Young visits Des Moines to discuss oil rate issues. Other notes include Mary Gray adjudged insane at Ida Grove. Ed Williams confession tying Jorria Levich and Frank Ammerman to an attempted robbery near Jefferson, SD. Ax Tel Johnson’s suicide in Des Moines. Bertram Harger found dead in a Chicago box car. Monona County Telephone absorbed by State Telephone in Sioux City. 29,000 rainbow trout shipped from Spring Branch to Waukon. A. S. Jones fatally injured at Hocking. Parmelee estate funds to aid Chicago poor. Iowa Health Officers meet in Stanton. Augustant synod ordains 31 candidates. Iowa University grants honorary Doctor of Laws to Vice President Fair.
The piece extols evening bloomers such as white and pale yellow flowers that open at dusk. It notes their fragrant nature and attraction to night insects, describes opening speeds, and advises planting them at the back of gardens for visual impact without daytime distraction. It highlights evening primrose varieties and the white datura as standout examples from Ohio Farmer.
A Boston Globe recipe collection presents several chicken methods. Smothered chicken bakes with buttered bits, while fricassee stews and thickens a simple gravy. A crusted chicken variant bakes in batter with cream and milk, then uses the pan gravy as dressing.
After fourteen weeks of typhoid fever Miss E B Midendorf of 1501 Paris St Quincy reports severe weakness but sees rapid gains in strength and color after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The pills are praised as a blood builder and strength giver, helping debility from overwork and aiding girls near womanhood. All druggists sell.
Pale yellow walls create a cool look and pair well with green foliage and white ceilings. Green stained or white enamel furniture complements the space. a narrow iron bed with pale green sateen and a dotted swiss spread, plus a green braided rug, completes the decor.
The article notes that as Marconi perfects transoceanic wireless telegraphy, naval leaders fear a shift in wartime tactics away from cables, urging adaptation of methods to new long distance communications.
A home remedy suggests adding bran to tepid bath water to cleanse the skin and induce a mild chafing that boosts circulation. The article notes this folk practice for improving blood flow and overall warmth.
A dated home remedy suggests mixing lemon juice thick with sugar to ease a tickling cough described as 60 annoying, reflecting informal health advice circulating in the article.
A brief Chicago News item touts Dr Caldwell's Unsative Rup Pepsin as a safe pleasant remedy for digestive pains and liver bowels disorder. It claims superior relief to cathartic waters and advertises pricing of 50 cents and one dollar.
Local reader Robert Gold of Gayton Washington praises Dr Pusheck's Euro medicine. Misfortune is hinted as a lesson from personal illness yet the note remains a simple endorsement of the remedy.
The notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease a remedy for hot sweating callous and swollen feet sold by all druggists at 25c with a free trial and requests no substitutes. Address Allen S Olmsted Le Roy New York. The line also notes Opportunity is a gum sh oe artist as quoted from N O Picayune.
A Philadelphia clipping recounts a man who quit eating peanuts to keep peace at home after his wife teased him. He defended his restraint, insisting the change was for harmony and noting his fondness remained but now avoided strife.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes a magazine writer defines moderate wealth as an annual income between 2000 and 10000 dollars a year. The piece suggests many moderately wealthy people face straitened circumstances. The Chicago Tribune comments on modern pretensions amid laziness and a scientific name discovery.
Lockesburg Colony in Sevier County covering about 24 000 acres is open for settlement. Lands priced for actual settlers with favorable terms. Kansas City Southern Railway colonies lie in a tobacco and fruit region suited to corn and cotton. healthy climate and abundant water cited. Write for books on Lockesburg and Loring Colonies and Current Events Magazine to G. P. Warner Kansas City.
A fragment from a Chicago area item mentions a toe neater hen and a band song tied to a soda record. The text is unclear but points to a local entertainment note in a darkened setting.
Nickel Plate Road announces low travel rates to Buffalo New York for its annual meeting from July 1 to July 18. The offer applies with no Pall-Pa over at Chautauqua Lake and is coordinated by Agent Calahan with General Reon ill near Chicago. Math hes cured many an old bachelor of selfishness.
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