Ames Dairy School wins two prizes at national butter contest
The National Dairy Convention in Topeka awarded Ames entries high honors with the Ames butter tabs competing against 500 bidders. Four Ames pieces advanced to the final test, and after a judge panel review the Ames butter narrowly topped New Sweden Minnesota for a sweepstakes award, bringing $200 to $300 in prizes and boosting Iowa Dairy School premiums.
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Town Dairy School
Futter Maker’s
Topeka
Kansas
Boards of Trade
New York
Boston
Chicago
California
Ames
Iowa
Minnesota
Ilinois
New Sweden
Philadelphia
Ames Dairy
Commission Unien
Iowa Dairy School
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promoted for Cough Relief
Advertisement claims the remedy safely treats disease without danger. It asserts liquefying mucus aids expectoration and reduces coughing severity and frequency. It states no harmful effects for children and notes availability from all druggists.
Ames Household Helps Break Up Street Harassment
A young kitchen helper, tired of street terror by toughs, disguises as a girl with her mistress. Two attackers emerge from shadows and seize an armful of unprotected maidens. The mistress reveals her identity and scolds them, saying I made your first pair of pants. The would be gallants flee and are not seen again.
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Ames
Sonny
Story County Agricultural Society approves loan and reforms
Stockholders met at the court house last Thursday and authorized borrowing 1000 dollars to cover floating debts and fund improvements to sheds and grounds. A cap on voting is set at 25 shares per stockholder and stock must be registered anew. Secretary and assistant salaries are set at 75 and 25 dollars respectively.
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Story County Agricultural Society
Court House
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Endorsed
The ad promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine as best for throat and lungs, guaranteed. The Story County Teacher's Association meets at Maxwell on March 5 at 1 p.m. with a program including Maxwell Orchestra music, Dr E C Scott on rational education, F P Harris on essentials in education, Rev C E Bentley on How How much, a debate on whether the teacher is responsible for the school, Ada Wood recitation, Mrs J P Person on the Mother Interest in the school, C W Kirk on practical arithmetic, plus open questions and a general discussion. Continuous invitation to all public school supporters.
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Story County Teacher's Association
Maxwell
Maxwell Orchestra
E. C. Scott
F. P. Harris
C. E. Bentley
S. B. Miller
Herbert Pease
Ada Wood
J. P. Person
C. W. Kirk
E.D. Culbertson
Edna Wilson
Whooping Cough Relief From 25 Cent Remedy
The two year old son of W L Ferguson of Balton Miss suffered whooping cough. After doctors failed to help, a 25 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy eased the cough within forty eight hours. The father calls it the best for children and recommends it. 25 and 50 cent sizes sold by all druggists. Try northern grown potatoes at Adams Bros.
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W. L. Furguson
Balton
Miss
Chamberlain
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Local Prices Noted
The piece highlights use of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy by a Iowa family for Vida’s winter croup episodes and mentions free sample bottles with warnings to ignorant buyers. It also notes Apams Bros cash grocery selling canned goods at low prices and reports a high stakes mortgage on the Chicago and Northwestern reaching Nevada, amounting to 165 million dollars with a 30 dollar recording fee.
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Lucas
Iowa
Vida
Chamberlain
ApamMs Bros
Chica& & Northwestern
Nevada
Consumption Deaths Among Youths Warned By Quack Cure Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as curing consumption and lingering coughs, claiming 98 percent cure rates if used as directed. It urges sending 21 cents to World's Discovery Medical Association in Buffalo, N Y, for a 1008 page medical adviser.
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Royal Baking Powder CO
Gilbert Station
Me Allen
Gilbert
Trene Jenks
Story City
Peter Pues
Fannie Gilbert
Ahrens
Arling Or
Raehts
MD Nil
Nellie Liddle
Humboldt
Wm. McCully
Ida Grove
Stitzell
Des Moines
J. A. McFarlan
C. P. McFarlan
Rev. Adams
Bethany, Mo
L. Oliver
Adams Bros
de Witt
Judish Bros
McCarthy
Albert
Marblehead
New Orleans
Key West
Ant
The
DeWitt
Colo
Japan
Ork
Union Pacific
Burlington
Pacific
Northwestern
Rapids
Nez Perce
Idaho
Story
Boone
Rev. Geo. W. S
Thomas
Colorado
Clinton
Apams Bros
Canter Bros. & Herrman’s
Judith Bros
Foley
Bradley & White
Canier Bros. & Herman
Dr. Kay
B. J. Kay Medical CO
Werters Ofice
Omaha
Neb
Bigelow & Smith
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