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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1911
Page
3
A local drug store promotes ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP as guaranteed remedies for dandruff and itching scalp. The ad claims one shampoo with ZEMO SOAP and ZEMO application will stop itching and cleanse the scalp, with a money back refund if not satisfied. It asserts wide availability across America and targets both infants and adults.
Des Moines reports the Whitney bill with a grand jury vacation provision allowing county attorneys to indict during vacation in any case with a fine over 100 dollars or imprisonment of 30 days or more. The section requires filing under oath in district court before the next regular grand jury term.
Notice declares Gamma Theta Association incorporated under Iowa law with principal office in Ames Story County. Certificate issued March 4 1911. Capital stock 15000 dollars in 1500 shares of ten dollars each. Five directors named Edward McCoy J M Malloy W H Simms Herbert Miller W A Cameron. Annual meeting third Monday in May. Indebtedness limited to two thirds of paid capital. Stockholders private property exempt.
City Council at its March 6 1911 meeting ordered enforcement of disconnection and meter removal for delinquent accounts after 60 days. Superintendent of Light and Water directed to enforce the regulation.
Des Moines reports Governor B. F. Carroll declares every line and word of the veto message was written by himself amid critics who questioned authorship of the Oregon plan bill veto. He denies anyone else influenced or wrote the message.
Des Moines on March 15 reports Democrats backed Frank A. O Connor of Chickasaw County for senator in a joint ballot as a compliment for his minority advocacy in the house. The tally shows Deemer fifty, Kenyon forty three, Porter forty five, O Connor one, plus absent six and paired four.
In St Paul three people die and several others are injured when an elevator at Gordon and Ferguson fur house, Fourth and Broadway, plunges from the fourth floor to the bottom of the shaft. Operator Mason Johnson reports starting with a heavy load, power cut, but a failed clutch caused the cage to fall and the counterweight to drop.
In Springfield the legislative election committee debate over counting ballots in the Fourth and Twenty fifth Senate districts turned heated. Representative Edwin C. Perkins clashed with Judge Owens of Chicago threatening jail for Owens and others while discussing injunctions and steering committee input.
New York March 15 The Standard Oil company denies subscribing to a corruption fund alleged to have aided William Lorimer’s Senate seat. A telegram from John D Archbold vice president to Rev Milton Williams Elgin IL demands a public retraction and apology for slander amid heat of the controversy.
A massive fire torched nearly two acres of stock sheds in Fort Worth on March 15, killing between 500 and 1,000 head of horses sheep and hogs and injuring four men. Losses are estimated at 260 000 for livestock and 50 000 for property. Many high grade animals at the southwestern stock show were saved. The blaze started from a helper cooking breakfast in a barn. packing houses were unharmed.
Formal announcement from Senator William Lorimer and Mrs Lorimer of 3659 Douglas Boulevard states their daughter Miss Ethel Lorimer will wed Ralph R Graham son of Andrew J Graham banker and Democratic politician. The ceremony is planned for next June.
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