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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
7
Real estate listing touts farms and city properties for sale in Story County with exchange options and cheap prices. Claims farms $5 to $35 per acre in other states, Story County farms $55 to $110, city properties $1,000 to $5,000. Offers office visit for details and exchanges.
Story County Iowa Supervisors meet March 2 1907 at the courthouse and county farm. They repeal prior resolutions on drainage districts 8 and 9 and authorize bond actions and cancellations. The board adjourns to March 11 then March 18 to hear Richland township district 10 assessments.
A letter to the editor argues against granting the A C railway a Main street franchise without compensation. It warns of streetcars with steam power causing smoke and danger on a narrow street and urges Ames residents to vote on the April 8 ratification.
Do Not Crowd the Season discusses spring illnesses and the risk of grip and pneumonia. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a safe cure and notes local dispensers Loughran & Bauer and Joel C. Cag win.
A pending Iowa bill seeks a $75,000 appropriation to erect and complete a tuberculosis hospital in Iowa City. An additional $5,000 annual appropriation funds educational work under the board of control, which may hire lecturers, arrange exhibits, and gather materials.
Sold farm at pub auction to be held Tuesday March 26 1907 at one o clock. Items include 3 head of work horses 3 1 bay horse eleven years old weight 1400 1 bay mare with foal ten years old weight 1850 1 sorrel mare seven years old weight 1400 1 colt coming two years old 8 head of milk cows 5 head of heifers two year old 2 yearling calves 40 head of fall shoots 7 brood sows 1 Chester White boar about 150 chickens farm machinery grain etc 1 Case threshing machine 12 hp 1 lumber wagon bugegirl 1 Defiance disc 2 seeders 1 Os criday riding plow 2 walking plows 1 Deere cultivator 1 McCormick mower 1 pair bob sleds 1 stalk rake 1 hay rake 1 three section drag 8 sets work harness 1 single harness about 500 bushels of corn 8 tons of tame hay and other articles too numerous to mention E F Posegate Auct JOE GROVE B J Shelden Clerk Proprietor
A letter to Mr Morris in Ames explains a saying about horse power noting that one horse or mare may be as strong as two or three others together. The tone treats equine strength and relation to opinions about animals.
Notice to heirs and named parties that a petition filed March 15 1906 seeks appointment of an engineer to establish a drain district with a described route across multiple sections in Washington Township Story County Iowa and a hearing set for March 29 1907 in Ames Iowa.
A letter from Devoe & Co. asserts that 10 gallons of Devoe paint cost 50 dollars while other paints require 12 to 20 gallons for the same job and about 5 dollars per gallon overall. It warns of adulterated paints and promotes Devoe as the reliable choice sold by Loughran & Bauer in New York and Chicago.
The remark suggests many women label themselves as man haters yet fail to substantiate the claim with evidence, reflecting a stereotype without clear proof.
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