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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1904
Page
3
President Storms visited Des Moines while the Tri-Serp banquet was held there. Many faculty and staff travel for vacations, lectures, and fairs, including Prof. Pam mell’s plant life lectures and J. A. Buell’s Worlds Fair role. An agricultural club of 250 Keokuk county members plans a June visit to the college.
The class of 1904 will host a four day commencement week starting Thursday with a Peace Pipe event and ending Wednesday with an alumni dinner and reception. Featured activities include baseball games Ames vs Grinnell, senior breakfast, senior day, a junior class play, a glee club and band concert, and a grand finale.
Prof Holden from the Agronomy Department traveled to Illinois to obtain a high grade seed corn. Des Moines grain dealers will help distribute Illinois seed to Iowa growers amid widespread reports of poor seed corn germination and uneven ear viability across many fields.
The senate named a total of 375000 dollars for Iowa State College and Ames. The bill authorizes 50000 dollars annually for support and 15000 for the experiment station, plus 95000 for a central building and 54500 for a central heating plant and related work. Additional sums cover dairy and other facilities with biennial road experimentation funds and a repair fund, all paid by quarterly installments on trustees orders.
Engine No 1027 pulling passenger train No 16 derailed in Ames yards last Thursday night. The engine left the track after striking a dropped brake rod at a crossing, blocking main lines until temporary switches restored service by the next day. The Boone wrecker failed to lift the engine but by 2 pm the track was back to normal and traffic resumed.
The Black Hills in South Dakota yield one third of US gold and include the world’s richest 100 square miles. A North Western Line booklet offers a detailed map of the region. Send four cents in stamps for the booklet to W. B. Kniskern in Chicago Illinois.
An advertisement touts Bee's Honey and Tar as preventing or curing pneumonia and destroying lung germs. It claims to revitalize nerves, tone glands, and build muscle tissue while curing coughs and expelling colds overnight. Sold by A. Gamble.
A Virginia mother from Melifa Station recalls winter 1902 illness in her baby. She credits Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with curing a dreadful cold that could have led to pneumonia and urges others to try it. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement asserts external applications cannot cure piles but ManZan in a collapsible nozzle tube provides relief. It claims the product stops pain soothes and cures and is sold by O A Gamble.
Sealed bids for construction of storm sewers on Burnett Sycamore North Kellogg Duff North Douglass and Park streets with material supply and labor bids due by 8 pm April 4 1904. City Clerk files profiles and specs and reserves right to reject bids. A. B. Maxwell contractor details and notes. John Allan rubber tires shoes ad note.
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