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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
2
Vice-President Charles Warren Fairbanks spoke in Ames and Des Moines, praising local leaders and addressing topics from education to currency. He charmed audiences, joked with toastmasters, and drew broad attention across Iowa. The piece also notes Panama sun debates and community notices from Story County.
A critique cites doctors deriding shaded lawns and vine growth as bad for health. A German doctor argues sun exposure awakens pests in interiors, while Major Chas E B Woodruff warns sunlight worsens tuberculosis and insanity, calling sunlight a misleading remedy.
Large crowd gathers for the late Mrs Maxwell’s funeral at her home. Interment in Maxwell cemetery. Also notes moves of Will and Mrs Sherman to South Dakota and various local visits, plus social activities and recoveries among townsfolk.
Mrs Mallory Daily and daughter Jennie visit Armstrong home last Wednesday marking Jennie’s first outing since a year ago illness. Many locals wish Mr George Armstrong improves with warmer weather. Ray Smith sustains minor injuries in a weekend colt mishap and recovers on the streets. Dr Aplin from Ames called at J W Bateman home with Mrs Aplin and child. Mrs J Arnold travels to Bloomington Illinois for her father’s illness. Clyde Amesberry and students visit Amesberry home in Grant. H B Kelly and daughter Berdella visit Kelly parents in Ames. Olive Birnery teaches near Maxwell and visits Milford. Numerous locals attend Vice President Fairbanks event in Ames. J F Warren returns from Chicago pleased with cattle sale. T Hardcastle visits daughter near Fernald. J W Bateman and A Seymour transact business in Nevada. Mabel Hutchinson visits H B Erb. M E Livingston and Esther shop in Nevada. J W Bateman travels to Chicago with three carloads of cattle. C N Moses on sick list.
Miss Maud Moore Mildred Lee and Frank Moore visited Mr and Mrs Irve Hemrick on Sunday. A young Evergreen man caused a disturbance last Saturday night. Mrs Bates Cambridge spent a week with daughter Mrs Moore. Bennington called on Bill and Clint Myers. Sam and Hans Johnson are working on the roads this week. Henry Myers and Will May visited the Bennington home. Will May visited Mrs Way s parents in Ames. Nellie Newgard called on Hans Johnson. Alex Lee visited his sister Mrs Jasper Myers. Bert Jennings visited friends Sunday. Wesley Huffman called on Wm Hemstock. Georgie Johnson went to Nevada.
Ontario man seeks to exchange rubber tired runabout guitar and driving harness for a wagonette double harness and a large team of horses. Correspond with O. F. Freed Ames Route 3 or phone 16038. local social news, funerals, visits, and community events follow.
Mrs Abbie Jenks aged 77 died at her home after eight days sickness. She was the town’s first settler and widow of a long-deceased husband. Her body will be shipped to Illinois for burial. The community remembers her as friendly and much missed.
The Gilbert mayor court met for a case won by Guernsey Dickenson against R. Dickenson over a family dispute. Local moves include T. M. Ware occupying a house near the creamery and planning a cigar factory. John Townsend taking charge of Nick Holmes’ restaurant. Ray Thompson leaving a drug store for Wyoming. Death mourns Jim Zenor at Vernie Patterson’s home, burial in Ontario. Claude Huffmaster returns from Colorado with a claim. Carl Trukkin resigns to open a harness shop in Newell.
J. W. Sowers was in Chicago last week with a car load of his own feeding stock. Ladies Aid Society of Trinity church will meet tomorrow with Mrs. A. A. Levi west of town. Misses Bertha Jacobson and Dena Teig visited relatives at Randall over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Myrah went to Cedar Rapids Monday for a few days visit. The Busy Bees meet with Miss Clara Grove Saturday afternoon.
Boone resident Mr. Stotts fell several feet while helping tear down the Newton and Northwestern depot. He was taken home with a broken leg, accompanied by his brother-in-law R. F. Hutchinson, and is reported as doing as well as could be expected.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is promoted as a trusted medicine with decades of use. The notice notes it is pleasant when mixed with water and sugar and lists Loughran & Bauer and Joel Cagwin as local sellers.
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