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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
3
Joel E. Cagwin announces securing the agency for Zemo a clear liquid external remedy claimed to cure eczema pimples dandruff blackheads and all skin or scalp diseases by destroying germs. He offers proof of cures and samples and endorses Zemo as a permanent remedy for skin ailments.
Judge Woodruff orders Major George H. Richmond ousted as city marshal and chief of police after finding he violated his oath by continuing the old fines policy. The court deems the J. C. Mabray swindler claim inconclusive. Costs taxed against Richmond exceed 300 dollars.
W D Cottrell and family of Lorenz Iowa travel by car to Wichita Falls Texas to settle. The six member family consists of Mr and Mrs Cottrell and four children. Cottrell sold a 360 acre Iowa farm for 85 per acre and bought 200 acres of alfalfa near Iowa Park Texas.
In Iowa City on May 3 the student labor shortage widens as many working students quit their jobs to fund through the school year. Tables, furnaces, yard work and other student positions go unfilled despite efforts by the university Y M C A labor bureau to recruit replacements.
Iowa City May 3. Mrs. Joe Havel attempted to shoot a dog chasing chickens and accidentally shot her husband in the neck at their home south of Riverside. He was taken to Mercy hospital in critical condition.
Des Moines May 3 Secretary Green of the State Horticultural Society released figures showing fruit conditions in Iowa. Strawberries 38 percent, grapes 20, black raspberries 12, red raspberries 10, cherries 6, currants 5, apples 8, blackberries 21, gooseberries 4, American plums 1, pears plums and peaches all under 1 percent.
Des Moines on May 3 W. B. Barney the new state food and dairy commissioner filed action against F. L. McClure & Co of Sioux City alleging sale of olive oil with sesame oil above the permitted standard.
A 25 year old man on a Rock Island train at Waverly Junction Iowa stabbed himself to death through the heart. He carried a memorandum book with the name Louis Koell and his body was removed at Waterloo Iowa.
Des Moines May 3 union leaders say railroad officials have one more day to respond to a wage demand. The Freight Handlers union seeks raises for receiving check and delivery clerks from 55 to 80 dollars monthly, stevedores 18 to 25 cents hourly, callers 17 1/2 to 25, and truckers 17 1/2 to 22 cents per hour, with a work stoppage likely if denied.
Fort Dodge Independent Telephone company of Fort Dodge Iowa has purchased the local Bell telephone line and will merge the two exchanges. A long term contract with Bell toll lines is also set. J M Plaister, manager for twelve years, will remain in charge with no rate changes. The consolidation will yield 3 000 telephones.
In Decorah Iowa May 3 the bodies of Mr and Mrs Hans Gould were found in their home by Mrs Goulds father who entered after receiving no reply. Authorities believe Gould killed his wife with a shotgun and then killed himself. The couple had no children and Gould worked as a plasterer.
About 300 dentists gathered in Des Moines for the Iowa State Dental Society's forty-eighth annual meeting at the Coliseum. The three day session began with chair and table clinics led by 40 clinicians from across the state. Mayor Hanna gave the welcome, Dr. C. B. Woodbury of Council Bluffs replied, and President F. M. Hunt of Des Moines delivered the annual address.
Representative Charles W. Miller of Waverly denounces the Doctors' Trust and opposes a proposed state health department. He calls the push stealthy and likens it to a brassily framed gold brick intended for the legislature, arguing it would crush opposition from allopathic doctors.
Des Moines May 3. City council passes a resolution asking the street railway company to declare its desire to continue negotiations on the franchise. If the company does not respond favorably by May 15, the council will withdraw the proposed ordinance.
Colonel Frederick Hale son of Senator Eugene Hale assaulted Charles Thornton Libby publisher of suburban weeklies at Libby’s office. The attack followed a newspaper article accusing Hale’s mother, triggering a violent response over the family.
Washington May 3 Charles R Heike former secretary of the American Sugar Refining company will be compelled to stand trial on an indictment of conspiracy to defraud the government out of sugar customs The supreme court so decided.
Marcus Iowa May 3 news reports a ten year old boy, son of Mrs Melvin Simons, was killed in an automobile wreck near Marcus. Miss Lillian Miller sustained serious injuries in the same incident.
Notice of incorporation for The Ames Gas Company Ames Iowa under chapter 1 title 9 of Iowa code. It lists capital stock 50000 dollars five hundred shares 100 each with five directors C I Tenney J G Boyle James C Fesler L Clark H L Griffin and officers to be elected January 1911. Commences April 5 1910 for twenty years with renewal.
Announcement of Sivert J Kalsem of Huxley Palestine township as candidate for county supervisor to replace Ben Johnson. Kalsem, a known farmer and banker, born and raised in the township, has long lived in the area and hails from a Republican family with strong local standing.
A glazier's knife is recommended as an excellent tool for scraping and cleaning the bottoms of pans and kettles, noted as handy in the kitchen.
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