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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1910
Page
8
Ames Drake and Grinnell athletes contest the first state triangular meet in years on State Field. Ames favored to win though Grinnell predicts an easy victory. Drake lacks track depth but surprises are possible. Expect fast races and a mix of strong showings from Kraft Boyack Thompson.
A lively home and dual meet at State Field featured Ames versus Marshalltown with fast prep races outpacing college events. Freshmen led with 42 points, sophomores 35, seniors third, juniors last, while standout times included Young 10.3 for 100 and Clarkson winning the mile after a tough finish with Dyer.
The phrase asserts that blasts from a ram’s horn brought down Jericho’s walls and parallels a modern account where a ram’s horn blast felled a man, implying a symbolic link between biblical imagery and a real event.
Mass at 10 30 Sunday morning led by Pastor F GC Renier at St Cecelia s Church with services listed for the day.
Warner Johnson pastor leads Sunday school at 10 with F E Clark as superintendent. Sermon at 11 on Gods Requirements and an evangelistic service at 8 pm. Everyone invited to attend.
Mrs Cora Van Velson Lambert of Chicago will deliver the chapel address Sunday morning. An alumna of ISC class of 90, she is praised as one of the college’s most brilliant students.
The 4th Ward Property Owners report that Iowa State College attracts visitors for its beauty and asks all property owners, with the Park Committee and Civic Improvement club, to plant the common American elm to create uniform shade and enhance the campus and city surroundings.
A proverb-like note suggests accumulating swallows in a black bottle could alter the temperature. The piece uses metaphor to comment on collective effect versus a single instance.
Christopher Ottosen of Humboldt County campaigns for Railroad Commissioner pledging better public service and honest, efficient regulation. He cites ten years as a grain and livestock shipper and as founder of Ottosen town, urging support in the June primary.
Hart's photograph studio is being remodeled this week with calcimined walls repapered woodwork repainted and new stairway steps. New backgrounds have been installed and the studio will be up to date in every respect.
A 19th century advertisement claims catarrh is a constitutional disease, not local, and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the sole constitutional cure. It promises blood and mucous surface action, offers a $100 reward for failures, and lists 75 cent price plus accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A reflective note suggests farsighted living on high grounds, virtue earns reward though money helps, and lagging chickens may imitate their betters like emu.
An old belief links the last tiny egg before sitting hens lay to bad luck if brought into the house. The egg is noted as often being so small it has no yolk, reflecting superstition surrounding poultry and luck.
A nostalgic piece praising the home town paper the Intelligencer as the source of comfort and news for readers, highlighting its role in keeping readers posted on local events and faces from their youth.
Mrs Naoma 8S McGuire a longtime Ames resident died May 9 at Green Gables sanatorium Lincoln Nebraska after two months treatment for nephritis and paralysis. She was 62 and survived by five living children. Funeral held at the Christian church with Rev J T Houser officiating.
The funeral for J W Sloan father of Mrs A B Maxwell was held in Pierce Nebraska and Des Moines Iowa. A Civil War veteran of Company K 24 Iowa Infantry he served with Grant at Vicksburg. Survived by four children all present at the services.
Lieut Simon of the United States Army visited the campus Wednesday for the annual inspection of the cadet battalion. The cadets showed an unusually good appearance and soldiers’ demeanor during the dress parade. A favorable report could move Ames into the A class school rank.
The advertisement touts Peabody buggies with reinforced auto tops and leather trims, ash bows, strong steel components, long lasting wheels, and careful painting. It promises durability, ease of ride, fairness in service, and a ten man test guaranteeing new pairs if broken.
A Boone farmer argues there is no money in poultry and buying eggs is easier. He raises chickens to eat orchard bugs at one cent per bug, noting people behind the breed matter more than the breed itself.
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