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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1908
Page
9
The passage stresses ongoing improvement as essential to maintaining leadership. It emphasizes steady advancement over complacent success and frames perseverance as the path to enduring advantage.
Quade Studio presents experiments in fresh photography mediums to create more artistic images. The note claims their latest work surpasses all seen before, inviting viewers to compare.
Parley Sheldon proclaims Howard township where Roland lives as the garden spot of creation highlighting its famed landscape and community.
Notice to contractors for proposals in Ames Iowa dated May 12 1908 invites bids for construction of a sanitary sewerage system in the Fourth Ward. Proposals accepted until 8:00 p m June 8 1908 and bid opening to follow in the city hall council room. The item list includes furnishing materials and construction of the sewerage network as integral parts of the system.
In February our daughter had the whooping cough. Mr. Lane of Hartland recommended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and said it gave all customers the best of satisfaction. We found it true and can recommend it to anyone troubled with whooping cough. For sale by Loughran and Bauer and Joel E. Cagwin.
City of Ames Iowa invites bids for extensive sewer work including Boone Street to college tank additions and subsystems, filter bed upgrades and multiple pump plants. Projects cover substantial pipe, manholes, tanks, and concrete work with funding split between special assessments and sewer district certificates.
Officials describe bids for sewer work items I to VI funded by special assessments on abutting property. Items I and VI merge in one contract while II to IV form another. Plans and profiles by City Engineer T. H. MacDonald and City Clerk A. B. Maxwell are incorporated. The city may reject all bids. Becomes public notice issued by Mayor Galen Tilden and City Clerk Maxwell. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised by William H. Anderson of Soda Springs Idaho.
Three notices urge nomination for the Board of Supervisors. W Heers of Story City announces for the Republican primary. J F Jacobson and K Guthrie of Lowa Callsburg announce for the same office, awaiting primary approval before June 1908.
Ira Jay Scott filed to run for County Superintendent of Schools in Ames Iowa, subject to Republican voters at the June primary. Information indicates the race hinges on party voter decision.
Bam a candidate for the office of County Attorney subject to the decision of the Republican county primary. F MORGAN Cambridge February 20.
Franks N Fowler announces candidacy for County Treasurer subject to Republican primary on June 2 1908 in Ames. H B Hadley of Nevada and I W Douglass announce for County Attorney noting primary decisions. H B Slattery of Ames pledges to enforce state laws if elected.
A set of Republican primary notices from Story county list candidates for sheriff. Frank F. Kooser Milford Township Tom Thompson Fred C. Warrick and Frank B. Lough announce their bids subject to the June 2 primary and Republican voters approval.
A Republican candidate message addressed to Boone and Story counties seeks party nomination for state senator. Fitchpatrick urges Republican voters to support his candidacy in the upcoming primary election.
The candidate announces run for Representative subject to Republican primaries on June 2. Gko. Cc. WHITH.
An advertisement touts Rings Little Liver Pills as a remedy for biliousness and sick headaches. It claims the pills cleanse the system and improve skin, with a price listed as 5e and sold by O. X. Gamble.
Story County Board of Supervisors met May 4 1908 in Nevada Iowa with all members present. They approved bills for Cellins township lumber and legal services for Grant Township Ditch No. 5, filled constable vacancies, and set weekly allowances for several residents. They remitted mulch tax for Charles Wells and directed a waiver of assessment in Marshall Story drainage district. They appointed election judges and clerks for June 2 1908 across many townships and adjourned to May 7 1908.
Story County Board of Supervisors met May 7 1908 to open sealed bids for a concrete bridge over Squaw Creek near Ames. Bids shown include Marsh Bridge Co 10630.00 and Rookery Construction Co Grand Rapids Mich 7000.00, with other bidders 10900.00 and 10780.00. Chairman and County Auditor Dunahugh attested the results.
A historical ad notes PeWitt's Little Early Risers are small safe and gentle pills sold by A Gamble. The copy emphasizes ease of use and reliability for consumers seeking a mild remedy.
Notice in probate court states Edith Compton has been missing about seven years and may own Story County property in Bilair s Addition Ames including lots 12 12 and 14 with a dwelling valued around 1500. Letters of Administration may be issued to L C Tilden of Ames Iowa on the presumption of her death.
An honored citizen in town recovered from a severe dysentery attack after using Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad endorses Kodol for indigestion as the only preparation that fully digests all foods and relieves stomach trouble. C A Gamble sells Kodol.
In the West he was told that T kept it in stock and lost no time in obtaining it and was promptly cured says M. J. Leach druggist of Wolcott VI. For sale by Longman and Bauer and Joe B E Cagwin.
A proverb-like line reflects a man’s unease with life until he secures a burial plot. The remark underscores folk beliefs about fulfillment and eternity in a historical context.
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