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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
5
Local notices advertise five cents per line with extra charges for events and church services. The column also lists residents visiting Ames, moves of households, arrivals and departures, and community notices from Ames and surrounding areas.
Ames high school football team traveled to Jefferson and suffered a decisive 41 to 0 defeat. Jefferson dominated on both sides as Ames faced a shutout in this early season matchup.
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Miller visited their daughter Mrs. F. M. Dawson in Randall Friday. Mr. Miller returned Monday. The note mentions 40 acres of corn stalks and water 808 t. pd. attributed to Tom Barbour.
A note promotes Chamberlains Cough Remedy as safe for children and useful at the first signs of hoarseness or a creeping cough. It warns the product contains no opium and is sold by Loughran & Bauer. The item appears among local medical notices and household ads. Typhoid cases are reported locally with several named patients and five cases in the college hospital. A social note describes a Halloween gathering hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kooser with ghostly decor and games. An advertisement promotes a Barcarone One Acorn hard coal heater as good as new at White and Harris Hardwood store.
The notice proclaims no danger of blood poisoning from any cut when Chamberlains Pain Balm is used as an antiseptic dressing and recommends it for every home. Sold by Loughran and Bauer.
Sheriff Ricketts reports a Rockford police chief warning about John Hoover a smooth fraud in his 80s five feet ten inches 190 pounds dark complexion gray hair and squinty eyes. A $500 reward is offered for his capture as he targets farms for forgery deeds and large loans in Story County. Farmers are urged to guard against the scheme.
Wayne Dinsmore and Mary K Gray married last evening at 8 30 in a small ceremony officiated by Dr A B Storms. Miss Gray is daughter of Robert Gray of College Street and an esteemed young woman. Dinsmore is an assistant professor in the animal husbandry department at the college. Friends extend congratulations.
The thank offering gathering of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church met at Mrs. Fred Eighmy's home on Tuesday evening. Decor was autumnal and tasteful. Mrs. H. T. Brown of the Des Moines Deaconess home spoke on migrant and urban work. Volunteers were inspired by her talk and the program featured instrumental music and singing. The Queen Esther circle helped with the supper.
The Intelligencer advertises a low rate club for Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and the Intelligencer. The package includes three publications for 8.25 dollars with renewal or new subscriptions, vs a regular 4.00 per year price.
The Armory opera house presents Yon Yonson a Swedish dialect comedy with Earl K Mitchell in the Swede role. The plot tracks gradual Americanization as the character speaks. Specialties include the Lumbermen's Quarte e noted for its national popularity.
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