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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1910
Page
7
Dyspepsia sufferers urged to visit The Rexall Store Loughran Baure to buy Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets. The product contains Bismuth Subnitrate and Pepsia and claims to soothe weak stomachs, aid digestion, reduce nausea, and improve nutrition. Prices listed as 26 cents 50 cents and $1.00.
The Third District W R C met in Ames on Friday with officers from six counties in attendance. Delegates reviewed ritual work, welcomed Department President Jennie Whedon, and planned for the next convention at Rockwell City in 1911, with reports from corps and a formal adjournment after a full day of sessions.
Obituaries recall Hugh Gault McBurney born 1839 in Port Hope Ontario and Mrs. Sheehey who died November 1910 in Ames. McBurney, a Civil War veteran, church elder and educator advocate, left six children and was buried in Churdan. Sheehey, who moved from a farm to Ames, died after a prolonged illness. services were held at her home and Ames Cemetery attended by relatives and friends.
Mrs. Hester Johnson dies at 63 in Des Moines Methodist Hospital after cancer surgery. She lived in Franklin County since childhood, with daughter Mrs. H F Broughard near town, and will be buried beside her husband in Hampton cemetery after services at Pleasant Ridge Church. Surviving relatives include daughters Mesdames Broughard Ames and Georgia Wright Hampton, sons Jason A and Earl H Johnson Hampton, plus two brothers M H Vankirk Anamosa and a sister.
Five year old Carl Crooks died of infantile paralysis after a four day illness. Almina Fritch Sheehey, born in Saxony, became a charter Ames Church member and raised five children including Marie Tanner and Harry Sheehey. A parade of local residents and visitors from Boone to Des Moines populate the notes, with many short mentions of trips, visits, and arrivals, plus relatives in Ames and surrounding towns. A birth is noted on Clark Avenue and several figures and families are listed among the social notices.
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