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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
8
December issue features seven Christmas stories two Christmas music pieces and an article by Dean Hodges Harvard As the World Was at the First Christmas. Also fashions departments and gift ideas with subscription offers via local agents at 15 cents per copy or 1.50 per year.
The Iowa edition of Our Government Local State and National is issued by Charlies Scribner’s Sons New York and edited by J A James and A H Sanford with a 175 page Iowa section by Richard C Barrett. Barrett portrays state government clearly and argues the constitution should be studied as a public reference and not merely as author’s views.
KE Herbert Smith, a Tripoli student at the state normal school, was electrocuted while bathing at Professor G. 8. Dick's home where he roomed. He reportedly tried to turn on the light, touched a live wire, and fell dead as water caused a short circuit. He had heart trouble, which likely aided the fatal shock.
In Elisworth residents protest Oscar Gorman and his billy goat. The animalCarelessly roams the aristocratic neighborhood, damaging a stove, a slop bucket, and a church heating device while demanding more food.
The 19 year old Rebecca Chavez daughter of a wealthy Mexican farmer near Belden south of Albuquerque bit scratched and beat two playmates until they died, as told to Judge Abbott in district court by physicians and the child’s parents.
A humorous wartime style piece titled The Ten Commandments For Users of Telephones is followed by a local Iowa town notice about a death in Oskaloosa and various social and civic notices. It notes a three year old strangled while playing on a tree swing and lists community events, meetings, and a grain elevator sale involving Swanson Britson and Jake Ericson. The column also names residents visiting, church services, and school visits with multiple local families mentioned.
Evangelist Billy Sunday astonishes Muscatine residents with a bold bedside manner in prayer addressing God as a friend. He urges revival, noting many workers and few in churches while saloons grow silent and tabernacle crowds swell nightly. Ministers push harder to seize the moment.
The Youth's Companion promotes family reading with tales for all ages. New subscribers sending $1.75 now receive all remaining 1907 issues plus a free 1908 Four-Leaf Hanging Calendar. Full 1908 announcement mailed to any address with sample copies. The paper is based in Boston Mass at 144 Berkeley Street.
A Milford and Grant gathering at L. H. Smith home honors Ray as he prepares to spend winter with brother Clifford in Salem and with relatives in Hood River Oregon. Relatives mourn the death of Serena Adams in Lincoln Nebraska. Local residents note husking progress and routine visits and travels among millers and neighbors.
James E. Miller died at his daughter Mrs E G Mossmans home in Bloomington Illinois Thursday morning at 2 oclock He had lived in Bloomington for many years with the Mossmans Born in Kentucky in August 1841 he was 66 years 5 months old He leaves three children and had been feeble this last year with little hope of recovery.
In retirement Governor Carpenter expresses dedication to Michigan, wishing prosperity across rills groves and prairies, ending his service only upon resting in the state soil. Governor Gue lauds Carpenter as a faithful public servant with conscientious regard for general welfare.
DeWitt's carbolized witch hazel salve advertised for penetrating cleansing and healing. Claims to soothe and help piles. Sold by Gambie.
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