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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1905
Page
7
Mrs L O Law of Kansas reports relief after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for months of appetite loss suffocation and circulatory obstruction. She notes rapid improvement after three boxes and now helps at home and in her husband’s store. Pills claim to build new blood and nerves without affecting the bowels. Distributed by druggists or via mail order at 50 cents a box.
The article surveys wireless clocking via telegraphy in Germany and light portable wireless devices. It notes electroplating advances for gold and silver lace, a cotton tire weaving machine with high pressure resistance, MaTorama long distance phone potential, an English automatic fire alarm using heat expansion, and aluminum alloys in brass for submarines with color changes at various concentrations.
In an exchange labeled Towa Topics readers debate preferred hair colors. A speaker asks about liking natural color while another suggests blond, noting no need to change appearance. The casual discussion explores identity and style choices.
A Huntsville Ontario reader reports a dramatic improvement after switching from porridge to Grape-Nuts. Her husband, once weakened by pneumonia and la grippe, gained weight and strength in a month. Their 5 year old also improved digestion, and the family now consumes Grape-Nuts daily with cream.
New York reports reveal deep interest in an insurance committee inquiry. Manning received a 450 payoff to abstain from opposing the Equitable. Platt testifies the Equitable funded a 10 000 dollar campaign, with cash contributions routed to the state committee. Tarbell testifies on premium loading to fund safety reserves and notes personal policies yielding major commissions across Equitable and other insurers.
The Washit board of engineers votes a large majority for a sea level canal over a lock plan after extensive study and a trip to the Isthmus. They note experts from France Germany and Holland assisted the project and estimate total cost at about 230 million dollars, arguing land costs for a lock canal would offset the difference.
London dispatch reports Count Witte suffered partial paralysis of the left arm with brief fainting spells at the end of last week. He reportedly fell unconscious while at his desk and has scarcely left his office since the czar's manifesto.
Chicago officials report United States Steel plans a 20 million dollar steel complex on 2500 acres along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan. It would employ 5000 to 6000 workers and be the world’s largest composite steel plant, intended to serve western demand and complement Illinois Steel at South Chicago.
Dr. Emil Preetorius editor in chief of the Westliche-Post and longtime German press figure in the west died Sunday in St. Louis after a week of blood poisoning from a leg scratch. He was 78.
Stolen silks valued at 10000 were taken from the William Skinner Manufacturing Co. on Green and Bleecker streets. Four suspects three men and a woman were arrested for receiving stolen property. Most of the plunder was recovered.
The Porte in Constantinople announced on November 23 that it rejected international proposals seeking control over Macedonia's finances, sidelining Western powers' plan for oversight.
Marshall Field Jr the son of Marshall Field was accidentally shot while examining an automatic revolver in Chicago. The bullet entered below the left ribs, narrowly missed the stomach and intestines, damaged the liver and spleen, and left him critically injured. Surgeons at Mercy Hospital performed an operation and reported a chance of recovery.
During Kiel maneuvers a torpedo boat S-126 collided with the cruiser Undine after Undine blinded and then lit a searchlight. The S-126 sank in four minutes. one officer and 32 sailors are missing, presumed drowned. Several wounded officers were rescued during a snowstorm at night.
Madison Wis Nov 22 Gov La Follette calls a special session for December 4 to consider the United States senatorship and the governorship and the state capitol issue which cannot be rebuilt under current law.
In West Philadelphia an elderly man David K. Rowe lay paralyzed on a couch when Caspar Cooper his son in law shot him four times and then killed himself with a bullet to the head. Rowe was hospitalised after the attack.
Federal Judge Bethea ruled the Interstate Commerce Commission order lowering livestock rates from Missouri River points to Chicago to match dressed produce rates was not lawful and should not be enforced. The decision came in suits against the Chicago Great Western Railway and 17 other corporations.
A dated reminiscence recalls a stage scene in which a child actress performs a dramatic death on cue, followed by an old lawyer’s peroration about property and rights. The piece contrasts theatrical flair with legal rhetoric, noting the era’s interpellations and public reception.
Davis Lewis of Winthrop Cal describes six months of dull back pains spreading to the stomach and shoulders. After trying remedies with no relief he used Dodd's Kidney Pills and reports first relief after the first doses and complete recovery after finishing the course.
A Detroit Free Press quip contrasts two views on effort and success. An optimist says some work hard yet have little, while a pessimist retorts. The exchange reflects attitudes toward earnings and achievement without specifics.
Nickel Plate Road promotes low fares and through service eastward with three daily trains to Cleveland Buffalo New York and Boston. Dining cars on the Individual Club Plan with prices from cents to 1.00 and a la carte meals plus luxurious sleeping cars. No excess fare charged and agent J Y Calahan lists full rates and reservations.
A. Hi Stotts, messenger at the State Capitol in Columbus Ohio, endured fifteen years of kidney trouble with backaches and urinary disorders. After a collapse and ten weeks of illness he used Dean's Kidney Pills, regained health, and has weighed 155 pounds for two years. Twelve boxes sufficed, price fifty cents. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A reader from Lakeside N Y expresses gratitude for Cuticura ointment after months of painful face and neck sores. She describes rapid relief after first use and full cure after using two to three boxes, urging others to try the treatment.
A historical notice from A. P. Hoxsie of Buffalo New York promotes Hoxsie's Croup Core as a remedy for babies with croup claiming prevention of pneumonia and diphtheria with no opium or nautical ingredients and suggests non medical staff endorsements.
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