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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1904
Page
1
Advertises flour price points with 40 cents per pound and bulk offers two pounds for 75 cents. Mentions other brands priced 15 to 35 cents and guarantees customer satisfaction. Warns against making good bread from poor flour to avoid wasting time and patience.
The Cambridge canning factory has produced 322000 cans of corn and paid farmers $6 a ton for 544 loads. A Marshalltown man, praised by T R for kindness, contracts a monument to his name and dedicates a $1500 swimming pool for boys, lasting forever.
McHose proprietor of the Max well brick and tile works received two black eyes after a fist fight with employee Charles Kester. Kester said McHose insulted him and refused to apologize, prompting a punch. Kester was arrested and sentenced to ten days in the county jail at Nevada.
The Britt Tribune argues that frost does not hasten corn ripening and warns that frost damaged leaves cripple photosynthesis. It asserts frost bitten fields will dry but not ripen, calling such frost a killer of vigor and urging timely harvest to avoid value loss.
A Denver man sues a local restaurant for damages claiming promises of good food were not fulfilled and caused lasting stomach trouble. He seeks several thousand dollars, arguing the case could widen repair efforts for broken promises in politics and business.
A call to train future volunteers in rifle use as 80 percent of expected wartime troops will come from civilian life. Critics note only 36,000 regulars are rifle-qualified. the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice advocates funded ranges and school programs to teach youth to shoot and bolster national defense.
William A Phillips born October 13 1882 in Michigan died September 28 1904 at age 21 11 15 Funeral held September 29 1904 at 2 PM at the Cord home Rev Ferrar officiated LeRoy St John from Terra Haute sang two solos Survivors include father mother two brothers and two sisters Burial in Ames cemetery The family notes a Christian mother and a peaceful departure with a memorial verse included
Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated above. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Cars. Free Reclining Chair Cars and The Best of Everything. For dates of sale and full particulars apply to agents Chicago & Northwestern Ry. 264 WANTED A place to work for board. Leave word at the office. Good references furnished. 2tp.
John Atlan will fit rubber tires on your buggy and rubber shoes on your horses and perform a first class job at a reasonable price. Call to arrange service.
The week ending Oct 8 was warmer with some rainfall, aiding growth more than ripening. Ninety percent of the corn crop is safe though a frost before Oct 10 could reduce about ten percent of corn quality. Drying weather is needed for cribbing and ground crops. Timothy seed yields look good, clover seed is light, pastures are strong, and new grain and grass seeding has done well. Overall, the 1904 crop season was favorable.
Sebulon Morrison and others transfer to Chris Sorenson a $650 lot 16 block 8 in Blacks 2nd ad Ames. Chris Sorenson and wife transfer to John Meiers a $1500 lot 15 block 8 Blacks 2nd ad Ames. John L Stevens and wife transfer to Lottie May and Steven McLain a $450 lot 12 block 24 CP ad 1st North Ames. Harriman and Lee and wives transfer to K W Brown a $280 lots 4 and 5 block 1 Harriman ad Ames. Harriman and Lee and wives transfer to H E Slattery a $100 lot 12 block 1 Harrimans ad Ames. Harriman and Lee and wives transfer to John Meiers a $280 lots 6 and 9 block 1 Harriman ad Ames.
Chicago and North Western Railway released a forty page travel folder on California with over fifty illustrations and a colored state map. It includes interest topics and a list of hotels at tourist points with rates and capacity, available by mail for four cents.
The Tabernacle will hold nightly meetings all week and Sunday services at 11 am and 7 30 pm. Baptismal services are Saturday night at the Christian church. Northcutt will preach a short sermon. A large audience heard talks on God seeking man and pardon its evidences. The evangelists depart for Boulder Colorado after Ames. Notice: Republican caucus in Washington township at Ames city hall on Saturday Dec 15 at 8 pm to nominate officers.
Excursion tickets to Mason City Iowa via the Northwestern Line available Oct 15 to 19 at reduced rates with return until Oct 24. Apply through Chicago and Northwestern Railway agents.
Howard Sawyer of Story County and Nina Harnden of Milford township wed in Des Moines on May 21, 1904. The couple kept the engagement secret to surprise friends and relatives, with plans for a fall reception altered by a family death. Sawyer, a teacher and farmer near Gilbert, and Harnden, daughter of J. P. Harnden, will reside at Roland winter and move to the Gilbert area in spring.
Soak the corn or bunion in warm water to soften it and pare it down without drawing blood. Apply Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily, rubbing vigorously for five minutes each time. Wear a corn plaster for protection from the shoe. Pain Balm also serves as a general liniment for sprains bruises lameness and rheumatism. For sale by Loughran Bauer.
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