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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1905
Page
7
Mr Porter of Raymond New York credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing his two year neuralgia. He reports severe head pains eye burning sleeplessness and irritability improved after first six boxes and complete recovery. The pills are sold by druggists or from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York.
In Stray Stories a dialogue recalls an artist asking about a picture's reception at an exhibition. Porter confirms the crowd laughed heartily, while the demon remained silent. The exchange hints at satire and uncanny humor in a quiet gallery moment.
Fragmentary prose recalls a poet Bonneet praising a woman's beauty and a blunt aside by a bachelor. The text shows clipped lines and mis-typed phrases from a Chicago Daily News style page.
A playful exchange notes a Boston bride and Battle Creek groom at a wedding. The toast jokingly contrasts rice with beans and breakfast food as a delicate tribute, per Chicago Sun.
Somerville Journal comments that many business failures stem from men abandoning ventures to ponder who fathered the American navy. The piece critiques indecision and misplaced priorities among businessmen.
A western farmer unable to move his crops keeps them at home and feeds the produce to hogs as he travels, a scene described by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Rock Island and Frisco systems unveil a new through tourist car from Chicago and St Louis to California via Medora Kansas and El Paso. Ten through routes connect East and California with cars starting in Chicago St Louis St Paul and Minneapolis using either El Paso or Colorado Scenic Routes to meet demand at low September and October rates.
A Cleveland Leader quip notes a woman fixes her hair at the theater and, after the performance, discovers she left a diamond ring on her dresser at home.
Mrs. Thos Robbins of Norwich New York writes that Piso's Cure for Consumption saved her life three years ago. The New York press notes that high finance appears partnered with low morality in the same era.
Congressman Joseph A. Goulden of New York urges Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder troubles. He cites personal relief from inflammation of the bladder after two days of use. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo N Y.
The English stage mourns Sir Henry Irving a leading actor of his era. He collapsed backstage after a Bradford engagement while playing Becket the title role in his adaptation of Tennyson. He died Friday night from a fatal syncope after returning to his hotel.
Judge Eason awarded Capt. Elmore F. Taggart a divorce from Mrs. Taggart and custody of sons Culver 11 and Charles seven. Mrs. Taggart may visit the children. Seven weeks of trial followed a July 1904 petition alleging cruelty neglect and excessive intoxicants. The case cited army colleagues as factors in the dispute and sparked wide interest.
The Missouri state building at the Lewis and Clark exposition in Portland burned Friday night. Almost all of the Missouri display including the art and statuary was lost, with a pecuniary damage estimated over $50,000 and only $5,000 insured on the art exhibit.
Fredericktown Pa October 14 six miners are trapped half a mile back from the mine entry as a fire roars through the Clyde Coal company shaft. The blaze endangers the entombed men and two others are seriously burned in an explosion at the fan house with one possibly fatally injured.
W. E. Brown, president of the failed First National Bank of Storm Lake, Iowa, was sentenced to five years in prison for fraudulent banking. Judge Reed handed down the sentence in United States court in Sioux City, Iowa on October 14.
Dr. James A. Kegan secretary of the Illinois state board of health orders the quarantine against yellow fever infected points discontinued on Tuesday October 17. The action ends a period of quarantine as officials switch to monitoring and resuming normal activities.
Des Moines grand jury subpoenas County Recorder Mrs. Dodson for three mortgages and the deed to the Gressor farm made to William L. Carter. It suspects forgery and deception of Attorney M. E. Welday. The deed bears a signature witnessed later questioned and witnesses sought for the night of September 25.
G B Eastman, 83 year old widower of Charles City, sent property to Minneapolis to wed Miss Woods found via a want ad. The engagement neared, then breach of promise suit emerged. After much pressure Eastman paid $50 000 to call off the nuptials. he has no near relatives.
Unknown man believed murdered after a hand to hand encounter beside Illinois Central rails at Rock Cut. A revolver lay near his head with a broken discharge. Neighbors heard shots. authorities suspect internal conflict among tramps with one killed.
F A Riggs died after setting a bed ablaze in his home at Audubon. He saturated the bed with oil, struck a match and lay on it as flames rose. Neighbors rescued him from the fire but he died soon after. Domestic trouble is cited as the cause.
Charles City report says G. B. Eastman the city's first banker sold all his property to H. C. Baldwin of Citizens National Bank and left for Minneapolis where he is said to marry Miss Wood, to whom he answered matrimonial ads.
Chickasaw County district court closes a light September term with seven cases. In New Hampton, Clinton and Frank NeGinn and Eddie Larson of Chicago plead guilty to breaking and entering merchandise cars and receive three year sentences to Anamosa prison.
The column wryly notes that convincing a woman requires effort and debate can sway her, jealousy fades after ten years of marriage, love marriages press daughters toward comforts, trust hinges on letters, and cooking school pride varies among women.
Traveling agents from Chicago packers are dispatched to South America and Asia to trade American meat products for cowries or elephant tusks, penetrating deserts and distant ports. The article lauds Yankee enterprise and links market reach to price stability and profit across stages of production.
A dialogue from a Chicago Daily News column shows The Plain Girl mamma urges marrying the first proposer while The Pretty Girl cautions against such haste. The exchange reflects social expectations on marriage timing and parental guidance.
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