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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1905
Page
1
An old style ad announces Booths Select offering fresh oysters every Thursday morning and a full line of fresh and smoked meats with a call to place orders, along with Mc Mahons Shell Oyster Crackers.
Long retrospective recounts early overland journey to California in 1850. miner life, camp hardship, and cooking duties amid gold rush era. mentions Hangtown, Johnson's Ranch, and perilous travel across plains. Reflects on Henry Hoover’s disappearance and broader national growth since 1848 gold discoveries.
The couple will be at home to friends after November 20 at 104 Fourth Street. Congratulations are extended by a host of friends who regard the pair as among the city's best known and respected young people. Out of town guests included Miss Sara Rice of Cedar Falls, Miss Edna Hathaway of Ames, and Mrs. J. S. Johnson of Superior, Nebraska.
Architects Proudfoot and Bird finalize plans for a new college agricultural hall on campus. The four story Bedford stone building, with a dome like the state capitol, measures 238 by 174 feet plus an east wing ell and will cost about 800000 dollars. It will house offices, laboratories, classrooms, an auditorium, and assembly spaces dedicated to agricultural and livestock departments. The trustees will review the design soon.
An advertisement promotes Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar as a new cough syrup containing Pine Tar and honey. It claims laxative action for prompt bowel evacuation and relief from coughs colds and croup with a red clover blossom and honey bee emblem on each bottle sold by A. Gamble.
Fragmentary ad line touts Chamberlain's Colic and Cholera remedy with urging to buy now. Vague, promotional wording implies a patent medicine claim without clear details or testing.
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