Perry's department store fills Ames pages with ads and notices
Perry's offers new china sets at special low prices and a wide array of goods including pots napkins and school supplies. Local residents and visitors like Robert Graham Lou Wiley and D B Collier are noted returning home and traveling. Community updates include speeches by a Democratic candidate at the Rink church activities farm news and a shooting tournament result. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills are advertised by C A Gamble for various urinary and back ailments.
Corn Will Mature By Sept 30
Weather bulletin for week ending August 21 1908 Des Moines Iowa notes cooler start and warmer end averaging above normal. Local showers delayed threshing injured grain in shock but losses small as shock threshing nears completion. Rain benefited pastures meadows late potatoes and fall plowing with corn expected to mature by late September.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Geo. M. Chappel
Local residents and visitors return from travels and moves
Dr and Mrs Rice and Mr and Mrs Linebaugh drove to Roland Sunday. Mrs Mead of Tama was an over Sunday guest at the Mead home. Prof Bell family moved to their new Hodge Ave home. Mr and Mrs Ballard occupy their new Iowa St home. The Manns and Hiram visit Axtel in Newton. Mrs O G Lee and Norma plan Newton visit. Mrs W H Meeker family back from New York. Rath and son returned from Spirit Lake. Brandt aunt met after 28 years. Hazel home from summer trip with Mrs Howard. Beardshear and daughter Constance back from Oak Creek Colorado. Waburtons visiting on campus. Waburton works for USDA. T J Miller back from Illinois and Michigan trip. Mrs H D Herr returns from Kappa Delta house to Humboldt. L C Tallman of Sedalia and parents host in Ames. Dr R E Buchanan back from Chicago. resumes bacteriology professorship. H Plumley, E E ’05, in Chicago for Fort Wayne Electric visits campus. Miss Leella Rutherford visits from Eagle Grove. soprano singer for Methodists. 8th grade entrants to high school to start Sept 7. all high school pupils report. F E Krza note. Geo Ingram and wife return from summer relay with relatives. Winnipeg vaudeville engagement for 20 weeks. juggling and bag punching act.
Steigewalt Reports Back From Pennsylvania Visit
W F Steigewalt returned from a six week stay in Pennsylvania noting unprogressive farming, factory dependence, high horse and meat import costs, and widespread unemployment. He criticizes liquor abundance with about one saloon for every five residents.
Premium List Out For Story County Fair In Nevada
Secretary J R Larson of Story County Fair association visited Ames Monday to distribute premium lists for the Nevada fair set for September 22 23 24 25 He praised Ames exhibitors and merchants and urged mutual support between Ames and Nevada noting the upcoming fair will be the best in the county and that Ames and Nevada can cooperate in chautauqua and fair matters.
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J. R. Larson
Story County Fair Association
Nevada
Larson
Ames
Chautauqua
ManZan Pile Remedy Offered for Piles Relief
An advertisement claims ManZan Pile Remedy provides relief from piles after the first application. It credits C. A. Gamble, Druggist, as the bold promoter of the product.
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C. A. Gamble
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Advertisement
Laxative cough syrup claims quick relief for coughs colds hoarseness and bronchial throat trouble. Marketed as pleasant to take and recommended for children as gentle laxative. Guaranteed and sold by C A Gamble Druggist.
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C. A. Gamble
Big Corn Show Exposition Plans At Omaha Fall
Jacob H. Gable Northwestern special traveling agent visited town last week to organize exhibits for the big corn show at Omaha this fall. He and E. E. Jenkins freight agent encouraged local exhibitors to secure top displays along the Northwestern region. Some prospective exhibitors have already left for the state fair and will likely register for Omaha. The college is expected to be a major exhibitor and a prize contender once awards are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob H. Gable
Northwestern
Omaha
E. E. Jenkins
Sprained ankle relief claim from Chamberlain's Pain Balm
A medical advertising claim states a sprained ankle may heal in about one third the usual time when Chamberlain's Pain Balm is applied freely and a masseuse is used.
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Chamberlain
Wood's Liver Medicine Offers Quick Relief for Malaria
Liquid tonic marketed to regulate the liver kidneys and bladder and relieve biliousness sick headache and constipation. Pleasant to take with first dose providing relief. A $1 bottle contains 2 times the quantity of the 50c size. For sale by C. A. Gamble Druggist.
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Wood
C. A. Gamble
Peaches From Five Year Tree Reach Large Size
J. D. Sims nurtures a five year old peach tree yielding a full bush of fruit this season. Another tree is expected to produce two bushels. Peaches are large with fine flavor and samples measure nine inches in circumference. Sims plans to continue experiments by planting seeds to boost future yields.
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J. D. Sims
Intelligencer
Mr. Sims
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Recommended for Piles
DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is recommended as the best remedy for piles and useful for any salve needs. Beware of imitations. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
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DeWitt
C. A. Gamble
Centralized college employment bureaus to aid student workers
Ames notices that college employment bureaus will be centralized and run by the YMCA. Students seeking work for college costs can apply to a single headquarters, with roles from tending furnaces to clerking and tutoring. Contact via telephone Mutual 861. requests due two days prior.
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Ames
Young Mens Christian Association
Telephone Mutual
Pineules for the Kidneys Trial Offer
Pineules for the kidneys offered with a thirty day trial at one dollar. Hundreds testify to relief from kidney trouble rheumatism lumbago and backache. Pineules purify the blood tone the system and refresh the user. Sold by C A Gamble Druggist.
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C. A. Gamble
Dickens and Boulogne sur Mer His Gentle Host Remembered
The piece recalls Charles Dickens cherished Boulogne sur Mer and the hospitable landlord M Beaucourt known through Dickens writing. Deshler Welch notes a Harper's Magazine sequel and the bookshop stone inscription honors the man famed for kindness.
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Charles Dickens
Boulogne-sur-Mer
M. Devaisseur
Deshler Welch
Harper's Magazine
M. Beaucourt
Welch
A Traveling Man's Experience on an Oregon Train
Sam A. Garber recounts aiding a sick woman in cramps aboard an eastbound O R and N train from Pendleton to LeGrande Oregon. He administers Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, notes rapid improvement, and receives thanks from fellow passengers as the train reaches LeGrande.
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Pendleton
LeGrande
Ore
Sam A. Garber
Chamberlain
le Iande
The Wet Rain Prolongs June and July Weather
The poem notes continuous rain through June and July with renewed strength each wet day. A recurring line frames the rain as a clearing shower, reflecting persistent damp weather.
We Must Learn to Think Too What to Think
A compact provocative note argues the need to cultivate independent thought. It questions prevailing viewpoints and urges readers to examine beliefs, biases, and sources before forming conclusions.
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