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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
7
A clerical error in Story County fair premium lists affects hog classes and new horse class offerings. Hog entries for produce of sow currently list six pigs under six months, but the board intends four pigs under six months. A new horse class titled mare and her produce with suckling and yearling colt diploma was added at breeder request.
A Cambridge Leader note critiques a religious sect visiting Sioux City for revivals described as causing weeping groaning and groveling among workers. It contrasts with the pew religion praised for lasting power and less need for dusting.
The Roland school opened Tuesday with a teaching staff led by Principal Mr. Rogers of Cedar Falls. Assistants include Miss Mae Rice of Canton Minnesota and Miss Kettleson Spirit Lake Iowa. Other teachers cover middle and primary grades and music.
On August 25 Os O F and Rebecca members visited the Stull home to bid them farewell before moving west of the college. A graphophone concert and social hour followed with light refreshments as the party departed happy. A prior surprise gathering at the Misses Lucas home in Ontario honored the moving couple near the college with music by Frank Ross of Des Moines and Manfred Stull, a former Story county resident.
Philadelphia report details four hundred drunken monkeys released aboard the British steamer Braunfels by a prankster baboon. Monkeys raided decks, but crew subdued them with brandy and molasses, then returned them to confinement as they sobered.
Tige the watch dog at J H Bell Co in Chicago was caught in a ten foot flywheel while chasing a rat. He made about 5525 revolutions before the engineer shut off power. Dragged out near dead, the dog revived after veterinary care and is alert again.
A polecat wandered into Philadelphia City Hall and hid in Mayor Reyburn’s private office. After a chase through corridors, cleaners guards and detectives failed to dislodge it until a Swedish animal expert captured the skunk this morning. The incident stands out as a memorable oddity for the building.
Conductor Elmer Rohrbaugh of York lept from a burning railroad supply car near Frazer station in Pennsylvania. He escaped with only his shoes as 300 gallons of oil and kerosene burned aboard after the hot box fire. Friends later supplied him with clothing.
A writer reports a startling discovery about the United States quarter. The typical coin features thirteen stars thirteen letters in the scroll thirteen marginal feathers on each wing thirteen lines in the shield thirteen horizontal bars thirteen arrow-heads and thirteen letters in its name. The piece warns against keeping a quarter.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel argues that a town cannot thrive as a business hub while only a few merchants push for trade. It urges all local merchants and citizens to attract customers and extend trade beyond their immediate circle to grow the whole business community.
Elizabeth Bisland argues in The North American Review that the new educated woman faces the danger of losing her ideal place in society. She warns that diminished view of women harms both personal growth and national progress, stressing the need to honor female ideals and influence.
An old ad promotes Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form to treat malaria chills and fever by regulating the liver kidneys and bladder. It claims quick relief from biliousness sick headache and constipation with immediate tonic effects. Sold by C. A. Gamble Druggist.
Roland business men unveil a harvest picnic to be held Tuesday October 6 as part of the community festival. The Commercial club board approved the event at Tuesday evening’s meeting and Roland aims to welcome visitors with its usual hospitality.
The September American Boy features The Young Ranchman on the front cover with content highlighting serials by Houston Tomlinson and Optic. It lists fine short stories including Kenton's League with the Sun Spot a Mustang Penance of Michael Moran Facing Death in a Balloon Barefoot s Outing and Education of a Chipmunk plus sections on Unusual American Children Lawn Tennis A Home Industry for Boys What Can a Young Man Do How a Butterfly is Born and Farming the Salt Sea. 80 illustrations accompany the issue priced at $1.00 a year from Sprague Publishing Co Detroit Michigan.
Sam A. Garber describes aiding a sick woman in severe cramps aboard an O. R. & N. R. train from Pendleton to LeGrande Oregon. He used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, dosed her twice, and the passenger recovered before arrival.
Notable sayings on work and truth attributed to T. T. Lynch and John Ruskin. The maxims emphasize loving one’s craft and the fault of truthlessness in moral work.
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