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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
3
A Rockford Register-Gazette piece recalls women’s courage during the Civil War, noting mothers comforting wounded soldiers and enduring loss. It then shifts to a testimonial about William’s Pink Pills offering relief, with the patient reporting improvement after starting the treatment.
A Cleveland couple on vacation along the east coast encounters a grim shipboard tale as the mother-in-law dies at sea. The widow is buried in a canvas sack used for the voyage, with a twist of a coal bag replacing an iron weight. The son-in-law, who stutters, quips about never knowing where she is going and having to carry her own el.
Des Moines reports Fifty-second Iowa volunteers back home on 30 day furloughs with full pay and rations. The state covers transport costs, promotes on merit, and plans hospital care as troops near muster out at Camp McKinley.
The auditor of state approves three banks to commence business. Citizens' state bank of Cambridge opens with 25000 capital, officers J A Greseclose president 8 J Sherman vice president Edgar John cashier. Union savings bank of Wilton Junction opens with 40000 capital, officers A R Leithe president G N Frenzel vice president W D Harris cashier. Plainfield savings bank of Plainfield opens with 10000 capital, officers J A Cousins president J Roach vice president W W Taylor cashier.
Turner Scarr Barney Maddox and Pete Morgan all around 15 years old mounted branches and broke their right arms while trying to pick a handkerchief from the ground during a wild west imitation. Burlington King's Daughters' circles have formed a winter sewing school for the poor, using the old public library room with leading local young women presiding.
Conflicting reports describe corn conditions in Iowa as mid-summer drought reduces potential yields. Despite the drought, the current average burden per field remains higher than the same date last year, even with the decline from earlier optimism of record production.
Lars Backgaard died after being overcome by heat while riding home from Council Bluffs. He collapsed a mile from town as ten inch deep dust at the road impeded his recovery and he could not turn over.
Mrs. Capt. A. C. Norris died in St. Louis while returning to Grinnell from Jacksonville where she visited her husband Capt. A. C. Norris of company K Fiftieth Iowa. She was accompanied by Keith Blow and was about 29 years old with two children aged seven and three.
Des Moines Mayor MacVicar and four other Iowa mayors urge a state convention to form an Iowa Municipal league auxiliary to the League of American Municipalities. The convention is set for Marshalltown on October 12 and 13.
The Beckwith baby born at Mt Pleasant is identified as the first Lincoln great grandchild. Robert Lincoln is expected to soften toward his granddaughter though he has never forgiven his daughter for marrying without paternal consent.
Former Iowa senator Bruce was convicted at Storm Lake of criminal libel against District Judge Hessell of Rock Rapids. He had opposed Hessell’s elevation to the bench and printed signed articles in Iowa papers attacking the judge’s integrity.
A Webster City thief stole $460 from a drug store safe. Burlington society women collected fares for a peace carnival raising about $500. Marshalltown planned a monument for Private Claus Hanson. Ames hosts the second annual plowing contest around October 5 at Iowa State College. Michael Burns of Greeley, Delaware county, missing since August 27. $50 reward offered. A southbound stock express hit a switch at Fredericksburg, killing the engineer and injuring the fireman. Leon formed a Brotherhood of American Yeomen homestead. Dr L K Garfield of Algona died at 78. Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers’ Association organized in Council Bluffs. August hospital census at Clarinda asylum showed 746 inmates. Sioux Falls chosen for National Butter and Creamery convention. Des Moines ruled marriage-after-seduction law unconstitutional. Private J W Cronnin of Fifty-second Iowa died in Des Moines. Two batteries from Burlington and Cedar Rapids mustered out at Des Moines. Willett Howard died in Monroe. Henry Batteram drowned in the Mississippi at Eagle Point. Fire in Bridgewater destroyed Rice’s works and a pool hall, loss $5000. Hon Lot Thomas and wife marked silver wedding anniversary. H N Renshaw’s Washington printing office burned with $500 insurance.
A Chicago tailor died after accidentally swallowing a needle causing fatal complications. The piece contrasts this with Forbes bitters claims, noting that bitters tonic cannot replace the needle injury and mentions uses of the stomach bitters for nervousness indigestion and constipation.
A humorous exchange about sleep talking and marriage from a family scene. Clarence asks for reasons, a father offers a witty line about sanity, while a mother warns against lying and Eva questions Heaven. The Oswego Daily Palladium reference hints at a newspaper excerpt.
An old advertisement promises Cure and Cold relief in a single day with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets and offers refunds if unsuccessful. The quips cite humorous quotes about punctuation and timing from period newspapers, highlighting consumer testimonials and lighthearted editorial tone.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally. Price 75c. He who rides behind another does not travel when he pleases. If mirrors portrayed us as others see us we wouldn't use them. Chicago Daily News.
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