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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1910
Page
3
An advertisement from Cagwin Drug Store promotes ZEMO and ZEMO SOAP as a guaranteed cure for dandruff and scalp germ life. It claims one shampoo with ZEMO SOAP plus ZEMO application stops itching and cleanses the scalp and offers a money back refund if not satisfied.
A notice states opportunities in the Railway and Wireless Telegraph service for young men and women. It notes a 10 000 worker shortage since the hour law and wireless development, with beginner pay from 70 to 90 dollars monthly under supervision.
Advertises special low rate tickets for Sept and Oct travel to the Pacific Coast via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western lines with tours in tourist sleeping cars. Details available from S A Hutchison, manager Tourist Dept., 212 Clark St., Chicago, or nearest agent. Also promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as reliable for diarrhoea, dysentery and bowel complaints. Sold by all dealers.
A reflective aphorism suggests honesty remains supreme regardless of style or polish. The line underscores virtue over superficial elegance in judgment and character.
A pair of maxims contrasts ethic self interest with domestic virtue. Beecher warns against self serving deceit while Everett extols the home as a refuge for moral life.
Des Moines hosts a two day gathering of the State fraternal Congress. A string of local events follows, including appointments, obituaries, and public notices across Iowa towns such as Oskaloosa, Muscatine, and Marshalltown.
Richard Daniels, the youth who held up a Nevada city store in May and fired on a posse during a lengthy standoff, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit manslaughter after being indicted for larceny. He admitted the name Daniels was an assumed alias and received an intermediate sentence.
The Harrington family held its fourth annual reunion at F. O. Harrington’s residence. Seventy seven relatives attended from Williamsburg Wyoming North English Iowa City Colorado and Pennsylvania. Millard Harrington elected president and Mrs Walter Harrington secretary treasurer for the year. A large picnic dinner and supper followed on the lawn.
The jury acquitted Mrs. Dowell of murdering her uncle J. T. Nace after a nighttime assault in his Hamburg store area. Nace was attacked in his sleeping rooms over the store four weeks earlier. Dowell was held on the following morning.
Fort Dodge area farmer John A. Johnson harvests twenty five bushels of flax per acre, valued around 55 dollars per acre at current prices. Red clover is unusually good, with a second seed crop expected to yield about 30 dollars per acre.
Forty additional machinists blacksmiths and boilermakers are employed at the Iowa Central shops in Marshalltown to run on a night shift. The goal is to accelerate power and rolling stock output to meet heavy fall and winter business, with work continuing day and night through January 1.
Waterloo reports the Sunday revival committee, starting November 1, struggles to find a central location. A tabernacle measuring 120 by 200 feet is planned and will seat about 7,000 people.
The missing wealthy farmer Nicholas De Muth from near East Dubuque Illinois was found dead in a ravine near Fairplay. Local authorities confirmed the discovery ends a lengthy mystery from July 4th.
Mrs. Phoebe Gifford withdraws her divorce action against F. H. Gifford. Gifford also drops a $50,000 alienation suit filed against his mother-in-law Mrs. M. G. Capron of Grinnell.
A 22 year old unidentified woman shot herself in Washington Park. She left an unsigned note saying career failure prompted the act.
Professor Clayton B. Simmons, head of the physical training department at State Teachers College Cedar Falls, resigns to accept a similar post at Kansas State Normal school in Kirksville.
Relatives of Thomas J. Sellers who died of heart trouble in his Ottumwa home discovered $3,000 in cash among his clothing. Sellers was known as an eccentric man who reportedly had substantial funds.
Frank Beall a 58 year old farmer was killed after his team bolted dragging him 400 yards into a corn cutter. The incident occurred in Manchester as Beall was working on his land.
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