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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
2
Neighbors discuss the alleged menace as grape vines and patches suffer depredations. A fight with suspects escaped without fatalities after a nighttime confrontation. a student claimed to be the culprit’s helper, and college authorities are investigating while farmers form a watch group to curb theft.
A college tug of war ended with the freshmen defeating the sophomores in a contest run under Professors Bowman Coover and Jack Pratt. The event drew discussions on hazing, rules, and eligibility for future stock judging and football contexts.
Iowa State University at Iowa City will replace class scraps with a push ball match between freshmen and sophomores on the campus field this Saturday under faculty rules. A regular army officer from Fort Des Moines may judge, as the seven foot diameter ball is introduced to the state.
Des Moines report states Gabriel Gunderson, brother in law of H Hendrickson, died early Tuesday after years of illness. Doctors used an X ray to locate liver disease a year ago, causing a blister and persistent pain that delayed healing. Funeral is today as family travels to attend rites.
A short guide on painting coats and maintenance. Three coats protect wood and the earlier coats. repaint often to safeguard the first coat. Lead and oil wear in about three years whereas lead and zinc may last two to three times longer. Devoe offers lead and zinc paint and a free painting book with Loughran & Bauer as sellers.
An advertisement promises 30 days of Pineules treatment for $1.00 with immediate relief on first dose. It claims to ease backache lumbago and rheumatism and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The offer emphasizes quick results and refunds.
A forthright exchange from Clermont Iowa dated Sept 11 presents Father Coffin urging Governor Larrabee to lead Iowa’s prohibition drive. Larrabee lauds Coffin’s stance, praises anti saloon efforts, and argues for total prohibition over licensing while recalling Grant and barbed wire controversy.
AMES IN BRIEF. Charles Dragoon spent Sunday with friends in Toledo Iowa Prof Hibbard was an interurban passenger to Des Moines Saturday Dr Elmer Kye Smith left Wednesday for Chicago to continue his musical training In the heart of Chicago there are signs indicating the names of the streets The Cole Observer is giving the Nevada Journal a close run on its line of specials The Intelligencer hopes the Story county fair will pay a handsome dividend RT Jeffries returned Tuesday evening from a visit with his parents in Nebraska Mr W P Payne the senior editor of the Nevada Representative is able to be at the office again Louis H Doggett and Arthur Roland returned a from a few days visit in Omaha and Sioux City The Huxley Elevator company has filed articles of incorporation with an authorized capital of 25000 AK Webb has been appointed justice of the peace in Union township to fill the place of AK Olson resigned Mr H L Mann returned Saturday evening from his visit in New York state He attended his regimental reunion and met hundreds of old friends Elmer R Hodson of the Forestry department at Washington graduate of the college is in town visiting his uncle Mr Hodson He has just come from Wyoming where he has been doing special work in forestry
Two hundred workers including five pile driver crews build the Chicago & Northwestern Railway three track bridge over the Mississippi at Clinton. Falsework reaches from Illinois shore to Little Rock Island with steel due by January 1908 and a massive 465 foot center span for boat passage.
The Ames hotel will add a twenty room annex on the north with all modern improvements. Construction starts next week and is slated for completion by March 1.
An Iowa correspondent praises President Theodore Roosevelt for public service reforms targeting corporations. The piece backs Gov. Cummins as the best United States Senate candidate, arguing his courage and persistence would deliver valuable national service and effective oversight of public corporations.
Mrs. W S Keyser of north of Story City died after six hours of extreme pain from burns sustained while tending a stove used for apple butter. Family believes clothing touched the hot iron and caught fire while she was cooking, though exact cause remains undetermined.
A woman identified as Mrs Keyser sustained severe burns when her clothing caught fire during a flare up in a windy afternoon. Neighbors smothered the flames with coats and rolled her on the ground before she was taken to a physician and then home.
Roy Shearer remains at his Gilbert home and cannot walk without crutches after hazing by college students. Officials say exposure, not direct injury, caused his trouble.
Mothers with young children can use Bees Laxative Syrup to relieve croup colds and whooping cough. It tastes good and works through the bowels to cut phlegm and clear the head. Guaranteed. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
John Trites offers another account of a disturbance reported last week in the Observer. He asserts he was partly dressed and not out of the house, denying abuse and insisting his side be understood.
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