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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
13
Dr M Stalker recalled a Swiss visit five years ago when a sister bought a watch fob that vanished on return. A second fob resembled the first but failed to please, then a mole trap yielded the prized fob he had sought, to the jeweler’s satisfaction. The tale ends with an odd twist as the fob is retrieved from the trap.
House Joint Resolution No 1 proposes adding to section 18 of article 1 of the Iowa Constitution. It allows the General Assembly to pass laws enabling landowners to build drains and levees for agricultural sanitary or mining purposes, create drainage districts, authorize condemnation, and levy special assessments. The measure is referred to the legislature at the next general election and to be published three months prior as required by law. Approved April 10, 1906.
Ames High boys football opened the season with a 2–0 victory at State Field over North Des Moines. The game drew 300 plus spectators as Ames outplayed the visitors in a low scoring affair featuring end runs and punts and only one Ames substitution Templeton for Hiestand at center.
An Ames real estate man contrasts two farms to show how upkeep affects value. Schneider’s neat, painted, well-kept property fetches higher offers than Jones’s fertile but neglected farm. A visiting Illinois buyer is drawn to Schneider, while Jones commands lower bids despite similar soil. Also, Hon. Chas. Aldrich of the State Historical Department turns seventy-eight next Tuesday, with greetings from Ames friends.
Mrs C Ortner files for divorce in Polk county court. She seeks 38000 alimony and custody of her children. Case set for November term. Details trace back months of family strife including her removal to an asylum and later release. Mr Ortner files voluntary bankruptcy, debts 9060, assets include a 120 acre farm and growing grain. Des Moines affiliate notes referee.
Eldora township has 25 King road drags in use this season. Trustees paid $3 per mile for drag work replacing poll tax collection under a new law. Roads show unusually good condition, with cementing cinders into clay improving hilly sections, though some farmers slighted the effort.
Mrs Elizabeth Van Hart aged sixty of New York a paralytic was found dead in her Elizabet h New Jersey residence after rats attacked her seating position severing an artery in her foot and causing fatal bleeding yesterday.
A Racine Wisconsin priest condemns hazing of bridal couples as a vile practice. He cites crude acts like banging old shoes and displaying couples to strangers on depots and trains. He notes the harm to modest women and the disrespect shown to new unions.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton of San Francisco endorses Warner's White Wine Tar Byrup as the best cough remedy he has seen after years of selling it. He asserts reliable relief from coughing.
A New York minister Rev T P Tempest grows radical and blows up church and town. His congregation deserts services as the minister turns breezy and the church is blown up. He leaves for travel selling paper bags to blow up at stations when no audience remains.
A wife with weak lungs, deemed in final stage of pulmonary consumption, reports immediate relief after starting White Wine of Tar. Now using the fourth bottle, her health improves markedly. Signed by Rev. J. N. Fry and Susan Puy of Brookline, Missouri.
An ad presents a dialog about living on love and kisses and promotes Pine Ules as a kidney bladder remedy. The pitch claims pine resin treats urinary ailments and offers a 30 day supply for $1.00 through O. A. Gamble while noting cutting expenses is easy until attempted.
An advertisement proclaims Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar as an effective laxative cough syrup made from pine tar. It claims benefits for coughs colds croup whooping cough and children's use and offers a free trial. The statement is attributed to O A Gamble.
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