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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1906
Page
30
Dr. M. Stalker recounts how a missing Swiss watch fob reappeared after five years, then a second nearly identical fob was found, and a garden mole trap unexpectedly yielded the prized item glinting in steel. The jeweler polished the recovered fob.
House Joint Resolution No 1 proposes adding to section 18 of article I provisions for landowners to build drains ditches and levees across others lands for agricultural sanitary or mining purposes creating drainage districts and allowing condemnation of necessary property with special assessments to benefitted lands and organization of authorities to construct maintain and repair. The measure referred to next General Assembly and published three months before the election approved April 10 1906.
Ames High opened the season with a 2 to 0 victory over North Des Moines at State Field. A crowd of over three hundred watched as Ames dominated most of the game with end runs and punts, except for brief upticks by Des Moines. Templeton substituted for Hiestand at center for Ames.
An Ames real estate man argues that tidy, well kept farms fetch higher prices than neglecty ones, citing Jones and Schnieder properties to illustrate how paint, fences, and upkeep boost perceived value. Hon. Chas. Aldrich of the State Historical Department turns seventy eight with greetings from Ames, born October 2, 1828.
Mrs. C. Ortner files for divorce in Polk county court. She asks for 38 000 alimony and custody of her children. Trial set for November term. She was in an asylum earlier, released last week, and has stayed with friends at Sheldahl since returning from Clarinda. Mr. Ortner files bankruptcy with 9 000 in debts. assets include a 120 acre farm. Judge Ethridge of Des Moines appointed referee.
Hidora township has deployed twenty five King road drags this season under trustees oversight. Each man received three dollars per mile for usage as the new poll tax alternative under recent legislation. Roads, notably on the hill, show solid improvements from mixing cinders with clay, though some farmers still slight the work.
Mrs. Elizabeth Van Hart, a 60 year old paralytic from New York, was killed in Elizabet h New Jersey when rats attacked her as she sat in a chair, severing an artery in her foot and causing fatal bleeding.
A Racine Wisconsin priest denounces hazing of newlyweds. He cites crude stunts such as hanging old shoes and signs on carriages and trunks, and exposing couples to strangers on platforms and trains. He condemns mistreatment of a modest wife and contrasts it with respect.
Dr J W Hamilton of San Francisco says Warners White Wine Tar Syrup is the best cough remedy he has seen and has no equal for relieving coughs and chest congestion.
A satirical New York tale portrays Rev. T. P. Tempest as a radical preacher who wrecks a town and church with his breezy sermons. After his congregation abandons him, he becomes a traveling salesman selling paper bags that are blown up at crossroad stops.
Mrs. Fry of Brookline Missouri was said to be in the last stages of pulmonary consumption. She began taking White Wine of Tar and immediate relief followed. Now using the fourth bottle her health improves markedly. Recommendation from Rev J N Fry and family.
A reflective line notes that people who insist on taking credit for combined effort ease charm but lose value, highlighting the mismatch between charisma and real profit in shared work dynamics.
An advertisement touts Dade's Little Liver Pills and Pine pills sold by O. A. Gamble with bold claims of liver and bowel cleansing and kidney relief. It links Pine pills to bladder and kidney treatment and promotes a 30 day supply for $1.00 while also including unrelated taglines about love and cutting expenses.
Bee's Laxative Honey and Tar is marketed as a cathartic cough syrup made from pine tar. Claims include relief for coughs colds croup whooping cough and children. Free OmF offer. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
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