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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
14
The second annual plowing match will be held at the Agricultural College farm on Tuesday Oct 4 with entries taken by letter to F Curtiss Ames or in person 8:30 to 9:00. Prizes totaling around 200 dollars will spark keen contests in sod and stubble classes and a boys under eighteen class. Reduced railroad rates will help visitors reach Ames and the college.
Ole Christopher and Co sold their threshing outfit to Ben Elliott and Wilbur Applegate. Des Moines visitors described include Mr. and Mrs. Fultz visiting daughter Mrs. White. Elder Fegtly to preach at U B church next Sunday at eleven. D Mathews attends U B Conference at Webster City. Grant township reports building improvements with Pettes of Ohio Banks and Hardy erecting dwellings.
Mrs Peter Jensen wife of the Gilbert creamery manager has been seriously ill with lung fever. Frank Gilbert advertises an auction of seasonable goods next Saturday at 10 o'clock a m. Mrs Tingle wife of the Congregational church pastor is quite sick. Rev Harvey of the M E church moved Monday to his new charge at Derby Lucas Co Iowa. The people here commend him as a hard working conscientious pastor and man.
North Western Line announces a new No 7 service between Cedar Rapids and Omaha for the Trans Miss Exposition. The train departs Cedar Rapids daily except Sunday at 9 PM and reaches Omaha at 6 55 AM, stopping at all stations. Return No 12 runs daily except Saturday at 9 PM from Omaha and arrives Cedar Rapids 6 40 AM, valid until Exposition closes. Round trip fares offered. details via agents.
The article argues that true attractiveness stems from womanliness and health. It claims a healthy woman is strong in sexuality and capable of maternity. It cites constitutional weakness in some and promotes Dr. Pierces prescription as a cure for female health derangements.
Advert reads send 21 cents in one cent stamps to World’s Medical Association Buffalo to receive Dr. Pierce’s 1008 page Common Sense Medical Adviser illustrated.
An advertisement touts a first class grocery experience at Miller and Koooser offering a wide selection of staples, fresh produce, and household supplies under one roof. The copy emphasizes quality, variety, and convenient shopping for daily needs.
John Walters and Lillie Irene McCracken married at the bride’s parents home near Ontario Iowa with Rev Geo W Tingle officiating. Guests presented many gifts from the Deal and McCracken families. Dr E Kegley to spend Oct 2 at his father’s home in Ames for consultations. See Daniel Bros for footwear.
From Santiago de Cuba on July 23 1898 P E Barrier of pack-train No 3 writes that soldiers faced violent diarrhea yet Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy kept them working and supplied the front. He credits the medicine as an indirect savior of the army and says four cases of it saved him aboard the Tampa departure.
Howard Adams reports new address at a lot adjoining Hulett's repair shop and notes a change of location for business or personal matters.
A local ad offers all 12 yard and 15 cent lawns and organdies at 5 cents per yard and all 25 cent organdies at 10 cents per yard. TripeNn Bros. & Co. advertise farm land loans at six percent and long time. Signed December 198 James A Baer.
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