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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 1905

Page

3

Dean's Kidney Pills Restored Colorado Woman's Health

Mrs Sarah Marine of Colorado Springs suffered back ache for three years and kidney issues. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she improved within a week and was fully well after two boxes. She praises the remedy and notes continued health for four months. For sale by all dealers price 59 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. The reigning favorites seem to have attentions showered upon them.

S. W. Marine Colorado Springs Dean Sarah Marine St. Ulah Street Colo Glen Eyrie Club Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo N.Y R. V. Preece Dr. Pierce

Good Roads Special Planned by Burlington and NP Railways

The Burlington and Northern Pacific roads will run a Good Roads Special train from Chicago on May 3 to promote primary road improvements. W. H. Manss oversees Burlington arrangements while a Pacific Coast convention follows the itinerary ending in late June.

Burlington and Northern Pacific Roads Pacific Coast National Good Roads Association Burlington and Northern Pacific Roads Chicago Burlington & Northern Pacific Lewis & Clark Burlington W. H. Manss Billings Northern Pacific Ilinois Missouri Iowa Nebraska Wyoming Montana Washington Oregon

Lyman County to Gain Rail Line Extension and Rich Lands

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway plans an extension from Chamberlain west through Lyman County, unlocking cheap lands with strong soils. Lyman County, south of South Dakota, borders the Rosebud Reservation, and soil has produced prize-winning corn. Land sells for 5 to 12 dollars an acre and could rise 100 to 200 percent after rail completion, solving market access across the Missouri River.

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Chamberlain Lyman County South Dakota Rosebud Indian Reservation Mitchell Corn Palace Missouri River

Eternal happiness preached amid crepe and ceremony

Readers are invited to reflect on joy as a playful contrast to festivity. The line between sermon and celebration appears in acts of gratitude, sharing, and communal reflection during seasonal gatherings.

Iowa Officials Announce New Assistant To Insurance Examiner

Des Moines April 8 1905 Auditor Carroll announces R M Haines of Grinnell appointed assistant to state insurance examiner aiding Withington. Haines remains in department indefinitely with Eldridge Daw son as other assistant in Des Moines. Quarterly settlement shows treasury cash assets totaling 1733649 64 including agricultural college bonds. Actual cash on hand 11722 02 and bank deposits 1074027 68.

Des Moines Carroll R. M. Haines Grinnell Agricultural College

Hubbell Estate Pays Half Year Taxes Totaling Large Assessment

On the 4th the Hubbell estate paid County Treasurer Murrow twenty thousand dollars as half of the current year taxes. The assessment is three million dollars. The Des Moines Union pays about twenty thousand dollars annually, making total taxation around forty thousand dollars per year for F M Hubbell, who practically owns the railway.

Hubbell Murrow Des Moines Union F. M. Hubbell

Depositors Get Priority In Corning Bank Liquidation

The Iowa Supreme Court upholds depositor preference for creditors of failing banks. In Corning State Savings Bank, depositors will be paid first from assets recovered by Receiver C. F. Andrews, despite challenges from other creditors. The ruling confirms the statute guarantees actual preference in asset distribution and ratable payment among creditors.

Iowa Corning State Savings Bank C. F. Andrews Leroy Corning Bank Supreme Courts

Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Rural Roadway Rights

The court did not decide whether telephone companies may occupy rural roadways without compensation to abutting landowners in a dispute between Council Bluffs city officials and Bell Telephone. It noted the issue involves private rights and held no constitutional questions necessary to proceed. The decision hints landowners could pursue the question in separate suits.

Supreme Court Pottawattamie Council of Council

Raft Spider Behavior and Eskimo Ice Cream Traditions

The raft spider builds a floating shelter of leaves and silk to ambush prey in water. Eskimos enjoy seal oil ice cream mixed with snow and frozen berries. Mrs Wise notes firing a new nurse girl after approval.

Oklahoma and Washington Pursue Shercliffe Burglary Case

Oklahoma and Washington officials press to extradite Frank Shercliffe for a burglary case from fourteen years ago. Oklahoma seeks a warrant to transport him to Logan for trial, while Iowa remains asked when Shercliffe may be returned for trial. The dispute hinges on a shirt with a bullet hole said to match a wound Shercliffe received during the burglary.

Des Moines State of Washington Territory of Oklahoma Frank Shercliffe Tom Dennison Logan Dennison Cummins Shercliffe Washington Iowa State of Utah Salt Lake City Penitentiary

Judge Jaeger Indicted On Bank Deposit Charges

Keokuk April 6 Judge Edmund Jaeger former head of the defunct Commercial bank was indicted on three counts by the district grand jury and jailed on a $5,000 bond. His son Edward Jaeger, bank cashier, named in the case. Jaeger sought bondsmen as concerns over the bank failure linger. Bail posted. trial postponed to next term due to court adjournment.

Commercial Bank of Keokuk Edmund Jaeger Commercial Bank Jaeger Edward Jaeger Lee County Keokuk Club Keokuk Opera House Chamberlain-Harrington Hubinger Judge Jaeger Commercial Bank, Incorporated Germany United States April

Assumed Risk Rule In Brooks V Joyce Company Case

Des Moines reports the Iowa Supreme Court ruling in J. F. Brooks vs W. T. Joyce Co. The court held the employee Brooks assumed the risk by knowing the lumber yard’s dangerous, unbraced stacking and thus cannot claim damages after a hard wood flooring pile broke his leg.

Des Moines Supreme Court J. F. Brooks

Unidentified man killed after Burlington freight collision near Ottumwa

An unknown man believed to be a Russian Jew was struck by a Burlington freight train near Ottumwa Tuesday afternoon. He died in a local hospital yesterday from injuries, remaining unconscious throughout.

Ottumwa Burlington

Indictments Sought in Weighman Murder Perjury Case

Witnesses appeared before a Spencer grand jury to obtain indictments against several witnesses for the state in the Weighman murder trial for perjury. Weighman was acquitted on the murder charge in a sensational Spencer trial recently.

Spencer Weighman

Burglar Arrests Linked to Chickens Theft

Des Moines reports a break in at the Iowa Seed store on West Locust. Detectives arrested Jesse, Ardys and Albert Beck at Fourth and A streets, suspecting them of selling stolen high priced fowls to a boarding house keeper for fifteen cents each. Ages given as 8, 30, and 11.

Des Moines K. A. Guthrie Iowa Seed Store West Locust Street Jesse Ardys Albert Beck

Matthews Charged in Des Moines Double Murder

Des Moines report states Neill Matthews, returned from Texas, is charged with killing Ronald Diggs and Bud Travis at the Diggs home on West Ninth Street November 2, 1904. Mrs Diggs was wounded but survived. Motive linked to alleged jealousy over Mrs Matthews.

Roland Diggs Budd Travis Des Moines Neill Matthews Texas Ronald Diggs Bud Travis West Ninth Street Diggs Rs. Matthews Travis

Corn Special and Organize in dependent Elevators

Des Moines reports reveal Iowa farmers backing seed corn specials to challenge the Iowa Grain Dealers association. Independent elevator agents, with Chicago firms, tour stations to organize cooperative elevators while denying the trust label. Geo E Wells and C G Messerole figure prominently in the dispute.

Des Moines Iowa Iowa Grain Dealers Association Iowa Grain Dealers’ Association C. G. Messerole Farmers’ Elevator Association of Iowa Chicago Geo. E. Wells

Not Guilty in Self-Defense Murder Verdict

Sioux City reports George Coffey found not guilty of murdering Joe St. Pierre over a kiss at a resort on March 12. Jury deliberated seven hours after Judge Oliver’s instructions favored Coffey, who claimed self defense. Reinbeck robbers get five years in federal prison.

Sioux City George Coffey Joe St. Pierre Oliver St. Pierre Coffey Reinbeck Cedar Rapids

Wreck Near Muscatine In Train Crash

A Muscatine & Western passenger train derailed shortly after leaving town. Two travelers were injured in the wreck reported near Muscatine on April 6 with investigation now underway.

Muscatine Muscatine & Western

Governor to argue inscriptions at war secretary hearing

Governor Cummins left for Washington with Secretary Hayes of Red Oak and James W. Carson of Woodburn to contest disputed Shiloh battlefield monument inscriptions. Both veterans of regiments involved, they accompany him to the War Department rehearing.

Washington Des Moines Cummins Iowa Shiloh Battlefield Monument John Hayes Red Oak James W. Carson Woodburn

Great Activity Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Ad

The ad claims Great Activity without disagreeable after effects from Dr Caldwell’s laxative Syrup Pepsin. It says the remedy goes to the seat of trouble relieving constipation billousness headache indigestion and dizziness while bracing internal organs to their proper work. Sold by all druggists 50c and 1.00 money back if it fails.

Caldwell

Love as a Bird of Heart in Woman Says Karr

A literary quote notes that love is a bird singing in a woman's heart, attributed to Karr, reflecting romantic imagery and inner emotion.

Karr

Kent Farmer Uses Staged Cat Decoys To Deter Birds

A Kent farmer resorted to a grim ploy to protect fruit trees by killing several cats, stuffing their bodies, and hanging them among branches to scare away birds. The tactic drew attention and raised concerns over cruelty.

Kent England

Ancient mourning hair cutting customs across cultures

The text notes hair cutting as a long standing mourning practice, citing ancient populations who shaved cities and countries when a great man died, and mentions Persians who shaved themselves and their domestic animals on such occasions.

Eountries

Collapsible theater hat invented by London milliner

A London milliner patents a collapsible theater hat for women. The hat folds compactly for storage and unfolds instantly, resting on a wire framework with pliable straw chiffon lace or cloth inside, avoiding velvet which would crush. It can be shaped to flatter different beauty types.

London

Harty credits Dodd's Kidney Pills for spring health

In Lowndes Missouri on April 10 Mrs H C Harty reports long standing spring weakness and back and head pain that improved after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. She says she is stronger now at fifty and attributes the improvement to the medicine, noting many families rely on it as a spring tonic.

Lowndes H. C. Harty Dodd Bern

Our Own Heart and Not Men’s Opinions

Quote attributed to Schiller about forming true honor from one's own heart rather than from others' opinions.

Schiller

New Missionary Inquiry About Cannibal Chief

A Washington Life brief notes a missionary seeking news of a predec Cannibal Chief believed to have made a trip into the interior. The report records uncertainty about the chief’s location and activities.

Washington Life

Wolf at Door as Bill Collector Disguised Threat

A proverb warns that danger may arrive as a bill collector, a familiar ruse masking a wolf in sheep’s clothing. The saying emphasizes vigilance against deceptive demands and potential harm from unexpected creditors.

Who Owns the Railroads Findings by H T Newcomb

H T Newcomb reports that 5 174 718 savings depositors in six eastern states own 442 354 086 of steam railroad securities while Massachusetts insurers hold 845 889 038 and 74 educational institutions rely on 47 468 327 of similar holdings. Fiduciary institutions total over a billion and a half in railroad investments, about one sixth of all railroad capital, reflecting savings of the masses across life and fire policies and banking deposits.

H. T. Newcomb District of Columbia Massachusetts

Father of Tomorrow or Child of Yesterday

A compact aphorism notes a paradoxical temporal lineage as today is described as the father of tomorrow and the child of yesterday, highlighting a reflection on time and existence. The phrase puzzles with recursive lineage to provoke thought.

Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets Ad in 19th Century Health Column

An advertisement touts Favorite Prescription for female disorders and a weak back with uterine concerns. It promotes Pleasant Pellets as a liver and digestion remedy, urging readers to order Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser by mail from Buffalo New York.

Pierce R. V. Pierce Main St Buffalo N.Y

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