Stricklin Wins After Greek Foul In Ames Wrestling Meet
In Cole's hall Ames last Friday, Frank Stricklin of Des Moines defeated Greek wrestler Geo Lampires after a foul ended the match. Stricklin led early, Lampires shifted tactics, Stricklin could not finish in the first fall, the Greek later fouled ending the bout. Two boxing matches followed with Des Moines and local fighters, Dixon and Hart, plus Burns of Saginaw, Michigan. A separate incident near Boone involved two bootleggers found drunk on the Northwestern tracks, one paralyzed and hauled to jail, snake bite cure seized, and the other expelled from town.
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Ames
Cole’s Hall
Geo. Lampires
Frank Stricklin
Des Moines
Stricklin
Tommy Ryan
Ryan
Jimmy
Dixon
Earl Hart
Kid Burns
Saginaw
Michigan
Hart
Young Dixon
Wonder
Kalamazoo
Boone
Two Drunks and Two Quarts Art McCoy and Marshal Thompson
In a local scene, Art McCoy and Marshal Thompson figure as central figures amid a rough episode described as two drunks and two quarts. The brief item sketches the confrontation and its immediate social context, noting no serious injuries.
Words to Freeze the Soul Miracle cure for consumption claim
A Springfield North Carolina merchant Geo Blevens says doctors gave no hope for his son's consumption until using Dr King’s New Discovery. After three weeks the boy recovered fully. The ad touts the cure for coughs and lung diseases with 50c and 1.00 prices and a free trial bottle.
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Geo. BE. Blevens
Springfeld
N. C
Dr. Kine
Mr. Blevens
Seasonal Ramblings and Garden Book Notices
A rambling seasonal vignette recounts spring awakenings from crocuses to dogs and poodles, with bits on warm weather, new coats, and spring fantasies. It also notes a trial subscription offer from the Register and Leader, Des Moines, and lists garden books and agricultural Bulletins from Canada and the U S Department of Agriculture.
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Daily Register and Leader
Register and Leader
Ding
Iowa
Register and Leader Co
Des Moines
Electric Bitters advertised for backache and kidney issues
The ad warns of dangers from river hazards and kidney ailments. It promises relief from backache, dropsy, diabetes, and Bright's disease using Electric Bitters. A testimonial from J. R. Blankenship of Belk Tennessee claims a $1 bottle cured long illness, with the product priced at 50 cents at druggists.
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Bright
J. R. Blankenship
Belk
Tenn
Blizzards and Wire Communications Hit Washington Area
A March blizzard disrupted telegraph and telephone lines from Washington to Baltimore. 12,000 workers toiled 72 hours to restore service. two weeks to normal, at a cost in the hundreds of thousands. Underground trunk lines and concrete poles urged. Ames legislature legalizes city council debts from two years ago including water works work.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ohio
H. H. Windsor
May Popular Mechanics
Ames
Sign Tackers Targeted in Ames Crackdown
A local Ames druggist was fined for distributing patent medicines in residence districts. The writer urges city action against a next sign taker who nails tobacco soap and breakfast foods signs on poles and homes, arguing signs affect the town’s image.
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Ames
Gure
Concrete Work Offered by Oveda Wilson
A local notice invites customers to contact Oveda Wilson at 51 11 for concrete work and cement blocks.
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O. L. Wilson
Oveda Wilson
Many Talented Loafers in the World
The piece laments excess idle men wasting their time and warns against contentment with inactivity, urging self discipline and purpose.
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Union National Bank
Mutual Phone
Central
Mutual
Art McCoy
Marshal Thompson
Bonny
Desselday
DukKe
Bek
Duke
Jack
Jesse James
Hannibal
Perry Simmons
Shanghai
R. K Munkittrick
Cucago Daily News
Jekyll
Corlette
Wright
Doubleday
Nature’s Garden
Parsons
Lanman & Bailey
Henderson
Lodeman
Bailey
McGerald
Hall
Roberts
Holear
Department of Agriculture
Canada
U. S. Ag. Department
U. S
Kittie B. Freed
Niagara
Times
Judisch
South Side Main Street
Ames, Iowa
Bapns Meden
Clyde Schultz O’brien
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