22 Apr 1897
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1897
Page
1
The town prepares for a Grant monument dedication in York and notes the upcoming Grant birthday observance. The piece discusses local events, agriculture notes, and public sentiment on roads and farm products with remarks on curfews and livestock feeding practices.
The item notes flat prospects for the Boone packing house resuming soon. A deaf person in Oskaloosa works with others to form a deaf baseball club, hoping deaf coaches improve the game. Arrangements set for Bryan Cousins debate at Spirit Lake Chatauqua. Greeks and Turks clash as American sympathy leans to Greece. Agriculture chief Wilson leads a hog cholera crusade in Iowa with an expert to advise to town. A quip about a child and cardinal joys follows. Pocahontas Record marks its 13th birthday. Port Baron notes Pocahontas as county seat lacking a railroad and recalls the paper's steadiness.
The Graphic Herald notes Gov Drake personally supplied a car load of corn to the India relief commission. It remarks on urban myths about airships fading and printing fakery, urging readers to publish real efforts. It hints Webster City may see a busy building season this summer.
The South Dakota legislature this winter passed a license law. Prohibition in the state, like in Iowa, was used by politicians as a political hobby but failed to curb the liquor trade, earning a poor reputation.
The Democrat reports on a Boone Jefferson Day gathering. Sisson of Ames trembled at hearing his name as he switched from Republican to supporting Bryan. The piece honors Theodon Schriner of Burlington, a long time Mason grand ruler, aged eighty six, praised for memory and recognition of members.
The Iowa Senate bans Sunday baseball and kineto scope exhibitions, while local remarks lampoon political forecasts and public signs. The piece contrasts civic action with stale advertisements and notes disbelief in pollsters and claims of political prophets.
The Chariton Patriot reports a new law punishing mutilating coins with fines up to 2000 dollars or five years' jail. The Cedar Rapids Gazette and Ames Times dispute coverage of an airship, defending a Webster City correspondent and joking about a belt for the biggest liar in Iowa.
Independence Bulletin Journal notes Iowa is practically out of debt with 76000 unpaid warrants to be canceled. Auditor says future funds will cover expenses and the balance. Indebtedness stemmed from formality and early state payments to institutions, causing short-term stringency during transition.
The Ames community earns praise for warm hospitality to visitors. Knights Templar guests from Boone were hosted with a fine dinner after Easter services, and locals have consistently contributed to entertaining visiting delegations, leaving guests with a positive impression.
Two years after a Pleasant Brook New York purchase R. J. Warren reports Chamberlains Cough Remedy has become a household word across the region. The ad notes the remedy is for sale by all druggists and claims broad community acceptance. The snippet also advertises Fedora hats at 80 cents and a few other local items from Wright & Co and Miller & Kooser.
Louise Jennings Hood, born 1854 in Flagtown Illinois, laid to rest from the Presbyterian church. The service, led by Rev E W Russell, followed her death in Albert Lea Minnesota after a life spent teaching and public service in Story and Marshall counties.
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys are told Electric Bitters provides a non intoxicating tonic and alterative. It mildly stimulates digestion and strengthens organs to aid natural functions. Sold at fifty cents per bottle by L. M. Bosworth and Miller & Kooser, plus Seal of Minnesota Flour.
A Thursday after Easter brought strong winds and rain that froze by evening, causing probable damage to fruit trees during a peculiarly severe spring.
An ad promotes a universal salve claiming to cure cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Sold by L. M. Bosworth.
Mrs Phoebe Thomas of Junction City Illinois was told she had consumption and there was no hope until two bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery cured her. Thomas Eggers of 139 Florida Street San Francisco recovered from a dreadful cold in two weeks after one bottle. Free trial bottles available at L M Bosworth’s Drugstore.
Our syrup at 20 cents per gallon is all right. Miller & Kooser offer other goods. Soper's advertises 40 percent discount on flannel over shirts and gloves of all kinds.
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