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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1909
Page
3
The Ames Times notes the Iowa State Launderers Association will hold its first annual meeting in Des Moines next Monday and Tuesday. Geo. T. Dixon of Ames is secretary of the association.
A chaotic column covers prohibition buzz in Georgia soda sales, a Muscatine drowning on a steam boat, Iowa congressional duties before primaries, and raunchy stage acts in New York. It contrasts old time fashion with modern flirtations, lampooning false modesty and the new female look.
A humorous sketch contrasts angling along Squaw Creek with a tale of futile fishing as the narrator and a large skeeter swarm clash in a woodland chase. The piece ends noting the moral that no real fish inhabit Squaw Creek and that endless walking serves no end. It also reports oddities from New York and St. Joe Michigan about suicides and weddings, ending with a plug for Electric Bitters as a malaria remedy.
A column recalls an amusing bound volume titled We Have With Us Tonight and recounts a long winded after dinner speech at an editorial association banquet. Charley Munger and Gertrude Hoffman are noted, with jokes about stuttering and an aviation correspondence school teased for future trends.
Strickland W. Gillan is cited in the Chicago Daily News regarding votes for women.
An advertising notice promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills to cure liver trouble and improve health. It claims idleness causes constipation headaches jaundice and pimples, and pitches the pills as a quick remedy priced at 25 cents at druggists.
An advertisement urges readers to use Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for a round rosy look priced at 35 cents. The copy is signed by J. K. Cagwin.
A quirky verse ponders why a brooklet is a small brook while a bullet is not a little bull. The piece contrasts playful language with a humorous claim of relief from bowel discomfort via Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea by J. E. Cagwin.
Dysentery focus with urged remedies and a sales pitch for Chamberlain remedy. Public notice-style dummy ad emphasizes cheap hack line to Chautauqua grounds, price ten cents, plus medical remedy claims for dysentery and broad consumer use.
A satirical defense of women's suffrage arguing that women should vote. The piece mocks fashion and gender norms while asserting that women possess practical sense and should participate in the public vote. It notes the inevitability of suffrage and hints at selective support.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East join under one management with reduced rate railroad excursions for the visit. Col. Cody leads the Wild West section featuring the Battle of Summit Springs and a Great Train Hold-Up. Rossi's Musical Elephants appear in an Oriental spectacle with exotic types and pageantry.
An old advertisement for Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea offering tea or tablets at 35 cents by J. E. Cagwin. It markets the product as life giving and energizing.
The council proposes building storm sewers on Center Avenue East Avenue South Lincoln Des Moines Avenue Boone Street and Duff Avenue with 2240 feet of 10 inch pipe in two foot lengths and agricultural drain tile. Assessments flow to abutting property with a one year maintenance guarantee and a 3 percent contract holdback. Public notice dates August 1909 and a September 6 1909 meeting to consider passage and objections.
H C Haverly advertises prompt house moving services with equipment and readiness to perform moves quickly.
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