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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
7
Iowa Beef Producers Association and Iowa State College will host discussions with Breeders Association members on economical beef cattle production. Vic Heresford will share findings from spring and summer tours, highlighting silage use and profitable low-cost feeding strategies for market-ready cattle.
The past week brought cloud cover and frequent showers delaying threshing and stacking. Corn condition improves in many areas though moisture excess affected some counties. winter wheat planting begins late in southern sections as warm weather returns.
At Mamur's Airdonk corner during the state fair the Van Dyke and Bates company brings three thousand nightly to Des Moines theatre. They offer present gay dramas and comedies with vaudeville between acts and the latest photos, plus a noted cast and local references.
Professor Curtiss praises Newton County Iowa for 250 miles of rock surfaced highways. He speaks to about a thousand farmers and others at a farmers meeting, stating the county has excellent highways and road building.
Hinglimge Brothers circus debuts in Machailtown highlighting a expanded menagerie, new stage spectacle Horn of Ave, aerial acts by The Human Butterflies, and a dramatic coronation scene. The tour emphasizes better highways boosting rural life and local travel, with international-scale production and 106 piece orchestra.
The largest funeral seen in Roland drew over four thousand attendees with many turned away. Floral offerings included a Gates Ajar from business leaders and symbolic items from siblings and extended family. Speakers included Rev Edward Dues, Rev G. Panisrnd, and Rev J. N. Sandven with a mixed quartet and choir providing music.
Readers can get a fifty cent Iowa State Fair admission plus one year of Des Moines Daily News for $2.25. The Iowa State Fair runs August 22 to 30 with plans for a large show and the Des Moines News promises independent daily political reporting. A Sunday edition adds $0.35, totaling $2.60.
The Independent School District of Ames Towa invites bids on about 1000 tons of all varieties of soft coal to be delivered in bins at school buildings for the coming winter. The Board may reject all bids. Submit bids before September 1, 1912 to Secretary C. H. Fasley.
Henry Tenn man credits six bottles of W Electric Bitters with restoring strength and appetite after years of stomach, liver, and kidney troubles. He claims the remedy works from the first dose and is available for 50 cents from L M Bosworth and T J Loughran.
A historic ad touts Zemo for eczema pimples rash and dandruff claiming instant relief and a vanishing liquid formula. Manufactured by RE W Rose Medicine Co St Louis MO and sold by druggists for 1 per bottle with trial bottles at 25 cents, via T J Langhранs Drug Store.
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