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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
2
Readers are offered a life size 16x20 crayon portrait for 1.00 for 30 days. The ad claims equal finish to the standard 5.00 piece and invites local orders or mail orders with a photo and payment, promising delivery in two to three weeks.
One of Ames' best appointed ten room houses on six acres about six blocks from Main Street. Features include a good barn cave outbuildings well cistern hot air furnace hard pine finish four upstairs bedrooms with closets plus parlor dining room kitchen bath large basement and modern finishes. Inquiries to Jas Hale or Westerman McLain.
A beet sugar meeting is set for Friday evening December 15 at 7 30 in Read's hall and a second meeting for Saturday afternoon December 16 at 2 30 in Reid's hall chaired by M K Serra. Also notices about embroidery work stamps toys books gifts and holiday goods from Mrs M E Morn and E L Taylor with shoe arrivals from Ligelow Smith.
Champion Lodge No. 150 K of P elected Fred H. Munn as C C and Galen Tilden as M W in its regular session along with a full slate of officers and trustees. Ellsworth Post G A R chose H Wilson as Commander and Geo W Lyman as Sr Vice, with other appointments. Mystic Encampment named C E Hunt as C P and J Jacobs as H P and Wm Hulett as J W in Friday night selections.
A collage of trivia notes covers diverse topics including Vienna’s grave diggers, Icelandic views on whistling, a London bathhouse paying 125 dollars weekly for a million gallons of Thames water, and German estimates claiming rheumatism affects many seafaring men. It cites Commissioner Jones on full-blooded Indians and insanity, and humor about preachers and nodding congregations. JavaScript-like quips on quartz mines, Paris exposition gear, false teeth output from Philadelphia, and fires rising with electrical use. It also notes Japanese publications in several American cities and their production methods.
Leaders of the Iowa Short Horn Breeders Association and the Iowa State Improved Stock Breeders Association plan joint meetings at Ames on December 12th to 14th. Programs feature papers on cattle horses sheep and swine with talks by top stockmen. Officials urge farmers to attend, bring experience and ears to listen, and offer travel tickets at half fare. W M Beardshear president invites partners and neighbors to participate.
Summary of December 1899 weather near Ames by Isaac Young for The Ames Times. Highest temp 68 on the 17th. lowest 14 on the 3rd. monthly mean 43. Precipitation total one inch 32 hundredths across 6 days. 14 frostless days. wind mainly northeast and southeast. Thunder on the 13th. rainbow on the 30th. red sunset on the 23rd.
My son suffered chronic diarrhoea for years but after using two bottles of the 25 cent size of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he was cured. I share this hope others afflicted may benefit. Tuomas Bower Glencoe C. Sold by druggists.
Your best feelings and social success depend on your stomach and liver. Dr. King’s New Life Pills promise increased strength and a clear brain with a 25 cent box. Sold by Tilden & Loughran, druggists.
A long, aphoristic passage extols gospel faith as foundational, urges resilience in facing troubles, and warns against environmental temptations. It contrasts spirit and flesh as two inner prisoners and emphasizes duty over worldly judgment.
A collection of brief aphorisms attributed to Admiral Dewey from the New York Journal. The remarks touch on leadership, sincerity, diplomacy, politics, and the Philippines. The quotes include views on candidacy, government, heroism, and civic duty.
A humorous reflection on how women change with age and marriage, noting the loss of angelic looks, shrinking perceptions of beauty, and shifts in voice, social behavior, and daily errands. The piece mocks consumer pressures and the tension between frugality and fashion, citing a woman choosing between a $4 hat and a $15 one.
A collage of curious items reports Britain’s ships dominance, wolfskin banjos, Queen Victoria’s tea ritual, black tea price around $1.15 per pound, and a giant 50 foot wide mowing machine in Redlands California. It notes grand duchy bachelors paying 25 percent higher taxes, a penny slot for a drugstore dictionary, funeral coffins used in Porto Rico, slates affecting eyesight, and a man shedding skin each July in Butte Montana for 43 years. Also mentions a 105 foot glass chimney in Liverpool, a clergy poll tax dispute in Indiana, Newfoundland lobster hatcheries producing billions, and James Balyon removing his ball and chain after escaping a mental asylum auction for breakfast funds.
Hackney Roman Catholic church undergoing restoration revealed a organ built with brown paper in kins replacing metal pipes. Thirty six yards of brown paper were discovered, leading to plan to rebuild the instrument by an organ builder not connected with the paper trade.
A Ram's Horn meditation notes that size before God matters little, life lessons hint at mortality, and true righteousness is required at Christ's judgment. It warns against pride and urges restraint when criticizing others.
The article claims early hoarseness signals a croup attack and a rough cough follows. It endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as preventing attacks if given promptly, noting widespread use for twenty five years with zero failures. Sold by druggists.
Frank E. Bellamy reports delivering city directories to Ames residents on November 27. If a directory was missing, residents may obtain one at O K barber shop where a few remain. Poultry wanted. B Read.
Henry Tene Elizabeth Rorden seeks to quiet title to the northwest quarter of section 10 in township 8 5 north range 21 west. The petition argues several unknown claimants derive from Elizabeth Heddon, patentee, by conveyance inheritance or devise. Plaintiffs ask the court to determine ownership. defendants must appear by January 8, 1900 or face default.
The Daily Iowa Capital announces a 1900 subscription offer of two dollars for the full year in celebration of Iowa entering the union fifty three years prior. Publisher Lafe Young invites personal checks and promises full Associated Press news coverage as world events unfold.
A brief notice mentions teas that are hard to beat and an assortment received for ladies jackets from BicElow and Smith.
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