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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
7
In Manson and Lytleville, Iowa post offices complicate a duplicate mail order after a money order was misplaced in a letter. Each husband and wife requested a new order, then swapped blank applications to be endorsed, delaying the funds. Officials expect resolution in time for Christmas next year.
Railroads report the heaviest Christmas travel in the country’s history with massive crowds and crowded stations. Officials warn of delays as millions journey home for the holiday season.
A letter-like critique cites historical collapses tied to wealth concentration and warns the currency bill accelerates such trends. It quips at John Thompson editor of the Ogden Messenger, challenging his own ascent from teacher to press leader and his use of railroads and advertising.
Victims suffer stomach liver kidney troubles and general rundown symptoms. J. W. Gardner of Idaville Indiana says Electric Bitters gave him new strength and appetite. Available for 50 cents at Tilden and Loughran's drug store.
All farmers are urged to subscribe to a five-for-one-year package consisting of The Iowa Homestead Special Farmers' Institute editions The Poultry Farmer The Farmers' Mutual Insurance Journal and the host paper. The group is praised as superior agricultural reads offered at $1.45 annually.
The Daily Capital of Des Moines will publish an eight page daily issue on December 28 offering the paper for $2.00 by check to the ac company. Publisher Lafe Young highlights the modern setup including building ownership and costly linotype machines as part of the new venture.
A concise classified note lists Poultry Wanted by B Reap and T J Milner and Son with a 25 cent coffee offer highlighted as a winner for reader interest.
Engineers devised a method to save trees during Paris exposition construction. Trees with roots and soil are enclosed in heavy plank bins, lifted and suspended until excavations and foundations are finished, then lowered back if space allows. The plan works admirably and could be adopted in other building projects requiring tree disturbance management.
The passage recalls John Greenleaf Whittier as a bachelor who admired marriage. In youth he loved a blue-eyed New England girl who shared school days with him. Though he wrote a tale to charm her, his poverty delayed recognition and she later married another man.
Thackerville resident B. D. Blanton spent over $300 in two years caring for a running leg sore with doctors. A single box of Bucklin's Amica Salve allegedly cured the ailment after surgeons proposed amputation. Sold by Tilden & Loughran at 25 cents per box.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican is described as the best evening and daily paper in Iowa due to its AP news and exhaustive Iowa news service. The semi weekly edition, eight pages, delivers main news twice weekly for one year at $1, with clubbing offers making the pair nearly one dollar and fifty cents.
Des Moines publisher offers the Daily Capital for 1900 at $2.00 for checks mailed on December 28 1899. The one day only deal marks Iowa statehood anniversary and aims to introduce the paper during a pivotal legislative and presidential year. Readers must mail a $2.00 check to Lafe Young, Des Moines, on the stated date. Sample copies are sent free.
Daily except Sunday departures from Des Moines at 9:00 a m and Ames at 10:39 a m reach St Paul via Elmore at 7:45 p m and Minneapolis 8:15 p m Return trips depart Minneapolis at 7:10 a m except Sunday and St Paul at 7:40 a m via Elmore, arriving Ames 5:00 p m and Des Moines 6:15 p m Vestibuled coaches run through the route without change.
Tickets will be sold at all stations on the Northwestern Line to all other points within 200 miles at reduced rates on December 23 24 25 30 31 1899 and January 1 1900 good until January 2 1900. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Railway for full particulars. Also mentions local ads for osteopathy and grocery notices.
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