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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
2
Round trip excursion to Washington D C for presidential inauguration priced at 29 30. Tickets sell Feb 28 March 1 and 2 with return allowed to depart Washington through March 8. Credit to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Gilbert reports include Ally Morgan gravely ill and several business moves with Frank Wilson and Mr Brown. Becky supper success and a proposed hotel need. Cattle shipments by W V Wilson and Frank Bell. hogs reach market peak at 5.50. Community events include Oddfellows supper, Woodman hall plays and a St Patrick dance March 14. Grandfather Elijah Eckard dies and Ontario burial. whiskey issues cited with U S Marshal presence.
The text notes an ongoing investigation and assigns blame, mentions Mr. John Mesner ordering a car for a move to Kansas where his father-in-law relocated last fall. Totten Bros. announce arrival of a Canton, Ohio made gannew 10,000 lb lafe with dynamite proof time lock and modern features.
Rosa Richardson of Laurel Springs North Carolina credits Dr. King's New Discovery with curing her severe consumption after doctors said she would die within a month. She used seven bottles and regained health. The product claims to treat consumption pneumonia La Grippe bronchitis coughs colds asthma hay fever croup and whooping cough. Available at L M Bosworth's Drug Store with 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
The Iowa press lauds the Des Moines Leader as the state’s leading daily and the most metropolitan publication between Chicago and Denver, hailed by national media as Iowa’s greatest daily.
We sincerely thank our friends and neighbors for their kind aid during the illness and death of our little child. Mr. and Mrs. Gro. PERSON.
A homeowner message instructs patrons to send orders to the house if the carrier misses them on route. It includes the contact number 74 and is signed by H Banks in the Oil and Gasoline Line business. Also mentions Dr Hesses stock food poultry panacea and Instant mite killer and includes T J Miller & Son.
In Court Room Nevada Iowa on Saturday February 23 1901 at 1 30 p m directors discuss improving teachers school surroundings school property insurance uniform books free text books duties of school officers township high school consolidation transportation library law care of library books and other topics with Ex County Supt G W Phillips as chairman Frep E Hansen County Supt listed.
The article claims pneumonia can be prevented by timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy after a cold or grip. It cites extensive use during La Grippe epidemics and asserts no reported cases progressed to pneumonia. Sold by Tilden & Loughran.
If you have a loan on your place that can be paid on any Interest pay day see us let us take it up and reduce your rate and also get you a loan on which you can pay any amount on any day you choose We charge you no commission on such a loan Story County Bank.
Half the money saved by insuring through the Iowa Town Mutual, rates from thirty to fifty cents per one hundred, two assessments in eight years. Plus notices for A. J. Graves agent, a card of thanks, minstrel show, Tilden Loughran perfumes and stationery, masqu eade dance, bargain soap, salmon, honey, dried fruits, and gifts from C F Lerrs.
Prof McKay attended the National Buttermakers Convention in St Paul as a new dormitory proves its usefulness. Miss Hasbrouck of Humeston begins treasury office work, with Mrs Schooley joining the college hospital staff. Old students Bannister of Ottumwa and Edward Hyde of Washington visit Ames. Col Van Patten orders new cadet uniforms for the corps. Beardshear attends Jacksonville farmers institute and speaks twice. Eckles releases a bulletin on abnormal fermentation of butter. A R Ferguson aiding King Bridge Company helps students. Rev Miles of Carroll to lead Sunday chapel. praised as orator and writer. Prof Curtiss trips to Des Moines for hearing relief. prognosis favorable. McKay telegraphs Iowa State College’s butter exhibit score 98, a third straight win for ISU in national display. Enrollment grows beyond last year. hundreds enrolled weekly. S Nichols of Huntington Indiana plans Ames attendance this fall. Nichols to enter ISU earlier than expected. Horticulture chair filled by Prof Homer Charles Price of Ohio University, with strong recommendations.
The superintendent notes the Story County Poor Farm remained under careful management. It reports 14 inmates with one death Albert Sunday aged 45, and details assets including 320 acres of land and livestock valued at about 28 715 dollars. It praises cultivation, stock quality, and Mrs Lang’s household efficiency, and calls for a new building to improve care.
S Laval of Dallas Texas credits Electric Bitters with restoring health after two years of debility from overwork. He reports renewed appetite sleep and energy and calls it the best medicine on earth. The ad notes 50 cents at Bosworth's Drug Store and mentions a Hies School contest tonight.
Mr and Mrs Burr Kooser express appreciation for the kindness and sympathy shown by friends and neighbors during the death of their baby.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is advertised as surpassing all salves for cuts burns boils and sores with claims of cures for felons ulcers and skin eruptions. It is sold for 25 cents at Bosworth’s Drug Store plus chest protector at Tilden and Loughran.
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