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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
1
A Sioux City lottery scheme prompts court questions on Iowa gambling prohibitions. The piece notes the 30 day jail or $100 fine penalties, cites Guenther vs Dewein, and flags federal postal and Louisiana Lottery actions. It also discusses local nerviness as a grand jury considers the offense.
Story County paper reports a consolidation plan for The Charles City Citizen and Intelligence with potential double headline. Notes Clark of Montana narrowly missed a senatorial prize by one vote in a test ballot. Deadlocks persist in Delaware and Nebraska. Ames leads Story County by inaugurating free rural mail delivery, driven by Congressman John A. T. Hull.
Spencer's new opera house opened to the public with Tim Murphy in A Bachelor's Romance as the dedication play. Large delegations from neighboring towns attended and receipts for the opening night surpassed $1700. Spencer is described as only slightly larger than Ames.
What Cheer Patriot reports a Method ist church service in which six nickels were counted in the collection and the audience froze in silence as the baskets passed. The piece mocks the town for seeming paralyzed by penny-pinching while noting near empty generosity and stern propriety.
The piece notes Matt Quay winning a United States Senate seat in Pennsylvania on the first ballot and calls the result a vindication for him and a humiliation for his critics. It also mentions railroad rumors about C and N W shops moving to Ames and reports of burning at the stake in Kansas.
In 1896 gold is hard to obtain on demand in Ames and other towns as banks and railroads refuse to accept it for tickets or freight. Agents say gold is weighed at the sub-treasury and may be returned if worn. The paper notes that gold remains accepted to pay subscriptions to this paper.
A historical excerpt discusses ex Governor Lind of Minnesota and a punchy clash with a newspaper editor. It contrasts optimism about future inventions with pessimism and urges using past discoveries more fully to spur practical progress.
The copy promotes The Mother's Favorite Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as safe for children and adults, noting it treats coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It claims no opium or injurious drug and can be given to babies, with Druggists selling the product.
Readable catalog note indicates listings for toilet cases gloves handkerchief boxes and albums offered by Tilden and Loughran.
The 1898 Iowa State College experiment by Professor Atkinson weighed 7000 pounds of corn over a year to measure moisture loss. Initial 20 percent loss leaves a bushel weighing 64 pounds after storage, a basis for large daily purchases nationwide. The Register first published the test, praising Iowa State's influential work.
A Mexican war veteran and prominent editor recalls contracting Mexican diarrhea in 1847-48 and credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy with preventing pension increases. He sagt the product is a quick cure, pleasant and safe, and available through local druggists.
The Des Moines Leader markets itself as the sole paper meeting Iowa readers needs whether rural or urban. It claims superior general excellence Iowa news service cartoons and illustrations compared with papers available to Iowa residents.
Reduced fare excursion tickets available January 14 to 19 for the Poultry Fanciers' Exhibition in Cedar Rapids Iowa via the North Western Line. Tickets limited to January 21 and may be purchased through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Mrs Phebe Cherley of Peterson Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing years of kidney trouble and restoring her ability to do housework at age 73. The tonic is praised for relieving backache nerves sleeplessness and melancholy and is sold for 50 cents at L M Busworth's drug store.
Reader note promotes J. S. Trigg of Rockford Iowa and the Farm Orchard and Garden department as practical concise farm life guidance. Four week trial offered to gauge reader interest and usefulness. Also brief notices on Calves and salmon products from local sellers.
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