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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
8
W J Kennedy surveys hog nutrition stressing diverse forage crops for year round green feed. He highlights alfalfa, clover, soybeans, cowpeas, peas, rape, sorghum and grasses, plus roots and squashes for winter, noting red clover tops, rape, peas oats barley mixes, and silage as key feeds.
Chief of Police in Council Bluffs relays word that Ralph D. Thompson of Ames, missing for two weeks, has been located in Albany Missouri awaiting local arrest. Authorities suspect he did not commit suicide and report Thompson left town after settling accounts with Nebraska Telephone Co where he worked as a collector.
Real estate transfers show W A Hook to J O Caviness with 231 and 110 feet of north 901 feet of south 110 feet of block 4 Beardshears Ames. Other transfers include A G Gilger to Colo Savings Bank, Bertha Baker to Christena Skola, McCalisburg Mercantile Co. to F A Boltcher, F M Darner to Walter Canady, C W MecCaskey to Charles Waltmire, F J Baumgardner to C C Harris and L G Nelson, C V Norriss to Annie B Norris, Maggie Butler and BE L Erickson, Florence Abel Beyers to Katie Quinn, Ludvig Jacobson to Henry Sunde, L G Rosenfeld visit, and various notices of sales and community events. Local notices mention Rosenfeld sale, church missionary preaching, club entertaining, and multiple social visits across Ames, Nevada, Slater, McCallsburg, Ogden, and Des Moines areas.
Water, though seen as tame, can match dynamite in destroying earth and rock. It erodes soil by freezing and expanding, finding cracks to split rock further, and even shattering tree pores with explosive force. Popular Mechanics explains water’s destructive capability.
Next Tuesday evening the skating rink hosts a Hard Times party with a theme of thriftless fun. Girls wear pleasant smiles while boys appear in flour barrels as a lighthearted crowd anticipates a big turnout and lively entertainment.
Read that rheumatic pains can be eased with one application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. The ad promises rest and sleep as benefits and notes Judisch Bros. carry the product for sale.
Announcement urges readers to subscribe to the Register and Leader for Iowa and national news. It promises impartial coverage and early delivery, offering daily and Sunday options for $2.25, with a special rate through June 20 1908, coinciding with the state primary and Republican National Convention.
A shopworn ad announces Lady Celesta Palmist a clairvoyant located in Hotel Ames Room 20 at the head of the stairs. She remains next week offering $2 readings reduced to 50 cents for early days with a free reading if not satisfactory.
The B. A. Lockwood Grain Co announces new coal pricing. Deliveries within one mile cost 25 cents per ton, within two miles 40 cents, up to two miles 75 cents per ton. Direct delivery to bin or cellar, time slips required, draymen rates 30 cents per hour, extra help 17 1/2 cents per hour.
R M James of Louellen 8 C touts Electric Bitters as a cure for malaria misery and related illnesses. The 60 cent tonic is said to break up chills bilious attacks and jaundice and to purify blood while aiding stomach and liver distress.
The theatre scene boosts prosperity with the Girl Question and a lineup including Ned Wayburn’s Post Card Kiddies and Eddie Foy Girls. The hit song Waltz with Me Dear Till I’m Dreamy anchors the show as a clean love story and catchy chorus features draw audiences.
Advertises a remedy for kidney complaints and back misery sold with a guarantee at all drug stores.
A church incident last Sunday led a notice from J. E. Cagwin Druggist asking the coughing offender to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar. The alert appears in local notices and targets the individual responsible for the disturbance.
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