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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
2
A satirical Ames Times column jokes about Iowa and Washington politics. It mocks tariff talk, Des Moines antics, a shooting incident, and Sioux City’s progress edition, ending with a weather quip about mean temperatures and irritable folks.
Fritz Norris and W P Hughes owners of the Marshalltown Times Republican have purchased the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Hughes moves to the Bluffs while Norris remains in Marshalltown. They have had success with the Times Republican and expect to develop the Nonpareil.
The case centers on Elsie Eigel who entered New York Citys Chinatown for missionary work and became involved with two Chinese men. One man killed her and hid the body in a trunk. The sensational report notes her beauty and accuses her of poor judgment in pursuing the men.
A reflective piece recalls barefoot children in spring to November boots with copper toes and old town life. It contrasts past newspaper reach with modern daily papers, then shifts to a civic health article on fly control, urging sanitation, covered garbage and manure disposal to cut typhoid deaths.
The text contrasts weekly and monthly publications with a Sunday paper so large it would overwhelm a child of forty years ago. It notes readers buy the large issue, have time to shine shoes, and attend costly houses of worship, while the speaker asserts progress and mobility.
Owing to a spring ward adjustment some residents must vote at new locations for the July 12 election. The first ward now extends to the middle of Kellogg Avenue while the second ward runs west from Kellogg Avenue center. Remember the change when voting.
The piece offers sharp aphorisms about duty and social conduct. It argues the fire escape as a straight path, cautions against press agents, and mocks pretentious talk by the wealthy and those who borrow. It suggests couple dynamics and personal worth in concise, wry lines.
An old advertisement for the Modern Cleaner located under Whites hardware store shows offerings for cleaning ladies white waists and skirts and mens clothes. Mutual 475 is listed with a 9 21 date reference.
Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Danforth Maine reports her mother, past 70, regaining health after 20 years of dyspepsia. She says doctors gave up but Electric Bitters revived appetite, sleep, and vigor, curing liver and kidney troubles. Only 50 cents at druggists.
To relieve constipation clean out the bowels and tone the digestive organs Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is promoted as a reliable tonic for thirty years The ad mentions Tea or Tablets priced at 5 cents and credits L M Bosworth as the distributor.
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