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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1897
Page
2
Weather notes promise overcoat weather while roasting ears are foretold for Thanksgiving. Drying pond water drives frogs seeking moisture as crops face variable conditions. Local visitors and gatherings pepper the week with fairs, picnics, and schoolhouse work progressing. Baseball results favor the west side 13 to 4.
Last summer a grandchild suffered a severe bowel trouble and Chamberlain’s remedy provided speedy relief after other doctors failed. A sale advertises children’s suits 5 to 13 years at 75c. Electric Bitters touted as a nerve tonic and blood purifier, sold 50c and 1.00. Jessie Forsyth Juvenile Temple meets Tuesdays at seven. Arcade Lunch Room unveils new sign guiding travelers to meals. Albert Hall suffered heat with doctor’s report of sunstroke.
The report notes residents largely stayed home while some traveled to Boone Slater and Madrid for celebrations. It mentions Lou Gossard at home, L G Rosenfeld family gathering in Franklin Morris home, John Roland returning from the north, Clair Crane and Winterset welcoming an eleven pound boy, and others visiting or traveling for personal announcements with several names and locations cited.
Mr and Mrs Albert Earnst Mrs Crambler and Mrs William Bell hosted guests last Sunday. The Taylors of Evergreen hosted a visit one week. A large neighbor gathering at O D Mathews Grove celebrated the Fourth with speeches songs and a picnic. The event featured the Star Spangled Banner Song America and a winded crowd. Several church choirs and Rev Slattery performed with reading of the Declaration omitted due to neglect. Sunday school picnics planned for Enterprise Ames Evergreen and Cambridge groups.
A lyrical piece by Bill portrays boyhood wandering near the Skunk and Squaw as nature blooms. It muses on memory touch by wind and shore, with rustic images of prairies, rivers, and flowers, ending in a wish for eternal springtime companionship with the Skunk and the Squaw.
The event offers races including one half mile and repeat and a $50 purse for Polly M versus Me Too. Entries close before 10 a m with weather clauses and 25 cent admission. Ames Lodge I O O F No 309 officiates. Also reports on lodge installation and local business changes amid heat and a Florida hotel fire anecdote.
The Ames report details several 4th of July mishaps. An eight year old lost fingers from a firecracker while others suffered dislocations and burns. Fred Ellsworth, John Slaverly, Willie McLain, and Lige Munden are noted among minor injuries. Drs Templeton, Richmond, and Aplin treated the injured. Conductor Perry fainted from heat but recovered at home.
The Dresdener Anzeiger, owned by the city, was devoted to public parks per its founder. This year a near eight acre playground was bought from Prince George, the king's brother, and will be ready this summer. The paper retains civic respect, using profits for the public good without promoting biased views.
A New York Tribune note lists Missouri surnames such as Red White Blue Gray Brown Black and ranks of titles Kings Queens Earls Dukes Marquises Lords. It mentions birds Wrens Crows Hawks along with Hawkins Fowlers and mammals Wolfe Lamb Lyon Bull Stier Redheffer. It cites a western Kansas locale with Redwine Sourbeer Drybread and Pancake.
In Redcar a small village in England a cork model of Lincoln Cathedral features about one million old corks. It was made by a plowman who worked on it for ten years and seven months and is said to be a perfect miniature of the cathedral inside and out.
A man named Moss disappeared Saturday night triggering a townwide effort by about half the community. Sunday morning he was found west of the forks under a shade tree, suffering severe facial pain from a prior abscess and dental surgery, with no memory of the events.
Meteorological report by Isaac Young for Ames Timms notes sunrise and sunset observations with rain totals. Highest temperature 101 degrees on the 17th, lowest 34 degrees on the 4th, month range 66 degrees, greatest daily range 40 degrees on the 4th, least daily range 4 degrees on the 2nd. Daily mean max 85 degrees on the 7th, daily mean min 52 degrees on the 3rd. Monthly mean 68.27 degrees. Precipitation 0.54 inches on 12 days. Weather days: 4 cloudy, 13 fair, 1 clear. Thunder on the 6th 18th and 26th. Yellow snow on the 17th. Frost on the 4th. Winds mainly south and northwest.
The Maple Leaf Route offers a one regular fare plus 2.00 round trip to many states and territories. Tickets valid for return on sale dates with July 6 and July 20 only. Parties may contact Maple agents or F. H. Lord, G P T A Chicago for details.
Patented tonics advertised by Judisch Bros claim relief for nervous tension constipation and bowel issues. The testimonials praise Karl's Root Tea and Shilohs Cure for calming nerves cleansing bowels and improving general strength with frequent mentions of Judisch Bros as the seller.
Sterior Banks from Ada is accused in a dispute over the Watson Millinery store chattel mortgage. City authorities consider whether the store will reopen as the curfew ordinance moves forward with Maxwell’s council approval.
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