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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1905
Page
6
Cambridge centers baseball in Story County with a August 15 tournament. Story County fairs run September 12 to 15 with a strong speed program. Several towns report new bands and business ventures while storms, hotel shortages, and public projects prompt local action. Notables include Miss Vangsness's marriage, Prof. Newens praised for a Des Moines recital, and various civic changes across Nevada, Collins, and Story City.
Summer bowel disorders affect children and adults alike. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is promoted as prompt relief for any unnatural looseness of the bowels. Sold by Judisch Bros.
Real estate transfers include Daniel Embree to Mary Fen ton for 4000 dollars a lot in Blair's addition Ames and E L Chamberlain to Embree for other parcels. John W Caughey transfers to Alfred E Miller for 200 dollars sub lot in Blair's Ames area. A M Newens to W H Stevenson for 825 dollars part of lot in Blair's Ames. Also a Boston Record anecdote shows John Fiske's frankness with his son about calling Mrs Jones a fool and Mr Jones a worse fool.
The article links the nursery rhyme Little Jack Horner to Henry VII’s seizure of church lands, naming John Horner who supposedly grabbed land near Bath and Frome in Somerset. It notes the Horner estate’s long possession and mentions related railway excursion notices from the Chicago and North-Western Railway highlighting travel to the Pacific Coast and Colorado regions with dates and routes.
In Audijan Tur kestan a number of women have become professional beggars. They use large leaf fans to hide their faces when showing palms for coppers. The screens cover the head fully and if the hands show disease they are wrapped in linen.
A short excerpt notes Professor Lump lin’s absentminded, shabby look as he pockets coins upon seeing his image in a large mirror. The line, attributed to Lustige Blatter, plays on charity and self perception.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as a pleasant laxative that invigorates the liver and regulates the bowels, available for sale by Judisch Bros.
Notice from Story County Iowa that a document on file in the Clerk of the District Court purports to be the last will of George W Dever deceased. A hearing to probate the will is set for August 30 1905 during the August Term of the District Court at Nevada. Interested parties must appear to show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's last will.
A comrade from Elgin Illinois recovering from a severe case of cholera morbus on a journey home from the Grand Army Encampment at Washington City was treated with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The provider Mr J B Houland Eldon Iowa says the remedy saved his life and is carried on immigration trips. Also advertised: sale of Lot 57% x 188 feet on Duff Street for $550 by Mrs Reed Sioux City Iowa. North-Western Line announces daily round trip rates to Portland and other western destinations with an emphasis on low rates and side trips to Yellowstone and Alaska.
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