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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
5
From Des Moines Iowa on July 23 the past week averaged two to four degrees below normal with less sunshine. Soil was saturated by heavy showers from the 14th to 19th except in the southeast district, and wet weather slowed the largest operations while damaging hay and small grain in the north and west.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad markets its Scenic Line of the World to travelers across Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. It offers two distinct routes through the Rocky Mountains with three through trains daily, Pullman palace and tourist sleeping cars, dining service, and connections to Chicago, San Francisco, Portland and western destinations. S. K. Hooper in Denver invites requests for pamphlets detailing the lines.
Very low excursion rates advertised to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Glenwood Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Deadwood, and Hot Springs via Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. Dates listed include June 1, July 3, 9, 17, August 17 and 21 with return validity to October 31. Quickest time and best service promised. agents Chicago & North Western St'y instructed. Also ads for Pure Lustre Mineral cleaning, White Pearl, Excel flour, and Ames piano enterprise.
The August term of 1900 trial jurors are directed to report August 22 at 10 a m. Names include Nelse Askelson Gilbert Station Tom Askeland Huxley J P Anderson Roland A A Batman Nevada Fred Ball Kelley B F DeWitt Ames L L Elliott Cambridge G P Eastwood Ontario N H Griffith Ames J F Gillispie Nevada R W Gibson Maxwell B G Hamilton Ames John Hopkins Nevada R J Hilson Zearing J M Hawthorn Nevada P C Hanson McCallsburg Geo Kutow Nevada Frank King Nevada Ww King Ames F B Lough Nevada Co C Lough Nevada A Molster Story City F H Munn Ames Frank McLain Nevada Silas McQuiston Collins Ed Moore Roland S Pearson Elwell A M Perkins Ames Samuel Borvng Roland Peter Roup Elwell M J Swan Story City Henry Stoll Roland M L Tesdal Huxley Co N Thatcher Zearing F J Teet McCallsburg M T Waula McCallsburg
Boones citizens are urged to attend Ringling Bros Circus on Monday July 30 with a free morning street carnival at 10 o'clock. The parade comprises thirty sections, a two mile display featuring over 100 animals dens and cages 5000 horses 25 elephants and nearly a thousand people in rich costumes. The subsequent arena show promises a magnificent display. Compton is the Ames piano man. Steery Bye and Cream flour praised in local notices.
A report details Japanese child labor in Sakai and similar towns where private loom weaving employs 5,000 boys and 13,000 girls from age seven. Children sing to tunes guiding patterns for carpets called one tune or two tune as supervision by women, while thieves and beggars recruit youths in Tokyo.
A San Francisco Chronicle editorial argues that American colleges rely on energetic yells for vitality and that some reformers favor more decorum. It suggests emulating Oxford Cambridge by designating a day of license to mix discipline with revelry, hoping students learn restraint and responsibility.
The text explains a gelatin based mounting paste to prevent prints from curling as they dry. It provides a formula two parts gelatine four parts water and eight parts alcohol, added slowly with continuous stirring, kept hot, and applied quickly before the print adheres. The mixture stores well in corked bottles and is heated in a water bath when used.
Soaking bread in vinegar and applying it provides bruise relief while cold turpentine offers comfort. Children learning to walk often stumble and strike heads causing lumps. A raw beef pack can reduce swelling, followed by vaseline or butter to prevent discoloration.
Story County Bank Compton presents flexible real estate loans in Ames. Loans can be paid on any interest pay day or any chosen day, with no commission charged. The bank emphasizes reducing existing loan rates and expanding payment options for borrowers.
A dated schedule lists multiple trains with numbers names and times including No 34 Freight No 16 Sioux City Omaha Exp and No 52 Dakota Ex. It notes routes Going West North and South with connections to Boone Carroll and Omaha. Baggage handling details require check-in five minutes before arrival and some Sunday service restrictions. G W Rogers, Agent.
A speaker declares lifelong research into a new antiseptic remedy. He claims years of toil and wakeful study culminate in a successful discovery and offers the remedy as a true modern advance in science.
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