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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
7
A nostalgic reminiscence of barefoot summers and river fishing by boys in their youth. Tales recall bait gathering from onion bags, spading duties, bamboo poles, and fishing spots near bends, plus mud baths, swimming, clamming, and the long, warm days that shaped childhood adventures.
An old newspaper style advertisement highlights Wilton Wellington Flour and a variety of grocery deals: canned corn and early June peas, raisins, prunes, peaches, pears, beans, apricots, and maple syrup. Also notes fresh fruit and vegetables, including lettuce and radishes, with a Friday Saturday pickup. The piece shifts to a poetic excerpt by James Whitcomb Riley describing rural farm life and noon-time June-time by the river.
Story City’s diphtheria quarantine is over after a single case. Old Soldier’s reunion planned in Nevada on August 20 and 21 with prominent speakers. Collins man returns with Angora goats. Nevada woman found dead likely due to apoplexy. Four arrested for breaking and entering in Maxwell. Nevada child nearly injures himself by kerosene ingestion but recovers. Nevada to build a new pumping station. Johnsons Grove Mutual Telephone Co. bids due July 18. Barn fire near Roland causes about 4000 dollars loss insured. Slater barber shop fire threat contained. Capt. Fred H. Gallup to manufacture gun carriage at Rock Island arsenal. Roland whiskey thefts at local drug store. Story City to build depot. new brick and stone station planned. Grandpa Burgess reunion after forty eight years. Ames visitors return with Stanislaus exhibit care to Nevada for ten cent piece quest.
From Monday to Saturday the average temperature held near normal for midsummer. A cool weekend offered relief from heat and humidity while rainfall ranged from trace to copious in scattered areas. Corn shows rapid growth with tassels forming. hay harvest advances. oats rye and winter wheat nearly done in the south. spring wheat ripening with rust variability. potatoes vegetables and late berries progressing. apples reported as before.
An Virginia resident praises Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing chronic piles and malignant sores. The ad notes 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth druggist and promotes North-Western Line excursion rates to Colorado Utah and the Black Hills with tickets from June 1 to October 31 and return options through September 18, with monthly Tuesday sales.
A list of property transfers shows multiple deeds in Ames and Nevada including HC Roll and spouse to Ames Saw Bank for 700 dollars and others to J F Martin, F B Dean, and more with varied parcels. The second brood of the codlin moth is noted with spray guidance for Iowa orchards around August, urging Bordeaux mixture with Paris green and requesting apples or trees to be left unsprayed for comparison. The piece ends with horticulturist contact and a brief promotional note for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
A brief note highlights Nort as superior to competitors in delivering quality work, praising its specialty and performance as notably strong. The statement frames Nort as a leading option beyond others in the field.
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