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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1908
Page
8
A reader urges Ames to adopt a Des Moines style approach, proposing a three ballot caucus to nominate two candidates per office. The change aims to widen participation, encourage home industries, and foster rival, healthy competition while keeping the process distinct from an outright election.
Galen Tilden urges experienced citizens to help prepare and expand city growth and improvements. He emphasizes collective effort to increase the size and well being of the community.
Members of the Woodmen lodge are asked to meet at their hall at 1 PM Sunday March 8 for the funeral of William Hyatt. The service will be held at the Christian church at 2 PM.
Prominent architect Delbert Building San Francisco figure Norman R Coulter declares Electric Bitters a tonic for everyone. It reputedly corrects stomach liver and kidney disorders and acts as a blood purifier. Available 50c at all druggists.
Olive E Silsbee born March 21 1833 in Stuben County New York died Feb 26 1908 at J R Gliddens aged 74 years 11 months 5 days She married Nathan C Glidden Jan 1 1854 and had five children Arthur J Charles H John R Sarah L White and Mary E The Gliddens moved to Ames in 1892 and joined the Baptist church Funeral services were held at the Baptist church Feb 29 1908 at 2 30 Rev Walter J Fowle officiating with burial in Ames Cemetery.
An ad touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a universal spring tonic for the whole family and claims it restores health, boosts vitality, and protects against dis ease. Sold as tea or tablets for 35 cents by L. M. Bosworth.
Among a thousand plays voters may choose from the Ames list, Monte Cristo is likely to win many votes for blending romantic drama and melodrama. The production will be staged soon at the Ames opera house.
When stomach trouble appears it may be from overeating or unsuitable food or drink, or constipated bowels. Take Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets to regulate bowels and digestion. Ask for a free sample. Sold by Judisch Bros.
A list of agricultural bulletins added to the city library shelves covers beef quality blackleg in Nana steer feeding and more. Topics include Western feeds for beef production dairy utensils feeding the dairy cow Texas fever prunings and fruit crops plus pig and horse care and fattening routines.
Prof. J O Schaub spoke to the agricultural club on the soils department of the Experiment Station. He outlined fertility tests at Humeston Conrad Manning and Sioux City stations with 0.1 acre plots testing essential elements. Results aim to guide Iowa farmers in maintaining soil fertility and delaying famines.
When you have a cold the mucous membrane becomes inflamed and germs enter through the air you breathe. Foley's Honey and Tar soothes and heals the inflamed air passage, stops the cough and expels the cold from your system. Refuse substitutes. Cagwin, druggist.
A traveling man recalls a letter from a New York necktie house friend urging orders. The letter mocks expenses for billiards and horse and buggy and suggests odd travel plans and a stop in Boston to sell to George Moore. It stresses that the purpose is to generate orders and cash sales.
A Nelson Lancashire grocer ran by a collier’s wife is left briefly in charge with orders to weigh jars of treacle jam or pickles. A passing boy asks for two pounds of pickles for his father and brings a pot. The man weighs and offers one or two, joking about the pot’s weight.
A speaker compares a performer’s impact to a flame from the audience. The narrator recalls feeling this intensity while acting alongside Eleanora Duse in Olivia and Duse’s portrayal of Marguerite Gautier for him.
Sealed bids for sale of bonds totaling 1200 dollars at 6 percent interest from April 1, 1908, for six years, with 200 dollars payable yearly. Bids accepted until March 28 at the Bank of Kelley Iowa. School board may reject any or all bids. Kelley Iowa March 4 1908.
Advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a spring tonic that cleanses impurities and enriches the blood. It claims to regulate the system with a warm tingling effect and offers Tea or Tablets priced at 35 cents, by L. M. Bosworth.
Joel E. Cagwin endorses Dr Shoop's Restorative to strengthen stomach, heart, and kidney nerves rather than drugging organs. Claims include relief from dyspepsia, heart pains, and kidney weakness after a simple test. The note urges addressing nerve weakness as the underlying cause for these ailments.
Ellen Terry recalls Henry Irving inviting her to Birmingham in 1878 to watch his Ophelia and calls his performance perfection. She notes his independence from audiences and how fellow artists’ presence inspires their best work, including his Hamlet.
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