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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
5
Revival services led by Rev. John T. Houser have drawn large audiences each evening since last Sabbath. Five converts joined on Sunday evening and others confess Christ nightly. Converts are baptized in the evening before the sermon. The meetings will run four more days, closing Sunday evening.
Major von Frankenberg, president of the German Aero Club, urges large signboards on church towers and tall buildings. A signaling code would be visible to airships above Germain soil as dirigibles become common in the coming years.
A Popular Mechanics note from April describes European frontier markers using a common method with illuminated signs at night. Aeronauts would carry a signal code-book to decipher signals as experiments test the system's value.
Harry Wilson of Waynetown Indiana says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is unequaled for croup when used at the first sign of a croupy cough. The remedy is widely used in thousands of homes and is sold by J B Cagwin. Also noting a wallpaper shop promotion at Loughran and Bauer.
Popular Mechanics notes Niagara Falls on the American side was effectively dammed by frozen water. Pedestrians crossed the jammed crest and ice ridge as water level in the gorge fell about 40 feet. Electric companies used dynamite to keep enough flow for power.
A Chicago Daily News collection of aphorisms on courage pride wealth and courtesy. Wry quips touch on cowardice pride giving advice and self interest with a humorous outlook.
A historical advertisement touts Chamberlains Liniment as a cure for muscular and rheumatic pains including sprains and sore muscles. It notes its suitability for a lame back and deep seated muscular discomfort, with 25 and 50 cent sizes offered by J. E. Cagwin.
Vendor promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with claims it cleanses winter impurities. Product advertised as Tea or Tablets priced at 35 cents and credited to I. M. Bosworth.
Clarence Yeomans known as Toots by local baseball circles, a star in high school and later a pitcher with the Nevada Independents, will join the Eldora Independents after June. He arrived in Ames four years ago after his family moved there and has since starred on the 1907 team and pitched 37 games last summer with only 4 losses.
The newly installed pipe organ at the M E church in Ames hosts an organ recital Monday at 7 30 pm. Dr Louis Falk of the Chicago Musical College will play, admission 50 and 75 cents. The city applauds the church as a monument to Ames progress.
The Chicago Alumni association of I C will hold their tenth annual reception and banquet at the Grand Pacific hotel on Friday evening March 19 1909 with preparations under way for a large gathering.
The crowd notes a steady rise in graduate counts in Chicago as Prof. 8. W. Beyer is announced as the guest of honor for the evening event.
A Watertown Wisconsin man crediting Bucklen’s Arnica Salve with healing ten years of eczema after 15 doctors failed. The ad touts the salve as infallible for skin eruptions boils burns cuts and piles and lists a 25 cent price at druggists.
The spring schedule announced by the college features Coach Williams's team playing Drake, Missouri, Nebraska, Cornell, Coe, and others. Key games include Drake at Ames, Missouri at Ames, and Iowa visits, with home dates across April to May and post season hopes in the Missouri Valley race.
The Commercial club met at Hullett's hall with around a small attendance Rev Shea invited members to the grand organ recital at the M E church next Monday evening The club voted to attend and support the fundraiser Officers elected include L M Bosworth president R H McCarthy first vice president L C Tilden second vice president F R Conway secretary and treasurer J E Judge member of executive committee
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Wettstein Monday morning at Eleanor hospital in Boone. Both mother and baby are progressing fine and Adolph’s smile is sunnier than ever.
Ames hosts a series of track meets including a home meet on April 17 and freshmen clashes with East High on April 24 and West High on May 1. Drake visits on May 8 and the state meet is at Grinnell on May 29 followed by the Missouri Valley Conference Meet on June 5.
Practical guidance emphasizes peace of mind, restraint, and social health. It urges avoiding excess, embracing hopeful patience, breathing properly, and sharing kindness while limiting discussions of illness to professional contexts. The tone is exhortative and moralistic, urging daily habits for well being.
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