Muscatine strike settled without brass band
The Ames Times notes Guy Carroll settled the Muscatine strike without parade or band. A long distance message from New York to Denver is cited as part of the telephoning involved. Governor Carroll discussed for a third term, with other political chatter about Sy Chassell for secretary of state and local editorial satire.
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Guy. Carroll
Muscatine
New York
Denver
Sy Chassell
Lemars
Hobble Skirt Cuts Cotton Output Claims
Cotton manufacturers say hobble skirts slash mill output by about thirty percent. The remark prompts a joking comparison to woolen mills if varsity pants replaced traditional menswear.
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Lord Man
Battle in the schoolhouse cited as front in post office theft
A fragment recalls a clash in a schoolhouse between local citizens and alleged yeggs tied to a post office robbery. The report hints at a dramatic scene but provides few verifiable details beyond the location and antagonists.
Thieves Hideout Rebuilt After Heavily Riddled Shootout
A crime scene reveals a hideout that was so thoroughly riddled with bullets only partial structure remains and investigators begin reconstruction.
Interurban Time Card Upheaval Affects Des Moines Route
A new interurban time card went into effect Monday. The eleven o'clock Saturday night Des Moines car is expected to be popular from the start and may lead to a daily car at that hour soon.
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Des Moines
Warned Husband Tries Backward Kissing, Falls Into Coal Hole
In New York a man named Cortell walked backward and blew kisses to his wife as he left home. He slipped into an open coal hole and had to be rescued by four men and a boy. He was badly battered but survived.
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New York
Cortell
Pat
Garry
Regorra
Keokuk Hamilton Mississippi Dam Claimed World’s Largest
The dam spanning the Mississippi between Keokuk Iowa and Hamilton Illinois is described as the largest in the world. It will supply power with transmission potential up to two hundred miles and follow a St Louis contract for sixty thousand horsepower at a lower rate than competing sources.
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Mississippi River
Keokuk
Iowa
Hamilton
Ill
St. Louis
Miss Warrick to mark 25 years as Bryant School principal
On May 19 Miss Georgianna Warrick will celebrate her twenty fifth anniversary as principal of Bryant school in Des Moines with a public reception. Leading Des Moines business men who were once pupils of Miss Warrick will attend. Warrick hails from Story county with family long residing near Nevada.
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Georgianna Warrick
Bryant School
Des Moines
Miss Warricks
Miss Warrick
Story County
Nevada
Ames Struck by Faulty Tar on New Pavement
The city of Ames contracted for forty to fifty thousand yards of pavement. Warm sun brought tar to the surface, creating a tacky mess like fly paper. Barefoot Day or stray dogs crossing the street faced the slick, unmanaged surface.
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Ames
Horrabin’s
Postmaster Questions Postal Savings Bank in Ames
The department asks about conditions for a postal savings bank in Ames. The local opinion argues against it noting four solid banks in town that offer four percent on deposits and questions the need for a two percent postal savings rate.
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Ames
Postal Savings Bank
Postal Savings Department
Patrol Office Bandit Robbery Sparks Harsh Vengeance Call
A post office raid at Pat last Saturday night left a marshal dead and a second robber wounded. The writer condemns bandits who plunder rural homes and vows decisive action. A Granger delegation pressed the president over the Canadian reciprocity pact, urging change, while noting recent cautious signs in his administration.
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Pat
Grangers
Bond issue urged for Ames high school needs
Ames voters consider a one hundred thousand dollar bond for a new high school and a south side school as growth makes a modern facility essential. The piece warns against politics and cites a local critic on campaign rhetoric while noting plans to convert the old building into a ward school if bonds pass.
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Ames
Kindergarten class learns about cats in Newark tale
Otto H. Schulte, Morton street school principal, endorses a Newark Star anecdote from a city slums classroom. A teacher asks if a kitty wears fur or feathers, and a dirty faced pupil asks if the child has ever seen a cat.
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Newark
Otto H. Schulte
Morton Street
Do You Tell Your Wife Everything You Do
A humorous dialogue from Houston Post jokes with a quip about privacy and neighbors handling affairs while a spouse is away. The line pivots on discretion and social norms of private life.
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Houston Post
Do You Have the Right Kind of Help Foley Kidney Pills
An advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as the right kind of help to neutralize poisons that cause back ache nervousness and other kidney and bladder ailments. It claims relief through cleansing and supporting kidney function.
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Foley
Interurban Time Table for Boone Ames and Des Moines
Daily interurban car schedule lists south bound departures from Boone at 4 40 a m Sundays 10 a m 11 36 a m 1 05 a m 1 35 p m 9 56 a m 5 35 p m 12 60 noon 5 66 p m 2 00 p m 1385 p m 4 00 p m 40 p m 6 00 p m Kelley Boone Ft Dodee 7 45 p m Des Moines Sundays 8 45 p m car leaves Des Moines for Ames Saturdays 11 00 p m arrives 12 25 a m Ames college street cars run from Duff Anenne to the college every half hour from 6 46 a m to 6 12 0 p m leaving 20 and 56 minutes after each hour. Down town trips 6 and 35 minutes after the hour. First car leaves West Gate 9 20 a m All trains daily Corrected May 8 1811 W L Park Agent.
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Boone
Kelley
Boone &Ft. Dodee
Des Moines
Ames
Armes
College
Duff Anenne
Downtown
West Gate
W. L. Park
Warning to Railroad Men by KE Bacon
Warning to railroaders from Bacon of 11 East St Bath Maine. He describes chronic kidney inflammation caused by his work and credits Foley Kidney Pills with restoring his strength. He reports end to weakness and dizziness and recommends the product. For sale by all druggists.
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Bacon
East St
Bath
Foley
Northwestern United Doctors offer free consultation trip
The Northwestern United Doctors advertise free consultation exam and advice for nervous and chronic diseases with no charge except medicine. They claim cures for cancer and other ailments, invite all to visit 9 am to 8 pm, and ask patients to report results to friends. A two ounce urine sample is requested for kidney or bladder complaints. 3-2t
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Northwestern United Docctors
America
Great Northwest
Northwestern United
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