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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1902
Page
2
Many campus events fill Ames this week with social dances at Hyperion and Pickanniny clubs downtown. Miss Isadroe Barber visits Florence, while Drake game prep and a college battalion officers’ gathering mark a busy schedule. Commencement set for June 11 with Missouri's President as speaker.
Dear Sir. Having tried your White Wine of Tar Syrup I believe it to be an excellent medicine and I can conscientiously recommend it to others. Respectfully yours Kingsville Mo Rev W Stevenson For sale at the Cove Pharmacy Poultry wanted B Reap
A whaling fleet from San Francisco in February sails toward Bering Sea ice chasing right whales near Cape Navarin. The lookout spots a whale spout on the edge of the ice as boats drift and hunters weigh risks of splashing water and noise that could alert the wary giants.
A Plymouth Oklahoma dealer notes five bottles sold yesterday to threshers who could not stop work. The remedy, Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, keeps threshers on the job with no lost days. Available at all druggists.
An eleven or twelve year old girl threaded the Sixth Avenue elevated rush at One Hundred and Sixteenth Street as a helpful man steadied her. A sudden turn reveals her gender and the crowd laughs while a man fleeing in dismay exclaims it is a woman.
A reader and Public Opinion correspondent compare Shakespeare’s genius with Oliver Goldsmith, noting Goldsmith’s reputation among acquaintances as a fool yet recognizing his genius in his writings. The exchange mirrors a broader view on how genius is perceived in youth or age.
Josh Edgar of Germantown California suffered sciatic rheumatism for fourteen years. He used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and was instantly relieved and quickly cured. He reports no return of symptoms and endorses the liniment as a remedy sold by all druggists.
Land agent Gkorar Whiter offers Red River Valley plots wild and improved with free transport for buyers of 160 acres or more. Also advertises central and northwestern Iowa farms, gilt edge at right prices, plus Ames city property in Stevens block opposite McCarthy & Lees office. 49-121.
For sale 200 bushels white and yellow seed corn at 1.50 per bushel. Agent W. P. Coon. Also cream of wheat at 95 cents per sack. No stamps at this price. J. B. Kooser & Co.
Miss Mae Dunn returns from Des Moines as wind wrecks corn cribs for Carl Rosenfald. Veterans attend G A R in Des Moines. Will Lytle visits from college. Mr and Mrs W E Peterson spend weekend in Sheldahl. Miss Edith George hosts a college friend over Sunday. Posgate builds a new house on Wortman lot. Cellar begun for brick store to be erected this summer. Stotts of Boone visit Hutchinson daughter. Rev Stoddard unable to preach due to illness. George Holland adds a residence extension east of town. Dunns attend Drake commencement in Des Moines.
Decoration day events shift to a church service before cemetery rites. W R C members and G A R members receive carriage transport. Cadets from Iowa State College, with cadet band Ames band and martial band provide music. Program lists music orders prayers welcome address response oration and benediction.
Local society items list visits and travels of residents and relatives. Joe Cohn heads to Salt Lake City while Belle Carns visits Des Moines. others journey between Ames, Olin, Boone, Maxwell, and Chicago. Several plan trips to Canada and Alaska, with family gatherings and homecomings noted.
A noted physic ian argues patients rarely follow prescribed hygiene or diet, urging physicians to rely on medicines for chronic conditions. The piece endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as gentle, effective for constipation and sold by all druggists.
Crop Bulletin from Monks Iowa dated May 19 1902 notes cool and wet first half of week with later warmth and local heavy showers northern and central districts. Temperature above normal aiding small grain and grass though corn planting delayed. Replanting may be needed due to cut worms and wire worms. Early potato crop promising and garden truck well advanced. Soil conditions favorable and orchard fruits show fair promise.
In Knightsville Indiana on April 22 1898 G H Camr extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the best selling laxative and physic with high customer satisfaction and strong repeat orders, noting it is sold by L M Bosworth.
Reveals a great secret about a remedy for consumption and throat lung disease. It claims to cut phlegm and infected mucus and enrich the blood with oxygen. The ad advertises guaranteed bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar, with trial bottles free at L. M. Bosworth’s.
John L. Schuster faces arrest for selling Arbuckle's Ariosa coffee with glazing cited by the Pure Food Department of Ohio as making it unsalable. Trial set for June 2, with Arbuckle's likely New York lawyers and Joseph H. Blackburn pursuing the state's case.
Ad claims the product aids digestion, purifies the system, enriches blood, boosts appetite, and builds flesh. Sold for 25 cents at L M Bosworth.
The Gilbert Station Congregational Church aims to host a calendar wheel sociable at Woodman hall on Friday evening May 23. Ice cream and cake will be served and the program begins at 8 30. Everyone is invited.
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