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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1904
Page
3
In a moonlit lakeside moment Mr Borem and a woman share a private exchange. She notes she was enjoying the spot before his arrival, and he responds with a satisfied exclamation. The Philadelphia Ledger records their quiet seaside conversation.
Two little maids aged four and six sit on a stool when the older suggests if one of them stood there would be more room. The brief humorous exchange was noted by the Record-Herald.
A crystal field in the CG region shines with snowlike surface. Bright sap flows highlight its brilliance. The area is constantly active with numerous salt springs in the foothills surrounding the field.
Reports detail 999 mules sent to South Africa with 158 died at sea and 841 not traced beyond Beira. About 617000 horses were shipped to South Africa and 304168 unaccounted for, highlighting losses and missing records investigated by the British war department.
News of a child's recovery from rheumatism in Green county after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. The father credits the medicine with saving her from life as a cripple and notes the link between kidney health and uric acid causing rheumatic pain. The ad asserts kidneys fix uric acid and cure rheumatism.
A notice notes courteous sellers offering gold bricks to buyers, emphasizing polite negotiation and careful pricing in a constrained market.
An advertisement asserts deafness arises from a swollen mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and claims nine of ten cases come from catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness case not cured and promotes Hall’s Pills for constipation with circulars from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A Punch caption on a business card urges visitors to bring boots to the shoemaker for service. It warns attendants may rummage and naggle boots, with the same price charged. The odd phrasing suggests a humorous or satirical item from a periodical.
A Chicago Chronicle quip notes the clash between a prima donna and her press agent. The man tracking theater details argues she cannot sing as well as claimed, while the girl tracking outcomes counters that the agent would claim she sang far better than she actually did.
The passage notes most animals flee fire while some show fascination. A horse in a burning stable panics, a dog remains calm, using the floor's cooler air to seek an exit.
Captain Volger of the Koenigen Lasse recalls an architect who complained about a town architects' club founded on total abstinence. The critic fretted over no drinks, and a bystander quipped that the remedy would be to go there drunk.
A testimonial claims nervous headaches improved after switching from tea and coffee to Postum Food Coffee made from cereals. The author cites a healthier baby and notes Postum’s coffee flavor without caffeine. The ad promotes a ten day trial and a promotion book titled The Road to Welville from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
Des Moines on October 29 1904 the supreme court reversed a Lyon county case about a bond company on a saloonkeepers bond tied to a husband s death blamed on liquor The court held a drunkard may reform and still be a family head worth support and no one may claim his life is of no consequence Justice Deemer noted the legal point while reversing the decree
Superintendent S H Sheakley learns the West Des Moines High School exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase show earned both first and second prizes among U S high schools. C H Sessions announced the Iowa educational exhibit. The display highlighted student work, athletic trophies, school pictures, and scenes of high school life.
At Marshalltown Baptist convention the Des Moines college presidency elected Dr H L Stetson of Kalamazoo College unanimously. Stetson previously led Des Moines college for ten years and later became Kalamazoo College president. In a separate ruling, Iowa Supreme Court holds collateral inheritance tax cannot apply to bequests that vest after enactment when the testator died before the law.
State Dairy Commission Wright reports Minnesota first with 98.5 percent in the final scoring, Iowa second and third, New York earning the banner on general average. Minnesota spent about 20 000 for preparation while Iowa spent 1 750, with 750 slated to return to Louisiana’s state treasury. A Persian tea store attendant has devised a machine packing parcels at forty per minute. The Swedish steamer Aldebaran, fired at by a suspected Russian warship near Gefle on October 21, sustained no damage.
Reports from St Petersburg and London confirm Russia and Great Britain will submit the North Sea clash to an international commission under The Hague. British leaders say the incident will be resolved without war, with an inquiry led by a Hague court and preliminary inquest and inquiries in Hull Vigo and London.
Reports say Japanese forces attacked the Keekwan group north of Port Arthur on Oct 26 and silenced Russian batteries. They also struck forts on Rihlung mountain and Sunhohowian batteries, storming and occupying fortifications. A fires and ships were reported damaged on Oct 26 27 including the battleship Sevastopol. official confirmation is unavailable.
The steamship Esperanza bound for the Russian Baltic fleet from Barry was found in a sinking condition after its hull was pierced below the water line. The cause remains unexplained, with locals hinting at possible deliberate damage by workers over a north sea incident. Nell His conversation is polished. Belle Yes, so polished that it has no point.
A private Port Arthur letter dated October 21 describes Gen Stoessel's pledge that Port Arthur is his tomb. It details dire conditions amid bombardment, shortages, casualties, and plans for a last desperate defense as Japanese forces close in.
London reports Admiral Rojestvensky says no intention to fire on British trawlers. Two fast vessels mistaken for torpedo boats near Dogger Bank provoked fire, with admiral claiming only those two ships were warship type and expressing regret for damage and casualties.
United States Secretary Hay issued a circular note under presidential guidance proposing a second Hague conference. The plan would revisit neutrals rights, private property protection in naval warfare, and bombardment of ports, and extend to a general system of arbitration treaties with an international peace congress. The call is argued to follow the first Hague conference held before the Spanish-American War ended.
Aldebaran of Hull says she was fired upon by a supposed Rus at about dusk on October 21 but sustained no injuries or damage.
Berlin reports Russia has not informed Germany of any plan to unlock the Dardanelles by international consent for a Black Sea fleet exit. The foreign office says it is not aware of such intention and cannot confirm whether other governments have been approached.
An explosion at Rocky Mountain Fuel and Iron Mine Number 3 in Teroio, forty miles west of Trinidad, Colo, trapped miners. Early reports listed seventeen workers and four company men entering the mine, with total deaths estimated between thirty and sixty as the mine burned and bodies could be cremated. Local officials and doctors rushed to assist.
President directs Loeb to inform James N. Tyner that while a jury found him guilty on the criminal charge, the president accepts the verdict but believes the evidence shows moral obliquity or gross inefficiency in Tyner’s performance at the post office department.
Hodge complains after a quick tooth extraction, comparing it to a longer, costlier job by a doctor who charged a shilling. The dentist replies with a two shillings and sixpence fee.
Mrs E Doherty of 115 Coates Street Moberly Missouri recounts a dramatic recovery from severe stomach distress and emaciation after using Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. She details a fall from 98 pounds to health restored to 165 pounds, crediting the pills with stopping stomach burning and aiding digestion. The ad notes pills cure stomach trouble and are sold by dealers or by mail from Schenectady New York.
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