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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1899
Page
3
The Shearer school will host a mush and milk social at Walter Morris's home Friday evening November 17 to raise funds for a schoolhouse flag. Proceeds go to the flag project. all are invited for a good time and a hearty supper. ConA Wilkinson, Teacher. Fresh celery weekly and cookies from T J Mitter and Son. C F Lerrs.
A retrospective on Tuesday elections shows Iowa backing Shaw with a 60 000 vote majority over White. Ohio remains close as fusionists Nash and Republicans contend for power, with Jones around 90 000 votes. Nebraska voted fusion by about 10 000.
E B Stewart dies at home in Gilbert Station from apoplexy. Born Weybridge Vermont May 9 1830 he was 69 years 6 months minus 5 days. He moved to Gilbert Station in 1882 and leaves a third wife and three daughters. Funeral held at Gilbert Congregational Church. Also notes the burial of eight month old John Bernice Hughes of Ruthven Iowa in Gilbert.
The piece recalls Ames boys who answered McKinley 1898 call for 125 000 troops and joined the Fifty first regiment turning from state militia to US volunteers. Recruits faced rejections and a long voyage from Des Moines to San Francisco, then to Honolulu before heading toward the Philippines with hopes of Cuba fighting.
The Ames regiment toured back to Iowa after fighting in Cavite and the Philippines. They arrived in Council Bluffs and Des Moines with royal welcomes and met crowds at Northwestern rails. Captain Hermon P. Williams led 51st Iowa as the group thanked Gov. Shaw and the Iowa delegation.
D H Turner of Dempseytown Pa reports regaining youth after using Dr King’s New Life Pills for two weeks. He praises the pills as best for liver stomach and bowels, stating they are purely vegetable and never gripe. Sold for 25 cents at Tilden & Loughran’s drug store.
An old advertisement claims Kari's Clover 901 Tea keeps bowels liver and kidneys in perfect health. It markets digestion based benefits and lists a price of 25 cents for 50 ccs, with sales by Tilden & Loughran.
All we ask of you is to use two-thirds of the contents faithfully then if you are not benefited return the bottle to your druggist for a refund. Prices 25c 50c and $1.00. For sale by Tilden & Loughran. Also note East ern apples car arrival and cheap sale. A mention of Don Mario concert at College chapel November 15. Boarders wanted above Eighmy's cigar store. Our teas are hard to beat. New assortment of ladies jackets from Blacklow & Smith.
A dying countess in Copenhagen, once close to the princess of Wales, spoke her last wish to hear from the English royal by a phonograph message. King Christian weekly writes of the countess illness, and the phonograph message reached Copenhagen just as life faded with a final blessing.
A fifteen foot long thrashershark leaped aboard a yacht near Ilfracombe, smashing gear and injuring a guest before retreating to the cabin. The party steered to shore and compelled the shark to disembark.
Great Britain paid £4 080 000 for Suez Canal shares and now holds about £25 000 000 in market value. The original price has been exceeded by dividends, leaving Britain with £25,000,000 of capital that cost nothing and yields about £750,000 annually, while granting substantial political influence.
An advertisement offers Calumet baking powder promising top quality and promotes a young fresh Jersey cow for sale by J. J. Coon.
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