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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
11
W. J. Hill, Justice of the Peace, testifies that Dean's Kidney Pills remedy irregular kidney secretions and back pain. He reports relief and improved health after use, with the product sold by Foster Milburn Co. at 50 cents per box. The ad ends with a joke about twins and cross eyes.
Centerville reports General Francis Marion Drake former Iowa governor dies after a two day illness at his daughter’s home. He planned a gift of 25 000 to Drake University then grew seriously ill. Survived by family, funeral set for Monday at Central Church of Christ in Centerville with interment beside his wife. He helped found Drake University in 1888 and served as its board president.
Bold gang of three to four robbers blew up the Green Mountain bank at 1:30 a.m. securing $1,000 in cash and wrecking the brick building. They warned residents to stay indoors while guards covered exits. officers search for the attackers after also blowing open a grain office safe with no money taken.
Yetter bank robbed at dawn with a $1800 haul and $800 in building damage. Thieves fled with a livery team not yet located as bloodhounds from Carroll search, while police and nationwide alerts mount efforts to recapture the team and recover valuables.
A California trained nurse credits Grape-Nuts for a dramatic recovery from severe nervous and physical collapse. She says after six months of the cereal she regained strength and brain power, returned to nursing, and has advised patients with success. The testimonial notes the Postum Co. as the sponsor and mentions the “Road to Wellville” booklet in each package.
Mrs Emma Wallick wife of Marshal C Wallick owner of the Wallick glove and mitten factory sues for divorce and custody of two children Daisy and Harold with alimony of 27000. The action shocks Washington society where the family had long stood socially though not happily married.
Dan Gillette attacked Policeman L. E. Lillie with a cleaver in a drunken frenzy at a meat shop. Lillie lost an ear and sustained neck wounds but no major artery was severed. he is disfigured but expected to survive. Gillette was arrested as the mob gathered.
A young member of parliament faces a rowdy meeting and silences critics with a sharp remark. A Maine farmer wins a case by sending ducks in his opponent’s name. Thomas B. Reed’s Sargent portrait triggers a telling reaction as Reed notes a cold look and a wary hope.
Des Moines jury found East Des Moines constable John Vicker not guilty on bribery charges after he testified denying accepting pay from Alice Williams. The case involved alleged payments in exchange for neglect of duties. penalties for bribery in Iowa are a misdemeanor.
Mrs. Anna M. Willis of Kokomo aged 74 writes a public letter detailing kidney trouble for two decades. She credits Dodd's Kidney Pills with restoring her health and allowing her to return to farm and household work. She lives on Rural Route 6 Kokomo. Pekin plans electric lighting.
Spain ships 32 200 tons of cork annually valued at about $6 090 000. The ancient Romans viewed beards as effeminate and busts of famous figures show no beards. A nursemaid applicant is questioned about leaving her last job for forgetting to wash children. A Highland waiter recalls Max O Reill and a Scotsman served in a humorous exchange about kilts and trousers.
A gray haired passenger recalls telegraphing without wires as a novelty. A drummer questions it, and an old man claims he once got most of his news that way from a country newspaper years ago. Farmer Hayrix jokes that the rooster’s crow is older than ten years, while a boarder believes the old hen at dinner was the speaker’s grandmother.
A government program aims to inoculate seven million people in India with a plague serum. Officials estimate rapid rollout across affected regions, prioritizing high risk groups and urban centers. Health workers will conduct mass vaccination drives with local coordination and international aid partners.
An advertisement promises a $100 reward for any case of catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure fails to cure. It explains the medicine is constitutional and taken internally to attack disease at its source, with testimonials and a letterhead from J Cheney & Co in Toledo Ohio.
A damaged ad fragment claims various remedies for children teething digestion and skin issues. It references Mrs Winslow and BUELs Thy-OU medicine from Iowa, with exaggerated claims about cures and stomach relief.
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