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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
3
The Ames Times notes a tough Saturday football test at Iowa between old rivals with Ames prevailing. It covers a local man losing a limb in a Thursday incident, a Michigan buckshot accident, and editorial notes on town advertising and regional politics.
A man named Cocklett, identified as a Black individual, was sentenced to eight years in prison following a trial or legal proceeding. Further case details are not provided in the readable text.
Reports from New York and Ontario describe Wanamaker advocating a businessmen party, local political shifts, and a vibrant arts scene. A leaf-dance description sparks wonder while theatre goers anticipate Lena Rivers at the Armory with strong cast and scenery. Also notes lectures, church events, and poultry ad pitches.
The passage notes 1911 as a year of plenty with grateful feelings as harvests fill granaries and bins. It muses on the upcoming leap year and the mood of thanks as the old year draws to a close.
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia celebrated his fiftieth year as a merchant in New York last week. It also marked the fifteenth anniversary of the Wanamaker establishment.
A Harvard clergyman lauds Charles Hatter in a Loomis story about his death. The tribute recalls Hatter as a humorist who viewed topics from many angles and notes a financier’s fall as a cautionary tale.
A dinner anecdote recalls General Mahone during a frigid 1854 morning when he chased his servant Uncle Davy after a nap spill. Davy fled up hills with the general in pursuit in a long night shirt, urging his master to stay inside.
A Cincinnati Times anecdote recounts Sally the enslaved maid in Virginia facing a moral clash over a missed duck. Sally ignores the other maid and asserts her salvation and army of the Lord as she parades in church.
Mrs Vineiva Burgess of Byars Hl reports a deep seated cough vanished after using White Wine of Tar. She claims no medicine matched its power for throat and lung diseases and recommends it to others. Sold by E Cagwin.
Advertisement claims neglect of constipation leads to indigestion jaundice and liver trouble and promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as the safe remedy. It lists biliousness headache dyspepsia chills and debility as targets with a price of 26c at druggists.
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