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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1906
Page
2
Notices of entertainments lectures suppers and other paid events cost five cents per line per insertion. Cards of thanks and condolences are twenty five cents. Non revenue public gatherings church lodge society and club meetings are published once free. further insertions six cents per line. Display ad rates available on request. changes due by Tuesday evening. Subscription one dollar per year.
The Sioux City Journal calls Bryan a machine politician while La Follette returns as a Chautauqua attraction. The Register and Leader backs ballot changes. Webster City Freeman opposes biennial elections. the Manson Journal urges Roosevelt in 1908. The Times predicts Judge Lee will name Wallie Weston as Ames reporter. Iowa politics, postal losses, courthouse work in Nevada, and court sentences are reported alongside local editorials and market observations on hogs and meat prices.
Geo C White of Nevada, elected representative, arrives in Des Moines and secures winter quarters two blocks east of the capitol with his family. The piece notes the comfort of living there over a hotel. A young couple who married last summer amid their bathing engagement later face divorce after a dispute over winter clothes.
The Valley Junction Express claims progressives defeated Lacey. Des Moines school board fights high school fraternities with partial success, sorority plans to quit. George Rea farm home in Colfax township Boone county burned last week, heavy loss. A scientist cites 30 as average lifespan for donkeys, joking about two legged longevi
A composite column links beauty standards in Asia to physical judgments, notes on a train crossing fatality at Ellsworth, and remarks about a Kansas City actress modeling skirt poses. The piece critiques campaign claims, Iowa expenditures, charity surpluses, Des Moines liquor laws, rail costs, and campaign rhetoric.
A critic argues the Slater post master Swan Johnson, accused after funds were found short, faced public ruin before explaining the shortage. The writer urges measured discipline, noting Johnson’s long-standing honesty and proposing resignation with no lasting reputational damage.
Mrs Rosa Potts of Birmingham Alabama reports relief from biliousness and constipation after using Chamberlains Somach and Liver Tablets. She says the tablets relieve the feeling at once and restore natural digestion and vigor. Judisch Bros. sells the tablets.
The Roland & Clifford opera company presented Over Niagara Falls at the Armory last Friday to strong approval. Critics called it one of the city's best shows in years with an artful performance. Manager Carl Bertch announced extra motor service and tickets to the Iowa Ames football game would be sold after the show, pleasing the audience.
The Animal Husbandry Department at Iowa State College will run its seventh winter Short Course in Stock Judging from December 31 1906 to January 12 1907. The program focuses on livestock judging for horses cattle sheep and swine using prize animals from the college and leading breeders. It covers feeding breeding management and veterinary topics with lectures by the Division of Veterinary Science. Entrance fees are 3 for Iowa residents and 5 for out of state participants.
The King-Perkins company brings The Little Prospector to Ames next Friday evening marking the first local staging of this western life drama. Frank G. King and Chic Perkins headline a renowned troupe long popular in Ames, promising a strong western play with a full house expected.
Bernice Soper, deputy clerk elect, will become deputy clerk when C M Soper takes charge. Bernice, Ames bred and recently trained in penmanship and typewriting at the Four C's, is set to enter the office at year start. Auditor-elect Fred Dunahugh names Bert Botman as his deputy, a Richland township resident and experienced worker.
An ad touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as superior for sprains swelling and rheumatic pains. A dampened flannel with the balm is said to ease back side or chest pain and improve sleep. Sold by Judisen Bros.
Last Thursday at the U B parsonage in Nevada a quiet ceremony joined Robert Kelly and Minnie Cobb in marriage. The groom, a prosperous farmer two miles northwest of Nevada, and the bride, youngest daughter of John Meiers, will reside near Nevada on the groom’s large farm.
A worker on the interurban line, J. B. Neely of Iowa State College, was struck by a fragment from a pile driver hammer. He suffered a broken jaw, multiple broken teeth, and two broken nasal bones, later recovering at the college hospital with expected around three to four weeks of recovery.
The Ruthven Appeal notes Fred Telford of Silver Lake Township broke a leg on Tuesday and Dr. Huston was summoned for medical reasons. A remark suggests the doctor might have been asked to assist with non medical tasks like making hay or handling ice.
A. Stickel of Miletus West Virginia says a malignant ulcer the size of a hand on his daughter’s hip was removed by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and healed with persistent use. The ad notes cuts bruises and injuries and lists 25 cents at druggists.
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