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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
A miscellany notes disorderly weather bids, campus updates in Iowa and Ames, political talk on Roosevelt Taft unity, and local crimes. Scattered items report student visa issues, rail and road improvements, a blazing mix of robberies and court cases. The column references Roosevelt Taft politics, Berry and Des Moines names, and public notices.
The U S senate investigating committee reprimanded Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin for using 107000 dollars to influence his election. The panel censured the veteran senator for the large expenditure in the race for United States Senate.
Henry Clay Beattie was electrocuted in Richmond, Virginia, after confessing guilt at the last moment for the murder of his young wife driven by obsession with Geulah Binford. The article notes public reaction and justifies the punishment as fitting for the crime. It also references criticisms of the Des Moines plan spreading to towns lacking vaudeville or cinema venues.
In Philadelphia a kidney transplant from a deceased donor was performed. The operation demonstrates progress in organ transplantation and potential life-saving procedures for patients with kidney failure.
A memorial tribute will honor Dr. S A Knapp who died last April. The southern commercial congress plans an extended tribute at its Nashville meeting next April highlighting his work in promoting farming, corn raising, and domestic science education. His Ames tenure and his Iowa son continuing southern farm programs are noted.
Mary Garden comments on black and white gowns noting some are too decollete. A bishop at a reception excuses himself early, prompting a witty reply about a warm welcome versus a cold shoulder from the hostess. Detroit Free Press.
Ethelbert Reed, a psychologist, jokes about red hood rules for Oxford divinity degrees. He recalls a tale of a man accusing another of wearing a master’s hood, calling it a false hood in a witty exchange attributed to St. Paul Dispatch.
Quote urging maintain open home, light, and joy, opposing darkness and selfishness as a beacon of warmth and inclusivity.
An old advertisement claims electric bitters cure kidney trouble highlighting a father's tale of kidney illness. It promotes an 80.90 monthly salary deal for poultry remedy agents and mentions calendar pads sold at Times. The piece ends with a safety guarantee and a druggist price of 50 cents.
From Ames word spreads that Brit Olson a former area resident is seriously ill. Local friends hope for his speedy recovery and return to health as Slater News notes.
An old advertisement claims neglect of constipation causes indigestion jaundice and liver trouble and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as the safe remedy for biliousness headache dyspepsia chills and debility. It urges readers to be at all drug stores.
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