Happenings Memoir: visitors and events in Douds area
Dr. McClure of Douds visited his son over Sunday. Mrs. Atkinson to entertain Saturday. Mrs. S. W. Beyer hosted a small party downtown Tuesday. Marshalltown people attended Hubbard lecture Saturday night. Mrs. Hopkins of Mt. Pleasant visited with her son H. S. Hopkins this week. Prof. and Mrs. Stanton entertained friends Tuesday and again this evening. Mrs. J. J. Atkinson attended a Des Moines reception Saturday hosted by her sister Mrs. Dr. Finlayson. The Misses Allis house contract let to Maine & McKee of Des Moines. slated for fall construction. Mrs. Jenks of Coon Rapids visited with daughters Frances and Ada Jenks. Rev. W. C. Ruston of Dubuque to give Sunday morning chapel address. Mrs. Wells of Boone attended Hubbard lecture. East Aurora satire. Madge Schoonover of Des Moines, former Des Moines health board secretary, spent days at the college. D. Jeanette Baker of Eagle Grove, former S. C. student, guest of Budd family. left for Chicago with Miss Etta Budd to attend art institute. Patrons experienced city streetcar traffic as C. & N. W. tracks torn up. transfer via motor on both sides. Ames football team to play Minnesota next Saturday in Minneapolis. Last week’s Penn College game described as minor but lively. new players and transfers brighten prospects. score 16 to 0 for Ames. An anecdote recalls a Glasgow detective and a pickpocket with a clever ruse over a watch.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Penn College
Keyser
Hayward
Burroughs
Ames
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Philadelphia Woman
Annie K Springer of Philadelphia reports dramatic relief from a long backing cough after using Dr King’s New Discovery. She credits the remedy with removing chest pain and restoring restful sleep, while the ad promotes cures for throat chest or lung troubles and offers trials at L M Bowworth’s drug store.
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Annie K. Springer
Philadelphia
Dr. King
Sean
L. M. Boworth’s
Flexible loan options offered by Story County Bank
If you have a loan on your place that can be paid on any interest pay day see us let us take it up and reduce your rate and also get you a loan on which you can pay any amount of any day you choose We charge you no commission on such a loan Story County Bank.
Oriental Punishments Across Worlds From Grave Robbery to Military Deaths
A survey of historical penalties shows grave robbers could be killed on sight in some laws, while a Turkish bread seller might be punished publicly for underweight loaves. In eastern regions jewel thieves faced death, Tibet imposed death for slights during military reviews, and a Montenegro officer wore a stained uniform at a review.
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Tibet
Montenegro
The Song of the Yukon River Phenomenon
Captain Gray describes a unique sound along the Yukon River from its mouth upriver, a constant singing like escaping steam heard day and night even when engines are cold. He notes a looping rolling-rock noise upstream that adds to the peculiar sonic landscape. Portland Telegram.
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Yukon River
Yukon
Captain Gray
Alaska
Portland Telegram
Freaks of Explosions and Powder Burns
A corse of powder explosions shows a curious trait as bodies are found unclothed with one shoe on a foot in the air. Horses show the same pattern shoe torn from the elevated foot. When a man dies in a blast the shoe on the raised foot remains while the other foot is bare. Buy your groceries of Letts.
Neighbors Gather for Barn and Farm News
From neighboring towns Ben Kingsbury built a large barn while A Kingsbury shells corn. J E Pettis of Ohio attends land interests. A Davis and son-in-law from Tama county purchase Gordon Wood farm. E O Stillman sale draws buyers. A Shugart buys A Ban croft farm and Chas Jarvel acquires Stillman property.
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A. Davis
Tama County
Gordon Wood
Special two weeks stock judging course at Iowa College
A two week course in stock judging offered by Iowa Agricultural College begins January 7, 1901. It targets farmers breeders and stockmen with free tuition. The college herd includes twenty five breeds and experts will assist in practical and scientific study of live stock. Applications should be filed at once with C F Curtiss Ames Iowa.
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Iowa Agricultural College
C. F. Curtiss
Ames
Iowa
September Weather Recap for Ames by Isaac Young
Summary of September 1900 observations at Ames including sunrise and afternoon readings. Highest 92 on the 5th, lowest 30 on the 17th, monthly range 62. Mean temperatures 82 for max and 45 for min, total precipitation 6.34 inches on several days, with 1 cloudy, 11 fair and cloudy, 6 fair and 3 clear days. Thunder with rain on 22, 24, 25. frost on the 17th. rainbow on the 2nd. winds NW and SE. Also an advertisement for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a cure for piles and injuries.
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Ames
Isaac Young
Ames Times
Acorns as Charming Ornaments for Home Display
Take a large acorn suspend it by a thread so it nearly touches water in a glass vessel and place it on a mantelshelf bracket or table. Keep it for about two months providing fresh water only. The acorn will burst and grow a root into the water and a stem upward with green leaves.
Life Saving Pigs Rescue Crew at Moruya Head
The Australian coaster Ka meruka struck a reef off Moruya head while bound from Eden to Sydney. With no rockets aboard, the captain threw pigs with a life line overboard. The pigs swam to shore dragging the line, enabling every person on board to be saved.
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Eden
Sydney
Moruya Head
Newspaper Man Defeats Iowa Action in Michigan Case
In a Sept 20, 1900 dateline from Lansing Michigan, James V Barry a famed newspaper correspondent aided M J Smith of Carleton in defeating an Iowa habeas corpus action led by Attorney General Oren. Governor Pingree presided as judge and Barry argued the case, resulting in the withdrawal of the warrant. Smith is released, with dispute over minor fees noted. A testimonial for Electric Bitters is included, praising their lifesaving impact, alongside local ads for soap and stationery.
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Lansing
Michigan
M. J. Smith
Mike Smith
Iowa
James V. Barry
Carleton
Monroe County
Dairy and Food Department
Pingree
Oren
Smith
Barry
Monroe
Chase
Iown
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McClure
Douds
Mrs. Atkinson
Lady Friends
S. W. Beyer
Marshalltown
Hubbard
Mrs. Hopkins
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. H. S. Hopkins
Prof
Mrs. Stanton
Will
J. J. Atkinson
Des Moines
Dr. Finlayson
Mrs. Jenks
Coon Rapids
Misses Frances
Ada Jenks
W. C. Ruston
First Presbyterian Church of
Dubuque
Boone
Mrs. Wells
East Aurora
N. Y
Madge Schoonover
Board of Health
D. Jeanette Baker
Eagie Grove
Glasgow
Tommy
Story County Bank
Aoliloth
Bugs
Claus
Grant
Ben Kingsbury
Nana Bell
Frank Stevens
J. E. Pettis
Ohio
A. Kingsbury
Dawson
E. O. Stillman
A. Shugart
A. Bancroft
Chas. Jarvel
Meteorology
Job
Bucklen
L. M. Bosworth Druggist
John Oliver
L. M. Bosworth
J. B. Kooser & Co
Judisch Bros
Heaps Bros
Zimbleman
Emporium
Chicago
D. Hamilton
Duroc
Orion
Ben Hur
Marti
Perfection
Schuyler
State OF
Story County
District Court
Said
Kinma Cu’ Sherman, Tate
Said County
Nevada
M. Soper
Missounia A.morgan
James H. Morgan
Mary Ron Williams
John D. Williams
Hugh G. Alley
Myra A. Alley
Abattia Jane Dyer
E. B. Dyer
Wm. Me Alley
Oner Alley Charity
M. Marsh
Grant Marsh
Charity Cole
Burton Cole
Jessie Carter
Reuben Davis
Alice Brunt
Amanda Brunt
Arabella Davis
Ralph Brunt
Carrie Brunt
J. W. Alley
Boone County
Cordelia Hunt
Slater
Ivory County
Court House
J. W. Near
Chris Jensen
District Court of the
Owa
Story Iva
Gro
A. Underwood
Sarah A. Davi
H.C. Davis
C. F. Lerris
BE. E. Suwers & Co
J. B. Koosrr & Co
T. J. Mitter & Son
Letts’s
OPERA
Robert Sherman
MEDY
Mr. Sherman
Arkansas
Bosworth’s
Barkhurst
Burt Kooser
C. F. Leris
Leader
KE. E. Sowers & Co
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