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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
8
A bandelet promotes Preventics as a cold cure for adults and feverish children. It claims prevention at the sneeze stage and lists a box of 48 tablets for 25 cents. Signed Joel Be. Cagwin.
City of Ames audit documents May 1908 expenses and receipts for the Electric Light Plant show fuel costs repairs office costs and salaries totaling 1603.55 with receipts 1726.94 and a net gain of 123.39. Comparison to April 1908 and year end figures are included with rates and operating notes.
An express on a railroad stops twice after encounters with a cow on the tracks. One anxious passenger aims to reach his destination before old age and watches the stoppages, while the conductor explains the cow was driven off but pulled back onto the line.
City of Ames Iowa notifies owners along Lincoln Avenue from Fayette to North Street of a filed plat and schedule of special sewer assessments. Objections must be filed by November 2, 1908 with the City Clerk. hearings set at City Hall. City Council votes to adopt the notice and schedule for public inspection.
A cash only sale begins October 15 offering big reductions on meats fish oysters poultry and game. No city delivery after that date. Nelson and Nibel invite customers to call in for bargains. Dr Shoop cough remedy advertised by Joel E Cagwin with claims of safety for babies and no opium.
Patients report realization of sale terms as Joel E. Cagwin conducts a transaction. The fragment notes ownership transfer and implied consent in the sale.
David Parker of Fayette New York a Civil War veteran who lost a foot at Gettysburg praises Electric Bitters saying they cured his stomach trouble and now keep him strong. The ad cites 650 cents at drug stores and explains the stomach’s “inside nerves” control health and heart and kidneys noting Dr Shoop s Restorative targets these nerves with supposed quick results.
Returning to Ames Mrs W A Will offers dressmaking at her rooms in Hamilton Block Ames with reasonable prices and satisfaction guaranteed. She notes no business on Saturdays and provides Mutual phone 549. Also included is an advertisement for Chamberlains Liniment to treat back pain with massage, sold by J B Cagwin.
The author Milton Wiskar learns the magazine returns manuscripts only when stamps are enclosed. His wife bursts in joyfully to reveal the reason, referencing a notice on the editorial page.
They fell in love at first sight and married quickly, but time softened the romance into enduring friendship. The note ends with a playful line from Puck about their tale. In sports, Cubs beat the Giants 4 to 2.
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