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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1898
Page
4
The Ames college paper reports eighty three seniors this year and details a string of visits tributes and events. Professors Marston Craig Knapp Budd Beardshear and others attend receptions judging livestock and expositions in Omaha Boone and Des Moines. Lectures on soils and geology accompany student activities including a football game with Lawrence Kansas and a forthcoming symposium on Geological Surveys.
The Science Club of the college held an evening session on soils led by Dr. J. B. Weems. Dr. S. W. Beyer presented Geology and its Relation to Soils, arguing that Earth could not be inhabited without geological influences.
Two mares seven years old in foal by an imported stallion and a five year old cow with calf, 12 calves, 4 bulls full blood short horns, good color and size, 17 yearling steers, six yearling heifers, several young sows and full blood Chester and Tamworth hogs, 2 Chester boars, 50 sheep and lambs, plows harrows cultivators two lumber wagons and more. Terms: on sums of 10 dollars and over one year on approved notes at 8 percent interest. cash for sums under ten. 2 percent discount for cash on time sales. F. T. McLain.
Readers seeking paid employment can secure positions selling Minnesota trees plants and farm seeds with full outfit and stock. The Jewell Nursery Co. Lake City Minnesota offers weekly pay and invites applicants to write at once.
The Chicago and North-Western Railway issues a booklet describing Pacific islands including topography climate resources railways schools and population. It features a folding map and lists steamship lines to Pacific ports. It promotes the Pioneer Line’s western routes to San Francisco Los Angeles and Portland.
The article argues against general medical exams for women and praises Dr. R V Pierce and his Favorite Prescription from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. It claims the remedy treats all reproductive organ derangements and has been used for over thirty years.
Moving sale offering 2 Daly yearling hens 5 Daly early pullets and 75 cockerells all pure bred barred Plymouth rocks. Inquire of J. J. Kegley. 23 6mo stock moved from room now occupied by Mr. Sisson. Also selling mens furnishings hats caps trunks valises and shoes at 20 to 40 percent discount from Sorper The Furnisher.
Sorgen The Furnisher reports receiving a fall line of suit and overcoat samples. He promises a good fit, low prices, and satisfaction with no sale.
A farmer offers one hundred Poland China pigs for this season, both sexes, bred well. Location is three miles east and one mile south of Ames. Contact C Barbour. Also notes Odd Fellows' Day October 17 1898 and a rail sale for the Trans Mississippi Exposition in Omaha with discounted round trips October 15–17 and travel to Omaha by noon October 18, valid through October 20 1898. Apply to agents for full details.
On October 18 November 1 15 December 6 and 20 the North Western Line will sell homeseekers excursion tickets with favorable time limits to numerous points in the west and south at exceptionally low rates. For tickets and full information apply to agents Chicago North Western Ry.
J M Nickle of Nickle Bros. reports two children prone to croup attacks find immediate relief with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He claims it is a household necessity in the county and that more of this remedy is sold locally than any other cough medicine. For sale by druggists.
An assortment of promotions and notices from Northwestern MFe in Ames Iowa including Chamberlains Colic remedy, hogs for sale, farm produce like hay oats and bran, and Polar Star Fancy flour promotion with satisfaction guarantee. Also mentions Kegley corn and Bradley and White supply delivery and yard crooks free.
Passenger and freight timetable listings show trains like the No. 14 Chicago Express and No. 3 freight, with times across routes including North and West directions. The notice notes that No. 15 will not carry baggage while passengers may ride to Boone Carroll and Omaha for connections, and baggage must be checked at baggage rooms 15 minutes before arrival. G. W. Rovers, Agent.
List of names including Bates Austin Eaton E M Davis traveling salesman for Ba sac washing machine Up Johnson L J Johnson A R Sieske R W Smythe Miss Anna Johnson H L Nelson Chas Smith Mrs Lew LON G HARDIN P M.
A letter from the St James Missouri Soldiers' Home dated January 28 1898 asks for an additional 40 ounce bottle of Syrup Pepsin praised as the best laxative. Mrs W D Crandall the Matron endorses its effectiveness for chronic constipation.
An old advertising blurb touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as preventing rheumatism and other ailments from a torpid bowels liver and kidneys. Trial size 10c larger bottles 50c and 1.00 offered by L M Bosworth's in a period promotional style.
Tickets to Omaha for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition sold October 15 to 17 via the North Western Line. Trains arriving in Omaha by noon October 18 priced low and valid until October 20, 1898. Apply to agents for full particulars.
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