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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
10
Sam A. Garber recounts aiding a woman deathly ill with cramps aboard an eastbound O R & N R R train from Pendleton to LeGrande Oregon. He used Chamberlains Colic etc remedy and helped with the rescue until the train reached Le Grande. Also promotes Dr Shoops Health Coffee and J J Grove sales.
A writer recounts an Overland car ride with Mr. O'Brien who owned the agency for Overland. The leverless vehicle ran smoothly, allowed conversation, and handled hills with ease. The trip ended at Mr. O'Brien’s shop after a pleasure drive that stirred the narrator to buy one, if funds allowed.
The week ended warmer after a cool start with scattered showers across the state. Rain delayed thrashing but benefited pastures, meadows, late crops, and fall plowing while boosting prospects for corn, clover seed, peaches, and grapes.
An ad asserts weak internal nerves cause stomach and heart ailments and promises Dr Shoop's Restorative will quickly help these conditions. It urges a 48 hour test and notes it will not cure instantly but relief will begin, sold by Joe E Cagin.
J L Stevens to Porter for 150 dollars a lot in Ames. J O Cairn and wife to Walter Pringle 150 dollars for 231 feet of a lot in Ames. J L Stevens to Matilda and Martin Lund 110 dollars for lot in Ames. J Q Burgess and wife to P E Shugart 2500 dollars for 80 by 120 feet in Nevada. B W Breneman to Florence Breneman 2750 dollars for lot in Ames. Elizabeth Purkhiser and husband to Elizabeth A and Lillian A Purkhiser 1 dollar for several lots in Nevada. Efa Hardin and husband to F D Dan forth 900 dollars for portions of sub lots in 83 24. Ernest S Koontz to Reuben R Freeman 350 dollars and fractional interests in sections in 83 23. Charles A Mackey and wife to F E Hanson 1600 dollars for 60 by 150 feet in Nevada. Darner sells store in Grinnell. McNeil to close Queens ware stock for Darner & Romans.
A former Ames boy in Minnesota tells the Heron Lake News that local lands offer superior soil and drainage, with tile farming expanding. He predicts prices may reach 100 dollars an acre within five years as homeseekers grow the local population and interest in farming here increases.
Rev J Alber from Story City Herald praised Mrs Booth for her prison life address at the Ames Chautauqua. He called her a “Little Prison Mother” and lauded the transforming power of Christianity in criminals, hoping her message will open prison doors nationwide.
J C Goodwin of Reidsville North Carolina says Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures a bad leg ulcer with no scar. The ad guarantees relief for piles sores and burns and sells 25cc at all drug stores.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont endorses Dr Kings New Life Pills with claims they ease stomach liver and bowel kinks without fuss. Guaranteed satisfactory at all drug stores. 265c.
The Story county Republican convention met at Nevada to appoint delegates to the state judicial convention. Judge Lee presided as temporary chair with Charley Soper as secretary. Delegates named include C G Lee Ames S O Ward Slater H E Hadley Nevada and others. a resolution honored Judge Chas A Bishop of the Iowa Supreme Court. The convention adjourned.
John White of 38 Highland Ave in Houston Maine reports chronic winter coughs vanished after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He notes success last winter and again this season with a few doses. The remedy is sold with a guarantee at drug stores, in 50 cent and 1 dollar sizes, with a trial bottle free.
The two year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Will Bamford in the fourth ward has been seriously ill with cholera infantum for several days.
Andrew Bates is appointed as administrator of James Bates estate in Story County Iowa by the district court. Creditors must file claims legally authenticated for allowance and debtors should make payment to the administrator by August 13 1908.
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