Prostitution Raids Ahead of Ames Morality Push
A Saturday night raid by a dozen citizens and constables swept rooms over the Oxford cafe. Daniel Jackson and wife Gertie, two girls named Carr and Merrill, and painter McCoy were taken to Nevada, jailed, then returned to Ames. Jackson and wife bound over to the grand jury on keeping a house of prostitution. the two girls fined twenty dollars each.
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Childs
Oxford Cafe
Daniel Jackson
Gertie
Carr
Merrill
McCoy
Nevada
Ames
Jackson
Wynn
Grand
Captain Santiago Dares Death on Circus Tower
Capt. Santiago performs without a parachute leaping the towering structure at Ames circus grounds with Lemon Brothers World’s Monster Shows. He executes midair somersaults and tight turns before a safe, controlled landing twice daily on Thursday September 13.
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Captain Santiago
Capt
Santiago
Ames
Lemon Brothers
Ames State College notes and football prospects
A long regional item lists visits to Marshalltown Des Moines and Knoxville. It records appointments, faculty changes, and campus developments including new veterinary staff and engineering hall excavation. It also covers Ames football prep under Woodruff, opening dates and the 1900 schedule with Grinnell Drake Minnesota Nebraska and Simpson games.
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Ames
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Lincoln
Lowa
Simpson
Grinnell
Drake
Des Moines
City Council Advances Sewer Plans and Water Extension
The city council, in Monday night session, appointed Bissell Bowers and Brownlie to draft sewer plans and approved last year’s tax levy with sewer tax raised to three mills. They authorized extending water mains from Onondaga street to State street north, with property owner funding to connect back after one year, and work to begin immediately.
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Bissell
Bowers
Brownlie
Onondaga Street
Douglass
State Street
Sycamore
The Bravery of Woman Shown by Mrs Dowling
Mrs John Dowling of Butler Pennsylvania endured a three year struggle with a malignant stomach disorder causing severe nausea and indigestion. After two months on Electric Bitters she reports being wholly cured able to eat anything and stronger overall. The tonic aids digestion cures dyspepsia improves appetite and adds vitality. Only 50 cents guaranteed at L M Bosworth's drug store.
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John Dowling
Butler
L. M. Bosworth
New Life Pills Promoted in Local Ad Blend
An old advertisement mixes drug claims for Dr. King's New Life Pills with other products and local notices including a Ladies Cemetery Association meeting set for Thursday, Sept. 6 at 3 p m. It also lists flour brands, perfumes, brushes, and a livestock sale offer, reflecting a scattered 19th century newspaper page fragment.
Stromboli Lighthouse of Lipari Islands Since Antiquity
Stromboli, among the Lipari islands, has served as a natural lighthouse for at least 2,000 years. It features a 3,000 foot conical peak visible over 100 miles, with day plumes of vapor and night red flares acting as a coastal beacon guiding ships between French and Italian ports through the Messina strait, distinguishing Stromboli as the leading light in the western Mediterranean.
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Stromboli
Lipari Islands
Mediterranean
Genoa
Lyons
Straits of
Messina
Lipari
Dream Previews and Fatal Elevator Crash Tale
Mrs. Smith recalls a dream of a funeral and a man with a nine marked cap and red scar who asks if she is ready. Months later in Chicago a similar warning from an elevator boy, also bearing a s on his cap and a red brow scar, precedes a deadly crash. The San Francisco Chronicle quotes the tale as haunting foreshadowing.
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San Francisco Chronicle
That Boy and the Mangoes Riddle in a Family Scene
The Chicago Tribune style anecdote shows a mother and child bantering on money and travel. The boy insists money can move a man anywhere, while the exchange spirals into a playful, nonsensical dialogue about mangoes and monkeys.
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Mamma
Tommy
Cuba
Chicago Tribune
Rocking Stone of Tandil Stuns Buenos Ayres Region
A massive rock on Tandil mountain in Buenos Aires province, 90 feet long, 18 feet wide, 24 feet high, about 5,000 cubic feet and at least 25 tons, is said to rock with a single push. Its pyramidal base sways like tree branches when southeast winds blow.
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Buenos Ayres
Tandil
Tomato origins and names across cultures
The tomato, once viewed with suspicion, was called a love apple by 1830. It originated in Spanish South America and reached Italy via Morocco, where it was named noma dei mori Moor's apple. In France the fruit was known as pomme d amour.
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South America
Italy
Morocco
After Willie-Pa did Adam and Eve kick much
Pa answers that they did not kick much when to run from the garden but adds they raised Cain afterward. The line ends with a parental instruction to go to bed.
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Willie
Adam
Eve
Cain
Miller & Son Advertises Reduced Rail Sale of Flour
Via the Northwestern Line, flour sold at reduced rates from September 10 to 14, inclusive, with limited extension to September 15. Applicants should contact agents Chicago and Northwestern Ry. T. J. Miller & Son guarantee flour to give perfect satisfaction.
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Northwestern
Chicago & Northwestern R’y.l
Co. F. Lerrs
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Flexible payment loan plan 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 your loan on which you can pay any amount on any day you choose We charge you no commission on such a loan Story CounTY Bank.
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Story County Bank
Pure Lustre Mineral for clean kitchen ware sale
An advertisement promotes Pure Lustre Mineral as a cleaner for kitchen ware sold by C. F. Letts. The listing highlights its use in maintaining shine and cleanliness of metal and dishware. It presents a practical household cleaning option with a named supplier.
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C. F. Letts
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M. E. Livingstoce
Barkhurst
Warren Jackson
Bradley & White
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Sweet
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Joe Cohn
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J. B. Kooster & Co
T. J. Miller & Son
T. J. Mincer & Son
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