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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1910
Page
4
A vintage ad touts Dr Shoop s Health Coffee a safe substitute to real coffee made from toasted cereals malt and nuts with no long boiling time. It claims a minute preparation and that the taste can fool experts, sold by J J Grove.
Ambitious young men or ladies can enter telegraph service with the National Telegraph Institute. After the 8 hour law and wireless expansion there is a 10000 shortage of telegraphers. Beginners earn 70 to 90 dollars monthly. Graduates are guaranteed jobs under supervision of telegraph officials. Write to the nearest institute: Cincinnati Philadelphia Memphis Columbia St Paul Enid Portland.
J A Swensen of Watertown credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with restoring his leg after ten years of eczema resisted by fifteen doctors. The salve is praised as infallible for skin eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, cuts, and piles and is sold for 25 cents at druggists.
A series of property transfers are recorded: P. E. Shugart and wife sell undivided half interest in sections 5 and 4 to E. A. Fawcett for 13500. Hellen Halvorson sells 60 acres east half sw 34 82 24 to Amos O. Ner vig for 6000. John Skien and wife sell multiple lot fragments in Larson's addition Story City to Bertha Johnson for 375. H. B. Corlett and wife sell Lot 15 Block 1 Lee and Littles Ames for 2500. Martha Bolton and Mary Speers to C. H. Speers for half south half of lot 3 block 24 C. P. Ames. W. H. Hoskins and wife to Cecila Mason for small north south strip in Cambridge. Mary Speers to Martha Bolton for half of Ames lots 1 and 3 and Blair's Ames. J. O. French and wife to Sarah E. Masters for Lot 2 Block 7 Maxwell.
Sealed bids requested by the Ames City Clerk for paving alleys in Blocks 11 and 12 with vitrified brick on sand and concrete base. Bids due Oct 12 1910 with work to start by Oct 20 1910 and finish by Dec 20 1916. Assessments will fund costs via certificates bearing 6 percent interest.
Short quotes warn about quarrel and boast of remedy claims. The note cites Shakespeare and Josh Billings with lines about getting the first blow and thirst armed. It endorses Warner's White Wine of Tar as an easy knockout for colds throat or lung disease.
The article extols electrical transmission and transformers enabling distant water power to reach industrial hubs. It notes cheap, reliable power spurring new centers inland, reducing need to ship raw cotton southward, and stresses shipping facilities and transformer development as key drivers of industrial growth.
Unusual fountain pen offer from Cagwin's featuring the I. S. C. special, dated 19-41, urging readers to inspect the product before purchasing. The notice highlights a limited time promotion and location for viewing the pens.
Sealed proposals will be received in Ames by the City Clerk until 8 p m on October 12 1910 for sewer and sub drain improvements on Campus avenue from West street to 550 feet south and Booney street from Kellogg avenue to Walnut avenue 788 feet. Work begins by October 20 1910 and ends by June 1 1911. Costs assessed against abutting property at 6 percent interest in certificates.
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