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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
8
A Great Western train derailed eleven cars near Mingo due to a broken flange across the rails. No injuries or blame reported. Also in Iowa small-town notices: robberies, boy injuries, accidental deaths, and a missing theft from a traveling show in Iowa City.
Jack Watson of Ames returned to Ottumwa to surprise his sister but learned she had recently been laid to rest in the cemetery. The piece notes a local obituary context and the visitor’s reaction to the loss.
Iowa Central brakeman Thomas McNamara was killed at a railroad crossing about four miles from Webster City last Thursday. It was his first trip for the Central. He was sent back to flag a passenger train as the freight split and doubled into town. While lighting a torpedo to signal the passenger, he was struck by the train and died.
City engineer Kastberg issues public warning to young men about removing lanterns set near construction sites. Reports say several lanterns have been stolen and lights extinguished in nearby areas amid ongoing dirty work.
Last Friday the 13th marked a gala day as members of the Farmers' Co operative Elevator company dedicated the building amid speeches and applause. A large basket dinner followed as E G Dunn of Chicago spoke on the growth of cooperative farming ventures.
Webster City resident Webster City S J Weattherford of Independence Missouri died after a rear end freight collision in railroad yards. An Illinois Central freight pulled in leaving cars and a caboose on the main line and was cleared later. A following freight struck the tied up train sending a way car into fragments and fatally injuring the caboose occupant.
State Center Justice Allison presided over a seizure case at Robert Lee's place. Three men sampled each bottle and reported ginger essence, not beer. He paused court, then declared the goods beer and confiscated them in open court.
Chas Gebhardt of Iowa City began a search after his wife died last winter uncovering a hidden stash. He dug up $1200 in gold and thirty six rings buried in the cellar revealing the mystery of the missing money and prized jewelry.
Burlington resident Duryea, a 16 year old boy living with his widowed mother, shot W. J. Dunne in an intoxicated state last week. Dunne was wounded in the right hip and later surrendered. The mother and son allege provocation by Dunne, while Dunne says there was none.
In Waterloo a stranger attempted to derail an express by switching the yard track. Young Clyde Clovin claimed responsibility as the switch was misaligned toward the main line. Williams stopped him just before the engine could crash into the coach load at the depot.
In Des Moines a public scene at a street car waiting room featured an aged woman and her seventeen year old daughter racing onlookers. After the race the daughter’s married status was revealed by a crowd member, ending with harmony restored as the daughter returned to companions. Nearby reports note rail plans by Hubbell & Sons to connect Crooked Creek line with interurban networks, a jail stay for C E Stanton over a liquor nuisance, and a poisoned chicken incident in Manson injuring twenty threshers but causing no deaths.
J M Ralston of Minneapolis spent two hours pleading with his wife to leave a Sioux City fair side-show and go home to her five children. She had left two weeks earlier to join the side-show, and he found her during the fair and urged her to return to her children.
City finds wells along low lands and river bottoms carry typhoid germs after a weeks long epidemic. Nine cases outside city limits and eighteen in river bottom areas reported. Hull, the city physician, submitted the report and expects few new cases.
Oskaloosa county man Charles Raines and two of his brothers are jailed in White City on threats to shoot and attempted murder charges. Ellsworth allegedly tried to cut his ex wife’s throat while Tom faces a murder threat case. All three await trial without bail.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is presented as a staple medicine for throat and lung diseases. It is claimed to be pleasant, safe, reliable, and widely popular, with Judisch Bros. in Ames, Iowa selling the product.
Miss Kersey, a pianist and teacher, studied at State University School of Music Lincoln Neb two years Iowa College School of Music Grinnell Iowa three years Rossetter G Cole Fannie L Gwinner Cole Elwood A Emery Chicago two years Calvin B Cady Boston private piano lessons Summer Normal course for teachers one summer Chicago Conservatory of Music Auditorium Building Chicago one year She teaches advanced pupils and beginners and invites prospective students to confer.
D H Beach of Midland City Alabama says tetter tormented him for thirty years until three boxes of Chamberlains Salve cured him. It sometimes breaks out but far less than before. Chamberlains Salve sold by Jud Ish Bros Ames IA.
Professor J W Jones writes in the Regis ter and Leader on Iowa State college experiments at the state fair. He lauds girls cooking contests, notes boys’ corn judging improving, and praises farming youths for pride in work and home life.
A Richmond citizen, A D Williams of 107 West Main St, proclaims Dr King’s New Discovery the sole remedy for weak lungs and a universal throat and lung cure. It claims to treat asthma bronchitis croup whooping cough quinsy hoarseness and lung hemorrhages with a guarantee at Judish Bros. drug store priced 50 cents and one dollar with a free trial bottle offered.
Read & Sells opens Read barn on Story Street offering general boarding and feed services with a transfer line. Buggies washed and harness cleaned, located near the business center to attract patronage. Kpd.
A sale at the seller's home on 205 Washington Street features household furniture, carpenters tools, two dozen Plymouth Rock chickens, and various articles. The auction starts Saturday at 2 o'clock.
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