Grinnell Ames Joint Debate at College Chapel Tomorrow
College events note a Grinnell and Ames joint debate set for tomorrow evening in the college chapel. Reports cover a rain‑related postponement of Ames Boone league games and various campus sports and student activities.
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Grinnell
Ames
College Chapel
Sigma Nu
Adams’ Hall
Dragon Club
State Auditors Office
Des Moines
Samuel Nichols
Marshalltown
B. F. Nichols
Letter to Mr R Sheehey Ames Iowa about painting work
Letter describes a painting project in Ames Iowa with Mr Grant Smith Eric Pa painting three frame houses and woodwork, detailing paint costs Devoe supplies and savings on labor. Mentions W F P Nick and Son as long time agents and Loughran Baner selling the paint from Dever & Co New York and Chicago.
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Ames
Iowa
Grant Smith
Eric, Pa
Devoe
Mesars
W. FP
Nick and Son
F W Dever & Co
New York
Chicago
Loughran & Baner
The Newens Play Dream Vision of Horace Parker
The Newens present a drama centered on a dream guiding Horace Parker a Londoner from selfish comfort to compassion after a sleep induced vision. The play stages his interior dialogues and actions as he awakens to seek relief for London’s poverty with no dull moments overall.
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Horace Parker
Parker
London
Old Time Railway Travel Third Class Coaches
Third class passenger coaches in England were coupled next to the engine. Travelers faced terrible treatment in accidents. Engines were sometimes driven tender first to warm frozen hands at the smokestack. Seventy passengers crowded into an eighteen by seven and a half foot open truck with no roof or side protection.
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England
Conversation on perfection and Eve in comic exchange
Mrs. Crabbe says no man is perfect. Mr. Crabbe jokes Adam would be perfect if Eve were made first. He adds she would have bossed the job of making Adam, in a light Philadelphia Press quip.
The Thing to Do Advice from a Vet in Leslie’s Weekly
The reader seeks guidance after a harsh remark. Johnson mentions an insult and a suggestion to see a veterinary professional. The exchange illustrates a humorously odd remedy framed as practical advice from a periodical.
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Johnson
Jackson
Leslie’s Weekly
Theatre Script Wit Sparks Self Shaving Quip
An exchange features a speaker claiming self shaving rivals a barber while another quips you cannot converse with yourself during the act. The line reflects humorous wordplay on routine grooming and self dialogue.
Price of a blessing rises when it is removed
An aphorism attributed to Moore notes that the value of a blessing increases once its absence is felt, a reflection on gratitude and loss.
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Moore
Madness in Plants Warns of Dangers of Marijuana
The Mexican Herald reports marijuana as a weed tied to lower classes and prisoners, with severe punishments for use in barracks and prisons. It notes effects like disorientation, impaired judgment, and violent outbursts, and cites incidents including a policeman’s killing after smoking. It also mentions other dangerous plants such as tolvache and “de las carreras” that induce insanity or fatal running.
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Mexico
Carlotta
Trache
Michoacan
de Las Carreras
Mexican Herald
Illinois Central excursion to New Orleans May 1905
Illinois Central offers a low rate excursion from Webster City to New Orleans and return valid twenty one days with stopovers south of the Ohio River. Sleeper cars depart May 15th, 1905 from Webster City, return May 24th. Price ten dollars per double berth. Reservations due May 10th to J F Merry in Dubuque. Schedule includes Memphis, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, Jackson, and more.
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Illinois Central
Webster City
New Orleans
Ohio River
Chicago
J. F. Merry Asst
Dubuque
Iowa
Centralia
Ilinois
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
Memphis
Greenville
Vicksburg
Natches
Baton Rouge
Hammond
Roseland
McComb City
Crystal Springs
Jackson
Miss
Greenwood
Ridgeland
Canton
Grenada
South
F. Merry
For Sale Harness and Buggy Tire Inquiry
For sale a single harness and a rubber tire buggy. Inquire at once at 1216 Douglass Street. Contact Marta M. Knudson.
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Douglass Street
Marttha M. Knudson
Very Best Remedy for Bowel Troubles
Quote from J W Hanlon editor Despatch Ocilla Georgia praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for every home. The ad notes it is sold by Loughran and Baner.
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Chamberlain
J. W. Hanlon
Ocilla
Georgia
Loughran & Baner
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Holden
L. EB. Trotter
Yank
Brown
Ainsworth
Stanton
Cessna
Des Moines College
Miller
Faculty Athletic Conference
Yank” Brown
Iowa City
Ciriaco Morado
Fillipino
Phillipines
Morado
Lipa
Batangas
Phillipine Islands
Suutherland
Washington, D. C
United States
San Francisco
Father Renier
Iowa State College
Agricultural High School
Pennsylvania
H. O. Sampaon
Waterford
Penn
Lowan
Sampson
Waterford High School
Colleges of Pennsylvania
Erie County
General Lincoln
Beach
J. Zintheo
Farm Mechanics Department
Zintheo
Agricultural Department
Washington, D.C
Ayers
Ayer
C. Boehlir
Scranton
Lowell
Mass
Mr. R. Sheehey
The
Newens
Marital Persifiage
Alexican
Homeseekers
George Connelly
Persia
L. M. Bosworth
J. W. Adams
Watkins, White & Co
Kellogg
Am&s
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