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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
4
A column argues that useless gifts create false gratitude and deceit. It describes mismatched gifts like a green parlor with a blue rug or a pink shawl for a delicate complexion and notes the risk of future humiliations and feuds as recipients struggle to be polite.
Ben Kingsberry and Gen Thomas tour Nashville but the Thanksgiving surprise at the Kingsberry home eclipse the trip. Arthur and Seth Kingsberry travel from Renwick and Ontario with Joe Ballard B H Fitch Ames J M Gilbert join for a joyous reunion. Provisions fill warming ovens and a gift rocking chair marks the occasion. Baptist Sunday School plans a giving Christmas with dry goods groceries and toys sought from members and friends.
Mrs Mary Miser Stull died at her son John Stull’s home on December 1 1906 after stomach troubles. Born in Ohio she moved to Iowa and lived many years near Ames. She was 79 turning 80, mother of six sons and two daughters with five sons and one daughter living. Funeral held November 2 at Ontario with Rev Liverett of the Christian church officiating. interment at Ontario cemetery.
The funeral for Mrs. Milton Gatrell was held from the Christian church Tuesday at 1 p.m. She was born near Kelley Iowa in March 1868 and died at her Laurens home December 1 1906 from apoplexy or a similar ailment. Rev H D Williams preached the sermon. Relatives returned to Laurens Wednesday morning.
Mr and Mrs Jas Sargent marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a five o'clock dinner at their Boone street home. A guest list included two brides from Polk county Iowa era, one the first white bride there, and hostess shared stories of forties weddings. The event featured a lively moment with fifty handshakes and a future note.
Miss Leola M. Strope, history teacher at the local high school, has been elected to a similar post in Cleveland Oklahoma with a $15 per month raise and left Tuesday to begin the new job. She is succeeded by Miss Ida E. Boyd of Omaha, Kansas University graduate.
M. Daryer reports obtaining 18 gallons of pure maple syrup directly from the sugar camp in Chantangae County New York. The effort underscores a bountiful harvest season and supports local maple production.
Miss Isabel Wallace leads a Dec 7 program at the Armory under St Johns Guild with thirty Ames children. The bill features interpretive poems, a Maypole dance, a one act farce Poison and a song, with admission 25 and 35 cents.
An advertising note promotes honey and hot cakes, urging readers to visit Darner's grocery for these items. The message highlights available honey and hot cakes as part of the store's offerings.
The text notes two holly types prickly and nonprickly and claims unluckiness if brought in before Christmas Eve. It says the smooth or rough holly determines whether wife or husband becomes master. Also a holly bouquet from church decoration kept until next Christmas protects from lightning and ensures a lucky year.
The ladies of the Farmer's Institute announce a poultry show at Nevada from December 13 to 15 with cash premiums and many specials. Entries must be submitted by 1 pm Thursday December 13.
Darner's grocery offers sacks of good flour at 110 each with a guarantee on every sack.
The Ames Commercial club will hold its regular meeting Friday night with a focus on agitating for a new hotel in Ames and outlining plans to host the poultry association in Ames.
Readable fragment notes Shugart handling coal wood and feed purchases under Mutual 460 Ia 144. No further context available.
Mr. L. Opperman, who was to assist Prof. Pierce in the new poultry department, has accepted a job in Maryland. His successor remains undecided.
Local supplier Shugart's Feed Store announces price for chopped feed at 75 cents per hundred. Availability noted for farmers and rural customers in the region.
Prof. Beach travels to Baltimore to speak before the Peninsular Horticultural Society of Maryland, presenting an address on current horticultural topics and advances.
An Armory program invites the public to hear Miss Wallace and the children Friday evening, with no registration required. The event promises accessible entertainment for attendees and community involvement.
Mr. L. EB. Troger, a 1906 I. S. C. graduate and former Homestead reporter and solicitor, is named associate editor of the paper. He will work alongside James Atkinson, another I. S. C. graduate.
The recovery of several thousand dollars paid as subscriptions is being accounted for by a number of German Catholics in Hamilton County.
A note promotes sending The Intelligencer for a year to a friend, claiming happiness for both giver and recipient and noting it costs less than a postage stamp each week.
Ben Keltner mail carrier No 1 buys the Frank Rich property located on Duff street marking a notable real estate transfer in the town.
Local notice advertises fuel and feed at the old J. M. Gilbert blacksmith shop Mn. 460 Ia. 144. The snippet urges patrons to call at the shop for supplies and services.
Ames bowlers organize a four team league named the Cabs White Sox Maroons and Ames High School with 22 members Officers elected include Andrew Forthun president J M Evane vice president and secretary James Adams treasurer Three Tuesday evening matches saw the White Sox defeat the Cabs by 2357 to 2241 plus 118 pins. Also a joke answer about the first talking machine from the New York Times appears.
A stream of visitors and short trips fills Ames scene with names like Miss Anna Schonhorst in Slater and Mrs. Madison back from Des Moines. Notable events include Miss Alice Watts and Otis L. Leefers set to wed December 20 and Mrs. Florence Perkins attending a funeral in Boone.
Frugal shoppers can save at Darner's Grocery with weekend deals. New York Buckwheat 46c, Falcon Pancake Flour 1c, Egg-O-See 7 packages 70c, Lenox Soap 9 bars 45c, extra grade Sugar Corn 46c, two cans of Salmon 25c.
Local retailer promotes heavy fleeced undergarments for men and women with sale prices on wool underwear sweaters flannel shirts and pants. Items include heavy wool sweaters 1.25 to 1.88 and ladies fleeced union suits and hose priced to attract shoppers.
Mrs J L Neiswander visits Mrs Drake in Omaha. Barrs of West Liberty visit daughter Mrs Ap lin in Boone. Anna Fleming guest of Mrs Stella McLain Lawrence in Boone. Various Ames residents host and visit relatives from Newton Story City Osage and Sioux Rapids for Thanksgiving.
The Intelligencer offers free insertion of one want ad up to 20 words for job seekers until January 1. Sample ads show positions such as traveling sign distributors earning 80 dollars a month plus expenses and a local goods advertiser with weekly pay. A lost watch and a found fur coat are also noted with instructions to claim.
The lower house of the riksdag selected Dr Karl Hildebrand and Charles Lindberg to greet explorer Roald Amundsen in Christiania upon his arrival. Amundsen arrived from Christiansand where a banquet honored him. Citizens queued all day for banquet tickets and Christiana students enjoyed a holiday for the event.
My wife with weak lungs was pronounced in the final stages of pulmonary consumption. She began White Wine of Tar and received relief at once and is now using the fourth bottle with improved health. We cheerfully recommend Rev. J. N Fry and Susan E. Fry at Brookline, Mo. Get your Irish potatoes at Darner's grocery.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Harriet N McElyea of said county is on file in the Clerk of the District Court. The probate hearing is set for December 10th 1907 in the district court of McCook County. Interested parties may appear and show cause if any they have. J P McCorp Clerk District Court.
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