New Year Socials and Community Notes in Ames
Ames residents plan New Year open houses hosted by Mrs. Maxwell and others with about ten guests each. Edgar Allan Poe birthday program set for January 5. G A R and W R C installation January 2. Masons host social evening with 125 attendees. Christmas dinner at Mrs. Noble’s includes roast goose and multiple families. essays and reflections on time, happiness, and the year ahead accompany local notices and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
A. B. Maxwell
Ella Hardin
Jennie Christ
Etta Budd
Edith Cairns
A. L. Potter
Miss Olmstead
Miss Card
Grinnell
Gertrude Reed
Milford and Grant community notes and obituaries
Mil ford and Grant area residents host visitors and plan moves to Okemah Oklahoma as the Amesberry family prepares to relocate while remaining family ties and Christmas gatherings occur. Local schools and families hold Christmas programs and community dinners as hog cholera appears on a farm. A funeral for J P Alderman of Ames Iowa is described with mass at the Sacred Heart and Knights of Columbus involvement.
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Isaac Barrow
Wordsworth
Wood's Liver Medicine advertised for malaria and bilious complaints
An old newspaper advertisement touts Wood's Liver Medicine in liquid form to treat malaria chills and fever by regulating the liver and kidneys. It claims quick relief from biliousness sick headache and constipation with a pleasant taste. The $1.00 bottle is 212 times the 60c size and first dose brings relief. Sold by C A Gamble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
C. A. Gamble
Women Leave Purchases Unpaid For Husbands
Some women neglect to put checks to their purchases, leaving the responsibility to their husbands.
Thanksgiving Is a Good Thing and a Better Thing
A concise note contrasts gratitude with more grateful meaning, emphasizing that thanksgiving remains valuable and meaningful beyond a simple holiday sentiment. The line underscores appreciation as a continuing, elevating practice.
Streets Being Leveled by Roadmaster Montgomery
Roadwork crews level streets this week as Roadmaster Montgomery uses a drag to shave off high spots. A hunch suggests delay would push the repairs to next year.
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Montgomery
Beels Laxative Cough Syrup Boosts Relief for Coughs
Beels Laxative Cough Syrup promises quick relief from coughs colds hoarseness and bronchial throat trouble. Mothers favor it for children as it is pleasant to take and gently laxative. Guaranteed. gold by C. A. Gamble.
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C. A. Gamble
Legislature Session Begins Soon in Des Moines
Iowa lawmakers are set to convene in Des Moines in a few days. Readers are urged to subscribe to The Daily Register and Leader for daily session updates through April 15, 1909.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Daily Register and Leader
Death of prominent Boone Story county farmer Michael E Judge
Michael Emmet Judge a leading farmer of Boone and Story counties died at his Colfax township home December 20 after a ten day illness of pleural pneumonia. Born October 18 1855 at Janesville Wisconsin he moved to Iowa in 1872 with his parents. He married Margaret Kirby March 31 1891 and they farmed together. eight children were born seven daughters and one son who died in 1907. Surviving are widow Mrs Judge and daughters Mary Helen Margaret Frances Adia Alma and Louise.
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Michael E. Judge
Boone
Story Counties
Colfax Township
Boone Co
Napier
Michael Emmet Judge
Janesville
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa
Judge
Margaret Kirby
Georgetown
Mary
Helen
Margaret
Frances
Adia
Alma
Louise
Card of Thanks for Bereaved Family
Acknowledgment to friends and neighbors for kindness and support after the death of our husband. The family expresses sincere gratitude for aid and sympathy during this bereavement.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mankind
Poe
P. E.D. Society
Charles Hamilton
Edgar Allen Poe
Grand Army of the Republic
Woman's Relief Corps
Masonic Hall
J. M. Lawrence
Benson
Illinois
T. L. Gossard
Onawa
Frank Schleiter
Galva
C. C. Morrison
Chicago
John Noble
Dudley Arrasmith
Marion Noble
C. Arrasmith
John Scott
H. P. Albery
Nevada
B. &. Cory
Mitchell
New England
Miss Petticoats
New Bedford
Boston
Boston Theatre
Harpoon
Agatha Renier
Paris
Countess Fornay
Varios
Armory
Phillips Brooks
Alexander
Yesa
Lothe
Times
Umns
Heaven
Fuller
Sages
A. Gamble
Milford and Grant
Clyde Amesberry
Grant
Okemah
Oklahoma
Rufus Griffith
Charles Vanpatter
Frank Vanpatter
W. H. Mills
Ben Vanpatter
Orlando Vanpatter
Mills
Matie Mills
W. R
T. Hardcastle
Harry Amesbury
C. N. Moses
Robert Clark
Gertrude Bradford
Fred Porter
W. W. Ellis
George Chapman
Fernatd
Ida Adamson
Frazier
Hardcastle
Milford
Eva Gilmore
Sae City
Rey Seymour
A. Seymour
J. W. Bateman
Charles Kooser
Sons of
J. F. Warren
Verletta
Isabel Warren
Mathews
Shipley
Lottie Bateman
F. D. Smith
Orlardo Vanpatter
H.ib. Erb
Charlie Halstead
Earth
J. Pp. Alderman
P. H
James C
Joseph A
John E
Boone County
Fort Dodge
Des
Knights of Columbus
Women's Catholic Order of Fo
Kelley
Messrs
Chi +ing
M. J. Reilly
BE. C. Jord Boone
J. J. McKone
Colfaship
J. G. Morrisey
Hopkins
Sete
Mendless Hoss
Healthful Grape Co
Royal Be
Yartar
Copra
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