Educating the Boy and the City Life Dilemma
President W P George addresses Story County Farmers Institute urging farm boys receive strong education and rural schooling. He contrasts city life with country values, argues for high school education at home, and cites Russia and Japan to stress educational progress for economic health. He urges readers to support revising laws to aid agricultural and industrial education.
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W. P. George
Story County Farmers’ Institute
George
Iowa
The
Register and Leader
Mr. George
Des Moines
Russia
Japan
Leslie M. Shaw
Attractions at the Chapel Head Spring Lecture Series
The Ames College lecture course committee announces spring attractions including the Dunbar Male Quartet and Bell Ringers on Feb 27, Elizabeth Garghill Beecher on Mar 20, Hon. George R. Wendling on Apr 10, and the College Glee Club on Apr 24. Season tickets are $1.50, single admissions 50 cents, doors at 8:15. Tickets available at Judish Drug Store and College Book Store starting Feb 24.
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Dunbar
Elizabeth Garghill Beecher
George R. Wendling
College Glee Club
Dunbars
Europe
Ralph Dunbar
Beecher
Ames
Everett and Channing
Judish Drug Store
College Book Store
Be a Gentleman Amendment to the Ten Commands
A fragment notes President Harris of Amherst proposing a gentleness amendment to the Ten Commandments. It questions feasibility if all amendments were kept, suggesting ambiguity in enforcement and necessity.
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Harris
Amherst
Lionel the pianist and composer praised as a leading artist
The official circular from the New York State Music Teacher's Association lauds F Lionel as a premier pianist and composer. Contemporary critics note his broad grasp of the composer’s ideas, expressive phrasing, and virtuosic yet delicate playing. The College Chapel recital is set for Thursday evening, March 4.
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Lionel
N. Y
College Chapel
Quest of the Age and the search for wealth
The Queen laments a loss of contentment with essentials and warns that both rich and poor chase wealth as the supposed greatest good and blessing. Her statement frames a moral concern about modern pursuits and happiness.
No Place for a Picnic in the Siamese Jungle
A vivid description portrays a perilous scene where a Siamese jungle is likened to a forest of fish hooks and knives, bound by barbed wire, signaling danger and harsh terrain. The image conveys claustrophobic hostility and a traplike landscape.
Ames Public Library 1908 Finance Report Summary
The annual report from Ames Public Library details 1908 finances and operations. It lists totals such as volumes on hand January 1 1909, total circulation, and daily circulation figures with a peak of 87 and a low of 8. It notes children's and adult fiction proportions and counts of rebounded books, bound volumes, newspaper and periodical subscriptions, borrower cards issued and outstanding, and the number of days the library was open.
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Ames Public Library
Ann Awe Ee
Carnegie
Ocean
Cambridge Drainage District No 16 Established in Story County
Story County Board of Supervisors met February 12 1909 to establish Cambridge Drainage District No 16. The vote approved appraisers report awarding $46.50 to Newton & Northwestern Railroad for damages and named John M Wells engineer in charge with $5 per day plus travel. adjourned to February 15. Minutes show attendance of Johnson Michaelson Ott and attorney E H Addison.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
Iowa
Court House
B. Johnson
J. O. Michaelson
C. W
J. A. Groseclose
Cambridge
E. H. Addison
Michaelson
Johnson
Newton & Northwestern Railroad Company
John M Wells
John M. Wells
Johnson Aye
Michaelson Aye
Scott
F. G. Dunahugh
W. Scott
Grant Township
Eastern Vanity and Ruling Class Titles
A critique of eastern rulers noting treachery cruelty and innate love of pomp. It argues oriental potentates display exaggerated self-importance through ornate high sounding titles.
Useless Worry in Social Calls
A brief social observation notes that a woman often frets over contacting another woman who shows no concern about receiving the call. The quip highlights common concerns in social etiquette and the neglect of reciprocity in relationships.
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Chicago Record-Herald
The Unappreciative Londoner
A London Graphic editorial laments that locals overlook London's beauty wealth culture and art compared with Paris noting the city’s many advantages and a reserved English sensibility.
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London
Paris
London Graphic
London Fog Then and Now Forty Years On
A London fog described as a yellow pea pudding haze, thick yet breathable, recalling an 1880s Strand Magazine meditation on how fog creates a disorienting, illusion-filled world. The passage reflects on the misty city’s atmosphere and the passiveness it imposes on perception.
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London
London Strand Magazine
Exaggeration in Youth and Artistic Expression
The Chicago Dial notes that exaggeration is a fault common to youth and despite talent in words color chisel or stage true art should avoid excess. It argues exaggeration may be nearly impossible to avoid in any medium as one grows from youth to age.
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E. E. de Witt & Co
Chicago
Chicago Dial
Phrase in resolutions praises Gen Henry Lee in 1790
The quoted line first in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his fellow citizens appears in resolutions presented to the House in December 1790, prepared by General Henry Lee.
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House of Representatives
Henry Lee
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Henry George
F. Lionel
City Library Annual Report
Library Board
ONE Bros
Tone
Tone Bros
Des Moines, Iowa
J. W. Adams
John Allan
Depot
C.R. Quade
G. A. Brugger
U. S. Spring
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