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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
2
Ames in brief compiles a string of short items about visitors and events. Names include Mr B Kooser Mrs Kooser Mr McLain Dr Julius Tilden Prof F E King and Gen Ballington Booth with mentions of the Messenger Boy at the Armory and an upcoming event at the Opera House. References to the Armory performance and a New Year greeting appear amid notes on travels and social visits ranging from Brooklyn to Clinton and Crawford Nebraska.
Paul Price of Urbana Ohio an evangelist will conduct meetings at the Ames Baptist Church starting January 19. He is a member of the International Association of Evangelists led by Wilbur Chapman and comes with strong praise as an orator and leader of men. Meetings will be free from sectarian bias with cooperation from all Christian workers in Ames. Kelley Congregational Church officers were elected Saturday with J W Lythe re elected trustee and deacon and Mrs L G Rosenfeld treasurer. Minchin will continue supplying the pulpit on alternate Sundays.
Miss Marie Mellor will marry Dr Fred N. Elwell of Bismarck North Dakota on January 8 at four o clock at the Elwell home on Kellogg Avenue. Rev W S Fowle of the Baptist church will officiate with assistance from Rev W D Elwell the groom’s father. Marie Mellor is the daughter of Mr and Mrs G H Mellor of Ames. She has worked at ISO and was employed as assistant condition Keeper in the Tilden factory. Elwell is a graduate of 1,80 in the 02 irons and now resides in Bismarck. The couple plan a short visit to Kansas City after the wedding.
The Church of Christ led by Pastor H. D. Williams holds Bible school at 9:45 a.m. Y. P. S. Co. E. meets at 6:30 p.m. with sermons at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. on The Old Guard and Spiritual Radius. Christian Science services are 7:30 p.m. in Odd Fellows Hall with God as subject. reading room hours are Wednesdays and Saturdays 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. at 618 Douglass avenue.
Baptist Church led by Walter I. Fowle with Bible School at 9 45 and sermon at 11 00 plus Covenant meeting at 8 00 and B Y P A Missionary meeting at 6 30 led by the sermon’s leader The Scored of The eternal Methodist Episcopal Church Andrew M Shea pastor with Sunday school at 9 46 am 11 00 Communion Sabbath 6 30 Ep worth League chaired by Prof A H Hoffman 7 30 sermon students attending short course and friends of Methodist urged to attend
William J. Minchin presides at morning communion and member reception. Asa Tunner presents a evening talk under Beach class titled Has It Paid. Special music and invitation extend to short course students.
J W Stiverson pastor of Evergreen announces services at the usual hour next Sunday. Preaching at Evergreen at 800. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs LN Briley Thursday afternoon.
Arcadia lodge will meet Monday evening January 6 1908 for installation of officers. Members are requested to be present. U S Griffith W M.
Thayer Kansas lands offered with farms and improvements from thirty to fifty dollars per acre and cheaper lands in western Kansas. Solicitor KE Brivey will be at Ames depot the afternoon of January 7 to assist travelers and assure excursion rates. Advertising is guaranteed. if incorrect expenses are covered.
An ad notes a Rine's Dyspepsia Tablet to overcome indigestion after meals and other stomach ills with a two days trial free. Solicits dealer inquiries and states availability from C. A. Gamble.
A conservative Washington clubman known for avoiding direct answers is challenged by two women to say no. When asked if he is a widower he replies with a witty barb that he is as widowed as possible for a man who was never married.
A reflection on mothers shaping husbands through example, noting that the character of a son's wife and the happiness of a home depend on a mother's influence. The piece argues that men with the best and most sensible mothers become the best husbands.
Six year old Dick prepared to go calling with his mother for the first time without help. He dressed in hat and coat and, recalling a task, asked if he should wash his hands or wear gloves.
The Champlin Memorial Masonic temple in Boone, built with $18,000 from benefactor Champlin and a total cost of $25,000, was dedicated by Iowa grand lodge officers. Governor Cummins spoke on Masonry as 302 guests attended a seven course banquet. Also noted is Miss Florence Jones of Springfield planned to sail from San Francisco to lead a new hospital in Laichoufou China.
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn defended a Scotchman for murder at the bar and a death sentence followed. The condemned man insulted his counsel, crying that he had not justice that day. The reply: possibly not, but you’ll get it in a fortnight.
A pale cheek anecdote centers on a father reacting to his daughter's rouge confession. After she admits wearing rouge, he orders her to wash it away, then to reapply it on her return, highlighting a comic gendered expectation and a moment of irony.
A dialogue recounts Milton’s retort to James II about blindness and divine wrath. He argues that if misfortune signals divine wrath, then King James II deserved greater punishment for his fate than Milton’s loss of sight.
The Kobe newspaper lists a Japanese woman of fashion wearing about 918 dollars worth of clothing per season. It breaks down costs including kimono 25 dollars obi 25 dollars tying paraphernalia 17.50 dollars footgear 9 dollars gems encrusted combs 245 dollars shawl 7.50 dollars diamond neck clasp 150 dollars handkerchiefs five cents each and a gold watch 150 dollars. A middle class woman reportedly spends about 150 dollars on clothing per year.
An old sports man explains a camping trick from the Rockies to swim a horse across a stream. Start the horse, then tow by the tail. If the horse balks, splash water in its face to force a turn. The method is noted as the one sure way to steer a stubborn horse across.
The tale recounts a youth who met president Franklin Pierce at the Clarendon hotel around 1806. Editor David Hale corrects the boy, stressing respect for the president and all connected with him, regardless of politics, after the boy boasted of meeting Pierce and “his old woman.”
Three leading American women aged seventy six Amelia Barr Harriet Mann Miller and Mary Virginia Terhune are highlighted for their cheerful clean popular writing. Each birthday is noted with locations Cherry Croft Cornwall on the Hudson Olive Thorne Miller in Brooklyn and Sunnybank Pompton New Jersey. Viscountess Cobham fulfills a promise by returning from South Africa to lay the foundation stone of a new church at Hasebury.
A physician laments in buttermaking regions abroad that unhealthy children suffer as butter consumes the milk’s life giving part. He warns parents choose dairy over their young, leading to poverty in blood and vitality as blue milk feeds a child’s form.
In a western town a man named William Dollar is praised as a good citizen, while others with the Dollar Bill nickname head to big cities. Each departure costs the town two cents in postage as trade dwindles for local merchants and mail order stores gain.
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