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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
4
A reflective verse urging wise living so that when death arrives one faces the grave with calm trust. It draws on a famous quote about the caravan of souls moving to the afterlife and contrasts a peaceful death with a quarry slave’s toil. The poem emphasizes serene acceptance.
Today Crescent dance at Jameson's hall includes installation of Homesteaters and Yeomen. a W. R. picnic with Mrs. Rubel on Welch avenue. Friday Theta Chi vacation party at Kensington with Mesdames Bemis and Tilden at 703 Douglass avenue. Tuesday Home Missionary Society with Mrs. Crissiman at 2 30. Wednesday Nonpareil Club with Mrs. Horton on Kellog avenue Unity Club with Mrs Myra Graham on Lincoln avenue Book and Basket Club on Douglas avenue. Thursday WwW Co T U with Mrs Minert on West Boone street Pythian Sisters regular meeting Homesteaders regular meeting.
W C T U marked Mothers Day with strong attendance and flower missions aiding sick neighbors. Unity Club held a Burns program and readings, Civic Improvement Society heard Prof E C Bishop on playgrounds and garden projects, P E O and Book and Basket Club met with papers and led discussions, and a Theta Chi Sorority Christmas dance followed a 500 Club gathering at Douglass Avenue venues.
Ames society pages note gatherings at the Harmony Club Neewollah Club and Congregational Church with readings, lunches, and dances. The Ostrich Gotch wedding in Humboldt features Miss Gladys Ostrich and Mr Frank Gotch with a fire finale and a Chicago pastor’s birthday tribute poem follows.
The passage argues that error and evil arise from excess or deficiency in any quality. Virtue lies in moderation, with extremes like rashness and cowardice, prodigality and parsimony, zeal and fanaticism all harmful. Right action lies in balanced restraint.
Local notes report visits by Jay Gould to Boone friends and Clem Tisdall from Huxley, Ed Rayness home from Story City, and Andy Scott's illness on Kellogg Avenue. Other items include trips to Des Moines and Chicago, a marriage license for John Belgerd and Anna Peterson, and updates on school and business activity in Ames.
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