MAID AND MATRON A RUNNING COMMENT ON FEMALE WORK
A collection of observations on women’s work conditions and education. The piece argues that wage value drops when women must be comfortable, quotes a book seller on gender bias, questions educated marriage trends among Vassar graduates, and contrasts domestic roles with professional life. It cites Shakespeare Milton Byron Dickens and others as examples of imperfect home life among "genius" men.
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Vassar College
Gill Basher
Shakespeare
Milton
Byron
Dickens
Bulwer
Greeley
Raymond
Vassar
Humorous Quotations and Witty Snippets From 19th Century Papers
A collage of quips and epigrams from Chicago Ledger Boston Times Texas Siftings and exchanges. It jokes about mosquitoes rolling pins engagements and diamond cutting with a string of humorous lines and dialect observations.
Iowa State News Highlights Across Counties
Keokuk church property valued at 331850 dollars and Des Moines water polluted by sewage draw scrutiny. Danville fades with death of Capt Samuel B Ferguson. Spirit Lake to host Grand Commandery Knights Templars. Goldfield Wright County killing of Willis Spooner noted amid a jumble of local items and anecdotes.
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Pottawattamie County
Council Bluffs
Des Moines
Grand Commandery
Knights Templars
Iowa
Spirit Lake
Plymouth
N. H
Abel Devins
Cornell University
Livermore Falls
Saves One Copy Four Months In Advance
An advance payment option details four months at a rate labeled as one copy, with a price of two dollars per year if not paid in advance and two dollars in advance for out of county delivery.
Advertising Rates In Ames Local Paper
Advertising rates listed for five line cards per year with monthly changes. Local business ads cost ten cents per line for first insertion and five cents for each additional insertion. Ames known as a railroad junction near Des Moines with Iowa State College and substantial public schools and productive farmland nearby.
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Ames
Chicago and North Western
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
County Officers and Board of Supervisors List
County officers include Auditor Clerk of the Courts Treasurer Recorder Sheriff Superintendent of Schools Surveyor Coroner and Co. G McCarth y ce Joss Ll Hostettr er. Board of Supervisors names for Union Lincoln and Collins Townships listed with J Q Burgess Anthony Hare and Anfen Ersland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pewiieiaae
Methodist Episcopal Services and Lodge Notices
Methodist Episcopal Church lists services every alternate Sunday morning and every Sunday evening with Sabbath School at noon and a midweek prayer meeting. Masonics Acadia Lodge No. 24 A F and A M meets regular before the full moon. United Workmen Ames Lodge No. 1668 meets on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal
Ervices
H.J. Every
G. H. Starring
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A. Masons
A. H. Duckworth
W. M. L. Q. Honeatt
G A R Post 30 Meets Monthly at Masonic Hall
Post 30 G A R holds meetings on the first and third Saturdays at 7 o’clock in Masonic Hall. Quarter Master Henry Wilson Jr. oversees. Recruits T J Miller J Duncan invited. Initiation fees 200 dollars and quarterly dues 25 cents.
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G. A
G.A.R
Masonic Halilier
Henry Wilson, Jr
T. J. Miller Eer Gaka
Duncan
Attorneys Stevens and Hays Practice In Ames and Nevada
Attorneys Stevens and Hays, of Ames and Nevada, conduct office operations near Barstow's drug store. The note records their engagement as legal representatives in a local matter.
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Stevens & Hays
Ames
Nevada
Barstow
Mashy drummer man and the Boston girl in a seaside tale
A stylish drummer man in blue cravat and diamond pin flirts with a Boston girl in a crowded aisle. He chatters about weather and books while she smiles and hints at shared interest in Braes, ending with a playful reference to Jonas.
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Jonas
Professional services directory for Ames Iowa area
Directory listing lawyers physicians surgeons a dentist a veterinary surgeon and other professionals with office locations in Ames Story county Iowa. Includes McCarthy Underwood Templeton Meredith Beverly Crambulit Hunt and McCall plus real estate and loan offerings and farm financing terms.
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C. A. Beverly
Omcopathic
M. E. Church
Ames
Story County
Iowa
E. &. Cramblit
New York House
King of
Manny
What I Bought With Teachin' Money
A first person reminiscence where an elderly speaker recalls buying a bran loom for her mother and a new wheel for herself with sixty dollars earned for teaching. She contrasts old times with present, laments loss of simple tools, and warns about tomato butter mishaps while preparing apples with three daughters listening nearby.
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Hannah
Solomon
Father
Mother
Hanner
Bogota’s Climate and Life Described in Humboldt Era View
The piece surveys Bogota at four and a half degrees north, 9000 feet up, describing its climate as perpetual spring, crops grown twice yearly, markets and flora, native trees and animals, architecture, water supply from two streams, and city life buffs including gutters, lighting, and sanitation. It notes a 84,723 population per a recent census and includes author attribution to Lieutenant H. R. Lemly in Harper’s Magazine.
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Bogota
Humboldt
Magdalena
Sabana
Tolima
Santa Fe
Calle Real
Calle Florian
San Francisco
San Augustin
H. R. Lemly
Harper’s Magazine
Andromeda Warns of Death Cakes at May Festival
In Yonkers Gazette dialogue, characters debate pestilence and a cursed short cake flavored with strawberries. They warn that current trends corrupt cuisine and threaten festival attendees as Mephistopheles laughs at societal decay.
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Andromeda
Henrico
Solon
Hellespont
Before and after marriage bold exchanges at home
A heated exchange unfolds as a wife rebukes her husband for past behavior before their marriage. He retorts with sharp remarks, leading to a tense moment described in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Steppes of Russia Lecture Dazzles West End Society
A West End girl excitedly urges her mother to attend a Congregational church lecture titled Steppes of Russia. She believes it will reveal new waltz steps and links the topic to Turkish Patrol music, but the outing ends with no new dancing moves learned.
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West End
Lucille
Russia
Wilkins Proverbs from White Hall Times
A compact collection of aphorisms and satirical lines attributed to Wilkins in the White Hall Times. It includes calls for wit over wealth, critiques of factions, and warnings about envy and ignorance.
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Hope
Solomon
Wilkins
White Hall
Deaths From Falling Meteorites Rare Says Historian
The record of meteorite fatalities is scarce. Historical notes cite Africa's large fall with several deaths, a 1020 event with people and animals killed, a 1511 priest struck, and a 1650 monk killed, but James R. Gregory argues these are the only documented cases.
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Africa
James R. Gregory
Age Question Hearsay Ruling Shields Witness
In a Boston courtroom the judge asks the witness her age. The witness says she has no personal knowledge of her age and notes that hearsay testimony is not admissible in this court.
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Oil City
Boston Courier
Boston Beacon
Two-Dollar Wedding in Des Moines Office
A Des Moines couple seeks a cheap nuptial in a city office with Jettie Collins of Warren County as the bride. The justice proposes a $2 ceremony, arguing it binds as tightly as a $10 service, with the couple choosing the minimal option to save for carpet.
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Des Moines
Pon Geee
Fg Weweyigo Resbeen County
Jettie Collins
Warren County
Saice
Jettie
Squire
Nunley
Clark
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Ames Intelligencer
J.E. Duncan
Official Directory
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J. Q. Burgess
Axthony Hare
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West House
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H. L. Carrell
John Glidden
Dray Man
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Twin Brothers
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Company K
Toledo Blade
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