Multiple Candidacies for County Officials Filed in Iowa Primary
A flood of notices shows candidates announcing for sheriff county treasurer and county superintendent across Story and adjacent counties. Fred E Hansen seeks re election for county superintendent amid discussion of term limits and experience. The notices reflect active Republican primaries in Nevada Ames Collins and other towns.
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Stury County
I. C. Wey
Story County
Ames
W.A. Ricketts
J.B. Honearr- Ames
F.C. Warrick
Nevada
Fred BE. Hansen
Iowa
County Supervisors Convene in Special Session 1908
The Story county Board of Supervisors met in special session February 18, 1908. They let a contract for wooden bridges to Geo A Armstrong and approve an iron bridge project over Skunk River ditch at Ames to N M Stark & Co. They settled with Stark for the Sheffield iron bridge and corrected the deputy clerk of courts salary to 720 dollars yearly. The board adjourned to April 6, 1903.
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Board of Supervisors
Story County
John Tweet
E. R. Silliman
Miles Pearson
Geo. A. Armstrong
Skunk River
Ames
N. M. Stark & Co
Des Moines
Sheffield Iron Bridge
Missionary Convention at Ames March 12 1903
A Boone District M E church Missionary Convention will meet at the Ames Methodist Church on Thursday March 12 1903. The program for Thursday afternoon includes opening exercises and addresses on the possibilities of the mission work both at home and abroad.
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Boone
M. E
Spring and Summer Fabrics and Styles On Display
The shop announces new summer lines in cotton, satin, Swiss and crepe fabrics with names like Cotton Vailes Avalon Batistes Etoiles and Crepe De Chine. Wool goods include Valies Etamines and Brilliants. Spring ladies walking and dress suits arrive with new collars, ribbons and caps at affordable prices.
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Avalon
Mission study class invites discussion on Sunday School structure
The Epworth League program led by Mrs. Jennie Beyer features a question drawer on disciplinary provisions for forming a Missionary society within the Sunday School. Rev. H P. Dudley, Rev. F. Caldwell, and Rev. D. P. Abbey present talks on Our Missionary Obligation Home Field and Foreign Field with a Thursday evening service at 7:00 p m. Shoes repaired at rear of Tilden's. Richelieu canned goods advertised.
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Epworth League
Jennie Beyer
Missionary Society
A. M. Elliott
H P. Dudley
Nevada
F. Caldwell
Cole
D. P. Abbey
Gilbert
H. P. Dudley
Story County Farmers Institute to Meet in Nevada
The Story County Farmers Institute committee completed preparations in Nevada on February 23 for the March 18 and 19 session expected to draw many Iowa experts. The program includes talks on hog breeding and feeding, dairy industry, corn improvement, cattle feeding, and poultry farming with premiums for best ears of corn. Maple City Self-Washing Soap is advertised as a leading hard water soap in its fifteenth year.
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Story County
Farmers’ Institute
Nevada
Iowa
J. R. Sage
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
E. F. Bell
W. J. Kennedy
Maple City
Ed Wright Tailored Suits Offer at White's Hardware
Call on Ed F Wright for tailor made suits with prices from 10 to 20 dollars and up. Fine trousers offered in fifty patterns at 500 dollars. All work guaranteed and available under White's hardware.
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Ed. F. Wright
White
Cain and Eve in a Maid Question From the Times
A Chicago Post quip recalls Eve denying a nurse for child care and a remark that Cain went wrong as a retort to objections about employing a maid for children.
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Eve
Cain
Chicago Post
Between Friends Secret Engagement Revealed Comic Exchange
Miss Elderleigh shares a secret with Miss Younger promising discretion. The pair joke about engagement and disbelief as the younger friend contemplates telling the secret.
Killing the Turtle by Andaman Islanders Arrows
Article notes that Andaman islanders kill large sea turtles with arrows, aided by lifelong bow training and knowledge of turtle gathering spots. They occasionally target big fish, with bows and arrows crafted from native wood being longer and stronger than European ones.
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Andaman Islands
Fierce Wild Hogs Roam Southern Colorado Drove
The wild hogs of southern Colorado are described as fierce, vindictive animals rivaling peccaries of the Americas in toughness. They follow prey tenaciously, tree, starve out rivals, and have sharp teeth. Hunters stay within reach of a tree when near a drove for safety.
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Colorado
Central
South America
Western Hemisphere
Realism in drama cited by critics and authors
A Washington Times excerpt notes De Starr as a great exponent of realism in drama and recounts a dispute over a play in which a hero’s surgical operation would need to be depicted as a real medical procedure, a standard De Starr would not tolerate for repeated performances.
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de Starr
Washington Times
Magistrate Questions Not Conclusive Evidence in Case
The magistrate tells the prisoner that though the evidence is not technically conclusive, guilt is convincing and arrest and exposure are imminent. The prisoner asks for clarification and the magistrate confirms further time will pass.
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Buffalo Express
Relief in a Card Room? Husbands Failing Health Joke
A wife expresses alarm over her husband George confessing his health decline. She is relieved when she realizes his concern is not financial trouble but his health, and she sheepishly acknowledges her previously given warnings.
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Darling
George
Love In Spectacles Dialogue Snapshot
A dialogue fragment shows a couple negotiating consent with a father figure. The man Harry asks for his father’s consent while the woman asserts her father already allowed the match, implying prior agreement and tension about approval.
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Harry
Boston Transcript
Just Like Mother Button Sew On In Morning Wedding Tale
A morning wedding tale from the New York Mail and Express describes a best man awakened by a telegram from mother noting a missing button. Bridesmaids assist later, and the note confirms the button is sewn on. Also a vignette on South African springboks marching in vast herds and a hunter witnessing a lion among antelopes.
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New York Mail and Express
Post Office
Mother
Button
South Africa
The Fragrant Heliotrope Watering Needs
The article explains heliotropes require more moisture at the roots than many plants. Do not keep soil wet but water more often to prevent root injury and disease, ensuring vigorous growth and healthy roots.
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Boston
Jersey
the Cash Grocer
B. A. Knudson
Mont
Acer
Persia
Ames, Sows
Sudisch Bros
California
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Missouri River
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
W. @. KNISKERN
Chigago
Epitor Intelligencer
J. O. Michaelson
Gilbert Station
D. L. Lane
Milford Township
E. A. Fawcett
Collins, Ia
Gro. D
Larson
Canatartdigs, Ia
Fred E. Hansen
Hansen
Slater News
M. E. Henry
O. B. Peterson
Joan Twedt
Asa Vandermast
Tilden
Richelieu
Best On Earth
T. J. Mitter & Son
Institute
Practical Farmer
Geo. O. White
S B. Mills
Messrs. Phillip, Allen
W. L. Lobaugh
J. S. Harper
F. J. Eckles
Henry Wallace
P. G. Holden
W. J. Veneman
Miss Elderleigh
Miss Younger
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