Advertising rates and local details for Ames Iowa
Advertising rates for cards of five lines or less and stand ing ads up to monthly changes. Rates per inch for all business locals, 10 cents for first insertion and 5 cents for each additional insertion. By contract 500 lines weekly 25 dollars and 1200 lines 50 dollars. Ames is at the junction of rail lines north of Dex Monica Iowa, home to Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts with hundreds of students.
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Ames
Chicago and North- Western Railroad
Des Moines
Minneapolis
Dex Monica
Iowa
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
The Lane by John Vance Cheney in the Century edition
A poetic reminiscence unfolds in a late 19th century voice recalling youth and love. The speaker laments aging yet senses enduring emotion as they walk the familiar lane, noting trees shadows flowers and the memory of a lost beloved. The verse ends with the line that in the old lane they are not alone.
Methodist Episcopal Services and Schedules
Sunday morning and evening services note the church's weekly worship pattern. Sunday School at noon, prayer meetings Wednesday evenings mark the midweek spiritual activities led by pastors H. J. Everly and H. W. Wilson with alternating Sunday evening services.
Congregational Singing and Services Announced
Congregational singing at 10 45 in the morning and 7 30 in the evening with Sunday School after the morning service A prayer meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 Pastor E C Moulton leads the church affair.
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E. C. Moulton
A RACE FOR A PRIZE IN RATON 1870
In 1870 a stranger named Alex Beaver arrives in Raton New Mexico and enters the employ of John Biggs where he falls for Rosie Biggs. After rival Pitts taunts him a ride to Pinto for Rosie they race on horseback with Alex using an old white horse. The chase ends with Pitts fall and Alex winning Rosie’s hand in marriage soon after.
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Raton
Alex. Beaver
Alex
John Biggs
Briggs
Rosie
New Mexico
Mr. Pitts
Pitts
Pinto
Beaver
Pits
Favale
Pitt
Color Shifts of Chameleons and Other Creatures
Grant Allen describes how chameleons and many reptiles alter their skin color to match their surroundings. The text details pigment cells and neural control that produce greens, reds, blues, and grays, with rapid changes when surface conditions vary and mentions similar color shifts in crustaceans and other animals.
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Ponce
Harold
Bray
Salviati
Grant Allen
Cornhill Magazine
The Times Are Ripe for It in Patent Remedies
A dialogue joke notes patent medicine inventors debating cough remedies and a dyspepsia tonic. The exchange parallels market hype with talk of new products as young women start cooking schools nationwide.
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Jove
Boston Courier
Simple kitchen comforts for tidy homemaking
A Detroit Tribune passage advises making kitchens pleasant with pink shelves talley lamps and convenient utensils while noting girls may take pride in a comfortable bright space. It contrasts poor gear like broken wringers and leaky kettles with proper stoves and pins to ease daily chores. The piece also mentions Czarist life with a simple routine.
About Women and Home Life Cheerful Tips and Tales
A collection of domestic musings urging kind words at home, prudent economy, and cheerful living. Includes humorous quotes on marriage and independence, with reflections on sustaining happiness, proper table pleasures, and sensible household management drawn from St. Louis Magazine and Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit Free Press
St. Louis Magazine
Women Drummers Promise New Market Reach for Merchants
Albany Argus notes that women as traveling salespeople have proved effective after a few years of trials. The piece argues ladies often secure orders even from merchants who prefer male salesmen, especially in the West. It predicts a potential shift where women dominate trade interactions with men, leaving men to seek other roles.
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Albany Argus
First Marriage in Tazewell County 1827 Diary Account
A diary recounts the first marriage in Tazewell County in 1827 Frank Stout and Fanny Stout wed by Rev Brown after Clerk Mordecai Mobley improvised a permit with a chicken quill and gunpowder ink The note also reflects on women in society and a quip about Lincoln and being part of a suite.
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Tazewell County
Mordecai Mobley
Our County
Stout
Frank
Fanny Stout
Mi Stout
Clerk Mobely
Fanny
Mobley
Mr. Brown
Frank Stout
William Brown
Dubuque
Iowa
Pekin
Woman and the Home: Work Aids for Long Days
A short feature discusses practical helps for women during long days of labor at home. The piece highlights routines and wisdom aimed at easing chores and sustaining energy for household tasks.
War Annals of the Old Soldiers of Both Armies
A poem in period tone recounts Civil War comradeship with lines about riding in ranks, sharing camp hardships, and remaining true to fellow soldiers. The speaker, Rob and Harry are named as comrades in a marching unit. The work reflects memory of battles, bivouacs, bugle calls, and enduring esprit de corps.
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Virginia
Mosby
Asa
Potomac
Mist
Appomattox
Charge um Captain causes camp stampede during night prank
The Forty-fifth Virginia’s Captain Blevins played a joke by throwing laurel brush into a fire shouting charge um, triggering a chaotic stampede as sleeping soldiers fled coatless and hatless. The piece recalls Vaughan and Day’s brigade actions and ends with the death of Little Dandy after a rescue attempt.
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O. B
Sanitary item yields odd kitchen tale from old humor
A brief comic fragment from the Texas Siftings features a job applicant recalling three years as a cook for Mr and Mrs Peterby before they died of dyspepsia. The scene shifts to a French professor scolding a pupil as another minute passes and the student vows to tread carefully, wary of jealousy.
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Peterby
Little Dandy and the Sharpshooter in Civil War Tales
A Confederate regiment recalls a harsh Kanawha Valley night siege. Young private nicknamed Little Dandy taunts danger with a mirror and fine gear, inspiring awe before he rises to shoot from a tree and fall in a dramatic skirmish. The memoir shifts to Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg and a daring attempted foraging rescue.
General Wallace and the partisan war in the Civil War
The profile covers Lewis Wallace born in 1827 in Brookville Indiana and his Civil War rise to brigadier general, his role at Fort Donelson Monocacy and the Middle Department, and his postwar career and writings. It also includes Confederate partisan Mosby’s views on guerrilla warfare and the tactics and impact of such operations.
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Felix K. Zollicoffer
Maury County
Tennessee
Columbia Observer
Nashville Banner
Congress
East Tennessee
Kentucky
Lewis Wallace
Brookville, Ind
Colege
Indianapolis
Wallace
Crawfordville
Eleventh
Indiana Infantry
Fort Henry
Fort Donelson
Shi'ah
Buell
Middle Department
Delaware
Marsland
Washington
Turkey
Ben Hur
Variety of Humorous Snippets and Quips From Old Papers
A collage of short jokes and sayings from various newspapers. Quips touch on news editing, fashion, smoking among Yale freshmen, household grit in clam chowder, a mother at church, a humorist chaplain, famed boundaries of victory, and lighthearted exchanges about umbrellas and singing. Includes jokes about habits, religion, and marriage.
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Urlington Free Press
Yale
Somerville Journal
Moruers
Boston
Churel
A Surprise for the Teacher in School
A public school teacher is adored by her students who present gifts from apples and doughnuts to toys and flowers. The desk is constantly filled with tokens of affection, including seasonal offerings, as students express their affection through small presents.
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E. Duncan
Er Renee
Official Directory
C. G. McCaRtnay
Henry Wilsey, Jr
Gro
W. Dver
Carey
Superintendent of Schools
Mivomell
Berveyer
J. J. Mostertaes
Baok
Board OF Supervisors
J. Q. Burgess
Lincoln
Anthony Hare
Collins
R. Ballard
Howard
John Vance Cheney
M. Bjones
R. Chamberlain
WC Shockley
L. van Dusen
A. Richmond
van Chamberlain
Te Haveerly
H. Maxwet
Uy Westerman
A. Perkins
Eee
Methodist Episcopal
H. J. Everly
Baptist
Cvervices
H. W. Wilson
Masonic
Acadia Lodge NO
A. F. and
A. Masons
M. C. Jones
W. M. Cat Gippines
United Workmen
Ames Lodge
G. A. Meredith
Llsworth
C. E. Haverry
Adj
Cat Gippines
Q. M
Ellsworth Relief Corps No
G. A. R. Hall
Geppes
Conpri
Sec’y
Jones
Treas
Mm. J. Smith
Tyorney
Atlaw
Stevens
Geo. A. Underwood
U. S
District of Iowa
Union National Bank
D. McCarthy
J. L. Stevens
Dyer & Fitchpatrick
United States
Opera Block
Nevada
H. M. Templeton
Westerman’s Drug
C. A. Beverly
Pomceopathic
Church
Story County
E. B. Plumb
Ysician
West House
City Drug Store
Chas. E. Hunt
Travelers’ Insurance Co
Frank J. Martin
Dr. Duckling
Tur New Czar
Celliar
President
Mr. Lincoln
John Bunyan
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Mackay
WAR Annals
Rob
Harry
Major Day
Stoneman
Vaughan
Gillem
Bull’s Gap
Bean
Twelfth
Ohio Cavalry
Duke
Rogersville
Mooresb
Tain Rolli
Basil Duke
Maor
Marion
Wytheville
Joseph Banka
Chicago Ledger
Hampton Cross Roads, Va
Little Dandy
Kanawha Valley
General Zollicoffer
Jicksburg
Atlanta
Ederal
Biss
Nashville, Tenn
Lee
Gettysburg
Jeff Davis
Africa
Detroit
General Wallace
Bronx
Coles
Brown
Tarnace
Norristown Herald
Texas
Texas Siftings
Heaven’s Gate
St. Peter
Tophet
Boston Courter
Elate
Cedar Rapids
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