Campus social life highlights and gatherings
Ames students report a rainy Saturday picnic canceled by rain with Miss Mabel and Leah Latham and Edith Moxley dining at Miss Carrie Hunter's home. Lezkim club meets at Miss Dodds home with guests from out of town. A Broad Lawn garden party hosts 60, with croquet and bowling on the lawn. Crescent Literary society holds a four course banquet at Alumni Hall Cafe with toasts. A reception at the Bennett home honors Prof and Mrs Bissell with guests and a six-table supper downstream in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kappa Zeta’s
Y. Beta’s
Mabel
Leah Latham
Edith Moxley
Ames
Carrie Hunter
Lezkim Club
Miss Dodds
L. C. Tallman
Malia
Dr. Elwell
North Dakota
A. M. Newens
Bissell
Bennett
Prof
Mrs. Bissell
Ames High Graduates and Norse Sangerfest News
A compiled list notes Ames High students and locals born in Iowa Nebraska Indiana and Canada who will pursue I C and Eighth College studies while several plan teaching, business, or osteopathy. The Norse Sangerfest at Huxley drew large crowds despite Sunday storm, with Handel’s works and soloists highlighted.
Ames Woman Mary Hutchinson Marries in California
Miss Mary Hutchinson, a former Ames High graduate who lived in Ames three years ago, married D. B. Barden in California. The couple are touring Old Mexico before settling in Long Beach. Senior Pi Phi’s hosted new initiates at Miss Storms’ home. Dr and Mrs Pammer entertained multiple professors and spouses at two gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Mary Hutchinson
Ames
Ames High
D. B. Barden
Mrs. Barden
Old Mexico
Long Beach
Pi Phi
Miss Storms
City Library To Trial Pay-Reserve Book System
The library announces a trial pay-reserve service with 8 cents for the first day and 2 cents for each subsequent day. Patrons pay 1 cent to reserve and are notified by post or phone to pick up on the reserved day. Books listed include works by McCutcheon Burnett Davis Little Porter and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCutcheon
Brewster’s Millions
Burnett
Davis
Little
Porter
Kittie B. Freed
Ames Boys Defeat Milford Team In Local Baseball
A Saturday game near Bateman schoolhouse saw Ames boys beat Milford 14 to 2. Reports include Arch Mortgom ery ill at sister’s Milford home and Ester Livingston visiting Ames residents J. W. Bateman and L. H. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Grant
Ames
Bateman
Arch
van Frey
Ester Livingston
J. W. Bateman
L. H. Smith
Colorado
Nate Evans
Clinton
F. D. Smith
Vina Hardeastle
Mildred Porter
Alice Bateman
Russell Birney
Webster City
Scott Moses
Leo Armstrong
Susie Smith
Gilbert News Briefs Highlight Local Socials and Travel
Mrs A J Spring of Gilbert Station left for Illinois to visit a sick mother. Des Moines and Ames visits appear among residents with several Ames callers Tuesday and Friday. Mr D B Grawe and Mr F J Peele appear in town on various errands. Mrs Ben Dale is seriously ill at home. O L Gilbert of Kamrar is noted among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert
A. J. Spring
Gilbert Station
Illinois
W. H. Totten
F. Totten
Jenkins
R. Jones
Ames
D. B. Grawe
F. J. Peele
Ben Dale
V. Rainbolt
Lennie
Des Moines
I. Dodds
N. J. Jacobsen
Thrasher
Mr. O. L. Gilbert
Kamrar
Local notes from Ames and Boone area events
Local residents attend funerals, visits and church events. Des Moines visitors join Mr George Brown’s funeral. Drake University speaker Prof. Barr addressed Gilbert High class. Families discuss travel, illness, and parish activities across Ames, Boone and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waggoner
Oklahoma
Frank Wilson
Des Moines
George Brown
P. Jones
L. Oliver
Boone
Jessie
Mayme Wilson
Bertha Dickinson
Ethel Canady
Ames
Messrs
M. Eisenlohr
F. Rainbolt
High Bridge
P. Orning
Bert Liddle
J. H. Jacobsen
P. Oring
Myrl Smith
Philena Lake
Naily
Congregational Church
Waterloo
Rev. Naily
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
W. F. Barr
Drake University
Gilbert High School
A. J. Spring
Vermont
Bees Laxative Cough Syrup Remedy Claim
Advertises Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs colds croup whooping cough hoarseness and bronchial trouble. Promises pleasant taste gentle laxative action and phlegm expulsion with C A Gamble as the seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Gamble
The Merry Widow Refrain In The Town's Fancy
The piece riffs on The Merry Widow across items from auto cars to tools and a lawsuit. A friend’s wife sues in a Merry Widow suit while a death prompts loud waltz music, capturing a festive yet ironic local mood.
Newspaper People to Be Married on Boone Street
Thursday, June 4th, the marriage will take place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lanning on Boone street. Miss Jule Lanning will wed T. L. Gossard of Onawa in a ceremony performed by Rev. A. M. Shea of the Methodist church. Both participants have careers in newspaper work with Lanning having worked for the Times and Nevada Journal, and Gossard serving as editor of the Onawa Sentinel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Lanning
Boone Street
Jule Lanning
T. L. Gossard
Onawa
A. M. Shea
Methodist Church
Gossard
Miss Lanning
the Times
The
Nevada Journal
Onawa Sentinel
When you are in trouble the people who call to sympathize
A compact line notes that those who offer sympathy in trouble seek the details behind the situation. It hints that concern masks a desire to learn the specifics or facts surrounding the hardship. The piece underscores the tension between comfort and information gathering.
Upcoming College Events From May To June
A schedule of college activities lists events from May 29 to June 6 including state meet in Des Moines, Memorial Day exercises at the college cemetery, baseball games Ames versus Normal, open air band concert, senior promenade, baccalaureate sermon by Dr. A B Storms, annual Y M C A speech by James F Hardin, senior faculty ball game, Messiah concert, class day programs, society anniversaries, alumni day activities, dedication of Alumni Hall, alumni luncheon, business meeting, new building inspections, faculty receptions and commencement exercises led by Dr William Oxley Thompson. The Omega Era Tau hosted a term dance in Adams Hall with Don Bare and Harry Swann attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College State
Des Moines
College Cemetery
Ames
Normal
A. B. Storms
Y. M
James F. Hardin
Richard*Burton
University of Minnesota
Alumni Hall
D. M. Carter
Chicago
Margaret Hall
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
Jane
Omega Era Tau
Adams Hall
Don Bare
Harry Swann
Simple country lad bank clerk tainted by microbes
Dr. Walter L. Pyle chronicles a rural youth who begins at a bank, counts greasy bills, and ends up infected after handling money with a moistened sponge and tongue touch. The piece warns about microbial contamination from currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Pyle
ManZan Pile Remedy Sold In Collapsible Tube
Ready to use pile remedy in collapsible tube with noggle. One donation helps merit. It soothes heals reduces inflammation and relieves soreness and itching for piles. Price 50c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Gamble
Does Nevada Need Sanitarium Debate Turned Grim
An Ames man argues Nevada should have a sanitarium as most people are sick. A Nevada resident counters with a stark rebuke that the people are already dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Ames
Uncertain Quote on Knowledge and Boundaries
A remark on knowledge defines knowledge as awareness of what one should not seek. The line suggests limits on inquiry and the ethics of information.
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Jayne
J. Jaynes
H. M. Duckworte
Mrs. Loud
Bsth
Ames, Iowa
Economist
Bauge & Alm
Main St
Ames Savings
A. J. Graves
M. A. Manning
Pearl Pletcher
Story County
Crawford
Nebraska
Merrill Manning
C. Vesta Hunt
Polk City
Albert Fowler
C. Ross Poole
Yale
Iowa
Mae Loving
Odehbolt
State Normal
June van Auken
Mason City
Iowa City
Lillie Hollinshead
Freemont
Indiana
Olive Siler
Omaha
Myrtle
Canada
Margaret Gray
I. 8
Ada Gerbracht
S. 8
C. Irwin Meltzer
Mey
Walnut
Ill
Ethel Hoon
Leonard Weyle
Clarksville
Vernon Tinsley
Hull
Syracuse
N. Y
Huxley
John Dahle
St. Paul
Hearkian
Feroe
Israel
Holmes and Son
Leland
W. J. Semmonas
Howard Kegley
J. E. Cagwin
Beyer
McElyea
Philomatheans
Quills
Northwoods
Mr. Crossley
Mr. Bliss
K. K. Club
Misses Rice
Philoseptheroi Literary Society
W. R. C. the
Women’s Relief Corps
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Jones
Charlie Stuart
Amesbury
B. FP
Nickerson
Iowa Asso
Mattie M. Graves
Laura
Our City
Kessie Lincoln
van Chamberlin
Elizabeth Alpin
Pammer
Curtiss
Mrs. Thompson
Semmons Dry Goods Store
France
Germany
Washi
District of Columbia
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