November Carpet Rug Sale Ends Soon
Readable fragments indicate a carpet rug sale with prices around 5 to 18 dollars. No clear location or organization is named. The text mentions carpet sales and potential bugs but lacks verifiable details.
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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
9
Readable fragments indicate a carpet rug sale with prices around 5 to 18 dollars. No clear location or organization is named. The text mentions carpet sales and potential bugs but lacks verifiable details.
Secretary Wilson arrives by noon train Friday and will address the college chapel at 5 30. He speaks at the Auditorium with Gov. Deneen tonight, then attends a public reception in his honor if possible. The Ames band and Cram Slitts orchestra will provide music at the Armory and Dean Stanton will preside at an 8 o'clock meeting. Members of Co CG I N G will usher.
Notices list several want ads with employment seekers and household helpers. Wages not explicit. positions include a man to drive, a housekeeper, washer, cleaner, and a strong girl for house work with washing duties. Addresses are given as brief alphanumeric locations.
November items cover election reminders urging early voting and alarms, plus notices of Thanksgiving Day by Roosevelt, community events, local visitors and residents’ health updates. These brief notes list names such as Secretary Wilson, Dr E J Rohrer, Ed Low, A F Bowman, Shugart, Dan Wallace, and Olé O Roe among others with related locations like Ames Nevada Cambridge and Des Moines.
The sun rises at 6 30 and sets at 5 45 this morning. On election day next Tuesday the sun will rise at 6 38 and set at 1 49. The moon will be full during the coming week.
Prophetic weather note warns of a cold windy day with home heating tips and All Saints Day guidance. Advises preparing wood and coal and urges travelers to act like a saint for a day.
With the help of Professors Beach and Michael, researchers tested many ordinary pumpkins and found sugar levels reaching up to four percent. They note this is about one third of the sweetness of top sugar beets, and joke that if Secretary Wilson were in town he would see pumpkins as sweet as a hundred percent.
N. H. Jacobsen sells Foster & Jacobsen dray to J. W. Wilcox who has moved to Ames. Wilcox becomes partner now and takes full control March 1 1907. Jacobsen moves to a Gilbert Station farm to provide a better environment for his children and plans to send them to Ames schools when ready.
An anxious man matching Leopold's description, sought for the Leslie murder in Chicago, was detained in Boone after appearing in Ames yards and attempting injection. He is held for Chicago inquiry. authorities compare the case to the Hollister murder. Other notes include Danforth's Bakery ad, Ames Gun Club shoot, and the Kitchen-Sill-Lewis marriage near Ames.
Miss Elizabeth Baker, eighth grade teacher, reported $40 missing from her classroom after leaving money, a ticket, and some silver in a desk. She stepped into an adjacent room and upon return found the items gone with no trace recovered.
J R Williams, a senior at the college, died in the college hospital Wednesday morning from heart disease after a two week stay. His home was Postville and his parents were notified at once.
Visitors from Clint and Boone attended a run between trains and a group returned from a hunting trip near Wall Lake with ducks. The Southwestern Iowa Teacher's Association schedules meetings November 1, 2, 8 in Atlantic with lectures by Dr. A. B. Storms and a round table by Prof. R. Barrett. Nevada clothing stock sold to Ambrose & Sons with Long remaining as clerk in Des Moines while a Nevada store closes.
Mrs Harriett Lasear an Ames resident died in Two Harbors Minnesota while visiting her daughter Mrs William Gatrell. The body was brought to Ames and funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 o clock by Mrs O J Dunham. She was laid to rest in Ames cemetery. Deceased aged 58 suffered septicemia. She was a Christian Scientist.
A terse note asserts the bakery in Ames is the only source using Simon Pare Lard the highest type product. It adds a contact at the old J. M. Gilbert black smith shop for fuel or feed inquiries with Mu. 460 Ia. 144.
The Convict's Daughter played to a full house Tuesday night and was well received. Charles Wells portrayed the convict with strong work though the role was not the hardest. Frank Burton as James Blackadder was an artist in his part but the acts he was forced to perform lessened public credit. The play ends with the real criminal confessing on his death bed, freeing the convict.
A cheerful notice directs readers to call Danforth to place bread and pastry orders, promising a happy ending to baking troubles.
A reader questions why no sidewalk exists between Ames and the college, asserting that anyone in their right mind would support construction and urging action on the path.
The Armory hosts J. Carpenter's latest face on Saturday evening November 11. The drama centers on western life with sensational scenes and a mine find scene in The Last Dollar mining property. Cast names promise a fine performance with rich setting and authentic company.
Don t forget the box social in Odd Fellows hall Friday November 2. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy the community event hosted by Frank B. Spence.
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