P. E. O. Society and Local Club Activities Update
Social and personal notices from Ames describe the P. E. O. Society guests Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Stanton and an intellectual program. The Nonpariel Club hosts Welsh day discussions. elections update leadership roles and district conventions. The Book and Basket Club postpones. cemetery and Woman's Home Missionary activities noted.
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P. E. O. Society
E. W. Stanton
Grammer
Hamilton
Cagwin
Tinsley
Mary Little
Campbell
Woman's Home Missionary Society
M. E. Church of the Des Moines
Des Moines
A. B. Storms
Ames
Porto Rico
Maud E. Beall
A. P. Beall
Capital Park
Story of a Pin
Shady Ristine recounts finding a Beta pin he had lost over a year ago in Fort Dodge. A pawn broker had bought it from a laundry pile and the pin was recovered after a friend saw it in the shop window. He explains such losses are common as items are swindled from laundry lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Gould Beede
Carroll Street
Newport
R. L
New England
Friends School
Providence
R. 1
Brown University
Lillian Barker
Cassville
Wis
San Antonio
Texas
Gilbert
Boston Evening Transcript
Bethiehm
The
Intelligencer
W.G. Minchin
Congregational Church
Shady Ristine
Fort Dodge
Population Tales and a Secret Office Romance in Ames
The excerpt blends census like notes on Ames population with a domestic plot. It notes families and workers in Ames and follows Miss Atherton and lawyer Stuart Lee as their evolving attraction shifts from professional to personal, amid rumors and private longing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuart Lee
Miss Atherton
Lee
Baron Pursues Porter Position Amid Hidden Bill Threat
An applicant confirms seeking a porter role for a Baron while noting a man with an outstanding bill loitered in the anteroom. The applicant says he expelled the man as a precaution. Fliegende Blatter reports the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron
Air
Fliegende Blatter
Woman Proposes Copyright Confers 1906 by Eastment
A brief notice from 1906 records P. C. Eastment proposing a copyright claim. The item notes ownership and dates, reflecting early modern intellectual property formalities. The concise entry names the proposer and the year of registration.
Ever Notice How Many Things You Needn't Know
A playful musing on the abundance of facts and details that are not essential to daily life. It invites readers to consider what information truly matters and what can be ignored without consequence.
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Jones and Browns
Ames
M. K Smith
H. F. Jones
Capt. Brown
Jones
Smiths
Millers
Clarks
Andersons
Coles
Hudson
Lee
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Rosner
Arete Apy Eee Renter Ser Ee
Semmons’ Dry Goods Store
Margaret Leland
Gibson
Winona Tinsley
Marshalltown
Gertrude Read
the Book and Basket Club
Pratt
Genile da Fabriano
Mann
Giovanni Angelic
Cemetery Association
A. J. Graves
M. K. Smith
Smith's
Jacobs
Bodenheimer
W. J. Kennedy
Ashbaugh
Meeker
Mr. and
M.3. Jacobs
Missus Bodenheimer
Wilson
Ithica
N. Y
Ihose
Kennedy
Young People’s Union
Christian Church
H. D. Williams
L. H. Pammel
Miss Besack
Panmel
Hyland Ave
Doris
Lois Pammel
Lizzie Corbin
Mr. Moorehead
Bob’ Besack
Newton
Saylor
Armstrong
Chicago
Nevada Federation
Thimble Club
Cambridge
Co-operative Lyceum Bureau
Ash Davis
Frank McClure Chaffee
Herbert Leon Cape
Chicago Lyceum Ladies
Ames Chantauqua
J. A. Campbell
J. L. Stevens
Boone
K. H. Brantlett
Rochester
Minn
Edith
Marrage
Seth M Wilcox
Episcopal
Bruntlett
E. Smith
Zearing
Dallas
Polk
J. F. Riggs
Secretary of State
W. B. Martin
College
Miss Westerman
Mrs. Ashley
Miss Wallace
J. H. Carothers
Wallace and
John
Isabelle
R. M. Dungan
Webster City
A. D. Williams
Jennie Williams
Mutual Telephone Company
Thomas Tuley
Republic City, Kansas
Kittie B Freed
Vina E Clark
State Library Association
Ottumwa
Margaret Gilbert
San Diego
California
S. C. Adair
Brooklyn
George H. France
Ames and College
Henry J. Holmes
W. C. McCammon
Perry
Holme
C. B. Peterson
Milo Adams
Cedar Rapids
Institute
Howard
L. Ss. C
Alice Merrit Parks
Grundy
J. H. Burton
I. A. Dreber
Harlan
Jim Forrest
A. C. Slifer
Ben G. Budge
Eddie Sayre
Minnie Maharg
Audubon
Dave Stubblefield
Jefferson
Alice Bianche
Conrad
Adams
Brooks
Bowers
Allens
Lyons
Holmes
P. C. Eastment
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