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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1911
Page
9
Ames society items recount officer elections at Cosmo Country Club and D.A.R. events in Des Moines. Details cover Unity Club talks, Rosary Society officers, Book and Basket club, K.K. Klub social, Civic Improvement Society, church receptions for Pastor Houser, and a large-scale Kappa Zeta Beta Tau Delta initiation in Ames with a dance and formal initiation activities.
Mr and Mrs Embree held two Kaiser Kellog avenue receptions this week in honor of Bertha Em bree-Dodds of Arapahoe Colo Seventy invitations issued for Tuesday afternoon guests greeted by Loretta Harriman The house used red carnations ferns and sweet alyssum as decorations Miss Ada Cameron and Lulu Gray served light refreshments Mrs R M Paxton catered Sprigs of sweet alyssum as favors An out of town guest Mrs M J Cous Decorah attended On Wednesday evening about eighty guests received by Edward Rutherford The 500 Club hosted the event Monday afternoon Miss Budd hosted at her Kellog avenue home Refreshments served by Thora Tallman Lulu Gray with red ivy leaves as favors by the hostess and Mrs J L Budd
Several couples tied the knot in or near Ames. Miss Julia Halverson wed Lewis Larson at the bride’s home with plans to farm together. Chloe Packman married Frank Allen at the bride’s parents’ home, with Omega and Alpha Delta Phi connections noted. Cliff Scott and Jess Crissman married quietly in Chicago after his December college graduation. Arthur B. Evans and Marie Adelaide Brooks wed in Chicago with plans for Austin, Illinois residence. Frank Vincent and Berry wed. A E Quaife and Iva Dell Moore to be married, with future homes in Everett Washington and Annawan Illinois.
In a Story City Herald column a woman argues that debt blame falls on wives, citing a Nevada case where the wife is blamed for past extravagances. The piece asserts the husband carried debt before marriage and lives beyond his salary with trips, lodge memberships, and an expensive stable.
A historical note praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for cold cures and dependable performance. It claims effectiveness for adults and children, asserts safety for young children, and notes wide availability from dealers.
Mrs. Mitchell, mother of Captain K. W. Brown, died at her daughter’s residence on Kellog avenue after a stroke. Her husband, a Baptist minister pioneer, died last December. She was eighty years old on Tuesday October 10th, with daughters Mrs. K. W. Brown, Flora Lucas, Cassie Mitchell, and Mrs Minnie Maxson nearby. another daughter lives in Ames.
Rev Isaiah Reid long a Story County pastor died in Hutchinson Kansas at 75. He organized holiness work, ran The Highway and helped found the Holiness Association of Iowa, relocating to Des Moines then Dallas Center and Los Angeles. Funeral at Nevada Metho dist Church featured many old colleagues and a sermon by Dr Bunce.
Mrs Dr Tilden will tell stories to the children Saturday afternoon at 2. Kate Douglas Wiggins will be the subject. Deland The Iron Woman and Myrtle Reed A Weaver of Dreams added to late fiction. Books to shelves Friday night at 7 p m Brown The Mannerings Cable By Low Hill Deland John Ward Preacher Burnett The Making of a March tr Lot McCutcheon Truxton King Freeman Jane Field will tell Grimm's Household Stories Saturday at 2 o'clock. Don t trifle with a cold is good advice for prudent men and women. Chamberlains Cough Remedy safe and sure for children. For sale by all dealers.
Acclaimed American soprano Alice Nielsen arrives in Des Moines on October 30 with her Opera Concert company. Specially engaged tenor Riccardo Martin, famous from the Metropolitan Opera, will be the soloist for the event. Nielsen has swiftly risen to high rank on tour and critics praise her artistic singing and stage success.
Mr and Mrs A G Hardin of Spencer Iowa observed their fifty eight wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their home. Their children include Lou G Hardin of Ames D B Potter of Shreveport Louisiana C Y Jones and W H Lewis of Spencer. The Hardins, early pioneer settlers, came to Iowa in 1870.
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