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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
8
A department store clerk correctly guesses the wife's collar size, noting that husbands’ wives often buy for them and tend to be about thirteen and a half inches. The anecdote appears in Everybody’s Magazine.
Mrs. A. B. Maxwell hosted the Nonpareil Club with Mrs. Gertrude Read presenting a paper on Berlin. Mrs. Criswell led the German history study and several guests from Des Moines and Ames attended, including Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Loud. The Congregational Church Ladies hosted an at home event with autumn decor and Mrs. Curtiss and Mrs. Caine as afternoon hosts. The Women's Relief Corps urges all members to attend the next meeting on October 22.
Mrs. Rachel Paxton entertained at dinner with guests including Mrs. R. M. Starr and the Bradley family. She described her coast trip visiting California Washington Oregon and New Mexico and displayed souvenirs. The column tracks arrivals departures and visits of several local residents and friends across Des Moines Ames Marshalltown Estherville Boone and Danville with plans for winter travel to Los Angeles and Cedar Rapids events of Pocahontas lodge and Queen Esther Circle.
Mrs. Julia Armstrong visits old home in Jones county. Charles McColby of Ames works for J. W. Bateman. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bateman visit Frank Montgomery home. J. W. Bateman attends Sunday school convention in Maxwell. Carrie Ellis returns from maha. Lottie Bateman and Miss Pearl Banks guests. Lottie Davis returns to Nutty home then J. F. Warren home. Samuel Bateman of Webster City visits J. W. Bateman. Heintz family hosts Shontz relatives from Chenoah and Kansas. Solomon Young, once Milford resident now in Des Moines, visits J. F. Koiser and Mrs. Fred Smith.
The note lists Haverly's drag line office phone as 431 on the Mutual line. It mentions that some work involves hauling in disabled automobiles as part of the activity.
An essay argues for educating readers to demand better papers and avoid vulgar sensationalism. It cites England’s newspaper class for working girls and urges educated readers to discriminate in choosing journals and in reading parts of papers, not just headlines.
Auction at the Meth ydist parsonage on Saturday October 16 at 2 30 PM offers household items including a Monitor range gas stove parlor furniture tools and clocks plus livestock a Jersey cow three Shetland ponies and a buggy. Terms demand a one year credit on sums of 15 or more with security and 8 percent interest or a 2 percent cash discount. Andrew M Shea executor J Brewer auctioneer RB Shelden clerk.
A whimsical Harper's Weekly poem by A C Fitch imagines a future where technology and nature harmonize on a farm. The verse envisions electric bulbs blooming and busy farm life with animals and crops performing human tasks.
Notice is given that an instrument purporting to be the last will of Albert O. Clark, deceased, is on file in the District Court at Nevada Iowa. A hearing for probate is set for November 9, 1909, during the regular term. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the will should not be accepted. Dated October 12, 1969.
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