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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
5
The ad proclaims high quality all wool Hart Schaffner & Marx garments with exclusive fabrics and reliable service. It warns buyers to shop where the clothes are sold to avoid poor choices and emphasizes fine tailoring and distinctive style.
A parade of readers and relatives are noted visiting Des Moines Boone Ames and surrounding areas. Names include Mabel Capps M K Smith Gertrude Grayson Madge Parks Leslie Horn Kate Lysinger Clara Fraser Florence Kimball Edna Copeland Alta Copeland and others. Travels span Des Moines Boone Hough Neb Grinnell and Omaha with plans to remain or travel onward.
The report describes the Maghaya tribe born to theft and roaming between encampments. It notes their pride in burglary, chronic hunger, and pursuit by police. Early reclamation efforts by Sir EB Henry faced jail-backed resistance. settlements failed to civilize, with men absent and women holding stolen goods as spies.
A fragment from Pearson's Weekly recounts how a disputed window at Versailles in Louis XIV’s era led to a feud with Louvois. The quarrel helped trigger years of tension culminating in the War of the League of Augsburg and the peace of Ryswick. It also notes old church pews in Philadelphia Boston and New England that avoided contribution baskets for centuries while hosting games and sleep.
A prose vignette blends labor of digging and canning with the tranquil aftermath of harvest. A sick man questions a lawyer about his will, asking who would inherit the property when he dies, reflecting a mix of domestic tasks and legal concerns.
The fragment evokes Dallas Lore Sharp’s meditation on fields and woods after harvest, as published in Atlantic. It hints at nature’s quiet aftermath and the author’s enduring bond with land and season.
Farmer Bentover reports the Widder Diggs has wed her hired man causing gossip in the community. Farmer Hornbeak jokes he must quit loafing and start working as the drift of rumor spreads through the countryside.
The Ozarks fraternity has purchased the Barth Olomew house at Hog ett and Story streets for $9000. It is the first fraternity owned residence and the new building is described as one of the finest in Ames, comfortable and suitable as a fraternity home.
Today s produce quotations list eggs per dozen at 11 cents hens springs and ducks per pound at 8 cents Ames Produce Co sets the prices based on market rates and regional supply.
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