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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
6
Swiss bell ringers the Musical Georgesies will perform at the Congregational church next Monday evening with a school matinee at four and an evening program featuring Hungarian dances, solos, duets, trios, and ensembles. Proceeds aid the vested choir. The program includes works by Mascagni, Donizetti, Ernst, Ryder, and others.
The Rev. Percy Knickerbocker of the Boston Avenue Methodist Church Tulsa outlines ten modern commandments for worldly women. He urges fidelity to husbands, devotion to home, avoidance of social pecuniary temptations, restraint in dress, and strict parenting guided by faith.
The piece promotes the Chicago Record-Herald as a clean, reliable daily serving the whole household with world news. It highlights high standards, broad appeal, and the trust of business and professional readers.
Miss Lenora Wright visited friends in Nevada on Sunday. Miss Clara Brown clerks at the Fair Store during vacation. Mrs. Phil O Neal visited from Cole at Mrs. Andrew Scott's home. Miss Jeanette Knapp traveled to Des Moines for a visit with Dr. Fay's family. Mrs. C Jeffries from Glidden plans a week in Ames with her mother. Elizabeth McLean vacationed in Carroll with her sister Mrs. Hungerford. Mrs. WW Jandy and sons from Eldora will stay several days visiting sister Mrs. C E Lewis. Mr. and Mrs. M K Smith traveled to Des Moines to meet Mrs. Smith returning from Kansas City. Miss Mary Raynor teaches in Des Moines schools and is home for the week. A L Potter returned from Galesburg Illinois where he observed city elections. Hopkins of Tecumseh Nebraska, brother-in-law of F A Robins, is visiting this week on Douglass Avenue. A coincidence tied Hopkins visit to a past meeting with Dan McCarthy from Marshalltown in 1856.
An advertisement states Chamberlains ointment best for rheumatism and promises quick relief. It notes availability from T. J. Loughran and L. M. Bosworth for sale.
A humorous dialogue about an hour delay due to meeting Smithson and his stomach trouble. The exchange ends with suggesting Chamberlain's Tablets for relief, sold by T. J. Loughran and L. M. Bosworth.
Gilber t April 3 1912 announces Miss Maude Wakefield as a candidate for Superintendent of Schools in Story county, subject to the Republican primaries held on June 3. The statement notes party endorsement and forthcoming primary outcome.
Mrs. Carrie Aaskey of Cumberland Wyoming endured over a year of a screaming irritated throat with nightly coughing. She found relief using Warner's White Wine of Tar and has not lost a night’s sleep since. Sold by J. E. Cagwin.
An Belfast source asserts fox hunting endures as a grand sport for the affluent. It demands high riding skill, daring fences, and endurance, with horses praised as supreme. It notes a superstition among peasants about foxes enjoying the chase and mentions Pacific and New Zealand worm legends amid other observations.
A visitor arrives during packing as a Chinese immigrant and his wife are discussed. The New York bound conversation centers on travel to China, a rumored affair, and a man denying a Chinese wife seeking separation.
The account recounts Gamaliel Bradford Jr describing his Civil War injury at Gettysburg. He, a Union soldier wounded near Cemetery Ridge, meets General Lee as Lee retreats. Lee dismounts, offers a compassionate greeting, saying I hope you will soon be well, leaving Bradford moved by the unexpected kindness.
A doctor and a minister at a Washington country club trade quips about a patient of the doctor. The minister asks if the patient is worse, and the doctor replies with grave humor that the man needs the minister’s help more than his own. The patient suffers from insomnia.
A traveler recalls his wife doubting legends about Alfred the Great and a cake burning episode. An old man, blue-fingered and shivering, retells the tale as she quips that England never had a fire hot enough to burn cakes. The retort leaves him red faced but not forgiving.
A historical note presents five good principles of action: aid others without extravagance, praise without harshness, grow resources without covetousness, show signs without superstition, and inspire awe without austerity. Attributed to Confucius.
A fragmented dialogue appears to reference misunderstandings about travel abroad. The Houston Post fragment hints at a reporter’s note or quote regarding someone's recent journey and actions. The exchange suggests questions about international travel and interpretation.
Erastus Johnson, described as the only color ed man in Wobrock in the Hills, shares practical wisdom on easing toil. He advises workers to haul the biggest logs first, arguing patience and method with casual humor, likening lifting to choosing the right pace for effort.
The text traces butter from early mentions by Herodotus to Spartan ointment use, Delotourous and a butter smeared guest, Greek Scythian influence, and Roman body anointing noted by St Louis Globe Democrat.
A passerby asks a lawyer’s visitor for a sponge to moisten stumps and the Blackstone disciple replies with humor offering the job, reflecting street doorway chatter quoted by Chicago News.
A humorous overheard line from a Boston transcript notes a wife complaining her husband has been in hot water for twenty years and should be tender, joking about marriage and endurance. The quip plays on the notion of long suffering matrimony within a light newspaper snippet.
A brief quoted line from Smart Set notes a character’s single aim is paying premiums for soler’s sake, reflecting a policy minded mindset. The exchange centers on financial responsibility and commitment to insurance or policy payments.
A New Yorker bought a tortoise shell hair ornament in a German town last summer. Returned to the hotel, a saleswoman’s note asked for repair, lamenting the heavy repair and suggesting parts could become a new ornament for another comb.
The passage recalls Charles Kean forcing a tavern companion to take mustard with beef and contrasts him with Grantley Berkeley who dislikes fat. Berkeley at a city dinner pushes away the green turtle fat, then, after third helping, transfers the fat to the narrator’s plate and grunts that the fat is wasted on him.
In a witty London Express column Philsey and Solam charm readers with a quip about a visitor calling Solam a born diet. The remark is reframed as thoughtful, suggesting the barbs reveal playful regard toward family heritage.
A fragment lists New Zealand Australia and the Samoan and Solomon islands along with other regional terms. The snippet reads as a partial catalog of places and identities without a complete narrative or dates.
A terse exchange questions consent to a wife running for office. A man denies giving explicit consent while admitting he acquiesced. The Cleveland Plain Dealer presents the dialogue as a political friction moment.
Reflection on hypocrisy as a hidden vice visible only to God, attributed to John Milton. This compact saying emphasizes moral double standards and divine judgment rather than public exposure.
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