Ames College News Highlights Range of Lectures and Visits
Dr Stalker returns from Ownsville Texas M Pammel back from Chicago. Easter service replaces chapel. Curtiss to speak at Lincoln Nebraska April 24. Newens to read Sky Pilot at lecture. Rommel visits Ames from Washington DC. Agronomy samples for grain judging short course. Livestock committee met in St Louis. Semi annual banquet at Stevens home Boone. Blanche McLeod elected to Ames city schools. Dela Sheldon returns from Ambrat for dairying work. Trustees consider building bids May 6. Iowa State College develops butter keeping improvement device. German agriculturists visit May 12 13 with lunch and banquet. Wing Armsby lectures praised.
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Commercelal Club of
Ames
Hungerford
J. S. Schulte
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Margaret Hall
Half Rates to New Orleans Excur sion Tickets April 11 13
One fare round trip from the North Western Line for April 11 12 and 13 on account of the National Manufacturers Association annual convention. Return extended to April 30. Apply to Chicago North Western Railway agents.
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North-Western
National Manufacturers’ Association
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Homeseekers Excursion to Northwest and West at Low Rates
Homeseekers excursion to the northwest west and southwest with colonist low rates via the Northwestern line. Excursion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated above. Standard and Tourist Sleeping Chair cars and the best of everything. For full particulars apply to agents Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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Chicago & Northwestern R’y
Shops in Japan: floors as counters and places of purchase
The London Standard describes Japanese shops as floor-based, open fronted spaces with customers squatting on the floor, few streets of shops, and distinctions in bowing, language, and status. It contrasts Japanese and European shopkeeping and notes Chinese shops in treaty ports as cheaper options.
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England
Tokyo
Berlin
Japan
London Standard
Ethics of Kissing in Modern Courtship
Helen Oldfield argues that kissing varies by relation and circumstance, with bans on certain relatives but caution about public displays. She notes engagement changes risk, cites prudence in timing, and warns that rarity can increase value while overindulgence dulls desire.
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Midas
Chary
Helen Oldfield
Chicago Tribune
Lander Confuses towel Word on Russian Rail Journey
A. H. Savage Lander recounts a humorous Russia Persia trip mishap. He mispronounces towel in Russian leading to a linguistic muddle with a guard who insists he speaks only Russian. A fellow passenger clarifies the correct term palattensi, but dry with water, Lander finally gets a towel and laughs at the mix up.
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A. H. Savage Lander
Russia
Persia
Palatinski
Peripatetic Bear and Family Life in Grizzly Lore
A writer in Outing discusses grizzly bear behavior focusing on the father’s role. It notes the male helps with food at birth but deserts his mate and cubs soon after, while Mme Brain cares for the cubs alone. Descriptions contrast with black bears and recount a famous trip by a mother grizzly and her two cubs across several states in the 1800s.
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Brain
Mme. Bruin
Mme. Brain
Black Bear
Grizzly
Mme. Grizzly
Kit Carson
Rocky Mountains
New Mexico
Forties
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Obedient Boy and Father Dispute Over Pipe
A boy admits smoking his father's pipe after being warned not to. The father asserts he warned the boy he would whip him for taking the pipe. The boy explains he was not blowing bubbles but smoking.
Lifesaver Says Thanks After Life Saved
A brief comic exchanges notes a man offering a dollar to a lifesaver for saving his life. The joke implies the lifesaver’s work is underappreciated and underpaid, highlighting a thankless duty.
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Bill
Strawberry Plants for Sale from J M Dirfenbacker
Large strawberry plants for sale offered by J M Dirfenbacker. Listing notes a substantial quantity and references a location in the seller’s shackless grounds.
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J. M. Dirfenbacker
High School Challenges Commercial Club to Spelling Match
The high school issues a challenge to the Commercial club for an old fashioned spelling match. Details of time place and conditions to be announced. Signed by R. Scroeere on behalf of the high school.
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R. Scroeere
Mil er & Son Ad Promises Value in Local Market
An advertisement in this issue highlights T. J. Miller and Son offering goods and services targeted at the local economy. The brief notice urges readers to review the ad for prices and selections.
Snippet Sparks Office Boy Slur in Catholic Standard
A passerby overhears an office boy in the Catholic Standard and Times speech calling someone "Bill" and sparks a tense exchange about hearing or ignoring the remark. The scene suggests tensions over trusted staff and office propriety in a columnistic snippet.
Stages of Love Across Decades
A reflective line compares love’s progression from a rosy dream at twenty to a thrilling reality at thirty, then calm contentment at forty and reminiscence at fifty, illustrating changing emotional landscapes over time.
Did Not Patronize Her Father Dance Teacher
A young suburban woman used dancing lessons to help neighbors but quit after two sessions. She explained that Miss Blank never patronizes her father, an undertaker, so she would not patronize the school.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Buying Precious Stones for Prudent Purchases
The article urges gem buyers to use a microscope to inspect stones before purchase. It warns that flaws invisible to the naked eye devalue gems and that skipping examination leads to wasted money, echoing guidance from Good Housekeeping.
Dream Vision Haunts Sheriff at Church Fair
A Baltimore News quip frames a prophetic dream about a church fair. The speaker recalls waking to find his wife had rifled his pockets and taken his last son, suggesting a dark, prophetic implication.
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Baltimore News
Fond Mother and Son Debate Smoking Permission
Dialogue captures a mother urging caution about smoking while her son asks permission. The youth recalls his father’s vague allowance, saying “Not much” when asked if he might smoke.
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America
Distant Relatives
A brief quip notes that the speaker has only distant relatives and jokes that the family has not died but grown rich, implying wealth as a distant kin benefit.
Special hat sale to start Thursday at 1 PM
A special sale on hats begins at 1 o'clock Thursday with bargain counters at Mrs. M. E. Henry's offering for shoppers to view and purchase the hats on sale.
Olsonville Greenhouses Grow Standard Varieties for Planting
Olsonville Greenhouses and Nurseries west of the 1 8 C offers apple trees cherries plums and small fruits for front yards. They advertise 23 standard grafted plum varieties on hardy American stock and promise tested stock and horticultural tips from experience. Visit the nursery at 48-31.
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Dr. Stalker
Ownsville
Texas
M . Pammel
Chicago
BE. Department
C. F. Curtiss
Lincoln, Neb
the Agricultural College
Prof. Newens
G. M. Rommel
Department of Animal Industry
Washington, D. C
Department of Agronomy
Prof. Curtiss
St. Louis
J. L. Stevens
Boone
Blanche McLeod
Central City
Ames City
Dela Sheldon
Priday
Sheldon
Ambrat
Mass
W. K. Boardman
Seiz
W. H. Olin
Kansas
Gertrude Coburn
Bradley Institute
Peoria
Iil
A. Duebendorfer
Greenhorse
Lebanon
Ind
Wm. Kreiger
Grand Ledge
Mich
Alfred Duebendorfer
W. C. Spratt
Nebraska
Agronomy Department
Ft Dodge
B. A. Pattengill
Alfred Atkinson
Noit Club House
Rommel
Lillian Chester
J. Griffith
Ft. Coljoy Colp
Colorado Agricultural
California
G. M. Davidson
J. H. McNeall
Walter Stuler
C C. Simonds
Iowa State College
G. L. McKay
C. Larson
Lawa
Iowa
Joseph E. Wing
Breeder’s Gazette
United States
Dr. Armsby
State Agricultural College of Pennsylvania
Chapel
Armsby
Wing
New Orleans
Homeseekers
T. J. Miler & Son
Merchant
Catholic Standard and Limes
Nse
Loughran & Bauer
H. L. Munn
Clay Foster
Hal Roll
Clarence Jones
Odebolt
Harry Atkinson
Des Moines
Asa Vandermast
Geo. Tilden
Jas. Beebe
Fred Tilden
C. M. Soper
Nevada
D. G. Ferguson R
Lon Kibbey
Gilbert
Jas. Hutchison
Gilchrist
John Coady
Lake City
F. N. Fowler
Walter Morris
al. Rutherford
Gruber
Rhodes
Andrew Hale
Leona Sutton
City
Edith Bennett
West Side
KE. W. Parnell
Frank Poage
Kittie Freed
Washington, Iowa
Lucile
Pauline Peck
Ogden
Kintzley
J. J. Butler
Mrs. S. Tedrow
W.O. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Douglass
Bessie Funston
Jamison
Homer Folger
A. &. Bradley
Starr
John Decker
Sam Carleton
Luverne
Minn
EB. Inglesby
Oskaloosa
Prairie City
Frank Stevens
Wm. Gilmore
Michigan
Ed Wilkinson
Alpha, Minn
J. W. Lanning
J. H. Pilcher
Ida Grove
Ray
Mr. Pilcher
Ida County
Mary Marshall
Eagle Grove
Carydell
Nelson House
Warsaw
Miss Alpha Wren
Coon Rapids
Mrs. Dixon
Goldberger
Valeria
Nellie Rice
Council Bluffs
Russ
June Maxwell
Anna Cummins
Will Wright
Miss Cummins
Florence Wright
L. G. Hardin
Newton
Frank Dippo
Little Son
Clinton
J. E. Davis
Dippo
Buck
Hamilton
Ohio
San Francisco
Hoggatt
Sitka
Alaska
MES. Ge
le Mar
Gilbert Station
Olsonville
Lion
A. & C. Railway
Ovcciviscsmutiae
Csanaae
W. M. Greeley
A. M
Cniseeeneds
Wiives
M. K. Smith
H. Westerman
Aswerant
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