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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1904
Page
3
Community items from Ames, including visits, illness, and events. Mr. Middleton to sing at the Methodist church April 29, cemetery supper April 23, library and school board actions, local trades, and social gatherings with numerous names and places noted.
A string of social notes shows a flow of visitors and locals in Des Moines Ames Boone and surrounding towns. Names include Frank Curtis Jennie Parkhill Mary Leecing Rachel Watkins Fred Merritt and many others visiting relatives friends or attending events across Iowa with several departures to St Louis Chicago and Cedar Rapids.
A correspondent questions the meaning of grig and traces its use in English dialects. The term appears as a proverbially happy figure in literature but varies by region, with Yorkshire calling it a young child and Staffordshire a bantam. The piece prefers the Dutch kriek meaning a merry fowl over eel or other uses.
The text argues that true economy lies in using income with best judgment to improve lives and society. It claims wealth must enhance health education industry and virtue. otherwise mismanagement shows waste rather than sound economy.
In a chat quoted from the Philadelphia Press Miss Skremer-Papa offers diamond earrings if she quits singing lessons. Miss Sharpe teases about earning back in her own coin as Miss Skremer contemplates ear piercing.
Mr and Mrs W T Smith and their son Warren travel with granddaughter Lillian Knotts from Des Moines to Los Angeles California. Dr Smith attends as a delegate to the National conference of the Methodist church. They will be away three months.
The Black Hills in southwestern South Dakota produce about one third of the nation s gold and are described as the richest one hundred miles square. The North Western Line issues a new booklet with a detailed map. Send four cents in stamps for a copy to W B Kniskern Chicago and North Western Ry Chicago Ill 50 36.
Announce a one fare round trip excursion to Cedar Rapids Iowa on April 26. Tickets sold via Chicago and North Western Railway agents with same day return limit.
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