Neighborhood Notes From Ames and Surroundings
Local items report visits and calls by E F Stull, Arthur Freed, Wm Beedle and Floy Greer. Church services, social gatherings, and a C W E M meeting at Mrs Wentworth’s with thirty attendees. Chas Huey’s pony team caused a minor incident. prices and shopping are summarized for a farmer. Residents boarded a train to Nevada for court business amid a community dispute.
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Arthur Freed
Ames
Wm. Beedle
P. Freed
Floy Greer
College
Jones School
E. Tripp
Floy Scott
Chas. Wentworth
Wentworth
Central
Des Moines
Nevada
Dolpha Plays Checkers or Not
Local chatter notes questions about Dolpha’s checkers skill and mentions timing confusion between March and April. Mentions of Mr. Sawyer loading two hogs car, Roy Shearer visiting, Mr. Rogers in Nevada working in a barber shop, a Wednesday social dance, Bert Rainbolt updating scales, Mrs. Gibson property work, a harness maker planning to leave town, Mrs. A Morgan eye treatment in Des Moines, and Story events with the Zearing boys and a well attended supper.
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Dolpha
Mr. Sawyer
Mr. Rogers
Nevada
Bert Rainbolt
April frost and farm woes hit Ames readers
The report notes the coldest April in years and a bleak pig crop. Old-timers compare to 1894 with oat shortages and near crop failures. Oats in sheltered spots sprout, others may be plowed for corn. Ditching work rises as townsfolk stay busy, while seed corn discussions warn readers and praise road improvements and the push for interurban transit.
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Ad
Advert says every woman desires a beautiful complexion and claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea delivers it. It promotes 5c tea or tablets by L. M. Bosworth.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Crimson Queen strawberry seeds offered by Niswender
J L Niswender of Ames Iowa advertises Crimson Queen straw berry plants priced at 500 per 100 for size color quality and productivity claiming superior results.
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J. L. Niswender
Ames
Lowa
Plaster of Paris Bananas Misleading Produce Display
The New York Herald recalls hasty advertising tricks by dealers who displayed plaster of Paris bananas to lure buyers. Peddlers and small boys grabbed fruit, then buyers found the wares unfit for consumption as the signs deceived the eye.
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Plaster of Parks
New York Herald
A Meal of Locusts Across Continents
The article notes diverse locust eating across regions. In the West Indies palm grub, called grugru, is eaten raw. Australian aborigines consume butterfly larva, while Central African locusts are fried and shared as a tribal feast. Arabs and Moors use locusts in bread and stews.
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West Indies
Australia
Central Africa
Snakes With Two Heads in Northern India
Pioneer letters recount sightings of two headed snakes in northern India. Readers claim specimens exist in museums and that each head allegedly serves for six months yearly. Descriptions note snakes reportedly reach about three feet, though the writer recalls finding a two headed snake with two tails as a counterexample.
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Northern
India
Mar and His Dress
The piece notes that well dressed men blend in except in heat and that clean linen is hardly noticed while soiled linen is conspicuous. Hats are noticed only if ultra shaped and shoes stand out when loud or worn. Clean nails pass unseen while neglected nails draw attention. The underlying message: maintain suitable attire without drawing undue notice.
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Mar
The One and the Naught Letter Tale at Pittsfield
Oliver Wendell Holmes sent two poetical notes to an Episcopal fair in Pittsfield Massachusetts. One note hid a dollar with verses urging a loved one to read a truthful letter and reveal affection, while the other leaf held a playful exchange about love and secrecy.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pittsfield
Mass
Prophecy and lamentation greet Spaniards in Mexican rites
Across the globe, occult beliefs endure among indigenous peoples. The Spaniards’ arrival was foretold by Mexican caciques and the prophecies were sung amid the lament of festival chants.
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New World
London
Sublime Service Topics At Ames Church Of Christ
The Ames Church of Christ led by H. D. Williams lists Bible school at 9 45 a m and preaching at 11 a m and 7 30 p m The sermons titled The Sublime Service and The Course of True Love. The Bible School competes with Webster City for attendance collection and study. A fund of 3500 is being raised for building improvements with only one public subscription of 500 from the Baraca Bible class taught by J J Grove.
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Church OF Christ
H. D. Williams
Bible
Endeavor Society
Bible School
Webster City
J. J. Grove
St Johns Episcopal Church Morning and Evening Services
Herbert A. Wilson, rector, leads morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. on The Kingdom of Heaven. Sunday school precedes the service, and the evening service at 7:30 p.m. explores The Elements That Make for Character.
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ST. John's Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Wilson
U B Church Services Announced by Pastor Stiverson
Rev J W Stiverson, pastor, says services will be held at the U B church at the usual hour.
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U.B
J. W. Stiverson
U. B. Church
Christian Evidence Sermon at Armory by Stuntz
Methodist Church announces services at the Armory with 9 45 Sunday school under F M Cupps. 11 00 a m sermon on Christian Evidence. 6 30 Epworth League led by Joe King. 7 30 p m sermon by Rev Homer C Stuntz D D praised as a great churchman and potential bishop candidate.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Andrew M. Shea
Armory
F. M. Cupps
Epworth League
Joe King
Homer C Stuntz
D. D
Stuntz
First Baptist Church Service With Evening Sermon
Walter J. Fowle pastors a regular morning service at First Baptist Church. The evening sermon is titled The Religion for the Man of Today.
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First Baptist Church
Walter J. Fowle
Fruit-Themed Advertisement by Frank B. Spence
A period style display ad promoting fruits credited to Frank B. Spence. It emphasizes fruit offerings with religious phrasing inviting readers to "know us" through purchases. The brief item centers on a commercial notice.
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Frank B. Spence
Wanted to Rent Five or Six Room Cottage
A family of two seeks a five or six room cottage for one year starting early August. Husband employed at a college. Respond with location and terms in the first letter to K, care Ames Times.
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Care Ames Times
The Man With the Wooden Hat
A young Scotsman visiting an eminent engineer in Birmingham drops his wooden hat. He explains it was handmade on his father’s lathe. Impressed, the engineer hires him, later sending him to Cornwall to light his master’s premises with gas.
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Birmingham
Boulton
William Murdock
Cornwall
St. James
Good breeding as social glue and civility rules
Chesterfield defines good breeding as a blend of sense, nature, and self denial to gain indulgence from others. He argues manners vary by context but share a universal substance, likening good manners to morals and comparing civility rules to laws enforcing virtuous behavior.
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Chesterfield
Made For Fat Men Arch Widened at Columbia Chapel
An early visitor, a very fat man, wedged himself through a narrow gallery arch at Columbia University. He was extricated with difficulty, leading builders to widen the arch to prevent future jams, sacrificing symmetry to practical need.
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Columbia University
Horns of Female Cattle Compared to Bulls
The New York Globe notes female cattle have horns in about one in ten cows, though smaller than bulls. Female horns are more branched and finer, cows keep horns longer, seen in April. Old bulls shed from November 10 to month end. young bulls shed from December through mid February. Younger cattle retain horns longer.
Mountain of the Sacred Footprint near Adam's Peak
The island of Ceylon hosts Mount Samanala where a flat rocky basin displays a gigantic human footprint. The five and a half by two and a half foot print is revered as Adam’s by Brahmans and as Buddha’s by Buddhists.
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Adam's Peak
Samanala
Island
Ceylon
Orient
Adam
Buddha
Water Pressure and Cast Iron in Early Hydraulic Jacks
Water under high pressure could pierce cast iron as a needle, a risk in early hydraulic jacks. The text notes water’s penetrating force, able to seep through metal and even prick a finger as easily as a steel point.
Wrestling For Exercise in Gentle Catch Style
The New York Medical Journal notes wrestling as a robust form ofExercise suitable for all ages from ten to forty and beyond. It compares catch as catch can to Swiss wrestling and highlights adapting the sport to partners of similar weight with courteous conduct to reduce roughness.
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New York Medical Journal
Precautions of Old Time Doctors
A historic practice had physicians carry a hollow gold topped cane filled with aromatic powder or snuff. They struck the cane on the floor to release the scent and applied it to their nose when entering rooms with infectious disease, explaining old prints showing doctors with canes to their noses.
Comedian Tricks Party With False Teeth Riddle
An engaged comic actor entertained a family gathering and proposed a small game. Each person bet half a crown, and the pot would go to the one with the most answers to the absurd question who owned the most false teeth. The table laughed as he claimed the pool, revealing three teeth on some players.
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London
Senator Bate's Rules for Legislative Guidance
The text recalls Tennessee Senator William B. Bate, a former Confederate general, who kept a pocket slip titled Rules for my proper legislative guidance. He claimed the slip summarized his constitutional beliefs, saying he found most immortal truths in the Confederate Constitution rather than thinking them up himself.
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Bate
William B. Bate
Tennessee
Senate
Confederate States of America
Saturday Evening Post
The Opportunity Quote by Francois Rabellais
A fragment quotes Francois Rabellais noting that opportunity appears obvious at first with hair on the forehead, but once passed it cannot be recalled as it is bald at the back and never returns.
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Francois Rabelais
Fragmented Wisdom Quote by Cary Lyle
The quote notes that focus on a single object can enable achievement while spreading effort thin across many goals risks failure. It presents a contrast between concentrated and distributed strength and power.
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Carylyle
Deacon Brodie Inspires Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Tale
A London News summary recalls Edinburgh craftsman Deacon Brodie, a wright and council member, who led a double life as a burglar. Despite fame and respect, gambling debts and cockfighting drew him to crime. He was hanged after a confederate betrayed him, with rumors of attempted revival.
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Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Deacon Brodie
Wright
Lawnmarket
Edinburgh
Incorporation of
Wrights
Deacon
Meam
Tuum
Tie
Burgess
Brodie
Peter Desgravers
London News
Dreams Wrought In Masonry
Waldo Pendray Warren quotes a poem idea about architecture as dreams wrought in masonry. He argues great buildings begin as intangible thoughts before stone or plan and credits the initial thinkers who conceive new things for business development.
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Waldo Pendray Warren
Beans to Separate Bones in Skull by Bean Pressure
Anatomists describe a curious method to separate skull bones by filling a skull with small beans and soaking it in water until the beans swell and split the sutures. German physiologist Grehaut measured the force, finding it equivalent to five atmospheres, the typical boiler pressure in a steam engine.
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Grehaut
Lesson ends with riddle at Cassell’s Sat Journal
A cookery teacher quizzes children on mutton joints and asks for a joint not named. Mary answers with a groom’s payment joke, saying “A dollar each way, miss” about the horse. The anecdote appears in Cassell’s Saturday Journal.
Not a Dog. Old Lady and the Canine Pills
A humorous London Queen item where an old lady demands canine pills from a chemist. She insists her husband is a gentleman, prompting the chemist to prepare quinine pills in quiet acknowledgment. The exchange satirizes social pretensions.
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London
Uriah Rembrandt Peiggs Makes a Name
A cheeky exchange identifies Uriah Rembrandt Peiggs as a notably distinctive young man. The dialogue implies his growing notoriety and ambition to craft a memorable identity.
Franz and Father Dialogue from Wiener Caricaturen
A fragment from Wiener Caricaturen presents a dialogue where a father questions Franz about running away and Franz replies that his mother was unkind. The exchange portrays family conflict through terse, pointed lines.
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Franz
Wiener Caricaturen
The Universal Tyrant in Paris Siecle’s satire
A Paris Siecle commentary mocks the silk hat as absurd while noting it becomes a ubiquitous symbol worn by all. The piece critiques social foppery and collective conformity through ironic tone.
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Paris
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F. 8. Jones
Chas. Huey
Father Brown
Gilbert News
Roy Shearer
A. Morgan
Story
New York Globe
Uriah Rembrandt Peiggs
F. H. Waters
Ames Savings Bank
Ames, Iowa
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
Mutual
Iowa
C. W. Payne
Limited
Boone, Iowa
W. E. Harriman
B. G. Dyer, M. D
Groves
Bailey & Latham
Latham Feed Store
Ian Maclaren
Shan F. Bullock
Anne Warner
Helen Keller
Peffers
Peffer Medical Association
Chicago
U. S
Joel E. Cagwin
Royal Medicine
Marine Bidg
Gamble Drug Company
Foley
Foley & Company
Joel E. Cagwin Ames
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