Personal Paragraphs Narrate Weekend Visits Across Counties
Local column lists numerous visits and family ties from Carroll Boone and surrounding towns. Notable entries include Mrs. Frank C. Worsing visiting relatives in Boone, Miss Carrie Cox in LaMoille visiting sister Mrs. R. H. McCarthy, and Mrs. Rome Simmons recovering from five weeks of illness with family in Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank C. Worsing
Boone
Carrie Cox of
LaMoille
R. H. McCarthy
Rome Simmons
Rid Yourself of Household Clutter and Daily Dress
A column urges decisive decluttering by burning or giving away magazines and bric a brac. It then muses on daily dress, the health of the body, and avoiding overindulgence, arguing restraint without moral franticness and praising practical self care.
Self indulgence and Whitman echoes in a quirky column
The piece quotes "Lein Schmidt" on spending and sin with wit, then compares to Walt Whitman about animals and contentment. It critiques gluttony and comfort, notes advice on digestion and eating less with proper chewing, and ends with Washington Press commentary on medical quackery and diet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lein Schmidt
Elizabeth
Walt Whitman
Warship ram described as steel beak on battleship
Article explains the ram on a warship as a forty ton solid steel beak fixed to the prow with a derrick mount. It stresses the destructive power of a full speed ram capable of crushing a hull and sinking an enemy ship, and notes design challenges and vulnerability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Danforth's Ice Cream and Ices Advertised
Local notices promote Danforth's ice cream and ices at the Arlington hotel second door east, with promotions for Grover's soft shoes by Bange and Alm. The note mentions Bob Jeffrey's dog, and reaffirms Danforth's ice cream and ices are always good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danforth
East Arlington
Grover
Bange & Alm
Bob Jeffrey
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A. W. Miller of
Carroll
Talbott
Mrs. E. O. Edwinson
Mr. Edwinson
Nevada
Carl Anderson
L. Gamrath
Colfax
W. G. Kennedy
Donald of
Montour
Ella Sherwood
T. Loughran
Sioux City
Mabel
Margaret Young
Clarion
Ransome Bernard
Corlette
M. A. Childs
Des Moines
San Antonio
Texas
Danforth’s
Burrell’s
Lona Hoxie
Hampton
J. Y. Luke
Jon Allen
Puyallup
Washington
Lova Hoxie
Mrs. Luke
Miss Hoxie
C. F. Curtiss
Velda Wilson
Harper, Iowa
George T. Dixon
Ames Laundry
Laundrymen of the State
Cedar Rapids
Boston
Mother Hubbard
Chamberlain
J. B. Cagwin
Henry Guild
Lordsburg
Cal
California
New York
Clarke Co
Park Ave
Washington Press
Ames
Mutual
Harry Sowers
Williams County
North Dakota
George Hoffman
Iowa
Boone Street
Beardshears
South Campus Gate
Ruby Elmwood
Everett
Ohio
J. L. Nanamaker
Wisconsin
J. L. Nisewender
T. H. McDonald
The
Ames Times
Wm. Watkins
Mutual Phone
Gail On
L. Wilson
Geo. E. Burton & Co
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