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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
4
The Times reports the Methodist church project faces delays due to the architect’s illness but will have plans completed today for contractor inspection. Work will begin soon and progress swiftly toward completion with carpenters and masons at work.
Twelve room house with hot and cold water furnace heat and good well on a 60 by 180 foot lot. Contains fruit and garden patch. Located on Boone street two doors east of Friends church. Call or address S. L. Mabie.
An old advertisement promotes Foley’s Kidney Cure from Cagwin Druggist claiming it will stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder trouble within medical reach.
Property owner offers residence on Burnett Street for three months starting May 1. Nominal rent set at $12 50 per month includes a kitchen range. Suitable for someone building a permanent home or already at home during construction. Dr E A Bare.
Seed corn for sale Reids yellow dent home grown and kiln dried Satisfaction guaranteed Both Phones 48 61 W P Coon Every woman appreciates a beautiful complexion so much desired by men Such complexions come to all who use Hollister s Rocky Mountain Tea 35c Tea or Tablets L M Bosworth
Three days on the plains recounts a Colorado excursion by an Ames man and companions. They travel from Ames to Denver to Sterling and camp in a shack, hunting prairie dogs and jackrabbits, sleeping on buffalo robes while coffee pot nostalgia and a Masonic banquet figure in the tale.
A fire alarm from the Stuckslager home on Douglass street rang about eleven o'clock Tuesday causing notable excitement. The blaze is believed to have originated on the roof from a spark.
A reformer criticizes pensions for aristocrats funded by taxpayers in England. He cites pensions for the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, dating from Charles II, paid despite current wealthier holders. He contrasts with hard workers who pay taxes for lavish allowances.
The narrator links common fountain imagery to Egyptian origins, noting the Nile flood tied to the Leo zodiac and marking Egypt as the birthplace of the calendar in the 43rd century B C. It credits Egypt with the earliest shipbuilding, a long, uninterrupted 11,000-year cultural span, and praises Egypt as a source of hidden mysteries, science, and art.
In India a renowned soldier faces social awkwardness at a grand dinner with an American guest. The guest requests almonds and raisins, joking that the request carries a kissmiss penalty. The soldier learns the exchange, while the wife and husband discuss who bears the liability.
Letters quoted by Mr. Vercival Bickerstaffe reveal claimed noble lineage from a displaced plumber and gasfitter out of work who asserts a title and tenements, while a city clerk believes he is of high birth, showing an aristocratic cast in his portrait and an urge to prove ancestry.
The Cresta course in St. Moritz Switzerland is a one mile long iced track where skilled coasters use the American flat toboggan and reach speeds from twenty to eighty seven miles an hour. Timings are precisely measured by an electric clock.
A bookkeeper received a letter from a longtime subscriber who refused renewal stating he would not need the publication in the future. The postmark came from a town with a state prison and the postscript warned he was to be hanged next week.
After May 1 all Ames church evening services will be held half an hour later than now.
The Church of Christ led by H. D. Williams lists Bible school at 9 45 a m and Endeavor Society at 6 30 p m. Morning worship at 11 00 a m and evening service at 7 30 p m feature sermons on American Missions and That Young Dreamer. The pastor also preaches at Pleasant Grove Chapel at 3 00 p m.
Herbert A. Wilson presides with morning prayer and a sermon titled Toward Tarshish at 11:00. Sunday school precedes the service. Evening service at 7:30 features The Books we Read.
Rev. J. W. Stiverson, pastor, leads Sunday worship at the U. B. Church at the usual hours with a 3:00 p.m. service at Evergreen.
Andrew M. Shea pastor at Armory with 9 45 Sunday School 11 00 sermon The Christian Tested 6 30 Epworth League leader Fae Campbell 7 30 sermon The Passing Gift invite. First Banquet at First Church Walter I Fowle pastor 9 45 Bible class 11 00 sermon 3 00 Junior Union 6 30 B Y P U missionary meeting leader J R Hughes 7 30 sermon A Crisis in the Life of a Christian Nobleman
W J Minchin pastor leads Congregational services with Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning sermon on Public Spirit The Need of the Hour Then at 6 30 p m evening service followed by a second sermon on Comradeship The pastor invites all people to attend all services are open to the public.
Services at the Catholic Church next Sunday at 10 A M. The Rector's place will be filled by Rev. M Norton of Webster City.
A lawyer named McGann helped a farmer charged with murder by securing bail. The farmer then killed the chief witness, prompting a $300 reward offer for the killer. McGann aided in capturing and killing the farmer to claim the reward, claiming it as another case.
The article notes how blind horses avoid fences and walls, slide away from them, and seek water well before crossings. It argues these animals rely on heightened senses beyond sight, possibly olfactory or other cues, and suggests long term blindness in men leads to similar instincts.
A shopper refuses the 15 cent yard and buys the 18 cent piece to avoid an odd half cent. The clerk notes many women object to odd figures and prefer purchases that avoid fractions. The exchange highlights consumer willingness to pay to dodge fractional pricing.
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