Local Club Notes and Social Updates
Ellsworth G A R meets twice monthly at G A R Hall while the Cemetery Association gathers the first Friday at members’ homes. Various societies hold meetings at homes or clubrooms on set Fridays and Tuesdays, with names including Civic Improvement, O E S, Marion Rebekah, What I Can Baptist, Aid Congregational, Missionary Christian, Ladies Aid Methodist, Unity, Nonpareil, Altar, Priscilla, and Royal Neighbors. Nearby residents Florence Nelson and others from Des Moines and Hedrick are listed. Social evenings and a moonlit supper are noted, with Miss Pike’s lunch operation praised for growth in Sioux City.
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The
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Unity Club
Tee Altar Society
Catholic Church
Pario
Priscilla Club
Royal Neighbors of America
Red Men's Hall
Methodist meeting omitted for August due to Chautauqua
The meeting of the W F M A of the Methodist church is omitted for the month of August because of Chautauqua.
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The
Methodist Church
Westward tour ends with visits in Ames and Des Moines
Dr and Mrs C W Hall of Kewanee Illinois returned via Ames at week’s end visiting friends Copestakes and the Stevensons at the college. Mrs Jennie McE Beyer came back from a month with the Jackson Beyer family in Des Moines. About thirty five friends surprised Mr and Mrs T F Codi on their first wedding anniversary and presented a handsome gift.
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C W. Hall
Kewane Illinois
West
Ames
Copestakes
Stevensons
Jennie McE. Beyer
Jackson Beyer
Des Moines
Iowa
T. F. Codi
Picnic at the Ledges Honoring Miss Florence Dunham
Sunday afternoon about fourteen young ladies and gentlemen enjoyed a picnic at the Ledges complimentary to Miss Florence Dunham of Ames.
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Florence Dunham
Ames
Cemetery association hosts pleasant Friday at Carey home
The cemetery association spent a delightful day Friday at the Carey home north of Ames with a pleasant drive both ways and a splendid chicken dinner served by Mrs. Carey and her daughter. The party noted the Friday omen of thirteen guests and the cemetery association as hosts. W. R. C. will not meet this week due to Chautauqua.
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Bower
Mildred Bower
Eldora
Lou Allen
The
Cemetery Association
Carey
Ames
Miss Hattie Pike Resigns YWCA Secretary Post
Miss Hattie Pike, secretary of the Y W C A, has resigned her position and will leave in two weeks for Lincoln Nebraska to oversee the same department. Miss Pike is a graduate of the class of 1901.
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Sioux City Journal
Pike
Hattie -Pike
Lincoln Nebraska
Baby Wilbur Stratton Dies at Nearly Two
Wilbur Heggen Stratton son of Lena C. and Homer Stratton was born in Ames on August 19 1906 and died August 10 1908 from cholera infantum. Funeral from the home Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev A M Shea with musicians Misses de Stull Sarah McElyen Myrasser and Cora Willey. Interment in Ames cemetery.
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Wilbur Heggen Stratton
Lena C
Homer Stratton
Ames
A. M. Shea
de Stull
Sarah McElyen
Myrasser
Cora Willey
Artificial Ice Rule From Chautauqua Directors
At a Chautauqua association directors meeting the grounds committee was ordered to supply all drinking water with manufactured ice. Vendors with iced drinks must use manufactured ice while natural ice may still be used for freezing if ice is not in drinks.
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The
Chautauqua Association
Western Post Cards Offer from Fort Pierre Dealer
Western Post announces 50 000 post cards featuring Scotty Philip buffalo herd Indians in camp round up broncho riding horses cattle and homesteading. Send 25 cents in stamps to receive a dozen different cards. Agents wanted in every town. Address Guy L Hart & Co Fort Pierre SD.
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Scotty Philip
Guy L. Hart & Co
Fort Pierre
Comforts in Comfort A Packard 30 En Route to New TiG City
A Packard 30 named Comforts in Comfort passed through the city Monday bound for New TiG City. It carried Mr and Mrs Comfort who had travelled west weeks ago to visit in Omaha. They were equipped for comfort, ready to camp on the prairie or foothills as needed.
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New Tig City
Comfort
Omaha
Manning Buys A Buick For Family Transit
Milo Manning has purchased a new Buick automobile and plans to use it as the main means of transit from now on. The family is enjoying the convenient vehicle and the change from walking to and from the bank.
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Milo Manning
Ames Produce Co. Egg and Poultry Prices
Fresh eggs sell for 15 cents per dozen. Old hens 74 percent cents per pound. Old roosters three cents per pound. Springers twelve cents per pound. Ducks six cents per pound. Ames Produce Co.
Obituary for Jeanette McArthur of Story County Iowa
Jeanette McArthur born March 1 1829 in Edinburgh Scotland died August 9 1908 at her home in Story County Iowa aged 79 years 5 months and days. She moved to Wisconsin at fourteen and married William V Kyle January 13. Eight children blessed the union two predeceased her. In 1864 the Kyle family moved to Story County where she spent her remaining years. She leaves relatives Nan Maggie John Kyle and Mrs Ward Dailey among many friends. Rev Minchin led services with a quartet. Interment in Nevada Cemetery.
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Jeanette McArthur
Edinburgh
Scotland
Story County
Iowa
Rock County
Wisconsin
William V. Kyle
Spirit Land
Kyle
Edith George
Hultz
Nevada
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted for Sore Feet and Wounds
Mrs. W Stone of East Poland Maine endorses Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as proper for sore feet and healing burns, sores cuts and abrasions. It is also stated as effective for piles and sold at druggists for 25 cents with guarantee.
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Bucklen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Florence Nelson
Alice Redmond
Hedrick
Mayme Nylander
Alice Hartman
Sioux City
Miss Pike
Lincoln
Semmons Dry
L. C. Tilden
Mary Tilden
Colorado
Deila di Morris
Pueblo
Harriet Wilkinson
Helen Morris
John Baughman
Ogden
Utah
Marian Rebekah Lodge
I. Ban
Franch
Mai
Spence Ames
Lowa
Wilbur
Western Post
Manning
Ames Produce Co
Mne
Chautauqua
Innes Day
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