Ames Local Miscellany and Notices
Local items include job ad for a reliable delivery man, dental parlors move, pension raise for Alderman, Mrs Owen opening a millinery store, a partial lunar eclipse report, new residents in Ames, a ladder loan, a buggy wreck, Chautauqua attendance notes, and various notices. Obituary and wedding notices conclude the column with a Hamlin area obituary and a Newton marriage notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Savings Bank
F. H. Waters
J.P. Alderman
Very Low Excursion Rates to Pacific Coast
Very low excursion tickets to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and California points sold from all stations on select dates to meet events with two daily fast trains The Overland Limited and The California Express offer electric lighting and sleeping accommodation For rates and tickets contact Chicago and North Western agents Ray 16-6
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
California
Pacific Coast
California Express
Chicago & North- Western Ray
Ames Chautauqua closes with varied programs Amid praise
The Ames Chautauqua ran from the ninth to tomorrow night with ideal weather and a strong lineup from Bryan to Gearheart. The event drew crowds, filled tents, and left the treasury healthy before a funeral and local society meetings wrap up the community week.
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Ames Chautauqua
Bryan
Col. Bain
G. A. Gearheart
Prof. Newens
Mars
Newens
Madrigal Lady
Robertson
Moving Pictures
M. M. Parkhurst
Gov
Christian Congress
Dress Making Mie Watson at Douglass Street
Dress maker Mie Watson will do up to date dress making at 12138 Douglass Street after Sept. 1. An old Scotch village man carried an eight day clock to a watchmaker. A passerby joked that it would be easier to carry a watch rather than the clock, prompting a return to the scene.
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Mme. Watson
Douglass Street
Mutual
Mie. Watson
Fairyland Tale Spins Seven Wishful Race Strivers
A Punch tale narrates a fairy experiment where ten men are asked to make a wish, seven request instructions on how to play the races, while an elf notes the others’ supposed certainty. The quip exposes certainty and curiosity in whimsical fashion.
Obituary Honors Man Killed by Circular Saw
The obituary calls the deceased a good citizen and an upstanding man and ardent patriot, noting with mixed humor his limited knowledge of circular saws while reporting his death by a circular saw accident.
Gave the Bride Away Dilemma
During the ceremony Stella asks who gave the bride away and discovers her father is not the giver. Bella reveals it was her little brother who spoke up and, in a quirky moment, exposed family secrets.
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P Ames
Henry C. Kort
Patience Wormley
Newton
Miss Wormley
Dr. Beardshear
President Storms
Korf
Stella
Bella
Toothbrush Craft Through Bone and Bristle Detail
A manufacturer explains how a straight toothbrush and a beef thigh bone twelve inches long and four inches in diameter create four plain blanks and two fancy curved pieces. Bristles are drawn by wire or thread, each group led, secured, and cut to size. Hog bristle quality varies by user preference.
Diplomat's Defiant Stand Amid South American Crises
In Paris a South American diplomat, unpaid due to revolutions at home, sells the legation furniture except a bed table and chairs and shares one room with his attache who cooks. When visitors arrive he boots the boot and declares that upon returning he will trigger a revolution and become president, promising a reward for self denial.
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Paris
Legation
Domestic Tragedy on Ground of Temper at Home
London News reports an English case where an old family servant separated from her husband over tiny habits. She complained he insisted on glasses upside down on the sideboard and anti macassars on dining chairs, and they could not agree.
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America
England
London News
Dance of the Gods at Lassa festival perilous descent
At the New Year festival in Lassa the grand lama witnesses the dance of the gods. A long leather thong cable runs from the lama’s palace to the plain as two men slide headfirst, arms spread, in a rapid descent that often proves fatal. Fanatics seek transmigration or adventurers chase court rewards.
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Lassa
The Muff and Fashion in Sixteenth Century Portraits
A description of fur wrist wraps and ornate metal animal heads seen in noble portraits. Early Venetian muffs were small and richly decorated with velvet and fur. By 1662 muffs were a recognized fashion essential for fashionable women.
His Last Wish and the Paper Wish Exchange
A brief Chicago Tribune fragment shows Orville Meehan and his wife in a tense exchange about a sheet of paper. He insists he is making a wish in her presence, while she questions his action, highlighting a domestic moment of wary humor.
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Orville
Mr. Meehan
Chicago Tribune
A Cuckoo Known by a Local Stammer in Essex Parish
An old cuckoo with a distinctive stammer, known to the district, was sighted and heard each year in the same Essex parish for seven consecutive years, reflecting surprising fidelity to locality in a homeless bird.
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Essex
London
Continual Opportunity Quote by Ruskin
The quote notes that great opportunities are rare but every moment offers a chance to improve oneself, highlighting self-improvement as the essential goal of conscious life.
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Ruskin
A Smart Woman and Bliggins’ Witty Exchange
A humorous exchange features Bliggins and his wife as Miss Cayenne notes she does not believe Bliggins thinks she is clever, only that she makes him think so. The banter highlights marital wit and social irony through sharp lines about intelligence and perception.
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Bliggins
Miss Cayenne
Personal Paragraphs From Ames and Surrounding Areas
A series of society notices details visits and travels among residents and visitors. Mrs. Sarah McWilliams visits relatives in Humeston while Mary Raynor seeks rheumatism care in Colfax. Others travel to Lake Okiboji, Chicago, Wall Lake, Manson, and Michigan, with many meeting relatives and friends in Ames, Des Moines, Jefferson, and surrounding towns.
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Geo. Kintzley
Lake Okibo Ji
Eva Kingkade
Chicago
Mabel Kintziey
Wall Lake
Manson
E. L. Moffitt
Michigan
J. J. Kegley
Minnesota
Madrid
Dr. McNeal
Cleveland
Ohio
E. Loughan
Will
Toledo
R. R. Davis
Illinois
Clyde Kintzsley
Strength and Reliability of Medicine in Alkaloid Assays
Five tincture of nux vomica specimens bought on the open market showed none met the required alkaloid content. One sample had double the amount of strychnine and brucine, while others had only traces. The piece criticizes modern pharmacists for poor assays, urging readers to know their stock drugs and actions.
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Tilden Bros. & Company
C. HamiLton
Mir
W. D. Moxiey
Ames
Clark Street
Mr.m
Knute Helgeson
Daff Street
Sheldon
Wm. West
West
Bureau of Animal Industry
M. Gordon
Ralph R. Dykstra
J. D. Swell
W. KE. Madson
Iba
Alvin O. Lundell
Webster City
Kirk W. Stouder
W. G. Middieton
Willard D. Gilchrist
C. M. Apama
Davenport
Iowa
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association
West Side Commercial Club Rooms
Fifth Street
Des Moines
Adams
Florence White
Ripley
M. E. Home Missionary Society
Waltmire
C. L. Wilson
A. B
College
L. W. Nine
Castle Memorial
Wilson
Eastern Star of
Eastern Star
Boone
Central Town
Joseph G. Camp
Chautauqua
Armory
Horace Parker
Luella C. Parsons
Lineville
Molin
Kansas
Ontario
George K. Scott
A. R. Leverett
Christian Church At
Gro. K. Scott
R. R. Parsons
Faminy
Kort-Wormley
THE
Dr. Richmond
Nevada
Presbyterian Church
Missionary Society of Congregational Church
A. L. Watson
Sycamore St
Japan
A. B. Noble
Chicago Journal
Sarah McWilliams
Humeston
Mary Raynor
Colfax
Senator Harriman
Hampton
Harriman
Mrs. H. ©. Carroll
Des Moihes
Dan McCarthy
Sackett
W.D. Rich
J. Jacobs
Mackinac
S. W. O'Brien
Jefferson
Robert Hatfield
John
W. T. Smith
C. McCabe
Mollie Fenton
Belle Rutherford
Portland Exposition
Olds
Alberta
D. G. Ferguson
P. G. Kaynor
Colorado
Sarah Kibbey
E.G. Kaynor
Fort Dodge
Kaynor
Hank
Sid McCaw
Gamble's Pharmacy
Marengo
Mr. Rowley
Gamble
Lena Hunter
Guthrie
Okla
George Juisch
Tilden Bros
Ing
Ed. Hoppe
Billy
KE. M. Payne
Philadelphia
N. Y
Abi Fell
Hudson, N. Y
C. E. Hunt
Rossello
Ames, Iowa
A. & C. Railway
A. MA
P.M
Aavconsne
Sehen Oweere
Rererate
Crete
Rhodacscveses
A.M A.M
Sida Sean
Ww. M. Ees
M. K. Smith
Westerman
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