19 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
1
The Quarterly Style Book for fall now on sale and improved in size quality and satisfaction The New American Fashions will be featured exclusively in Ladies Home Journal Patterns with the Quarterly as the preview window Get your copy today.
Clerk Soper Recorder Tesdahl and Auditor Dunahugh drew juror lists for the September term starting September 13. The lineup includes Anenson D. M. through Vogt Philip and Zearing Wier G. W. with dozens of names tied to Ames Nevada Cambridge Story City and other locales.
George Hoffman manager of the depot lunch room traded the East Parker club house at the college this week to Eph Stillman for 640 acres of land in the Saskatchewan Valley in Canada. Hoffman has placed the land section on the market.
Mrs Bertha Hatteberg died Sunday at 5 a m at her home two miles southeast of Kelley A funeral was held at the nearby church Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev Holman It was one of the largest services for the church She was sixty nine years eight months old and survived by two daughters Mrs W L Hoon Ames and Mrs Nellie Danielson and son Thor Hatteberg Denver all present at the funeral
Hytland will relocate his cobbler shop and stock into half of the room now used by Cooley harness shop around mid September. The former cobbler shop will be removed to make space for a hotel annex.
W. Gray, an 07 graduate of Iowa State College who married Kate Goble of this city, has been elected to the engineering faculty to teach Strength of Materials in the cement laboratories.
Bryant Huff, formerly of the Town State College, is a member of the Dunbar Bell Ringers. They were on the program at Chautauqua two days this week.
Last Friday a Willis Guise home in the third ward triggered a minor scare as a large crowd gathered seeking excitement. No injuries or further incidents reported after responders determined nothing dangerous was occurring.
A packed Ames Chautauqua features the Royal Hungarian Orchestra under Luis Lipsky, lectures by Dr. Samuel Zane Batten and Ed Amherst Ott, soprano Mabel Wagner Shank, and Browning recitals by Dr. Robert W. Van Kirk. Bryan delivers The Price of a Soul to 4,000 amid a week of concerts, moral talks, and dramatic storytelling.
The Scenic theater announces Ruth Bacus of Boone, formerly pianist at the Ames show house and currently at the Arie opera house in Boone, will return to the city around September to perform at the Scenic.
The Interstate Live Stock and Horse show in St. Joseph Missouri runs the week of September 2025 and features the largest collection of high class horses ever seen on the Missouri river plus an evening horse show.
A mixed delegation of Democrats and Republicans from Nevada visited Monday afternoon to hear William Jennings Bryan at Chautauqua. Report says many more would have attended but were held by business commitments.
Reports from threshing completion say oats yields exceed the average with excellent quality. Observers note good kernel development and robust crop health across fields. Farmers look to favorable conditions and market prospects as the season progresses.
We extend gratitude to kind friends for sympathy and aid during the sickness and death of husband son and brother Mrs Ed Clark and family.
The Home Missionary society of the M B church will meet Tuesday August 24 at 3 pm with Mrs W. B Burnett as host. Leader Mrs Wasser. Social committee includes Miss Bauge Dr Jennie Christ and Mrs J A Campbell.
A reflective piece underscores that success derives from perseverance and practical effort rather than pedigree. It highlights how steady work, skill, and smart choices build lasting enterprise across generations.
Last evening at the groom's home five miles north of the city, George Bennett married Miss Martha Severson of Cambridge. Rev. John T. Houser of the Church of Christ officiated in the presence of a few immediate relatives.
T Houser pastor leads Church and Sunday school at 10 30 a m. Evening meeting in the park at 6 30 p m. Endeavor follows after the meeting. All are welcome.
UNTEED BRETHREN CRURCE Warner Johnson announces Sunday school at 10:00 and preaching at 11:00. Union meeting in city park at 6:30 p.m. EB U. at 8:00 led by Miss Morence Baker. Revival begins Sunday evening August 22 at Evergreen Church south of town.
Personal mention notes Jack Hamilton appointed as grounds patrolman at the Iowa State Fair. The page also promotes various products including Hollister's Rocky Mountain tea, Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and MILKY WAY Dip, with ads for cleaning services by The Modern Cleaner and a contact listed as Mutual phone 476.
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