Meteor Board Report Sums High School Yearbook Profits
At Ames high school junior class meeting Miss Niva Nichols reported the Meteor board finances for the year. Credits include 228 books sold at 1.50 and advertising receipts with six cuts sold. Debits cover printing Meteors and artist fees, postage, freight, and banking charges, totaling 342.00 with deposits in Ames Savings Bank at 4 percent interest. The editor praises the effort as a credit to the Meteor board and the school. It then shifts to a section on elephants fearing mice and a History note on baseball’s professional origins and early abuses cited from Success Magazine.
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Ames High School
Niva Nichols
Meteor Board
Rene
von Devnne’s
Jennings
Fedson Express
Des Moines
Ames Savings Bank
Meteor
Early Baseball Teams Forming The First League
In 1857 the National Association of Baseball Players was organized as the first league, a body of amateur players. The movement marked a shift from informal group play to organized competition among early clubs.
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National Association of Baseball Players
Almost Prehistoric Voice Sings an Old Song in Midsummer
A woman Clara sings the old tune Over the Garden Wall to Cyril in a tender scene. He calls it old while she recalls the night they became engaged, revealing quiet sadness.
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Cyril
Clara
New Orleans Times- Democrat
They Let It Go at That in a Parlor Scene
A Chicago News note describes a couple in a parlor with the man declaring women are not good listeners while the girl is silent and her mother eavesdrops at the keyhole, unable to contradict him.
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Chicago News
It Takes Cash. A City Patrols Keep Lynchings Off
A New York policeman quips that lynchings never occur here because the Wilkers arrive first with cash. He notes multiple patrolmen per block and the time to find a rope or clothesline requires payment on delivery, deterring vigilant mobs. The satirical remark underscores crime control and neighborhood order.
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New York
Wilkers
Not His Fault Styles and His Wife: Uneasy Marriage
Dialogue hints at marital tension as a woman appears uncomfortable around Styles. The joke suggests the husband’s identity is not the cause. a witty remark blames the wife’s boots for the demeanor.
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Styles
The Cure Joke About a Headache and a Milliner
A quip frames a wife troubled by head pain asking for a doctor. The response jokes that only the milliner can help, delivering a dry punchline about remedies and professions.
Chamberlain's Colic Cholera Remedy Praised by Mother
Mrs B J Joneston of Linton Mississippi testifies that after three doctors failed her sick child improved within hours after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The product is sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
B. J. Joneston
Linton, Miss
Judisch Bros
Dangerous Odors and Poisonous Gases in History
The article reviews hazardous smells from prussic acid to hydrogen selenide and tellurium, noting olfactory nerve effects and famous lab hazards. It recounts selenium and tellurium experiments, a physician’s tale of a patient affected by tellurium, and mentions rose oil causing “rose cold” as a nervous complaint.
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Berzellus
Kidney Cure Revered By Oakville Resident
R A Gray J P of Oakville Indiana recounts ten years bedridden by kidney disease. Despite top medical care he found no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was recommended. He calls it a Godsend and credits druggist Cagwin for the recommendation.
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R. A. Gray
J. P
Oakville
Ind
Foley
Cagwin
Accidental Success in Literature Sparks a Bestseller
A publisher notes that popular success often arrives by accident. J. H. Shorthouse, a poor chemist, wrote John Inglesant but faced rejection. He printed 100 copies, sold 40, a photographer bought one, shot Gladstone with the book, and a misread caption boosted interest. Within a year 300,000 copies sold, making Shorthouse successful.
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J. H. Shorthouse
John Inglesant
Mr. Shorthouse
Gladstone
The Nature of the Creature and Classic Adages
A compact collage pairing quotes on carelessness rashness and honesty from The Smart Set and Herodotus. The fragment reflects on character and divine favor through witty and ancient maxims.
Chautauqua Assembly Impresses with New and Familiar Speakers
The fourth annual Chautauqua at Ames draws strong crowds despite some critics. New and returning figures like Rev. E L Eaton and Lou J Beauchamp headline varied lectures and entertainments from Rosani the juggler to Lincoln McConnell on youth and race, with Brookside weather briefly interrupting events before closing Friday with the Parland Newhall bell ringers.
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E. L. Eaton
Dr. Eaton
Lou J. Beauchamp
Rosani
Ames City
Wesleyan Quartette
Chautauqua
Beauchamp
Wesleyans
Newens
Adrian M. Newens
Iowa State College
Redpath Lyceum Bureau
Mars
Harry Huntington
Ames Band
Lincoln McConnell
Ames
McConnell
Packard
Our City
Vanity Fair
Alaska
Gulf
Gen
Z. T. Sweeney
Jerusalem
Gen. Sweeney
Holy City
Sweeney
Tillman
Carolinas
Robert Leeds
American Vitagraph Company
Vitagraph
Parland-Newhall
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Ad
Detroit man reports Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets restored his appetite and eased bloated feeling. They improved digestion and produced a satisfactory bowel movement. Priced at 25 cents with free samples. sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
J. H. Seitz
Detroit
Mich
Judisch Bros
A Fellow Feeling Among Neighbors Quips
A Houston Post item quotes Mrs. Henry Peck claiming she would not fear a man eating tiger and Hen Peck replying that the tiger would recognize a kindred spirit. The playful exchange underscores local wit and neighborly humor.
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Henry Peck
M’ria
Hen Peck
Houston Post
No Ballast Needed
A letter notes a humorous remark by a Pune reader about aerolites weighing five hundred weight each falling in Ghazipur district India. The quip compares balloonists to heavy people in a lighthearted tone.
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Ghazipur
India
Puneh
Renewal of Races by the Country, Rousseau Quotation
A Rousseau quotation notes that at the end of generations races perish or degenerate in towns and that renewal is always provided by the country, emphasizing renewal through rural influence rather than urban decline.
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Rousseau
Tool House Fire in Yard Sparks Alarm
A fire at the bridge gang tool house in the south end of the yards caused a two mile hose run before firefighters arrived and extinguished the flames. A coal from a southbound engine started the blaze with only modest damage to the structure and contents.
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Bridge Gang
Foley's Kidney Cure Warning Ad by Cagwin
An advertisement urges readers with kidney and bladder troubles to use Foley's Kidney Cure, claiming it positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder disease and cites Cagwin the druggist as the provider.
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Foley
Cagwin
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People’s Furniture
Walnut St
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South Dakota
Judge’s Bakery
Frank M. Pew
National Association of Professional Baseball Players
Henry Beach Needham
Success Magazine
Herodotus
Tone’s Spices
Tone Brothers
Raat Gennery
Ames, Lowa
POR Sale
Loughran & Bauer
M. H. Kelso
Hamilton
Ames, Iowa
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