Church Services and Bible School in Ames
Ames churches list their Sunday schedules with ministers and times. Church of Christ H D Williams preaches spiritual themes at 11, Bible school at 9 45. United Brethren J W Stiverson with 10 am Sunday school and 11 am sermon Can Do. First Baptist I Fowle 9 45 Bible study 11 sermon 8 pm Junior Union 6 30 park union.
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Church OF Christ
H. D. Williams
C. E
United Brethren Church
J. W. Stiverson
First Baptist Church
I. Fowle
the Park
Minchin to Preach on Social Solvents at Morning Service
W. J. Minchin, pastor, leads morning service at 11:00. Theme Some Social Solvents. Prof. Thompson at organ with Mrs. Thompson singing. Visitors and new students welcomed. Minchin to speak at the park in the evening at 6:30.
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W. J. Minchin
Prof. Thompson
Miss Bertha Kersey Poses As Piano Teacher In Ames
Miss Bertha M. Kersey, pianist and piano teacher, lists extensive training including the State University School of Music in Lincoln, the Iowa College School of Music in Grinnell, studies in Chicago with Rossetter G. Cole and Elwood A. Emery, and private lessons in Boston. She offers instruction for both advanced pupils and beginners from Ames Iowa Mutual Phone 32 Iowa 1511.
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Bertha M. Kersey
Judge Lee's
Ames
Iowa
Mutual
Kersey
State University School of Music
Lincoln
Neb
Iowa College School of Music
Grinnell
Rossetter G. Cole
Fannie L. Gwinner Cole
Elwood A. Emery
Chicago
Calvin B. Cady
Boston
Chicago Conservatory of Music
Auditorium
Miss Kersey
Building Up a Business at Nickeson’s Barber Shop
The story traces W C Nickeson expanding a barber shop he bought from Leonard and Owen. He initially ran a two-chair operation, then added a third chair and proceeded with improvements to attract more customers and grow the business.
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W.C. Nickeson
Nickeson
Leonard & Owen
Growth at the Shop Leads to Expansion and Renovation
The business expanded from two chairs to add an expensive gas plant and a third chair. A recent wreck prompted a repaint and new linoleum, brightening the space. Management foresees demand growing enough to justify a five chair shop in the near future.
Two Tall Ones and the Self-Devouring Animals
An Exchange quote recounts a nature fakir claiming that starved eagles and hyenas will eat themselves. He describes three days of starvation, photographs for a book, and the resulting injuries. The hyena reportedly ate its own hind leg, risking complete self-cannibalization before intervention.
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Pliny
Chileans Are Mongrels
A quoted Exchange passage argues that Chilean society blends Indigenous and Spanish lineage due to historical upheaval. It says many Spaniards were expelled or massacred in a revolution amid mongrel ancestry, producing a mixed, fiery populace.
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Spain
Wealth won’t buy everything says the philosopher
In a brief wry exchange from the Washington Star a philosopher notes wealth cannot purchase all things. Mr Comrox replies that his family will keep trying while the checkbook lasts, underscoring light social humor about money and aspiration.
Still Green Worm Warbles in Garden Phrase
Teddy brings a green caterpillar inside and tells his mother the worm is big but not ripe yet in a playful garden exchange from the St. Louis Republic.
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Teddy
St. Louis Republic
Ames Social Scene Highlights Club Meetings and Weddings
Chautauqua plans in Ames for October with Mrs. M. K. Smith coordinating. Aid Society farewell meeting hosted by Mrs. Clay Foster on Aug 29. Home Missionary Society gathers Aug 27 with Mrs. Poole presiding. Mrs. Henry Wilson hosts old Ogden friends. Lillian Vernon and H. S. Veach wed at the Vernon home. An Ames Club forms in San Diego for former residents, with officers and members listed.
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Chautauqua
M. K. Smith
Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ames
Nash
Audubon
Aid Society of the Christian Church
Clay Foster
Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Poole
Boone Street
McDonald
Miss Lanning
G. W. Jones
Perry Bower
C. H. Hagen
Henry Wilson
Ogden
John Lord
Huntley
Seeley
Sylvester
Zollinger
Clark
Faith Clark
Ednad Sylvester
Wilson
Mabel Clark
Lillian Vernon
Yeach
George Vernon
Seventeenth Street
Iowa State College
Veach
Chicago Great Western
Harris-Emery
Pleasant Street
Des Moines
Register and Leader
San Diego
Calif
San
Bradley
Laurent Bradley
T. B. Keeney
Ben Keeney
C. Shephard
Horato Banks
Lester Banks
R. J. Roupe
D. G. Ives
Clara
Millie Ives
Elmer Banks
Lemon Grove
Russel Miller
Roscoe Miller
Truman Miller
Ida Keeney Loveless
Escondido
San Diego County
Story City Farmers Picnic At Watkins Well Featured Ball Game
The Story City community held a countywide picnic at Watkins Well with a large crowd and a ball game. C N Christenson of Story City to receive 200 for injuries from a city settlement. Emil Shortman of Slater married Addie Ham of Kelley in Boone, will reside in Slayton Minnesota. Maxwell led the big Woodman picnic in fine style with an extensive program including wrestling matches. J H Larson of Slater had leg surgery to remove bone following a horse accident. believed to cure. Story City lags Ames in sports. annual shoots show many Ames shooters and visitors. The gathering underscores local spirit and community events across Story County.
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Story City
Watkins
C. N. Christenson
Martin Smith
Cambridge
Emil Shortman
Slater
Addie Ham
Kelley
Boone
Slayton
Minn
Ames
Maxwell
Woodman
Story County
J. H. Larson
Story
Ames College News Highlights Busy Start to Term
The board meets as college entries begin. Professors Holden Storm and others lecture across Iowa. Staff and guests from Des Moines Champaign Sigourney Grinnell Osakis Marshalltown, plus new instructors and administrators, join a campus reshaped by construction and revised daily chapel timing.
Will Snitch On Gang
Al Anselberger, a Ames tailor described as a quiet man, was jailed on intoxication charges and released on condition he testify before the grand jury. He is said to plan inform on bootleggers, potentially exposing several Ames figures at the next grand jury session.
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al. Ackerberger
Grand Jury
Ames
al. Anselberger
Anselberger
Russell Ballard Ballard Dies in Story City
Russell Ballard known as Russ Ballard, aged 80, died August 19 1907 at the home of his son in Story City Iowa. He was born December 24 1826 in Smyrna New York and lived in Ohio Illinois before moving west.
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Lard
Story County
Howard Township
Story City
Anson
Russell
Fredrick
Minnie
Kestin
Floyd Ballard
C. Wier
J. W. Sowers
Milford Township
Albert Ballard
Colorado
Sheffield Cemetery
Russ’’ Ballard
Mr. Ballard
Smyrna
New York
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
Last Chance to Buy Weights at Great Bargain
Four advertised lots from times past have sold, leaving only ten lots remaining. This is the final opportunity for a great bargain as offered by W. T. Smith.
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W. T. Smith
Market Day Sale at Kelley on Front Street
A market day sale starts at ten o'clock Saturday August 31 1907 at Kelley on Front Street featuring horses cattle stock and farm machinery. List stock with E F Posegate Harry Sheehey or Bank of Kelley. Listing fee 50 cents for horses plus 1 for sale. Other stock 2 percent. Cash terms with option for one year on approved notes at 8 percent. EB PoseGate and E J Penfield Clerk auctioneers.
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Kelley
Front Street
E. F. Posegate
Harry Sheehey
Bank of Kelley
EB. F. PoseGate
E. J. Penfield
Two Registered Angus Bulls for Sale by Rosenfeld & Sinerly
Two registered Angus bulls offered by Rosenfeld and Sinerly at 16-2 Kelley, Iowa. One is a proven sire and the other is 12 months old. Attractive prices for a quick sale.
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Rosenfeld & Sinerly
Kelley
Lowa
Hay Fever Relief Ad Highlights Foley’s Honey and Tar
A vintage advertisement promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar for hay fever and summer colds. It claims immediate relief from difficult breathing and healing of inflamed air passages, noting the genuine product in a yellow package and listing Cagwin the druggist as the seller.
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Foley
Cagwin
Strained the Jar Twist in a Country Store tale
An elderly country shopper purchases treacle and a battle scarred jug. She objects to being charged for two and a half gallons though the jug holds only two, insisting the surplus was forced into a too small container.
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Strand Magazine
A Sure Cure In Insomnia Tale
A folk remedy unfolds as a woman recounts curing her husband’s insomnia by posing as the doctor and distributing Henry’s medicines every half hour through the night. The anecdote highlights patient and trickery elements in a domestic vignette from a historical column.
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Henry
Not Your Foreman Perspires Freely Questioned
The Houston Post quotes a curious exchange about perspiration, noting a foreman’s apparent daily sweat rate of 85 units while implying disbelief or humor in the remark.
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Houston Post
Wanted Operator at Mutual Telephone Office
Classified notice seeking a telephone exchange operator for the Mutual office. Apply by calling 400, reference 16-3.
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Mutual Telephone Office
Interurban Party Thrills Ames Ladies to Huxley Ride
A group of young women led by Miss Blanche Johnson and Miss Lois Dune ale enjoyed an interurban trip to Huxley on Wednesday evening hosted by Miss Etta Aplin. They had a bounteous supper and played games and music before returning to Ames on the North Western, all reporting the evening well spent and eager to repeat the outing.
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Blanche Johnson
Lois Duneale
Fannie McCoy
Lottie Ballard
Anna Cramn
Mary Oliver
Edith Buck
Huxley
Etta Aplin
Slater
Ames
Local Greetings and Health Notes From Ames and Surroundings
Mr Jess Stark helps with cigars as a 12 cent a pound boy is welcomed. Des Moines visitors Blanche and Reba Apple stay with Grandpa Clayton. Miss Irma Stevens improves from a sickness. Rev Fowle of Ames preaches at the Baptist church. Lillian Morris returns to Ames after visiting Clinton relatives. Chautauqua hosts Madge Gossard Mabel Blanche Rosenfeld and others visiting Ames. E Soderstrom dies. funeral held at his daughter's home and burial in Madrid.
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Amy Ellis
Des Moines
Besack
T. H. MacDonald
Council Bluffs
Irma Stevens
Rev. Fowle
Ames
Baptist Church
Blanche
Reba Apple
Clayton
Madge Gossard
Mabel
Blanche Rosenfeld
Mann
R. T. Hutchison
Posegate House
L. G. Rosenfeld
Chautauqua
W. Morris
E. Soderstrom
Martha Carrol
Madrid
Threshing Weather and Local Happenings in Gilbert
Fine weather boosts threshing as locals report busy farms. A sick baby of Or Olson is noted, while late Morgan plans to relocate in town. A horse sale draws good prices, and a runaway injures Frank Kennedy, wrecking a rig. Visitors include Mrs. Bell, Prof. Oscar Johnson, and Harry Kies. Sanford Shearer visited Cedar Rapids. Morgan family at Chautauqua. E. J. Hougland leads fishermen at Lake Superior.
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Frank Bell
Oscar Johnson
Axel Johnson
E. J. Hougland
Lake Superior
Frank Kennedy
Special Pair Trains Planned For State Fair Travel
The Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern announces extra trains to Des Moines during the state fair next week. An Ames departure at 8 50 a.m. is added to regular service, with two Des Moines to Ames extras at 10 p.m. and 11 p.m.
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Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
Des Moines
Ames
Notice to list student rooms with Custodian Ben Edwards
All persons renting rooms to students must list them with Custodian Ben Edwards at Station A. Provide number of heated and lighted rooms and the street number.
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Ben Edwards
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Brimiul
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Semmons Dry Goods Store
Ladies Home Journal
N. Dixon
Park Service
S.C
Board of Trustees
Holden
Marshall, Mo
A. V. Storm
Sigourney
County Normal
Martha Shissler
A. B. Storms
Louise Garrett
Champaign, Ill
W. H. Stevenson
E. E. Faville
Mrs. Stanton
Lake Osakis
Miss Placeway
Miss Roberts
Bernice Johnson
Oskaloosa
Pammel
Velda Wilson
C. F. Curtiss
Times
A. Knapp
Lake Charles
Helen Knapp Fay
Herman Knapp
India
Dean Curtiss
Naren Dutt
B. de Pande
Mande Ageton
Miss Ageton
Leander Clark College
Toledo
Minnie Rice
R. W. Getchell
Independence
Minnie Rae Graham
Getchell
Cornell College
M. C. Sayres
L. H. Pammel
Clinton
Dubuque
la Crosse
Wisconsin
May Pardee
Jessie Besack
Lena Kennedy
Horticultural
Verne Welch
Farm Crops
Marshall County
Lamoille
Jones
Mosier
Page
Montgomery
Sioux
Cedar
Cessna
Storms
Will
Russell Ballard
Jess Stark
Penfield
Nebraska
Gilbert News
Or. G. Olson
Morgan
Our
A. Morgan
Sanford Shearer
Cedar Rapids
Harry Kies
Dow City
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