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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1905
Page
5
The Colo school will be heated by steam. Nevada amid bootlegger tensions. Slater gains a spade factory and Ames hosts a Chautauqua visit. A big farm fire near Cambridge with no insurance. Ersland adding machine plant and a Warren Township old settlers picnic planned. Nevada school trouble and Jewell college transfer are detailed. Nevada superintendent L B Carlisle resigns amid mixed views.
The article describes how Indian infants are dressed and cradled, bathed, and cared for with minimal fuss. It notes early independence, strong healthy children, and the role of parents in teaching bravery, endurance, and tribal history through daily practice and storytelling.
An English traveler in a London Times letter argues tea can be made better as a powder in infusion form. He recalls European habits from coffee origins, notes China’s infusion tradition, and describes grinding tea in a coffee mill to extend use and improve flavor.
The bishop Bifey of Winchester during Alfred the Great’s reign reputedly procured a large organ for the cathedral. It boasted 400 pipes across ten keys powered by wind from twenty six bellows and required seventy blowers. The instrument may have been German in origin or modeled after a German design, as wind production then used foot treadmills with bellows operated by blowers.
Chicago offered salt bath style travel deals and rail specials. G A R encampment events in Denver prompted low round trip fares from Chicago and other points with two daily trains and special GA R train departures. Also listed are lodging, side trips, and sleeping car reservations with contact through W B Kuistner. Excur sion tickets to Philadelphia promoted with Sept 14 15 16 dates for Sovereign Grand Lodge I O O F events.
The Iowa G A R and their friends will travel to the thirty ninth National Encampment at Denver on special trains via the North Western Line with providing transport and support for the trip.
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