Nevada School Board elects new superintendent Probst
The Nevada school board elected A. Probst of Michigan as superintendent to succeed L B Carlisle. Probst, under forty with twelve years of educational work, will start Monday as his family moves to the city. Resignations included Mrs. L Mae Anderson penmanship supervisor and Miss Blanche Renne music instructor. Myrtle Golly elected to fill the music role at $50 a month. The board also passed resolutions praising Carlisle’s service and recommending him nationally.
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Nevada
L. B. Carlisle
the Journal
A. I’. Probst
Michigan
L B. Carlisle
Probst
Mr. Probst
Normal School
Valparaiso
Indiana
University of Michigan
L. Mae Anderson
Delmar E. Young
Jefferson
Blanche Renne
Myrtle Golly
Severada Schools
Dancing fatigue and heart strain in young women
After a ball the heart shows fatigue especially in delicate young women who feel unease sadness and pain. Diseases from dancing include laryngitis colds bronchitis pneumonia and pleurisy. Dancing should be forbidden in consumption or heart trouble cases as it may worsen rapid decline.
Egyptian Writing Styles Through the Ages
The text outlines four distinct Egyptian writing forms. Hieroglyphic pictures emerged around 4000 B C, followed by the simplified hieratic around 2000 B C. Euchorial developed from hieratic again simplifying toward the alphabetic Coptic by about 200 A D.
Happenings and obituaries at the Ames college
Local notes from Ames report arrivals and moves of faculty and staff including Miss Beggs of Denver new German teacher and Prof. Bissell back from abroad. Several alumni and visitors are listed, with updates on classrooms, language hires, athletic staff, and a death notice for John Blany Elliott, aged 55, with funeral details and a lodge tribute.
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Miss Beggs
Denver
Incarnate Umbrellas in Britons’ Weathered Style
The London Queen notes that English grit grows from gray skies east winds and heavy fogs. Damp streets and leaden firmament shape a nation that looks like incarnate umbrellas, a reflection of climate on demeanor.
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London
Good Reason Marie Teaches A Moral On Parental Loss
Marie notes a classmate who leads her grade and slips a moral about fatherhood. Her papa asks to be the father of such a girl, then learns the child’s father has been dead two years. The exchange highlights lesson and sorrow with quiet humor.
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Marie
Papa
I Shall Give Up My Business Say Mrs T and Samuel
In a brief exchange Mrs T urges not to quit yet while Mr T muses about giving up business for enjoyment. The dialogue hints at plans to travel after one dies, as published in Illustrated Bits.
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Mr. T
Mrs. T
Samuel
The original of this picture is carefully preserved
Maisie notes Maude Oldgirl’s anger over photographs. The images were flattering, yet on the back it claimed the original was kept, sparking her ire and revealing a conflict over likeness and ownership.
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Daisy
Maude Oldgirl
Maisie
Minister Uses Large Clock To Steady Parishioners
The minister who struggled to keep parishioners focused during the sermon solved the issue by pacing a large clock directly behind him, according to the Liverpool Mercury.
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Liverpool Mercury
Special Train to Nevada for Story County Fair
Mayor Sheldon arranged with Northwestern for a special train on Thursday September 15 departing Ames at 12 25 and Nevada at 6 30. Usual excursion rates apply. This offers a rare chance to visit the county fair and return in good season. The county fair serves the whole county not just Nevada and should engage all, especially farmers.
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Story County
Sheldon
Northwestern
Ames
Nevada
Northwestern Line Excursions to West Coast and Pacific Coast
Excursion tickets from all stations to Portland Tacoma and Seattle daily and to California points on select dates August 20 30 31 September 1 2 3 4 5 12 13 14 26 27 28 with favorable return limits two daily fast trains to the Pacific coast The Overland Limited electric lighted throughout under three days en route California Express with room and tourist sleeping cars Apply to Chicago Western Ry agents. Also notice Stomach troubles constipation Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets praised by Chas Baldwin Edwardsville Ill 25 cents for sale by Judisch Bros.
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California
Pacific Coast
Overland Limited
California Express
Chicago & Western Re Y
Chas, Baldwin
Edwardsville
Ill
Chamberlain
Judisch Bros
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W. J. Semmons
Mutual
Iowa
Ames,owa
Miss Turner
Sisiter
Oskaloosa
Prof. Bissell
Mrs. Bissell
W. W. Otto
Parke Davis Laboratories
Detroit
John Burt
H. A. McIntire
Maquoketa
Anderson
South Ames
Boone and
High Streets
Glenn Corlett
Fairbanks Engine Co
Beloit
Wis
Ethel Carpenter
C. A. Curtiss
Harry Farmer
Sioux Rapids
Jennie Anderson
Chicago
Clara McConnell
Miss Anderson
R. C. Anderson
Milwaukee
Helen Knapp Fay
Des Moines
Herman Knapp
Lucas
Cessna
Moore
McCullom
New York
Rotterdam
Miss Humphreys
Marathon
Ora Brandt
Margaret Hall
W. W. Smith
Purdue University
A. R. Buckley
Edwards
Ristine
R. C. Barrett
Moffitt
G. L. Hoffman
Virginia Corbett
Colorado State College
Glendora McCord
Leland Stanford
Roy L. Igo
Indianola
Iowa State College
W. J. Rutherford
Executive Council
8. A. Knapp
Knapp
Helen Knappiay
Lake Charles
Mildred Anderson
Jewell
Los Angeles
Calif
Harry Norton
Avoca
W. A. Tener
Pittsburg
Brevard
D. C
Mr. Tener
Per
Y.M.C. A
Middle West
John B. Elliott
John Blany Elliott
Morrow County
Ohio
Anna Rickard
Mechanicsville
J. W. Knott
Carl Elliott
Eagle Grove
Elliott
John Stevens
Church
Church Triumphant
M. E. Church
A.M. Shea
I. O. O. F Lodge
Ames Cemetery
Hall of
Ames Lodge
Grand Lodge
Ames Times
Mrs. Join Lane
London Outlook
Cc. W. Hunter
Loughran & Bauer
Misses el Tston
Misses Elliston & Church
Henry
Ames and Vicinity
San Francisco
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
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