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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
4
Local items report rental rooms at 1012 Douglass and 817 Burnett St, shoppers and repairs at Caniel Bros. & Herman's. Pulpit by Rev. P. A. Johnson, Dorcas Society meeting, and various moves and social notes around Ames including hospital news and school shoe ads.
Ames residents host relatives and friends visiting Des Moines Omaha and Illinois while many plan moves and travels. Local families send members to college boarding schools and cities, with Paxton family closure of boarding house affecting neighbors and routines.
A description notes brides of today as self possessed, composed, smiling and nodding to friends. It contrasts with past scenes of parting tears, citing Lady Violet Greville in Graphic as an example of modern bridal demeanor.
A playful meditation notes that being unable to hear a dew drop or see a horse fly does not prove blindness or deafness. It cites mundane items like a board walk stone fence dog's pants rope walk and clam bake to illustrate how perception can vary.
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt notes a joking remark on mind reading and guessing by a wife. The dialogue features a husband asking about mind reading and praising his spouse’s guessing ability, highlighting comic irony in domestic banter.
Taxes must be paid by October 1 to avoid penalty. A complete list of Ames and surrounding Story County Bark locations is provided for payment.
We express appreciation for the kindness of neighbors and friends during our sad bereavement. Mn. and Mrs. W. G. Kennedy. Mn. and Mrs. Rome Simmons and family. Por Sale New Stanhope, has been used about half a dozen times. J. Jacons. 18-tf
The 11 000 virgins of St Ursula are described as a virgin train slain in Cologne after adverse winds drove them from Britain en route to France. Relics of skulls and bones are shown in Cologne churches, claimed by a verger to be their remains.
A remedy suggests rinsing the mouth and brushing teeth with water containing a few drops of ammonia. The alkali neutralizes acid and removes a prolific source of disease, leaving the mouth in a wholesome condition.
City council opened bids on sewer work Monday night with ten firms present. Bids ranged from 20,708.82 by Jas Hornbin & Co Des Moines to 27,972.30 by W A Edgar Cedar Rapids. some bids lacked man holes or subdrain. The council will reconvene Monday night to award the contract.
Charles E. Taylor Jr. and Miss Ethel Shaffer of Fraser were married in Boone last Saturday at 6 00 pm. The Ames native is a well known young man with many friends and his bride is Boone County School graduate and teacher.
The North Western Line offers excursion tickets to the county pair at Nevada Iowa at reduced rates from September 11 to 15 with return by September 16. Tickets available through Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
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