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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
5
The Rev Bickham departs to Chicago to lead at a new pew fellowship and teach at Chicago University earning $150 annually. He previously worked at Lake Forest attending a summer school for student secretaries and will oversee a broader field than prior duties.
Meager reports say County Clerk and Mrs Soper were in a buggy accident after leaving the Dragoon Maxwell wedding near this city. They were thrown from the buggy with bruises and broken bones, but no serious injuries are confirmed.
The Register and Leader announces a daily newspaper deal through January 1, 1911. The plan costs $1.90 daily and Sunday $1.00, with trained correspondents delivering state, national, and world news. Subscribe now via the publisher.
Mr. Charles J. Capper returns to Ames after a year and a half away to oversee preliminary work for the Students Directory due next week. Also note a Perrys special event and the birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Jolson on Friday.
Concord resident Thos Ariss testifies to 30 years of using Dr King's New Discovery, praising it as the best cough and cold cure. The ad proclaims it infallible for lagrippe asthma hay fever quinsy or sore lungs, notes 50c and 1.00 prices, trial bottle free and guarantees by 11 druggists.
A reader recounts a humorous piece from the St. Louis item Democrat praising English humor and American timorous writers Rogiisiwied and Finley Veter Dunne. The account notes a joke about a bull and a fence incident in Texas, with reactions from onlookers and the Bradford cin owner Smith Peather.
The article recounts medieval beliefs of malevolent sea dragons forming in waterspouts and describes varied anti monster methods. Sailors used black handled knives, gospel passages, and loud noise to deter spouts, while cannons were fired to supposedly break the column though this proved futile.
A humorous exchange about a bride to be and a mock sympathy shower. The groom is the subject of girls’ envy and admiration, suggesting mixed feelings from peers about the marriage in a Cleveland Plain Dealer tone.
In the Canterbury upper house conference on prayer book revision a well known bishop warned Episcopal brethren that the process is not a clean slate citing grit under the door as evidence. The remark was reported by the Church Family Newspaper.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune Herald quotes a wife saying her husband has never spoken a cross word, and a neighbor remarking on their short nearly two week marriage.
Union Savings Bank of Ames leads a lawsuit in Story County Iowa alleging debt. The case targets Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern Railroad Company and others seeking court permission to abandon a 27 mile rail line from Des Moines Junction through Cambridge Loring Farrar Mingo to Goddard and to dismantle related infrastructure. Hearing set in Des Moines during November 1911 with receivers Homer Toring Parley Sneidon and Reece as representatives.
An advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a blood purifier that regulates stomach, liver, and kidneys to expel poisons. It asserts they strengthen nerves, improve appetite, and produce rich red blood, with a testimonial from Budahn of Tracy, California. The price is 60 cents at druggists.
A fragmentary dialogue features a courtly gentleman and a woman, hinting at a prior acquaintance and a possible romantic spark. The exchange centers on the speaker’s assertion of recognition and an implied love that did not unfold previously.
The District Court of Story County Iowa appoints Mrs J L McKim executrix of the estate of J McKim deceased. Creditors must present claims legally authenticated to the court for allowance and all debts must be paid to the executrix. Dated August 17 1911.
Sealed proposals for general contract heating plumbing and electric wiring will be received by the School Board of Ames Iowa at the Secretary's office up to 1 30 p m September 1 1911 for erection and completion of a high school building plans by Proudfoot Bird Rawson Des Moines Iowa Plans and specs on file at Proudfoot Bird Rawson Des Moines The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
A reflective excerpt from Ruskin's The Stones of Venice extols rivulets and rivers as symbols of genius, emphasizing clear souls over cluttered knowledge. It envisions living waters in a wild realm, refreshed by enduring banks and flowers, continuing onward.
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