Local social notes from Des Moines to Ames visits
Miss Harris of Des Moines guests Miss Mary Loughran while Mrs. Charles White of Sigourney visits her sister Mrs. Racine Goble. Numerous skips include trips to Des Moines Newton and Ames for visits and short work, with moves from Oskaloosa to a Tom Osborn farm and plans for a club house near the college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Harris
Des Moines
Mary Loughran
Charles White
Sigourney
Racine Goble
Kirk Elected Iowa Football Team Captain for Next Season
Kirk of the Iowa University football team was elected captain for next season at a meeting of the athletic association in Iowa City last week. He is noted as a football player and a strong leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirk
Iowa University
The
Athletic Association
Iowa City
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Remedy Promoted as Safe
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as effective for coughs colds and lung trouble with no opiates or harmful drugs in the yellow package. It urges buyers to guard their health by using only the genuine product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley’s
Local Sales and Notices Highlight Keating’s and Baptist Lunch
Keatings advertises cut glass and a new piano for sale while Kooser’s offers jardinieres at fourteen cents Friday and Saturday. Baptist Church Ladies hold a 10 cent lunch sale on Saturday December 14 featuring bread pies and cakes to support Christmas gifts and a bake sale at Lockwood Room near News Stand. A. H. Person and H. A. Dockum plan a joint pull sale at the Person farm north of Kelley on December 18. Mrs. C. A. Gamble learns her father Hon. J. B. Hendershot of Otley Iowa died Tuesday and the Gamble family travels for the funeral this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Office
Jardinieres
Kooser
B. Read
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Lockwood Room
A. H. Person
H. A. Dockum
Person Farm
Kelley
C. A. Gamble
J. B. Hendershot
Otley
Iowa
Gamble
Air and health in housing contrasted by an old writer
An aged author notes that reed houses yield oak constitutions and oak houses yield reed constitutions, warning tight rooms and heavy curtains trap air and sun. He argues brick houses can be as healthy with intelligence and thoughtfulness to ensure airflow and sunlight.
Ventilated Homes and Sunlit Spaces Across Dwellings
Fragment describes air flow and light moving through modern houses, reeds huts, sunlit palace windows, and a simple hovel, contrasting how spaces admit air and light in varying dwellings. It emphasizes universal exposure to wind and sunlight across architectural types.
Discovery of Iron Ages Blends With Stone and Bronze
A New York American piece argues that bronze and iron use overlapped with stone age, with history proper and the Iron age born about 8,000 to 10,000 years ago. It suggests meteoric iron sparked early knowledge of iron properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York American
Wedding Music Choice Ends With Costless Preference
A church organist asks the father of the bride for the wedding march choice. They compare Mendelssohn and Lohengrin, then opt for the longer version to maximize value, noting no extra expense.
Silk manufacture origins and spread to Europe
The article states silk production began in China with Emperor Foh Li teaching silkworm cultivation around 5000 B C. It notes Spain received silkworms first in Europe, the Arabs introducing them in the tenth century, likely from Persia. France's silk industry began in 1516 when Francis I imported silk workers from Milan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Foh Li
Spain
Persia
France
Francis I
Milan
The Baby's Fault in London Tatler
A nursemaid tells the mistress she will leave because the baby is terrified of a policeman. The exchange notes the child's fear of law enforcement as the reason for the impending departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Tatler
There, we've had spinach and egg again
A professor rails at his dinner companion after finding his plate empty. He angrily protests the recurring spinach and egg dish, blaming Amelia for the meal choice in a satirical Ferencz Blatter context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Do you believe any plant would stick to man given option
In a Baltimore American quote a speaker bets on the dogwood as the arboreal choice that might cling to humans if plants gained will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Morning Prayer Sermon at 11 on The Inspired Book
Church of Christ announces a morning prayer sermon at 11 o clock titled The Inspired Book. Sunday School begins at ten with H D Williams serving as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church OF Christ
H. D. Williams
Schedule of church services and youth events
At 9:45 Bible School. 11:00 Sermon The Nature and Purpose of Prayer. 3:00 Junior Union. 6:30 Young People's Society. 7:30 Sermon The Power House of the Christian Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bible School
Junior Union
Young People’s Society
Power House of the Christian Life
The Welfare of the Local Church sermon
The morning service will present a sermon titled The Welfare of the Local Church aimed at members. In the evening a commemorative service honors Whittier the Poet of Freedom with readings by the youth and choir music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Minchin
Whittier
Cornerstone Laying Service at Ames Methodist Church
The cornerstone of the new Methodist Episcopal Church was laid this afternoon at 2 p m with services by the Ames Ministerial Association and visiting clergy. The program included prayers, Scripture readings, an address by Presiding Elder Irgen Fritz, announcements by Andrew Shea, and the cornerstone laying by Elmer Fritz followed by a benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Ames Ministerial Association
O. H. Cessna
D. D
Irgen Fritz
Andrew M. Shea
Elmer E. Ligen Fritz
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J. B. Kooser & Co
H. L. Munn Lumber Co
Silicois
Hamilton
Hampden
Trust
Bigie
Waltham
Crescent
Boss
Crown
Ames
Geo. E. Baker
Mewit Lillia
Ames, Iowa
ADAMS
Calla
Mutual Phone
F.D. Burdick Mutual
Boone ST. Amers
the Bank of Kelley Kelley
E. J. Penfield
C. L. Liveriy
Cashier
Crary’s Hardware
Story Streets
Boone, Iowa
B. G. Dyer, M. D
Groves
E. F. P Jsegate
Danie McCarthy
J. Y. Luke
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Story County Bank
Eae Bus OF
M. H. Kelso
C. G. Tilden, M. D
Mutual
Margaret M. Jones
Baker’s Jewelry Store
Baptist Aid Society
Charles Hamilton
Miss Pruitt
Irwin, Iowa
Rev. Pruitt
Fannie McCoy
J. B. McLean
Lacona, N. Y
Ben Read
Lettie Mecum
Fargo, N. D
J. L. Johnson
Harriett Beyer
Newton
Edith Chariton
Bessie Griffith
Alma Joesfeld
Radcliffe
Will. McKinley
Oskaloosa
Tom Osborn
Grace Padmore
Our City
Russ Read
Texas
Gulf
Ida Marshall
Iowa Falls
C. C. Morrison
Ina May
Boone
Lena Overland
Story City
Mabel Ware
Gilbert
J. F. Cagwin
Frank Brown
Braswell, Mo
James Keltner
Howard Dakins
Zearing
Dakins
Sam Akin
Third Ward
Arkansas
Frank
Ozark
Dell Benton
Roy Underwood
Kingville
Ill
Gene Williams
Benton
Keating’s
Bosworth’s
Darner & Hickle
ST. John's Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Wilson
C. E
First Baptist Church
Walter I. Fowle
Orino
Cagwin Druggist
Tone Bros
Lowa
Jont Bias
F. H. Waters
Basers Jewelry Store
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s
Iona
C. W. Payne, M. D
T. J. Fen OG
Stultz Bldg
Mutual Phone Office
Resic
W. E. Harriman
Ozarks
Polk
Cove
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Mena
Port Arthur
Louisiana
United States
Polk County
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