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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
8
Readable items show a vendor offering ribbons in multiple widths and colors along with furs shawls scarfs baby jackets and fascinators. The list suggests a broad assortment for accessories and garments.
A dense notice of campus and Ames social life lists entertainments from Prof. Curtiss and Mrs. Curtiss to the Bachelors and Clios, and dinners at Odd Fellows hall. It notes lectures by Prof. J. W. Jones and Mrs. Criswell, and a concert by the Jackson Concert Co. Also covered are athletic honors, a Christmas cantata, a piano and vocal program, and plans for the Sigma Nu National convention delegation. The section closes with village personal notes, marriages, club events, church activities, and a long roll of local residents visiting, traveling, or attending events during the holidays, including the Richmonds, Bartholomews, and Owens families.
The will of the late George Templeton is reproduced with spelling and style flaws due to age illness. He leaves his estate to be sold for a home or hospital for the aged in Ames Story County Iowa. probate at January term will decide legality. He requests burial in Nevada and mentions a hospital fund for ill elderly cared for by wayward heirs. Also ad copy for slippers and holiday gifts appears.
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