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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
9
Report on a princess show where proceeds of 30 were raised for the Red Cross. Ladies describe proceeds from pear sales as benefiting a hospital in need. Community notes praise the effort and hint funds may be used for state institution support.
Church activities include morning services at First Congregational Church with sermon and Sunday school, an evening song service, and a Christmas program for December 28. A mayoral meeting is noted. an invitation extends to all residents to attend the events.
Fr. Olean learned early this week that his son Lotty Olean from Minneapolis is seriously ill. Charles Qisan departed Tuesday night to assist, and a telegraph sent to the father last night indicates the condition remains critical with uncertainty about the son's survival.
Captain Daly of company CNG suffered a broken elbow during a Saturday football match. The incident occurred while the squad was playing at a local field, with medical staff attending to him on site.
Mrs. George Hall Jr was struck by paralysis last night in a sudden attack. Stewart Narvin plans Christmas visit with his parents in Muscatine. A children’s mission jet chair priced at 3 50 from Perrys is listed.
Mr and Mrs Jack Sher eloped after a Boone celebration, leaving for Ames and then Cedar Rapids, before heading to Minneapolis for the holidays. Neighbors later report gifts of shoes and rice showered on the couple as they boarded trains, with friends sending best wishes for their journey.
A rural Vermont comedy drama centers on Joshua and his daughter Rosabello Hizcing, portraying honest farmers from the hills. The play blends humor and pathos with natural Vermont characters and aims for a realistic stage feel. See show after the Armory on Saturday December 23.
Sunday service at 11 a m features a sermon on Christ Jesus led by mm Smith at the Christian Science church. Guests and strangers are welcome to attend.
The article argues that every occupation attracts applicants from public executioners to sewer workers. It notes many roles, from prison warders to scavengers, divers, steeplejacks, dynamite workers, and gunpowder mishaps, all find willing recruits in London.
The article notes most steel failures occur early in use. A mild steel plate lasting a year may endure many more years. Repeated bending, the boiler end called the panting, harms durability. Authors quote two stages of steel life, with midlife seen as reliable and old age as nearly flawless, while corrosion opinions vary on whether steel corrodes more easily than forgings.
An old dialogue at a banter piece discusses reputation versus change and the meanings of words like collect and congregate. A minister contends with a teacher over linguistic nuance while the exchange shifts to questions about names Good and Good-Well, ending in a quip about the difference between a congregation and a collection.
A reminiscence of Sir Wilfrid Laurier joking about Sir John Macdonald and Sir Charles Tapper as he praised their political service to Canada. He quipped that Macdonald steered the ship with brains while Tapper provided the wind filling the sails.
A terse dialogue between Miss Parting and Mr Spifkins reveals a tense moment as he admits to having paved cards with a couple and recalls sailing the ocean. The sting of reproach centers on truth and social judgment from the brief exchange.
After all a small world remark by Smithers is noted in a clipped exchange. The piece reflects a brief dialogue fragment from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
A historical vignette describes Patrick Henry’s early career misadventures and rapid legal preparation. At age eight he was a restless youth, later a twenty three year old with failed clerking and business attempts. He studied for six weeks, learning from Virginia acts and history, and earned a license with examiners Wythe Pendleton Peyton Randolph Hartly impressed by his breadth of knowledge.
Royal annals recount Elizabeth I's vast wardrobe though she was sixty eight. She owned 602 official costumes 102 French gowns 100 train robes and 67 without 126 antique dresses 136 bodices 12 tunics plus 46 ties 55 dressing gowns and 7 fans. At death 8000 items catalogued.
The author explains that Earth receives more heat in summer not because the sun is closer but due to longer daylight and more direct sunlight. In winter the sun is lower in the sky, rays strike obliquely, and heat is reflected away, reducing warmth.
The London Truth reports a primate visit to a convict prison where inmates built the facility and carved, tuned, and selected parts of the organ. Convicts are said to have sung with great heartiness during the event, reflecting on convict labor and outcomes.
A Washington Star quote recalls a voter remark about a newly elected official who claims the office deserves a larger salary. The other constituent questions the candidate’s appreciation of the office’s significance.
Ancient Greeks and Romans used white beans for acquittal and black beans for conviction in trials. The ritual determined verdicts by color, reflecting a simple binary justice mechanism.
A Baltimore American excerpt presents a dialog where a beloved asks for lasting affection and the response affirms enduring love, even if the speaker had only ever seen the beloved in that light. The exchange highlights timeless themes of love and introspection.
A concise reflection cites that history records mankind's crimes, follies, and misfortunes, highlighting human faults and societal failures as the core of historical remembrance.
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