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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1901
Page
3
The Des Moines Daily Capital offers a full year subscription for two dollars by mail, effective December 28, on the fifty fifth anniversary of Iowa statehood. Current subscribers may renew by sending two dollars and their existing balance, with gifts encouraged to share the paper as a Christmas present.
The Chicago Great Western Railway offers excursion tickets at fare and one third for round trips to points within 200 miles on Dec 24 25 31 and Jan 1 return by Jan 2. In Ames Book and News Store now serving locals with holiday goods at City Book Store. L M Greson 33-3t.
The Gideons state meeting convened in Ames last Saturday and Sunday with an executive session at C. F. Pride's home. Attendees drafted a constitution and planned next year’s gathering in Waterloo. Officers were reelected and a large social program followed including services in M E and Congregational churches and a sunset open air meeting.
The Ames Gideons express gratitude for the generous response of citizens to support and cooperate in the convention that closed Sunday night. They note widespread helpfulness, sincere hesitations when pledges could not be met, and readiness to assist, with many small acts aiding the undertaking.
Booker T. Washington recalls a tale of a colored preacher explaining the children of Israel crossing the Red Sea while the Egyptians drowned. A homecoming student questions the ice theory citing equator geography, and the preacher concedes with a quip about ancient times before jogafries or quators.
A Bristol ad sought a general servant with strings attached while a journalist bragged about no ability. A clerk asked for a job requiring little strength. A butter price notice caused confusion and a Gloucestershire paper apologized for mixing ads. A church paper appealed for an elderly gardener and a Scotch journal advertised a debt payment offer.
A language professor visits a restaurant for lunch. He says fried eggs. The waiter asks over and ova and the professor misinterprets Latin phrasing. The waiter uses ova galling to imply extra well done, and the eggs arrive that way.
A privately printed lecture book recounts Bunsen and Sir Henry Roscoe traveling in England where a woman mistakes Bunsen for his cousin the Chevalier. She asks about a book, and Bunsen replies that his untimely death prevented its completion.
L M Chambers and Hazel Beardshear wed in Chicago and plan a bridal tour before spring term. Kyle and Laura Koehl marry in Des Moines with guests from multiple towns. Iowa Experiment Station approves Union Stock Yards funding for Galloway and Shorthorn crossbreeding, stock to become property of the Union. Frank Bostock recalls training a fierce tiger with patience and care.
A Nashville correspondent writes from the land of sunshine describing a mild Sabbath morning, garden beds snowbound and frozen crops, and jokes about northern cold. He notes improved health for a family member and pride in the old town despite the chilly week.
An old fashioned watch night service will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church next Tuesday evening December 31. The pastor and the League will lead with contributions by visiting ministers. The program runs 9 to 12 with preaching from 9 to 10 30 by Rev. O H Cessaa D D of the college and a prayer and consecration close. Everyone is invited to attend.
Soldiers writing after the war say Bucklen’s Arnica Salve heals scratches bruises cuts wounds corns sore feet and stiff joints. It also treats burns scalds boils ulcers skin eruptions and piles for only 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store.
A hotel landlord from Dubuque Iowa writes in support of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin claiming it cured his chronic constipation. He notes a letter from a cured reader inspired his trial and urges others with stomach trouble to try the product. Sold by L M Bosworth.
Corwine offers cleaning and pressing of all kinds of ladies dress goods. Agents for Otto Petsch Dye Works. Located at City Panitorium over Roll's Restaurant.
Mr. R. Gray of Amenia New York lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best medicine for children with croup noting it prevents attacks if given at the first hoarseness or croupy cough. The remedy is sold by Loughran and Bauer, druggists.
Farmers and stock raisers desiring to enter for the short term stock judging starting January 6 should apply early as attendance may be large. Local entrants are urged to submit promptly to avoid being shut out while those nearby will govern themselves accordingly.
The Maccabees announce a special hall meeting Monday evening December 30 1901 to admit all applicants pending before January 1 1902. All St Knights are urged to attend. Signed Cc. E. Lyman and R. K.
If you have a loan due on any interest pay day we can take it up and reduce your rate. We also offer a flexible loan allowing any payment amount on any day with no commission.
Excur sion tickets will be sold at low rates to points on the North Western System and the Union Pacific R A within 200 miles of selling station December 24 25 31 and January 1. Good returning until January 2 inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago & North Western Ry.
Excursion rates within 200 miles of selling station apply December 24 25 31 and January 1 with good return until January 2. Agents Chicago and North Western Railway are instructed to apply these rates.
City Book Store advertises newspapers periodicals and books with subscription options for all papers and magazines. Sale runs at 33 to 36.
An old German man on his deathbed recalls his wild past and asks if his friend Schneider will be in heaven. The priest affirms, prompting the man to fear reuniting with drinking and fighting, while the priest insists there will be no drinking there.
Norwegian weddings follow a short summer, with weddings at winter’s start. Courtships run frank and long, with couples strolling arm in arm through roads on Sundays. Sometimes ten years pass before marriage and seven years betrothal is normal by tradition.
A fish seeks adventure at a brook that feeds a great river. He follows the babbling stream upriver until it narrows and becomes shallow and insignificant. The tale ends with the moral that the head cannot be judged by the mouth.
Coleridge in 1882 table talk denounces the use of talented as slang. He laments its spread from newspapers into reviews and public writings. He argues this noun to participle form corrupts idiom and condemns American origin of such slang.
A witty chart of vocal fame across nations notes Russia as the home of the bas profundo and Spain as the country, with France producing mezzo sopranos, England contraltos, America sopranos, and Naples known for screamers. The Mus ical Record and Review wonders why this distribution exists.
In a short note from the Atlanta Constitution a legal action ends with Brer Williams granted freedom after divorce. The report says the jury freed him yesterday and he is now on his honeymoon.
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