AMES CHURCH OF CHRIST TO BEGIN NIGHTLY MEETINGS
The Ames Church of Christ announces a series of nightly meetings starting the first Sunday in the new year. Rev. A. P. Cobb of Decatur Illinois will preach es at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with EB at 6 30 p m and Bible School at 9 45 a m Miss Caro Inman of Webster City will lead the singing.
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Bible School
Christian Church
A. P. Cobb
Decatur
Illinois
Caro Inman
Webster City
Sacred Christmas Song Service at Ames Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church in Ames Iowa presents a sacred Christmas song service on Sunday evening December 30 1906 with Walter I Fowle pastor hymns solos choruses and scripture readings featuring Miss Edith Glidden Mrs Mariel Harris Miss Dora Rich and other performers including Porters and Lorenz ensembles. The program includes Joy to the World There Were Shepherds The Angels Song and Daughter of Zion among others with benediction by Mr. Vance.
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B. Y. P. U. Missions
The
Baptist Church
Ames
Iowa
Ashford
Little Town of
Bethlehem
Edith Glidden
Message of the Angels
Porter
Shepherds
Parks
Angels
Lorenz
Rich, Glidden
White
Walter I. Fowle
Mariel Harris
Dora Rich
Congregational Pastor Outlines 1907 Plans
At morning service Pastor W. J. Minchin speaks on What We Need for 1907 and how to secure it. Evening sermon titled Looking Backward and Forward reflects on progress and goals.
Methodist Episcopal Church Services for Sunday 1906
Sunday School at 9 45 a m Sermon by Evang Jones at 11 a m Prayer Meeting at 2 20 p m Junior League at 3 15 p m Epworth League at 6 30 p m Sermon by Kev Jones the Evangelist at 7 30 p m Special services are being held in the city church observance continues through the day with two sermons by the evangelist Jones and youth meetings throughout the afternoon
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Andrew M. Shea
Evang. Jones
Epworth
Kev. Jones
Church Services Draw Large Audiences Directed by Rev G Augustus Jones
A church led by Rev G Augustus Jones of Nebraska invites cordial attendance at 2 30 and 7 30 p m with audiences growing and well pleased.
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G. Augustus Jones
Nebraska
St. John’s Episcopal Church Announces New Year Service
Morning prayer and sermon at 11 am with subject St. Paul’s New Year’s Message. Sunday school before the service. Rector Herbert A. Wilson leads.St. John’s Episcopal Church presents a New Year’s Day service with a morning sermon and Sunday school prior.
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ST. John's Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Wilson
Eagles at War with Prey Aerial Victories Revealed
Ornithologists note eagles attack mainly small prey but observed cases show a few dramatic hunts. An eagle killed a stag after isolating a buck, and another attacked a Scottish fawn prompting its dam to defend. Reports from South Africa tell of an eagle carrying a Kaffir servant child, shot by a farmer, while the child was unharmed.
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Highlands
Scotland
South Africa
Aschylus
Social calendar and gatherings fill Ames notes
Ames messages list New Year dances at Smiths hall and Adams hall Christmas Eve parties. Mr and Mrs Hurt entertained Miss Edith Atkin of Springfield 8 D at Christmas dinner. Floence Flint and Prof G G Allendoefer announce wedding at Eagle Grove New Year's Day. Madonna library exhibit packs over fifty art reproductions, kids tour the show. Open house plans for New Years include many local hostesses and a raffle calamity joke about a lucky man.
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Mrs. L. M. Hurt
Miss Edith Atkin
Springfield
Floence Flint
G. G. Allendoefer
Chicago
Ill
Eagle Grove
Allendoefer
Miss Freed
K. K. Club
Henry Wilson
G. W. Rogers
J. E. Cagwin
F. W. Linebaugh
Miss Budd
George
E. Baker
KE. C. Potter
George Baker
Mesdames Hardin
Cairns
Brenneman
Underwood
Bare
Bauer
Christ
Stephen Loughran
Lincoln
Tedrow
Edith
Luella
Belle Cairns
Loretta
Jennie Williams
Stuckslager
Agnes Tilden
Merrill
Lee
Stevenson
Danforth
Rice
Fish
Kennedy
Mills
Nevada
Carroll
Des Moines
Tucker
Boone
Mary Dunning
A. B. Storms
W. J. Semmons
A. B. Maxwell
Geo. Loud
The Whistle Blows at Yonkers Factory
A dialogue notes nuisance from factory whistles. Jill comments that quitting time sounds fine but work starts when the whistle blows, reflecting daily labor routines in Yonkers as recorded by the Statesman.
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Bill
Jill
Yonkers Statesman
Library Notes New Books and Due Date Change
New books added this week include Paine Robert Story of Martin Coe Todd The Real Benedict Arnold Wilson Division and Re union Ford Shorty McCabe Roosevelt Winning of the West Gordon The Loctor Gordon Black Rock Eliot Milon the Floss Eliot Clerical Life and Other Stories Paine A Sailor of Fortune Barfour The Crimson Sweater Johnston The Little Colonel Christmas Vacation Deland The Awakening of Helena Richie Hurl Madonna in Art May Our Girls May Our Boys Eggleston Little Lads After January the reader’s card due date will be the book’s due date instead of the loan date to reduce confusion for children.
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Paine
Martin Coe
Todd
Benedict Arnold
Wilson
Ford
Shorty McCabe
Roosevelt
Gordon
Eliot
Milon
Barfour
Johnston
Deland
Helena Richie
Hurl
Madonna
May
Eggleston
Kirrre B. Freep
Early New England Taverns and Early Newspapers
The piece describes colonial tavern regulation in New England with price limits and licensing oversight by town officials, plus historical notes on early newspapers. It cites laws from 1684 and 1664 addressing strong drink, and mentions early papers in France England the Netherlands and Russia, highlighting the Boston News-Letter of 1704 as North America’s first.
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New England
Mr. Hudson
Concord
Mass
France
Gazette of
Loulixus
Theophrastus Renandot
England
Iel
St. Petersburg
Peter the Great
North America
Boston
Puzzles for scientists on gravity heat and rain
A traveller scientist explores Africa posing questions about gravity perpetual motion and heat sources Mars tides and rain origins. The piece notes Keely’s fraud, magnetism limits on gold, and atmospheric causes of rain with anecdotes about camels and a desert road encounter.
Monkeys in Abyssinia Observed in North African Reports
A summary of reports from north Africa describing Abyssinian monkeys and their organized bands. The observer notes chiefs sentries and rear guards, mothers carrying young, and social order resembling human tribes as they move through hills and caverns.
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North Afr
Morocco
Abyssinia
Origin of New York Names Reveals Dutch Roots and Local Plot
The article explains Staten Island place names such as New Dorp and Oude Dorp, links to Castleton and Dongan, Bedlow’s Island and Bedlow’s monopoly under Cornbury, Corlear’s Hook named for Jacob Corlear, Beekman street from Beekman, and the uncertain meaning of Manhattan, noting historical figures and estates tied to each name.
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New York
New Dorp
Staten Island
Oude Dorp
Old Dorp
Fort Wadsworth
Arrochar
Dorp
Greater New York
Castleton
Governor Dongan
Dongan
Dongan Hills
Earl of
Limerick
Ireland
Castletown
County
Kildare
Bedlow
Lord Cornbury
Cornbury
Corlear
Beekman
Manhattan
Mana-ha-ta
Manhattoes
New York Press
Spencer and Colors in Home Life
Herbert Spencer favored crude art notions and bright color. He wore impure purple gloves and had a binding of the same color on furniture. His vases held artificial flowers, and he enjoyed a constantly bright room rather than real flowers. He argued artificial flowers need less maintenance than real ones.
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Spencer
Herbert Spencer
Why the 1804 Dollar Is Rare
The article presents two stories for the 1804 silver dollar scarcity. One theory claims most coins were sent to Africa to pay soldiers in the Tripoli war, leaving 19 570 pieces. A second tale suggests a ship bound for China carrying nearly the entire mintage was lost. The first explanation is deemed most likely.
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Africa
Tripoli
China
Quotations on love and virtue by John Ruskin
A concise reflection on love as a faithful fixed element of life, asserting that without it the soul cannot reach its highest holiness or true height. The cited lines emphasize love as essential to human fulfillment and moral ascent.
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Ruskin
Comfort and independence endure with postponed desires
A success magazine reflects on personal discipline as the path to lasting comfort and independence. The piece connects delaying immediate wants to achieving longer term fulfillment and self reliance.
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Success Magazine
Dentist Admits Double Dose for Payday
A Detroit Free Press item notes a doctor dentist confesses to using chloroform twice on a patient to facilitate an extraction and obtain money during the procedure. The exchange reveals alleged coercion for financial gain.
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Detroit Free Press
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Vance
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Eagles IN Battle
Mill'onaire Club
Smith's Hall
Adams Hall
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St. John’s Episcopal Guild
C. R. Quade
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J. H. Williams
Mid Lula
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Ina C. Ma
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Mildred Maxwell
Margaret Jones
E. ©. Potter
Chas. Hamilton
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Tilden
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William Loughran
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Brown
Mary Loughran
Budd
Miss Buda
Mesdames Marston
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Curtiss
Kawards
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Baker
Erwin
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Embree
Coffin
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Sarah McElyea
Holden
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Stratton
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Martha Coffin
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Rutherford
Rogers
Mesdames Cooyer
Harriman
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McLain
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F. B. King
Kooger
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Willey
Frank Graves
Bosworth
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McConnell
Cole
Meeker
Dreyfus
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Jones
Miss Jones
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