Local Miscellany and Notices from Ames
Local notices include a candy sale at the bakery by Judge, a sick Byron Seymour with appendicitis, and a six room house for rent via Watkins Manufacturing Co. Canier Bros. & Herman advertise hats and slippers. Frey wins a medal for the stallion Montrille at an international stock show. Farm officials seek a stray Scoton Collie, with phone details requested. Excursion rates and holiday rail tickets are offered by the Chicago & North-Western and allied lines.
Friends and kin gather for Christmas across Iowa towns
The Ames Boone Story City Webster City and Des Moines areas host holiday visits as relatives travel from Ida Grove Conrad and Chicago to spend Christmas. Doctors professors and merchants join families in Iowa during the yuletide with trips to Boone Marshalltown Des Moines and Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hunt
Des Moines
Vera Holt
Story City
Ray Pilcher
Ida Grove
Frank Meredith
Ames
Don Stanton
Chicago
Kate MecMichael
Conrad
Cole
Mabel Shannon
Webster City
G. W. O’brien
Floyd
Iowa City
W M. Greeley
Bertha Johnson
Jewell Jct
Dr Waters
Cedar Rapids
George Dixon
Wilson Rich
Clayton Paxton
Clayton
Rachel Paxton
Edith George
Paullina
W. P. George
Cessna
Ethel
J. W. Neasham
Ottumwa
F. B. Spence
Polk City
C. McWilliam
Boone
L. A. Agg
Urbana
Eva Person
Kelley
Georgetta Witter
Chas. Hamilton
A. L. Liddle
Paul McFarlan
Gilbert
Frank Akin
Lytton
Sam Akin
Frances Stewart
Red Oak
Nellie Weeks
J. H. Miller
Dixon, IL
Isabel Wallace
Spencer
India ink tale of musk and gold in Chinese craft
A Chinese student extols India ink as costly and superior, claiming Anhui produces the best ink used for exports. He details its components, the long beating process, musk scent, gold leaf luster, and three weeks drying before gilded molds and characters.
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India
China
Anhui
Yangtse
Low Excursion Rates Offered by Western Rail Line
Very low round trip excursion fares to the National Wool Growers Association in Salt Lake City Utah via the North Western Line sold January 14 15 and 16 with favorable return limits. Apply to Chicago and North Western 33 31.
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National Wool Growers’ Association
Salt Lake City
Utah
North-Western
Avents
Chicago & North-Western R’y
Tree Snakes of Borneo Have Parachute Like Bodies
In Borneo tree snakes exhibit a parachute like movement. Lower body scales draw inward creating a concave surface that increases air resistance. Experiments show they descend gently in a straight line rather than writhing, unlike other snakes.
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Borneo
The Cravat's Journey From Croats to Neckcloth
The cravat traces its name to the Croats of the Balkans. During Louis XIV's era he dressed several regiments in Croat fashion using large shawls at the neck. The style spread and the shawl shrank to the slim neckcloth we know today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
Louis XIV
Hearsay Evidence and Witty Banter Cited by Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript snippet quotes a humorous exchange about marriage. One speaker mocks cynicism toward married life while the other pretends ignorance of the topic. The banter highlights social views on romance without concluding a dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
er—Benedict
Boston Transcript
For Sale Matured boar and two cows by Coon farm
A farmer offers a matured male Poland China boar eligible to register and two fresh young cows for sale. Listed by W. P. Coon on rural route four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
W. P. Coon
A and C Railway Time Card for Ames to College Route
The timetable lists train times between Ames and College with morning and afternoon departures. A special note states that only trains No.7 and No.21 carry packed items and only with a manager written permit. trunks bicycles and packages cost 10 cents each.
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Ames
College College
K. Smith
Mgr
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Judge's Bakery
Byron Seymour
Watkins Manufacturing Co
Canier Bros. & Herman
B. Frey
Geo. Mitchell
Jack Hamilton
C. G. Lee
Main Street
D. M. Marshall
Toronto
Marshall
Canier Bros
Herat
Home Missiona
M.E. Church
Sec
Minnies
Monstry
Liffrea
Nts
Rhode Island
N. Fow.Ler Company
Daniel Bros. & Herman
L. M. Bworry
Merrill _Jr
Watkins
College Hospital
King Road
Geo. Tinsley
Hannibal
Missouri
Illinois Line
Mark Twain
George
Huckleberry Finn
Huck” Finn
North- Western
Chicago & North-Western R'y
Fred Alm
J.Q. Wicham
Mabel Campbell
K. Childs
Dunlap
William Boyd
Clyde Jones
Winnie Cameron
Grundy Center
Miss Armstrong
Mrs. Elmer Coffin of
C. E. Haverly
Lenna Watkins
Bennie
Grinnell College
W.S. Read
Mrs. Harley Stuckslager
Stuckslager
Bert Clutter
What Cheer
Grace Tinsley
Tinsley
George Whipple
Fern Thompson
Nevada
Tom Thompson
Burton R Rogers
Manhattan
Kans
G. W. Rogers
Henry C. Harris
R E. McIntosh
Baby
R. C. Barrent
Toledo
Canada
Ben Read
Mary McDanel
Miss Parsons
M. L. Page
Beloit, Wis
Messrs
Will Rowley
Sioux City
Orville
Mrs
O. Rowley
M. H. Kistler
South Berkeley
Cal
G. W Curtis
Redfield
Iowa
R. W. Northrup
Amos Hurst
H. ©. Smith
City
Dr. Harriman
Hampton, Iowa
Dr. Bare
Bertha Smith
Bess
Elmer K. Smith
Indianola
Ben Cole
Clarence Roup
University of Minnesota
J. S. Roup
J. W. Tinsley
Geo
Mahlon Hollingsworth
Council Bluffs
H. F. Hollingsworth
George Means
Wilbur H. Hurst
Chadron
Neb
Government
Will McKay
Florence Prime
Clinton
F. N. Fowler
Marshall Town
Nina Gossard
Mrs. Bourke Davis
South Dakota
Capt
I. L. Smith
M. K. Smith
Mrs. J. Russell Sherman
Round Grove, Lil
Mrs. Sherman
Claude Campbell
Jewell Junction
Chew Fowl
J. A. Campbell
Win Tilden
Wall Lake
Katherine Stuart
H. P. Sayles
Joe Sterling
Casper
Wyoming
Jim Burrows
Sigma Nu
Kittie Baughman
Wes Moines
Nettie Rice
Hampton
F. J. Rice
Nate Tedrow
Fern
Geo. E. Baker
M. H. Kilbourne
Muscatine
Mrs. L M. Bosworth
Mrs. Bosworth
Mrs. Alleman
Phyrne Thompson
Turkey
Thompson
Henry Marshall and Son
Waterloo, Iowa
Jas. Sargent
Geo. Clark
Grinnell
Mrs. M. J. Clark
Harriett Beyer
John Beyer
Lila Beard
Viola McGrath
Cedar Falls
Loretta Williams
Sioux Rapids
J. H. Williams
Etta VanCamp
Viola
Paul McGeehan
Kansas City
Kittle B. Freed
St. Paul
Mrs. Foster
Twin Cities
Estella McCormick
Mary Templeton
Charles White
Sigourney, Iowa
Racine Goble
Frank Danforth
G. T. Hart
D. L. Porter
Ms. Purver
N. L. Niles
This City
Grace Sullivan
Jerry Sexton
Berwick
Monk” Reese
Edith Atkin
Springfield
Chris Imans
L. M. Hart
Miss Atkin
Glen Corlette
Fairbanks-Morse Company
Beloit
Wisconsin
Mrs. H. B. Corlett
Nellie McGrath
California
O. L. Leefers
Mrs. L
Clarence Nash
Maryland Agricultural College
Mr. Ward
D. A. Nash
Nash
Chicago & Northwestern
Overland Lim
Omaha & C
Atlantic
Los An
Colorado
Des Moines & Chi
Des Moines Express
Japan Express
Oregon
Los Angeles Limited
Wexpress
Carroll Mat! & Express
Omaha
Reew
Ram
Des Moines & Dakota
S.C
Eagle Grove
St Paul & Des Moine Pass
Des Moines Pass
Ames Pass
Wam
Dakota
Des Moines & Ames Pass
A. & C. Railway
Atmo le
Wew
York, W. Y
Sam Maclaren
Shan F. Bullock
Anne Warner
Helen Keller
Fry
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