Ames College Notes Highlight Events and Visitors
Miss Mabel Armstrong works in Prof Kennedy's office and W Warburton visits. Electa Gifford to perform in college chapel with notable acclaim. Nebraska legislators to tour the college and state dairy leaders attend Cedar Rapids convention. The Levant agricultural series debuts in The Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Mabel Armstrong
Prof. Kennedy
Electa Gifford
College
G. L. McKay
Cedar Rapids
Columbus
Ohio
Agricultural and Dairy Departments
S Curtiss
McKay
Larsen
C. H. Eckles
This School
Columbia, Mo
Levant
Irving Smith
Ames
Local notices and community life in Ames Iowa and surrounding towns
Village items report visitors and moves among families in Ames and nearby towns. Neighbors attend dances, travels to Boone Ames and Maxwell, sales and moves at farms, school box sale aids organ fund, and a protest petition against annexation of property to Ames with civic concerns and voter plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Poager
Com
C. Foster
N. H. Jaconson
Former Ames lad Rob Wilson dies after long illness
Rob Wilson, a former Ames boy, died at his Chicago home after a prolonged consumption. His health declined about four years ago, prompting travel to the south and west for relief. He and his mother spent winter in Alabama before returning to Chicago, and his body will be taken to Traer, Iowa, for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob. Wilson
Ames
Chicago
Alabama
Traer
Wilson
The Savage Forebodings Across White Encounter
The savage contemplates a first contact with whites, fearing extermination if he resists and exploitation if he allies for peace, concluding he has little chance. The Chicago Post notes the grim assessment of survival under looming confrontation.
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Chicago Post
Physiological Autographs in Human Signatures
An excerpt from Pudd'nhead Wilson explains that a person’s unique physical marks, the lines on the pads of the hands and feet, serve as an unchangeable signature. The text describes how fingerprint-like patterns vary by finger and form arches, circles, whorls, and other patterns, serving as identifying identity across a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pudd’nhead Wilson
Strange Uses For Mirrors Across Notable Figures
The article recounts vanity driven mirror ceilings in the rooms of Beau Brummel during exile and the Duchess of Cleveland. It notes a Yorkshire gentleman of the last century who mirrored his ceiling for vanity and even on his deathbed, watched cockfighting reflections overhead as he lay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beau Brummel
Duchess of Cleveland
Yorkshire
Grant's Tender Eyes Story Reveals Devotion
A brief tale about Mrs Ulysses Grant facing eye weakness. While she sought a specialist for strabismus during his presidency, General Grant advised against surgery. He preferred her eyes stay as they were lest his recognition of his sweetheart change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Grant
Local society notices span Ames Boone and Des Moines travels
J Jacobs visited Chicago Monday while Milo Manning returned to Oceydan Tuesday. Dozens of Ames residents, including Mrs. Atkinson, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. McCarthy, Miss Boyd, and Miss Keenan, traveled to Des Moines Boone Nevada Cambridge Gilbert and beyond for visits and funerals. Dr Proctor and W W Talbott attended a Boone school event. C G Lee hosted visitors. J J Grove and J Weeks joined conventions and state board meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Jacobs
Chicago
Milo Manning
Oceydan
C. EB. Holmes
Grant Jones
Cambridge
Dr. Proctor
W. W. Talbott
Boone
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Sold by L M Bosworth
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for clear heads and regular bowels, with sales handled by merchant L M Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
L. M. Bosworth
Home talent band to stage comedy on Feb 13
The band boys organize a three act comedy titled Three Hats with Jack Daniel of Chicago assisting. Cast includes Selwyn, Fred Bellamy, Bosco Blithers, Kamai Dibbs, Mrs Selwyn, Alice Nelson Grace, Kate McMichael, Tillie, Lottie Blithers, Caradel. Gret-class show aims to draw public support after last summer’s open air concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Daniel
Chicago
Mr. Selwyn
Fred Bellamy
Bosco Blithers
Penm
Bateman and Smith Wed at Bride’s Parents Home
John A Bateman and Win cie Smith were married Wednesday Jan 28 at 8 pm at the bride’s parents home northeast of town. Rev W T Smith officiated in a ceremony for about seventy guests with Lena Ballard playing the wedding march. The couple plans a month visit to Illinois before establishing a home on the Bateman farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A Bateman
Wincie Smith
Marri Ge
Lee Smith
Own
W. T. Smith
Lena Ballard
Ames Savings Bank to Open in Former Sorenson Building
The Ames Savings Bank Mile Manning purchased the Sorenson building for $5250 and will open around April. The front will be redesigned and the interior remodeled. The bank will be capitalized at $50,000 with Manning relocating from Ocheyedan in March or April. Sorenson and Christofferson also bought the Ben Read meat market building and fixtures for $6000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile Manning
Sorenson
Sorenson & Christofferson
Ames Savings Bank
Manning
Ocheydan
Ames
Messrs
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Do. W. Warburton
Genevieve Stevens
Helen Reed
Mrs. Collier
Des Moines
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Virginia Purmort
Y. M
Margaret Ball
Sadie Ellis
Tokio
Japan
Margaret Hall
Department of Botany
McBride
State University
Acrhitects
Bookwalter
Chapel
McLean
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Miss McRae of
Huomeston
Hattie HasBrouck
Ora Edgett
H. K. Dodge
T. Hunt
Josie Brown
Otto Starzinger
Treas
Clark Streeter
A. 8. Shealy
Richard Hopkins
Ovis
Manhattan
Kansas
Capt. McDowell
Board of Regents
Kansas Agricultural College
Nebraska
University of Nebraska
Prof
Resler
Miss Gifford
New Zealand
Australia
Chicago Orchestra
Theodore Thomas
Boston Symphony
Paul Symphony Orchestra
Iowa State College
Washington Post
Shamrock
State Agricultural College
Richard Webber
New York
T. J. Talty
Raleigh
R. A. J. cHoco
Loughran & Bauer's
Ontario
Harry McGrath
California
Mr. van Duren
James
Clifford Johnson
Will Ross
August Schweitzer
Bancroft
Clarence
Clyde Cooper
Humboldt
Ira
Clara Rouzer
Maxwell
John G. Cooper
James Johnson
August Stoll
Mackey
Mr. Johnson
Kelley
Jess Gossard
Mr. Shutes
Luther
J. F. Gerbracht
Tom Harrison
Geo. Person
W. P. George
Garden Prairie
Geo. Holland
Wm. Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Rowland & Johnson
Jas. Hutchison
Ed. Johnson
Frank Kooser
Scott
Milford Township
Highland Park
Mr. Robbins
Henry Stinsland
Robbins
Mr. Wortman
Elmer Foster
Edith George
Jas, Hutchison
Harry Atkinson
Mrs
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R. H. McCarthy
M.K. Smith
State Center
Sarah Keenan
Loretta Davis
Moliie Haverly
Nevada
Kate Boyd
Brenneman
A. F. Bowman
Gilbert
John Weeks
Winifred Patrick
John Lowe
Minnesota
Sadie Morrison
Miss Hummer
Tama
Frank Sexton
East Prairie, Mo
Mrs. Russel
J.J. Grove
State Board of Iowa
Mrs. Daly
Newton
C. G. Lee's
Mr. Lee
Frank Berry
Willi Long
Florence Wright
T. W. Hauser
Liscomb
Miss Pearl Jones
King-Perkins Company
Jennie Wharton
Des Moines Savings Bank
Times
Will Rich
Sioux City
Willis Rich
Fairmont
Minn
Mr. Rich
Eau Claire
Wis
John Allen
Kansas City
Mr. Allen
E. P. Phelps
Salt Lake City
Wellington
McGaw
Ossawatamie
Kas
Miles White
Ed Jones
Crookston, Minn
Ewing Johnson
Pueblo, Colo
Ira B. Johnson
White
George White
Eva Peacock
Josh Grove
Jefferson, Oklo
Emily Grove
Deering’s
C. C. Deering
Mutual Teley Company
Des Moinesterday
Extire
Deering
Boone Telephone Company
George N. ‘Bandy
Mutual Company
E O. Montgomery
Mutual
Register
Story County
L. O. Keedick
Amies
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