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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
3
Ellsworth groups schedule monthly gatherings in Masonic and Odd Fellows halls and member homes. Clubs include the Foreign Missionary Society Laura Chapter and civic groups, with events from dinners and receptions to fundraisers, socials, cantatas, and a Midway entertainment.
A rumor states Prof. E. B. Watson may wed soon. Prof. R. L. Webster has arrived from Illinois as assistant entomologist. Banquet attendees include Miss Maria Roberts Miss Lola Placeway and Mrs. Lillie Spray. A reception for engineering faculty and students is planned in Alumni Hall Saturday night. Bobby Moffit I. S. C. 04 is to wed Miss Clara Dewitt of Oakland, California. Mrs. Irving W. Smith has returned to Iowa and is a guest of Prof. and Mrs. Chas. W. Noble. Roots of campus social life mix with updates on alumni and staff. Captain Robert Speers, Civil War veteran and former Iowa official, died in Cedar Falls. G. W. Welch has had another hospital admission at Clarinda following prior recovery. He remains in need of care while continuing his studies and Y M C A duties.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregularities and cures kidney and bladder disorders to prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Dagwin, druggist, urges readers to take the remedy at once.
Des Moines faces a major event as it bids $2000 to bring Mme Marcella Sembrich, the celebrated soprano under Loudon Charlton, to the city. Renowned as a leading Metropolitan Opera star, she is acclaimed for both opera and recital triumphs and is considered unmatched in song interpretation.
Mrs. L. J. Woodbury of Twining Michigan recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children and for hard colds and croup. The family says it works well and they are pleased to recommend it. Sold by Judisch Bros.
A brief line mentions Rocky Mountain Tea as a personal tip from M Bosworth, suggesting a private remedy or reminder. The fragment expresses morning blues and a secret between the speaker and reader, framed as casual guidance.
Dr Harriman and Dr Tilden are appointed as the two Ames physicians to examine applicants for the tubercular hospital at Iowa City. Two other county doctors are assigned, one at Nevada and one at Cambridge.
The annual Baptist church meeting yesterday afternoon and evening ended with enthusiasm and a balanced treasury despite higher missionary offerings and more than two hundred dollars spent on evangelistic meetings. About eight hundred dollars was raised to start a fund for a new church with plans for added Sunday school rooms and a modern house of worship. Full details will be laid before Ames residents. Officers elected: Mrs. H.S. Hoot clerk. Prof. T. M. Blakslee treasurer. K. W. Brown, D. A. Nash, G. H. Mellor, F P. Harris, and W. N. McCuskey trustees. Will Bower choir leader. Lydia Brown pianist.
A husband, after a morning of indulgence, feels the sting of guilt as his wife admits she lied about his expected early return. He endures a difficult breakfast while processing the truth and resolves to be wiser. The brief domestic vignette ends with the wife asking for forgiveness and the husband leaving, changed.
A New England school story recalls Judge William Rogers as school committee chairman who tested middle graders. He asked pupil Rock where the Rocky mountains lay and Rock answered correctly yet was not promoted. The next year the judge asked again and Rock replied they were in the same place as last year.
Miss H. questions Mrs. P. about how an incident occurred. Mrs. P. insists on the truth, saying she would not lie and that she is not well enough today, as cited from Woman's Home Companion.
In a Sunset Magazine piece the first Oxford test is athletic ability, the second sociability, and the final scholastic skill. Passing the first two earns peer admiration, while proving oneself a scholar earns college-wide esteem.
A London Opinion quip argues against the notion that a man becomes like those he continually associates with. It humorously notes the speaker, a lifelong fishmonger, cannot swim a yard, mocking the idea with a personal anecdote.
A Richmond Evening Journal remark compares a minor trouser blemish to a deeper moral stain, using concise aphoristic wording to reflect social judgment and personal propriety in a brief editorial aside.
Local notes list Mr. Arthur Buck visiting his parents in south Ames and Mrs. Frank Spence in Sheldahl with her parents. Others travel to Des Moines, Collins, Boone, Riverside, or Los Angeles for visits, business, or funerals. Also noted are farming and professional movements, with residents of Ames heading to Austin or Kansas City, and multiple references to local social and community events.
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