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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1908

Page

8

Community Clubs and Societies Meet Across Ellsworth

Ellsworth residents attend numerous clubs and societies meeting on varied schedules. Groups include the Cemetery Association, Civic Improvement Society, Missionary and Aid societies, Royal Neighbors, Priscilla Club, Unity Club, and several church branches with frequent venues and dates noted.

Altar Society of The Catholic Church Priscalla Club Royal Neighbors of America Red Men's Hall

Rumors of Prof E B Watson’s forthcoming marriage

Local gossip notes Prof E B Watson may wed soon. Professor R L Webster has joined the Iowa experiment station as assistant entomologist after arriving from Illinois. The Pan-Hellenic banquet in Des Moines and engineering division reception at Alumni Hall are mentioned along with multiple personal notices and hospital updates.

R. L. Webster Illinois Maria Roberts Lola Placeway Lillie Spray Pan-Hellenic Association Sherman Place Des Moines Engineering Division Alumni Hall Cedar Falls Robert Speers Davenport State Horticultural Association G. W. Welch Clarinda Welch Dean Curtiss New York Ames Secy. Pratt

Fowle Plans New Church At Baptist Meeting

The annual Ames Baptist gathering discussed a future house of worship with added Sunday school space. The church ends the year with a balanced treasury, boosted missionary offerings, and about eight hundred dollars saved for a new building. Officers elected include Mrs H S Hoot clerk and Prof T M Blakslee treasurer.

The Baptist Church Ames H.S. Hoot T. M. Blakslee K. W. Brown D. A. Nash G. H. Mellor F P. Harris W. N. MecCuskey Will Bower Lydia Brown

Personal News From Ames Area Residents

Local society notes list visits and travel of residents including Arthur Buck with parents in south Ames, Mrs. Spence in Sheldahl, George Snook in Collins, Charley Meiers and George Maquin in Des Moines, John Born visiting from Graham County Kansas, and numerous others visiting friends, attending events, and relocating. Also mentions Dr Jennie Christ heading to Los Angeles, the Nordstroms to Austin, Texas, and the Noyes family moving to Kansas City after a stroke in the elder Mrs. Noyes.

Arthur Buck South Ames Frank Spence Sheldahl George Snook Collins Charley Meiers George Maquin Des Moines John Born Graham County Kansas Ruby Smith Cole Ames Warren Beckwith Miss Cutter Boone Jennie Christ Aing Los Angeles California Fred Tilden Riverside Will Tilden Howard Dakins T. L. Gossard Onawa Iowa Sentinel J. J. Grove State Board of Missions of the Christian Church Andy Christiansen Wyoming A. G. Nordstrom Austin Texas Nordstrom S. P. Freed Lyons Nebraska Alonzo Pruitt Irwin John Brown Warren McGuire Baby Webster City Kansas City

Foley's Kidney Remedy Promised To Cure Kidney Disorders

Advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Remedy as a cure for irregular kidneys and bladder issues. It urges readers to take the remedy to prevent Bright's disease and diabetes, naming Cagwin as the local druggist.

Foley Bright Cagwin

Sembrich to be brought to Des Moines at cost of 2000

Mme. Marcella Sembrich, esteemed as a leading operatic soprano and recital performer, will require 2000 dollars to bring her to Des Moines. Directed by Loudon Charlton this season, she is regarded as unrivaled among soloists of song and lieder and a premier figure of the Metropolitan Opera Company.

Mme Marcella Sembrich Des Moines Loudon Charlton Metropolitan Opera Company Sembrich

Chambrlains Cough Remedy A Favorite

Mrs. L. J. Woodbury of Twining Michigan praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children and its effectiveness on hard colds and croup. The product is sold by Judisch Bros.

She Told Him a Lie Ends Morning Dining Misled

A husband feels remorse after his wife admits she lied about his expected early return. He starts the day trying to enjoy breakfast and the tempting dishes his wife prepared, while grappling with guilt and a wiser outlook.

Cecil

Rock’s mountain riddle stalls a pupil’s promotion

A New England school committee chairman, Judge William Rogers, asks a middle grade pupil, Rock, where the Rocky mountains lie. He answers correctly yet is not promoted. The next year the judge repeats the question and Rock replies, “The same place they were last year.”

William Rogers New England Rock Rocky Mountains

Wholesome Fear at School Leads to Inquiry

Miss H the grammar school principal investigates a pupil's report and confirms with Mrs P the events as told. Mrs P insists she told the truth though she says she is not well today. The exchange suggests a careful airing of a domestic issue as recounted in a magazine story.

Miss H

Oxford Tests Pry Self in Rhodes Scholar Thought

A Sunset Magazine piece cites a Rhodes Scholar quote from Oxford noting tests of athletic, sociability, and scholastic ability. It argues that passing the first two earns peer admiration, while proving scholarship earns college admiration.

Oxford Rhodes Sunset Magazine

Fishmonger Laughs At Swimmer’s Metaphor

A London opinion mocks the idea that a man becomes like those he associates with. The speaker, a lifelong fishmonger, rejects the notion with a humorous quip about his inability to swim.

London

Patch on the Trousers Compared to Stain on the Soul

A Richmond Evening Journal aphorism notes a patch on trousers is minor beside a stain on the soul, reflecting moral focus over material blemishes.

Richmond Evening Journal

Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Ad

If you suffer with indigestion constipation feel mean and cross no strength or appetite your system is unhealthy Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea makes the system strong and healthy 35 cents Tea or Tablets L M Bosworth.

Hollister L. M. Bosworth

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Emory Tilden Store Tilden Brothers @ Company Ellsworth Corps AG. A. R the Cemetery Association Foreign Missionary Society Laura Masonic Hall P E. O Marion Rebekah Lodge No. 108 Odd Fellows Hall Society of the Baptist Church Aid Society of the Aid Society of the Baptist Church Civic Improvement Society City Library Missionary Society of the Christian Church Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Unity Club Missionary Society of the Cregational Church Clover Club Winnie Cam Eron Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church F. J. Graves Guild of St. John’s Church College Road Sun Dial F. J. Rice Willey Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church St. Valentine P. E. O. Society Yeoman Lodge Geo. Noyes Kenworthy Ben Cole Relief Corps Lulu Smith Kelley R. C. Barrett Herman Knapp O. H. Cessna Foreign and Home Missionary Societies Methodist Church Priscilla Mesdames Alice Dynes Feuling F. H. Waters C. B. Stanton Alumni Christian Church Wilbur Starr Concert Co J. Lorenzo Zwickey G. A. Gearhart Mary Little A. V. Storm D. M. Christ Semmons Jennie Ghist W. 8S Tinsley Ruth Pike Moab Judah Naomi Orpha Boaz Anna Kierulff Mrs. Conaway Robert Clark Miss Pike Prof E. B. Watson Bobby” Moffit S. C Clara Dewitt Oakland Mr. Moffit U. S. Mint San Francisco Irving W. Smith Columbus Ohio Chicago Grinnell Chas. W. Noble Rocky Mountain L M. Bosworth Harriman Tilden Iowa City County Nevada Cambridge Fowle Baptists
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