Local miscellany items from Ames Iowa page
Local notices include illnesses, theater listings for Montana and Two Orphans at the Armory, lost items a ladies watch and a gold fob chain, a mandamus ruling reinstating F. M. Darner in Yeoman Lodge, rental ads, and upcoming community events including a Midway fundraiser and a Wilbur Starr concert. Also notes about ice harvest, carpentry at Tilden Bros, and a Des Moines death.
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Carroll St
Frank Perry
Ames
Methodist Church
Od Fellow’s Hall
Relief Corps
For Rent Unfurnished Rooms with Light Housekeeping
Unfurnished rooms available for light housekeeping. Inquire at this office for details and rental terms.
Buck Ventilator stove and kitchen cabinet for sale
For sale: a Buck Ventilator stove and a kitchen cabinet. Seller: C. D. Knight, 1103 Henty. Contact for arrangements.
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C.D. Knight
Henty
Dr Shoop's Restorative claims aid for weak stomach nerves
A reader cites Dr Shoop's Restorative as a remedy addressing weak nerves behind illness. The message argues stomach, heart, and kidney weakness stem from nerve fragility and encourages testing the product as a direct cause-focused treatment.
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Shoop
Joel BD. Cagwin
Cement grout water tank mold design and patent claim
A description of a modular cement grout water tank mold with galvanized iron plating, three heavy iron bands per section, interlocking ends, a through link and end keys, outer mold three feet high, inner mold eight inches shorter, eight inch floor space, sections tapering, reinforced with wire, iron uprights at ends, and intent to patent. Levi 8 Stanfield.
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Levi
Stanfield
Exchanging Amenities on a Busy London Bus
A brash man asks a conductor if the bus reaches Oxford Street and when they will stop. The conductor replies politely that the bus goes to the destination and offers a witty retort about remembering the stop without awkward gestures. London Scraps.
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Oxford Street
London
The Sins of Hatters Exposed by Friable Patter
Fry's Magazine argues hatters push specific hat styles as suited to personal beauty while knowing the claim is false. The piece laments persuasive dressing myths that mislead customers and distort self perception.
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Fry’s
Invisible man trickery blamed on marriage
Witty exchange cites belief in invisibility and counters with a jab that men today achieve invisibility by marrying famous women. The quip frames celebrity marriages as social camouflage.
How It Was Becoming
A dialogue excerpt shows a flirtatious diplomat boasting about a dress being becoming while a woman coolly retorts that it is becoming threadbare reflecting sharp wit and social satire. The brief exchange underscores social pretense and sly humor in a restrained domestic scene.
Social expectations of multiple marriages noted
The Atchison Globe comments on marriage norms, noting that people accept a first marriage, judge a second, and react loudly to a third. The piece reflects societal attitudes toward marriage frequency and public perception.
Hollister's Mountain Tea Promises Health Benefit
Advertisement claims Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea strengthens the system for indigestion constipation and low energy. States price 35 cents for tea or tablets and cites M Bosworth as seller.
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Hollister
Community Club and Society Notes Ellsworth
Ellsworth society pages list clubs meeting on set Fridays and through the month in G A R hall Masonic hall and member homes. Activities include receptions sleigh rides concerts charitable teas and Valentine events with many groups hosting meetings at churches halls and private homes throughout the month.
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Altar Society of the
Catholic Church
Priscalla Club
Royal Neighbors of America
Red Men's Hall
Reverend Herbert Wilson resigns from St Johns Ames
The vestry accepted Rev. Herbert Wilson’s resignation from St. Johns church Ames. He will become assistant rector at St. Marks in Evanston Illinois starting March first, serving evening services and aiding parish work at a 700 communicant, larger parish. He has pastored St. Johns for two years and is noted for spirituality and literary culture.
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Herbert Wilson
St. Johns Church
Wilson
Evanston
Ill
St. Marks
St. Johns
St. John’s Church
Ames
Clubs Are Trumps
A Ames school drawing lesson ends with a clever primary class response. The teacher shows a three leaf clover and asks for the name. A blue eyed boy named Frankie quickly answers Clubs.
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Ames
Frankie
Frank Montgomerys Quarantine on Clark Street
The Frank Montgomery family on Clark Street faced a string of misfortune as a smallpox case forced their quarantine after arrangements to move to Bagley.
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Tilden Bros
Frank Montgomery
Clark Street
Bagley
City Council Meets on Fourth Ward Sewer
The city council convened last evening at eight and passed a resolution of necessity for a sewer in the fourth ward. The action appears in this issue.
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Civic Improvement Society
City Library
Unity Club
Ben Cole
Washington
Eight O’cock
What do you find so very interesting about society
An ordinary person asks what draws attention to society while Miss Cayenne comments on people trying to get in. The Washington Star presents a brief exchange illustrating social observation and amusement.
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Miss Cayenne
Washington Star
Time as Comfort for Grief Fades Under Exhaustion
A reflective line muses that time eases grief yet practitioners of healing warn exhaustion as the real driver of solace. The quote attributes the process to time and a weary agency guiding recovery.
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Landon
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Journal
der Today
Rey Urday
Semmons Dry Goods
John Cole
Dr. Aplin
Harry D. Carey
Jim Graham
Montana
The
Emporium of Music
Times
Cessna
Sta. A
Armory Opera House
Armory
Millionaire Tramp
Florence Hermann
Des Moines
Hermann
Niva Nichols
Hoggatt Street
F. M. Darner
Yeoman Lodge
Darner
Slattery
Stultz Cafe
Arizona
Clarence Compton
Baptist Church
Moody Library
Joshua Simpkins
Wilbur Starr
J. Lorenzo Zwickey
Hon. G. A. Gearhart
Groves
Jack Byrnes
Walter V. Coyle
Henry Eytes
Edmund Roberts
Walter Lewis
Virginia Anderson
Jane Evans
Ida Schaffer
Carrie Molston
Mason City
M4hanford
Cameron
Marston
Iowa
Mutual
Mat
M. Bosworth
Ellsworth Corps
G. A. R. Hall
the Cemetery Association
Memrs
Foreign Missionary Society
Laura
Masonic Hall
Marion Rebekah Lodge No. 108
Odd Fellows Hall
Society of the Baptist Church
Aid Society of the
Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Christian Church
Missionary Society of Theational Church
U. S
K. K
Jennie Fedson
Wm. Greeley
the Book and Basket Club
Ruth
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
Society
James Dodds
Captain
Greeley
D. Embree
Henry Wilson
T. C. Dodds
M. E. Epworth
Wes Bateman
Zumwalt
Leslie Zumwalt
Zumwalt Place
J. J. Grove
Union
Hardin County Retailers Association
Mr. Groves
Business Mens Club of Union
Congregational Ladies Aid Society
Grove
Busiess Men of Union
Kensington
Mesdames Barrett, Noble, Coover and Kennedy
Smith’s Hall
Profs
Pierce
Schaub
C. M. Proctor
W. D. Rich
Hultz
Conaway
Sowers
T. L. Rice
Pratt
Douglass
Frank Montgomerys
Sorenson & Gamrath
Fish and Game
William Calloway
William Galloway Company
Dieiaena Nanieensaall
Fifth Ave
Waterloo
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