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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1909

Page

4

New Tailored Suits Displayed with Modest Prices

A local retailer promotes a range of handsome tailored suits with stylish materials. Customers are invited to call in, try on, and purchase, with modest prices highlighted for wide appeal.

Personal Paragraphs Highlight Ames Social Scene

Miss Lona Hoxie of Hampton visits Ames with friends as many locals travel for events. Numerous residents attend funerals, surgeries, and church revivals while others tour, visit relatives, or relocate to Ames for work or study.

Lona Hoxie Hampton

Social Roundup of Weddings Parties and Birthdays

Ames society pages recount a flurry of showers parties anniversaries and club events. Dr Howard Garberson prepares to wed Fern Young at Christ home while Miss Jennie Christ hosts Bring together locals and visitors for Lincoln day reminisces and Y M C A lectures.

Howard Garberson Deer Lodge Montana Fern Young Jennie Christ Ghrist Ames

S J Thompson Leases Bram Building for Show House

S J Thompson leased the Bram building second floor on the south side this week and will arrange it to accommodate different troupes of entertainers for a season of shows.

S. J. Thompson

Two Houses for Rent Available March First

McCartney and Judge list two houses for rent with possession set for March 1. Locations and prices not specified.

McCartney

Postponed D A R Society Concert Delights Campus Audience

The postponed concert under Mrs. A S Thompson for the D A R society was held at Mrs. Marston's home on campus Monday evening. It proved a rare treat for attendees and featured entirely American composers. The closing quartet by Mrs Thompson, Mrs Wood, Miss Mereness, and Miss Pike of American folk songs was especially enjoyable.

A. S. Thompson D. A. R. Society

Northwestern Glee Club Performs At Local Methodist Church

The Northwestern University Glee Club of 25 undergraduates appeared to a full house at the Methodist church last Saturday evening. Fenner King, son of Prof. F. BE. King, sung with the group and previously studied at I. S. C. The choir loft presentation impressed with artistic conception and good music. The Home Missionary Society of the M. E. church plans a meeting on Tuesday February 23 at 3 pm at U. S. Griffiths Story street residence.

Northwestern University Methodist Church Evanston Fenner King F. BE. King Northwestern Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church U. S. Griffith Story Street A. B

Inauguration Eve American Music Night at College Chapel

March 4 concert at the college chapel features Prof Thompson and pianist F Lionel. Lionel, former head of Syracuse University piano, will play Thompsons sonata and pieces by Gottschalk and MacDowell. A plantation song program includes Ole Black Joe sung by a ladies quartet Mereness Pike Thompson Wood, with Male Glee Club numbers to showcase My Old Kentucky Home.

Washington College Chapel Thompson Conservatory F. Lionel Syracuse University Gottschalk Mac Dowell Ole Black Joe Gertrude Mereness Ethel Pike Mesdames Clara D. Thompson Mayme Wood Kentucky

College spring lectures promise strong program of events

The spring lecture series at the college showcases The Dunbar Male Quartette and Bell Ringers on February 27 with two hundred bells and a vocal quartette, Ralph Dunbar on cello solos, Isabel Garghill Beecher on March 20, a lecture by Hon. George R. Wendling on April 10, and a closing performance by the College Glee Club on April 24 under Prof. Thompson. The committee emphasizes quality and aims to share details with Ames readers.

Dunbar Europe Ralph Dunbar Isabel Garghill Beecher Thompson

Lincoln Day Event At Mrs Gibson’s Home In Ames

About twenty five friends attended a Lincoln day party at Mrs. L M Gibson’s Ames home. Guests heard recollections of Lincoln, learned of James Hulsizer’s war tax appointment, and enjoyed a patriotic program with readings, songs, and guitar accompaniment followed by refreshments. Tickets and venue details were shared for upcoming community events at Judisch Bros Drug Store and College Book Store.

Arthur Ball Beckwith Third Ward Mrs. Ball Ames Judisch Bros. Drug Store College Book Store James Hulsiter Hulsizer A. B. Cox Lincoln A .B. Maxwell Leland Dyer St. Valentine Gibson

Crippen Marries Miss Kintzley At Ames Home

Hugh Crippen and Genie Kintzley wed at the bride’s west Ames home in a 6:30 p m ceremony. Rev Houser of the Christian church officiated. The couple will live on a farm near Sac City. The Kintzleys recently moved from Laurens.

Hugh Crippen Genie Kintzley W. P. Kintzley Ames Rev. Houser Christian Church Mr. Crippen Kintzley Miss Kintzley

Piano Tuner Byron E Brown to Visit Ames Soon

Sioux City expert piano tuner Byron E Brown will be in Ames a few days after March 1. Leave orders for work at the office of King Printing Co or call 327 Mutual to arrange.

Byron E. Brown Sioux City Ames King Printing Co Mutual

Ames and Grinnell Set for Fast Match on Margaret Hall Floor

Ames basketball squad meets Grinnell on Margaret Hall floor in a clash with the undisputed Iowa champions. If Ames shows the form they had against Drake last Saturday, the game should be an exceptionally good contest.

Ames Grinnell Iowa Margaret Hall Grinnel Ames Bunch Drakes

Colonial Concert by Philatheas at Christian Church

One of Ames winter entertainments was the Philatheas of the Christian church giving the Colonial Concert. Upcoming performance of Gypsy Queen on February 25 invites the public to attend.

Ames Philatheas The Christian Church

Among the Ames Churches Church of Christ Service Schedule

Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by J E Arnold superintendent sermon at 11 a m on The Tragedy of the Ages evening Endeavor at 639 p m no Sunday night services all Ames churches join temperance mass meeting at the M E church

J. E. Arnold M. EB

United Brethren Church Sunday Services and Events

The United Brethren Church lists Sunday school at 10:00 led by Rev. O. L. Wilson, with a special sermon for children at 11:00. Y. P. C. U. meets at 6:30, followed by a union temperance meeting at 7:30 at the M. E. church led by Rev. Barber of Des Moines. St. Cecelia's Catholic mass at 10:30 next Sunday led by Rev. F. C. Renier.

O. L. Wilson M. E Barber Des Moines F. C. Renier St. Cecelia’s

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