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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
2
Des Moines business trip by Miss Vina Clark. Fort Worth visitor Mr. Bower. Various alumni and guests visit the college campus in Iowa. Lectures, institutes, and agricultural talks conducted by Prof. Osborne, Prof. Atkinson, and others. Fire damage at Dr Beyers. Swedish quintette entertains patrons. school news highlights Toward a public library and education efforts.
Shakespeare is presented in modernized form by high school seniors at the Ames opera house on Friday March 6. The cast includes Duke of Venice Lou Willie MS Bassanio Dean Floyd Williams and Launcelot Gobbo Glenn Fultz with Harriet Beyer Marie Mellor among the noted performers.
Kelley Starr visited Des Moines last Friday. Hutchison Bros. hold an auction sale this week. Miss Sarah McFetter spent Sunday with Minnie Rosenfeld. Mrs W Starr and children visited Maxwell last week. Weekly debate at the hall welcomes all. Blanche Rosenfeld improves after illness. Tom Christianson fractured arm in a Monday forenoon runaway to town. L G Rosenfeld family and Minnie Rosenfeld attended the Heyerman Sheehey wedding at Ames last Thursday. Luther Blake and Cedar Rapids bride visited F K Foster and J W Lytle families last week. Wm Dunn’s family hosted a neighbor gathering with music and supper Friday night."
Evangelist Miller leads Union meetings with many conversions and reclamations reported at nearly every service. The schedule: Sunday services at 2 PM at the Congregational church with Miller preaching, 6 PM overflow union service in the Methodist church, and a Young People and Convert's meeting at the Methodist church. Chalk talks attract public school scholars and parents. pastors will care for new members and workers as the meetings may extend into next week.
A seller lists thirty farms for sale in the Jim River valley north of James Town, North Carolina, priced 8 to 20 dollars per acre. Some farms are well improved and ready for crop. Buyers can switch from rent to purchase over three to four years by paying part of the price.
W C Kimber of New Troy Michigan writes praising Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the finest stomach and bowel preparation he has used and wishes continued success.
For sale and rent notice invites inquiries to Mrs. W. L Taylor about a good house available for rent and assorted household goods offered for sale.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy to keep the head clear and bowels regular, sold by L M Bosworth.
Four years of a leg ulcer resisted doctors until Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois. Also effective for burns bruises skin eruptions and piles. 25 cents at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
Mrs J A Moore of North Star Michigan praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cough cold and croup remedy her family has used. The advertisement notes it is for sale by all druggists.
A fair sized audience enjoyed the home talent comedy Three Hats directed by Jack Daniels. The cast received praise for solid performances and the production showed by despite limited preparation time. Receipts totaled about eighty nine dollars with band boys netting around thirty dollars.
Mrs Hattie Williams offers tailoring at her home 707 Kellogg Street after February 21 with satisfaction guaranteed and reasonable prices.
Seed oats good for planting advertised for sale at the Silver Mine location. Seller identified as J. C. Wincox with a 41-8p price notation.
A woman trials many hats and adores one she initially overlooked. A friend deems it dowdy, and the wearer wavers. A third party interjects with a sharp demand to try on the hat, ending the scene with a tense remark.
A medical man in Egypt offers a method to sterilize butter to counter cholera typhoid and other diseases. Place the butter in a covered jar in boiling water simmer for two hours. Cool on ice and beat with an egg whisk until firm again.
The scratch of a pin may cause loss of a limb or death from blood poisoning, but prompt application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm prevents danger. It is an antiseptic quick healing liniment for cuts bruises and burns sold by all druggists.
Nellie Sheehey and Augustus F. Heyerman were married Thursday evening at the bride’s home in Ames with Rev. Mitchel officiating. The event drew about twenty five guests, and a two course lunch was served post ceremony. The bride is a well known Story County school teacher. the groom works in construction in Des Moines.
A citizens meeting at the Odd Fellows hall, called by Secretary Fowler, endorsed the old Christian church lot 50x75 feet and pledged a site to establish a permanent library. Other proposed sites included the Dr. Hunt lot and Dr. Proctor’s residence area, with several offered at no cost.
A persuasive ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a health aid. It claims the pills gently stimulate digestion to prevent constipation and promote rosy complexions. Sold for 25 cents by L. M. Bosworth, druggist.
Strayed red saw pig about 65 lbs. finder will receive reward. Return to Box 667 Ames Iowa.
The tarantella arose from the belief that tarantism caused by the tarantula required music or dance for cure. Originating from Taranto in Italy, tarantella became a popular peasant dance now performed without the spider bite.
A teacher asks children to inspect Tommy's clean hands and learns he washes breakfast dishes each morning. Tommy confirms his mother makes him wash the breakfast things.
Atchison Globe notes a wry quote on aging: once a man passes fifty, flattery about intelligence works, while compliments about beauty or sweetness do not time.
William A. Girard of Pease VI endorses Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the most prompt pleasant and reliable cathartic. Sold by all druggists.
When you feel blue and everything goes wrong take a dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. They cleanse and invigorate your stomach regulate your bowels give you a relish for food and make you feel this old world is a good place to live. For sale by all Druggists.
The Northwestern line offers through sleeping cars from Chicago to Manistique and Sault Ste. Marie leaving Chicago at 8 00 p m daily except Saturday. It is the only through sleeping car line between Chicago and The Soo. For tickets and full information contact Chicago Northwestern Ry agents.
Notice describes a residence property for sale located on lot 8 block 4 in Black's Second Addition to Ames Iowa. Inquiry should be directed to M. Soper, referee.
Notice to Ames voters for March 30 1903 city election on establishing and maintaining a free public library. Also a proposal to accept a $10 000 donation from Andrew Carnegie for a library building under specified conditions.
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