Local MISCELLANY includes sales and meetings in Ames
Notices of room rentals and hyacinth sales at the office. Upcoming events include a wrestling match at the Armory on Tuesday Feb 27 and a Burns Hackenschmidt bout. Socials, church meetings, and school board actions are recorded along with obituaries and local business updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Opera Haulse
Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church
Jennie Christ
M.E. Church
College Glee Club
F.J. Resler
Sam Jones
Armory
Burns—Hackenschmidt
the Armory
Burns
Hackenschmidt
W. A
Personal Paragraphs Chronicle Ames Notes
Floyd O'Brien returns from Iowa City over Sunday. Mrs. Maude Corbin of Nevada visits Ames. Dr. Harriman called to Hampton for grandmother’s illness. Billy Frye to Alba Oklahoma for a month with horses. Mrs Bates and McHose attend Mrs Potter's funeral. Berthage of Moville visits H P Wilkinson. Mrs. Knotts ill in Des Moines. Mrs. Smith called. Wallace Read trips to Salt Lake City and western points. Will Thompson and Leo Armstrong vacation in Hot Springs. Mrs. McCormick of Chicago visits Bare family. Mrs. McGarry visits L M Gibson. Dr. Ralph Graham home from Oklahoma City. I F Adams and wife visit Rev and Mrs Pruitt. Mrs Lavern Page visits Beloit three weeks. Rakestraw family move to Kansas City. McMullen sees brother from Clinton at Des Moines event. Father A G Hardin visits Ames. praises growth. Parker and family visit Oskaloosa. pleased with new home. Potter and Scott families attend funeral in Galesburg and nearby towns. Dr M Stalker and sister Iriving leave for San Antonio and Brownsville. plan to join sister. Stalkers and Swearingin families run hotel at Hot Wells. San Antonio praised as winter retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Stalker
Irving
San Antonio
Brownsville
Stalker
Swearingin
Handwriting gender guesses prove unreliable curiosity
An old note discusses how handwriting often fails to reveal the writer’s sex. It cites bold masculine and delicate feminine traits sometimes misattributed and suggests a simple experiment with envelopes to test accuracy.
Taxes in Ames Nearby Provided at Bank Branch
A partial notice indicates residents can pay taxes at Story County Bank in Ames or nearby areas. The fragment suggests a single location for tax payments with no additional details or deadlines.
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Ames A
Story County Bank
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and help after our bereavement. Grateful for contributions of flowers from the C. W. E. M. of Ontario and the Yeoman Lodge of Kelley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. E. M., Society of Ontario
Yeoman Lodge of
Kelley
Local notices and personal updates from Ames area loom
Sincere thanks flow to friends and neighbors for support during illness of a beloved one. Obituary style notices merge with farm land sale, editor illness and return, a Colorado engraving offer, and a barber shop sale in Ames. Details include property purchase by Gen. J. R. Lincoln, Mont Gossard’s health, Miss Jennie Williams substituting, and O K barber shop sale to Geo. Kintzley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Shugart
Joan Shugart
Mont Gossard
the Intelligencer
Jennie Williams
Not money but love of it is the evil
A clipped Omaha News item notes that money itself is not the root of evil but its right use brings good. The exchange implies a boast about not owing money, with a counterpoint about who truly brags.
Afghan Customs and a Blood Oath of Protection
An Afghan bound by custom must honor a stranger who seeks protection and grant any favor, even risking his life. Yet this same man is also cruel and revengeful, quick to retaliate and unforgiving when insulted.
School bond proposition notice for Ames district 1906
Public notice from Ames Iowa detailing a two year term for Sheldon and a proposition to issue bonds not exceeding a stated amount to fund erecting a new school building and necessary equipment. Polls open at City Hall from 1 pm to 6 pm. Dated January 21, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends Church
Sheldon
Ames
Iowa
Ard
City Hall
Board of Direct
I. J. Scott
Herman Knapp
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Tilden Bros
Sheuerman Bros
Gem
Buster Brown
Hawes and Stetson
Washburn & Crosby
Tilden Bros. & Co
Warcua
Esther Byacinth Sale
Ole Hill
Glen Clark
Banner Department
Mary Bates
Beardshear
Padmore
Marshalltown
Miss Bates
Ft. Dodge
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Gibson
Egypt
I. W. Smith
Holy Land
Orient
Waren
Queen Esther Hyacinth
Paulsrud
Ep Wagner
F. J. Graves
Douglass Street
Graves
Jeannette Jackson
Maxwell Tribune
Tribune
Keepick
Clark Street
Murphy
Theresa Lincoln
College Hospital
Minnie Cedargreen
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Glee Club
Methodist Church
J. B. Kooser
Metta Beardshear
J. B. Kopfer & Co’s
Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
C. A. Kopfer
A. Q. Adamson
Times
Matua
Congregational Church
A. L. Potter
L. O. Keepier
Lizzie Allis
Washington
Rhode Island
M. A. Cromwel
Gilbert
LAURA
O. E
Magi
Boone
Mary E. Johnson
Rathbone Sisters
W. H. Nelson
Rowey
Boys of
John Ley
Isle of Axe
Pracantt
Enue ChUrch
Citizen
B.S. Dyer
Times Office
J. BE. Campnit
Mutual
F. M. Cronk
Clinton
A. M. Shea
The
Colombia Opera Co
Said Pasha
Gruen
Clark
Fairbanks
Atlanta
Mr. Clark
Christian Science
Odd Fellows Temple
Jones School
W. F. McMullen
Leecing House
Westerman
Galen Tilden
Randall
Ethel Randall
Mabel Randall
Rodman
Kuwiman Co
Dept. S
Atlas Block
M. W. A. Club
Joseph Chitty
Fernald
W. A. Taylor
Grant Township
Howard
California
A. E. Lucas
Bennett
Floyd O’brien
Iowa City
Miss Maude Corbin
Nevada
Mrs
Frank Stults
Billy Frye
Alba
Oklahoma
Mesdames Bates and McHose
A. L Potter
Miss Berthage of
Moville
H. P. Wilkinson
W. T. Smith
Des Moines
T. H. Knotts
Wallace Read
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Will Thompson
Leo Armstrong
Hot Springs
Ark
Arthur McCormick
E. A. Bare
Bare
Ralph Graham
Oklahoma City
Myra Graham
I. F. Adams
Eagle Grove
M. Lavern Page
Beloit, Wis
Rome Simmons
J. B. Rakestraw
Kansas City
A. G. Hardin
Spencer
D. L. Parker
Oskaloosa
Chas. Potter
A Potter
Joseph Potter
Galesburg
W. E. Scott
Atkinson
G. A. Scott
Milwaukee
John Scott
Toulon
C. C. Scott
Princells
Jeter
Sex
J. R. Lincoln
Squaw Creek
Hagerman Pass
Mountain
Colorado
Colorado Midland Railway
F. L. Feakins
First National Bank
Omaha
Neb
C. H. Speers
Denver
Frank Hl. Curtis
O. K
Geo. Kinztley
Beag
Omaha News
Ics
Christian Church
Boone and
High Street
Lee
Georges & Little’s
C. E. Holmes
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