Local Miscellany and Social Notes from Ames
Community notices detail family events births and shindigs around Ames Iowa including the Tallman birth a public installation at Tar W.R.C. and various church gatherings and socials. Highlights mention deaths of J. O. Peterson and a Thanksgiving Eve bowling match with All-Americans.
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Ames
Peterson
Wolf
Selbach
O’brien
Reynard
Akin
Walf
Akio
Drunken Prisoners and a Painter Poles Tale in Court
Edward Bjorkman recalls prisoners in a New York Police Court using excuses to gain time for bail or delay. Drunks seek quick fines, hoping for leniency, while sober prisoners delay and feign innocence. A barber pole painting joke shows a dizzy defendant claiming painting caused his intoxication. Alfred Tennyson's Oxford visit is humorously noted as students tease his disheveled look.
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New York
Edward Bjorkman
Century
Tennyson
Alfred Tennyson
Oxford
Alfrei
Personal Paragraphs from Ames Readers Over Christmas
This page records a flood of names with Christmas and holiday travels. Numerous residents visit Des Moines Clinton Clinton Des Moines Perry Boone Maxwell Maxwell Des Moines and other towns. Many families host relatives during the season and several locals visit friends or attend events while year ends.
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al Coffin
Martha
Des Moines
Bert McIntire
Maquoketa
Ames
Ed. Clark
Otto Edgerton
Clarence Arnold
Harley McElyen
Bertha Epperson
McCalisburg
Veca
Bessie Bisbee
Boone
John Hutchison
Hutchison
L. M. Bosworth
Clinton
D. L. Breed
W.S. Burton
Ray Sies
Oxford
Ames Friends
State Teachers Association
Dante G. Pierce
Homestead
Times
Chicago
Iowa State College stock and grain judging courses listed
The schedule outlines January sessions for stock and grain judging at Iowa State College. Topics include Sheep, Horses, Hogs, and corn with daily blocks from 8 to 10, 10 to 12, 1, and 3 to 5. Evening lectures cover general agriculture and lodging costs range 3.50 to 4.00 per week.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Discontented Artist Dreams of Fortune
A discontented artist voices a wish for wealth and fame, declaring he would quit painting if he had a fortune. A generous brother responds with a humorous offer to share wealth, saying he would give him any fortune if available.
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Jove
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Tilden Bros. & CO
Boston
J. B. Kooser & Co
Bory
Coas
Tallman
Nina Smith
Tar W.R. C
Clarence Hunter
Rebekah Lodge
Mary Elliott
South Side
T. C. Miller
Paesident Stanton
East
West Des Motees
Jas. Adams
Ladies Aid
Christian Endeavor Societies of
The
Christian Church
McCarthy
T. L. Rice
Miss Kuble
Tur
Capt. C
Lincoln
Fort Wayne
Detroit
Michigan
W. M. Greeley
Ed Moffitt
Jim Robb
Churches of
Nye
Baptist Choren
Rev Seecombe
Chandler
M KB
Ferrall
Congregational
Wilson
Josh Grove
Elmer
Kansas
John
Oklahoma
Obas
Nebraska
Eva Peacock
Doolittle
Willard
Jake
Lee
Joe
Wobster County
Neb
J. O. Peterson
True Ladies Ald Society of the Christian Church
Rev
Matilda Wilson
Onondaga Street
Rev. Ferrall
Rice
Harriet McCarthy
Capt
Mrs. Greeley
Amule
Clover Club
Mr. Emerson
Baptist Church
Opera House
O. D. Ellett
Marshalltown
Shippey
W.terloo
Iowa
Ellett
W. L. Ryan
J. B. Ryan
Tenth Street
Nineteenth Street
Prof. Faville
Farmer's Tribune
Lloyd Raynor
Fred Cleaver
Gifford
City
Racine Goble
Perry
Matilda Renier
Dubuque
Whitman Sayles
Will West
Miss Bertha Embree
Geo. Cohn
Edith Thompson
Addie Carey
Ed Logan
Keithsburg, IL
W. A. Perkins
Belle Rutherford
Ed. Kooser
Knoxville
Attica
Harry Jones
Pearl
Atlantic
Belle Lanning
Hartwick
Winifred Beyer
Geo. Richmond
Edmunds, N. D
Misa Nina Starr
A. L. Bradley
John Allen
Alden
Anna Allen
Chas. Hutchison
Cassie Lincoln
Tom Fultz
Mrs. F
Maxwell
Paul Jones
Cresson
Bartholomew Home
Allie Nedham
Henry, S. D
H. 8. Hoot
Livermore
Jennie Eveland
Kansas City
Lynne McDowell
E. Campbell
Foster
Chas. Tilden
Riverside
Grace Perkins Logan
Brownlie
Denver
J. Antes
Moville
W. J. Freed
Jennie McElyen Beyer
Rock Valley
Miss May Cassidy
Lyle Lewellen
H. L. Carroll
Ross
E. L. Griffith
Mr. Griffith
May Spring
Frank Musselman
Musselman
A. P. Wing
Prairie City
Bert Wing
John Mitchell
Lou Smith
Dr. Waters
Tom McCoy
Waterloo
Earl Kooser
Will
Ross Rutherford
R. E. Young
Jefferson
Will Templeton
Elias Clifton
Ames Electric Light and Water Works
Frank Leibrook
Fair
Elkader
Floyd Skelton
Sioux Rapids
Kittie Freed
Washington, Ia
Mrs
T. W Hauser
Liscomb
Mr. Hauser
Keefe
Delevan, Ill
Kathrynne Fenton
Will Sisson
Mrs. Raynor
U.S. Griffith
Griffith
Sherwood
Shannon, Il
Tom Loughran
F. W. Eighmy
Boone Christmas
J. J. Grove
State Board of Iowa Christian Convention
Mr. Grove
Chas. John
Ben Confare
Mattie Alexander
Sioux City
EB Carey
Sarah Baker
Baker
J. F. Baker
Indiaton
Rev. Baker
Osmund Johnson
Misses Stella
Mary Ellis
Miss Stella
Christian Workers’ School
Mary
Albert
LeGrand
Geo. Judisoh
Mr. Neal
Greensburgh
Pennsylvania
Ae Ea
Asta A
Oya
L. O. Keedick
Story County
Gordon & Ferguson
America
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