Ames Men Open House for New Year Celebration
Yesterday Smith's Hall hosted seventy five Ames men and about one hundred five ladies in a New Year reception. The event featured decorated halls, a welcome banner, refreshments served by volunteers, and careful planning by Bob Cairns and helpers to ensure a warm, memorable afternoon in Ames.
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Ames
Smiths Hall
Smith's Hall
Mrs. Paxton
Laura Storms
Mildred Semmons
Ruth Barrett
Doris Pammell
Frappe
G. W. O’brien
Bob Cairns
Clark Wins Closest New Year Shoot At Ames Gun Club
In a record close contest at the Ames gun club east of the city Bob Clark defeats Howard Adams for the silver cup donated by the Ames Times in 1906. They both scored 23 of 25, then tied at 9 of 10 in a shoot off and final 9 to 8. Other scores include Jeffery 22 and Metzger 20.
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Bob Clark
Howard Adams
Ames Times
Clark
Adams
Talbott
Proper
Kooser
Metzger
Jeffrey
Lang
Leonard
Brown
Kelley
Young
Clayt Smith
Duroe Jersey Pigs for Sale by H Sheehey
Classified short notes list Duroe Jersey male pigs for sale by H Sheehey and an Ames Times employment ad inviting applicants for nurse training. An herbal remedy advertisement praises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea with a 35 cent price for tea or tablets.
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Duroe
Jersey
H. Sheehey
Ames Times
Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Masquerade Skate at Cole's Rink Delights Ames Crowd
The New Year masquerade at Cole's skating rink drew about 50 couples and 300 spectators. Max Phillipps won best gentleman skater, Ethel Underwood best lady, Moore and Swank top couple, and Ethel Underwood best costumed lady with Joe Eldridge best costumed gentleman. Judges were G W O Brien J R Sargent and John Stiegerwalt. Across the night, about 100 couples skated after the contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole’s
Ames
Max Phillipps
John Wilcox
Ethel Underwood
Florence McCarthy
Moore and Swank
Allen
Sammy
Joe Eldridge
Mr. Cole
G. W. O’brien
J. R. Sargent
John Stiegerwalt
Local Notes and Visitors Round the Area in 1908
John Hougland on sick list. Rene Zenor visiting Minnesota son Fred. Tom Ware of Oskaloosa spending Christmas with family. Mrs. Will Marsden visiting from What Cheer. Mrs. Lars Dale of Pipestone Minn. holidaying in Gilbert Story City. Lare Morgan held Christmas reunion gifting each son a quarter beef. A B Wright in Texas for vacation. Mrs. Gertie Grattan at the counter. E P Gilbert and H C Thompson in Kansas City area for corn and vacation. Clifford and Chelsea Ruth to Gilmore City where Clifford bought a photo gallery and will take possession early next year. Farmers Telephone Co placing new poles at the railroad crossing to fit recent law on spliced poles.
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Clifford
Chelsea Ruth
Gilmore City
Possesion
Personal Paragraphs Reflect Ames Social Round
Jessie Cole visits from Des Moines over Sunday. Numerous residents and visitors roam Ames for holidays, including Mr. and Mrs. Mensch of Dix, Misses Tinsley and Griffith, Dr. Yeomans party in Gladbrook, and many others from Newton, Nevada, Carroll, Des Moines, and Chicago.
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Jessie Cole
Des Moines
Heggen
Ames
A. A. Quint
Mrs. Benton
Garfield Stiegerwalt
Carroll
Stiegerwalt
Douglass Avenue
Bennett and Myers Tie in Quiet Ames Area Wedding
Last evening at the Christian parsonage in Ames Edison Bennett married Miss Bessie Myers with Rev. H. D. Williams officiating. The couple, well regarded locals, include the bride daughter of Mr and Mrs A L Myers and the groom a prosperous young farmer from the area.
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Edison Bennett
Bessie Myers
H. D. Williams
A. L. Myers
Ames
Bennett
Ben
Around the World Journey Snapshot
A playful dialogue narrates a travel minded exchange featuring Mr Traveling, Jan 9, and remarks on tea preferences including Priscilla and Rocky Mountain Tea. The passage ends with a note on the tea's complexion enhancing properties attributed to L. M. Bosworth.
Stomach and Liver Tablets Cure Longstanding Trouble
A Maine woman reports two years of stomach trouble cured after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She bought twelve bottles in total and is now well. The product is sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
John Lowe
Cooper
Maine
Judisch Bros
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Shoot New Years
Aig
Pombe Santas
Cma
Cole
Nett
the Times
Gilbert
John Hougland
Rene Zenor
Minnesota
Fred
Tom Ware
Oskaloosa
Will Marsden
What Cheer
Lars Dale
Pipestone Minn
Gilbert and Story City
Lare Morgan
A. B. Wright
Texas
Gertie Grattan
E. P. Gilbert
H. C. Thompson
Kansas City
Farmer's Telephone Co
R. R
Mrs
Caroline Taylor
Mrs. Keigley
Madrid
Mrs. H. M. Howard
Red Oak
Mr. Howards
Orrie Christ
Plaineville
Frank Steigerwalt
Stanton
Steigerwalt
Metta Beardshear
Friinds
Mrs. O. L. Yeomans
Gladbrook
Elva
Bertha Northway
Moville
Charles Mensch
Dixon Ill
Mrs. Mensch
Mary Little
Ora May Griffith
Indianola
Vera Swank
Clara McConnell
Will Tanner
T. J. Miller
Perry
Winnie Hunter Evans
Scarsboro
Mrs. B. Confare
Mrs. L. A. Fry
van Horne, Ia
F. J. Baker
Paullina, Ia
Geo. Raw
Grace Tinsley
Bertley Clutter
Ben Henderson
Marshalltown
O. H. Hagen
Lena Edwinson
This City
Mabel Edwinson
Missouri Valley
Nevada
Hale Corlette
Farmersburg
Ransome Bernard
Chicago
H. B. Corlette
J. W. Tinsley
Decatur
Turner McLain
Nebraska
BE. W. Madson
E. B
Miss Lovira Watson
Sycamore Street
Clarence Cole
Omaha
Underwood and Cole
Newton R. Parvin
Cedar Rapids
Grand
The
Grand Lodge
Iowa
Imogene Benson
University At
Iowa City
H. M. Benson
Kate Maurice
Jones County
John Cole
Bennie Read
Grinnell
Mrs. W. 8S. Read
Louie Graham
Great Western Accident Association
Kansas
Jolly Louie
Geo. Miller
Larned
J. A. Campbell
C. H. Stange
Fred S. Rex
Henry, S. D
A. M. Hunter
Sibley
Grand Lodge of
A. F
A. M
J. B. Kooser
Boone
Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple
Miss Sadie Alien
Mrs. Cloyd Atherton
Mr. Peck
Algona, Iowa
George Maquin
Ogden
C. M. McCormick
Geneva Sheets
Wisconsin
Bernice Corlette
H. W. Gray
Sioux City
Fred Elwell
Bismark, N. D
Earl and
Guy Trouger
Laverne Iowa
D. A. Nash
Gertrude Curtiss Paxton
Curtiss and Paxton
Bertha
Mildred Herr
Mr. Gade
Marengo
Speers
Oxford
Bolton
Northwestern Avenue
J. D. Stillwell
Ames Freinds
Hep J. A Fitchpatrick
Uncle Joe
Red” Sisson
Fairhope
Ala
Mrs. Sisson
Mobile Bay
A. L. Coffin
Elmer Coffin
George Coffin
Geo. Coffin
R. D. Campbel
H. K. Campbell
R. D
Herscell
Burlington
Parley Sheldon
B. W. Hammer
Supt. King
King
Frank Danforth
Salina
W. J. Minchin
J. A. L. Odde
Cambridge Mass
Medora
Boston
Glenn Corlette
Three Rivers
Buenos Ayres
South America
Fairbanks- Morse Co
Beloit Wis
Frank H. Tuttle
Huron
Bennett-Myers
Traveller
John
Priscilla
Rocky Mountain
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