Community club and church group meetings listed
Ellsworth social life features numerous groups meeting Fridays and other days. G A K, Cemetery Association, Foreign Missionary Society, Laura Chapter O E S, P E O chapters, Marion Rebekah Lodge, Baptist What I Can Society, Congregational Aid, Christian Missionary, Methodist Ladies Aid, Unity Club, Newpareil Club, Altar Society, Priscilla Club, Royal Neighbors, Sun Dial Daughters of the American Revolution, and more host sessions. events include elections, parties, and open houses for teachers and campus families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth Corps
Hail the Cemetery Association
the Foreign Missionary Society of the M. Kk. Churen
Laura
O. BE. O
Masonic Hall
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Momemvers
Unity Club
Newpareil Club
Septembber
Altar Society
The
Catholic Church
Priscilla Club
College
Royal Neighbors of America
Sun Dial
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wettstein Builds Ames First Scientific Dry Cleaning Plant
Adolph Wettstein installs a new dry cleaning plant in Ames highlighting a pioneering scientific process. The equipment is expected to be in working order by Saturday, reflecting substantial investment and expected trade appreciation.
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Adolph Wettstein
Ames
Mr. Wettstein
Thompson Buys Ames North Side Picture Show
Mr Thompson of Mason City bought the north side picture show on Main Street Ames and will take immediate possession. He plans a first class, moral vaudeville with good music and illustrated songs and will start by paying the license and proper compliance.
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Thompson
Mason City
Main Street
Ames
Specials at Perry's Cash Department Store
Perry's offers 98 cent blankets and 89 cent blankets with other items at deep discounts. Ladies gloves belts and handbags are priced to clear, with ties and extra values featured on 5 and 10 cent counters to entice trade.
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Windsor
Perry’s Cash Department Store
Martha Brees Rites Noted in Ames After Missouri Birth
Martha Brees born in Missouri in 1861 died Thursday January 7 1909. She lived near Ames 27 years was well known here and leaves five children. Funeral held Sunday at 1 PM in the Christian church with Rev Houser Shaeiad officiating. Local miscellany includes notes on residents, visitors, illness and society meetings in Ames.
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Martha Brees
Missouri
Ames
Christian Church
Houser
Board Elections Confirm Key Roles and Re-elections
C H Speers serves another year as trustee while Mrs Henry Wilson remains clerk. George Judison and J G Tilden are re elected treasurer and assistant treasurer. Committees and the advisory board were also chosen.
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C. H. Speers
Henry Wilson
George Judison
J. G. Tilden
Ames Homestead Yeoman Install Officers January Meeting
At the regular Ames Homestead No. 833 Brotherhood of American Yeomen meeting held Saturday evening January 9, officers were installed. After the service oysters were served and a social time enjoyed by all. Names include W. W. Clark Foreman Ed T. Adams master of ceremonies Ada Miller correspondent Ida Ochampaugh master of accounts Wm. Kingkade overseer Mrs Ochampaugh watchman Ww. H. Smith sentinel F E Owen guard Mary Kingkade Lady Rowena Jessie Miller Lady Rebecca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Homestead
Brotherhood of American Yeoman
W. W. Clark
Ed. T. Adams
Ada Miller
Ida Ochampaugh
Wm. Kingkade
Judges Named for High School Debate Tomorrow
The panel includes Attorney General Beyers of Des Moines Supt Aaron Palmer of Marshalltown and Hon E A Nye of Des Moines as the debate judges for tomorrow evening.
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Beyers
Des Moines
Aaron Palmer
Marshalltown
E. A. Nye
Church Officers Elected At Annual Meeting
At the annual church election held last Sunday afternoon the official board for the year includes J. J. Grove as president Joseph Knight as vice president W. H. Best recording secretary Clyde Kintzley financial secretary and Jesse Bennett treasurer.
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The
Christian Church
J. J. Grove
Joseph Knight
W. H. Best
Clyde Kintzley
Jesse Bennett
Civic Improvement society called meeting Monday at Mono club rooms
A called meeting of the Civic Improvement society will occur next Monday at three o'clock in the Mono club rooms. Attendees should expect the benefit play proceeds report and plans for a drinking fountain. Restroom fund contributions are urged from participating societies and one has already contributed.
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Civic Improvement Society
Mono
Laura chapter O E S Holds Annual Officer Election
Laura chapter O E S held its annual election of officers last Tuesday evening after a six o clock dinner. Installing officer Mrs. Ella Ufford oversaw the ceremony with Worthy Matron Mrs. Ella Kooser and other officers installed including B G Dyer Estella Spence Clara Little Lillian Griffith Lorietta Cogwin W Stultz Lyral Watkins Cassie Lincoln Cora Cox Ruth Mary Selby Esther Hattie Williy Winona Tinsley B Stull Warder J P Alderman Georgia Walkey Chaplain Marcia Cogswell Pianist.
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Laura Chapter
Ella Kooser
B. G. Dyer
Estella Spence
Clara Little
Lillian Griffith
Loretta Cogwin
Poets Read at Ames Club Meeting
Mrs Knapp read selections from the poems of Mrs L B Schmidt at the Ames club noting her work as wife of Prof L B Schmidt and an upcoming book in press. The February meeting will be a social event.
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Ames
Ames People Meet for New Year's Dinner in San Diego
The Ames club of San Diego California held its annual New Year dinner at 4185 Park Blvd. with Mr. and Mrs. Charley Banks and sister Mrs. Averbeck. Twenty seven old friends attended and shared news and memories from Ames.
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Ames Club
San Diego
Cal
Charley Banks
Averbeck
Park Blvd
Ames
Ruth
Bertha Banks
Rufus Roupe
Clarence Roupe
Lindile
Orville Roupe
Horatio Banks
Geo. Averbeck
Hakes
T. B. Keeney
Elmer Banks
Harold Banks
Clarence Sheppard
Cyril Sheppard
D. G. Ives
Millie Ives
Clara Ives
Margaret Gilbert
Ashcroft
High School Junto Hosts Alumni Reception and Program
The Junto girls literary society at the high school held a reception for alumni last Saturday afternoon with fifty four attendees from current and previous classes. The program in the assembly room featured an opening by the chaplain, original poem by Jennie Mitchell, readings by Ruth Cattell Ella Harvey Nellie Noble Grace Shea Dorothy Miller Eve Cox Reba King, a debate by Sadie Hambleton Gladys Ufford Anna Dea con Hermine Knapp, and a piano solo by Constance Beardshear.
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Ecceves
Ruth Cattell Janta Ouuoor
Ella Harvey
Jennie Mitchell
Pantomille
Ccesuss
Nellie Noble
Sony Sc
Csv
Edes
Grace Shea Raskellee
Foliesneas
Dorothy Miller
Plone
Civas Tana
Eve Cox
Kikissa
Cowee
Francis George Furr
Joglere
Reba
King Debat
Sadie Hambleton
Gladys Ufford
Anna Deacon
Hermine Knapp
June Dunham
Constance Beardshear
Reincarnated a romance of the Soul in Ames
Newport Publishing Co sues for the religious epic poem by the late Charles Gould Beede. The work, brought out by his wife Mrs. Lillian Barker Beede, presents Eve and Mary in reincarnation with redemption. The Ames Eve ning program featured Mrs. H. S. Goble with her history of Ames and Mrs. McCartney visiting from Oakland, Calif.
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Charles Gould Beede
Newport Publishing Co
Lillian Barker Beede
Eve
Mary
Jesus
Surprise Party For Mrs Lilly Gil
The Woman's Relief Corps held a second surprise gathering last Thursday at about 11 a.m. Twenty six members arrived with baskets and boxes of food plus canned fruit and cream. The event featured a hearty dinner described as magnificent. A berry dish was left as a keepsake from the occasion.
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Lilly Gilchrist
The Rice God and Sacred Harvest Traditions
The piece describes Malay propitiatory rites for rice, selecting seven stalks to house the rice soul and returning it home in a basket. It notes after harvest in Ceylon priests lower Marelli to the river, a dry rice bag rises as a new god is welcomed. It mentions thanksgiving festivals in China and Japan.
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Malay Peninsula
Ceylon
Marelli
China
Japan
Los Angeles Times
Luck In Golf And The Role Of Chance
Bailey's Magazine notes luck as a major factor in golf. It cites Jamie Anderson at Prestwick 1878 where a spectator’s observation led to a review and a later winning drive, illustrating how a wrong spot could have cost him the title.
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Jamie Anderson
Prestwick
Anderson
Bailey's Magazine
What He Was Allowed to Do
A Presbyterian delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church remarks on the differing receptions at denominational conventions. He notes Episcopalians permit preaching, Baptists allow communion, while Methodists only grant the privilege besides the collection. The anecdote reflects interdenominational fraternal greetings.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Baptist Church
Ladies’ Home Journal
Housekeeping In Papua Echoes Simple European Life
European housekeeping in Papua is simple as items arrive in tins. Meat milk butter and vegetables line the storeroom rows ready for use. The tin diet grows monotonous but occasional variety appears when a man arrives with a vend turt le sold for two.
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Papua
Unusual Tales From Old Kitchen and Wild Game
The item notes the cost of tobacco sticks at threepence. It describes a wretched turtle killed and cut up yet quivering realistically on the fire. A good season leaves the kitchen lined with joints of wallaby meat, creating a dilemma over so much fresh fare.
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Wide World Magazine
Witty Sayings Highlight 19th Century Remarks
W. H. Gilbert praised Beerbohm Tree's Hamlet as funny without coarse. An usher in New Haven told a latecomer to sit as quietly as possible because the audience is asleep. A Philadelphia woman noted no marriage in heaven, predicting many women and few men would be left.
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Gilbert
New Haven
Philadelphia
The Cook Spoiled Cardinal Manning in Liverpool
A fragment describes Cardinal Manning's gaunt, ascetic appearance while visiting a Liverpool convent. A kitchen servant knelt and blessed him, then humorously asked God to forgive the cook after noting his thin face.
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Cardinal Manning
Liverpool
Insolent exchange between London Coster and village idiot
In the London Tatler there is a dialogue where Coster heckles the village idiot asking if he is laughing. The idiot denies, the Coster demands a straight face and implies bending it.
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London Coster
Village Idiot
Coster
London Tatler
An Early Riser
Dialogue sketch about Mrs Hicks and Mrs Wickes contrasting a servant girl who rises early due to being in love with the milkman.
Flowers of Speech and a Misunderstood Translation
An English visitor in Siam attempts to deliver an address on England at a ladies seminary. The audience misunderstands his phrases due to translation quirks, turning compliments into a comic misrendering about lionesses growing fat with large noses and huge feet. The anecdote highlights language slips in cross cultural settings.
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Siam
England
London
Tears as Medical Aid Said by Paris Professor
Dr Waynbaum argues tears act like chloroform or alcohol by lowering brain pressure during sorrow. He claims crying relieves the nervous system and can benumb the senses, with tears carrying blood from the brain through the lachrymal glands.
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Waynbaum
Paris
Dr. Waynbaum
Take Chamberlain Cough Remedy For Quick Relief
Do not risk chronic bronchitis or pneumonia from a bad cough or cold. Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for prompt relief. Its growing popularity spans the United States and many foreign countries, with numerous documented cures. Sold by J. E. Cagwin.
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United States
J. E. Cagwin
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Egefuo
Hannah
Neilie Sevold
Edith Cairns
T. Y. L. Club
Semmens
Perry
Cagwins Drug Store
Elmer Coffin
Coffin
Tilden Bros
Cagwins
Miss May Fleming
Frances Stewart
Miss Fleming
Mary Bentley
H. B. Duncan
Marshalltown Times-Republican
L.S. Peckham
C. Hamilton
Rochester
Minn
Lovira Watseea
Boise
Idaho
Loise
E. B. Watson
Mt. Pleasant
Texas
P. E. O. Society
Herman Knapp
Bennett
Roy Bre
Lora
Loran Brees
Maude Sills
Artie Cord
Frank
Gano
Jonathan
Pearmain
Greening
Baldwin
Grimes Golden
Spence
Ames, Icwa
Congregational Church
Ladies Aid Society
A. H. Person
A. V. Storm
Ruth Cook
F. C. Huntley
Flora Hill
A. L. Potter
W. D. Rich
C. H. Pasley
Heaven
Eden
Pyramids
Rome
Jerusalem
Mount of Olives
F. J. Rice
H.S. Goble
Kellogg
New York State
Goble
McCartney
Oakland
Calif
McFadden
Intelligencer
Luck In Golf
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