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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1901
Page
2
National Aid Association notes the death of Clarente Pitts and expresses mourning and sympathy. The resolutions order copies for lodge records the family and local papers and publication in The Helping Hand. Signed by Mrs J H Miller Com D M Ghrist and J L Sires.
A Philadelphia Times quote relays a butcher lamenting news coverage on fashion over food. He argues women misuse meat knowledge and highlights tests to distinguish meat quality, praising men's food literacy and noting a young customer asking about veal cutlets.
A Washington Star anecdote features a cynical remark about the era where the great object is not to be found out. An impecunious friend retorts that bill collectors explain the opposite, implying the object is to be collected rather than hidden.
The article explains that unmarried women were called spinsters or spinning women as a historic maxim urged a wife to spin enough linen to furnish a home. It notes the term spinsters persisted in legal documents for all unmarried women, old or young.
In a Baltimore American snippet Markleigh notes his office is badly mussed. Barkleigh replies their janitor exists but as a faith curist he administers the “absent treatment” to the office.
Editor Chris Reuter and his family suffered from La Grippe until reading a testimonial about Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds. They used three bottles and all recovered. Available at L M Bosworth s drug store with trial bottles free and prices 50 cents and 1.00.
A Pittsburg sportsman recounts a Beaver River camping trip where three broke youths could not pay for photos with a farmer’s help. An artist offered to cover the cost after a persuasive exchange, only for the group to learn later the girls had secretly paid the photographer. The tale highlights a diplomatic kindness that saved an embarrassing moment.
A humorous tale on sailors grumbling about meals from a century of menus ends with a wife’s desperate attempt to please her crew. The rest of the column reports college notes including Prof. Curtiss, Hazel Beardshear visiting Philadelphia, a new agricultural museum room, and Beardshear’s trip to push the Mondell Mining bill funding mining engineering in land grant schools.
A tenderfoot on a western ranch reacts with shock to rough table etiquette until a cowboy asserts bluntly that he has manners but no time to use them. The exchange unfolds with quick, terse humor over a knife and dinner.
An obscure Paris fruit dealer advertised a 5 franc prize for the largest apple. The contest drew massive fruit submissions, he paid 5 francs for the winner, kept the rest for sale, and his business surged due to the advertising.
A Chicago Times-Herald quote reflects on a deceased man, noting his poverty and lack of wealth or comfort. The speaker compares his life unfavorably to death, saying he never rode in a carriage except to his funeral.
The Ohio State Journal notes Bingles is a watchmaker. It remarks his time goes right on whether awake or asleep, sick or well, labeling him a lucky man.
A Washington Post item recounts a lively stage-like dialogue overheard in a $24 monthly Capitol Hill home. The quarrel and jibe filled with wordplay end as the curtain falls with the couple’s discord and a government clerk taunt.
A Pittsburg Press passage discusses voice as the most common yet complex human faculty. It reflects character mood and health, and unchecked use leads to weeds and dull tones, while control and cultivation reveal beauty and prevent flaws.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet recalls Bloxham’s superstition. He supposedly picked up a pin with the point facing him and soon after received a telegram announcing his uncle’s death. The uncle’s estate was small after funeral expenses.
Giles complains about a barber's anecdotes and illustrations. Miles asks why, and Giles says the drawings use original cuts and are painful to view. Chicago News notes the exchange in a casual column.
A brief exchange in Brooklyn Life features Mrs. Benham insisting there is no space for a cat and R Benham replying there won’t be a cat. The humorous dialogue captures a domestic moment in a Brooklyn setting.
Mrs. Mary Agnes Lynch Peabody died at the family home north of Ames on January 9, 1891 from brain fever attributed to fright after seeing her husband flee with a team of branches. Born December 14, 1867 in New Orleans, she married M. Peabody about ten years ago and adopted the Adventist faith nine years ago. Funeral held Friday.
The department describes a new rural free delivery route No 3 from Ames to start Friday Feb 1 1901. It covers 26 miles across 83 24 with 14 houses and a population served of 730. The route proceeds from the Ames post office through a detailed township path then returns to the post office.
A bold list advertises vacant lots and residence property in the city at prices from 700 to 2300 dollars. The note is signed by Van Chamberlain and touts a wide range of available parcels in desirable city areas. The Merchants Tornado Mutual Insurance Co organized July 1 1896 under Iowa law offers mutual fire wind storm insurance for dwellings churches schools and farm property with no unpaid losses and prompt claim proofs by F T Meredith.
The famed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve is touted as a universal healer for cuts, burns, bruises, sores, and skin eruptions with claims of worldwide renown. Sold at 25 cents a box at L. M. Bosworth’s drug store.
Excur sion tickets available January 21 on the North Western Line. Return by January 25 inclusive. Tickets sold by Chicago and North Western Ray agents.
C F Letts advertises flour and soap bargains while promoting dried fruits and a water set at T J Miller Sons. Also offers Wheat O breakfast product and a sale of Shorthorn cattle including six bulls and a few females. Graves & Son listed with 343 address.
Smoke issued from an upstairs closet at John F. Kintzley’s West Main Street residence as five o’clock fire alarm drew volunteers. Loss included a $25 certificate of deposit, $5 silver, $3 in change, and much furniture water damaged. Robt Lies fell from the roof and sustained a severe leg injury.
Local notice announces a special sale of overcoats at the new clothing store with a 20 percent discount. Pittsburg Leader mentions L. O. Keenax and previews the act “A Woman in the Case” with BartLet and Miss May Bartlett and May at the opera house Monday night January 21.
To the brethren and sisters of the Independent order of Red Men and National Aid and neighbors we extend our sincere thanks for their kindness and aid during our sad bereavement. Mrs. Clarence B. Pitts Lena M. Pitts
A Chicago woman of prominence praises Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy after a severe cold threatened pneumonia. She suffered stomach upset from other medicines, found relief and recovery with the remedy, saved a doctor bill, and vows never to be without it again. For sale by druggists.
Advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as harmless and effective for cleansing the system by stimulating the liver and bowels to expel poisons. Claims include curing constipation and sick headache. Sold for 25 cents at L. M.
Story County Bank advertises loans that allow payment on any interest pay day with option to pay any amount on any day. It promises reduced rates if the loan is taken up and emphasizes no extra commission on such flexible loans.
Tim es office advertises affordable items including 20¢ coffee, White Rose flour at 90¢ per sack, and 25¢ specialties. Mentions GQuarner’s Candies and Tilden & Loughran’s products, with Kooser & Co promoting the lines and encouraging newspaper subscriptions to dodge agent commissions.
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