Personal Paragraphs Chronicle Social Visits Across Ames
A long list of social notes from Ames records Miss Jessie Cole visiting Des Moines, Mrs. Eugene Williams and Mrs. J. E. Duncan traveling between Boone and Des Moines, and numerous friends and relatives from Ames, Nevada, Jefferson, Gilbert, Marshalltown, and Oswego visiting or hosting. The item notes church, missionary meetings, farm visits, and travels to Chicago and Los Angeles.
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Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Ruth Tilden
L. M. Gipson & Co
Chicago
Des Moines
J. E. Duncan
Bernice Corlette
Odebolt
A. B. Storms
Jefferson
W. A. Ricketts
Robert
Nevada
Ames
Lillie Simmons
Boone
W. G. Kennedy
C. L. Stevens
Oswego
New York
Ames, Kelley
W.C. Israel
Banker’s Life Association
Go On Sir Youre Giving Them Fits
George F. Haley of Biddeford argued his first criminal case before Maine's Supreme Judicial Court with Chief Justice John A. Peters presiding. A man in the audience convulsed, but the chief justice urged the young attorney to continue, noting you are giving them fits.
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Waldos
Clarences
Brighton
New York Press
George F. Haley
Biddeford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
John A. Peters
Haley
Honest Thief Accuses Crowd Man Over Lost Watch
A German theatergoer in Paris accused a man in the crowd of stealing his watch after departing a theater. In a confrontation the man yielded the ticket to the accuser who later discovered his own watch on the home table.
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Paris
Paris Journal
Photograph with two French poodles prompts recognition
Mr. Sappyhead proudly shows a photo with his two French poodles and asks Miss Sulfuric if she recognizes him. She replies she thinks so, noting the hat he wears in the image. The brief interaction appears in the Houston Chronicle.
His Complaint Insurance Official Of What Complaint Did Your Father Die
The terse fragment notes a quip about responsibility for a father’s death. The jury found him guilty. London Tit-Bits.
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London
Mrs Kate Galpin Dies in Los Angeles Club Leader and Educator
Kate Tupper Galpin, respected Southern California club woman and Shakespeare educator, died in California Hospital after an operation. A ISC graduate of 1874, she returned from abroad recently and had planned teaching Shakespeare classes before a relapse.
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Stratford-on-Avon
Los Angeles
Rev
Eliza Tupper Gaspin
Los Angeles, Express
Two of His Habits Observed in Public Places
An observer cites two common male habits: checking a watch at passed timepieces and expectorating at public cuspidors in railway stations. She notes these acts occur mindlessly and recur as pedestrians move along streets. Her comparison says mirrors occupy a similar courtesy for women.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Thackeray Portrait Highlight At Club Portrait Gaffe
Thackeray agreed to sit for Lawrence the painter after family persuasion. A pompous guards officer asked if the portrait was full length. Thackeray replied that full length portraits suit soldiers while the "proper" part of a writer is the inner man.
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Thackeray
Lawrence
Talk Without Tongue Says Doctor
A physician notes a case where a man had his tongue removed to treat cancer but can still speak, though with impediment. He demonstrates by holding a pencil between the teeth to mimic speech without the tongue.
Sea or Desert How Lake Chad’s Shrinking Fits Sahara History
Explorers speculate that Lake Chad is rapidly drying, viewed by geologists as a long running Sahara trend. The Sahara region likely originated from a vast shallow sea or lake, with Lake Chad as a final remnant, its basin largely a morass.
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Chad
Africa
Sahara
Lake
Choice of a Vocation Aunt Rosa
Well Juanito asks what he wants to be when grown. He replies he would like to be an orphan, reflecting his strict parents.
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Rosa
Juanito
Dia
Doubting Science She A Woman's Brain Declines After Thirty
A humorous debate over aging and science cites a claim that a woman's brain loses weight after reaching thirty. The exchange questions how such measurements are determined and whether age guarantees decline.
Iowa Corn Growers Meet Crowded Short Course Finale
One of the best attended meetings of the short course concluded Friday night with an audience nearly full. The program featured awards, prize corn auctions, and premiums distributed, including talks by A B Storms C F Curtiss and H G Wallace. Speakers from Des Moines Sioux City and Chicago addressed contest value trophies and industry outlook.
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Robert C. Lindsay
Wm Lindsay
Marshalltown
Christian Church
A. M. Haggard
Des Moines
Lindsay
New York
C. F. Curtiss
Bowman
E. Cook
Odebolt
P. G. Holden
A. E. Cook
H. G. Wallace
Mgr
Christian Church Holds Annual Meeting Elects Officers
The Christian church held its annual meeting last Sunday with election of officers and reports. Re-elected: A Duntz elder M C Ufford and Clarence Bennett deacons Mrs Rebekah Adams and Mrs Matilda Wilson deaconesses J J Grove trustee. New officers: Prof A M Newens elder E Horton deacon and Mrs Charlies Brown and Mrs Ida Scott deaconesses. Missionary offerings totaled 775 and expenses about 1500. Membership 357. The new board: J J Grove chair C A Duntz vice chair Mrs H P Wilkinson recording secretary O P Rich financial secretary J W Adams treasurer. The church plans active progress in the year ahead.
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The
Christian Church
A. Duntz
M. C. Ufford
Clarence Bennett
Rebekah Adams
Matilda Wilson
J. J. Grove
A. M. Newens
E. Horton
Charlies Brown
Ida Scott
C. A. Duntz
H. P. Wilkinson
O. P. Rich
J. W. Adams
Flora De Voss Co at the Ames Opera House Tonight
Tue Flora De Voss Co presents a long running Ames engagement with new plays written for the comedienne. A twelve member company, Vertugno Bros orchestra, and specialties between acts ensure continuous entertainment with admission 10 20 and 30 cents.
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Tue Flora de Voss Co
Ames
Vertugno Bros
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