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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
5
Illnesses and travels populate the column with names and towns. Miss Jennie Williams and Mrs. C Hughes ail or visit Boone Des Moines and Nevada figures appear alongside Ames Milford Stacyville and Cambridge as residents tour, move, or host relatives and friends.
A fragment notes ties in The Tilden Store window were on sale Friday afternoon at 15 cents each.
Byron Seymour is back on the street following a recent appendicitis operation. He underwent surgery and is now recuperating at home, with doctors reporting a smooth recovery.
A nine pound daughter was born to Prof and Mrs C A Scott in Manhattan Kansas on Friday the 13th.
J Q Wickham presented a paper at the cement users convention in Cedar Rapids on concrete cisterns and silos Friday.
County Clerk Soper resumes duties at the Nevada courthouse following a ten day illness. He was previously out of work due to an enforced absence and now resumes official responsibilities.
H T Cook announces he has bought out G E Burton Co and asks all indebted parties to call and settle at once. The notice specifies a final settlement request from the purchaser.
Ira A. Williams was re-elected secretary of the Iowa Cement Users Association at the executive session held in Cedar Rapids Friday.
A marriage license was issued in Des Moines on Monday to John Belgerd, 32, of Ames, and Anna Peterson, 20, of Mendota.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as quick relief for flu and cold symptoms. It claims the formula expels the cold from the system and contains no opiates, presenting it as safe and reliable.
Readers respond to a generous rate arrangement offering $1.85 for a one year subscription to both this paper and the Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer. The deal is marketed as a big special.
In an Italian railway car a young American woman quotes Elizabeth Barrett Browning. An elderly man, revealed as poet Robert Browning, quietly explains the sonnet was the sweetest and dearest gift God gave him. A tender exchange on a memorable journey.
The industry of the east relies on thousands of junks used annually in fishing for trepang, the animals known by that name. This detail highlights traditional methods and the scale of the trepang trade as observed in London Tit-Bits.
In the Beatrix oryx of Arabia the desert antelope supposedly never drinks water for ten months a year. Surface water is scarce and rain is rare in winter. A parasite growing on desert roots provides a water rich food source for the animal, which digs sand holes to reach it.
A sea cucumber known as holo thuria ejects its teeth and major organs when threatened, shrivels, then regrows them after danger passes. Dr. Johnstone kept one in water, and upon forgetting to change the water it expelled its intestines but recovered once the water was replaced. The creature is not eaten in Europe but is favored by the Chinese.
A New York theatrical man and an English banker offer biting views on the United States. The banker concedes America’s greatness yet mocks its fires and calls them a disgrace, while the theatrical observer attributes fires to friction from rapid growth.
The ruins in Asia reveal the progression from crude caves to lighted dwellings. Early humans leveled floors and added windows, then built artificial habitations from tents to mud huts, and eventually wood and stone dwellings.
The engaged girl recalls Dick’s habit of one kiss on arrival and two on departure. Her friend notes this has always been his way. The remark leads to estrangement as the two cease speaking.
A humor text from Uncle Remus' Magazine shows a colonel and major quarreling over money. The major admits adding five to a ten borrowed yesterday, highlighting a petty financial argument.
The Cleveland Leader quotes a philosopher of folly who deems the simplest idea to save money is to begin saving next month. The remark underscores cautious financial planning with a tongue in cheek tone.
A reflective meditation on enduring troubles and the promise of calm after a lasting storm. The passage likens life’s hardships to night and storm fading as morning comes, offering hopeful reassurance.
A quotation notes that the reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another, linking diligence to capability and future achievements.
The piece discusses how artists used emblems and monograms instead of names to sign works. It highlights James Abbott Whistler, his butterfly emblem, and various other artists who chose symbols like caduceus, owl, sword, or skull to denote authorship.
A Chicago Tribune quip warns that grand ideas may fail even when appealing. A young inventor envisioned tinning tomatoes to last twenty years at low cost, predicting vast profits, but the market never appeared and he earned only $15 weekly.
The London Chronicle cites Lord Straf ford in 1635 praising bonnyclabber as the bravest fresh drink. He notes a Spanish don’s awe and suggests the drink of the gods, while Ben Jonson hints it was likely a beer and buttermilk blend, though its exact composition remains unknown.
Meager reports say the new interurban mine near Fraser caught fire Tuesday night. Firefighters hoisted cars and mules from the airshaft and fought the flames. all workers were outside the mine when the blaze began, but recovery of details was incomplete.
At the annual meeting of Boone County Telephone Company stockholders in Boone on Monday evening Parley Sheldon was re elected to the board of directors.
Mrs Jack Brysche left Eleanor Moore hospital and returned home Monday in improved health. She is up around the house and hopes to regain her former strength soon.
Thompson, who ran a hardware store in Gilbert for six years, sold the business to Kent and Fry and began work Monday with the Gilbert Savings Bank.
A Thursday evening program presents an illustrated lecture on California at the Christian church. The event is described as the greatest of its kind. The date noted is Thursday night January 26.
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