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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1895
Page
10
In high society circles the fair sex of the four hundred shows surprising prowess in bowling with startling averages. Enthusiasm for the sport grows among leading social groups as skilled players and new enthusiasts form clubs and compete in informal events.
New York social clubs like Fidelio host women’s bowling nights with strong showings from standout bowlers. Notable talents include Rose Goldsmith with a 175 average and Julia Steinberg, while Stella Weit, S. De Liew, and Gans also post solid scores. The Fidelio Tuesday circle awards prizes and draws steady competition from many midtown participants.
A description of social bowling among city clubs notes married and unmarried women keeping separate circles. Prize bowling on Thursdays at the Fidelio circle is followed by supper and dancing with attendees including Miss Goldsmith Miss R Levy Miss A Levy Miss Sylvester and others.
The Progress and several clubs host women only bowling circles on various weeknights. Members include Miss Berliner, Miss Dannenbaum, Miss Gottlieb, Miss Hahn, Miss Stein, and Mrs. Herman, among others. Prizes were won by Miss Medea Moses and Miss Florence R. Wiler at Columbia with scores ranging from 120 to 165.
The Coulter family in Dover with five children describes years of illness and mounting medical bills until Dr Williams Pink Pills allegedly cured paralysis and facial deformity. Mrs Coulter testifies the treatment restored her health and aided her son’s St Vitus dance, urging affidavit support and noting pills are sold by druggists or by mail from Schenectady New York.
A collage of light humor and social observations. Brief jokes cover travel in Africa and bon vivant mispronunciations. Other vignettes include liquor temperance talk, a well digression, and a count marriage anecdote with a washing note.
Daniel Goehler of Anderson Indiana reports from Kokomo that William McDonald a cutter who left his job a week ago blew out his brains. Earlier John Koehler who preceded McDonald left for Green Castle and died by suicide a week later. Less than two years ago Gottlieb Bower who held the table quit for Kokomo and shot himself within ten days. A pattern may force replacement of the cutting table.
A vessel mounted electromagnetic coils influenced a distant compass six miles away during a test, triggering an immediate bell signal to avert possible collisions.
The De Kalb Fence Company of De Kalb Illinois claims the nation’s largest wire fencing plant with over 40 machines and a daily capacity exceeding 22 miles. Their product line includes Cable Steel Hog Fence and Park and Cemetery Fence with wood or steel gates and iron posts. They offer a 44 page catalogue and advertise in the paper.
The exchange has the judge asking how long the marital difference has existed. O Mally explains the change since rheumatism made him his wife’s better man, noting he once could hit her but now she is the better partner.
A playful exchange shows Solomon questioning a thermometer while Hiram claims it is a Masonia thermometer with a maximum reading of thirty three degrees, implying a humorous limit.
A Boston Transcript tale recounts Blossom, a ten year old gray cat in a family's care for seven years, who resents a teasing visitor. She hides, scars a nightshirt, claws clothes and pillowcases, then returns to her former gentle conduct after the incident.
The New York Sun reports success in making continuous rails using a portable foundry cupola on wheels drawn by horses. In St Louis joints are formed by casting iron around molded joints set near the track with mold linings renewed every twenty joints. Iron is poured from a ladle, and the joint union mimics a good weld, with molds left on about ten minutes before reuse. casting alternates morning and afternoon to reduce expansion and contraction stresses.
The text critiques the phrase in Philadelphia preferring at Philadelphia and mocks saying anything is in style or out of style as beneath the smart set. It contrasts fashionable speech with more precise locational language and social attitude toward trends.
A London theater superstition claims whistling in the dressing room bars the nearest actor or actress from their post. The belief ties misfortune to a breach of backstage etiquette and warns performers to avoid whistles before performances.
A collage of facts notes women as workers writers and professionals. It mentions 1000 New York women who earn by writing, the Queen Isabella as godmother to many children, Albania gender roles, whistler Mrs. Alice Shaw in Berlin, Flora Ann Steel’s folklore studies, Emmons Blaine’s church memorial, Charlotte Fowler Wells as first US woman publisher, Agnes Briggs entering St. Luke's as a nurse preparing for deaconess vows.
An Indian chief, overcome by coughing and watering eyes after a spoonful of mustard, claims his tears are for his son killed in battle. A companion chief replies he weeps for the other’s survival of his own son, turning wit and fate into a dry joke.
A witty exchange: the Editor asks if a bicycle definition exists and the Expert Definer replies with a playful line claiming the device gives women bloomers the privilege. The Editor approves and promises a raise.
A vintage ad promotes No-To-Bac as a cure for tobacco habit. It claims bright eyes and vigor return after use and guarantees success, urging readers to obtain the Sterling Remedy Co. booklet from New York or Chicago druggists.
Mrs Newridhe questions the notable ancestry of Mr Cynic who replies that one of his ancestors was a famed admiral commanding allied forces. when pressed for a name he says Noah.
Shingiss notes his partner asked where he bought his misfit outfit. Van Braam responds with a terse exchange about the fashion choice.
A travel health note urges carrying Syrup of Figs to aid kidneys liver and bowels and prevent fevers headaches and sickness. Sold in 50c and 1 bottles by leading druggists. Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. A Chinese proverb about women and home follows.
A brief ad notes large game along the Northern Pacific line including Moe deer bear elk and mountain lions. A small booklet titled Natural Game Preserves is available for four cents in stamps from Charles Fee General Passenger Agent St Paul Minnesota. The final line remarks on the benefits of early rising after a tack satirical image.
A Denver writer prompts readers to compare California fruit districts with Colorado’s Grand Valley. The author cites letters from California growers, including Zeph. Chas, Feit of the Boston Building, Denver, asking readers to reassess regional prominence.
A Nunda New York man says he has invented a contrivance to do away with car bonnets in arc lights. The claim centers on a device intended to simplify or replace the traditional arc lamp setup. Further details and feasibility remain unclear.
J. A. Johnson of Medina New York reports Hall's Catarrh Cure cured him. Sold by druggists.
The fragment lists ship cordage worth eighty tons value over fifteen thousand dollars and random medical claims from various advertisers. Notes mention Piso's Cure for Consumption, Dr Kline’s nerve restorer, and other tonics, teas, salves, and teething syrups.
The text notes carps possibly living over a century with rings suggesting 1618 dates. It records old English birds like a Madagascan black Vassa dying after 54 years, and geese reaching 60 to 70 years. It mentions a Philadelphia Zoo cockatoo over 100, a Paris parrot at 103, and French ravens over a century, plus Patagonian smallpox absence.
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