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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1910

Page

8

Priscilla Club Meets Next Wednesday at Farm House

The Priscilla club will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Curtiss at the Farm House.

Priscilla Club

Miss May Loving Hosts Kappa Zeta Gathering

Miss May Loving will host a Friday evening event for Kappa Zeta at the Theta Zi house, inviting members to attend.

May Loving Kappa Zeta Theta Zi

Social gatherings and lodge notes entertain Ames week

Mrs F R Conaway hosts a Des Moines guest with a weekend visit, the Women's Relief Corps serves ice cream cake and a cold supper next Saturday in the Odd Fellows dining room, and Mr and Mrs J H Sweeney celebrate their 42nd anniversary and Sweeney's 64th birthday with relatives from Jewell and beyond. Other items include Pythian Sisters temple reinstatement led by Mrs Ora Rogers of Boone, new officers elected, and a Priscilla club gathering with talks by Miss Lillian Weaver about Munich life and a Bavarian girls school.

Women’s Relief Corps Odd Fellows J. H. Sweeney Carroll Avenue Mr. Sweeney Jewell Ora Rogers Boone Ames Pythian Sisters Temple Boone Temple M. Elizabeth Nelson Bertha Morris Gertrude Morris Foote John Allan Proper Mra Harriman Sears Bingman Nickerson Temple A.S. Thompson Priscilla Club Graduate School Home Economics Ronald Allen Lillian Weaver Pattee Munich Miss Weaver

Nervous Prostration Promises Recovery with Nervine

A Cleveland woman testimonials relief after using Dr Miles Nervine for nervous prostration. The ad claims nerves regulate body functions and markets Nervine as a nerve specific that soothes irritation and aids nerve force. It offers a money back guarantee through the druggist.

Miles Nervine D. I. Jones Broadway Cleveland

Opera minded trips and church camp adventures

Small excursion parties plan visits to historic cities to hear grand opera. Miss Weaver shares Munich life and Oberammergau Passion Play insights before returning home to Des Moines. Jackson club boys enjoy a two day river camp with Rev. Houser and Baraca members, mornings start with Bible reading and prayers, days filled with swimming fishing and games.

Miss Weaver Oberammergau Munich Des Moines L. B Schmidt Jackson Club John Houser The Christian Church Baraca

Vesper service and G A R circle installation at local church

A Sunday evening vesper program at Congregational church features organ, solos, quartets, and a postlude, followed by the installation of Beardshear Circle No. 68 Ladies of the G A R in Odd Fellows hall. More than twenty ladies and several comrades become charter members. Mrs Ida Hare Warfield presides as Iowa department president.

William Miller Beardshear Maud E Sherberger Muscatine W. N. McKay Des Moines Odd Fellows Hall Ida Hare Warfield Iowa Sherberger McKay A. B. Maxwell W. P. McDonal Henry Wilson Cagwin Hicks Mary Horton Charles Hamilton James Dodds Guy Dodds

Smoke as weather indicator and atmospheric buoyancy

An article explains that chimney smoke can appear to beat down due to a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure before storms. It argues buoyancy, not air heaviness, governs smoke behavior, citing experiments and comparisons to salt water buoyancy and weather prediction.

Chicago Record-Herald

Vitamin rich vegetables and fruit for phosphorus and iron

A Vegetarian Magazine piece outlines spinach and horseradish as high in sulphur and iron, while pumpkin, cucumbers, and apples provide phosphorus. It notes lettuce as nerve food and suggests lemon juice over vinegar, promoting pumpkin diets for phosphorus intake.

Williams-Wood Couple Marry in Minneapolis Hotel Ceremony

Ira A. Williams a Williams Mining Engineering professor and Miss Jessie Wood private secretary to Dean Marston wed in Minneapolis Saturday July 9 with Dr Cessna officiating at the Radisson hotel. The couple plans an extended western trip visiting California and Spokane relatives before college opens in September.

Ira A. Williams Jessie Wood Dean Marston Minneapolis Cessna New Radisso Hotel Mr. Williams California Miss Wood Spokane

His Accomplice The Obliging Old Lady Who Helped the Struggling Boy

An old lady helps a boy reach a wind up toy car trapped by a fence. She retrieves it but the boy claims ownership, then runs away leaving her to ponder his honesty and her compromised conscience.

Atlanta Constitution

Meteoric Dust and the Origin of Meteor Shower Particles

Meteoric dust forms from incandescent iron vapor in meteor fireballs. Meteors bombarding Earth at thousands per hour yield only five to six visible per hour. Minute spheres descend as an invisible, non corrosive shower shaped by upper air currents.

Earth Chicago ‘Tribune

Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Advertised

A vintage product promotion claims Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets gently stimulate the liver and bowels to expel poisonous matter, cleanse the system, cure constipation and sick headache. Sold by all dealers.

Chamberlain

Farmers Attention Buy or trade for Canadian land offer

An agent solicitation from W. T. Sulia of Austin Minnesota invites readers to buy or trade for a Canada land section and save on commissions. The notice is dated December 21.

Canada Land Agents Commission W. T. Sulia Austin, Minn

Voltaire Duel Fiasco with Chevalier de Rohan Chabot

The piece recounts Voltaire's failed dueling attempts in which the Chevalier de Rohan Chabot provoked a fight but instead had Voltaire whipped by masked hirelings in a coach. Voltaire then sought municipal aid in a bid to restore his honor.

Voltaire Chevalier Rohan New York Post de Rohan Chevalier de Rohan Chabot Chevalier de Rohan

The Bargain Chase And Woman Consumerism

Mary Lieaton Worse argues in Success Magazine that the bargain hunt wastes more money than gambling or racing. She cites personal experience in city shops and observations of women of all classes succumbing to impulse buying like ninety eight cent undergarments. She notes psychological deviations driving the phenomenon.

Mary Lieaton Success Magazine

Deal for Stradivarius Violin Nets $3000 Offer

A Chicago Tribune quip has Mr Gaswell told a dealer his wife wants a rare violin and the dealer replies with a genuine Stradivarius offered at 3000 dollars. The exchange notes her belief that such instruments cost more.

Mr. Gaswell Chicago Tribune

Arctic Sun Described As Elusive Gold Dollar Magnified

An explorer recalls the sun in the Arctic as resembling a magnified elusive gold dollar, a vivid image cited by the Washington Star.

Arctic Washington Star

It Depends Teacher Johnny Which is Right

A reader question from the Cleveland Leader contrasts grammar usage in the line a man lies easy versus a man lies easily and asks which form is correct. The pupil asks for the correct subject verb and adverb placement.

Johnny Cleveland

Tommy and the worm in the cake

Three hungry boys race upstairs for cake. Tommy wins and is offered a piece, but he asks which piece has the worm in it, in a sober, curious moment. The tale captures a child’s playful mischief with a dash of wit from National Monthly.

Tommy National Monthly

The Judge In Danger Pig Theft Trial

Court scene in London where a pompous magistrate declares a pig theft a serious offense and vows to set an example to curb rising pig stealing in the district. The dramatic remark highlights tensions over animal theft.

London News

Notice to Contractors for Ames School Closet and Urinal Install

Proposals for installing and erecting closets and urinals in Welch and Beardshear ward school buildings in Ames Iowa will be received by the Ames Independent School District Board of Education at the secretary's office in Ames until 7 PM August 8 1910. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office. Contracts awarded to lowest responsible bidder. The board may reject any or all bids. Co H Pasley Secy Ames Iowa July 14 1910.

Welch and Beardshear Ames Iowa Welch and Beardshear Ward Board of Education Independent

Rocky Mountain Tea Claims Cures Vitality and Organs

An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as restoring vitality and regulating the kidneys liver and stomach. It promises a money back guarantee if it fails to cure with a 35 cent price for tea or tablets and credits Joel E. Cag win.

Hollister Joel E. Cagwin

Triumph of a New Idea in Sunday Magazine

The piece extols the Chicago Record-Herald Sunday Magazine as a unique, high quality feature among American journalism, noting it stands out for substance in contrast to the usual Sunday paper content. It asserts the magazine’s exceptional nature within the era's press.

Chicago Record- Herald

Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Cure All Ailments

An advertisement by Joel E. Cagwin promotes Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for headaches, constipation, kidney and liver troubles, claiming it will make you well.

Hollister Joel E. Cagwin

Ames Schools Seek Bids for 600 Tons Lump Coal

The Independent School District of Ames Iowa invites bids for about 600 tons of lump coal to be delivered to school bins for the coming winter. The board may reject any or all bids. Send bids by August 1 1910 to C H Pasley Secretary Board of Education.

Independent Ames Iowa C. H. Pasley Board of Education

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F. R. Conaway McFarland W. M. Barr McGill Cedar Falls Prof Mrs. Barr Canada Congregational Miss McConnell Sullivan Mmes Maxwel Tilden Messrs Wentworth Clark Miss Elea Odell Dic Issavans Frank Lynes L. C. Tilden Alice Mary Smith Maxwell Mr. Wentworth Oy Bakes Wagner Robert Clark the Nightingale Arthur A. Penn Vegetable Foods Williams-Wood Semmons H. Pasley Secy Conan Doyle Anthony Hope Jack London Sewell Ford Cyrus Townsend Brady Record-Herald United States Shorty McCabe
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