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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
3
Auction or sale notice from Dayton and WIGGINS Ames Iowa advertising farms ranging 86 to 320 acres in Story or Boone counties for cash purchases. Suggests quick sale if property is suitable and ready.
Kelley and Jefferson residents share visits and events from a week. Lytle family hosts a niece from Illinois. Maud McMillan baptized near town. Horticultural work continues. Opal Williams visits Nevada with family. W P George attends Perry congressional convention as delegate. Ice and cake lawn gathering planned at Mrs Rosenfeld’s. Frank Thompson wed Grinnell. congratulations offered. Dr C Oliver and wife welcome a daughter in Minnesota. Myrtie Gossard is former Mrs Oliver. Esther Livingston and Beatrice Donaldson visit W P George’s niece.
A H Goodspeed was shot by Mrs. Hunt in the hall near his room over the First National Bank after a quarrel over promises of marriage. Five shots were fired with one taking effect a scalp wound. Goodspeed escaped downstairs for treatment. Hunt surrendered claiming intent to kill. Maude More connected to the affair.
Over taxed organs of digestion suffer dyspepsia pains nausea dizziness headaches liver complaints and bowel disorders. Prompt use of Dr King's New Life Pills is urged as gentle thorough and guaranteed to cure at L. M. Bosworth's drug store.
A Friday evening collision near Ankeny occurred when passenger train No. 58 hit an open switch left by freight No. 65. Conductor Whitson led the freight. The passenger pilot was lost. Mrs. W. M. Rich and W. S. Archer were injured but expected to recover. The head brakeman faced dismissal. other crew members received sixty days. Jim Sterling led the passenger train with engineer Herman Willis.
Dr. W M Beardshear, president of the National Educational Association, has improved slightly after a nervous breakdown from overwork. He was hospitalized at St Barnabas and later moved to private accommodations. Mrs Beardshear traveled from home to be with him as Boston hosts the 1903 meeting era.
Mrs. Louisa M. Bosworth died last Friday morning at her Ames home after about three months of illness following a fall on an icy step. Born July 13, 1829 in Steuben New York, she moved to Ames in 1880 with her husband Drake S. Bosworth, who preceded her in death in 1885. A devoted church member, Eastern Star and Relief Corps worker, she will be remembered for grace, dignified kindness, and lifelong church service. funeral held July 12 at 3:30 p.m. at the Congregational church conducted by Rev. C. H. Seccombe.
County editors met in Ames after a Nevada gathering to form the Story County Newspaper Association. A. K. Grafton was elected president Geo Benjamin secretary treasurer and meetings will rotate among towns. The group aimed to share methods and raise standards while noting market prices and local business notices.
A towering image in Tokyo depicts a fifty four foot goddess of war dedicated to Hachiman. The interior houses a winding stair to the head chamber where twenty can stand, and the statue features a sword in the right hand and a large painted wooden ball in the left. The internal anatomy is an exact oversized model with joints bones and ligaments. Magnifying eyes provide a wide view of the surrounding country.
A London Times article notes that lions generally avoid humans, except when protecting young or surprised by hunters. It describes their charging behavior as rapid, crouched runs with a coughing roar, and notes their ears lay flat giving a comical look.
The chairman introduces a man described as occupying the highest station in the community. The foreign guest asks his business and is told he is the weather observer, in a cordial exchange at the event reported by the Chicago Record Herald.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a remark on two men who share a close resemblance. It notes one works as a hypnotist and the other as a commercial traveler, highlighting their similar paths or personalities.
A Washington Star quote features Uncle Eben praising effort over results. He says the fact that someone is making the effort counts greatly toward their credit. The remark frames perseverance as a measure of character.
Postmaster C O Kinne from Alma Kansas endorses Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as superior to laxatives and stomach medicines. He and his wife use it and vouch for its claimed benefits. Advertisement notes low excursion fares to San Francisco and Los Angeles with North Western Railway for July 29 and August 2 10, with return by September 30 1902 and Pullman services.
Mr E. Borchgrevink and Captain Jensen faced death at Mount Terror in February 1900 when an Antarctic glacier birthed a massive iceberg. A roaring surge, rising water, and crashing rocks forced them to cling to sloping rocks as waves lifted the shoreline. Two factors saved them: a protruding ice peninsula to their right and the rock’s westward bend altering the wave’s course.
A collection of quotes about truth motive life energy and guidance from Samuel Clemens George Eliot Charles Lamb Gladstone John Lyly Longfellow Mme Swetchine Carlyle and Horne. The lines juxtapose honesty purpose and effort urging courtesy aim high and walking straight.
A New York suburb mother told her children that nightly prayers for a little brother or sister would bring one. A baby arrived, but a twist emerged when the father discovered the children praying on their knees for goats, not a sibling, highlighting the mix up and its impact on faith.
A jaunty passenger chats with the captain amid a gale as the ship groans. She quips about boxing a compass while he retorts that paddling a canoe would be crueler, and the vessel continues to groan through rough weather.
A varsity rower asks if a quicker stroke would improve style. The trainer replies that improvement comes with a paralyzed stroke, reflecting a humorously blunt, vintage sports journal tone.
A Detroit Free Press item quotes a daughter urging noble ideals while her father critiques the match, lamenting the expense of the proposed husband and suggesting a more affordable alternative. The dialogue reflects social tensions over marriage costs and parental approval.
A short editorial note from the Atchison Globe suggests that gratitude may accompany age, warning against claiming excessive credit to oneself and implying maturity as a factor in generosity.
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