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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1907
Page
5
The Philadelphia North American notes a humorous claim that bass are highly intelligent, citing Walter Dumpling who says bass study weather, taste, and even warn others. The piece parodies higher education as the bass’s downfall after an encyclopedia page baited a caught fish.
The article argues several leaders died at pivotal moments and altered history. Julius Caesar Henry of Navarre William the Silent and Lord Clive are noted as persons whose deaths thwarted timely reforms. Mira beau is singled out as the figure whose survival could have averted revolution and European devastation.
A Stanberry Owl observation asserts the telephone makes all callers equal, from judges and governors to clerks and artisans, as the everyday greeting “Hello” erases social distinctions in daily usage.
Mrs Newlyrich shows off an antique table to William who recalls their lean days. He notes the price of one hundred dollars and questions the purchase while she insists it was wise. The exchange highlights contrasts between thrift and taste.
U B Church led by Rev J W Stiverson holds Sunday School at 10 and sermon at 11 on Reward in keeping the Statute. U P C U after Park service. 8 8 annual picnic set for Thursday August 1 at the dairy farm. St John’s Episcopal offers Sunday School 10 and Morning Prayer and Sermon at 11 on Books and Reading.
Howard Music House in Iowa publishes In the Valley of the Past with words by C. H. Meiers and melody by A. L. Maquim of Glen Falls New York. The piece recently left the press and has sold well in Ames. Meiers previously published Home is Not the Same Since Mothers Gone. Charley Meiers promises two more works forthcoming.
The rear room serves as an ice storage area where cold air circulates, creating the cooler breezes noted in that part of the building.
A banquet for inter urban officials is held this evening at Odd Fellows hall with dining room service and third floor parlors for reception. The Commercial club sponsors the event though guests pay for their own meals. Menu includes celery olives fried chicken tongue salad chips bread butter cake and desserts. Toasts feature Ames City Schools Ames City Library Iowa State College local commercial advantages and mail order houses Ames Semi Centennial July 4 109 interurban business benefits and city building.
The dresser started as a kitchen table and evolved into a serving piece with shelves and legs. It later gained enclosure and a hood, moved to halls, and merged with credence to form a canopyed unit. By the eighteenth century it resembled the long low sideboard, a name once applied to tables in the sixteenth century.
In a New Zealand town a municipal candidate, a pronounced Scotsman, received a huge Scotch thistle as a present that rested on his committee room table. A friend entering exclaimed I beg your pardon I did not know you were at luncheon.
Furniture for parlor kitchen and two bedrooms offered by Mrs D F Barrows located sixth house south of west gate college.
Ames Iowa July 19 1907 a local man recommends Grove and Mosher cement stock tanks. He states they built a 22 barrel capacity tank on his farm and calls it the best and most ornamented tank available. He urges others in need of a tank to obtain one.
C C Anderson of this city died at home after a brief illness. The Woodman lodge conducts the funeral set for 11 a m with interment in Nevada cemetery. Hans Jacobson of Gilbert died at Methodist hospital in Des Moines.
Tuesday afternoon a 72 year old Franklin township resident, father of N. H. Jacobson and uncle of Mrs. W. B. Hyatt of this city, passed away. Funeral services will be held at St. Petria church north of Gilbert tomorrow.
At the county farm near Nevada Frank Lang, steward, fell about twenty feet while adjusting a hay fork in the hay mow. He landed on loose hay, then descended twelve more feet, striking hard ground. He was unconscious for three hours and is badly bruised but slowly recovering.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat article reports a physician’s Cure for blushing. He notes many men blush and suggests shedding heavy woolen socks, while those less affected should build nerves by speaking at banquets serving as witnesses in trials and attending social events. The condition typically fades by age thirty five.
Dr Johnson valued absolute truth in all sayings and would not permit embellishment or even the slightest deviation when recounting anecdotes. He warned servants against misrepresenting his absence and treated honesty as a sacred obligation in every detail.
A London Telegraph anecdote recalls undergraduates planning a practical joke on a Pythagoras disciple. After a night of brandy and soda, friends smeared him with honey and rolled him in a feather bed. He awakens and mutters Bird by Jove in the mirror.
A west of Ireland grand jury foreman was gifted a gold watch for public service and wore it proudly at a dinner. Bets on watch accuracy sparked a plan to use a garden sun dial with a lantern to settle the wagers.
A humorous quip contrasts a lawyer and client with a jab about lawyers charging clients leaving little for the enemy. The London Tit-Bits humor reflects light satire on professional choices and wartime irony.
A German proverb cautions that rash presumption is a ladder that can break the mounter's neck, using a vivid metaphor to warn against hasty judgments.
All nations strive to check the white plague consumption and Foley's Honey and Tar is promoted as a safe perfect cure for coughs and colds. The ad claims no danger from consumption and warns against unknown preparations. Cagwin Druggist sells the genuine yellow packaged product.
Local groups including M. BE Missionary Society Laura Chapter O E S and several other societies meet on set nights. Social events include a Trier Sisters concert at the Christian church and a farewell reception for Ruth A Elliott. News covers residents traveling visiting relatives and a stork birth in Grafton Nebraska.
On Monday evening July 22 at nine o'clock Mr W P Coon and Grace Underhill were married at the Christian church in Des Moines with Rev P M Kendall officiating. The couple, both well known in Ames area, will reside at Riverside Farm near here after July 27.
The ad asserts charm as more than looks and claims Electric Bitters restore weak women, bring strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth skin and a healthy complexion. Guaranteed at all druggists, 50 cents.
New adult titles include Savage A Lady in Waiting and A Maker of History by Oppenheim, Freussen Jorn Uhl, Goodrich The Balance of Power. Juvenile picks feature Nark The Dole Twins Smith Under the Cactus Flag and White How to Make Baskets. Also listed are Otis The Light Keepers Johnston The Little Colonel at Boarding School and House Party.
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