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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1911
Page
8
A wave of faculty transfers resignations and leaves reshapes the college staff. New instructors include John Bucanan Helen Hunting and J C Sutherland while several departments see head positions shifts and planned retirements. Real estate transfers and school staff updates accompany the broader campus notices.
A profile of Plymouth Church Brooklyn and its pastors from Beecher to Hillis and Abbott, noting its democracy bold loyalty and large congregations. It highlights visits by British dignitaries during the St Louis Exposition and the church’s influential figures and generous salaries.
A woman sails with her mother and sister on the 5th for a voyage abroad. The itinerary includes a Mediterranean cruise and a later visit to relatives in Germany.
Six to eleven readers urged to reserve seats for Dr Newell Dwight Hillis pastor of Beechers Brooklyn. Lecture opens District League convention drawing crowds and offers strong sermon on spiritual life at Perrys. Demonstration of Fletcher Music Method by Lydia Brown pupils at Baptist church Saturday June 3 at 3 pm.
The Lockwood Grain Co offers a poultry feed superior to any on the market at a moderate price and invites customers to see them. The I. B. C. Bomb publication appeared Friday morning, meeting high expectations and featuring red leather binding with the college seal on the front.
A medical advertisement states Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures dreadful wounds from knives guns pins or nails and prevents blood poison or gangrene. It claims to heal burns boils sores eruptions eczema chap ped hands piles and more with a 25 cent price at druggists.
Across Cambridge Leader Story City Herald Maxwell Tribune and Cole Banner residents are reported visiting Ames or hosting events. Names include J A Jones Anna Anderson Morgan Heggen D G Houser Ida Osmundson Bertha Johnson and family Esther Bowen Annie Bowen L W Atkinson Marie Kathryn Browhard Roy Browhard and others. Dr Hillis to open District League convention at Methodist church with lectures. Reserved seats for June 8 event.
A passage from Randolph H. McKim notes strong independence of individual soldiers in the Confederate Army and cites a night attack at Petersburg where a private halted the advance. The account contrasts discipline with initiative, illustrating leadership emerging from rank and file.
In Paris, living mantises from Rangoon exhibit deceptive mimicry resembling a blue flower. The insect’s body and legs imitate petals with a central black spot like a flower’s tube, and its rear extends into a green stalk. Butterflies and other prey are ensnared when touched.
A Persian proverb warns that marriage is like reaching into a sack of serpents with one eel amid danger and potential reward. The saying suggests risk and unpredictability in the choice to wed, yet hints at luck if fortune favors the seeker.
Quotation from the Toledo Blade contrasts a speaker at a dinner with the idea that a star is a moon. The exchange underscores a belief that brighter is the fuller expression of purpose as a guiding metaphor.
A traveler and gold hunter named Van derlip describes his return to civilization after months in the Arctic. He recalls a reunion with officers from his employers steamer, noting the captain spoke only English while he struggled to converse in Russian and Korak. It took a week to regain fluent English.
Sift flour with salt and baking powder then rub in shortening. Stir in mashed potatoes and beaten egg with enough milk to form a soft dough. Roll half an inch thick, cut, and bake on a hot griddle or in a hot oven. Serve hot with butter. Suburbanite.
A wise guy quote recalls Gustav serving on a breach of promise jury. A fair girl asks why and another explains Gustav's letters are dull and commonplace. The remark ties Gustav to a notable legal scene referenced by the Washington Star.
Mrs. Miller Abrahamson and Blanche Robinson returned home after winter in Carroll. Mr and Mrs Fred Zenor were Des Moines visitors on Wednesday.
Russell J. Barry of Cedar Rapids, a senior electrical student and Gamma Theta fraternity member, died yesterday morning in the college hospital after an appendectomy. His body was taken to his Cedar Rapids home for burial.
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