Erwin Heads to St Louis. Baccalaureate Set for Sunday
A. T. Erwin travels to St Louis on a short trip. The baccalaureate will be held at 2 30 p m next Sunday. Mrs Welch of Des Moines visits her sons Ira J and Verne. Mrs M H Kilbourne hosts a dinner party Saturday evening. Prof W J Kennedy speaks at an Ogden farmers institute Saturday. Miss Fannie Lymas of Des Moines visits sister Miss Alice Lyman. Miss Sabin and junior girls host tea for seniors tomorrow evening. Mr Aldrich, a Waterloo post office clerk, visits Victor Ettinger over Sunday. Miss Nancy McKinley of Chicago is a weekend guest of Miss Gertrude Harlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Lymas
Des Moines
Alice Lyman
Nancy McKinley
Chicago
Gertrude Harlan
Spiders and Scorpions Eye Sight and Local College News
English naturalist notes spiders have keen sight while scorpions rely on vibrations like music to provoke movement. Campus updates include recitals, a barn contract for 17 000 dollars, and a June 25 wedding plan for Ada Ellis and Charles Johnson. Local visitors, a field trip, and a decorations-day game are mentioned alongside impending commencement coverage.
Local Notes and Notices From Our Town
The cafe closed amid financial trouble. Mrs. Mary B. Arnold aged seventy died in Prescott. A C N W collision near Otis Iowa delayed traffic. Rural carriers ordered to depart at 7:30 am. Socials include Minnie Perkins Jessie Stuckslager hosting for Miss Cora Cook of Chicago. Potatoes and church events are noted along with medical updates on Ep Rutherford and a dream warning leading to a murder arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Arnold
Charles B. Arnold
This Place
Prescott
Minnie Perkins
Jessie Stuckslager
Cora Cook
Chicago
Thankful note from Lelani in Sunday School class
A grateful message from Lelani and Miss Leecing's Sunday school class thanks friends for prayers and support after arrival and during recovery. The writer expresses appreciation to those who sent messages and offered help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Leecing
Lelani
Srate
Star
Abme er portah lessons from Yankee women
A dazed Porter in a St Louis Scene Pullman car receives a five cent nickel tip then drops it into a cuspidor. The woman passenger declares I am a lady from Boston and dumps the nickel onto the track as the car empties. He laments the loss and notes the lesson about not fooling Yankee women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
St. Louis
Chicago
Boston
West
New York Prase
Milwaukee Lawyer Recalls Judge Austin Trial Tale
A Chicago Chronicle joke recalls Judge Austin handling a criminal case where the defendant, paying only ten dollars, urged his attorney to “talk $10 worth.” The lawyer obliged, convincing the jury and clearing the accused in a humorous courtroom moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Milwaukee
Chicago Chronicle
Invention of the Steamboat and Fulton’s Clermont
The Clermont, the first practical steamboat, launched on the East River and carrying passengers and freight. It credited Robert Fulton for inventing the steamboat though earlier ideas by Salomon de Caus and experimental work by William Henry James Rumsey John Fitch and others preceded it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fulton
East River
Salomon de Caus
William Henry
Pennsylvania
Conestoga River
Albany
Marquis de Jonffrey
James Rumsey
John Fitch
Clermont
Man and His Skin Desquamation and Skin Health
The article explains how skin renews itself through desquamation as the outer layer is shed. Frequent bathing helps keep pores open and skin in good condition, with new cells pushing upward to form a clearer, rosier epidermis and velvety underlying tissues.
Immense Establishment Cited In Household Cast
A remark notes the scale of a household staff including a head coachman two footmen two grooms a stable boy a housekeeper cook undercook kitchen maid upstairs and downstairs maid governess husband and child.
Land for sale in Red River valley and Iowa farms
Red River Valley Lands 1 offers the best land in the Red River valley at prices to attract buyers. Free transport for purchases of 160 acres or more. Also gilt edge farms in central and northwestern Iowa and Ames city property for sale. Visit Stevens block opposite McCarthy and Lee's office. 49-121. Grorae White.
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Red River Valley
Iowa
Ames
Stevens Block
McCarthy & Lee
Grorae White
Card of Thanks for Memorial Day Observance
A committee notes its thanks to all who assisted in the memorial day service. It names the college battalion the cadet band General Lincoln the Ames and martial band citizens who furnished flowers and conveyances the speakers singers and all who attended to make the observance successful. By order of committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. RB
Lincoln
Ames and Martial Band
Quarterly Meeting At U B Church Next Saturday
A quarterly gathering is announced at the U 3B church inviting all members and neighbors to attend next Saturday. The event emphasizes community fellowship and organizational updates.
Graettinger Agent Offers Overlooked Wisconsin Land
L. A. Ferguson of Graettinger Iowa visits his parents and promotes a fine tract of land from the Wisconsin B y Co now back on the market after being overlooked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Ferguson
Graettinger
D. G. Ferguson
Wisconsin B'y Co
Resolutions of sympathy from Gilbert Station post
Resolutions express grief over the death of Comrade C M Wilson's son. The post offers heartfelt sympathy to the son and family and orders copies to be spread on records, sent to the family and committee, in Gilbert Station Iowa on June 2 1902.
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C. M. Wilson
Frank Bently
Gilbert Station
Iowa
Estray Notice from Story County Auditor
Taken up by W A Rainbolt of Franklin township Ivory county Iowa on May 26 1903 one sorrel estray horse with two white hind feet a small white forehead stripe light mane blemish left eye estimated 900 pounds S J Burgess Auditor Story County Iowa Nevada June 2 1902 ltpd
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W. A. Rainbolt
Franklin Township
Ivory County
Iowa
S J. Q. Burgess
Story County
Nevada
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asa Vandermast
All Our Ladies
Ors Tees
Eevasar Pepperell
Mens
Taylor Newell
A. T. Erwin
Mrs. Welch
Sons
Ira J. and
Verne
M. H. Kilbourne
W. J. Kennedy
Farmers’ Institute
Ogden
Miss Sabin
Mr. Aldrich
Waterloo
Victor Ettinger
Monarch
O. Keedick
James Nicholson
Humboldt
Repp
Veterinary Department
Department of Elocution
Nellie Nicholas
Hampton
Marshall
A. D. McKinley
David Wormley
Lee Woodward
Newton
Patience Worthley
Ada Ellis
Charles L. Johnson
Isaac Ellis
Henry W. Schleuter
Bailey Vs. Cleaver
Dan McCarthy
Dan
West End
Ed. Bailey
Fred Cleaver
Shorty
Danforth
Ed. Murphy
Tom Fenton
Tom
John Morgan
Shawvon
Hill
Shawvan
Jack Frost
Cove
O’brien
Bert Wing
Underwood
KE. Pitsor
Spellman
Don Sterns
Thompson
Hank Wilkinson
Hank
Cleaver
L. H. Bailey
P. E
Federated Woman’s Clubs of
Women’s Clubs
E. Gray
Kansas
Topeka
Lawrence
Manhattan
L. Graves
Macon
College
St. Louis Fair
Graves
Omaha
International
H. G. van Pelt
W. J. Wilson
Stewart Smith
Belinda C. Swisher McCartney
Circleville
Ohio
Monticello
Ill
Milo McCartney
Nellie Hines
Scott A. McCartney
California
Nora Williams
W. J. McCartney
Flora B. Holmes
Great Falls
Mont
Elmer Sherman McCartney
Etta Gibbons
Thayer
Missouri
Congregational Church
Thayer, Mo
Webster City
North-Western Line
Chicago & North-Western Ry
Timothy
Clover
Gro. C. Copestake
Bailey's Shawvan
Ee Thompson
Alley Cove
Eere Underwood
O'Brien Mien
Cicteesss
Murphy
Eanteoeterees Ee Cleaver Danforth
Pitsor Sterns
Strong
Hill Spellman
McDowell’s Cafe
Otis
Sallas
Tax Department
Joan Myers
Ep Rutherford
Harriman
John Haran
Iowa City
Rutherford
Ederton
Sir Walter Scott
Man
Campbell & Duntz
Cadice Iowa
North and
South Dakota
Minnesota
Campbell & Duntzz
IGWA
Gul Goons
Ted
C. R. Quade
Ames, Iowa
Colgate’s Glycerine
Judisch Bros. Pharmacists
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