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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
6
County column reports a planned large event in Huxley with excitement over preparations. Local transfers and business changes occur in Cambridge and McCallsburg while a land assessment dispute is resolved. A farmer elevator proposal gains momentum as public interest rises.
W J Minchin pastor leads Children’s Day exercises at 11 00 am with a story for the younger group and no regular Sunday school. Morning service focused on children and a sermon by the pastor. Evening preaching service with theme Life s Wonderful Surprises.
The Church of Christ led by H. D. Williams invites all to Bible school at 9 45 a m C E at 7 00 p m preaching by the pastor at 11 a m and 8 p m morning sermon for children night theme The New Birth all are welcome.
Herbert A. Wilson leads morning prayer and a sermon at 11 o clock on The Christianizing of Society. Sunday school precedes the service.
J W Stiverson pastor leads Sunday school at 10 a.m. Ray Taylor oversees the 11 a.m. sermon on Jesus and the Children. Junior League at 2:30 p.m. Lottie Deal leads Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. Children's Day exercises at 8 p.m.
Andrew M. Shea pastor conducts services at the Armory with 9:45 a.m. Sunday school led by F. M. Cupps. A sermon by Presiding Elder Sigenfritz, followed by the Lord's Supper, at 11 a.m. Epworth League meets at 7 p.m. on a talk about Christian Education Becoming Skilled Workmen. Pastor preaches again at 8 p.m. Good music. Everyone welcome. Fourth quarterly conference at the parsonage on Saturday June 8 at 8 p.m.
A Branchton Pennsylvania man once unable to work due to kidney issues regains strength after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He praises the product and wishes success to Foley's Kidney Cure from Cagwin Druggist.
The city council met in regular session at city hall. George Pitsor was granted permission to lay a tile drain across Charles Street and Kellogg to connect with a private sewer with approval. John Cole received a building permit pending compliance with all regulations. A resolution urged A and C. R. Ry to extend their track south of Onondaga Street, keeping at least 25 feet from the lot line.
A tale recalls Raphael the Italian painter once stranded at an inn with no funds. He painted gold coins on a table to fool the host, then fled as a wealthy traveler paid £50 to settle the supposed debt. A Tennessee testimonial promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup for chronic constipation as a proven remedy.
The Story County Board of Supervisors was petitioned to build a bridge across College Creek on Boone Street per city engineer plans. The engineer must draft sewerage plans for the 4th Ward and bids are to be received for extending the electric light building.
A lady customer suffered years with tetter on her hands and could not perform household duties. One box of Chamberlain's Salve cured her completely. Chamberlain's medicines give splendid satisfaction in the community. Sold by Judisch Bros Almond Ala.
A psychologist notes a strong instinct in men to pose for dramatic effect and cites Sir Francis Burdett as an example. Condemned to the Tower for high treason he resisted the order as forces attacked his house while an enraged mob gathered outside.
The Henry VIII grace cup of the Barbers' company is famed for its four globular bells and Tudor motifs. The Skinners' cup features a pea cock and three chicks, with the inscription gifting by Mary daughter of Richard Robinson and wives to masters Thomas Smith and James Peacock in 1642.
A survey notes royal jesters tied to English towns and kings, from Huard who held Walworth to Berdic and Rahere, plus a New York printer whose clerk encounters a freckled boy who says he is the sign’s missing evaluator. The tale ends with the boy claiming ownership of the “Boy Wanted” notice.
The New York Herald notes Dewar’s achievement in liquefying hydrogen enabling a rapid method for creating an almost perfect vacuum. A glass tube cooled in liquid hydrogen condenses air into snow, leaving a chamber so air free that an electric current struggles to pass.
A miscellany of brief vignettes and antics. A jail scene features Jim Jackson on a chicken theft charge with a quipping judge. The scraps include a preacher’s playful sermon about sheep and goats, an Irishman’s quip, and a telegram prank involving a Union Pacific director.
A nostalgic poem about a couple who traveled sharing music and song, living simply as they wandered with his violin and her voice. They recall seasons of love, dewberries, and hay, and how wealth and age temper those joys. The poem contrasts worldly gains with lasting affection.
William J. Stevens, a longtime Swansea station agent, was promenading on the platform when a dog snapped at his leg. He kicked the dog across the tracks, provoking the owner to threaten in sharp terms. Stevens retorted that the dog was mad, prompting a heated exchange.
District Attorney Jerome recalls an old woman who bowed her head whenever Satan was named during services. The rector questioned her, and she replied that politeness costs nothing and one never knows what will happen.
Louis Philippe faced the fall of Marshal Soult with pity as Thiers led a future ministry at the Tuilleries. The king spoke softly through a door a pear shaped head appearing, saying a little patience, we are weeping together.
An elderly man posted for an agreeable Egypt companion. A young diner, at night, was hidden in a cab and taken to the address. The old man appeared at the door after a tense exchange, then escorted the diner inside and stood him in the corner.
A father asks his son to imagine sharing halves. If you have half an apple and I give you another half you have a whole apple. Then he asks if you had a half dollar and I gave you another half dollar what would you have the boy replies a fit.
Two short humorous vignettes from a historical paper. A Hessian general complains at sea about sailing past America on a long voyage. Uncle Harry, a bachelor, refuses to care for baby Helen until she tests his patience with a cheeky question.
A Union Pacific director is seen pushing toward Harriman’s private car as a messenger boy announces a telegram for Mc Keen. The brief incident captures a tense moment aboard a railway executive’s train car.
A bashful bridegroom murmurs to the officiating clergyman asking if it is customary to cuss the bride, his stutter rising under embarrassment as the wedding concludes.
Boswell complained his pocket was picked of a handkerchief at a public dinner. Dr. Johnson dismissed it as the ostentation of a Scotchman to announce possession of a handkerchief.
A Dallas Texas man says in a testimonial that in the past year he has used Dr King’s New Life Pills and that no laxative has ever treated his malaria and biliousness so effectively. He notes the pills do not grind or gripe and are sold for 25 cents at all drug stores.
Twelve room house with hot and cold water furnace heat and a good well on a 60 by 180 foot lot. Located on Boone Street two doors east of Friends Church. For inquiries contact L MaBrE 46-tf. Also includes a kidney disease cure pitch mentioning Foley's Kidney Cure by Cagwin Druggist.
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