09 Jun 1910
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
1
Tildens announces a stock reducing sale with high grade merchandise at cut prices. A store visit this week showcases special inducements during the reorganizing sale and urges liberal purchases to maximize savings.
A sale advertises men’s suits priced at 22, 25, and 30 dollars with hats closing at 1.50 each. Regularly valued at 2, 2.50, and 3 dollars, the promo emphasizes a good assortment and discounted pricing.
Fifty pieces Fancy Ribbon in various designs sells at 18c per yard during the sale. Ladies Hose offers 3 pairs for 25c, with fast black-spliced heels and toes. Jersey Ribbed Drawers come in knee length with lace trim, about six dozen at 25c. Double fold Percales feature navy and cadet blue patterns, 8c quality, now 5c per yard.
A dozen patterns of 40 inch and 36 inch curtain scrims sold at 25 to 29 cents per yard are reduced to 18 cents per yard in a sale. The popular materials remain in demand as they move at the lower price.
A local retailer advertises men’s suits on sale at six ten and twelve dollars from regular fifteen eighteen and twenty dollar lines. The note asks if readers have seen children’s suits offered at fifty cents on the dollar.
Clelands rag rugs offered in blue and white and green and white with fringed ends. Sizes 4 by 7 feet priced at 3 dollars 20 cents 6 by 9 feet at 4 dollars 95 cents and 8 by 10 feet at 6 dollars 90 cents. Perfect for porch bedroom or dining room.
A big lot of children’s Oxfords in black and tan offered at a special sale price of 1.38. Various styles included in one grouped lot for quick purchase.
Professor K. S. Woodworth notes tests showing no race is universally red green blind, suggesting red green blindness signals a reversion to primitive color vision. The piece discusses color sense evolution and implies human color perception evolved before humans.
A gambler argues there is no use in trying to buck luck and fate, advocating a view that chance governs outcomes more than strategy or skill. The remark reflects a cautious, stoic approach to risk and decision making.
A seasoned gambler explains luck as a force to be wooed not bucked and recounts avoiding chances against bad luck. A poet credits genuine inspiration to a sea poem born while he watched his shoes being cobbled in a shop.
John Fiske argues that pre Columbian voyages yielded little historic impact aside from two Greenland settlements and failed to affect European awareness until Columbus's 1492 voyage. The passage also describes a medical procedure where a nurse bleeds a patient using a pointed arrow and glass splinter.
The intruding woman questions a husband’s finances while Mrs Cumrox defends family pride and independence. They clash over money and how the couple should handle obligations, insisting on joint effort and shared games of bridge as a sign of equality.
A long list of alumni and friends gathers in Ames for graduation week. Ruth Meyers and Louise Rowe attend commencement, while Frasesur, Hopkins, Keo Anderson, and many others visit the Pi Phi, Kappa Delta, and S A E houses. Several former students travel from Des Moines, Des Moines, and across Iowa to join family at campus events as Dr Frandson joins summer practice and staff.
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