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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
6
The store pledges to be an ideal trading place with continual effort toward absolute customer satisfaction. This week features bargain offerings to tempt shoppers, with several highlighted deals mentioned.
Eph Stillman failed to get his horse to run away during a Douglass street drive. He left burrs on wheel hubs to create excitement, the buggy box bounced along the street for several rods, and with Rich and Doggett’s help the hind wheels were found and nailed back on before he rode away rejoicing.
Personal Paragraphs lists numerous visits and movements of Ames residents and friends. Names include Prof. and Mrs. A. M. Newens in Chicago, Dr. T. J. Fenton in Des Moines, Miss Margaret Ogle of Toulon, Bennie Read from Grinnell, Mrs. J. C. Pratt at Colfax, Roy Spratt of Marshalltown, and many others visiting Ames, Des Moines, and nearby towns.
The regular memorial service of the order will be held at the hall at 2 o'clock pm and memorial sermon at the Christian church at 8 pm on June 16 1907. If you will make inquiry it will reveal how many succumb to kidney or bladder troubles. Foley's Kidney Cure will cure if medical aid is possible. Cagwin Druggist.
The Maya Indians of Sonora are described as fair skinned with blue eyes and light hair. Ethnology scholars wonder at their ancestry and a folklore tale claims Swedish shipwreck ancestors arriving centuries before Columbus is the only basis for the claim.
A historical note recalls John Ward pilloried in 1727 with £200000 wealth and pious prayers for Middlesex Essex Hertfordshire and other counties. A separate anecdote has a real estate dealer called a land shark by a customer who then apologizes for selling underwater lots.
The condemned jokes about theater seating as he faces execution. He remarks that some would be glad to sit behind him in the theater tonight, implying a macabre irony about enjoying the show despite his fate.
A humorous exchange shows a Major instructing a captain of the militia to speak louder while the captain confesses fear of his wife watching from the window. The scene captures a comic power dynamic and domestic tension.
A broad page of town tidbits covers a band concert in the city park this Friday evening, local sales at Darner's grocery, a new house purchase by J G Hummel on Northwestern street, and various notices from residents including new births, rentals, and property transactions. Also notes weather, farming prospects, and community events with several updates on residents like J T Hoover, L M Gibson, J M Gilbert, and Mrs. Robb.
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