Ames Dedicated New Federal Post Office Building
Ames celebrates completion and move of the post office to a grand new Federal building at Fifth and Kellogg. The site cost $10,000 with a $60,000 construction contract plus extensive interior fixtures, exhibits, and staff arrangements. Postmaster I. M. Bosworth led a reception while officials and workers toured the facility, featuring dedicated mail rooms, money order, registry, and delivery windows, plus staff rest areas and modern conveniences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Bosworth
Federal
Myre
Hoewerts
Interios
Avery Gerall
pogtiWuster
Fifth Street
Civil Service Examination
Geo. W. Stiles Construction Company of
Chicago
Fifth and
Kellogg
FH. FE. Benish
Sil
Sheldon
Bernice Hammer
Mitchpatrich
H. S. Kinsebury
Hoggart
Sam Lucas
Lucas
A. A. Stewart
Mesa. Lucas
Main Street
John Watts
Parley Sheldon
Cleveland
J. B. Duncan
Harrison
L. G. Hardin
McKinley
Roosevelt
C. J. Haverly
Mr. Haverly
L. M. Bosweth
J. EM. Duncan
Story County Bank
Ames Post Office
I. M. Bosworth
FF. M. Williams
Lizzie Corbin
W. Hi. Dorgell
Ed Hillis
C. A. Kintzley
R. D. Goble
Greenlee
Vernon Glidden
Glenn Anderson
Roy Cotterell
Charles Hamilton
KE. Stillman
Hoon
J. la
L. M. Bosworth
Post Office
Benish
Stiles Construction Co
Scofield
Caine
A. S. Thompson
Niva Nichols
Alice McClure
Gladys Ufford
Robert Clark
Fredricka Shattuck
Delegate Parley Shel don heads to Baltimore convention
Parley Shel don, a district delegate, leaves Saturday night for the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore where the gathering opens Tuesday.
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Parley Shel Don
Baltimore
Marshalltown Club Plans Ames College Visit
Members of the Almon-Liscourl Farmers' Club will visit Iowa State College in Ames to inspect crops and the state experimental station. The trip will be by automobile with date tentative. The group was invited by the college's agricultural department.
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Almon-Liscourl Farmers’ Club
Iowa Strate College
Ames
Agricultural Department
Marion Kegley Dead in Ames Obituary
Marion Kegley a former resident of Ames died at Des Moines Tuesday from locomotor ataxia after years of illness. He will be buried here today. An obituary will be published next week.
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Marion Kegley
Ames
Des Moines
Kegley
Vacation School of Missions at Baptist Church
A Vacation School of Missions runs June 4 to 28 at the Baptist church, daily 8 to 11 am, for ages 5 to 15. Courses include Raffia work, clay modeling, kindergarten activities, map drawing, sewing, scrapbooks, and music, with a capable faculty. tuition is free. An exhibition for parents closes the program on June 28.
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The
Baptist Church
Ames
Young Peoples Society of the Church
J. Frederic Catlin
Lydia Brown
Frightful Cough Leads To Broken Ribs In Wisconsin
Neenah man suffers two broken ribs after a bad coughing spell. Doctors credit relief to Dr King's New Discovery which allegedly ends coughs and colds. Mrs Effie Morton of Columbia Missouri calls it a godsend and a free trial bottle offer is advertised locally.
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Neenah
Wis
L. M. Bosworth
T. J. Lough
Painting classes start June 22 for water colors
Mrs. Dyer will begin beginners painting classes in water colors and china painting Saturday afternoon June 22 at Northwestern Ave. 9 through 11. The instruction targets new students and outlines the two hour session at the specified location.
The Tires compiles yearlong news for a dollar
A compact 88-tf issue offers a bundled news digest for a yearly fee.
Paper Money in Alhambra Pay War Tale
The Count de Tendilla faced lack of gold as Moors pressed Alhambra. He issued stamped paper scrips, paid troops with them, and ordered locals to accept the notes in promise of later gold or silver. This early form of fiat money demonstrates alchemy-like move to fund pay and stabilise demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulette
Cadet’s Boiler Exam Ends In Bold Thought
A young cadet at Annapolis faces a nerve tearing exam as judges press for the chain of events in building and testing steam. He falters then offers: after coal in furnace and water tested, he would shut doors and look to heaven and think he is ready to go home if the boiler front fails.
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Annapelis
New York Sun
Six of One Half Dozen of the Other in Tripoli Life
A Christian Herald note describes veiled women in Tripoli facing oppression and ignorance. A missionary learns a wife hoarding tea and sugar to reserve resources for a possible divorce, revealing she is the sixth wife of a Mohammedan husband.
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Tripoli
Muletech
Christian Herald
Courage In Elephants In Courage And Discipline
A London Spectator piece extols elephant bravery and discipline as they endure wounds and danger to obey keepers. The essay praises their steadfastness, noting examples of perseverance and a readiness to face risk when commanded.
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Tom
Lormlon
Fragmented Victorian quip hints at brave sentiment
The barely readable item references a dialogue where a speaker questions mercy yet praises bravery. A woman responds imperiously that she would rather bear risk than expose weakness, while an implied suitor protests in a fragmentary London Tit-Bits style.
Skin of the Turbot Used for Siberian Window Panes
The skin of the turbot cleaned, dried, and prepared is described as being used by Siberian peasants to form window panes.
Fragmentary Time Lines Report
The readable fragments list times such as seven fourteen a.m. eight sixty five a.m. and noon. No clear event or identifier attached.
Hoaxed Book Collectors Trick Ushered By False Catalogue
Report of a hoax in which a supposed library sale at Binche near Mons drew French and Belgian booksellers and national library reps, listing 252 unique items from the fictitious late M. de Fortias, who would destroy duplicates. The planned sale and the bluebird library proved to be mythical.
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Boas
France
Belgium
Binche
Mons
M. de Fortias
Linde
de Fortias
Bluebird
London Chronicle
Mocking Bird Mimics Canaries In Noted Exhibition
A naturalist recounts a wily mocking bird captured and placed beside two canaries. The bird initially stays silent but observes and learns their songs, then bursts into a loud canary tune. It later drowns the canaries’ voices with its own powerful notes, becoming the center of the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canaries
Detroit Free Press
Persian Ware and Chinese Manufacture in Persian Forms
The article explains that true porcelain was not made in Persia but Chinese hard paste porcelain was produced in Persian forms for the Persian market. It notes wine ewers with powder blue glaze and gold overglaze, a small vase, and bowls with bronze luster glaze in white designs, all of Chinese origin preserved in Persian style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
China
Homelike Mystery in a Chicago House
A fragment from the Chicago News shows a family scene with Lizzie and a boy named Tommy. The line hints at roles within a home and playful tension as a butcher figure arrives.
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Mamma
Lizzie
Tommy
Bill
Chicago News
Bound to Have It
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer snippet notes a wife debating a car choice and a salesman touts a touring model as the last word in touring cars, witty banter about final selection.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Getting Used to It
A humorous exchange about length of marriage contrasts with a wife’s patience in a domestic skit. The dialogue hints at a longstanding union and evolving tolerance within a household setting.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Sanders Bros. Mfg. Co
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Citizens’ Lumber Co
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George Elior
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Fromm
Boone
Sanda
Kelley
Boone &Ft
Dodge
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W. Tl. Park
Ben G. Budge, M. D
Hamilton
E. H. Graves
Mutual Insurance
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Clara McConnell Marinello
Hotel Ames
Iowa
Chas. J. Biewen
Ames, Iowa
Main St
Earl B.bush, Ph. G
M.D
Black 95
Baker's Jewelry Store
M. J. Adams
Owa
H. M. Duckworth
D. M Gheiat, M.D
Jennie G. Ghrist
M. D
Drs. Ghrist
Ghrist Physicians & Surgeons
Masons Building
A. B. Maxwell
Ames Savings Bank
M. H. Kelso
G. A. Underwood
Walter Canadat
OFFI
Runnion National Bank Ames
Ames Hotel
J. F. Tilden
Odd Fellows’ Building
Res
Haverly Transfer
Collegiate Presbyterian Church
John W. Innes
Campiue
Champlin’s Hall
South Side Campus
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