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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
8
Miss Harriett Tilden entertained a few friends at a birthday party. Prof. and Mrs. A. B. Noble issued invitations to a dinner party for tomorrow evening. The Rebecca lodge staff were to Gilbert Wednesday night to initiate seven candidates.
Monday evening a woodland picnic was held in the woods south of the campus to honor Miss Ethel Cessna.
Community notices list a June 28 meeting for the Fourth ward Civic Improvement Society with Mrs KE C Tuttle. Social events include picnics, showers, a wedding announcement, and an upcoming officers election for the M E church Home Missionary society.
Mrs. Henry Wilson entertains this afternoon for Mrs. J. M. Junkin of Red Oak and Mrs. Ramsey of Rock Rapids. The guests include Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Junkins, and Mrs. Ramsey.
Friday evening on Burnett avenue Mrs. Cora Cox entertained the Unity club and their husbands in honor of Mrs. White her sister. Dainty refreshments were served by Miss Eva Cox.
Members of the Epworth League of the Methodist church will travel to Nevada Friday for a league convention. They will hold a picnic to make the affair entertaining as well as instructive.
The concert planned for next Tuesday at the Congregational church by Mrs Grace Clark De Groff of Des Moines has been postponed due to illness. Last Friday, the Nevada Tennis club visited Ames, with members Susie Knudson Frances Hopkins Nettie Sims Blanche Bancroft Blanche Hopkins Ella Hopkins and Grace Bergen.
A marriage took place last evening at the First Baptist church for Mr Alva J Norman. A miscellaneous shower followed the ceremony and refreshments were served. Later friends gathered at L J Fowle’s home for another miscellaneous shower and light refreshments.
The program for next Sunday June 26 at 5 p m features Organ Voluntary by Miss McConnell with the Quartette Abide With Me and Peace. Solo items include Gloria by Buzzi Pecchia Wanderer's Night Song Schubert and Changeless the love of the Master. Duet The Shadows of the Evening by Briggs with Mrs Judisch and Mr Clark Soprano and a Quartette Confidence by Meredith followed by Organ Postlude by Miss McConnell.
On Thursday June 16 in Polk City Miss Louise E Mossman wed Prof. John E Hug an Ames 09 graduate. The couple will reside in Waterloo where Hug holds a high school teaching position.
Prof and Mrs W H Pew arrived Tuesday evening and are staying with Dean Curtiss on the campus. They will move into the Kennedy home on Grand Avenue, bought by Prof Pew this spring.
A May 8 card from Dr. Jennie Christ in Vienna notes fine opportunities abroad. News reports a June 15 wedding: Miss Alice A. Bingham of Pittsburg to Mr. Fred Tunis, who graduated from Ames in 1907 and now with Westinghouse Electric. They will live in Newark, New Jersey. Daisy Brown leaves for Cascade Colorado to lead Bible study at the Western Student Conference June 24 to July 4, then visits Miss Luella Rantchler at Pueblo. George M. Wills and Miss Marie Bosquet wed in Pella Tuesday evening. Wills, an I S C mining engineer, plans to settle in Goldfield, Nevada.
Out of town guests included Mr and Mrs Fitton of Omaha Mr and Mrs Neasham and children Ottumwa Mrs Cessa and children and Misses Ella Frances and Blanche Hopkins Miss Ruth Dyer and Miss Lois Boardman Nevada Misses Florence and Celestine Pettinger Cumberland Miss May Jackson Wood River Neb Miss Carolyn Grimsby New Hampton Miss Louise Rowe Boone and Mrs Helen Prouty Adamson Humboldt.
A called meeting at Mrs. Charles Hamilton's home elected officers for the new circle: Maxwell president, McDonald senior vice, Corbin junior vice, Curtiss patriotic instructor, Hamilton conductor, Cag win secretary, Hicks treasurer, Dodds guard, Horton chaplain, Hardin press correspondent. The group, limited to Civil War soldier relatives, will be installed next Monday by deputy Mrs. W. N. McKay of Des Moines.
Miss Lydia Brown and Emily Watson entertained twenty four guests at K. W. Brown’s home in honor of Miss Edith Glidden. The gathering celebrated her occasion with music and social mingling, reflecting local social customs of the period.
A historical outline lists twenty five prose fictions in roughly chronological order. Included are Morte Darthur by Thomas Malory, Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Waverley by Walter Scott, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and many others. The note concludes the list may be found in the public library.
Dr. Chappell reports the past week offered ideal corn growth conditions with five degrees above normal temperatures and abundant sunshine though rainfall was scarce. Replanting improved corn stands and fields are generally clean, while oats look strong and hay harvests approach. Potatoes are holding steady with early output ready for market.
J N Nichols editor of the Christian Union known as the Globe Trotter will speak Sunday for the Disciples of Christ. The morning sermon will be a gospel talk and the evening a review of the world Sunday school convention held in Washington.
Mrs Adele C King a Home Pattern Co representative demonstrates the advantages of using Ladies Home Journal Patterns at Lemmons store all day Monday June 27 for Ames ladies. The July issue of Ladies Home Journal is now on sale. Perrys offers after dinner mints Friday and Saturday at 10 cents.
Mrs J W Bateman visited Nevada and Mr and Mrs C N Moses with son Verne traveled to Marshalltown to visit his brother at the Soldiers Home. The group then visited Roland and Story City. Mrs Allie Bateman and Mrs Alvin Banks attended a birthday club at Mrs Brokaw’s in Grant. Frank Warren and J W Bateman returned from a northern Iowa outing. An electric storm damaged a curtain near the telephone in the Bateman home but limited damage. Mrs F S Ballard and Mrs J S Sanders from Ames visited. Mrs Brokaw suffered blood poisoning on her left hand. Sue Heintz and sisters Minnie and Marguerite visited the Pantenbergs near Ontario.
No meals will be served at Green Cafe and Bakery on the 4th as the cafe closes for the day. Perrys offers early buy and layaway options for fireworks. Dr Shoop of Racine Wisconsin promotes No-Drip silvered coffee strainers and Health Coffee in a free pamphlet offer.
Boys and adults can buy firecrackers roman candles sky rockets and other fireworks from Howard Adams. Limited quantities remain and prices start at 9.2 cents.
Parley Sheldon appointed administrator by Story county Iowa District Court on June 22 1910. He requests all creditors to file claims legally authenticated and all indebted persons to pay the estate promptly.
Overland cars are built with exactness in every part and process. Absolute accuracy is essential to ensure the car stands up to provide the service owners expect. These automobiles are crafted with the precision and reliability of watches.
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