Des Moines Style Gossip and Education Notes
The Ames Times notes Des Moines bold actions and local quirks. It recalls Rev Mason’s attempt to close Boone saloons and mocks Ora Williams's political pipe dreams about Prouty. It also mentions a Des Moines loan shark incident and Adel church members resigning over a whist game.
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Ora Williams
Des Moines
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Prouty
Congress
Bill Bryan
Iowa
Best Sellers in Fiction From Local Library List
City librarian Kittie B. Freed presents an up to date list of top fiction titles. Notable entries include The Circular Staircase The Man in Lower Ten 54 40 or Fight and The Car and the Lady from Rinehart and Forslund. The list also features works by Dawson Ott Stevenson Browning and others.
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Forslund
Megargel
Mason
Big Ames Day Promises Gala With Public Train Service
Ames prepares for a vast celebration on Saturday the third with a full official program. Committees and honorary presidents are named and a special 10:45 p.m. northern train plus interurban and streetcar support are planned to handle crowds.
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Ames
Jewell Junction
Daniel McCarthy
Controversial Proposal for Slum Mission Work in New York Chinatown
A writer suggested arming missionaries in New York City's Chinatown with repeating rifles and shotguns. He cited a recent killing by a Chinaman and body found in a trunk to justify the plan.
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New York City
Chinatown
Real estate transfers list many Ames Nevada plots
A long row of conveyances records transfers from J H Augestine to J C Kroener and others for daily lots and blocks in Nevada Ames and North Ames, including Woodland Park and College Park additions, with prices from $1 to $12,000 and multiple husband and wife transfers. Other entries note easements, undivided interests, and exchange adjustments among numerous individuals and properties in Ames Nevada and Huxley.
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J. H. Augestine
J. C. Kroener
Nevada
M. M. Swanson
E. B. Howard
Ames
Woodland Park
Property Transfers and Local Ads Note Bargain Shoes
Peter T Brown and wife deed to Farmers Savings Bank for 600 dollars a lot 6 block 8 Huxley. D L Parker and wife deed to L R Griffin for 3000 dollars east one half block 5 Burris addition Nevada. To celebrate right and be comfortable buy a pair of Bauge Alm low shoes 9 2t.
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Estella J. Jones
Mary H. Dunning
W. T. Smith
Ames
Mike C. Conaway
Mary M. Balir
Conaway
College Street
North Western Street
College Park
Ist
Mary M. Blair
Minnie C. Conaway
North Ames
A. L. Potter
Henry
Peter T. Brown
Henry J. Birkestrand
Huxley
L. R. Griffin
O. B. Alderman
Stewarts
Nevada
A. J. Graves
Sadie E. Graves
Lee
Farmers Savings Bank
D. L. Parker
Burris
Trouble Makers Ousted
A testimonial notes relief from stomach trouble using Dr King s New Life Pills. The user claims improved appetite and overall vigor as stomach liver and kidneys function properly. Product priced 25 cents at druggists.
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Dr. King
House for Sale at Welch and Knapp Streets
Corner lot house near Boone on trolley line offers modern conveniences. Small cash payment then 25 dollars monthly. past rental income 31.25. First class opportunity. Investigate. Phone 980 or 983 Mutual. Ww Smith.
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Welch and Knapp Streets
Boone
Mutual
S, Smith
June Bride Weds With Rocky Mountain Tea Glow
A lighthearted note celebrates a June wedding where the bride, nicknamed Bill, is described as pretty and blooming. The toast hints at a peachy-cream complexion preserved by Rocky Mountain Tea, adding a playful domestic flourish.
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Bill
Alibi in a New Library Leaves Cut to Hint at Culture
A New Yorker buys a splendid library and a wealthy secretary trims pages to suggest attention to literature. He notes family members may not read, but bosses friends might snoop and should see visible signs of care, so leaves are cut to imply ongoing interest.
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New Library
London the finest city of Great Britain
The excerpt extols London as superior among British cities noting its supremacy in learning beauty and grandeur while acknowledging Edinburgh Dublin Oxford Canterbury and London as premier centers in their own right London is praised for its overall standing in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Edinburgh
Dublin
Oxford
Canterbury
Old Cathedral
London
Paying Garden Roof Garden Profit Story
A humorous note cites a Boston Transcript quote about a roof garden yielding profits of $30,000 from less than an acre last summer. The exchange contrasts disbelief with the claim of high returns from urban gardening.
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Boston Transcript
The Best Way Quote Atchison Globe
An Atchison Globe note cites Ben Franklin praising earning money as the best path, describing him as one of the wisest sources of guidance this nation produced. The item emphasizes Franklin’s maxim about money through labor and effort.
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Ben Franklin
Atchison Globe
Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea Promises Sleep for Children
Mothers urged to try Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a blessing for kids soothing summer troubles. Advertised to help children sleep and grow, priced at 35 cents for tea or tablets by L. M. Bosworth.
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Hollister
L. M. Bosworth
Through with a dog team on city streets
A small cart drawn by a team of hound dogs drew crowds Monday morning. The driver, crippled in the legs with limited hand use, handed out a card about his condition. He has been crippled since birth and has spent his life since age eight training dumb animals.
Snook Buys Palace Barber Shop in Ames
G A Snook purchased the Palace barber shop from Frank Curtiss and took possession Monday. The four chair shop sits on the south side of Main Street. Snook, long associated with Ames barbers, is skilled and expected to attract substantial local patronage.
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G. A. Snook
Frank Curtiss
Main Street
Snook
Ames
Flor ence Simmons Weds J Russell Harrison in June Ceremony
Miss Florence A Simmons daughter of Rome Simmons 607 Carroll Avenue married J Russell Harrison an Ames Engineering Co employee Friday evening June 18 at the First Methodist Church. Rev Andrew M Shea officiated in a small family gathering with a lap supper served afterward.
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Florence A. Simmons
Rome Simmons
Carroll Avenue
J. Russell Harrison
Ames Engineering Co
Andrew M. Shea
First Methodist Church
Seventy Added To Church By Six Month Pastor
Rev. Houser will give his last sermon before vacation. In six months he added seventy to church membership. He and his family tour Benton county by car to spend much of the month on a farm there. Communion and social service will be held each Sunday until his return.
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Rev
Houser
Benton County
Jessie Parker Pianist Teacher Ad
Piano teacher Jessie Parker advertises at 803 Duff Avenue with Mutual 587. Mentions 9 percent third term paid and Fourth of July oxfords and slippers via Bange & Alm. Open from 9 to 2 times.
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Jessie Parker
Duff Avenue
Mutual
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