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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1905
Page
1
The Hor Springs area endured a two million dollar fire last Saturday as local residents and officials assess the damage. State Superintendent Riggs urges honesty about ages amid spirited debate, while remarks from Dr. Osler of Johns Hopkins on age provoke comment about his formidable stature and name.
A Missouri fellow living without brains is described as hale and hearty. The piece notes many similar cases in Iowa and rouses pride in unwavering marital devotion. A husband who writes endearing anniversary letters for twenty years has those letters printed and bound as a gift from his wife.
A Baltimore professor named Osler recommends that men be chloroformed at sixty as they become useless. He notes that trusts and railroads hoped Roosevelt would be old enough to fit that view, but he is not by many years yet.
Mayor McCarthy of Richmond orders dry goods stores to remove leg models shown in window displays for hose sales. He lacks power to pull models used at street crossings without a medical certificate.
A neighbor identified by initials and address roasts Prof. Holden's corn gospel in a recent issue. The critic is portrayed as a farmer supported by his capable wife, who may fear learning more lest he have to work.
Joe Cannon vows to ease passage of the public buildings bill by electing a new speaker. He asserts the only path forward is a change in leadership, arguing current members will likely vote for a new speaker at their first opportunity. Cannon is vigorous but seen as too warm for the speakership.
P. D. Swick of Boone reportedly was caught on a Newton and Northwestern railroad bridge and nearly lost his life. The report cites Swick’s harsh critiques of John Thompson of the Ogden Messenger, noting a moment of panic could have been avoided by sliding to safety between the bridge ties.
Horticulturists and farmers will soon see a new series in The Iowa Homestead by Franklin Brown. Brown will cover spraying apparatus construction buying guidance spraying habits of insects plant diseases prevention formulas and mixing and application methods. The Times urges Story County farmers to subscribe.
Theatregoers will see Miss Helen Grantly perform in Her Lord and Master at the Armory on Monday night March 6. Grantly, noted as a rising star, previously earned acclaim as Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew and Dolores in In the Palace of the King.
Miss Helen Grantly excels as Indiana Still Water in Martha Morton’s Her Lord and Master. The performance blends method with natural phrasing and fits seamlessly with the author’s design. She appears at the Armory on Monday March 6.
A public letter argues taxes fund a growing town and condemns a 1903 1904 coal contract by the Ames Independent district with Crowe Coal Co of Boone Iowa. It suggests local coal bought at $2.97 and $2.67 per ton could have saved money, questioning board actions and wasteful spending as spring nears.
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as a cure for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation. Priced at 25 cents they are sold by all druggists.
A host proclaims freedom to guests at breakfast time, then a guest finds a card in the room detailing meals times. It notes breakfast at 7 30 and a postscript that the table will be cleared at 8 30. The scene captures a witty clash between hospitality and punctuality.
A quote from Ernest N. Lyon in Everybody's Magazine contrasts excesses with virtues. It explores how too much courage economy taste gentleness confidence become brutality penuriousness timidity egotism and asks who will show the line.
Mrs. Ray explains their harmony comes from her husband giving up his club and her giving up amateur cookery, two destroyers of domestic felicity, leaving them content.
A conceited journalist asks what title fits a man who loves literature and the editor replies with a sharp but playful tag Baron of Ideas. The exchange captures a witty, era style moment in a newsroom.
A short exchange shows a mother praising a new gown while Millicent age five with conviction compares herself to a lady god in the attire. The scene captures a child's perceptive comment on appearance and identity within a family moment.
Obituary for D G Ferguson born 1831 near Glasgow. emigrated to the U S at eleven. Lived in Wisconsin before settling near Ames Iowa then city life in 1892. Civil War veteran and respected neighbor who supported the poor. Survived by four sons Stephen Lincoln George Will and two daughters Sarah and Augusta. funeral by Rev Seth M Wilcox and Masonic rites. four sons present, daughters unable to attend.
Miss Helen Grantly brings Martha Morton’s comedy Her Lord and Master to the Armory Opera House on Monday March 6. The revival stars Grantly and a skilled company in a simple natural production praised as a social and literary season highlight.
One way second class rates for settlers to Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Black Hills district Wyoming Manitoba Western Ontario Saskatchewan and Assiniboia via Chicago Union Pacific North-Western line on Tuesdays March 7 14 21 28 and April 4 11 18 25 1905. Fag tickets and full information apply agents N. W. Ry. 43-4.
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