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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1910
Page
5
A long list of residents and visitors is noted with trips to Des Moines Cedar Rapids Boone Chicago and other places. Partnerships marriages and social events are mentioned alongside cinema outings and theater plans. The piece also previews upcoming performances by the Donald Robertson Players at the Armory.
Donald Robertson of the Chicago Art Institute brings his Chicago players to Ames on Friday evening March eleventh to perform Goldoni's famous comedy A Curious Mishap. He will also speak at the college on The Mission of the Actor the same day. the Armory is expected to be crowded.
Grand avenue residents ask who is responsible for street upkeep on Doug lass avenue and why Douglass avenue sidewalks are not cleared. Fourth ward members wonder what happened to promised fire protection if they organized a company and barely avoided a major fire with local equipment.
A satirical piece mocks a hypocrite by recounting their past double standards and shameless behavior with sharp humor. It uses vivid phrasing to reveal the speaker’s moral inconsistency and public pretense.
Mrs. Nancy Smith mother of Eugene Smith died Tuesday night at the home of her son Winfield Smith in Nevada. The remains were brought to Ames this morning and the funeral was held at the U B church at ten o clock.
The Ames Commercial Club conducted its annual meeting on Tuesday night. L. M. Bosworth was re-elected president and no secretary was elected. A committee was tasked with organizing a retail merchants association.
Ross Mason who moved from Jefferson to a Nevada area farm died last Thursday. The funeral was held Saturday and the remains were shipped to Jefferson for interment. Mrs. Burt Kooser of this city is a daughter of Mr. Mason.
The article praises the play St. Elmo for broad appeal across ages and classes. It notes three generations of families attending performances and highlights Edna Earl as a central, beloved character in the beloved love tale dramatized by Grace Hayward.
The Rogers Grilley duo, a high class entertainment act, will appear in Ames on Saturday evening March 12 as part of a college lecture course. Charles T. Grilley is praised as an entertainer of rare merit and the harpist Van Vetchen Rogers provides versatile accompaniment for readings that draw strong audience approval.
Purebred Reid's Yellow Dent seed corn grown in 1908 offered with Johnson County White. Order soon as seed is being shipped out of the country. Contact W. P. Goon at phone 2502.
Classified notice seeks four strong lumbermen for immediate work. Contact C. F. Curtiss for details and inquiries.
A son was born to Dr and Mrs A B Phillips at Clear Lake on Wednesday March 3. Mrs Phillips will be remembered as Miss Agnes Allen of Ames. A Sioux City musical company performing St Elmo will arrive too late for the advertised matinee and will play the evening show.
The Church of Christ in Ames holds Bible school at 10:00 a m supervised by E S and S Owen. Communion and preaching at 11:00 a m with the sermon Our World Work. Junior Endeavor at 3:00 p m Senior Endeavor at 6:30 evening services at 7:30 with Is the First of a Series on Prominent Bible Characters. All are welcome.
United Brethren Church holds Sunday school at 10:00 led by Mrs. Pruitt, with a sermon at 11:00 on Immortality. U P C E U meets at 6:30 followed by a 7:30 sermon titled What it Will Take to Bring Ames to Christ.
The Congregational Church holds a morning service with a short sermon communion and reception of members. In the evening a sermon lecture titled Greek the Language of Paul followed by Dr Copestake addressing the Beach class on The Moral Significance of the Present Situation in England.
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