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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1903
Page
2
Des Moines visitors Patience Wormley and others attended campus events this week. A. White of Minneapolis visited friends, while Mr. Lammis and Mrs. Curtiss hosted gatherings at the college. Banquets and fudge parties accompanied a week of social activity among students and faculty.
Mrs. W B Needham passed away Saturday morning at her home in Boone after a long battle with stomach cancer. Short services were held at the home with Rev. Mott Mitchell, then interment followed at Gilbert Station Congregational church. Born in Bristol Vermont in 1847, she moved with her family to Iowa in 1869, settled near Gilbert Station, later relocating to Boone. Survived by her husband and several children, many relatives attended the funeral. Folks from Ames including Mr and Mrs W O Boyd and others traveled to pay respects.
In a late night sales report A F Clark, a Glade, Virginia druggist, records selling twelve bottles of Chamferlain's Cough Remedy. He praises its longstanding local reputation and claims it provides relief for coughs and grip symptoms, promising satisfaction to customers.
A local sale notice advertises oats straw for sale by L. M. Bosworth in Ames. The item is listed under Route No. 3 with contact Thomas Gaston and includes Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a product mention.
Real Estate Loans advertise flexible repayment options on any interest pay day with no commission. The bank offers a loan allowing payment of any amount on any day, aiming to reduce the rate and simplify borrowing for homeowners.
Willis Gibson paints the Mississippi steamboat roustabout as a traveling, independent worker crucial to river traffic. He notes their selective labor patterns, high wages in fall, willingness to move across ports, and hard, relentless shifts aboard the forecastle, transforming into a trained, responsive crew under the mate’s command.
A man dropped his wig in the street and a boy who followed picked it up and handed it to him. The grateful owner called the boy the first genuine fair restorer he had ever seen.
Dialogue pits a stern father against a son about breaking in new horses and a carriage as steam noise fills the scene. The exchange reveals practical, rustic ingenuity and a touch of humor in a rural setting.
A brief item notes a love affair theme in a Philadelphia Record line. The piece hints at romance where all is fair in love, focusing on a girl and a lover.
A traveler remarks on spectacles that are unforgettable and an absent minded old lady wishes for a pair. The exchange, cited from the Chicago News, captures a whimsically practical moment with a touch of humor.
A short literary fragment shows a character referencing an at home day and a maid answering about visitors. The exchange hints at social expectations and private versus public life in a domestic setting. Moonshine is referenced as the narrator or speaker in the dialogue.
A Formosan rule mandates a government license before a man may smoke opium, reflecting strict narcotics control in the country.
A quotation from Swi warns that no vice exceeds avarice in driving humans to extremes. The statement emphasizes the outsized impact of greed on behavior and society.
A traveler recounts a clash of Irish patriotism and Swiss scenery comparing Wicklow to Mont Blanc. The conversation, vivid yet humorous, pivots on whether the O Sull ivan cascade matches a famed Irish landmark as a measure of national pride.
The article explains engagement dating from red cards exchanged by parents, large documents used as future dispute evidence. It notes rare broken engagements in China, with fines by judges for breaches, and describes the bride’s arrival in bridal clothes as de facto contract fulfillment and parents setting the wedding date. The imperial calendar marks lucky days for red celebrations in cities and countryside.
The article refutes the belief that a longer screwdriver provides greater leverage. It argues that leverage is not the screwdriver action and that length aids grip and forces body weight and arm strength. It also notes that torque from the iron itself adds to the effort, with leverage only apparent in head breadth.
An Irish squire counsels soap on the nose to thwart Healy of Loughlinstown who threatened to pull him by the nose. The quip reflects a disdainful refusal to fight. The Kansas City Independent notes the old school stance against duel.
Ancient masks appear in tombs across civilizations. Schliemann uncovered gold lion masks in a 3000 year old Mycenaean tomb. Peruvians used silver masks for royalty, while Egyptian mummies from Ramesses II. wore gold leaf faces.
A Chicago mother explains to her daughter Lillian that her sister has a new baby making the mother the baby's aunt and the father the baby's uncle while Lillian becomes the baby's little cousin. The child asks if the arrangement was quick.
A Chicago Tribune snippet captures a weather beaten remark as a man bets five dollars it would rain yesterday, only to be proven wrong. The lighthearted exchange highlights daily life humor in the city.
In Baltimore a candidate named Spartacus faced collective itching and crowd discomfort, but relief arrived as the public reaction settled. The exchange ended without further incident and the scene moved on from the office.
The article traces pantomime origins from Italian roots to England’s 1720 Harlequin Executed in Lincoln’s Inn Fields. It highlights Grimaldi’s rise at Sadler’s Wells and long stage career, noting a 600 pound Drury Lane benefit, his later death in 1887, and burial at St James Churchyard Pentonville.
A quote from Family Doctor notes that animals tolerate poisons differently from humans. It cites antimony mercury tobacco hemlock belladonna and chloroform with varying effects on horses dogs goats mice rabbits. It argues that animal testing cannot guarantee human safety and that anesthesia might have remained undiscovered if first tested on people.
The article notes that Chinese and Indian peoples used rockets in warfare toward the end of the ninth century, long before gunpowder was invented. It states that civilization learned of fireworks in the fourteenth century and that the skyrocket’s origin traces to early nonindustrial civilizations.
The piece notes that Chinese cut jade for sculpture and Indians first inlaid precious stones into jade, using its color as a ground. It cites the India Museum in London housing the finest Mogul period examples of this inlaid work.
A young man visiting a hat shop asks for one of the disappearing hats worn to the opera. The counterclerk offers assistance as the inquiring shopper stumbles into the purchase. The scene captures a playful glimpse of fashion curiosities in Chicago.
In a quip from the Catholic Standard and Times a young man tells the Reverend that his father has grown bald from worrying about him. The exchange ends with the remark that the father has no gray hairs to fear bringing to his grave.
Humorous exchange shows Flossie avoiding a polite refusals, saying she did not utter the standard thanks line after a lunch. The vignette captures a child’s candid recall of social niceties.
A Chicago Chronicle quip features a mistress asking for a cook and a brief pun on meat serving options. The exchange lists well done, rare, and raw as the three responses, delivered in a sharp, period-appropriate humor style.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a terse exchange about uneducated people offering insight while praising a new maid as a better cook. The short dialogue hints at social contrasts and household change in the city.
The W A C presents the play Way Down East with Anna Moore and Kate Brewster among the listed characters. Tickets rise to 35 or 50 cents with advance block tickets exchanging before the sale. A separate program notes the Story County Farmer’s Institute at the Nevada court house on March 13 and 14 with lectures on hogs, dairy, forages, corn breeding, and premiums for corn displays.
City council meets in regular session. Electric light committee says current day plan not justified now. Geo Tilden resigns as city treasurer at next election. Election judges and clerks named for four wards on March 30. Ward lists include Munn Kooser Frye Cramer Haverly. Schleiter Morris Aiken Graves. Compton Bower Lanning. Harris Hemstreet. Four ward election ordinance passed and submitted for publication.
Mr. Tom Barbour and Miss Mabel Childs married last night at eight o clock at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Reuben Childs in Nevada. Only relatives and intimate friends attended. The Barbours will hold a reception at the groom's parents home east of town this evening. They will reside with the Barbours' parents for now.
A caucus for qualified electors of Ames will meet at Thompson and Graves real estate office on Wednesday evening March 18 1903 at 8 p m to nominate a candidate for city treasurer. The same venue and time will host ward caucuses to nominate councilmen for each ward and conduct related business. Committee orders L G Hanpin chairman Fred Munn 1st Ward Henry Wilson 2nd Ward Frank Fowler 3rd Ward L B Spryney 4th Ward.
Mr. C B Wingfeild of Fair Play Missouri says chronic dysentery for thirty five years improved with Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all druggists.
Patrons are informed that on Monday March 2 the business will move from its current location to the meat market building now occupied by B Read. Sorenson and Christofferson.
Qualified electors of Ames Iowa are notified of a general election on Monday March 30 103 to elect a city treasurer to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Geo H Tilden and one council member from wards one two three and four. Polling places are Motor Depot ward one City Hall ward two Butler Carpenter Shop ward three and Motor Depot college campus ward four. Polls open 8 a m to 6 p m. March 4 2003.
Notice to qualified electors of the Independent School District of Ames Story County Iowa, the annual meeting at City Hall Ames on the second Monday in March 1908 at 1 pm to 6 pm. Directors to serve three year terms, succeeding B and M K Smith. Signed C G Lex February 17 1908.
Notice to Ames electors for March 1908 city election lists two propositions. One asks Ames to accept Iowa library statutes and establish a free public library, the other to accept Andrew Carnegie's $10,000 donation for a Carnegie library building under his conditions. The notice cites election date and related background.
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