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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1907

Page

4

Golden Wedding Anniversary Of Mr and Mrs Hannibal Wakefield

Friends and relatives gathered at the Wakefield home to mark the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. The event drew about seventy five attendees, with gifts of gold keepsakes, a shared dinner, and reminiscences of Story county life. The Wakefields aged 76 and 72, with ten children, were praised for a long, prosperous, peaceful union. The celebration included speeches by R. M. Hunter and attendance by distant relatives from Iowa, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Hannibal Wakefield Story County Ammon Hipsher Elizabeth Hunter Iowa Hannibal C. Wakefield Windsor Vermont Lovina Garberson Homesville Holmes County Ohio Marion County Mr. Wakefield Hannibal John E. Davis Sarah Kegley Wakefield Laura Wakefield-Maynard Inwood Emma and Maude Story City Polly Ames Malvina Carpenter Will Bellefontaine A. W. Garberson C. D. Garberson R. M. Hunter Sibley H. Robbins Jessie Wash

Community social notes fill Ames week

Club and social event notices fill Ames pages. Meetings include Ames Hospital Guild March 13, St Johns Guild March 7, W R C at Odd Fellows March 8 and other gatherings at homes of Mrs. Graham Quick Burton King and Chamblain. Sock social raises funds for church. Nonpareil Club hosts annual guest day with country costume program.

Ames Hospital Guild Myra Graham Adams Hall Cramblitt Orchestra Maynard Laura Wakefield Inwood Iowa Percy Wygle Wygle F. W. Linebaugh Miss Witter Methodist Church Jennie Christ Ella Boyd Emma Williams Margaret Leland Ireland Campbell Denmark Cagwin Egypt Dyer Germany Ella Greeley Loretta Williams Gibson Norway Cag Win Semmons Cuba Merry England Mary Little Canada Pearl Little Japan Gertrude Reed Bohemia Tinsley Italy Williams France Gamble Persia Criswell Spring Jones Bauer America Leland Meeker Luella Robb

First Warm Spring Days Bring Outdoor Joy and Colds

The piece notes springtime excitement as children emerge from winter, shedding heavy clothing while warnings about a spring cold surge rise. It promotes Chamberlain's C E Remedy as preventing pneumonia from colds, claiming it cures and is safe, with Judisch Bros selling the product.

Chamberlain Judisch Bros

Ames Church Services and Sermon Topics

Sunday activities listed for multiple Ames churches include Bible school at 9:45 a.m., worship at 11:00 a.m. with sermons on themes such as The Work of Spiritual Diagnos and The Conscience, junior and senior youth groups in the afternoon, and evening services. The Episcopal and Baptist churches note a lent talk and authority-themed sermon respectively.

Ames Cemetery Association Emeline Chamberlain Etta Budd Perry Bower Lillie Gilchrist B. Read A. J. Graves J. M. Gilbert Steve Deal First Baptist Church Walter J. Fowle Junior Union Gospel Service

Church Sermons Preview on Atonement and Theology

In the morning the pastor will preach on the Doctrine of the Atonement. In the evening the sermon discusses the Carboniferous Age of Theology versus The Modern Bath, aiming to appeal to thoughtful minds and address seat day conditions.

Congehegationat Minehio

Methodist Episcopal Church Schedule

Andrew M. Shea pastor conducts Sunday school at 11 with F M Capps The Family Altar sermon at 11 00 a m Junior League led by Martha Knudson at 6 30 p m Epworth League topic Life Through Christ at 6 30 p m evening sermon The Convert and His Reading led by Albert Hollingsworth at 7 30 p m.

Methodist Episcopal Church Andrew M. Shea F. M. Capps Martha Knudson Epworth Christ Albert Hollingsworth

Kidney Cure Testimonial From Evansville Customer

Evansville resident B Speigel recounts years of kidney and bladder pain and weight loss. After three doctors failed, Foley's Kidney Cure brought relief from the first bottle and complete recovery after the second. Druggist Cagwin endorses the product.

B. Speigel Virginia St Evansville Ind Foley Cagwin

Coal cars derail on interlocking plant crossing

Last Thursday afternoon two coal cars derailed at the interlocking plant on the A. and C. Railroad and C. and N. W. line, blocking traffic and tying up branch trains. A wrecker from Boone cleared the wreckage, one car was repaired and the other discarded, with traffic resuming about 6:30 P.M.

Boone

Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Praised by Kirbyville Merchants

A Kirksville Iowa merchant Mr W S Pelham extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as superior for coughs colds and croup. He notes twenty years of use for throat troubles and recommends it for children. Judisch Bros. sell the product.

W. 8. Pelham Kirksville Iowa Judisch Bros

First Ducks Claim Hung on Mallards by Chark Shockley

The article credits Chark Shockley with killing the season's first wild ducks, noting his prior hunting notice and returning with two elegant mallards. It playfully comments that their early arrival defies the old adage and suggests the early bird gets the worm, here implying a successful early hunt.

Chark Shockley Addage

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