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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
4
A crowded column lists a candy sale at Novelty Store and a drawing prize at T J Miller and Sons. An Arlington Hotel reopens Tuesday under D Cupps with various society notices, church services, and benevolent day at the Methodist church planned for next Sunday. Elite’s arrival is noted and local engagements and business moves are mentioned.
The clipping notes Buy lists for Danforths and Loughran Bauer stores, midwest commerce, and social events. Rip Van Winkle draws two hundred tickets sold with a call to join a guessing contest at J. J. Miller & Son. Community notices include school events and church programs.
Fragmentary market listing shows canned fruit items with quantities. Readable parts indicate 31 can Plums and 3 lb can Pears as item entries.
Excur sion tickets at greatly reduced rates are on sale to the territory indicated above. Standard and tourist sleeping cars free reclining chair cars and the best of everything. For full particulars apply to agents C. and N. W. Ry. 6-15th.
The London Standard notes the first English pantomime in 1720 at Lincoln’s Inn Fields titled Harlequin Executed. It credits Grimaldi with transforming pantomime mid eighteenth century after a landmark Sadler’s Wells debut and a long career including a £600 Drury Lane benefit in 1828 and a £100 fund gift, ending with his 1837 death and burial in Pentonville.
The note argues that animals tolerate many poisons differently from humans with examples like anti mony in horses and belladonna in rabbits. It warns that chloroform kills animals more readily than humans and suggests animal testing in this field would mislead about human safety.
Promoter invites readers to note eastern Texas rapid development as a truck and fruit growing country. Encourages support for Timely Topics No. 2 and claims Texas resources are illimitable. Address provided: Katy 500 Wainwright, St. Louis.
Excursion tickets offered by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway for a round trip May 26 and 27 to the Shiich Battlefield dedication events. Return limit June 11. Apply at Chicago and Northwestern agents.
A fragment from Horace Greeley era shows a rule banning starting paragraphs with the word the, prompting a furious editorial dispute. Mixed with it are classified notices and obituaries including Miriam Bailey Waltmire’s death in Ames Illinois, a June 1 rent listing, and a nine room house for rent on the south side.
A fine line of the latest patterns in wallpaper is showcased at Loughran and Bauer, offered at attractive prices for home decoration.
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