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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
4
Spring Jacket Sale Offers Several Price Points
A local shop advertises jackets in sizes 32 through 38 with price options of 6.50 7.50 and 10.00 and an option at 4.50. The listing emphasizes a range to fit different budgets.
Men’s dress shoes in limited sizes 6 to 10
Local ad offering 35 pairs of All America Vici Kid Box Calf and Velour Calf dress shoes. Prices listed at $3.50 with a $2.50 self-fit option, promoting a one dollar savings. Limited stock suggests quick sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All America
Tourist Caps Latest Styles Discounted
A sale on tourist caps offers assorted colors with prices cut from 50c to 33c while supplies last.
Crop Bulletin and Travel Offer for Cedar Rapids Meeting
Crop conditions for week ending May 22, 1905 report cooler temperatures with excess cloudiness and heavy rainfall boosting soil moisture. Corn planting advancing, especially in the north district, with progress needed in undrained lands. fruit crops fair, overall conditions satisfactory if normal weather returns. Also notice of low excursion rates on June 8 9 from Chicago and North Western to Cedar Rapids Iowa with return by June 15.
Low Rate Excursion Tickets to Council Bluffs Iowa
North Western Line offers discounted excursion tickets to Council Bluffs Iowa on June 6 and 7 for the Iowa State Firemen Association annual tournament. Return must be by June 12. Apply to agents Chicago Northwestern Ry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Iowa State Firemen’s Association
Chicago & Northwestern Ra Y
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Ames
State Highway Commission
D. Ward King
North-Western
International Sunday School Association
Chicago & North- Western Re
Niagara Paris
N. Y
Chicago & North-Western Re Y
Happenings Roundup At Iowa State College Events
Prof. Curtiss was in Chicago early this week while President Storms hosted the Senior class. Upcoming commencements and excursions loom as the baseball team plays Coe College and State Normal, with a nine hundred acre farm manager change and a Chicago alumni banquet featured among college activities and Good Roads instruction notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Curtiss
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
State Normal School
Cedar Falls
Man With Hobby Inspires Creativity Across Professions
A quotation from Terre Transcript extols hobbies as drivers of invention and progress. It argues that every contributor to knowledge or industry possesses a hobby fueling their work and ideas.
Don’t Lend Bur Roughs Money Says Catholic Standard
A cartoonish exchange notes a man’s claim he never lent money to Bur Roughs, revealing he believed his earlier help was a gift rather than a loan. The Catholic Standard and Times quotes the remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burroughs
Catholic Standard and Times
Not Pushing. Chesterfield Chauncey dialogue
A brief cartoon caption from the St. Louis Republic features Chesterfield Chauncey asking for old trousers and jokingly requesting fifty million dollars and a senate seat, exchanged with Mrs. Winrow. The humor centers on exaggerated political appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesterfield Chauncey
Mrs. Winrow
Senate
St. Louis Republic
Rival Sparks Courtship Feud Amid Wedding Tension
In a tense social feud a young bride claims her groom’s rush to wed reflects rivalry and rumor. The rival dismisses the idea, suggesting envy motivates the dispute and public speculation intensifies the marriage episode.
Woman Marries to Reform Husband Proves Time Untiring
A Philadelphia Record paragraph notes that a woman who marries a man to reform him finds time never hangs heavily, implying persistence and patience in domestic reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Cash in Advance Terms at Local Inn
A visitor signing as Viscount Hardcastle asks for service terms and the hotel clerk answers with cash in advance. This exchange appears in the Dex Moines News.
He'd Square the Circle
A Dallas News quip plays on geometry and debt noting a speaker would square the circle if given a couple of thousand dollars to settle creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Ages of horses debated by dealers and riders
A quip notes no sure method to tell a horse’s age. the punchline suggests asking the dealer and halving the result, reflecting a humorous view of horse age estimation in the era.
Record of Wall Street's Hopeful and Reticent
A quotation from the Philadelphia Record notes that those eager to share troubles are often the most stingy with their good luck. The remark reflects a cautious view of personal fortune and misfortune in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Record
Child prays and acts to free birds from traps
A child distressed by her brothers trapping birds prays for mercy and to keep birds from the traps, then physically destroys the devices to show faith and works in action. The anecdote, cited from Household Words, illustrates piety paired with practical effort.
The One Thing Lacking Dramatic Exchange
An anxious mother questions a daughter's hesitation about marriage while she cites Swansen's looks wealth and status. The daughter replies that the missing element is a proposal, revealing the central romantic obstacle in this domestic vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Swansen
Decoration Day Program and Memorial Activities
The program lists music chorus readings and Address of Welcome for Decoration Day with services at the Armory then a cemetery ceremony where soldiers will be honored and flowers laid by city school children. A list of participating names and an Executive Committee meeting at the Lutheran Church in Nevada on Saturday May 27 at 2 PM are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judisch
F. D. Ferrall
Alonzo Pruitt
Mesdames Smith, Potter, Hultz and Coffin
Laura
Sister Selby
Selby
Ames
Ames Public School to graduate largest class in history
The largest class in Ames public school history will graduate June 11 with twenty-five diplomas for both boys and girls. The week’s events begin May 26 with a junior reception, followed by a baccalaureate May 28, alumni banquet May 31, class day June 1, and commencement that same evening with Dr. A. B. Storms as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lapham
Mitchell County
Storms
Curtiss and
Stanton
Barrett
Supt. Lapham
Cerro Gordo
Worth
Cardinal Guild
Dr.Storms
Frederick J. Turner
University of Wisconsin
Ames Public School
M. A. Manning
Congregational Church
H. D. Herr
Adam’s Hall
Armory
A. B. Storms
Officers elected at Story Co. S S Association meeting
The Story Co S S Association elected officers for the coming year including President A Dean Nevada Vice President C F Kooser Ames Secretary Treasurer E A Kirk Cambridge Assistant Secretary Mrs J F Knudeson Ames Home Dept Secretary Miss Mabel Shirk Nevada Normal Dept Secretary J R MelIntire Hearing Primary Dept Secretary Miss Fannie McCoy Ames House to House Visitation Secretary L E Ashbaugh Ames Temperance Dept Secretary Dr Bunce Nevada and county executive committee members with terms expiring in 1906 1907 1908. Delegates to the State Convention at Ottumwa June 13 16 include F Brown Ames Mrs C M Miner Milford Twp Miss Nellie Robinson Gilbert and Mrs Knoude-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Dean
Nevada
C. F. Kooser
Ames
E. A. Kirk
Cambridge
J. F. Knudeson
Home
Mabel Shirk
Normal
J. R. MelIntire
Hearing
Dr. Bunce
H. F. Hearyson
Story City
F. D. Babcock
McCallsburg
J. H. Williams
F. J. Ruggles
Edwin Johnson
Ottumwa
F. Brown
C. M. Miner
Milford
Nellie Robinson
Gilbert
Knoude
Civic Improvement Society elects officers and plans year
The Civic Improvement Society held two meetings at Miss Etta Budd home. New officers elected include President Miss Budd ist Vice President Mrs M Electa Gilbert second Vice President Mrs Augusta Underwood Recording Secretary Mrs L M Bosworth Treasurer Mrs J B Kooser. Park committee chair is Mrs Chas Hamilton. Twenty five members paid dues. Work in the park began and more progress is expected this year. Next meeting set for June 5 with Mrs L H Pammel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Improvement Society
Etta Budd
Budd
Ist
M. Electa Gilbert
Augusta Underwood
L. M. Bosworth
J. B. Kooser
Mrs Jennie Newhard Marries Lloyd in Des Moines
Mrs Jennie Newhard of this city wed Mr Lloyd of Des Moines in Des Moines last Sunday. They will make their home in that city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. 8. Klinck
Agricultural Colleges
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Quebec
Canada
Local Notes From Diagonal And Surrounding Towns
C L Siverly visited Diagonal this week. Maggie Kyle spent Sunday with sister Mrs Charley Kingsbury. Louisa Rosenfeld visited Boone on Monday. Ladies Aid meets with Mrs Albin Person Thursday afternoon. Geo Starr’s sister visiting. Carl Rosenfeld bought the creamery for a barn and moves it to his farm north of town. Mariel and Blanche Rosenfeld visited Ames relatives last weekend. Mildred Maxwell and Ethel Cupps of Ames visited Eva Person Sunday. L Liverly replaces Belle Anfonsen as Kelley bank cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Kyle
Charley Kingsbury
Ladies Aid Society
Carl Rosenfeld
Mildred Maxwell
Ethel Cupps
Ames
Eva Person
Ames Real Estate Transfers From Blair Addition Listings
Real estate notices show F M Darner and wife transferring to Carl Land and E E Little a $1000 parcel in Blair Ames. Mary E Martin and husband to Alice Bare $5000 parcel in Blair Adams Ames. Thos A Dodds and wife to W D Rich $600 north half lot 6 and story lot 5 Blair Ames. Anna J Sweeney to F M Cupps $500 lot 6 Blair Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darner
Carl Land
Lees
Ad Ames
Mary E Martin
Alice Bare
Blairs
Ames
Dodds
Blair
Anna J Sweeney
Blairs Ad Ames
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H. W. Dow
Elizabeth Moore
Erzland
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Duff Street
Prof. Holden
M. L. Wilson
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Dallas Center
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C. W. Lamborn
Philip J. McGuire
KE. E. Faville
Sioux City
Don M. Carter
Mr. Luhman
Mr. Bonebright
Luhbman
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P. A. Smith
America
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Commencement Ames High School
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Lavrana Ward
Genevieve Perkins
Higt
Bessie Griffith
Goeb
Annie Allife
Floyd Campbell
Bertha Herri
Irene Buchanannty
Man
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Night
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Louis Doggett
Lena Randaa
Thomas McCall
Sadie Clark
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Grace Powell
Leslie Buchanan
Mildred Semmons
W. L. Fowle
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Chas. L. Buchan
Irene V, Buchan
Edna Bevington Floyd B. Campbi
George A. Clark
Sadie L. Clark Lyle H. Corlette Winnedge B. Cox
Louis H. Doggett
Bessie I. Griffith
Bertha D, Herr
Guy L. Horton
Mildred M. Maxwell
Frank E. McCall
Thomas M. McCall
Ethel M, Perkins
Genevieve H. Perkins
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Fred A. Randall
Lena BE. Randall
Benj. H. Read
Warren T, Smith
Jean R. Underwood
Laurana
Ward
Charles C. Lake
The
Story Co. S. 8S. Association
Kelley
C. L. Siverly
Diagonal
Louisa Rosenfeld
Boone
Mrs. Geo. Starr
Mariel
Blanche Rosenfeld
L. Liverly
Belle Anfonsen
Kelley Bank
Real Estate Trensters
MFGR
Huskers Liniment
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