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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
6
In Des Moines last Saturday the Beaners routed Iowa with swift hits and aggressive base running. Reilly held Ames scoreless after the fourth while Kent and Cobb shut down the challenge as the crowd of Iowa fans dwindled.
Ames debaters were chosen after a fierce contest for the I S N S debate program. The plan to hold a double debate in the fall was adopted, with one negative and one affirmative team from each school. The Ames line up includes Bliss, Cohagen, Garberson, Kupfer, Longwell.
A historical note on seven virgins garlands in Minsterley church dating from 1554 to 1751, with details of design and ritual. The piece shifts to a baseball meet featuring the Lilliputians with players Smith Lidwall Barry and Cunningham, Iowa cheering Grinnell, and Ames anticipated contenders at Des Moines with Curt, Mutch, Waggoner, Hubbard, Beard and Bickel aiming for points. The Iowa game tomorrow aims to restore Kent’s team reputation and cap the season with strong attendance and sportsmanlike hosting.
A prominent Wall Street broker recounted discovering a fire under his desk only after a caller, a client who lit a cigar, reported it by phone. He was surprised by the blaze unseen due to a filing cabinet and said he would hire any quick-witted person who can think to telephone in an emergency.
A round nine inch hole in a granite monument side nine miles from the City of Mexico is called Pluto's safety valve. The polished opening shows human workmanship, yet the hole was not drilled or polished by man. It has emitted hot air and smoke for over 300 years.
A quotation attributed to Hmerson emphasizes that strong individuals create opportunities and shape futures. It contrasts feeble vision with the bold ability to foresee farms and houses, suggesting the strong man’s eye makes estates as quickly as the sun forms clouds.
A young Sunday school teacher recalls a boy miscounting the apostles as about a dozen in a gentle exchange. The remark highlights how childhood mishearing can amuse adults and shed light on informal education.
The Dutch Band performed on Main steps Friday evening and a rooters meeting failed to form. Des Moines delegation sparked a community celebration as a broad jump pile near Morrill Hall was lit with a firebell and rockets. Grinnell beat Ames 6 to 2 after a late rally. Harris struck out ten, Valerius had a key lift and Klein, Wilder, and Cotton contributed.
Grinnell beat the Lilliputians 3 to 2 after Ames opened with a first inning run on an error by Parsons and a long hit by Branch. Ames added a second tally in the third on walks and hits by Parsons and Dunkle, while Grinnell scored in the fifth and ninth. Barber was hit by a pitch in the fifth, scoring on Klein's hit and Wilder's sacrifice.
A London Telegraph tale tells of a woman joking with an insurance agent who had long urged her to insure herself and family. She pays a shilling and signs a policy, then asks to see the stuffed cat. The agent takes the money and declares she should claim the payout when the cat dies, then exits.
The article traces how fire led early humans to warmth and cooking, describing the evolution from shelter smoke to a roof hole serving as a chimney. It notes that the word stove relates to a heated room and recounts a diagnostic test for life using a candle flame on the forearm to detect air or liquid as indicators of life.
Note recalls Emerson not first to use the expression and cites the Greville Memoirs dated March 22 1830. It mentions the line about dissolution and the man in the street as one who knows kings secrets, a term used among racing men at Newmarket.
A compact editorial fragment argues that words gain meaning not from sound alone but from collective agreement and the ideas tied to them, noting the influence of usage on significance.
A Success Magazine quotation emphasizes that reaching any goal requires bending toward it with full force. It asserts progress grows with the intensity and persistency of effort, framing determination as the key to attainment.
A Hard Cat plans a brief holiday visiting ancestral scenes while Mrs. Newcast contemplates the idea. Mrs. De Bleu Blood-Cutting dismisses slumming as outdated in the exchange.
Quip recalls Thomas Bailey Aldrich on Job’s trials and jokes the only proper boil location is between John and O’Reilly. The witticism frames a debate on fate and humor in classic literature.
A fragmented listing shows multiple individuals with surnames and initials followed by numbers and letters, likely catalog or docket entries such as Ashdown John 116 Aplin C A 117 and others including Dixon George 129x and Nohes George 79y, with an appended Times Office text.
Mr. J. B. Massey of Minneapolis reports twenty years of sciatic pain relief after using Chamberlains Pain Balm. One application eased the pain and sleep returned. less than a bottle cured him. He urges others to try the 25 cent bottle, sold by Judisch Bros.
Over a million acres of land will be opened to settlement on the Shoshone Indian Reservation on August 15, 1906. Lands are accessible via the Chicago and North Western Railway from Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and other Mississippi Valley points. Send 2 cents in stamps for pamphlets maps and full particulars to W. B. Kuiskern P. T. M. C. & N. W. Ry Co Chicago. 52-41 cow.
Ex position tickets to Des Moines via the North Western Line offered on May 31 June 1 4 and 5 with returns valid through June 8 on account of Grand Lodge A F & A M. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents.
Advertises Mountain Tea by M. Bosworth as a remedy for stomach and back weaknesses with a price of 35 cents, noting it takes effect on Sunday April 29 1906.
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