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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
7
H F Jones opened a new ice cream parlor and confectionery at the east end of Main Street Ames drawing crowds. Cramblitt's orchestra played as Jones and Mrs Jones assisted by Boone young ladies served ices and frappes. The store is praised as the finest in Story county with extravagant fixtures and ample space.
A reader praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best treatment for croup for both adults and children. The letter notes long time use and strong belief in its effectiveness. For sale by Judisch Bros.
Notice to all parties knowing themselves indebted to F. M. Darner to call at once at his office over Bosworth’s drug store and settle.
Seven year old Wright Nickeson was nearly decapitated and leg broken when a wagon wheel ran over him at Duff Avenue crossing after the train passed. The driver did not stop. He received medical care and showed slight improvement next day.
John Corbin of the Saturday Evening Post was in the city for several days last week gathering data for a feature on agricultural colleges. A prolific writer, he has recently focused on the nation’s large colleges and universities and may publish an Iowa State College piece soon.
Prospectors are invited to buy or sell city or farm property and obtain fire insurance through Darner & Hickle. The office is above Bosworth's drug store and the operator is at the Mutual Telephone office. applications requested at once.
Services as usual on Sunday with the pastor preaching twice The Sunday school and Y M C A are growing in interest and attendance Strangers are welcome
Pastor H. D. Williams conducts Bible school at 9 45 a.m. and preaching services at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p.m. The sermon themes are The Value of Fellowship and God s Investment in Man with Endeavor society at 6 30 p.m.
The usual Sunday service will be held at the U. B. church with special music Sunday morning. Preaching at Evergreen at 3 p.m. Revival services will begin Thanksgiving evening.
Walter I. Fowle leads morning services with 9:45 Bible school and an 11:00 sermon on The Crisis of Our Life. The Baraca class conducts a 7:30 evangelistic service with special music by Professor Thompson and Te Deum.
Farmers in Gilbert prepare for harvest as corn crop quality remains variable. Local notices mention Mrs. Wright visiting Ames, Mrs. Abrahamson returning home ill improve, and George Means stocking Christmas goods in Rock Island. Citizens note possible new doctor, county attorney action on medicine shops, and a looming outlook from Roland Rockets about schools.
The notice urges farmers to protect buyers by removing damaged corn during unloading and to sort out soft kernels. It warns that unripe corn and poor handling will depress prices and harm producers while promoting a tonic ad for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea.
Ames residents hosted a large Halloween party at Odd Fellows hall last Thursday with about a hundred Des Moines members joining. The event featured an elaborate supper and the initiation of twenty two candidates into Pioneer Home stead of Des Moines, with numerous officers and supreme officers in attendance.
Don Fowler vanished from his home Monday then returned yesterday afternoon saying he had gone to Des Moines. Residents note the Des Moines police searched two days without a clue, highlighting efficiency in the city.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney or bladder trouble within medical reach and cites Cagwin as the druggist endorsing the claim to readers.
A duchess enters a shop and is treated with familiar courtesy, yet her rank remains a factor in Spain. Spaniards value humility over ostentation and would rebuke any display of coronet or pretension. The piece contrasts Spanish manners with English behavior.
A 1776 entry in a diary records paying for a redish colored surtu te with a blue velvet cape. Signed by John Smith the receipt is witnessed and dated November 29th 1776.
We thank friends and neighbors for flowers and assistance during the recent loss of wife and mother. Signed by Mr. Nels Anderson and family Andrew Anderson Ceelia Piers Lewis Anderson and Mrs. Ceelia Piers.
The Times will be sent from now till Jan 1 1909 for one dollar if paid in advance. The Times is printed every Thursday noon and goes to city subscribers first delivery after dinner and to rural route subscribers first delivery Friday morning.
A collection of light English stories features Dean Stanley arriving late to dinner with a dropped button, a Oxford figure nicknamed Presence of Mind after a Thames boating incident, and violinist Joseph Joachim’s London fan stories including a nobleman’s minstrel show disguise mishap.
A Flemish gentleman planned a finite life to match his fortune and died exactly on that date. He left only a pair of slippers after debts were paid, and his grave in an Amsterdam churchyard bears a single inscription reading Effen Nyt meaning Exactly.
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