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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1903
Page
4
New consignment received with skirts and waists arriving. White Mohair and Black Mohair waists, Metallic Dot Flannels, heavy vestings. Standard Fashions Patterns in stock. Good styles and fitters. Prices described as “lettle cheaper.”
A brisk sales pitch touts fresh cape and coat lots and emphasizes stylish variety and low prices. Bargain batts at 5c catch attention while blanket stock remains strong from 50c a pair up. Buyers urged to hurry for best selection.
A flurry of personal visits and travel unfolds across Des Moines Ames Nevada Boone Ogden Madrid and Waterloo with many residents and visitors staying over Sundays and weekdays. Notable movements include G Lee J J Grove Frank Leibrook Lottie Rogers and others visiting from or to Des Moines Nevada Boone Madrid and Maxwell.
Chicago University chair of public speech head Clark previews readings from Ulysses by Stephen Phillips. Fall football triumph 41 to 6 over Grinnell sparks campus celebration as the North-Western Line offers special rail rates for International Live Stock Exposition attendees in Chicago 1903.
A 1903 letter from Toronto informs Van Chamberlain he is entitled to 160 acres in Canada for Fenian era service. It outlines how to select the land, obtain location certificates, and use land guides at government expense, with rules on single or double locations and the need to verify available parcels.
An aged gentleman confesses to a minister that he has five unmarried daughters, the youngest being twenty eight, after the minister suggests memories of a lost daughter. The exchange reveals lingering sorrow and the social note of a large brood.
The Army Post Special departs Ames at 8 a m for Des Moines and returns from Des Moines at 10 30 p m Friday November 13. College cadets and band will ride the train.
A woman who fainted last Thursday in front of the post office may recover with Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The remedy is sold by L. M. Bosworth at the store, promising relief from biliousness.
Lady Catherine Wyndham daughter of the Duke of Somerset and wife of William Wyndham reportedly died at Orchard Wyndhams in Somersetshire and was buried beneath St Decuman’s Church near Watchet. The sexton opened her coffin at night, she awoke, found her way home with a lantern, and months later bore twins, one becoming Sir Charles Wyndham and Earl of Egremont.
Scroggs relates that a toothache was viewed as a temporal blessing by Henpeck, as Baggs reports his bemused reaction. Scroggs notes the ache helped him forget other troubles in a witty exchange.
A report notes that women account for one sixth of landowners across Great Britain, indicating a notable gender share in landed property holdings and wealth.
Francis West six year old son of Mr and Mrs F J West died after a farm wagon runaway near Ogden. He was crushed between wheel and tree and died twenty four hours after the accident at 11:30 Sunday. Funeral held at home then Ames interment with many relatives and Eastern Star and Masonic lodge members present.
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