Ames College Vaccination Order Aids Smallpox Control
A college community faced a smallpox scare as new cases appeared and President Storms issued a vaccination order. Students and downtown residents rushed to vaccinate, with ten cases at the college pest house and one downtown case under quarantine. Those not complying faced suspension until proof of vaccination. Chamberlains Cough Remedy is endorsed by a resident.
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College
President Storms
Storms
Tilden
College Hospital
A. B. Storms
Chamberlain
J. Urquhart
Zephyr, Ont
Chamberlains
Judisch Bros
Price comparisons and local notices from Ames
A reading of 150 years ago shows corn, turkey and wage costs far lower than today. Local items report Mrs. Slater ill, a lost C O B pin, improving wounds from a wreck, upcoming Troubadours concert, Mme Bouton performances, church work progress, and a Pete Shugart automobile sighting with Eva Shugart driving.
Thanks to S.8. Girls for Courtesies After Accident
The writer expresses public thanks to the S.8. girls for courtesies after the accident and to friends and neighbors for tokens of love and esteem.
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S. 8
The Dublin Zoo Ape Seeks Forgiveness Before Death
A famed Dublin Zoo ape cherished daily chats with the principal but sulked after a royal visit. Stricken with consumption, the animal revived briefly to seek a final handshake before dying, the St. James Gazette reports.
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Grant Buff
Dublin Zoo
Coventry
St. James
The Wrong Goldsmith
A political speaker recalls an incident where a heckler named Harry Loff mistook a reference to the poet Goldsmith as aimed at him. Loff struck a bystander before realizing the clue pointed to the deceased poet, not the man in front of him.
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Goldsmith
Harry Loff
Loff
Ounce of Whisky Three Times a Day Misread by Irish Pat
A physician orders an ounce of whisky thrice daily for an Irish patient. Pat’s wife learns an ounce equals sixteen drams and gives him that amount each time, leading to drunkenness rather than prescribed sobriety. The tale from London Tit-Bits highlights a miscommunication.
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Pat
Dochter
London
The Jewel of Forgiveness
A contemplative meditation on forgiveness comparing human weakness to paying a price for reconciliation. The passage extols forgiveness as a force that heals wounds, likening the offender to a sea worm creating a pearl within a mussel shell.
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Richter
Importance of the Engineer in Social Progress
A Cassier's Magazine observation asserts that engineers in the broad sense will become increasingly essential to social progress and the ultimate physical well being of humanity will depend on their labors and inventiveness more than any other class.
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Cassier
Responsibility and the growth from duty
The passage argues responsibility unlocks power and growth. It claims strong individuals emerge when thrust into leadership, revealing originality, initiative, and grit. It notes many clerks possess latent ability but lack chance to act. only by urgent responsibility do talents surface. It stresses environment and risk shape leadership potential.
Foley's Honey and Tar Safe Under Pure Food Law
Cagwin the druggist promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe cough and lung remedy not governed by the Pure Food and Drug law, noting it contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is suitable for children and adults.
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Foley
Cagwin
Fake Telephone Calls
The mistress resists a maid proposing secret calls to imply popularity. The maid explains prior employers encouraged such calls to look busy. The mistress recalls past interruptions and refuses to buy popularity through telephoning.
Fishes That Are Lost In Early Development
The piece notes that common mackerel spawn about 50 000 eggs, but only a tiny fraction survive to maturity. It argues that most losses occur when young are unable to fend for themselves. Artificial hatching and rearing could boost survival to about one in 25 000 or even one in a dozen.
Foley's Kidney Cure Promoted By Cagwin
An advertisement by Cagwin the druggist asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can treat any kidney or bladder ailment within medicine's reach.
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Foley
Cagwin
It Depended Joke Between Two Workmen Over Yard Measurements
English John and Pat are two friendly workmen who constantly tilt at each other. John asks how many shirts can come from a yard and Pat answers it depends on whose yard you get into in a quick witty exchange.
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John
Pat
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Mme Bouton
Choral Society
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Metropolitan Opera Co
St. Louis
Pete Shugart
Eva Shugart
Eee
Smith Premier Typewriter Co
Farnam Street
Fifth Street
Omaha
J. F. Williams and
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Judisch
Iowa
EVIVO
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Chica
Gamble Drug Company Times
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Peffer Medigal Associatom
Chicago
Joel E. Cagwin
Pete Eda
Lee Stove
Lusta
Detroit
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Dr. Pierre Chemical Co
Loughran @ Bauer
Foley ¢ & & Company
Joel E
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J. G. Jenkins
Chapel Hill N. C
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