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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
5
The Des Moines Pochahontas Daughters lodge and its degree team visited Iowa council 24 Pochahontas lodge of Ames last Friday evening. About fifty Des Moines members attended. after initiation refreshments, dancing continued at Odd Fellows hall. Des Moines members returned at 4:00 a.m. Saturday.
The closing week in September was abnormally cold with heavy cloudiness. Daily temperatures averaged six to eight degrees below normal and the latter half of the week saw showers and rainfall across districts, except parts of the North Central. A damaging frost struck Wednesday morning, harming the immature corn.
Reports from three northern districts describe a killing frost with 20 to 40 percent unripe corn. Central districts saw a heavy frost with 10 to 30 percent unripe, while southern sections recorded the mildest conditions with 90 percent of corn mature. Early cutting preserved fodder and corn quality, marking an exceptionally erratic season.
Mr B W L Hall of Waverly Virginia credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cold healer. He has used it for years and recommends it to friends. For sale by Judisch Bros.
Ames Conservatory notes describe College Day observances on October 31 with Rev Douglass delivering the chapel address and the Lyric Glee Club performing next Saturday. Other items include a New York City birth, travel for Prof Beach, a gala December 7 concert with Mme Isabella Bouton, and a fall recital for Des Moines Women’s Press Club.
The Iowa State College faculty met to appoint term chairmen including Stanton, Barrett, Storms, Beyer, Bennett, Spinney, Newens, Mac Lean and others. A resolution honors Prof. G W Bissell upon his resignation to become Dean of Engineering at Michigan Agricultural College, with best wishes for his future. A Omaha special reports Prof and Mrs Resler from Ames, with Resler named director of music at St Marys Avenue Congregational Church.
A Kansas City Journal item notes the claim that the term Old Glory came from Captain William Driver of the bark Charles Doggett in 1851 when a 19 by 38 foot flag was presented to him. Driver later moved to Nashville and the flag was kept, sheltered, and finally hoisted over the capitol by the Sixth Ohio during the Civil War. The first Old Glory was later given to the Salem Essex Institute. A separate anecdote recalls Camp Meeting John Allen’s sharp wit about the devil’s grandmother during a visit to Lewiston.
Elph Uhrs host Miss Iris Hunter last Monday. Cemetery association meets at three with Mrs A J Graves. Dr and Mrs Waters host a 42 party. Guild of St John to be entertained by Mrs Charlee Hamilton this afternoon. East ern Star to meet in Masonic hall Thursday Oct 10. Various church groups plan events and district meeting on Oct 31 Nov 1. The Nonpariel club hosts twenty guests amid rain with music recitations and conundrums. Mrs Vandermast of Santa Ana attends as a non resident member.
Frank Downs calls on friends while D K Bunce tends land interests in the north. Story City residents Dick Densmore, and Chris Peterson buys the Bunce farm making him leading Story county landowner. Gravel work on the town grade continues. Ralph Jones reports prosperity on a Bazey North Dakota trip. George Brown plans a southern sojourn visiting Virginia and James Town with J W Coward.
The pleasant purgative effect experienced by all who use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and the healthy condition of the body and mind they create make one feel joyful. Price 25 cents. Samples free at Judisch Bros. drug store.
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