Cyclones Face Gophers in Tough Ames Showdown
Ames prepares for a hard game against Minnesota on the Gopher field. Key Ames players Thayer Stouffer Rutledge McElhinney Lambert Ris tine Hubbard and Murphy are highlighted as central to stopping Minnesota. The Oct game context includes church histories about Oakes Ames and early town life.
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Minnesota “Gophers
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Ames
Cyclones
Thayer
Stouffer
Husky
Rutledge
McElhinney
Si Lambert
Shady” Ristine
Hubbard
Murphy
Secretary Newlin to speak in Indianapolis on saloon nuisance ruling
Hon. C. E. Newlin secretary of the Indianapolis Business Men's Association will speak three times in November about the first week in November. The association helped bring the ore Judge Artman case which held the saloon a nuisance and unconstitutional in common law. Newlin is manager of the association.
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C. E. Newlin
Indianapolis Business Men's Association
Artman
Newlin
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promote Digestive Health
An ad describes common appendix discomfort as caused by constipation and liver torpor. It claims Dr King’s New Life Pills regulate the liver and bowels, preventing appendicitis and establishing regular habits. Available at drug stores for 25 cents.
Anniversary notice recalls Ames church dedication
Rev Minchin of Congregatora church announced that on October 6 forty one years ago a church was dedicated on the same ground as the current structure. Contractor Mr Shearer, father of Mrs D M Hayden, was present. Ground was secured by Mrs Cynthia Duff, a pioneer of Ames.
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Minchin
Half Million Drafts Found Along Northwest Tracks
A bundle of bank drafts totaling over two hundred different instruments from Valley National Bank Des Moines was found by night agent Ferguson near the NorthWestern tracks last Saturday. Drafts ranged from 15 to 10000 dollars, all honored, sent through Chicago clearing, suggesting they fell from an express car. The bank is awaiting directions as the drafts remain in the ticket office safe.
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Ferguson
Valley National Bank of Des Moines
Clearing House
Chicago
Express
For Sale by Judith Bros Cold Cure Endorsed by Waverly Man
A local promotion notes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as the best cold treatment to prevent pneumonia and other illnesses. B W L Hall of Waverly Virginia says it is the finest remedy and has recommended it to friends. product sold by Judisch Bros.
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Judith Bros
B. W. L. Hall
Waverly Va
Judisch Bros
Earls Cynthiana Ky
Chamberlan
When Napoleon Walked and the Allied Remnant Parade
An eyewitness recalls Napoleon marching on foot on November 25 with generals and 700 to 800 officers amid frozen, starving troops once 60,000 strong. The scene includes Murat Eugene Berthier Ney and others as tears fall from Picart’s eyes. An American traveler’s identity is tested by scholars in Khiva.
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King Murat
Eugene
Italy
Berthier
Prince
Neufchatel
Ney
Mortier
Lefebvre
Picart
Sergeant Bourgogne
Dream Premonition Dilemma Prompts London Debate
A London couple wonders if dream visions can warn of real crimes. A woman recalls a vivid scene of a man stabbing a young woman and later learns the same couple rented the house she had dreamt about. She asks friends how to act if dreams foretell tragedies.
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London
Surrey
How Sugar Is Refined
A description of the sugar refining process notes dissolution in hot water to 1.25 specific gravity, raising the solution to the upper floors for heating to 210 F, lime neutralization, filtration through cloth bags and bone black, followed by vacuum evaporation and crystallization at 140 degrees. The method is attributed to leading refineries, with poorer sugar produced by a less complete process.
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St. Louis Republ
A Rigid Examination by Colonel Gardner
Colonel Alexander Gardner recounts in Soldier and Traveler a stay in Asia when he was suspected of being a Russian spy. The accusation carried great risk due to anti Russian feeling, yet the feverish traveler was nearly indifferent to his fate as officials sought the khan's inquiry.
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Alexander Gardner
Asia
Bookworms and Book Borers Like to Work Quietly
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat report discusses the superstition of bookworms and explains real insects harming books. It notes borers bore small holes, cockroaches cause damage, and American books resist with chemical treatments while southern Europe libraries suffer from borers and ants.
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Europe
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Thunder frequencies by region across the globe
A historical note lists regions with the most thunder days per year. Java leads with ninety seven thunder days, followed by Sumatra eighty six Hindustan fifty six and other areas such as Borneo the Gold Coast and Rio de Janeiro. European patterns show Italy thirty eight days highest while Britain and Switzerland tie at seven and Norway has four. Cairo sees only three days and northern Turkestan and polar regions are very rare for thunder.
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Java
Sumatra
Hindustan
Borneo
Gold Coast
Rio de Janeiro
Europe
Italy
France
Russia
Great Britain
Switzerland
Norway
Cairo
Turkestan
Polar
Dandy Horse Birth of the bicycle in 1818 Paris
The father of bicycles, the dandy horse, was invented in 1818 by Baron von Draise of Paris. It had two 30 inch wheels in line, a wooden beam frame with a saddle, and was propelled by alternating foot kicks, a crude precursor to the modern bicycle.
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Baron von Draise
Paris
Broiling Advice and A Texan’s Cyclopedia Contrast
Broiling tips emphasize hot steady heat grease the gridiron and turn meat often while keeping skins clean with buttered fish and flour. A Texan colonel scene contrasts with a book agent who discovers strong boys ride mules not reading cyclopedias.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Grandfather Portrait Ends in Laughter in China
A conceited wealthy villager had his grandfather’s portrait repainted by an artist who felt slighted. The painter rolled the nude-tinged work and warned the man to wait until New Year. When unrolled the villager cried that the old gentleman was not yet dressed.
Poor man given shilling warned away from drink
A kind old lady offers a shilling to a tramp and cautions him against vile drink. The tramp thanks her, jokes about tavern choices, and says he will visit the Black Bull where he believes the better drinks are kept.
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London Spectator
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Gophers
Galena & Northwestern Ry
Capt. W. M. Greeley
Mr. Shearer
Valley National Bank
Ames Conservatory of Music
Iowa State College
Ames, Iowa
Alexander S. Thompson
Kooser’s Store
Napoleon
Moscow
America
England
Texas
THE
Sherwin-Williams Cos
Bosworth Drug Store
Mutual Telephone
Iowa Telephone
City
College
365 Mutual
Ames Pantorium
Heedick
E.M. Hooker
C. E. Holmes
Ames, Ia
Emporium OF Music
W. G. Stockwell
Prop
Bell Phone
Tl. Adbdas
Mutual Phone
Iowa
the Bank of Kelley Kelley
General Banking
E. J. Penfield, Co. L. Liv . Pres. Gamer
Ucensed
the Undertaker
G. D. Loud
Kooser Brothers
Mutual
L. A. Morris
East Main Street
F.D. Burdick Mutual Phone
Boone ST. Ambs
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