Club and Social Events in Ames Tonight
Social calendar lists KK club gathering with Miss Crawford and invitations for a sewing event at Mrs. J A Warner’s home. Also notes Jenny Sylvester hosting dinner for Mrs. Thomas Dodds and Py thian Sisters outing at Willard Morris. Included are festivities around Nonpareil meeting, P E O sessions, and upcoming marriage announcements.
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D. C. Kreidler
Oak Park
Chicago
Belle Jameson
Harold Plumley
Plumley
Iowa State College
Oak Park Avenue
Civic Improvement Society
A. i. Munn
Charlies Hamilton
Frankinehaugh
M. C. Bolies
Edlittle
Bolies
Iowa
Ames
Civic Improvement Society of
Miss Edith
Ft D D M S TIME TABLE Interurban Cars Southbound
Interurban schedules list arrival and departure times from Boone Fort Dodge Des Moines Ames and college street cars. Des Moines to Ames runs Saturdays only at 11:00 pm with arrival 12:35 am. Ames Duff Avenue service runs 6:45 am to 10:20 pm every half hour. First Westgate car 7:00 am. All trains daily. Corrected May 8 1911. William L Park agent.
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Boone
Kelley
Boone &Ft. Dodge
Des Moines
Ames
Aimes College
Duff Avenue
Downtown
Alltreet Crossings
West Cate
Ww. L. Park
World Growing Better Through Health Aid
Mrs W. W. Gould of Pittsfield New Hampshire credits Electric Bitters with curing her long stomach and kidney problems after other medicines failed. She urges others to try the remedy, claiming it helps liver and kidney issues and improves overall health. Sold at all druggists.
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W. W. Gould
Pittsfield
N. H
Buc
WASP WAIST CONTESTS IN OLD GIRLS SCHOOLS
A Detroit Free Press excerpt reveals that sixties era school principals ran waist reduction contests for girls. Prizes went to the smallest waists, with strict rules requiring no removal of corsets at night and daily inspections to ensure stays remained tight.
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Detroit Free Press
White Deer Skins as Early Chinese Currency
A London Tit-Bits note recalls barter in ancient China where white deer skin served as cash. Emperor Qu Ti's treasurer restricted skins to royal park deer, creating a monopoly whose high value funded the treasury, while Russian walrus hide seals also served as pay in Alaska seal fisheries.
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China
Qu Ti
Alaska
London
Stenographer Applicant's Humorous Misstep
A midwestern judge advertised for a stenographer with legal experience. An anxious applicant briefed for the test and mistakenly typed an absurd phrase, transforming “devastation of the assets” into “devil's station with a hatchet.” The judge amused, but let her leave without correction.
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Middle West
Madrid's Fearful Climate and Shifting Temperatures
The London Chronicle notes Madrid's highly changeable climate with summer highs near 107 degrees and winter lows around 16. Temperature swings occur year round, even within a single day. December can start around 20 degrees and rise over 60 degrees by afternoon, with oscillations as large as 87 degrees. The paper links such volatility to higher lung ailments versus St. Petersburg.
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Madrid
St. Petersburg
London Chronicle
How Music Affected Boswell and Johnson
An excerpt notes Boswell’s intense musical sensibility, contrasting his nerve reactions with Samuel Johnson who dismisses music’s power. It includes a quip from Senator Sorghum about frugality, reflecting public wit about personal habits and spending.
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Boswell
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
The Influence of Trees Inspires Civic Hope
The note champions planting trees as a act to improve the planet for future generations. It links personal virtue to communal pride and suggests that even without self pride, one should respect others efforts.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. K
KK. Club
Miss Crawford
J. A. Warner
H. A. Greeley
Mrs. Dodds
W. W. Sylvester
Thomas Dodds
Arapahoe
Colorado
Pythian Sisters Lodge
Willard Morris
W. 11. Stevenson
P. EE
Secret Service of
The
United States
A. L. Potter
L. H. Pammel
Cunningham
Julia McKibbon
Iowa City
Mrs. Cox
Cox
Hodge Avenue
Guy Dodds
Nox
Maxwell Ging
Louis H. Doggett
Georgia Allen
Nevada
Alen
Minneapolis
Ira Allen
Doggett
Tilden Peupant
Mono Clan
W. S. Read
Berglund Piano Co
Main St
Overland
Sorghum
Washington Star
Mars
Iad
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Tilden
Victor
Victrola
Masters
Quade Studio
Main Street
Edison Phonographs
Edison Records
C, Sorenson
Fish and Game
Canier Bros. & Herman’s
Cravenetts
Burley & Stevens
Daniel Bros. & Herman
Ames,a
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