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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
7
The Unity club will hold its first fall meeting next Wednesday with Mrs. Jeffrey for business only. Club organizers are asked to file calendar copies at the city library and Miss Freed the librarian will prepare materials for members.
Mrs. W. P. McDonald entertained a small company of ladies at cards last Saturday. The guests included several members from the old 500 club of last winter along with additional guests.
A group enjoyed a Saturday party at J G Alexander's home with Miss Frances Merz Bert Ageton and Perry Preston among out of town guests. PEO chapter meets Tuesday September 6 to discuss prehistoric Americas with papers by Mrs McCarthy and Mrs Beyer. Sun Dial DAR opens September 5 on campus with a 10 minute review program and readings about Pilgrim history.
Unity club members and husbands attended a social evening at the Warner and Pepper homes on Hodge Avenue last Friday. A six course supper at the Pepper home followed remarks by Mrs. Jeffrey and Mrs. Warner, who delivered witty observations about the husbands.
The Country Cosmopolitan club gathered Friday evening with Mr and Mrs George Buck south of Ames. Readings by Homer Templeton and Miss Emma Murphy accompanied a vocal solo by Max George. Election of officers was held resulting.
In the selection meeting James Dodds is chosen president Fred Randall named vice president Emma Murphy secretary Mrs W P George treasurer Several guests attend including Dr and Mrs Maxwell Dre D M and Jennie Christ Mr and Mrs Valentine Mrs Frank Evans and Mrs Loud The text meeting is planned with Mr and Mrs Shinn in two weeks
On Wednesday morning August 31 at the Woodruff home Theressa Woodruff married Hiram Henry Powers of Crookston Minnesota. The lavender and white lavender ceremony featured Miss Hazel Brandt on piano, Dr. O H Cessna officiating, and a three course breakfast before the couple departed for Crookston where Powers works at the agricultural school. Theressa, a former Ames resident and I B C graduate, has taught domestic science in Crookston and Olympia Washington. Only out of town guests were Mr and Mrs Miller of Waterloo.
The Dode Fisk show, originating from Minnesota, impressed Ames with a noon street parade and two well attended performances. The acts were clean and commendable with no rough or rowdy elements, suggesting a promising future for the touring circus.
The Central Baptist Association will be held September 15 15 with evening sessions aimed at broad appeal. Speakers include Dr Batten, Jowland Hanson of Des Moines First Baptist, and Dr Osborne of Des Moines College. Watch for the program next week.
A woman telling an employment manager she wants a purse girl who can handle twins. A maid candidate proves twins experience and wins the job. On start, only one infant present. mistress reveals the twins claim was a ruse to test competence.
A Nottingham area clergyman praises London goods and sermons during a parish shop visit. He quips that for a good con he goes to London and for a good sermon he goes to London, prompting a local reaction about his church attendance. The clipping ends with a proverb about effort turning failure into success.
The Louisville Courier Journal recounts a poet describing inspiration then noting the editor promised him ten pounds. The piece frames a loving woman's heart as a sanctuary and mentions Limarae as a referenced element.
A brief exchange highlights admiration for a person described as having polish and finish. The dialogue suggests curiosity about this individual's presence and capabilities, with a sly remark about lacking observation.
A brief quip notes Ethel and Jack defeating Maud by hardness and coldness with a line about diamonds and ice cream in a Boston Transcript style.
Ames buzzes with arrival of students for the fall term though classes start Monday. Residents note heavy baggage traffic at the depot and lively streets as students return. In local notices a birth is recorded for Mr and Mrs Arthur Ball a son born Monday August 29. Cagwin's advertises a 1 5 cent special on Japanese china and Perrys offers a 10 cent line. Harry Brown and family move to a new home at Tenth Street and Kellogg Avenue. Alva Howard sustains a foot injury at the estate fair and leaves work. C B Nelson wins a Toledo contract to install electroliers needing twenty eight poles.
In reminiscences of a free church musician, BE Minshall recalls meeting Professor Prout during school days. He describes a wedding where the Dublin professor presided at the organ, guiding the couple in with Wretched Lovers and concluding with Father, Forgive Them, For They Know Not What They Do.
A speaker recalls relatives with aging, toothless grandma and a joke about keepsakes stored in a bureau drawer like Aunt Tillie’s. The fragment suggests family memory and curiosity about hidden items.
A Washington Star quip notes that imitation remains the sincerest flattery yet does not improve the acceptability of counterfeit money. Uncle Eben’s tongue in cheek remark critiques sham currency and public gullibility.
A compact reflection on language noting how abundant words often conceal sparse sense beneath. The quote emphasizes the value of substance over excess in expression.
A brief, humorous exchange unfolds as Wadsworth calls Main 3967 and asks for Mr Hammersley. When offered a talk, the caller chooses to kiss him in a lighthearted Chicago Record-Herald moment.
Mr Dustin Stax claimed he would retire with a fortune and he has kept his word. He places his wallet and his check book under his pillow whenever he goes to sleep, according to the Washington Star.
A Life magazine reflection notes that brutal acts by individuals perpetuate further violence in society, suggesting that cruelty begets cruelty and urging awareness of the human cost behind such conduct.
A London Times correspondent tours rural China reporting one village dispute after an inn door collapse. The innkeeper and spouse protest loudly but the traveler pays 100 cash to settle, restoring harmony as it recalls Edinburgh anecdotes of lodging damage.
A landlord asks a question about a disturbance and the lodger replies that a sneeze from the next flat was the cause. The exchange captures a humorous, everyday domestic moment in shared living spaces.
Baseball expert Hugh & Fuller ton describes Ed Delehanty’s extraordinary hitting feat in the American Magazine. He belts four homers and a single in five plate appearances off Adonis Terry, including a line drive over short and a 400 foot homer to center, witnessed as Lange retired.
The narrative describes a late defensive miscue as the ball rolled toward the second baseman and Chicago secured a 6 to 5 victory. The play indicates a tense finish with Chicago edging ahead despite the tense moment.
A debating society weighs which is angrier the husband returning home to find dinner not ready or the wife with dinner ready who then sees her husband do not come home. The expectation is a draw.
A life sentence means a convict is imprisoned for the remainder of their life. An example is a person convicted of murder who receives a life term in prison with possible parole after many years.
A damaged line reads in part that without joy nothing is done well and references a good conscience. Attribution appears as Dibbes but the fragment lacks context or full source details.
Tea moved by Chinese junks to Japan Korea Tonguin Anam Cochin Burma Siam India Ceylon Persia and Arabia. Records show shipments to a great westward river country beyond Arabia then caravans to Manchuria Mongolia Kuldja Tartary Tibet Persia and northern India.
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