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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1903
Page
4
The store advertises new fall and winter stock across departments including ties undergarments corsets girdles petticoats and ladies wear. Highlights include Butterick patterns Delineator subscriptions Wooltex skirts and an array of fabrics and new suits with prices from 1.00 to 10.00 and upcoming sale events.
A compact Ames paper column lists shop promos and events. T. J. Miller & Son advertises flavors and picnic goods while Mrs Belt features silk wraps and chiffon veils. Socials include So So club, Nonpareil club gatherings, Rossar Mason's comedy at the opera house, and church and civic meetings with dates and venues. The column notes births, farm sales, and local notable moves, plus upcoming performances and auctions.
A legend says a kingdom fell for a nail but Count Herrison argues the end came after Sedan because Eugenie could not find the proper riding habit. Girardin advised abdication from the palace, but a green gold riding suit and a three cornered hat doomed the plan and the empire.
The department features Hart Schaffner Marx clothing Han An shoes and Hawes hats. Hawes Hats are worn by millions and there is strong demand leading to a fall order.
The department promotes White Star coffee in bulk for 20c to 35c per pound and in bags at 25c to 40c. Aimed at 500 families to learn its merits, with emphasis on quality over fancy pricing.
Miss Nina Starr and James Hutchison Jr. wed this afternoon at Mrs. Rose Starr's home in Ames. The ceremony was intimate with relatives and close friends. both natives of Ames, Starr a ISC graduate, Hutchison a civil engineer now in Salt Lake City. They plan a Pacific coast honeymoon and then settle in the West. Times offers congratulations.
Excursion tickets offered by the Chicago North Western Railway and the Chicago & North Western Railway for trips to Baltimore Maryland and Toledo Iowa. Tickets on sale September 17 to 19 for Baltimore with favorable return limits for annual meetings and September 14 to 18 for Toledo County Fair with return through September 19. Apply to local agents.
A retired journalist argues reporters are born, not made, sharing an anecdote from Chicago testing two new men. One produced a sensational two column piece, the other a dry report, illustrating that natural instinct identifies news even in ordinary events like a man biting a dog.
A man exclaims a bet on a law question and a great lawyer will settle it. The issue asks who owns title to a combined bird and cat after a two dollar Brown cat and a ten dollar Jones bird are joined. The source cites the Chicago Post.
The playwright in the wings turns pale with excitement as stamping feet and roaring voices call for the author. The manager urges him to slip out the stage door and escape while there is time.
When coal runs short the eucalyptus tree could replace it. The tree stores more sun energy than any other plant and in South Africa is cheaper to grow than import coal. An acre of eucalyptus yields about thirty tons of coal annually.
A short exchange from the Washington Star features Mr. Comrox saying he does not applaud at concerts unless a piece meets his standards and would not please his mother and daughters, illustrating generational musical tastes.
A Balzac remark on inner beliefs notes that convictions kept silent are neither sincere nor profound. The concise quote emphasizes honesty in expressing personal principles.
Births include Kelley a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ole Wicks east of town. Ames fall term begins for Miss Fenton and several locals visit Des Moines. Wicks, Lytle, and Wortman households described. Blanch Rosenfeld injures foot on a nail. Students board locally for Ames school. City council meets approving hitching post removals and real estate option for sewage disposal. Taxes set for multiple funds and a council seat vacancy filled. Lighting improvements planned for Fayette Kellogg corners and 4th Ward bridges.
Family reunion held Sunday Sept 6 at John McDonald home seven miles southwest of Ames. Guests arrived with baskets, noon dinner followed with prayers by the oldest member, the afternoon was spent under trees, and attendees returned home by six. Present were Mr and Mrs John Meiers, Mrs L H Garman of Polo Illinois, Mrs W A Martin of Dixon NL, Mr and Mrs Chas Hallowell and family, Mrs John Snyder and family, Mr and Mrs Willis Guise and family, Mr and Mrs Will Meiers and son, and Mrs Minnie Cobb and son.
The funeral for R. D. Shearer was held Saturday at 10 o clock at Evergreen church south of town led by Rev. R. E. Graves. Interment followed in Walnut Grove cemetery. Born May 21 1845 in Marion county Indiana he died Sept 2 1903 at his Ames home five miles south. He married Jane Bates Oct 30 1873. she survives with six children Cyrenus Willard Floyd Mrs Mary Stanley Miss Alta and Flossie. He was a lifelong U B church member and Christian.
At last Thursday's school board meeting the bids for the 1st ward school building were opened and the contract awarded to C. B. Atkinson for $8585. Work will likely start next week. A Tuesday night session sold bonds to George N. Bitchel & Co. of Davenport. Miss Ida Grillet, science instructor, left for Miles City Montana for a new post at $800 yearly. R. E. Buchanan of the college botanical department will fill her position temporarily. Miss Olive Hoffine of Marshalltown has been elected to chair of mathematics at the high school and will start duties next Monday.
The Sunday school board met September 7 and elected officers and teachers for the coming year. Elected officers include Mrs Waltmire, Mr Beyer, Floyd Williams, Dr E S McCord, Harley McElyea, and Mrs Beyer. Teachers named include Mrs Westerman, Asa Vandermast, M Brooks, Dr McCord, Mrs Robinson, Mrs Gibson, A Treman, Miss Maxwell, Miss Lanning, Mrs T J Miller, Miss Anna Hemstreet, and Albert Miller.
A person who found Mrs Duncan's handbag and kept its contents may avoid prosecution and a possible penitentiary term by returning the bag or leaving it at Tilden Bros. store. A ten dollar reward is offered for the return of the property.
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