12 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
1
A display of new dress fabrics in all styles and colors offers affordable options for every shopper. Bright prints, solid tones, and versatile weaves promise value and wardrobe versatility for the season.
The notice argues that shoes should show the maker's name Selz to ensure fair value for work, warning that without the name you may receive a square or poor deal. It urges buyers to verify the brand on footwear to maximize return on their labor.
The Times corrects errors about the Ames college electric line. Service began Saturday at 6:50 a.m. not Friday. The interurban runs 31 round trips Ames to the college each day, and 8 more round trips to Ames for college traffic.
The school board approved starting the high school day at 8:00 a m and ending at 12 50 p m this semester citing travel distance and morning efficiency. They compare with Denver Lawrence and Des Moines where the plan has shown satisfaction and note benefits in early rising and more morning study while acknowledging minor inconveniences.
Former Ames resident F. J. Dvoreck was cleared in district court at Nevada on a wife desertion charge. Attorney Addison raised a legal point that ended the case swiftly under the new law. Dvoreck, jailed 46 days, had Webster county residency before filing, and he and his wife returned to Ames together on the evening train as a reconciled couple.
Friends here were surprised to learn Will Ellis and Hat Tie Clark, both of this city, eloped to Marshalltown last Saturday. They slipped away early Saturday and returned Sunday saying they had been married in Marshalltown around 2:30 PM.
Last Saturday morning at 6 50 the new college electric car began service from Ames downtown for a thirty minute round trip to the college and back. The Des Moines Boone interurban runs eight round trips daily. The college car operates every half hour at specific offsets while the interurban runs mornings from seven with cars every two hours. Service is described as fine, clean and fast with freedom to travel.
On Saturday September 14 Ames residents may view a moving picture and stereoscopic Passion play from Oberammergau presented for one night only at the Armory Opera House. The company, booked for 298 days, brings an original complete reproduction with illustrated song and violin solos and is highly instructive for all denominations.
The article urges constant vigilance around railways amid frequent accidents. It notes pedestrians rush across depot platforms without seeking trains and emphasizes that those who work near trains stay alert by habit. It concludes with the proverb fools rush in where angels fear to tread and a call to always look before leaping.
A compilation of property transfers lists numerous deeds from W J Zenor and others to Daniel Milliken, James Sargent to M E Rubel, Myra L Graham to Susie Layman, and several more. Transactions show buyer names, purchase prices, and parcel descriptions across Ames Cambridge Nevada and surrounding areas.
Miss Clara McConnell has bought the hairdressing and manicuring parlors of Mrs. Frank Noble and will reopen at the corner of Duff and Story streets about Oct 1. A derailment on the main eastbound line tied up a freight train for several hours last Saturday morning as two box cars derailed near the yard office. No cause was found.
Bob Clark wins the county cup shoot in a tie with Smith at 22 in the main event. Clark breaks and Clayton 7 in the shoot-off of 10 birds to claim the cup as spectators and managers note low attendance and modest support.
Last Wednesday evening in Nevada the wedding of Sinkler Hytland and Effie Ayers took place with Rev. Shaw officiating. Both residents of the city, Hytland formerly ran a Jefferson photograph studio and has since worked in the Ames boot and shoe business with his father. They will live at the T. O. Hytland home.
A sizable new storage house is rising at the Munn lumber yard to store lime plaster cement and more. The two story structure measures twenty feet high sixty four feet long and twenty four feet wide with a big basement. The project aims to be among the biggest additions to the business in recent years.
Walt Dyer, the interurban station agent, resumes duties after a two week leave of absence and returns to work at the downtown terminal.
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