Show Season Opens Saturday in Ames With Variety of Shows
The Ames season opens Saturday September 15 with Gol Gotha a biblical drama in picture and song. Follow ups include Frank Mahara's Minstrels September 21 The Heart of Chicago September 27 When We Were Friends October 2 Flora De Voss repertoire October 10 11 12 and The Flaming Arrow later in the run Quincy Adams Saw yer and Quincy Adams Lawyer.
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Ames
Moving Picture
Golgotha
Frank Mahara
Chicago
Flora de Voss
Manning
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Quincy Adams
The Touch That Heals Arnica Salve Advertisement
Bucklen's Arnica Salve blends Arnica flowers and healing balsams. It promises to cure old sores ulcers burns scalds cuts wounds and piles. Judisch Bros. druggists guarantee the product at 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Judisch Bros
Too Good to Miss Theater Tale of Eggs and Boots
A manager recalls provincial touring companies profiting from maltreatment. In Paint Rock a one night stand played The Broken Vow while eggs cabbages and potatoes showered the stage. An actor dodged missiles until a gallery auditor hurled a boot. the manager urged him to keep on playing.
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Paint Rock
How a Tree Grows
A New York American excerpt explains plant and tree growth detailing how roots absorb soil moisture, forming common sap that travels through tissues to leaves where carbonic acid is absorbed, then returns as sap under the bark to deposit a new annular ring and continue the life cycle until death.
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New York American
Sailor Baptizes Child Amid Christening Ceremony
A sailor steps to the font for a baptism as part of a christening moment. The scene contrasts sailors’ view of family with the ceremony, highlighting union and tradition in a maritime setting.
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Jack Tar
The Count and Doctor on a Cough
A dialogue where The Count worries over a severe cough and the Doctor advises care for general health, quitting smoking and alcohol, and avoiding excitement to ease the cough. The Count presses for relief beyond the general health guidance.
The Black Hole of Calcutta Account
A scientist recounts the 1756 Calcutta dungeon tragedy where 146 men were confined in a nineteen by eighteen foot cell. Within hours one third died, survivors emerged in a high fever, due to suffocating air and excessive nitrogen from breathing in a cramped, Infernal prison.
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Calcutta
Sealed Orders in Naval Practice
The custom of sailing under sealed orders prevents enemy disclosure of plans. In the American navy the president issues orders to a ship or squadron via a confidential messenger. Orders are sealed with the navy department seal and opened at a set time after leaving port, preventing premature disclosure and spying.
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Navy Department
A Runaway River and the Colorado Peril
A. J. Wells warns in Sunset Magazine that the Colorado River volleys between a slow, island studded course and a sunken plain to the north and west. He imagines a canal, flood sources, and a breach in the bank that could divert the river into the desert, devastating farms and canyons along its path.
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A. J. Wells
Sunset Magazine
The Deans Raiment
Dean Stanley rode into Palermo in a strange attire after pulling a night shirt from his bag by accident. He was quietly reading as friends shouted at the sight of the outlandish dress, a humorous slip caught in London Sketch.
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Dean Stanley
Monreale
Palermo
Stanley
London
Stray Stories Quirky Exchange About Music and Baby
Mrs Talkamore teases that her husband loves music while Mrs Chatters recalls him waking at night to compose. The banter reveals a humorous domestic moment centered on a baby's presence and a restless musician.
Parlor nickname echoes in real estate negotiation
A real estate agent tours a house and the owner Kidder jokes he calls it the courtroom, mentioning his seven daughters. The exchange hints at a family story behind the property’s name.
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Kidder
Quote on Wealth as Idol Will Dooms You, Fielding
A reader quotation warns that making money a god leads to ruin and torment, echoing a moral caution from Fielding.
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Fielding
Dinky Engine Ends Service Between Ames and College
The Dinky locomotive on the Ames to Iowa State College route made its final passenger trip on a Friday night, ending 16 years of continuous service since its July 4, 1891 start. It will be moved to the Pt Dodge Des Moines & Southern shops for repairs and mixed-use work on coal line yards.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Pt. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
A Singular Calculation and Crocodile Tears
A scientist’s figures claim 10,000 hp would need 70 billion years to lift Earth a foot and 10 quintillion gallons of water to do the work. It would cover the globe to 300 feet, require 4 quadrillion tons of coal, and involve an enormous train. The note then shifts to the origin of the phrase crocodile tears and a traveler’s fable about crocodile weeping.
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Mississippi
End of an Era for the Dinky Interurban Car
The Dinky interurban, once a thriving line and dividend producer, ends its long service as electric cars replace it on Onondaga Street. Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern ownership, electrification, and a final farewell reflect the transition from familiar mood to modern transport.
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Squaw Creek Bridge
United States
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Road
Onondaga Street
Institution of
Health in the Canal Zone Temptation of skilled workmen abroad
The article notes high wages draw young artisans to Panama Canal construction, but fears of fevers and malaria deter many. It claims Electric Bitters, sold by Judisch Bros., guards against malarial illness and cures various ailments, with a 50 cent guarantee.
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Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Judisch Bros
How to Avoid Appendicitis
An advertisement claims most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy. It asserts the product stimulates the liver and bowels, restores natural action, and does not nauseate or gripe. For sale by Judisch Bros., Ames, Ia.
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Orino
Judisch Bros
Ames
The Office Boy Wins Time Off For Fair
In a Smith's Magazine anecdote a church fair prompts a office boy to ask for noon off. He explains his mother bought a one dollar ticket for him to help at the refreshment stall, arguing he is the family’s sole eater of the fare. The easy boss relents.
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Smith’s Magazine
Child helps in housekeeping for company visits
Mrs Smith praises her five year old daughter as a great help in house keeping saying she goes to tell the cook whenever they will have company. Mrs Randall asks what such a child can do to help.
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Mrs. Smith
Humorous Chinese Graft Tale of a Taotai and Shopkeepers
A Chinese taotai orders two ingots of gold for the treasury and the shopmen offer a half price deal. He directs returning one ingot to the treasury and claims the account settled. The shopmen ask when the payment occurred, prompting the taotai to rebuke them as impertinent slaves for suggesting the price.
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Harper’s Weekly
Delicately Put He Doubts Her Artful Endorsement
The speaker declines to accuse her of painting or powdering yet admits he believes she thinks she can improve upon the Lord's handiwork. The remark hints at social judgment without direct assertion.
The Plagiarist Dialogue Quips From Washington Star
A quoted Washington Star line defines a plagiarist as a klepto maniac who lacks the courage to steal what the police could be called on to protect. The exchange is framed as a father son discussion on authorship theft.
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Rollo
Washington Star
Beaconsfield Quotation on Self Knowledge
A Beaconsfield remark asserts a man cannot know others without knowing himself, framing self awareness as the key to understanding humanity.
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Beaconsfield
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