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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
3
A feature on how wealth protects signatures from forgery reveals methods from a tiny back blot on checks to cork signature copies and crossed checks. It recounts a 50 000 dollar saving, a kidnap plot foiled when a missing blot halted payment, and the constant vigilance of bankers and secretaries in guarding signatures.
A fragment from an obituary or feature notes the sculptor Saint Gaudens admired for genius modesty generosity and noble ideals. The piece cites Harper’s Weekly remarks that illuminate his artistry and an unnamed work that has perplexed some minds.
A Christie’s auction of Sir Henry Irving’s effects yields a surprise when an unknown portrait is recognized as Buckstone, the actor, painted by Daniel Maclise. A lone bidder wins the lot after a quiet sale, easing ahead at a modest price to claim the work.
The Westminster Gazette notes Dr. Tronchin, ally of Voltaire Rousseau and Diderot, popularized walking among the elegant classes in 18th century France. Before this, leisure nobles rarely walked, and the Tiers Etat walked out of necessity. The term tronchiner described strolling outings and attire, though the verb later fell out of use.
On a Durham county turnpike Coleridge, famed author of The Ancient Mariner, met a wag who teased his riding. The poet, awkward on horseback, replied with a wry exchange about a tailor and a goose, then rode on unflustered.
Autograph letters of Edmund Kean reveal actor salaries in the early nineteenth century. Offers ranged from £3 a week as acting manager at a new theater in Wych Street to £25 a month, with later bids of $12,000 yearly for America. His peak included £200 per week in Edinburgh and £50 per night in Dublin and Cork in 1829.
A Philadelphia Ledger item quotes a fashionably titled exchange about a maid bought as a prize who, after appendicitis surgery, believed she belonged with the upper set and was released.
A light quip about telling a joke to an acrobat highlights Wisejay's remark that the performer tumbles easily. The Morristown Times features the playful exchange.
Morning prayer and sermon at 11 a m with subject The Universal Note of Christianity. Sunday School before the service at Ames church led by Rector Herbert A Wilson.
Pastor H D Williams leads 11 a m sermon at the Church of Christ with Bible School at 9 45 a m and Endeavor Society at 6 30 p m Strangers students and citizens are invited to all services Evening service expands to union services noted elsewhere
Pastor W J Minchin will preach morning on Life's Compensations. Evening features two Union services. A men’s meeting in the Armory under Y M C A with speaker Mr Elliot and a ladies meeting at the Congregational Church with Miss Pardee Y W C A secretary.
Walter I. Fowle pastor announces schedule for Bible School at 9 45 sermon 11 00 Junior Union 1 00 and B Y P U 6 30 then the church will unite with union meetings at the Armory and the Congregational Church.
Rev J W Stiverson leads Sunday services at 10 a m Sunday School with Mrs I N Dixon as superintendent. Morning sermon at 11 a m Junior at 3 p m Senior society at 6 30 p m Evening sermon at 7 30 p m on Fears and Fear Not at Evergreen 3 p m. Conference year ends next Sunday with meeting in Des Moines next Wednesday September 25.
Andrew M. Shea pastor conducts services at the Armory with 9 45 a m Sunday School 11 a m sermon 6 30 p m Epworth League led by Harry Caldwell 7 30 p m Union men meeting led by A J Elliott YMCA secretary Union women meeting at Congregational Church led by Miss May Pardee College Y W C A
A Greenville Alabama man, R. G. Stewart of Stewart & Bro., reports severe diarrhoea left him weak until a single dose of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured him after nine days of ineffective treatment. He recommends the remedy as best for bowel complaints and notes it is sold by Judisch Bros. in Ames, Iowa.
The article lists key 1907 rule changes including longer halves by five minutes, loss of possession on certain forward passes, surrender of the ball on third down when the pass hits the ground, allowed line-man ball carries with position constraint, fair catch definitions, penalties for non play side actions, and scrimmage down if others catch a fair catch.
The Golgotha company presenting a moving picture show in the Armory was detained by the Ames Hotel landlord over unpaid bills. They stayed until Monday, received funds from Chicago, and hurried back to Chicago, noting the show did not meet advertised expectations.
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