Local notices and events in Ames community
Local misc items include births and anniversaries, sales and property trades, rentals, and notices from Ames in 1921. Highlights mention a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Erickson on September 17, the Mahara Minstrel show September 21, farm sales like the Katie Mauger and DeLong estates, and various local business and social notices around Copps Cupps hats, tax payments, and band performances.
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Copps & Gupps
Martin Erickson
Sycamore Street
Burt Allen
Burton Clothing Store
Nevada
Harry Perry
Mahara
Opera House
Tom Thompson
Katie Mauger
DeLong
Duff Street
Personal Paragraphs from Ames Community News
A long column lists visitors and residents in Ames and surrounding towns. Names include J. B. Kooser Parley Sheldon Arthur Johnson Fred Walkay Parley Sheldon Mrs LM Bosworth and others, with trips to Des Moines Marshalltown Kingston Ill. and Tucson Ariz. plus local family notes. The piece closes with a humorous anecdote about a grocery store misunderstanding.
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Fred Walkay
Des Moines
Ames
Times Corrects Date to September 19 1907
Readers are told the date line on the first page of today s Times is misprinted. The correct date should be September 19 1907 rather than September 12 1907.
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TIMES
Nerve in Action Causes Stir at Local Grocery
A colorful character described as the lady with nerve stops by a curb near a grocery store and asks a passerby to fetch sugar for her, interrupting two men who were talking. The scene unfolds in a busy street setting with nothing else confirmed.
First Victim of Trolley Blamed on Speed at Ames Depot
After a fire at Kelly, a 9:20 interurban to Ames struck Charley Akin, son of Mr and Mrs B L Akin. He received a deep gash above the right eye requiring five stitches and was taken home to recover. Authorities say he stood too close to the track as the car slowed into town. The incident occurred as crowds gathered at the depot. The day also featured the annual Freshman Sophomore class scrap planned for 3:15 pm with a tug of war over a shallow stretch of water.
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P. P. Brown
Clara McConnell
Frank Noble
Duff and
Story Streets
Geo. Burton
Foley
Bright
Judisch Bros
Ames
Kelly
Ito Town
Charley Akin
L. Akin
Winters
Jack Watson
Watson
Nantasket Egg Ploy Draws Requests From Public
A playful verse notes a Nantasket maid who hid a market egg in a basket and invited others to come and ask for it. The rhymed item appears in a Chicago Tribune reprint.
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Nantasket
Chicago Tribune
Saber Toothed Tiger A Forte in Ancient North American Fossils
The saber toothed cats or tigers form a dominant fossil group dating to early North American times. a large Indian Territory species lived with hairy mammoth, suggesting contemporaneity with humans. They featured elongated canines, long tails, short legs, and jaw adaptations to protect teeth.
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North America
Indian Territory
Cope
Europe
South America
Two More College Men Gone
The Iowa State College reports the loss of two alumni this week. R. L. Gribben, class of ’06, was named an instructor in animal husbandry at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst. He previously taught at Iowa State and was a member of the 1905 stock judging team that won national honors. R. W. Crouse, also class of ’06, will lecture on animal husbandry in Virginia, a new department initiative. He will depart for Virginia in a few days.
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Iowa State College
R. L. Gribben
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Amherst
Massachusetts
Gribben
R. W. Crouse
Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Crouse
Love as the supreme healer and peace maker
A Success Magazine quote extols love as the great disciplinarian and harmonizer. It calls love a balm for unhappiness and a sovereign cure for malice and cruelty, asserting kindness melts anger and softens brutal passions.
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Success Magazine
Dress to denote married men in public debate
A dialogue highlights proposals for distinct male attire to signal marital status. Maude mocks the idea, while Clara argues for lawmaking, noting that a man in outdated dress on the street would indicate he is married.
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Clara
Maude
Chicago News
Union Men's Meeting at the Armory Sunday Evening
Union men are invited to a meeting Sunday at 7 30 in the Armory. A J Elliott International Y M C A Secretary will speak. All men come.
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A. J. Elliott
International Y. M. C. A
Union Meeting for Women at Congregational Church
Women from the Congregational Church gather for a union meeting with Mrs. Mary H Kilbourne in charge and May Pardee, new Y W C A secretary of the college, as speaker. Special music and invitation to all women.
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Congregational Church
Mary H
Kilbourne
May Pardee
Grapes Thieves Face Campbell Patrol Ruckus
Mr Campbell rounded up local youths stealing from his grape patch north of town last night. He waited to identify them and then opened fire injuring several, leaving hats behind as souvenirs while neighbors watched from the fence.
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J. E. Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Story County Fair Ad Promises Big Nevada Event
The association runs a Nevada advertisement announcing next week’s Story County Fair features. Vendors highlight attractions and exhibits expected at the event.
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Story County
Nevada
Sheep A Heady St. Louis Prize Rams for Sale
A sale offers a few choice fancy rams out of St. Louis prize winners. Copestatke, R. R. 4.
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St. Louis
Copestatke
R. R
Executor's Sale Notice in Story County Bank steps Ames
Public sale of solvent real estate from the estate of Joseph S. Smith deceased. Property is in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32 township 83 range 24 Story County Iowa. Sale from the steps of the Story County Bank Ames at 2 pm October 19 1907. Parley Sheldon executor.
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James L. Smith
Samuel W. Smith
William T. Smith
Ralph E. Smith
A M. Middleton
Emma
Hatfield
District Court
Away County
Iowa
Joseph S. Smith
Kelley
Aili
Story County
Story County Bank
Ames
Parley Sheldon
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Skinner Harris
Old Engineering Hall
Gen. J. R. Lincoln
J. B. Kooser
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F. R. Brennan
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Boston Theological Seminary
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Love Is
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Union Men’s Meeting
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