Des Moines and Iowa People News Bulletin
Miss Gertrude Harlan visits Toledo over Sunday and Miss Vina Clark attends a Des Moines horse show. Des Moines announces the Corry and Kirk engagement and Iowa State College prepares cadet battalions, band, and a rich lecture series with Hubbard Riis Gordon and the Boston Symphony Orchestra program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Harlan
Toledo
Vina Clark
Des Moines
Mesdames Bennett, Knapp, Newens, Stanton, Noble, Resler
Miss Placeway
White House
Edgar C. Corry
Anna Marie Kirk
Miss Kirk
Marie Chambers
Iowa State College
J M Garrettson Relies on Fire and Dr King’s Discovery
San Antonio man credits a roaring fire and Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with curing years of asthma. He calls it the only known cure for asthma as well as consumption and lung troubles, priced 50 cents to 1.00 with guarantees and free trial bottles at L M Bosworth’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Garrettson
San Antonio
Tex
Dr. King
L. M. Bosworth
Republicans Organize Fifty Members in McKinley Club
A Read's hall gathering organized a McKinley and Roosevelt club with about fifty attendees. Officers elected include G A Underwood president and F T McLain, Dan McCarthy, F N Fowler, and H W Knapp vice presidents from four wards. An executive-financial committee includes C Q Lee and M Hemstreet among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read’s Hall
McKinley Club
Fr. Fowler
G A. Underwood
F. T. McLain
1St Ward
Dan McCarthy
2Nd Ward
F. N. Fowler
3Rd Ward
H W. Knapp
4Th Ward
C. Q., Lee
F. Hh. Mann
R. H. McCarthy
M. Hemstreet
Joe Cohn
Executive Committee
McKinley
Roosevelt
H. W. Marsh
Financial statement of Ames National Bank shows assets and deposits
Henry Wilson cashier signs sworn statement listing assets including loans and discounts 121972.55 dollars and reserves 96 010 50 with total resources 322 346 34. Liabilities show capital 50000, surplus 10000, profits 42007 46 and deposits totaling 322 346 34. Document dated September 19 1900 with notary and directors signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Eegrese Ful
Pal National Bank
CUA Sevckery
State OF
Iowa
Leg
Story
Henry Wilson
Clergyman Names Latecomers To Silence Distracted Parish
In Cornwall a boisterous minister began naming late arrivals during service to stop parishioners from turning to watch newcomers. He progressively announced "Mr S with his wife and daughter" then "Mr C and William D" and finally "Mrs S in a new bonnet," prompting startled glances as ladies checked their hats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwall
Mr. S
Mr. C
William D
Curious 1858 Azores Icebound Brig Found By Castaways
A battered mastedless brig drifted into Corvo in 1858 after years frozen in ice. Two British sailors, then runaway, recovered furs worth about $4,000 and two barrels of beef before setting the wreck ablaze. No papers or name could be traced. The crew likely numbered 10 to 12 and the vessel seemed provisioned for a year. The letter in the forecastle dated the abandonment nearly fifty years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Azores
Corvo
Just an Ordinary Steak in Hamburg
A New York Sun observer recalls trying Hamburg steak in Hamburg. Despite using German, the waiter was unfamiliar with the dish. The meal arrives as chopped beef formed into small cakes, labeled Hamburg steak by Americans, highlighting the international naming mismatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
New York Sun
Milk quality improves after new supplier
Mrs. Younghusband notes better milk quality and asks if there is a difference. Mr. Younghusband confirms an 80 quality and says the milk is a marked improvement over recent supplies. She bought sufficient to last a fortnight from a new man who guaranteed purity.
Quotable quips and ads in a Harlem Life page
A Boom quotes a jolly undertaker and 300 new doctors graduated last night. Chicago Journal notes the misquoted critic. A pocket books and purses ad from Tilden and Loughran promotes varied wares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlem
Tilden & Loughran’s
Burr's Fight Against Fate and Theodosia's Vanishing Voyage
Aaron Burr, aged sixty, seeks fortune in New York as a lawyer earning $2000 in two weeks. News arrives of his grandson’s death, then Theodosia Allston departs Charleston for New York aboard the Patriot and vanishes at sea near Hatteras. Burr shows little emotion publicly, but laments a sense of severing from humanity in private letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Burr
William Perrine
Ladies’ Home Journal
New York
South Carolina
Burr
Theodosia Allston
Patriot
Theodosia
Charleston
Hatteras
Father
Violin Music Arouses Reactions In Various Animals
The violin experiments drew varied responses from creatures including a tarantula, scorpions, a cobra, polar bear, grizzlies, lions, a hyena, an elephant, and an ostrich. Tremors, evasive postures, and distress followed changes in tempo and pitch, with the hyena reacting strongly to a snapped string.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington visit sparks a tip debate in hotel tale
The Chicago Inter Ocean recounts Booker T. Washington stopping at a Chicago hotel where an old waiter William treasured the sight. A boarder, a generous tipper, asks Washington about tipping. Washington supposedly opposes tipping, prompting William to declare his firm, if humorous, stance against it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington
William
Mistah Washington
Weather Prophecies of Samuel Clough From 1702 Almanac
Samuel Clough who edited The New England Almanac in the early eighteenth century is cited as a cautious predictor. He forecasts January cold if it frose near fireside, wet weather in April with sun brings fair weather, and in July hints that fair weather draws people to Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Clough
The Voice In High Altitudes
Races living at high altitudes tend to have weaker higher pitched voices due to oxygen levels. In the Andes plateau regions at 10,000 to 14,000 feet, men sound like women and women like children, with shrill monotone singing.
Poppinjay Dialogue: Father Reacts To Hall Kiss
A brief exchange from the Boston Transcript recounts Melissa Ann telling Poppinjay that her father was not angry about a hall kiss last night. He said the sight made him sick rather than mad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poppinjay
Melissa Ann
Boston Transcript
Notice of sealed bids for tile drain work Ames Town 1900
Cal Giddings Clerk invites sealed proposals at the city electric light plant office in Ames Town until 6 oclock p m September 24 1900 for furnishing material and performing labor to construct a tile drain on Onondaga and Clark streets. Plans by A Marston and L C Hodson on file. Proposals opened September 24 by city council at the electric light plant. Bid security $5000 with bond 50 of contract price. Council may reject all bids. Witnessed at Ames Iowa September 10 1900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Electric Light
Ames Town
Onondaga and
Clark Streets
A. Marston
L. C. Hodson
Ames
Iowa
Divorce Petition in Story County Iowa Files Details
Original notice in district court Iowa Story County names Chris Jensen as plaintiff seeking a divorce on grounds of habitual drunkenness and desertion. Iva Jensen is required to appear and defend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Jensen
District Court of the v8
Owa
Story
Iva Jensen
District Court
State of Iowa
Story County
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