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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1902
Page
4
Local items include changes at Union National Bank with new cashier Tom Dodds, a move by Mr and Mrs W E Tanner, and a court case over a horse. Social events feature a China shower for Miss Belle Rice, a Taoist? party, a wedding party from Nevada, and church announcements across Ames with lectures and sermons.
A string of Ames residents and guests visited relatives and friends across Iowa Illinois and beyond including Mrs L M Bosworth in Boone Miss Lottie Rogers and Miss Mabin visiting from Chicago and Boone Attorney Charles Whitaker visiting Ames, many heading to Des Moines Carroll and Omaha.
Claim that the product cures illness or buyers receive a full refund from the manufacturers. Promotion notes it is sold by L. M. Bosworth and targets readers with a money back guarantee.
Ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a remedy for constipation Sick Headache and Indigestion and a perfect laxative. Sold by L M Bosworth.
Low rates to Minnesota North Dakota and Montana via Chicago Great Western. Tickets on sale daily in September and October. J P Elmer G P A Chicago offers full details. A. R. Annual Encampment in Washington DC October 6 to 11 1902 price 24 20 round trip via CGW with sale Oct 2 to 5 and return by Oct 14 or Nov with extra 50 cents.
Mrs. L. M. Sisson announces fall millinery opening for Saturday September 27 featuring latest styles for ladies children and misses.
Taxes due before October 1 to avoid penalty with payments at Story County Bank. Also advertised are 2021 Shropshire ram for sale or exchange, one year old and pure bred, and an Aliso Poland China boar one year old. J. E. Campbell, North College Farm.
Oscar Houge of Rosendale Iowa uses CAGWIN'S TUS a MER Ua on his face after shaving and on his hands during corn picking, asserting its usefulness.
Advice urges avoiding tree shelters in a thunderstorm but if refuge is needed climb to upper branches. Higher boughs are described as safest for birds, while the trunk suffers most as a lightning conductor due to dryness.
A humorous Ohio State Journal item quotes a fortune teller charging 50 cents for disaster and offering a dollar for a fortune with no bad luck, highlighting cheeky inducements to liberality in a skeptical era.
A court transcript records Parke recounting a vision in which he praised his wife as the world’s most perfect woman while explaining he described her to a cook from an intelligence office. Lane and Judge are present as observers.
Reverend L. L. Coulton of Circleville Kansas praises Dr. Warner's White Wine of Tar Syrup as a speedy cure for throat and lung diseases and notes it is sold at Coye Pharmacy.
A Kansas resident reports his wife’s rapid improvement using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for dysepepsia and constipation. The note from Elk City is dated December 13 1900.
A Detroit Free Press anecdote recalls Tom Reed as House of Representatives leader. A New Yorker in Washington greets Reed with false cheer, prompting Reed to reveal his sharp view of the man known for avoiding acquaintances.
In 1805 Genoa patricians wooed Napoleon with an elaborate banquet on a floating artificial garden. The feast mirrored Antony and Cleopatra with tables on pontoons towed to sea. At the end gold and silver plate were thrown overboard but recovered thanks to nets surrounding the garden.
A Cosmopolitan quotation on male virtues outlines traits such as honor, justice, reasonableness, courage, generosity, modesty, dignity, fineness, and tenderness. It argues that all these qualities together define what men admire in a gentleman.
A schoolteacher in Frome writes to a pupil's father saying the boy is myopic and needs treatment. The next day the pupil returns with a blunt reply asking the father to knock it out of Jim since he has no time.
Help wanted ad seeking a dining-room girl for employment at four dollars weekly plus board. Apply at once to A. L. Wilhelm Box 143 Iowa College.
James Swearingen and Ida Arrasmith wed Sunday afternoon September 21 at the bride’s home near Ames with Rev. Hougham officiating. A reception for about thirty relatives followed at the Arasmith homestead where J J Grove of Ames spoke. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Arrasmith and co-owns the farm with her brother. the groom is noted for fine qualities and they begin life with strong prospects.
Mr. Chas Hamilton and Mrs Ale Beck wed last night at the groom's Ames home by Rev Alcott. The bride returns from a ten weeks visit in New York and Vermont. They plan to receive friends at the Hamilton home after October 15.
Arthur Nowlen and Belle Rice wed last night at the bride’s Ames home at eight o’clock. Rev Nye of the local church officiated with Mona Talbott playing the wedding march. The couple, well known among Ames’s younger set, will reside in Ames as friends congratulate them.
Cleveland Ohio firm seeks salesmen to cover Story and nearby counties with salary or commission. Apply at The Victorio Company.
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