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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
2
Story County records show favorable weather aiding spring seeding and early fieldwork around Ackley Cambridge Huxley and nearby towns. Residents note social visits school events rain welcomed by farmers and ongoing home improvements as residents travel for family and visits.
Mr and Mrs Otis Briggs were guest of honor at four entertainments hosted by friends in Nevada. The Westminster society summoned a debate at the Presbyterian church and will stage Gordon and Burnetts Holy City on April 19 at the opera house. Rev Fegtly spoke in church, Rev Boyd was re elected, and many clubs held meetings at homes. Local residents visited, hosted, or tracked illness as the community gathers for spring events.
The writer reports on a damaged harness incident and warns about future action. A surprise party at the Melvin Ross home pleases guests with a buggy ride, while Ossie Freed loses a valued guitar in a dark room. Several visits and family motions are recorded, including Rosco Van Duzer’s trip home, Des Moines and Ames connections, and health news at Des Moines hospital.
L H Smith sold twenty four hogs to a Nevada buyer last week. The animals aged ten months weighed about 321 pounds each and topped the market. Miss Olive Birney traveled from Webster City to Maxwell to begin teaching Monday. Three children of Mrs Ellis attend school in Will Gilmore's Gilmore farm at Milton. Long fragmentary notes list Mil ford residents H B Kelly J F Warren and J A Gilmore among others.
New items list callers visiting Ames including Mrs Ed Holmes Mrs Isueler Mrs H C Thompson and others. Dances visits and greetings marked by short notices with residents from Ames Story City and Gilbert and travelers to Colorado Illinois and Des Moines.
Misses Blanch and Rutie Apple from Des Moines visited grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Clayton. Mrs. Luella Watson returned to teach at the school. A new post office building is rising west of the bank. Emmet Pervis visited the W. A. Gassard home. Mrs. E. J. Penfield was in Ames Saturday afternoon.
In Huxley last Friday two Leii children, aged four and six, suffered serious head and eye injuries when a manure spreader in a barn was shifted into gear. The younger boy sustained a scalp wound and the older lost part of an eyelid, with eye damage. They were treated in Des Moines and may lose some vision. Also, near town, A T Freland’s horse collapsed and died, worsening local animal labor shortages. Pearl Floden, eight, underwent major surgery in Cambridge for a serious illness, under Dr Hanson and her local physician, with a gradual but cautious recovery expected.
Samson Rorvig dies at his son Sam’s home near Roland on April 1 aged 85 years 3 months 21 days with services at Bergen's church. He leaves three children including Mrs. N. EB Nelson Sam and John. Slater obituaries note Mrs. Lulu Hendrickson Harpel buried at Bethlehem cemetery. Many townsfolk attend lectures church events and visits across Roland Slater Ames and surrounding towns.
Mrs Ruth Miller, aged eighty two, honored at a birthday supper on Tuesday April 24 at the home of Mr and Mrs Oliver Wingate. The Grimes family from Zearing visited Wingate relatives last week. The Christian Endeavor society held a social at E P Pierce home on April 2. O D Igon welcomed his father H C Igon back from wintering with the Ellsworth family. Iowa Central agent K A Smith vacationed in Houston Texas, with Kennedy of Grinnell filling his duties. Easter was observed.
Johnsons attended a Cambridge dance last Tuesday and Sam Johnson joined the Cambridge dance last Wednesday. Jack Benington and Jack Bates took a business trip to Huxley, and Bert Vogt went to church in Cambridge Sunday night. Nellie Newgard began teaching at Union Grove, Lena Fatland started school at Scott Valley, and Ray Scott shows improving health.
Cambridge notes a Monday eve at the Johnson home honoring Sheldon Johnson's sixteenth birthday with attendees including Joseph Olson Aaron Van Wecel Willie Walker Andrew Bre land and Clarence Mason. Several local news items follow including injuries from a derailed handcar accident and plans of residents moving to North Dakota.
Mr Jacob A Jacobsen dies suddenly at his parents home after heart trouble. Community events include Uncle Rube at Swan's Opera House and a Roland home play. Attendees from St Olaf College and Des Moines visitors, lectures, meetings, social events, and church activities are reported with several names and locations.
The Misses Maud Hazel and Mildred Moore Bertha Myers and Will and Lester Moore visited the Fred Moore home Sunday afternoon. Residents report ample branches after a Cambridge sale Saturday. Henry Myers and Mrs Myers called on Harry Benington Sunday evening. Mrs Fred Moore and Miss Georgie were mentioned in the nearby updates.
The public library lists new arrivals including Nellie's Memories by Carey and Sense and Sensibility by Austen. Other titles include The Moonstone by Collins and Stories of the Sea by Halo, among several others newly shelved.
A rough OCR fragment lists diverse book and author names including Horns ung, Stingaree, Stockton, Rondaine tales, Palm er, Austro-Hungarian Life in town and Country, Hawaiian Yesterdays, Howells, English Towns, Pepper, and Panama to Patagonia.
A brief remark notes that a cynic uses hostile speech to attract attention, suggesting the tactic stems from a desire for notice rather than genuine belief.
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