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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
6
The ad praises Hart Schaffner & Marx garments for their thoroughbred look and all wool quality, noting the lines and tailoring. It promotes the clothes as giving wearers a superior appearance and invites readers to purchase for their use.
This week customers can buy shoes for boys or girls and receive a credit of tee to apply toward stockings. The shoes advertised are wear resisting and designed for children. The hosiery available is promoted as high quality.
Dr. G J Snyder spent Sunday in Des Moines visiting his parents. Gene Livingston has bought the B A Knudson property on College Street. The Carrol Herald praises the Times-Republican as well filled with news and well edited and managed as a leading Iowa daily.
The Beardshear school flag was raised to half mast on Monday to mark the death of President Abraham Lincoln.
Arthur Markle of St. Joseph Missouri arrives to study violin with Prof Klima at the Clark Conservatory of Music. Markle is a gifted young musician and expected to be a valuable addition to Ames violin corps.
Ed Wagner foreman at the college farm was seriously injured Monday night while handling a team of colts. He was found unconscious and remained so for over twelve hours. He is now recovering and is expected to regain full health.
General Manager J L Blake and the chief engineer reviewed the Ames line on Monday. Officials have no definite start time for onondaga street roadbed work but hope to begin before the month ends.
J D Woodruff of the Midland Lyceum Bureau reports from Illinois that business is good and locals are using him royally. He will place talent for a few weeks before returning to the platform and his bureau duties.
Captain Chas Alfred and Col. Geo O'Brien are spending a week on Colorado plains. Alfred carries a 30-30 Savage rifle and O'Brien a .22 Special rifle. Alfred hopes to shoot a big gray wolf while O'Brien plans to fire at prairie dogs and mix business with leisure.
Jack Daniel will perform in a Saturday night college play with Ed Clark Ed Kooser Harley McElyea Glenn Fultz and the cast including Miss Stella Merrill Miss Grace Tinsley and Miss Bernice Shugart. The production accompanies the class banquet.
Arcadia Lodge calls all fellow crafts to attend Friday evening April 19 for work on the second degree. A. 8. Griffith, W. M. F. N. Fowler, Sect.
The gold men of the college will host a stag banquet to honor the 1,8. O. debaters and orators for the past year. The event takes place Saturday night in Adams hall with toasts after a dinner served by Mrs. Paxton.
General Lincoln and Adjutant General Thrift inspect ground at Chariton to organize a new company of national guards replacing the one that recently mustered out at Atlantic.
Tilden Bros and Company have installed a dumb time keeper in their store in the form of a dock clock. It will register fifty persons in and out, saving labor as many employees use it. Each person has a card and a number, recording time directly from the clock.
Jacob Jacobson died in Story City last week and the funeral was held Friday. He leaves a ten year old son. his wife died in 1901 after five years of marriage. The community honors him as a highly respected citizen. the service was led by Rev. Vangeness with attendees from Ames including H Jacobson family and others.
L I Metzger buys the Little Oak barber shop from Little Oak partners Taylor and Cramblitt. Metzger, from Winfield Indiana, will run the business in Ames and aims to satisfy clients with skilled service. Taylor plans to depart for South Dakota this summer while Crambitt stays in Ames.
A man calling himself Sam Zimmerman passed through Ames seeking his wife who fled toward the area. In Ames he sold his horses and outfit to Van Chamberlain and Bob McCarthy to catch a train, with the men each receiving a team. The situation echoes a Sherlock Holmes style plot as the others pursue the gypsy woman.
The Iowa Electrical Association meets in Clinton on the 18th and 19th with attendees F. W. Linebaugh Prof. L. B. Spinney Prof. G. W. Bissell and Mr. A. H. Grover. Prof. Bissell presents Gas Producer Engines and Prof. Spinney offers a statistical paper on Cost of Operation per Dollar of Income.
A group of college engineering students conduct tests on the krasier power plant of the Des Moines Fort Dodge and Southern Railway. They plan to run relays and perform three ten hour tests to measure performance.
Don't miss the Holy City event tonight praised as the season's best attraction. Organizers urge attendance to experience a landmark celebration in the city.
One of the season’s largest market day sales to be held in Story county at Kelley on April 25. About one hundred horses will be offered for sale along with harness, farm implements and other livestock. F. Posegate serves as auctioneer with E. J. Penfield as clerk. Local businesses invite the visiting public to inspect goods.
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