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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1911
Page
1
Washington bids opened for the Ames post office construction with prices from $44,548 to $64,500. Total appropriation stands at $60,000. site cost is $10,000, leaving $5,452 for furnishings if the lowest bid is chosen. Postmaster Bosworth has not been notified of the contract letting.
Custodian Thomas Sloss leads a spring effort to remove campus footpaths and restore grass. Students agree to stay off the turf as new cinder paths are laid to improve the campus look. Plans also call for two concrete bridges over College Creek near the Dairy Station knoll and Champlin’s store at Welch and Boone.
The domestic science division at the college plans practical sewing projects for young women. They will create diminutive baby clothes to train students for home management, nursing, or teaching domestic science, emphasizing the value of a baby’s clothing as priceless keepsakes.
Rev Dr Newell Dwight Nillis who gives the ISU commencement address June eighth will open the Epworth League district convention at the M B church in Ames on that afternoon and the following day. Also includes a light ad line and a humorous Hen anecdote about Little Johnny.
College cadets to be inspected Thursday at 4 o'clock by a regular army officer. Visitors welcome. Cadets expected to display well with campus band music creating an inspiring scene. High School commencement dates announced with events from April 28 to June 1. The graduating class totals 48 students, 19 boys and 29 girls.
Lon Wilker W. Marsh, an original Waterloo booster, speaks tonight at Odd Fellows Hall to urge club and public support for growth. Meeting at 8 o'clock follows a club session where dues increase was approved in principle to fund stronger efforts. A committee led by Conaway, Sheldon, Curtiss, Tilden and We were tasked to report by April 27.
W W Marsh will address the local Alpha Zeta chapter in a 4 pm lecture titled The Dairy Cow and Conservation. This marks the final of three lectures in the Agricultural Assembly series but he will also speak to the commercial club this evening.
Zeta Sigma Zeta Club at the college received its national chapter, Gamma Deuteron, on April 12 and 13. Local club organized in 1908, admitted by Phi Kappa Sigma January 16, installation held with delegates from Yale, Swarthmore, G.W. and other colleges. Banquet at Hotel Holtz in Boone followed by toasts and speeches. visitors returned to Ames around 2 a.m. Today’s schedule included a three day electrical engineers convention attendance by Mr. Linebaugh.
The Missionary Rally under the C. W. E. M. will be held at the Christian Church Tuesday and Wednesday with state and national officers and returning missionaries. Programs include India lectures by Miss Mills, devo tions, banquets for Circle Girls and Missionary Ladies, and addresses by Mrs. Atwater and other speakers.
Webster City Eastern Star members, numbering 38, visited Ames by special car on Tuesday morning. They toured Iowa State College, enjoyed luncheon at Masonic Hall, and attended a ritual exalting the order. A three course dinner followed, with 150 covers, then social games at Ideal Chapter hall. Chapter Col. Roosevelt should hear Dr Crisman’s sermon Sunday evening.
The Boone council votes to curb expenditures and cut salaries in fire, street, water, and police departments to offset lost liquor license revenues. W C T U mobilizes pledges to shield salaries if saloons stay closed. District leaders urge organized effort in face of statewide temperance push. Fort Dodge visit confirms legislative support.
Prof. C. V. Gregory resigns as head of the Agricultural Journalism department at the college and will move to Chicago to become editor in chief of the Prairie Farmer. A 1910 graduate and prominent activist in oratory and literary work, he is considered among the leading agricultural writers in the country.
An article touts Roney's Boys as unrivaled in both this country and Europe. It notes they perform works by Bach to Paganini with old favorites encores and invite towns to host them yearly. A separate item mentions hoboes seeking shelter in a high school after spending the night on a pine couch in the hall.
Durwood Davis, one year old and son of Harvey Davis, was struck in the right eye by an arrow when an older brother’s bow slipped. The eye ball is badly bruised but the wound is not as serious as first feared and doctors expect a full recovery.
In Federal Court Ed T Alderman Ira Welty both of Nevada and J W Kennedy of Ames are chosen as grand jurors. Chas P McCord and A J Page of Nevada are named as petit jurors for the term opening in Des Moines on May 9.
A Des Moines wedding is planned for Miss Parmort in June as she continues her role as head of the domestic science department at Ames. The match with Rev. Clinton C. Green hinges on his taking a Monmouth pastorate or moving to Ames to aid the new Collegiate Presbyterian church.
F W Hicks superintendent urges summer repairs after tests show less than half of required 30 cubic feet of fresh air per pupil in Ames High School rooms. Restlessness headaches and decreased attention linked to stale air. additional note on home nervous-system impact. Groundhog indicates no rain by Easter. calls for a new high school building in Ames.
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