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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
4
The Intelligencer notes it is published every Thursday morning in Ames Iowa Story county with a subscription price of 1.00 per year in advance.
The state committee weighs Col Parley Sheldon as a candidate for lieutenant governor amid a push to place Ames' mayor on the statewide slate. The piece notes his past rejections for other offices, his fondness for home life and electric transit, and the salary and dignity of the lieutenant governor role.
The text notes Democrats expect to win in November but foresee disappointment in March and April as spring blooms hint at failed electoral hopes.
Politicians who seek office have only a few days left to file their petitions and enter the race.
Citizens ask whether Col Parley can serve as lieutenant governor while remaining mayor of Ames. The query considers legal feasibility and potential conflicts between dual offices.
Reports from New Jersey indicate the peach crop has been ruined. Authorities note extensive losses for local growers and potential economic impact on regional markets.
District Superintendent E. E. Il genfritz of Boone will occupy the pulpit at 10 45 a m. The evening service at 7 45 features The Thraldom of character in the evangelistic series continuing through April and May. Bible school at 9 45 Epworth League at 7 45 Junior League at 3 Class meeting at 12 15.
John T. Houser minister outlines Bible school at 10 with E Owen superintendent. Communion and preaching at 11 on Steps to Heaven. Junior Endeavor 3, Senior Endeavor 6 30. Boys club Thursday. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Sunday evening 7 30 sermon The Leprosy of Sin. All welcome.
Morning theme Mediating Personalities. Minister William J. Minchin speaks on spiritual topics and follows President Taft’s suggestion for Tuberculosis Sunday. Evening address titled The Great White Plague and How It Is Being Conquered. Excellent music noted at both services.
Walter I. Fowle leads Bible School at 9 45 with a 11 00 sermon by the pastor. Junior Union meets at 3 00 and B Y P U at 6 30. Evening topic Unknown Bible Heroes with Pauls Stenographer at 7 30. Services held in Odd Fellows hall.
Christian Science services are held in Smith's hall this Sunday at 10 45 a m The subject for the lessons is Probation After Death.
Civic Improvement society meets Monday at 3 at the library but a lecture by Dr Stange on Meat and Milk Inspection is postponed due to illness. Other entries note Book and Basket gathering with a humorous program, Eastern Star events, a MacMurray talk at the M BE church, W C T U Sabbath School talk, and social gatherings. Also listed are trips by Kingkade Horns and missionary news from China, plus local family updates and travel plans in Ames.
The Home Missionary Society of the M. BE. church will meet Tuesday April 26 at Mrs. Margaret Mc Donalds on Duff avenue. Miss Phillips from the college will speak on Our Work in Porto Rico. A cordial invitation is extended to all ladies to attend. Story Hour follows on Saturday at 2 30 with Mrs Clyde Williams presenting opera stories with music for children in the first seven grades.
Mrs Mary Little hosts sewing Friday at 127 East Main Street. Darrell Litt le celebrates fifteenth birthday with dinner by Mrs Robert McCarthy. Mr and Mrs F E Allen mark fifteenth wedding anniversary with family dinner at North Duff Avenue. Many locals travel to Des Moines to see Maude Adams perform What Every Woman Knows, praising the show.
Ames and campus buzz with eight Friday and Saturday dances. Des Moines guests Bertha Busbee and Misses Baker, Byers, Saberson join couples at the Sigma Nus Kappa Sigmas Aztecs Colonnades and Ozark fraternal events. Distinguished attendees include Miss Mabel Bart of Newton.
Allen Cooper 09 visited Monday. Mrs. Henry Cunning of Clinton visited her son Harold at the Phi Gamma Delta house. B B Carr 09, Dunham Heating Co. manager, is reportedly doing well in Fort Worth. The Sigma Nu Sigma chapter plans its first annual Alumni Banquet at their Douglass street chapter house on Saturday. Fred Law 09 attended the field meet before heading south. J B O’Leary received a surprise visit from his father Monday, while a conscientious demeanor kept the moment from awkwardness.
Various local items including census notes on Ames indicators and fifteen day completion window, updates on residents such as Captain Hull and Marion Capps, upcoming Glee Club concert, births in the Kintsley and Peyton families, and plans for cross-town boulevard surveying. Also mentions Fred Munn's arrival from California and H. M. Benson’s health trip to Denver.
The Aggies overcame Morningside 4 in ten innings on the state field in a high spirited opener. Morningside led 1 0 early and again tied late before Ames pulled ahead with a bases loaded score in extra innings. Kingman sparked the win with a clutch bases hit and Dorsey secured the final out as Ames showed grit and spunk despite some fielding miscues.
A cold wind and snow disrupted the Saturday track event at State Field but the athletic meet proceeded with spirited competition. Races opened with the century dash and although crowds were smaller and times not record setting, the meet remained lively and hard fought throughout.
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