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Newspaper

Ames Intelligencer

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1908

Page

8

Miss Elsie Lincoln Performs In Ames Music Evening

Des Moines soprano Miss Elsie Lincoln presented a varied program in Alumni Hall with accompanist Miss Bertha Kersey. The event featured songs from Ashes of Roses and The Blue Bell amid works by Handel and MacDowell, drawing praise for Lincoln and a favorable reception for Kersey.

Alumni Hall Elsie Lincol Des Moines Alice C. Bunten Arthur Foote Edward Mac Dowell Henry K. Hadley Lincoln Iona Ames Judge Lee Munn Parley Sheldon Robert McCarthy P. E. O. Society

Alumni Working Aboard Electric Firms After Iowa State Class of 1906

The 1906 Iowa State College class of about 170 graduates includes 23 in Electrical Engineering. Members report strong positions and prospects, with many working in utilities and manufacturing across the country. Notables include W. W. Swarting in Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania, E. B. Pendrayte in Cape Girardeau Missouri, and R. J. Walton in Philadelphia with General Electric. Easter observances, a May party, library taxes, and local notices follow.

Iowa State College Ames W. W. Swarting Wilkinsburg E. B. Pendrayte Cape C Rardeau Missouri State Normal School H. 8. Rush Evanston Illinois North Shore Electric Co C. M. Prather Uncle Sam Ft. Thomas F. W. Roy St. Louis American Gasimotor Co H. M. Smith The Gas Works Co Mobile Ala Iowa General Electric Co Philadelphia R. Age Urbana, Ill Age W. C. Botsford Bleopia Washington A. L. Cook Des Moines A. R. Horn Washington, D.C Horn T. T. Fitch Washington, D. C D. C Woodard Tyrone A. B. Coats Kolar India Miss Olive Pennsylvania Bonny A. H. H Ffman L.S. Taylor Mason City C. A. Mahanke Chicago Is. L. R. Gillespie Rochester, Neb J. F. Curtis

Engineer Jimmy Cravath Speaks to Students on Illumination

In the Engineering Assembly Room on Tuesday evening 3. R. Cravath construction illuminating engineer and Western editor of the Electrical World delivered a lecture titled Illuminating Engineering aimed at students.

Jimmy Cravath R. Cravath Electrical World

Death of Mary Belinda Knight York Knight at Ames

Mary Belinda Knight York born February 22 1837 Vermillion I A died April 18 after four years of ill health Survived by sons Jesse Charles Joseph and John and by two daughters and six other children She joined the Christian church in 1869 and moved from Shelby County Iowa to Ames in 1907 She was active in Eastern Star Woman's Relief Corps and G A R funeral April 20 at the Christian church with services by H D Williams and with lodge and corps in attendance

Mary Belinda Knight York Vermillion, I Joseph W. Knight Jesse Charles Ames Joseph St. Charles John Summit Christian Church Shelby County Iowa Knight Eastern Star Woman's Relief Corps H. D. Williams Lodge Woman’s Relief Corps

Victoria Posegate Crane dies at 39 in Story County obituary

Victoria E Posegate born June 23 1868 Story County Iowa died April 14 1908 aged 39 years 9 months 21 days. Married Clair A Crane March 10 1889. Five children born four living Bessie Lyman Reva and baby girl. Joined Kelley Baptist church about 23 years ago. Survived by father mother husband five children two brothers and three sisters. Described as a kind neighbor wife and mother with strong Christian grace.

Victoria E. Posegate Story County Iowa Clair A. Crane Bessie Lyman Reva Baptist Church Kelley

Funeral Services Held at Home for Deceased in Ames Burial in Ames

The deceased was honored in a home funeral at one o'clock Thursday conducted by W. S. Fowle. The body was later transported to Ames for burial. The death notices note the blessing for those who die in the Lord and rest from their labors.

W. S. Fowle Ames

Critics Clash Over Sembrich Concert Appeals

Last week the paper printed criticisms from two writers about Sembrich. Some call her heavenly and superb, others say she has a blue jay voice. The debate centers on whether the concert is a study or mere entertainment and how listeners judge performances.

Sembrich Heavenly Band Blue Jay Specie Asylum Citiz Aragt Intellig

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