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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1907
Page
2
The Intelligencer is issued every Thursday morning in Ames Story County Iowa by F R and M C Conaway. Subscriptions are priced at 1.00 per year.
The Star reports Mount Olivet Cemetery co offering to care for graves "for all time to come" as cemeteries spar over Texans choosing burial sites. General Phil Sheridan’s remark about Texas lingers among readers wary of dying in the state.
The piece notes ministers and congregants adopting shirt sleeves and white linen outfits for summer worship. It cites Rev. George W. L. Brown of Indianola and Rev. A. M. Shea, with praise from the Boston Herald and Chicago Inter Ocean for comfort and plain sense in church dress during midsummer services.
A lyric portrait describes a coatless man and hatless girl whirling in a horseless wagon along dustless roads. The scene pairs a coinless purse with tasteless cod and stringless beans, a pipe, and a mirthless laugh as papa tries wireless telegraph to coax her back.
The Riceville Recorder cites Iowa’s prominent officials as the source of the state’s national clout, arguing Roosevelt praised Iowa as a model state due to non official influence and local leadership, while noting railroad legislation credit goes to Iowa farmers led by Gov. Larrabee.
Fort Worth Texas faces a unique real estate dispute over cemetery control. City officials and private parties contend with tangled legal questions about management access and future development. The case highlights regulatory authority and historic burial grounds.
A reflective piece from Globe Democrat praising trolley travel's harmony with rural nature. It contrasts old wagon journeys with modern electric lines, noting how the interurban car rides through farms, gardens, and preserved rights of way. It celebrates wildlife, settlers, graves, and hill country, while urging appreciation of meandering country roads.
A long list of local residents and visitors is detailed including Joe Pettinger and son Clarence in Nevada last Friday, Frank Bateman in Ames area, H B Erb near Kelly, and Olive Birney taking teaching exams in Nevada. Several marriages and farewells are noted with Minkler family plans to move to Nevada.
Clarence Jones of Ohio visits his uncle 8S. P. Freed as Mrs. Daniel Zumwalt travels to Carlton Nebraska for a few weeks. Miss Gertie Lichter visits Fred Gerbercht’s home. W. A. McDonald sells and ships a Polled Angus bull calf to C. R. Wills of Jewell. Mrs. Z. K. Burnett shows improvement and the little daughter born Sunday also improves. Miss Ruth Elliott leaves for California with open-ended plans and a farewell note to a correspondent.
The second annual Central Iowa Picnic Association event by Modern Woodmen of America will be held at Maxwell on Thursday August 8 with a grand street parade and athletic contests. Des Moines plans to send a 200 to 300 delegate group. Events include a log rolling, tug of war, foot races, a baseball game, competitive drills by Woodmen and Royal Neighbors, and a city street band contest. The day ends with a business meeting at 8 p.m. and remarks by leaders A. J. Brown and secretary BE Ernst.
A series of property transactions listed for Ames Story City Zearing and Nevada includes buyers such as Clark, Thorson, Brennecke, Heald, and Ringberg. Transfers cover parcels in Blair’s and Scott’s additions with sums ranging from 1 to 28,800 dollars and notes on specific lots and blocks.
Charley Mangus is very low at this writing. Harry Thompson visits his father. Mrs. Robinson visited relatives in Webster City last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bissell of near Jewell spent Sunday with relatives here. Rev. and Mrs. Halbert visit friends in Blairsburg. Dr. Hills called home in Mt. Pleasant due to illness in the family. Bert Liddle traveled from Des Moines to visit his parents. Fred Marshall of Harlan and Fred Stetzel of Des Moines visited Grandmother Marshall. No preaching in the Congregational church for three Sundays due to Rev. Halbert’s vacation.
T L Gossard recently sold the Cole Banner after owning it about a year and departed for a new newspaper venture in Butler county. He believes he can do a splendid job, noting the shop’s solid local work from nearby villages.
An interurban railway line from Fort Dodge to Des Moines will be in effect starting July 1 1907. The service marks an expansion of regional transit linking the two cities and surrounding areas.
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