Ames Intelligencer notes many visits and events from July 1906
Dr Dyer and Dr Snyder spent time in Des Moines. Wettstein and Alm aside from Newton and Des Moines. visitors include W W Smith Purdue and Max Hardin at Lake Okoboji. Local commerce features jewelry sales at Keatings and John R Keating. several ads on pianos sewing machines with 10 percent discount through August 10. Community notices cover tunnels at Morrill hall, power plant progress, church sermons, moving pictures by Edward Vinton, chicken raids in south Ames, and Chautauqua advertising outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Smith
Purdue
Max Hardin
Lake Okoboji
Mrs Dyer
Keatings Jeweler
R. A. Phillips
Seattle
Washington
Byron Graves
Ed. Raynes
Burnette Street
Smith and Davis
Will Rowley
Sioux City
Ilinois
Ray Minert
O. E. Minert
Chicago
Tembyard
William
Lorna County
North Dakota
Ames Man's Barn Destroyed by Lightning Fire
Hugh Davis's barn two and a half miles northeast of Ames burned Saturday morning with 30 tons of hay and grain and farm machinery inside. Loss about $8,000 with $1,000 on the barn and $100 on hay and machinery insured. The storm was severe and the blaze lit the northeast sky as townsfolk watched from Beardshear school area. Davis saved nearly all his stock, with only possible losses among pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh ©. Davis
Ames
Story County
Munual
Davis
Beardshear School
Tildens Win the Ball Game in Miller’s Pasture Strikeout Tale
A Sunday-like ball game ends 23 to 15 as the Tildens overcome early jitters at Miller's pasture. The match started at five and stretched seven innings with no breaks for meals. Riverside drive is planned near College road, over the Squaw banks, drawing complaints from poolside boys. Capt. J A T Hull gains praise in Congress for veteran pensions and peacemaker efforts in Story County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller's Pasture
Tildens
Kegley
Jeff
Tilden
College Road
Gen. Lincoln
Graves
Riverside Drive
Squaw
J. A. T. Hull
Congress
7Th District
Story County
Partizan
Dance of a Frog on campus lawn
Dr. Cessna, chaplain at Iowa State College, reports a bizarre incident when a frog was cut in two by a lawn mower. He describes the frog’s legs dancing upright after separation, contrasting it with a decapitated chicken's movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cessna
Iowa State College
School of instruction for road officers planned at Ames
The Iowa Highway commission announces a date for the school of instruction for road officers to be held at Ames college from August 13 to 18. It urges every board of trustees and supervisors to send at least one representative and to pay from the road fund, about 12 to 18 dollars for the week. The plan earned approval last year and is again urged for city councils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Highway Commission
School of Instruction
Ames College
Photographs Honor Local Notables For Respect
Photographs captured here honor the most respected citizens, celebrating their contributions and standing in the community. The display aims to recognize leadership and service that shaped local life.
Good Judges of Horses at the State Fair and Nome 4th events
Fred Munn recalls a Des Moines State Fair judge's stand encounter with Mayor Sheldon noting a banker comment. Clarence Tiernage reports from Nome Alaska July 8 describing 4th of July ceremonies with a greased pole prize of $25 in gold oranges for a potato race and a late fireworks sighting back in Story County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Fred Munn
Sheldon
Ames
Nome
Clarence Tiernage
Story City Herald
Alaska
Clarence
Story County
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Ames Intelligencer
A. A. Wettstein
Newton
Mr. Jacobs
Okoboji
Arvid Alm
Geball Council No. 5
Royal and Select Masters
Dr. Hunt W. M
Clarence Cole
South Omaha
Harvey Keck
Aurora Il
Ole Rouge
John R. Keating
Tourge
Professor Dinsmore
Buell Tilden
Lake Okiboji
Joe Frank
Junction City
Kangas
J. E. Judge
J. M. Nieva
Newton and Northwestern Railroad
Orvall Rowley
Cedar Rapids
Crockett Pasley
U. 1
Sorenson
Claude Campbell
Jewell Record
Shoshoni
Wyoming
Wm. Smay
Nevada
Potter Monument
Messrs
van Chamberlain
Dan McCarthy
Brokville
Ontario
Thompson and Graves
Thompson
Hiram Munn
Congregational Church
Ames Plumbing and Heating Company
H. B. Hawley
Accident Insurance Company of
Iowa
Professor Ashbaugh
Storm Lake
Lake Mills
Colorado
Buster Brown
Tige
Old Mexico
Chautauqua
Minna Robie
Magsey
Philipine
Highway Commissioners
Morrill Hall
W. H. Grover
Methodist Church
Paul Smith
W. T. Smith
de Pauw University
Indiana
Edward Vinton
Armory
San Francisco
Market Street
Vinton
South Ames
Boone
Polk
J. A. Campbell
L. M. Bosworth
Advertising Committee
Assembly
William Smay
Ipd
K. K
Judge Lee
Clyde Kinteley
Berean Bible
Kellogg Street
Bible School of the Christian Church
Town
Minnesota
French
West Side
Carroll County
Grinnell
R. ©. Barrett
W.T. Guise
Samuel Parks Cadman
D. D
Ames Chautauqua
Dance of A
Good Roads School
G. W. Rogers
Agt
Quade
Tilden Bros. & Co
F. E. Morris
Chautauqua Grounds
Tilden Brothers & Co
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