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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
1
The Great Horse Mascot will appear at the Ames Chautauqua to demonstrate reasoning and human tasks. Prof. H S Maguire trains Mascot, who claims to read languages, add figures, and recall numbers across several tongues.
Boyd S Remington once of Neola Iowa and IBC alumnus directs the Canadian Northern Railroad bridge over Rainy Lake at Fort Frances Ontario costing 2 1 2 million dollars.
Thursday night a fire alarm reported near the Iowa Telephone Co. office turned out to be smoke from Grove's store chimney. No fire found and authorities cleared the scene.
The Ames City Schools announce seventh grade entrants Ruby Wasser and eighth grade entrant Vesta Greer for the Chautauqua Spelling contest. Seventh grader Gertrude Anderson placed second with Edith McDowell third, while eighth grader Jennie Anderson placed second and Violet McDonald placed third.
Miss Julia Arnold will represent Ames High School in the Chautauqua Declamatory contest with entrants from Nevada Cambridge Slater Zearing Story City. Miss Fay Campbell Ruby Britton and Phila Taylor will have a tent at Chautauqua along with the I J Ferguson family and the Kappa Zeta girls planning a tent at the event.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma the blind statesman will open the Ames Chau tauqua next Wednesday. The opening day with such an attraction should be a record breaker.
Des Moines papers report 137 Polk county candidates for teachers' certificates with 41 succeeding and 96 failing. Ames High graduates show certificates and have taught recently, listing Edith Ferguson through Daisy Rowland. No known Ames failures. Ames claims superiority over Des Moines.
The unusually dry spring and summer produced a strong turkey market and a bumper rabbit crop. Farmers fear winter crop damage from rodents while sportsmen anticipate a good year for hunting as many young rabbits survived the breeding season.
Dr. C. G. Tilden departed Saturday for a month in Chicago to work at Augustana hospital until September first. He will study nose and throat troubles and general surgery with Dr. Oehrur, a Wisconsin graduate and classmate of Dr. Pammel.
Albert Fowler, formerly in Washington, has been promoted to chief of the final reports of the census. He is Story county’s pioneer treasurer’s son and spent the past three months working on census preparations in the capital.
Col Parley Sheldon returned Sunday from Cleveland with a study of municipal affairs and the paying question. The findings are said to be of special value to Ames for future city improvements.
The public should follow the revised program booklet for Ames Chautauqua with one correction. Prof J Earnest Woodland will lecture Saturday evening August 13th instead of Mrs English. Stores and Post Office close three afternoons August 6th 17th and 18th. Mascot the trained horse and Ciricillo's Italian Band appear August 18th. Spelling Contest is Tuesday August 16th at 3 o'clock and Declamatory Contest Friday August 19th. Program cost three hundred dollars more than last year.
In a letter to the Intelligencer WM Hardy defends McClellan’s wartime role at Washington and in the field. He credits McClellan with organizing the fighting machine, smoothing recruiting, and endearing himself to soldiers, while noting critics of a rash attack would concede later achievements.
The National Association of Teachers and Instructors in Poultry Husbandry is in session at the College. Their first business meeting was held Saturday with interesting sessions each morning. Dr. Raymond Pearl of Maine serves as chairman.
Mrs. W. T. Barr of the northwest outskirts had a runaway Monday afternoon when her horse spooked at an open ditch by Thos. Rowland's place. The wreck involved numerous eggs totaling about twenty dozen.
Notice to electors that a bond issue for a Public Hospital in Ames is proposed. Story County asks a one mill tax levy and up to 50 000 002 for hospital building or purchase. Election day November 8 1910 polls 8 pm to 7 am. Fr G Dunahugh Auditor Nevada Iowa July 29 1910.
Wayne Cuppe underwent an appendectomy in Des Moines and was brought home by his father Marion Cuppe on Sunday. He is reported to be recovering well.
Cramblit and fellow instrumentalists performed last evening without prior practice. Twelve pieces formed the set as Ames merchants built a band stand. A crowd rivaled visits by dignitaries and urged making the band a permanent city feature.
For the week ending July 31 1910 in Des Moines Iowa rainfall ran well below normal except showers on July 25 and 29. Most corn holds well but northeastern counties show firing risk with scant rain. Three quarters of crops in excellent condition, haying and thrashing favorable, small grain quality high, pasture feed scarce, stock water tightening. statewide rain needed.
Four miles east of Nevada Sunday afternoon a Beebe Eldridge Co. team upset a buggy while avoiding a colt, throwing seven from a carriage. Mrs Beebe suffered a broken collar bone and the driver of the other carriage had two ribs broken. Mrs Beebe was treated and returned home. Mrs Beebe is related to Mrs Beardshear.
Case details two sick youngsters near Ames Dorothy Allen daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Allen northwest of Ames is very ill with cholera infantum. Carlton baby son of Walter Co Northcott is also quite ill with cholera infantum.
L T Zenor formerly of Ames now of Great Falls Montana and JFF Lammers of Heron Lake Minnesota bought the eleven story Observatory building, the second tallest in Des Moines, for 340000 with 190000 cash and the balance in land. The deal closed after Zenor returned to Montana.
The Owa Senators Cummins and Dolliver led a brisk endorsement meeting with Taft receiving his due. The platform backs progressive tariff aims and other issues, while A. M. Deyoe Garner is nominated for state superintendent and Judges Deemer Evans are renominated for the supreme bench. Governor Carroll and all Republican nominees were endorsed as the party aims to elect the full ticket.
Brigadier General Lincoln and Major Knapp will lead the Iowa National Guard for maneuvers starting August 10 at Sparta Wisconsin on 15 000 acres of government reserve. A carload of nineteen saddle horses from Ames accompanies the staff with Co C Ames leaving August 10. Contests include tugs of war trench digging and bareback riding while showers and rail spur access arrive for the camp.
Capt Greeley joked about a fellow at the Republican convention a sour looking democrat who seemed to have lost his best friend. He bet four dollars the man would head for doom but no one accepted. The man was angry over the 7 o clock interurban failing to run on time and missing his Des Moines appointment.
Among the convention visitors at Des Moines yesterday were Capt. W. M. Greeley Dean Stanton J A Campbell L M Bosworth A L Potter R H McCarthy George Snook J Y Luke Prof C F Curtiss Lon Hardin Henry McCarthy Daniel McCarthy Judge Lee Dr Rice Reinhart Zearfoss Dr Hibbard Prof Storm F R Conaway and a few of the faithful from Nevada and other parts of the county.
A runaway horse and dray belonging to Mr. Flutter started from Main street in a frantic chase to Mr. Sar Akin's home. Little Gerald Eller was thrown and sprained an ankle. no other injuries or damage occurred. The horse traveled via Clark, Story, Grand, crossed railroad tracks, then Boone before being stopped by Pearl Brown near the home.
Mr. N. H. Griffith was in Des Moines over Sunday to see his son Guy who was in hospital last week. Doctors considered an appendicitis operation but the Des Moines surgeon advised against it. Griffith reports Guy no better, a fact Ames friends will be sorry to hear.
Mr. George R. Davis cut his hand on a milk can last week and kept working. The wound swelled and nearly became septic from weed contact, but after a few days of rest he returned to work.
A party of forty Madrid business men including the Madrid band will visit Ames on Monday August 8 arriving by eighteen autos at 2 30 pm for a 30 minute stop. The tour covers Sheldahl Huxley Cambridge Maxwell Nevada Boone and Ames with a concert speeches and advertising material.
Attorney G A Underwood and son Dr J R Underwood of Nevada traveled Monday to Linden New York near Buffalo for a family reunion marking the centennial of the old brick homestead now occupied by Mr Underwood’s cousin.
Mrs. Harry Goodenough traveling with four children from South Dakota visited near Ames. Her infant son contracted cholera infantum and died Friday morning. The infant was taken to Ontario where funeral services were held and burial occurred in Ontario Cemetery.
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