Opening Day Chautauqua At Ames Draws Crowd And Gov Glenn
Opening day crowds pack the Ames grounds as Gov Glenn opens the chautauqua. Events feature Midland Jubilee Singers, Thatcher’s Royal Hungarian Orchestra, and a series of Bible talks and concerts. Grounds stay clean. a water tank now provides drinking water. many tents line the White City as Nye and Raweis perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixon
Herbert A. Sprague
Flaw Mahan Sprague
Esmeralds
Midland Jubilee Singers
Frank Dixon
Flay Mahan Sprague
Rip van Winkle
MacMuri
Arthur MacMurray
DeKoven
Gunsaulus
Student Fraternity Roster With Concessioners Listed
A lengthy OCR list presents names and numbers for students and members of various clubs such as Delta Phi Omega, Mono Club, Philathea Club, Theta Chi Sorority, and others. It notes concessioners as J. EB. Cagwin, J. H. Carleton and Arrismith & Kegley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bateman
J. E. Campbell
Geo. Dncrissman
Hester Crosby
G. C. Carlton
Eldon Cox
Kate Cole
A. A. Doolittle
Lauran DeKamp
J. M. McDowell
Delta Phi Omega Fraternity
C. McDonald
Arthur Dean
A. &. Dimmick
C. Deal
Fowle
HB. Ferguson
John Feroe
Glidden
George Graham
Ada Griffith
E. C. Henry
John Haverly
John Hill
Harris
Mrs. Hoot
C. M. Halstead
Lou Hardin
G. C. Junger
R. Kooser
Carl Little
T. J. Loughran
Mono Club
Bessie Mellor
H. B. Minkler
R. McCuskey
Nels Madson
Mr. Sawin
Earl Smith
Mr. Spence
Ay A. Iottenow
C. Sowers
Tallman
O. Tegland
Fay Taylor
Theta Chi Sorority
E. C. Tuttle
B. W. Valentine
J. S. Wallis
Miss Wakefield
G. Ward
E. BE. White
Huxley
J. H. Williams
A. A. Wells
L. S. Young
J. EB. Cagwin
J. H. Carleton
Arrismith & Kegley
Sunday Chautauqua to Host Interdenominational Service
Next Sunday Ames churches amalgamate under a big tent with no denomination services. Dr Welshimer of Canton Ohio preaches at Chautauqua Park in the morning and Dr Gunsaulus gives an afternoon address. Admission costs 35 cents for park entry, refundable if the ticket is presented by 1 30 p m.
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Ames
Welshimer
Canton
Ohio
Chautauqua Park
Gunsaulus
Injuries and Local Property Losses Reported
Don Griffith injured his left thumb while sawing a plank when a knot caused the blade to jump. He received immediate treatment and expects no serious results. Bert Clutter, ex pharmacist at Judish drug store, lost stock and faced water damage after a cloudburst at What Cheer. The school board awarded an $8,047 heating plant contract to Mc Calley Heating of Des Moines for the high school buildings. Rev J T Houser bought an eighty acre farm near Clear Lake for $9000 and plans to rent it, considering Mason City and Clear Lake good county prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Grifith
Don Griffith
Bert Clutter
McCalley Heating Company
Des Moines
J. T. Houser
Clear Lake
Mr. Houser
Baby Exhibit Judges Named for Iowa State Fair
Dr. Jennie Christ president of the Iowa Medical Women's Association and Dr. Lena Means president of the Iowa Professional League have been chosen as the judges for the baby exhibit at the state fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Christ
Iowa Medical Women’s Association
Lena Means
Iowa Professional League
Brindley Named Tax Secretary by Iowa Commission
Prof. John E. Brindley of Ames is unanimously chosen as secretary of the Iowa state tax commission. He will work mainly from his office, attend meetings, and may speak at the Richmond tax commissions convention. Chairman Cohen says reforms are needed to ensure a square deal for all taxpayers and Iowa’s money stays home to foster manufacturing.
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State Tax Commission
John E. Brindley
Ames
Stanton
Brindsey
Commission
Sion
National Convention of Tax Commissions
Richmond
Brindley
M. H. Cohen
Tam
Mr. Cohen
Iowa
Lona
Andy Johnsons Pump House Tale and Ames Veteran’s Anniversary
A historic piece from Ames Iowa recounts Andy Johnson’s early railroad duties in the 1860s including pumping the river tank and handling mail bags at the depot. Also featured is Elijah Purvis celebrating 56 years as a Story County resident, recalling frontier life, Civil War service, and meeting Paxton’s brother at a Maxwell veterans reunion.
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Ames
A. P. Johnson
Anamosa
Umny
Towa
Mr. Johnson
Andy
Anqury
Northwestern
Johnson
Purvis
Story County
Elijah Purvis
Springfield
Ills
Abraham Lincoln
Steven A. Douglas
Thornton
Dick Ogelvie
Asher V. Linder
John A. Logan
Iowa Cavalry
Monterey
Miss
Wm. Paxton
Paxton
National Cemetery
Maxwell
Boone
William
Adams Car TURNS Tart Leaves Mrs Adams Thrown Out
J W Adams and wife narrowly escaped death Monday when their car overturned four miles from Iowa Falls. Mrs Adams suffered bad bruises but continued to Dougherty Cerro Gordo county after the incident. Mr Adams was pinned under the car and rescued by three neighborhood men and passing motorists.
House of Never and Iowa prison probe in Ames
A poem about the House of Never precedes a political note from Ames and Fort Madison. The Iowa investigation into prison management includes Mayor Sheldon and Attorney General Cosson, with support from M A Roberts of Ottumwa and Par ley Sheldon of Ames. It examines alleged prisoner mistreatment, filthy conditions, improper labor practices, parole failures, and moral accusations against the warden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Fort Madison
Dave Brant
Iowa City Republican
Cosson
Iowa
M. A. Roberts
Ottumwa
Parley Sheldon
Ames
Luelty
Billy Sunday Near Scalped by Indian Ish
When a boy south of Ames Billy Sunday hunted and trapped near Skunk River. After lifting traps set by a band of Indians two tribes debated scalping him in his front yard. A rabbit dash and a hatchet throw changed the verdict and earned him high regard from the warriors. He chose to return the traps instead.
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Billy Sunday
Ames
Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
Billy
Elijah Purvis
Sunday
Skunk River
Billys
New Telephone Superintendent for Ames Named
George H. Cole is appointed manager for the Iowa Telephone Company in Ames. He has long service in the commercial department and is a practical man. He plans to relocate his family here once a home is secured, including his wife and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Cole
Ames
Iowa Telephone Company
Mr. Cole
Europe Sights Not So Wonderful
ALEX S THOMPSON reports from Grand Hotel Europe Lucerne on a summer trip through Heidelberg the Black Forest and Swiss lakes. He notes hot weather a prevalent English speaking culture among Americans and the illuminated Falls of the Rhine and midsummer festival in Lucerne. He contrasts Swiss scenery with Atlantic coastal life and urges American readers to seek wilder landscapes first.
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Grand Hotel Europe
Lucerne
Intelligencer
Lake Lucerne
Heidelberg
Black Forest
Freiberg
Schluchsee
Switzerland
Falls of the Rhine
Falls
Trenton Falls
Watkins Glen
New York State
Zurich
Lake Zug
Arth
Rigi
Oitznau
Nor
Americ
Atlantic Seaboard
Alex S$. Thompson
Two Years Dreath Letter From Cooper South Dakota Soldier
A former student of the college R M Maynard of Cooper South Dakota writes from a ranch about March 1909 relocation. He describes two years with no rain in Iowa region, heavy snow years earlier, severe drought affecting grass and stock, and homesteaders who crowded out ranchers then left the range revival. He asks about Company C in Ames and notes lack of contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
R. M Maynard
Cooper
South Dakota
Maynard
Co. C
Ames
Iowa
Company C
Bert Child Returns From Texas Health Trip
Bert B. Child returns home after ten weeks in Texas seeking health and business relief. He traveled to Milwaukee to arrange the National Letter Carriers convention as secretary, then to Hillsdale Michigan for state reorganizing work, and on to St Paul for organization business before returning home later this week. The Des Moines Strike reference follows with a brief note of reversals.
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Bert Child
Bert B. Child
Texas
Marlin
Milwaukee
National Letter Carriers
Hillsdale
Mich
State of Michigan
St. Paul
Journal
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Ames Chautauqua
Raweis
Glenn
Great Suma
Thatcher
Royal Hungarian Orchestra
Thatchers
Royal Hunarian Orchestra
William A
Edward Amherst Ott
Mohammed Ali
Noton
Chautauqua
Kenyon
Iowa State Letter Carriers
William S. Kenyon
Glen
W. J. Minchin
Walter I. Fowle
Story City
Kawels
Mr. Rawes
Christ Church College
Carl Anderson
J. Alexander
K. W. Brown
John Bird
J. W. Bateman
Frank Wakely
Aulus
Central Chure
Chicago
Ames Chautauqu
Nanim Commission For
PLA
Andy Johnson
His
Expe
J. W. Adams
M. C. A. Employment Bureau
Eorge Dunlop
Jefferson
Dunlop
House of Never
By and By
Nearingfield
Mass
John Jacob Astor
New York
Europe
Alexander Thompson
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