Social events fill Ames town life with dinners and weddings
A series of gatherings in Ames features Miss Anna Watson hosting ten Ames telephone girls at the Rosengrin home for Miss May Randall from Dows City. The column notes numerous parties, a mock wedding, a Fort Des Moines officers wives dinner, a Smith's Hall dance, and a church wedding at Episcopal service with Ray Minert and family as attendees. The circuit includes Des Moines college ties, Iowa Seed Co. connections, and guests from Grinnell Milwaukee Winnipeg Hawarden and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Watson
Ames Telephone
Charles Rosengrin
High Street
May Randall
Dows City
John MacVicar
John A. Nash
Audubon
Major Knapp
Fort Des Moines
J. R. Lincoln
Ray
Episcopal Church
Ray Minert
Mahlon Savage
Grinnell
Iowa
W. A. Whittle
Milwaukee
Benjamin and
Fred Zieghen
Winnipeg
Carrie E. Minert
Lyle
Ames
J. J. Hamilton
Hawarden
Marriage of Jessie Minert and Prof. O W Hamilton
Miss Jessie Minert wed Prof. O W Hamilton of Iowa State College at a Saturday Aug 6 ceremony at 1606 Hewitt Avenue St Paul. The home was decorated in pink and white with Lohengrin's wedding march and Rev B N Avison officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Minert
O. W. Hamilton
Iowa State College
Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul
Lily Minert
Lohengren
B. N. Avison
Hamlin M. E. Church of St. Paul
Arilla Whittle
Lile Minert
On the Campus News of Visits and Moves Among Campus Figures
Miss Lucille Douglass of Maxwell visits Miss Lois Pommel as various alumni and faculty members spend Sundays in Ames. Ex 09 L. 8. C. Gaylord Swift of Harlan Iowa visits Ames. Clifton Scott and J. Gould from Beta House visit Humboldt. Professors Webster Byer Hoffman Mortenson Curtiss attend meetings. several staff move to new jobs or locations including Lee Sigourney and Chicago University trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Douglass
Maxwell
Lois Pommel
Gaylord Swift
Harlan
Iowa
Ames
Boyd Myers
Dexter
Paul Miller
Cedar Rapids
Zeta Sigma Zeta House
Hyland Avenue
Robert Webster
Humeston
Mt. Ayr
Osceola
Florence Dunham
Byer
Campbell Schloss
Willett
Rhodes
Prof
Brindley
Kellogg Avenue
Roy Howard
Texas
E. B. Howard
F. A. Case
Council Bluffs
A. McDonald
M. H. Beckman
Lake Forest
Sybil Lentner
Lincoln
Nebraska
Safford and Cooper
Chicago University
C. F. Curtiss
M. Mortenson
Iowa State Dairyman
State Fair Grounds
A. H. Hoffman
Sigourney
Minneapolis
Fred Schreiber
Chariton
Ames Chautauqua Notes and Visitors
Ames Chautauqua sessions draw a long list of visitors from Nevada Des Moines Maxwell and Story City. Residents and guests attend tents, picnics and dinners with notable speakers including Mrs English and Mr Ernest Thompson-Setson while tent life and gate keepers host crowds on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Freed
Stella
Neb
Charles Soper
Nevada
Ethel Statler
Eva Shugart
Bernice Nowlen
Marie Ferguson
J. S. Sanders
Paullina
Buchanan
Irene
Marie
Esther
Genevieve Riverton
Martha Holvergon
Harry Newhard
Albert Doggett
Lena Cleveland
Kelley
Mrs. Myers
Des Moines
Irene Wilson
Eva Person
Frank Fowler
Ames
Chautauqua
Edna Matthews
Margaret Nutty
Leo Armstrong
Millie Ellis
Kappa Zeta
Floyd Cooper
Fred Cooper
Harry Olinger
Maxwell
N. G. Torkelson
Emery
Story City
Racine Goble
Clara
Irene Rouser
Irene Sutter
Amanda Thomas
J. H. Williams
Kathryn van Epps
BE. W. Valentine
Vera Ackerman
Gladys Ackerman
Neva Mackey
Charley Akin
Clarence Deal
John Zumwalt
Walter Pickett
Clare Kegley
Mesdames Gee
Larson
Vaugsness
E. N. Egland
O. K. Heloig
Blanche Peterson
Slater
Sarah Olson
West Street
Gladys Ricketts
Vera Saylor
Marie Zenor
Bernice Easterly
Jane Hauser
Grace Cole
Geo. Staynor
F. T. Wilson
Gilbert
Madrid
C. L. Dale
Neil Johnson
Cornelia Jacobson
Helen Olson
Margaret Abramson
Bertha Johnson
Anna Dale
Martha Jacobson
Senna Dale
Theresa Dale
Mesdames
Etta Dale
Dew Drop Inn
English
George Tinsley
Hannibal
Vernon Tinsley
Order of American Boys
Ernest Thompson-Setson
McDonald and Morgan Wed at Jewell Junction Parsonage
Miss Anna McDonald of Jewell Junction and Mr. Char Morgan of Chicago united in marriage on August 11 at the M. E. parsonage in Jewell Junction. Both attended I A S C with McDonald in Omega Delta and Morgan in the class of 1907 engineering. They left for Minneapolis and will reside in Chicago after a brief visit.
Besack and Starks Marry in Colfax Ceremony
Word from Ames friends reports the marriage of Rob ert Besack ex 12 and Miss Starks of Newton. The wedding took place about ten days ago in Colfax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besack
Starks
Ames
Robert Besack
Miss Starks
Newton
Colfax
Quiet August Wedding in Columbus for Ada Yencer and Leo Burton
Ada Yencer and Leo Burton wed at 7 30 PM on Thursday August 11 at the bride’s sister home in Columbus Ohio. Rev Evans officiated. The couple visited the bride’s parents twenty five miles from Columbus then returned to Ames to stay with the groom’s parents on Burnett Avenue. Burton works for the C N W Ry running Clinton to Boone and has a home ready in Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Yencer
Leo. Burton
Columbus
Ohio
Burton
Burnett Avenue
Clinton
Boone
Ames
Cambridge men race to beat delayed Milwaukee train
Masters Barton Mason and Raymond Langland of Cambridge attended a spelling contest in Ames. They planned a Milwaukee train from Cambridge to Huxley but found it an hour late at the depot. Rather than risk missing the Interurban, they walked to Huxley and beat the Milwaukee by several lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton Mason
Raymond Langland
Cambridge
Ames
Huxley
Dog Scare Injures Girl in Kelley Horse Incident
Sunday evening Miss Madge Gossard of Kelley was seriously injured when a barking dog startled a horse that reared and toppled a buggy. The wheel passed over her twice causing a sprained ankle a bruised head and a broken left leg. Dr Adamson reduced the fracture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Gossard
Kelley
Miss Gossard
Adamson
Gasoline Stove Sparks Ames Chautauqua Stampede
A gasoline stove caused a fire at the home of Chas. Koo ser on Clark avenue, triggering a crowd stampede near the Ames Chautauqua. No serious damage. Several locals and visitors, including John Henry Maxwell and H. F. Pepper, travel and land interests noted. others plan travel or return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chautauqua
Prof. MacMurray
Chas. Kooser
Clark Avenue
John Henry Maxwell
Dakota
Ames
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the Intelligencer
Story County
Ames Social Affairs
Ada Applegate
Carl Banks
Beulah
Garnet Busby
John Roland
Lucy Cox
Mary Cox
R. Jeffries
O. E. Wilson
George Stayner
G. A. Snook
Boone Street
W. S. Burton
Leo Burton
George Burton
Warren Burton
Geo. White
Eugene Burton
Cora Cox
Lenan
Smith’s Hall
Charles Sears
Gene Roll
Mr. Roll
Clifton Scott
Mr. J. Gould
Beta House
Humboldt
Ames Chautauqua
Tent No. 14
Sverne Torkelson
Susie Torkelson
Minnie Mathre
Mary Egland
Minnie Opstead
Margaret Peterson
Belle Larson
G. H. Amlund
Ayer
J. C. Ayer Co
Lowell, Mess
Yencer-Burton
Chantaclear
H. F. Pepper
Wisconsin
Dr. Macklin
Robert Graham
Kato
Maines
Lincoln Avenue
James R. and
F. G. How
New Providence
Alva How
John Olliver
Cummi
C. A. Olliver
Kelloggive
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