Ames Chautauqua Plans Big Concrete Auditorium
Ames Chautauqua wardrobes a major expansion by next year with a concrete 5000 seat auditorium on the grounds northeast of the city to replace the tent facility. Officials estimate about 10000 dollars for the project, plus new sanitary cement toilet rooms and optional shower facilities, aiming to improve health conditions and entice the interurban line to run to the grounds during sessions.
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The
Ames Chautauqua
Ames
Sheldon
Ames Chautauqua Shows Net Gain After Bills
The Ames Chautauqua will be about six hundred dollars to the good after bills are paid. Several items remain unsettled before definite figures can be given. The piano damage from the storm awaits adjustment. Secretary Carl Little has proven an efficient officer in his first year, with results satisfactory enough to likely earn another term. The board and officers have worked hard and faithfully, yielding a solid outcome.
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Carl Little
Proctor Family Returns From East Auto Trip
Dr and Mrs C M Proctor and child returned to Ames after a month away in the east. They attended the Orthopedic national convention in Chicago and then shipped their automobile to St Joe by boat. The family traveled twenty five hundred miles by auto through Michigan Canada New Windsor London Buffalo Cleveland and Toledo with good roads and a quick pace.
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C. M. Proctor
Ames
East
Dr. Proctor
Chicago
St. Joe
Michigan
Canada
London
New Windsor
Buffalo
New York
Cleveland
Toledo
Ohio
Local Youth Plans Return From Michigan Visit
Mr Irvin Meltzer of A H S 708 returned Thursday from Michigan where he worked at a Detroit creamery this summer. He will soon resume studies in Ann Arbor and is due to graduate next June from the law department.
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Irvin Meltzer
Michigan
Crawford Avenue
Irvin
Detroit
Ann Arbor
Law Department
Dr H W Sears at Chau tauqua attended by nephew
Dr. H W Sears spoke at Chau tauqua last week and was entertained by his nephew Mr Charley Sears. Sears lives on a farm near Springfield Illinois and spends only part of the year off the platform.
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H. W. Sears
Chautauqua
Charley Sears
Sears
Springfield
Illinois
It Is a Fraud to Conceal a Fraud
A concise note asserts that concealing a fraud compounds the crime, underscoring legal and ethical implications of hiding wrongdoing rather than exposing it. The remark emphasizes accountability and the duty to disclose misconduct to prevent further harm.
School Property Sale Nets 1856.50. Barns Remain Unsold
At a public sale on Clark between Fifth and Sixth, the board sold all dwellings on the new school property except one barn and the south side building. Total receipts were 1856.50. Henry Place barn and south side school failed to sell. the district retains use of the south side structure until new building完成. Remaining houses purchased by local residents with various moves planned.
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Clark
Fifth
Sixth
Henry
Morris
Frank Brown
Martin Erickson
Northwestern Avenue
Fifth Street
N. H. Griffith
Smith
Ed Proper
Proper
Congregational Church
J. P. Watson
McCullom
F. E. Morris
Mr. Morris
Dixon
George Huffman
G. A. Underwood
Bargain auction nets Ames couple a tiny house
At a street corner sale in Ames, Mrs. Jack Watson outbid others to win a small house for 126 dollars from the school board. The cottage must be moved within 30 days and the pair plan to relocate it to a new lot to help Ames grow, with husband Jack pledging to attend future bargains.
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Jack Watson
Clark Avenue
Sun Street
Watson
Mrs. Watson
Jack
Watsons
Ames
Excursion Rates Set for Fair Week Rail Service
The Ft. Dodge Des Moines and Southern offers two special cars to Des Moines during fair week from Aug 27 to Sept 4. Round trip fare is 1.10 dollars. Special trains depart Ames at 5:30 and 7:10 a.m. on those dates.
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Ft. Dodge
Des Moines
Southern
Ames
Faculty shakeup as 30 new faces join college lineup
The college opens this fall with nearly thirty new faculty members scattered across departments. Seven resignations were accepted and three one year leaves granted. Enrollment is expected to be the heaviest in college history with over 1500 inquiries received to date. New instructors include J C Southerland chemistry H Bergman veterinary J N Martin morphology Helen Schnel chemistry KE E King R R engineering H C Bartholomew electrical engineering and more. Transfers include E W Hamilton to two year Ag course and Elizabeth McLean to two year Ag from English. Leave of absence granted to Sybil Lentner and H W Gray. Resignations include C B Stanton Miss Purmort R R Dykstra W W Barr and R L Spencer.
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J. C. Southerland
H. Bergman
J. N. Martin
Helen Schnel
KE. E. King
R. R
H. C. Bartholomew
O. J. Hokassen
Maria Brace
F. W. Beckman
H. L. Eichling
E. F. Ferrin
N. C. Brown
Charlotte Dryden
C. KE. Coykendall
E. W. Hamilton
Elizabeth McLean
Sybil Lentner
H. W. Gray
C. E
C. B. Stanton
C.E
Miss Purmort
R.R. Dykstra
Veterinary
W. W. Barr
R. L. Spencer
M. E
Silver Mine corn yields bright hopes for Iowa crop
Justin Mc Carthy ow samples ears of Silver Mine corn ten to twelve inches long, well filled, from a 120 acre field. He estimates 70 bushels per acre and expects harvest before frost in ten days, predicting an above average bumper yield for Iowa this fall.
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Intelligencer Office
Justin McCarthy
Lowa
Whit ney No 20 apple branch yields a bountiful crop
M. F. Sims displayed a small Whit ney No 20 tree branch with sixteen mature apples and three bushels harvested from the south side. After a strong wind, many more apples were gathered from beneath the tree’s north side, indicating a bumper county crop.
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M. F. Sims
Whitney No. 20
Typhoid Fever Strikes Times Office Foreman Roy Largent
Roy Largent foreman of the Times office is confined to bed with typhoid fever. He had been ill for some time with stomach trouble, which developed into a serious condition Friday. The attending physician diagnosed typhoid. He was desirous of several days, but was reported a bit better yesterday and on the road to a speedy recovery.
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Roy Largent
Times Office
Mr. Largent
Gilbert Picnic Held at James Turner Timber Preserve
The Gilbert Grain company invites all to a Friday picnic on September 8 in the James Turner timber four miles northwest of Gilbert. Attendees should bring dinner baskets. In the afternoon Hon. E. G. Dunn of Mason City, secretary of the state cooperative grain dealers' association, will deliver an address.
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Gilbert Grain Company
James Turner Timber
Gilbert
E. G. Dunn
Mason City
State Cooperative Grain Dealers’ Association
Interurban May Enter Des Moines Union Depot
The Register and Leader report the Interurban will run into the Des Moines Union Depot soon. It has purchased the Ankeny to Des Moines Union tracks right of way and will be trained for a faster city entrance.
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Union Depot
Register and Leader
Des Moines
Ankeny
New Janitor Appointed At General School Building
The janitorship of the General School building was awarded to Ballard of Cambridge for $50, despite Mr. Zentmire, a longtime trusted bidder, competing. The decision breaks with former customs and follows a lowest-bidder practice.
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Zentmire
Ballard
Cambridge
Golden Wedding of Soren and Sorena Kalsem Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. Soren V. Kalsem of 1011 Boone street marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary. The couple, who opened the town’s first cabinet shop in Oskaloosa in 1861 and later moved to Story county, hosted a large gathering of friends from Iowa and beyond, with guests listing kin and neighbors from Huxley Slater Cambridge Marshalltown and Ames among others.
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Kalsem
Oskaloosa
Story County
Soren V. Kalsem
Boone Street
Kalsems
Sorena G. Strom
New Sharon
Iowa
John Anderson
Salem
Henry County
Mr. Kalsem
Anderson
Stavenger
Norway
Huxley
Ames
Strom
Fulton
Sarah
Irwen Wettland
Goodman
Marshalltown
Bertha
Rinett Rierson
Cambridge
Silas
Woodbine
Phillip
Albert
Cora
Ellsworth Post No. 30
Mitchellville
Mr. Lewelling
Ames High Frats Face Abolition to Enforce Law
The Ames school board moves to abolish student fraternities and sororities to preserve accreditation and college access. Officials warn that a strike by members would not be feasible, as the crowded high school cannot accommodate more applicants, and enforcing the law is deemed essential to education and civic duty.
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Ames High School
Ames
Board of Education
College exhibits to Des Moines fair draw wide variety
All college departments send exhibits to Des Moines with 85 of Iowa s 99 counties expected to participate. The new Exposition building hosts a large school exhibit featuring booths from Extension Animal Husbandry Agronomy Mining Civil and Mechanical Engineering Ceramics Soils Forestry and more.
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Des Moines
New Stories From the Iowa State Fair
The Iowa State Fair opens this week drawing visitors from distant towns and states to view thousands of horses and cattle. Hog displays exceed three thousand head while machinery spans forty acres. Some Ames residents have never attended the fair or gone long without visiting.
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Iowa
Ames
W. F. Steigerwalt
Des Moines College Stock Judging by Animal Husbandry Seniors and Juniors
Senior and junior members of the Animal Husbandry department at the college will attend the state fair next week to judge stock on their own account. They will not serve on the official judges board and aim to access different stock than in regular classroom judging for practical experience.
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Des Moines
Dr. Buchanan Returns from Oregon Business Trip
Dr. Buchanan has returned from a business trip to Oregon, bringing back notes and potential leads. He outlined plans for upcoming meetings with partners in Portland and Salem to discuss collaboration and expansion opportunities.
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Dr. Buchanan
Oregon
Church and School Settle Troubled Move and Expansion
Ames agrees to move the Episcopal church east of its current site and upgrade the building. The deal includes church, school board, and bank actions with Dixon cottage sale for 2900 dollars and lots valued at 666.66 each. The church will gain a basement for a choir room and boost recruiting while remaining active in Ames education.
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Episcopal Church
Ames
Episcopal
Times
Vallentine and
Wasser
C. R. Quade
Ames Savings Bank
Dixon Cottage
Story Street
Quade
School
City workers injured after close contact with hazards
John Haverly, while repairing lines in the Fourth ward on Monday, touched a live wire and fell twenty feet, suffering skinning and bruising to his arms. Bert Ball also was injured the same day at the city plant, receiving a cut on his head after contact with a falling 2x4.
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John Haverly
Fourth Ward
Bert Ball
Ames Professor to Judge County and State Fairs
Prof. W. J. Kennedy, of Ames, left yesterday for Manson Iowa to judge at the county fair. He will next week judge in Des Moines and the following week at the Nebraska State fair in Lincoln from September 4 to 7.
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Ames
W. J. Kennedy
Manson
Iowa
Des Moines
Lincoln
Prof Shane Better Promises Quick Return to Activity
Prof Shane has been ill with throat trouble for some time but is reported to be much improved and will soon be able to be about.
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Shane
Ames Visitor Reports Hail Path Across County
Mr. Harry Good visiting his parents in Kansas returned to Ames Monday and says a hail storm last week in Story county carved a path from Ames to St. Joe Missouri. Farther south of Des Moines suffered the worst damage.
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Harry Good
Kansas
Ames
Story County
St. Joe
Des Moines
Student editor Mike Emerson returns from Burchenell summer retreat
Mike Emerson arrived the first of the week from Burchenell where he spent the summer with his parents. He came back early to tend to work for the Student, on which he serves as editor.
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Mike Emerson
Burchenell
Don Lewis Spends Weekend With Ames Friends Before College Return
Don Lewis, who has been in Des Moines for Iowa Telephone Company, spent Sunday with Ames friends and plans to return to Ames to enter college.
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Don Lewis
Des Moines
Iowa Telephone Company
Ames
Professor John T. Caine Visits Campus to Buy Cattle
Professor John T. Caine, of the agricultural college at Logan Utah, was on the campus last week visiting friends with the aim of purchasing cattle for the college program in animal husbandry.
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John T. Caine
Agricultural College
Logan
Utah
Ohio visit yields extension department position for Henry Ejichling
Mr. Henry Ejichling returns from Ohio where he has been visiting. He will hold a position with the extension department during the coming year.
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Henry Ejichling
Ohio
Ames Visitor James A McKinney Ties Bank and School Board
James A McKinney cashier at Canital City State Bank Des Moines and a school board member visited Ames on Tuesday.
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James A. McKinney
The
Canital City State Bank of
Des Moines
Ames
Rev. Walter I. Fowle Leads Chautauqua in Bethany
Rev. Walter I. Fowle spends the week in Bethany Missouri as platform manager for the Chautauqua program guiding lectures and presentations.
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Walter I. Fowle
Bethany, Mo
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