Ames City Schools Announce Openings And Rules For 1909
The Ames City Schools plan for a September 6 opening with high school at 8 a.m. and lower grades at 9 a.m. Non residents face seating limits and higher tuition. New laws mandate compulsory attendance, ban secret societies, and require outward-opening doors. Superintendent King warns parents to enroll early and cooperate for a smooth year.
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Ames City
Ames
Mr. King
Ames City Schools
Hunt
White
Jaynes and Wesselhoef
Virgil
Knapp
Bennett
Milikan
Gales
Wolfson
Myer
I High School
Ames High School
House
Senate
Board of Directors
Ed Amherst Ott urges Ames to build a boys’ social center
The Iowa City Citizen reports Ott urging a local headquar ters for boys and young men with gym baths game rooms and a library. He argues Iowa City should provide a proper environment for its youths alongside university support.
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Ed Amherst Ott
Iowa City
Iowa State College Readies for Fall Term With Campus Upgrades
Returning students will face entrance tests and classification beginning Tuesday. New walks and lighting improvements dot the campus while dining and office spaces expand. Staffing changes include Prof. Roudebush joining mechanical engineering and two women filling Domestic Economy roles. Water and gas facility updates enhance campus utilities as work proceeds in Agricultural Hall and the Engineering Annex.
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Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Agricultural Hall
Central
Florence Walls
College
Marezaret Hall
Miss Walls
Association
W. H. Meeker
Allen
R. B. Roudebush
Mrs. Muir
Hodge Avenue
Roudebush
Cornell
Morgan Engineering Co
Alliance
Ohio
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Co
J. P. Varela
T. S. Minert. N. Leerburg
Milwaukee
Rankin
Meeker
Allis Chalmers Co
I. I. Co
D. E
Lela Purdy
Chicago University
Donavan
Lulu Graves
The
Payne Improves Yet Restless at Nevada Office
Editor W O Payne remains away from his desk at the Nevada Representative office as a lingering typhoid fever siege holds on. He passes the days on his front porch studying psychology in the Nevada park.
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Payne
W. O. Payne
Nevada
Nevada Park
Westfall Campus Officer Confined to Bed Again
Mr. Westfall the campus police man has been ill all summer and remains confined to his bed.
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Mr. Westfall
State Fair Opens With Week of Exhibits and Shows
The state fair begins tomorrow with a packed week of events. Highlights include two Liberatti concerts, Pain's Battle in the Clouds, vaudeville, races at 1 p.m., and free admission days. Des Moines day features Governor Varrant and Gen. Grant appearances, while Ames hosts agricultural and domestic science displays.
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Iowa Brigade
Oskaloosa
56Th Regiment
Ft. Dodge and
Graham's
Pain
Gran
Liberatti
Des Moines
56Th Regt
Hobsons and Hollands
La-Tell Sisters
Bill” Coop
Liberati
Fred D. Grant
Varrant
Rappahannock
Ames Agricultural College
Ames at the Iowa State Fair highlights and exhibits
Ames will be prominent at the Iowa state fair opening Friday. Prof Curtiss oversees the horse exhibit while Prof Kennedy heads horse and swine judging. Ames and Story county show strong representation with special fair trains and ample seating. The Ames Building at the fair features a miniature college with lectures on domestic economy and agriculture, staffed by extension staff and college departments.
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G. R. Bliss
Horticultural Department
R. K. Bliss
H. H. Kildee
Prof. Pierce
J. BE. Kirkham
F. M. Okey
Nicholas
FE. W. Lambert
Lowa
Miss Hayden
Mr. Campbell
Ames
Percy Watkins
Robinson
Curtiss
W. J. Kennedy
Colle
Story County
George Hippee
Harry Polk
Bert Maisch
Des Moines Street Railway
Northwestern
Iowa State College
Miss Charleton
Miss Knowles
Iowa
Town State College
B. W. Crossley
H. G. Bell
Nevada Electric Light Plant Destroyed by Fire
The Nevada Electric Light plant burned to the ground at four this morning. Origin unknown. Firefighters saved adjacent buildings but could not save the plant valued at 15100 with 5000 insurance. City without lights or water for pumping. many shift to kerosene lamps. temporary plant expected in fifteen days. Superintendent Harrison shops for traction engine to pump water until power returns. Public health notes water supply cut off.
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Nevada
Harrison
Old Soldiers Hold County Reunion in Ames
Veterans travel from across the county to Story City for the thirty first annual county association reunion. Story City hosts events August 26 and 27 with regis tration, meals, band performances, speeches by Dept Commander McDonald and T E Thurreson, ball games, and entertainment for all ages.
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Ames
Story City
County Association
The
Mike McDonald
T. KE. Thuresson
Perry
M. McDonald
Roland
Oregon-Washington Limited Brings New Northwestern Trains
The Chicago & Northwestern Ry adds the Oregon-Washington Limited running daily from Chicago at 11:30 am to Portland arriving 8:30 am. The route offers Pullman sleeping cars, dining service, and through service from New York to Portland with no car changes. Officials cite double track automatic safety signals and extensive publicity as factors boosting travel and regional development.
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Western Points
Chicago & Northwestern Ry
Oregon-Washington Limited
Chicago
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pullmans
New York
Lake Shore
Northwestern
Ames
Des Moines
Iowa
Pullman
North Pacific Coast
Union Pacific & Northwestern
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone Park
Puget Sound
Columbia River
Umatilla
Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Army car passes Sunday on transcontinental military run
Private M B Parrott and Lieut B B Rosenthal with mechanician Frank X Zirbes depart New York August 18 in a Mitchell Ranger to deliver dispatches from Major General Leonard A Wood to Major General John F Weston in California. The trip covers about 3693 miles through eleven states ending at the Presidio San Francisco.
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M. B. Parrott
N. Y
B. B. Rosenthal
Frank X. Zirbes
New York
Leonard A. Wood
Department of the East
John Ff. Weston
Department O California
Mitchell Ranger
Marshalltown
Ames
Automobile Company
Presidio
San Francisco
Wood
Congress
Signal Corps
Bate
Mitchell Motor Car Company
Racine
Wis
Parrott
19Th Regiment
John J. Pruyn
W. L. Burnett
Poughkeepsie
Mr. Parrott
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F. BE. King
Welch Avenue
State College
Story County Old Soldiers Association
Ellsworth
Atlantic
Pacific
Lieut. Rosenthal
Zerbes
L. H. Pammel
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