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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
5
Mrs Sallie Stalker Smith published a small book containing tributes to her brother the late Dr M Stalker. The publication reflects family esteem and honors the memory of a physician remembered in the community.
H. M. Duckworth relocates his undertaking parlors to the east end of Main Street and expands into extensive picture framing. The new location offers more room for services and operations.
Readers are urged to use the Intelligencer want ads to offer rooms for rent and possibly board for incoming students and professors next week. Listings should include room details and terms.
Supt. F B King received a pennant from Banks and Button Nevada for Karl Clapper, winner of the four mile Marathon race at Nevada last June. It will join other trophies of victories by A H B.
An acre equals 6,272,640 square inches. An inch of water over an acre equals 6,272,640 cubic inches. At 227 cubic inches per gallon this is about 22,000 gallons or 220,000 pounds or 100 tons. Rainfall thus weighs about 100 tons per acre.
A small explosion in a store Monday night after gasoline escaped during repairs to a popcorn popper. Howard Adams suffered severe burns to his face and singed hair when a lighted match ignited the vapor.
Harvest Home festival events set for Ames on October 1 and 2. Ames day at the Nevada fair moved to Thursday September 50 with big races and numerous attractions. Secretary W S Smith who toured Ames this week says the day will be the biggest in history.
Reverend Walter I. Fowle enters his sixth year as pastor of the Ames Baptist Church with an anniversary sermon on Sunday. He has led growth in membership and steady attendance, with plans to dedicate a new church edifice as a climax to his work. The congregation is united and active in Christian service.
Campus Social by the West Ames Civic Improvement Society offers a 10 cent ice cream social Saturday near Central building. Notices report August 1852 marriages of Prof. N. E. Goldthwaite and Mrs. Goldthwaite in Worcester and the Nash Ellis wedding at Ames, plus upcoming weddings and a lawn social with ice cream and candy at C. F. E. Holmes home.
Numerous short notices describe residents and visitors. Mr. and Mrs. George Foster plan a move to Chicago. Miss Bertha Herr visited Humboldt with parents. several Ames residents and friends traveled or stayed in Des Moines, Denver, Lincoln, Denver, Colorado Springs, North Dakota, Chicago, and other locales.
James Kelley vacations at Cleghorn and Battlecreek. Several professors and staff travel for lectures and summer work, including Dr. O H Cessna heading to Ottumwa to teach, Prof H G Bell addressing Jasper county farmers, Prof L C Burnett at Waterloo on winter wheat, and Prof C C Major moving to a Johnson place on Iowa Street. School shoe ads and local moves cited. 21 31 J A W Cameron escapes hay fever at Apostle Islands. Prof R A Norman back from drafting work in McKees Rocks and ill health noted.
Quotations reflect that idealizing the real is safe when the real is understood and realized. The statement links safety to achieving ideals through practical realization and careful interpretation.
A young man named Shaf fer, manager of the electric car in Fraser coal mines, was crushed by coal and slate on Friday last week. His breast bone was broken and doctors say he will be crippled for life. He is Charles Taylor Jr.'s brother in law, as the Taylors and Wakefields suffer a harsh season of accidents including crushed skulls.
At a Monday executive meeting the Ames Commercial Club invited Iowa rural mail carriers, who are in Des Moines for their convention, to hold next year’s gathering in Ames. W. S. Hoon of Story County will deliver the invitation with backing from President Storms and Iowa State College faculty.
A report notes a man visiting a chiropodist faltered with his footwork and posture, leading to an awkward consultation moment. The incident highlights the quirks of a routine medical exam.
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