Ames City Schools Open September 1908 King outlines plan
Superintendent King announces Ames City Schools will open September 7 1908 with detailed staffing room assignments and building changes. High school starts 8 am others at 9 am. New curriculum includes American literature in grades 11 12 and health texts for fourth and fifth grades. Non residents may enroll by Sept 4 and seventh grade buys new Walsh arithmetic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Ralph Bingham
King
Ames City Schools
F. BE. King
Percy Watkins
Ethel Grace Pike
Maisy Schreiner
Ira J. Scott
Ida E. Boyd
Sadie Moore
Maude Wakefield
Susan Kerstetter
Mabelle Payton
Grace D. Hoover
Central
Anna Showmaker
Leona Bale
Kathryn Fenton
Myrtle Lanning
Florence Brendeman
Mael H. Clark
Beardshear
Margaret W
Hoggatt Avenue
Ames Young Lady Wins at State Fair Cooking Contest
Ruby Lynch of Ames won the state fair cooking contest with a total of 86 points for making twelve biscuits and a steak. Four entrants included Sheila Hasbrouck Humeston Pansy Edwards Des Moines and Louise Wood Iowa Falls. Lynch earned a $100 college scholarship with second prize going to Hasbrouck worth $50 and Edwards receiving a $25 Short Course offer.
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Rest Cottage
Ruby Lynch
Ames
Sheila Hasbrouck
Humeston
Pansy Dwards
Des Moines
Louise Wood
Iowa Falls
Miss Charlton
Miss Knowles
Miss Lynch
Ames High School
Hasbrouck
Miss Edwards
Sneila Hasbrouck
Hameston
Pansy Edwards
From Ames Barber to South Dakota Magnate in Three Years
Winters of Ames moved to Rose Bud country three years ago taking a 160 acre claim with borrowed freight money. He bought a nearby 80, then sold for nine thousand dollars and entered the mercantile business now worth fifteen to twenty thousand. George Stanford, former hardware clerk, also claimed 160 acres in South Dakota and married a fellow 160 acre farmer. they are prospering. Dallas town, moved to its present site, near Frank Jacksons boys, is one year old with 2000 residents and five saloons, terminal of the Northwestern railroad.
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Winters
Ames
South Dakota
Rose Bud
George Stanford
Jo Dais
Dallas
Frank Jackson
Northwestern Railroad
Gregory County
W. D. Meltzer
J. W. Bateman
Frank Graes
Convention Elects Delegates Amid Iowa Senate Turmoil
The state central committee plans a Des Moines September 9 convention to select a judge for the supreme court, following Senator Allison's death. County delegates from Ames, Nevada, Story City and other townships will represent major factions as Evans McHenry Berry and Healy seek support. The county lineup lists numerous ward and township delegates across Ames and surrounding towns.
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Nevada
Byers
State Central Committee
Bes Moines
Supreme Court
Bishop
Allison
Selectig
Judge Evans
District Court
Judge McHenry
Senator Berry
Robert Healy
Ames
A. H. Munn
James Hale
M. A. Manning
Charles Hamilton
J. M. Hall
William Pritchard
R. C. Robertson
J. W. McCord
Collins
Franklin
J. O. Michaelson
E. W. Liddle
J. 8. Jacobson
Gilbert
W. R. Ruth
Grant
E. F. Biddle
J. K. Peterson
A. M. Wall
Howard
O. M. Grove
O. Stole
J. H. Tweet
Odne Howen
H. L. Boies
Sam Britson
Erick Evens, Jr
Roland
Indian Creek
Jesse Bowen
Ellsworth Gibson
John Cole
W. N. Wimmer
Maxwell
la Fayette
T. J. Thompson
Julius N. Johnson
Story City
H. L. Hanson
Lincoln
Ira Kempkes
B. F. Winsett
F. C. McCall
John Mathison
J. C. Elliston
George A. Klove
F. M. Boardman
C. A. Mackey
E. H. Addison
W. W. Loomis
L. H. Proctor
New Albany
F. O. Price
W. O. Templema
Y. D. Cooper
C. G. Smith
Cole
Palestine Township
Ole Vettervold
H. L. Berkestrand
O. S. Heggen
Lewis Berhow
Huxley
Henry Ersland
George E. Nelson
Slater
Brit Olson
J. N. Scott
Kelley
Richland
C. F. Rasmussen
Zearing
H. G. Handsaker
J. A. Zervas
Fernald
Sherman
George Danskin
C. M. O’neil
C. A. Holle
M. O. Marvick
H. J. Jorgenson
J. B. Severson
E. G. Wiggins
Charles Olsager
Union Township
H. W. Dana
H. H. Heggen
J. A. McKee
A. M. Mason
L. G. Pulis
Cambridge
Warren Township
John Heugen
Sam Tweet
F. J. Baumgardner
J. J. Galbreath
McCallsburg
Washington Township
James Hutchison
Bells Tolling Campaign Provokes Colo Opinion
The Colo Observer again launches a campaign opposing funeral bell tolling, calling the custom senseless and questioning its value. The piece hints that bells may be cracked or unreliable as part of the dispute.
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Colo Observer
Colo
Christian Church Convention in Story County Program Set
Story county Christian churches hold a convention this Friday beginning at 10 a m with an evening address. State Missionary Secretary B 8 Denny and State Bible School Superintendent C L Organ join the program alongside J Houser of Boone B F Shoemaker of Nevada and B W Salmon of Zearing.
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Christian Church Convention
Christian Churches
Story County
Christian Church
Sangerfest Day a Great Success at Ames Chautauqua
A 150-voice Norwegian Choral Union led by Prof. John Dahle performed at the Ames Chautauqua to strong acclaim. The group, drawn from Huxley Story City North Humboldt County and nearby towns, impressed with Messiah selections and a finale of Handel and Grieg works. Prof. Ferroe praised the chorus as a potential leading Iowa state group.
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Ames Chautauqua
Norwegian Choral Union
Story County
John Dahle
Minneapolis
Ames
Huxley
Chicago
John J. Ferroe
Association
Iowa
West
Professor Ferroe
N R Hull Died In Washington After Early Iowa Life
N R Hull formerly of Boone county Iowa died at his Spokane county home in Washington state on August 6. Born in Fulton county Illinois in October 1834 he was nearly 74. The Hull family moved to Belle Point Boone County in 1847 where Jesse Hull claimed 160 acres and Elizabeth Hull served as Boone county’s first postmistress when the local post office was established in 1850.
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N. R. Hull
Boone County
Spokane County
Washington
Fulton County
Illinois
Iowa
Belle Point
Madrid
Jesse Hull
Elizabeth Hull
W. R. Hull
Uncle Sam
Senator Ericson
Buchanan
Mineral Ridge
Ames to Make Pop by the Wholesale
Frank Danforth adds a bottling plant to his ice cream business to produce temperance drinks. The venture will sell pure pop and ginger ale to Ames outlets and thirty Iowa towns, with production in the skating rink basement.
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Ames
Frank Danforth
Boone
Chautauqua
Rural mail carriers hold state convention in Ames
W. Hoon was named vice president and delegate at large after presenting the best paper on caring for rural carriers horses at the Des Moines and Ames gathering. Bert Childs of Nevada was re elected secretary. delegates praised Ames College and urged two year conventions there if hotels can accommodate.
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Bert Childs
Nevada
Association
Ames Commercial Club
Iowa
Ames
McDonald
Des Moines
Addison Family Visit Brings George W Addison to Nevada
George W Addison and his daughter Miss Beulah of Kansas City arrived in Nevada last Saturday to visit his brother H Addison. Addison is with Drovers Live Stock Co and will stay about ten days to attend to firm business in the area.
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Ed Addison
George W. Addison
Miss Beulah
Kansas City
Nevada
H. Addison
Drovers Live Stock Co
Maxwell Tribune
William Snyder Receives Sudden Estate Drafts
William Snyder, renter on the Kessoe farm near Ames, was surprised to receive a draft for 20000 dollars from his uncle’s estate administrator. He was told 15000 dollars would come soon and more payments would follow as the estate settles. He plans to continue farming and has not investigated the total size of the estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Snyder
Kessoe
Ames
Snyder
Howeer
Corn In Healthy Condition Despite Cool Nights In Iowa
For the week ending Aug 24 1908 in Des Moines Iowa cooler weather reduced nightly maturity of belated corn. Days were warm and bright, with light showers in parts. Projections show 35 percent of crop safe from frost by Sept 15 and 85 percent by Oct 1 with favorable weather up to Oct 15. Pastures and meadows are excellent, clover seed promising, timothy seed yield normal.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Rat virus attack at Des Moines fairgrounds
A Detroit Park Davis Pharmacy employee, A. W. Clark, was bitten by a rat carrying a new Park Davis virus at the Des Moines state fairgrounds. The virus spreads to other rats causing rapid deaths. Clark was hospitalized and may die from the poisoning.
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A. W. Clark
Park Davis Pharmacy Company
Detroit
Mich
Des Moines
Park Davis Company
Clark
Blissful and Lamblike Adopted by Kindergarten Class
The Oskaloosa Herald notes a change in the school staff as Miss Bliss hands the classroom to Miss Lamb, making Mr. Pleasant unique among kindergarten teachers in name.
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Mr. Pleasant
Miss Bliss
Miss Lamb
Oskaloosa Herald
Opera House to Open Sept 11 with Top Orchestra
Manager Milo Manning prepares Ames era season opening September 11 with Prince of Sweden company leading a slate of attractions. An organized first class orchestra is planned as a permanent feature for all shows, enhancing performances across fall winter and spring with names like Jane Eyre and Yankee Doodle Boy among the lineup.
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Milo Manning
Armory Opera House
Ames
Manning
Meadowbrook
Miss Petticoats
Montana
Ole Swanson Co
Ralph Riggs
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Ames City
Fjeldberg
Sir John Goss Kirkenden
Ole Bull
Selma Vaugsness
Hallelujah Chorus
Kildah
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Haugen
Hon
B. B. Haugen
Minnesota
America
Iceland
Old Country
Mr. Haugen
Tipton Bottling Works
Story Carriers
Hoon
Rough
Man
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