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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
1
Students pour into Ames for fall term as traders jostle for college trade and professors coach the returning class. Captain Jaenson expected Saturday with Watts and Lyman on the team as pre season chatter heats up.
The article extols telephone expansion highlighting Central operators, Ames Iowa Bell and Boone County Mutual, with manager and operator lists. It notes extensive local lines, miles of wire, and hundreds of daily calls, including a New Jersey toll and hourly peak activity, and envisions farmer exchanges linking towns nationwide.
The twelfth annual Story County old settlers reunion was held in Maxwell with Asa Turner Farrar James Hall Collins and E H Addison Nevada among speakers. Addison urged supporting home industries while old time methods were demonstrated including a flail exhibit. Baseball games saw Rhodes overpower Collins 13 to 1 and Maxwell beat Rhodes 12 to 2 with Swafford on the mound for Maxwell.
Trainer Watson warns of higher injury risk under new rules predicting more serious accidents. Candidates for practice include Jaensen captain and players Law Lambert J Lambert Hubbard Green Watts Bruger Drennan Will ett Balthis Perrim Mills Nelson Lyman Hagen Knox McElhenny Barber. many from last year will be missed.
A well dressed man pretends to be blind at the depot asking for charity. He buys a newspaper, reads on a platform, then hides the paper and lights a cigarette. The item second notes Roosevelt’s spelling reform with mock examples.
Prof and Mrs E W Stanton arrived home at the Maples after a five month tour of Europe with Prof Bennett. They sailed from Liverpool August 3 and reached Ames November 11, visiting major cities from Cadiz to Edinburgh. The trip served for recreation and left Stanton refreshed and content with the journey.
Four Ames women in a surrey faced a staged highway hold up when four men emerged from a byroad one evening last week. A command shouted by a calm man to not whip up saved them as one assailant proved insane and attempted to seize carriages. The incident ended with the suspects fleeing into the night.
The Story County Fair Association cuts expensive pony racing and redirects premiums to agricultural producers. Officials argue honest races are costly and unjustified, urging exhibitors to promote soil and stock exhibits. Marshalltown Times Republican notes educational value and urges unity for success.
A Memphis man claims a facial and hand rap paralyzes mosquitoes. once bitten the insect puckers its buzzer and dies after seeking damp places to escape, a method described as effective against bites and stings.
The Car roll Herald urges Hon. James Wilson, secretary of agriculture, to remain in public service. It praises his tenure under McKinley, noting a fruitful harvest and steady policy, and argues such valuable men should stay in the cabinet to do the most good.
The Jackson Republic lists seven types of town killers. They include outsiders who shop elsewhere, those who crave a quiet town, people who imagine ownership, deriders of public spirited men, opponents of any local benefit, opponents of any outside initiative, and those who damage others credit or reputation.
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