Practical Farm School Convenes with Prominent Speakers
Practical Farm School convenes December 13 14 and 15 with many prominent speakers on the program. Lot 5 best 50 ears any variety $10. Lot 6 best single ear any variety Lot 7 amateur class best 10 ears Ist $5 2d $2 50. class open only to parties not having exhibited corn. A free scholarship to the short course will be given to the Story county boy highest in judging at Institute. premium list address J H Chrisman Sec y Nevada Ia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. 8
Institute
Story County
J. H. Chrisman
Sec’y
Nevada
Educators Meeting in Story County with Evening Sessions
The Story County Farmers institute will gather in Nevada on December 13 14 and 15 with an expanded program including evening sessions for merchants and workers. Ladies lead Thursday and Saturday programs with contests exhibits and talks on pure food poultry and domestic science while Friday focuses on corn good roads and travel humor with speakers from Drake University and the Breeder's Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story County Farmers’ Institute
Nevada
D. L. Lang
Alma E. White
Howard Minkiler
Louis E. Micheal
I. 8
Nettie Lime
St. Peter At the Gate
Leo Pierce
C. Minkler
J. H. Criswell
Bubla
Garnet Busby
Jones
Business Men’s League
Silliman
Lang
Frank Tompson
Breeder’s Gazette
Ireland
J. W. Jones
Louis G. Michael
Premiums Offered By Business Men For Coming Exhibit
Nevada business men offer cash premiums for corn exhibited at Story County Farmers Institute December 13 14 and 15 1906. Rules stipulate no entry fee residents of Story county only corn grown in 1906 season. entries due December 13 noon to the secretary. exhibits delivered to the superintendent by noon December 13. release at 2 50 p m December 15. early removal forfeits premiums. Lot prizes include best 10 ears low white and mixed corn with 1st 5 00 2nd 3 00 3rd 2 00 in each lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada Business Men’s League
Story County
Farmers’ Institute
Saturda
Ames Wins Big at Chicago Contests With Two Trophies
Ames team traveled to Chicago for cattle sheep and swine judging and horse judging events. Guelph College of Ontario took first in cattle sheep and swine, while Iowa won the Cook trophy in corn judging. Drennan and Crossley led the Ames effort, marking two trophies and continued Ontario dominance in the general trophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Chicago
Ontario
Corn Science Progress At Nevada Experiment Plots
George M. Allee of Newell Iowa completed a three week harvest of 14 acre Nevada plots with 115 corn samples. 100 from Story county farmers and 15 from standard seed firms. Tests varied planting methods including whole ears and single rows to assess kernels per hill and ear parts. Saveable ears selected for judging classes and a final report is due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Allee
Newell, Ia
Agricultural Extension Department
Nevada
Story County
Allee
Newell
City Council Acts in Regular Session
The council appointed sewer committee and clerk to review sewer assessments and rent. Delinquent tax paid for widow Vanscoy property. Water Works interest of 175 dollars and electric bonds 300 dollars approved. Des Moines Bridge & Tron Works engineer estimate 2156.07 allowed. Geo Noyes named day engineer for electric light. Chas Wathius takes night shift. both paid 50 dollars monthly. Water Works district fixed subject to tax levy. Council adjourned after approving bills and scheduling next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanscoy
Des Moines
Chas. Wathius
Noyes
Kepford to Lecture on Tuberculosis at Congregational Church
Rev A E Kepford will lecture on Tuberculosis at the Congregational church Sunday evening with morning talks in the college chapel. A union gathering of U B Christian Baptist and Congregational members attends the evening event. Dr Margaret Jones coordinated the arrangements and forecasts a splendid talk. The lecture is free with a free will offering to support Kepford’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Kepford
Congregational Church
College Chapel
U. B
Kepford
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Burlington
Ottumwa
Margaret Jones
Ames Girls Find Duplicate Coats in Des Moines
Two young women from Ames bought coats in Des Moines separately. They returned on different trains and later met to discover they wore identical coats. A store window showed other matching coats discounted three dollars below their Des Moines prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Des Moines
Holiday Observed Closes Schools and Stores in County
Reports from nearly every town in the county say schools were dismissed for Thanksgiving. Stores closed widely, some all day, others the afternoon or from 2 to 4 o'clock.
Men Headed to Fort Leavenworth Exam
Rush Lincoln and Guy Gearhart left Wednesday for Des Moines to receive transportation to Fort Leavenworth Kansas for an examination for entrance into the United States artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rush Lincoln
Guy Gearhart
Des Moines
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
United States Artillery
Glee Club Plans Unique Two Part December Concert
The College Glee Club schedules a two part concert on Wednesday December 12 featuring Hough Thompson Silver Carstensen and Prof Resler. The second part includes songs comparing life at Yale Harvard Cornell Princeton and Ames with athletic college life and may include football songs.
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Hough
Thompson
Ilver
Carstensen
Prof
Resler
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
Princeton
Ames
College board elects journalism chair and approves salaries
The trustees met Wednesday at the college electing L. E. Carter as chair of journalism H McDonald receives 1600 salary starting January 1 with a planned raise to 1800 by July 1 1907 Scholarships for winter short courses gain support and a scholarship program for every farmers institute in the state is approved on a competitive basis Miss Marian H Kilbourne and Prof L E Ashbaugh receive leaves of absence to study art abroad and travel respectively A. Marston is empowered to decide Interurban campus construction questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Carter
H. McDonald
Iowa Highway Mission
Marian H. Kilbourne
Prof. A. Marston
Looking Up Maple Sugar Lectures by Prof Holden
Prof Holden departed Monday for New Hampshire to deliver two lectures before the State Agricultural Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holden
New Hampshire
State Agricultural Society
Personal Responsibility Sermon by Dean Stanton at Congregational
The Congregational church hosted a Sunday evening sermon by Dean E W Stanton on Personal Responsibility. The talk, titled I am fearfully and wonderfully made, drew a crowded audience including Company C members as guests of honor and featured reflections on self-making and tough choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof. Beach
Company C
W. J. Minchin
E. W. Stanton
Government Under Trust Chicago Man Proposes Postal Privatization
Chicago publisher W. D. Boyce and associates propose turning over U S postal service to a private $50 million corporation under strict government regulation. They seek half-rate postage, rural express, government rent payments, and profits capped at seven percent, with a railroad traffic expert in charge at $30,000 a year. They argue rural carriers would gain and salaries would fall, urging privatization as a model for broader public services. They warn of mail trust influence and compare to telegraph and railroad costs and inefficiencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
United States
Postal Commission
Washington
W. D. Boyce
Chicago
Boyce
Telegraph
Southern Railroad
U. S
The
Times
Semi Centenary Of Storm Blasts Iowa In 1856 Recall
Fifty years ago today a fierce blizzard began on December 1 2 3 1856 paralyzing stock and signaling Iowa’s harsh winter. W W Freed recalls the era notes Inkpadutah raids Spirit Lake massacre and predicts a brutal season with extreme cold and scant harvests based on old settlers folklore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ww. J. Freed
Iowa
Inkpadutah
Spirit Lake
New Yonor For Ames As Poultry Club Elects President
Mr. Frank N. Fowler secretary of the Ames Commercial club received new honors at Cedar Rapids at the national meeting of the Single Comb Rhode Island Red Clubs. An Iowa club was formed with Fowler unanimously elected president. Rhode Island Reds gain prominence as poultry for the town climate with top birds set for the Ames show in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Fowler
Ames Commercial Club
Cedar Rapids
Rhode Island Red
Iowa Club
Fowler
Rhode Island Reds
Ames
Contractor Herrick Must Finish Polk Story Ditch Work
The joint session of Polk and Story county supervisors orders P Herrick to complete the ditch project. Herrick halted work when the dredge departed and much minor work remains. finish before further payments can be issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Herrick
Polk-Story
Ain Ditch
Ames Poultry Show Nears. Birds Prepared for Pie Ready
Poultry enthusiasts prepare entries for the Ames show as exhibitors clean and groom birds. A boost is urged for the Poultry Stow to keep exhibition quality high and attract strong participation.
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Ames
Also Mentioned on This Page
Practical Farm School
Partners’ Institute
Educators’ Meeting
W. F. Barr
Drake University
E. V. Brumbaugh
EB. R. Collins
Iowa City
Seashore
State University
Abbott
Bennett
Upper Iowa University
Storms
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E
Seerley
State Normal
A. V. Storms
M. M. Beeddall
Boone
Macgowan
Iowa College
Grinnell
Grinpell
Science and
Mathematics
Thoro Hness
R. C. Barrett
Horse
Cook
Glee Club
College Glee Club
President Storms
Dean E. W. Stanton
Professor Beach
Bryce Hutchinson
Stanton
Mr. Minchin
Make Postoffice
Missouri Exchange
Shelby County
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