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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
5
Classified notice fragment shows an ED student seeking light chores such as dusting rugs and related errands at the Intelligencer office. Also references a request for a fresh cow and a brief, garbled line about a wanted item.
Beginning Monday December 23 1907 sale of household goods at residence 617 Sycamore including cap dishes fruit jars book cases sewing machine bicycle lawn mower ax spade shovels and more also Plymouth items for sale at 3 cents each by Harry Amesbury R R 1 Ames Iowa auction notice not verified.
A brief message urges sharing Ames happenings with friends in other regions using the Intelli gencer year and compliments. The wording promotes distributing local updates across areas for wider awareness.
Edward Bass, a long-time Boone County resident born in Indiana, died Saturday. He leaves nine children.
W Arrasmith arrived in Story county in 1852 from Clay county Indiana and is likely the longest continuously residing early settler in the area.
General Manager Blake is in Washington negotiating with the post office department to launch a mail service on the interurban lines. A contract is expected, promising a greatly needed service along the route.
Clyde Williams of Ames emerges as a top fielding performer in the American association. He leads third basemen with a .953 fielding average and ranks ninth among second basemen with a .946 mark.
Mrs J Stevens received notice from Burchard Nebraska of her mother Mrs Henrietta Edson death following paralysis illness. She died at 10 30 o clock and Mrs Stevens left for Nebraska with Judge Stevens as far as Des Moines. Funeral likely Sunday.
Mrs Major Hawthorn presents a framed picture of Our Martyred presidents to the public library. Dr A Richmond contributes about fifty volumes of literature. The Nevada Representative notes gifts of substantial value are always welcome.
Walter Perkins on a Judging Tour reports a creditable poultry and horse show at Corydon with strong breeding spirit. He notes Missouri's Sedalia exhibition as hard to beat and urges Iowa to fund a $2000 yearly poultry show to match neighboring states. Perkins travels to Hazelton next.
Bible school at 9 45 a m Y P 8 C E at 6 30 p m The pastor will preach at 11 a m and 7 30 p m The morning service will have special reference to Christmas the pastor will speak on Tidings of Great Joy At 7 30 he will preach the sermon which was to have been delivered last Sunday Robbing God The Church of Christ elected officers of the Bible school New officers are J E Arnold Supt I J Scott Assistant Supt O J Brown Sec y A F Bowman Asst Sec y J Grove Treasurer and supply clerk Albert Fowler first librarian Claud Layman second librarian Mrs Jeffrey
The program lists 9 45 Bible school 11 00 Christmas sermon The new birth of the Christ 3 00 Junior Union 6 30 B P O 7 80 sermon No Room for the Christ The Baptist Bible School will hold their Christmas exercises Tuesday evening December 24 at 7 30 A simple program of recitations and songs has been prepared by the little folks and all are invited.
Sunday school at 9 45 am and 11 am. Sermon The Greatness of Jesus. Epworth League 6 30 pm The Birth of the King led by Cora Wilkinson. 7 30 pm Children s Christmas program rendered by Sunday school members. You are cordially invited.
Christmas references mark all services with a morning children story and a sermon. The evening features a reading of Henry Van Dyke's The Christmas Angel with special music at both services.
Christian Science services start at 7 30 p m in Odd Fellows Hall with subject Christ Jesus. Reading room opens Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 30 to 5 00 p m at 618 Douglass avenue.
Morning prayer and sermon scheduled for 11 00 a m on Sunday with Sunday school beforehand. The morning message centers on The Messianic Expectation.
Frances C. Renier pastor. Father T Dramm leads a mission at Gilbert this week and will say mass and deliver a sermon next Sunday at 10 o'clock. Christmas mass also scheduled for 10.
The U. B. Church led by Pastor J. W. Stiverson preaches morning on Holding Fast the Good and evening on Another Spirit at Evergreen, starting at 3 o'clock.
Willette S. Cox died at 929 Clark Avenue after a long pulmonary tuberculosis illness. A short home service was held Friday evening and Saturday the body was moved to Havelock for funeral and burial at Rolfe. Rev. A. M. Shea led services as Cox family, who moved from Colorado to Ames for health, mourns. The couple's three children, two sons and a daughter, are named.
A note urging rural residents to stop dropping pennies in mailboxes to avoid extra cold handling by rural carriers. Instead, stock up on stamps and postal cards and keep a small ahead supply. The message thanks carriers for their hard, long journeys and their gloves.
Sir Benjamin Baker explains cantilever bridges noting Chinese early work and the Forth Bridge as a continuous girder type. He compares the design to two men shaking hands across a stream using a walking stick as a bridge.
Gov Kirkwood outlines federal act of July 12 1862 granting 240000 acres to Iowa for agricultural and mechanical colleges. Proceeds must endow at least one college and fund current expenses. state must provide funds for buildings within five years or lose grant. He urges careful consideration to secure the endowment.
In a contentious letter to the Daily Iowan readers demand Ames be deprived of a 1907 title and that Iowa withdraw athletic ties until restitution is made. The writer mocks Iowa with taunts and proposes a friendly contest between Iowa City reg ulars and Ames freshmen as a cure for the dispute.
The Ames Rosebud Homestead No. 54 held a meeting on the 12th and elected officers for six months led by Pres J L Snyder and Vice Pres O Edwinson. The talk by Hon A Young on fraternal insurance announced a potential Des Moines trip if the group reaches 200 members. For details see Sec W S Hoon.
Ames in Brief reports Christmas jewelry sales at Keatings and social events around town. Mr J A Campbell left for Texas on business while Roy Brown visited the Guy family in Boone. A chicken pie social is planned at Oscar Mathews home near Shipley church. Birthday greetings note Wilson Taylor’s first birthday. Rolland Wallis returns from Washington to spend Christmas with family on State Street. Eliwell visited Nevada to secure furniture for the Ames Exchange Dome and promotes home delivery and bedstead fumigation services at the Commercial Exchange
Notice is given that the last will and testament of John Johnson of Pory County Iowa is on file in the Clerk's office. A hearing for probate is set for Tuesday January 14 1908 during the second day of the January term. Interested parties must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be accepted as the decedent's last will and testament.
The M W A announces its officers for the new year with Consul J M Noble Advisor J M Hicks Banker A H Thayer Clerk Pr O L Yeoman Escort J W Latherow Watchman M Erickson Sentry Einar Askeland Manager for three years J W Latherow to fill vacancy U S Griffith Meeting nights are the first and fourth Friday of each month.
The Yeomen lodge elected officers including Foreman W. H. Smith Mof A Jessie A. Miller Correspondent J. W. Latherow Mof A William Kinekade Chaplain Nancy E. Akis. Elmer E Deel assistant to the grand foreman attended and spoke on the order’s good. John E. Judge and Attorney Slattery gave brief addresses.
Beggar Prince with a strong cast and elaborate costumes comes to the Armory Opera House on Saturday December 21. The company, praised for fresh staging and clever performances, will present an elaborately staged production with curtain at eight o clock.
Mrs Isabel Anderson and Miss Stella spend Friday and Saturday in Ames for a Phi Gamma Delta party. Miss Grace Lander joins a Sigma Nu house party. Coach Clyde Williams visits Iowa State. Mrs P W Fincham travels to Ogden. Mrs E Ward and dancers Helen Welsh Blanche Hewitt go to Ames for events. George Jones and Mrs Bonebroke visit Mrs Cora Miller.
An engineer explains that vaccinating railway sleepers with creosote or copper sulfate protects them from tropical insects. Vaccinated ties last much longer, resisting ants and worms that quickly destroy unprotected wood.
John R. Keating offers five fine Scotch Cotte puppies for sale. Prospective buyers are invited to contact Keating for details on lineage, price, and availability.
The statement asserts that all white sugars including granulated, powdered, and leaf variants are bleached. It emphasizes that there is no truly unbleached white sugar available in common forms.
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