Guardsmen inspect new olive drab uniforms at Ames Armory
Major E C Worthington led a preliminary inspection of Company C 55th Regiment at the Ames Armory praising Lieutenants Weston and Kelsoe for drill. Officers from Des Moines witnessed the drill while Fort Crook and Lincoln services are planned for Sunday at the Methodist Church.
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Will Atten
Abraham Lincoln
E. C. Worthington
Des Moines
Weston
Kelsoe
Adjutant General
Worthington
Cecil C. Koons
Co. A
John E. Tillotson
Army
Navy
James Bush Lincoln
Herman Knapp
Earl B. Bush
Jas. Hays
4Th Infantry
U. A
Cockswain Foster
U. S
Georgia
John 8. Sweitzer
Fort Crook
National Guard
Ames
Methodist ‘Church Ina
Howard offers 400 acre Ames farm for state industrial school
Ames resident EB B Howard offers his 400 acre Marshall county farm to the state for an industrial school. The Des Moines meeting of the state board of education referred the proposal to the finance committee to explore funding. The board favors the plan citing need for industrial education and possible farm shops and natural water resources. Boone Y M C A ends pool and billiards after trial due to loafing and profanity concerns.
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EB. B. Howard
Ames
Marshall County
Lloyd Jones
State Board of Education
Des Moines
Trewin
Howard
Electric Engines Being Built for Fort Dodge Line
Four powerful electric locomotives from General Electric will haul 800 ton freight trains on the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway and handle switching. The system will shift from 600 to 1200 volts as freight traffic, now 65 percent of earnings, grows. Two new locomotives and reconditioning of old ones will upgrade the fleet, with substations at Fraser Rinard and East Fort Dodge to support higher capacity.
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Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway
General Electric Company
Fraser, Rinard
East Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
Fort Dodge Junction
Sunday Son Enrolls At Ames College For Studies
The son of Rev W A Sunday, George Sunday, arrived in Ames to study architecture and forestry at Iowa State College. He plans to pursue the course after his father, Billy Sunday, urged interest in trees and elm wood for baseball bats. George and his friend Fisher from Chicago are connected with old friends of the revivalist. He is listed as living at 211 Pike Street.
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W. A. Sunday
Ames College
George Sunday
Iowa State College
William A. Sunday
Billy
George
Sheldon
Sunday
Ames
Fisher
Chicago
Pike Street
A Delightful Storm
A Sunday snowstorm delivered a furious burst of flurries with an east wind. Roads filled with drifts while the Northwestern railroad struggled for two days yet the interurban kept service. The state Y C A convention is set for Clinton February 23 26.
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Northwestern
Clinton
Windfall for Ufford and Soper in Van Camp Estate
Mr. Ufford and County Clerk Soper inherit from the late Mr. Van Camp of Ames after he left $500 to Soper and the 80 acre farm to Ufford. Household goods and $1 go to his daughter. Funeral expenses and a monument are to be paid from the estate.
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Attord
Representative Felt Celebrates Birthday in Ames Visit
Representative Benjamin Franklin Felt of Spencer Clay county spent his legislative vacation in Ames with Hon Geo C White. Born Feb 6 1862 in Galena Illinois to Daviess county Illinois he came to Iowa in 1881 and settled on a farm in Clay township. He supports Iowa State College and has a student son in Ames.
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Felt
Benjamin Franklin Felt
Spencer
Clay County
Ames
Geo. C. White
College City
Galena
Daviess County
Illinois
A. 8. Grant
Iowa
Storm Lake
Clay Township
Towa State College
Story City Buyer Purchases P Orning & Co Stock
M J Summy of Ames buys the remainder of the buggy stock from P Orning Co and plans quick disposal. Story City Herald reports the transaction.
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Uly
Story City Concern
M. J. Summy
Ames
P. Orning & Co
Story City Herald
Kennedy Triumphs In Educational Board Inquiry At Ames
The Des Moines investigation cleared Prof. W. J. Kennedy of intentional misrepresentation in stock displays. Editors of agricultural papers praised Ames College supporters while warning against bitter motives. Kennedy spoke on dairying to a large Slater audience, urging continued progress in Iowa farming. If Senator Young backs the leading candidate, suspense may end.
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Educational Board
Des Moines
W. J. Kennedy
Kennedy
Intelligencer
Iowa Agricultural Press
Agricultural Press
Ames College
State College
Towa
Iowa Stae College
Ames
Trew
Eee
Agricultural Papers
Prof. Kenedy
Iowa
Middle West
Slater News
Rural Carriers in Ames February 22 Convention
The Story County Rural Carriers plan to celebrate George Washington's Birthday by holding an annual convention at Odd Fellow's Hall in Ames on February 22. The event includes a 10:30 program with addresses, prayers, a dinner, and a raise in carrier salaries, with leaders from Story City and Nevada and national and state Rural Mail Carriers' associations represented.
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George Washington
Odd Fellow's
Story County
Ames
Iowa
National
Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
Bert Childs
Nevada
W. 8. Hoon
State Association
Washington
W. C. Mains
Colo
P. T. Thompson
Roland
W. B. Clump
C. K.helvig
Story City
America
Geo. D. Crissman
Sheldon
Bosworth
Charles Hamilton
Sampson Wier
O. K. Helvig
Charles E. Caine
National Rural Mail Carriers’ Association
F. R. Conway
Ames Intelligencer
Good Roads Meeting Monday in Nevada County
The Nevada county good roads meeting, called by the Board of Supervisors under road law provisions, will be held at the courthouse Monday at 10:00. County Attorney H B Hadley will discuss road laws, D Ward King will speak on Good Roads Now, and County Surveyor Wells will cover road drainage. Farmers are urged to attend and participate.
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Nevadae
County
Nevada
Board of Supervisors
Nevada Commercial Club
H. B. Hadley
D. Ward King
Wells
Ames
Ames Growth Praised as College Town Progress Spurs Pride
The Story City Herald applauds Ames for its 1910 census showing 4,223 residents, a 74 percent rise in ten years. It notes renewed business vigor and a spruced up appearance, with state and county pride in the college town extending to the city itself.
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Story City Herald
Ames
Ames Growth Cited in Roland Record Story
Ames, home of a renowned agricultural school, has a population of 4223 per the latest census, up 1801 in ten years. The Roland Record notes steady progress and active local businessmen driving Ames to prosper.
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Ames
Roland Record
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