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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
2
Des Moines school board studies individual towels for student use to reduce disease risk from shared towels. High laundry costs drive search for alternatives, with tissue panel towels seen as the sole feasible solution.
Bro Langland of the Cambridge Leader tells subscribers to call and he will show them how to milk goats in the Haukei Mountains Norway. Story City Herald notes this quirky shift in his ventures.
In Des Moines the Oregon plan bill championed by Klay of Sioux City passed the lower house by 82 to 18 amid debate on primary reform. Harding also backed a special primary measure. the chamber reconvened for a senatorial ballot amid little opposition to the plan.
Judge R M Wright orders L B Coffin to pay his wife Nellie A Coffin 223 immediately to cover debts, with 100 monthly temporary alimony starting Feb 15 and 50 attorney fees in separate maintenance case to come up next term. she receives all she asked. Flames Leap to Girl's Face in Wilton. Fannie Hudler disfigured when kettle of lard caught fire while rendering, just before her marriage. Vivien Gould Weds Lord Decies in New York. Helen Vivien Gould, daughter of George Jay Gould, marries English lord Decies in a high society union.
Muscatine Iowa February 8 a special election will be held February 24 to vote on a proposed 58000 bond issue for an addition to the high school building. Interurban Cars Burn Mason City Iowa February 8 one car burned and five others damaged at the Mason City Clear Lake interurban car barn. Loss estimated at 15000 fully insured. Saloons Lose at Fort Dodge Fort Dodge Iowa February 8 the county board refused to accept withdrawals from the petition of consent leaving saloons to lose operating rights in Fort Dodge after July 1. Policeman Shoots Negro Child Killed in Gun Play Hamburg Iowa February 8 L H Walker a negro Ottumwa Iowa was arrested after a sharp fight in which a six year old daughter of Mrs El’s police, after a shotgun incident, died from a head wound.
Estherville hosts a short course with prizes for best ears of corn and other farm products across Emmet and neighboring Kossuth Dickinson Palo Alto and Martin counties. The two day Farmers Institute runs February 17 and 18 with a keynote lecture by D Ward King.
A reader recounts Abraham Lincoln’s favorite poem by a young Scottish author who died at 37. The lengthy verse contemplates mortality, memory, and the passage of life from birth to death, highlighting universal human experiences across generations.
Mason City reports Nicholas Balderoff a Greek barber and shopowner was fined $100 after pleading guilty to selling liquor and cigarettes. He claimed an ace entered his shop seeking a share but was refused and ordered out. The complaint led to the guilty plea without trial.
Des Moines report states Prof. C N Kinney of Drake University was told by the state board of health to resign as state chemist or sever ties with the Des Moines Water Company. He chose to resign from the water company position.
Milan Hibbs died from a homemade blasting powder explosion in Mitchellville. A nephew nearby lost both eyes and two children were badly hurt as the kitchen wrecked in the blast.
Fort Dodge jury verdict finds C. L. Peterson died after falling from the rear step of a south bound Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern passenger car. The train left the city early in the morning. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst spoke at a Boone Christian church addressing woman suffrage and her invitation to speak before the Des Moines legislature.
Royal Adams Circus Hippodrome comes to the Coliseum in Des Moines all next week under the Arab Patrol of Za-Ga-Zig Temple. The show features 125 performers and 125 trained horses and acts, with many named stars and a three hour program. Spectators will find two rings a stage and hippodrome with extensive aerial and high wire acts, plus special lighting and three hundred box seats.
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