Battle of Buena Vista remembered in Ames tribute
An Ames centennial remembrance recalls the Mexican War battle near Buena Vista on February 22–23, 1847, where 6 000 American troops under General Taylor defeated 15 000 Mexicans led by Santa Ana. The feature notes 267 Americans killed and 456 wounded, Mexican losses of 568 killed and 1 241 wounded, and mentions Col. Ss. P. O'Brien of Ames as the sole surviving veteran in Story County. It weaves in a dramatic poem and portraits of suffering and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Mexico
Zachary Taylor
Santa Ana
Ss. P. O’brien
Ames
Story County
Washington
Recollections of Past Events in Ames 15 Years Ago
A fragment from the Intelligencer recalls Ames events from 15 years earlier. Mentions a Yeomen gathering on February 20, political caucuses nominating a mayor and council members, society talks, a post office resignation to attend college, a deaf couple wedding in Marshalltown, a 500 guest Odd Fellows supper, a Kelley elevator boiler explosion injuring several, and Lincoln's birthday as a legal holiday proposal by Ellsworth G A R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intelligencer
Willis McLain
U. S. Penn
Manilla Harbor
Lincoln
Joe Grove
Fred Beckwith
W. D. Allen
Adaline Banks
S. Cramer
Ames
Elbmidt” Club
A. M. Perkins
Cemetary
Opera House
J.C. Kyle
C. A. Duntz
M. Hemstreet
C. G. Lee
J. B. Elliott
J. A. Campbell
Gilbert
Odd Fellows Lodge
C. F. Davis
8. L. Carlton
C. D. Shepard
Wm. Dodds
A. B. Kibbee
Wm. McGill
Gee
W. Tingle
W. L. Sawyer
Carl Johnson Woodman
Squaw Creek
Citizens Caucus
Henry Wilson
John H. Williams
F. T. McLaine
Cramer
L. C. Tilden
Jas. W. Adams
Thos. Ihounpeon
J. C. Miller
U Bsb
G. A. Underwood
Citizen’s Caucus
Lopics Diesem
Conversa- Womuas Club
Weerican
Buge Jone
Westerman
Ies
Lucian Kccen
Charles R. Hemstreet
Millie Worthington
Marshalltown
C. F. Curtiss
Curtiss
Yvrof
Eity
Evelyn Starr
Anna Richmond
Gates & Sons
Cedar Rapids
Edi- VY Ieen
Ne Intelligences
The
Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs
Frank Evans
2Nd
Iowa Cav
Wm. Bills
H. A. Cook
Ellsworth Post
Ames News Roundup Highlights 1908 Local Events
In Ames a February 1908 recap notes Gen Lincoln at the Boone armory dedication and a commercial club reception at the Armory. George Baker resigns from the city council while Dr Cessna’s campus home is burglarized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Intelligencer
Commercial Club
Lincoln
Boone
George Baker
Cessna
Martin Ossian
Electric Light
F. M. Darner
Brotherhood of American Yeomen
Huxley
Lutheran Church
H. G. Bell
Lillian Sargeant
Wm. Clark
William Shull
Basin
Wyoming
William Watson
A. Gray
Boone Street
Philaetheas
Christian Church
Black Hand Club
Alpha Tau Omega
J. A. Campbell
Peter Marshall
Frank Totten
Gilbert
Marshall
Lincoln Day at Central Public School Centennial Programs
Lincoln centennial observances at Central and nearby rooms featured students delivering recitations, songs, flag exercises, and poems about Lincoln. Performances included life of Lincoln, Blossoms and the President, Stars and Stripes Forever, and Civil War excerpts by multiple grades and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Central School
Lincoln
Liberty
Marie Feguson
Selah Golden
Clark Tilden
Leslie Stayner
Eldon Cox
Lucy Ross
Thirra Stull
Datus Proper
Marjorie King
Vina Nunamaker
Walter Harriman
Roscoe D’vorack
Orlo Best
Harold Major
Cora Willey
la Verne Buckton
Edna Clark
Bernice Rickets
Stars and Stripes Forever
Eldred Pepper
Earl Hunter
Percy Adams
George Davis
Teddie Kooser
Beulah McColl
Blanche Noble
Dorothy Westman
Veronica Morressay
Mrs. Tilden
Wellington Biewen
Dan McCarthy
Charley Shockley
Snedden Winter
Willie Winter
Lester Hoon
Jay Taylor
Harold Seymore
Frank Coulter
George Allen
Eva Huffman
Hazel Chesey
Thelma Houglin
Our Lincoln
Willie Ricketts
Benjamin Woolman
John Tallman
Marion Spring
Florence Snook
Vera Davis
Allen Perry
Dorothy Harriman
Harold Griffith
Harriet Tilden
Willis Sylvester
Burnace Westman
Three Sisters
Iradell Cassidy
Katherine Allan
Brice Gamble
Clare Morris
Bernard Morressay
Edith Wallis
Blossom
Josephine Wilkinson
Dorothy Harri
Veterans of the War of 1812 buried in Story County cemeteries
Mr. Payne reports Micah French died in 1889 at Nevada and Alba Hall buried in Nevada. list names veterans buried in Ontario, Gilbert, Cambridge, Ames and Johnson’s Grove cemeteries, including T. R. Thurman Husong Beadle and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Jones
Boone
John Brainard
Intelligencer
T. R. Thurman
Simeon Beadle
John Husang
Ontario
Micah French
Board of Supervisors
W. O. Payne
Nevada
Johnson Grove
Payne
Alba Hall
Ames
Story County
John Husong
Gilbert
James Hunter
Abner Hill
Cambridge
B. Nellis
James Lewelen
Joshua Downs
Johnson's Grove
Real estate transfers in Ames and vicinity
Real estate transactions include O. Stillman to E. G. Gould for 200 dollars on lot 10 in Bigelows ad Ames and E. G. Gould to H. F. Woodruff for 600 dollars on lots 9 and 10. Transfers also list Francis N. Noble to Malinda L. Noble for 700 dollars, R H Robinson to Mrs. P. J. Peoley for 2800 dollars, B W Berneman to B J Cole for 235 dollars, Ames Catholic Cemetery Association to G. H. and Maggie J. Hambleton for 537.50 dollars, Benton Corrington to Lewis M. Hines for 1000 dollars, plus other parcels in Ames and surrounding parcels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Stillman
E. G. Gould
Bigelows
Ames
Francis N. Noble
Malinda L. Noble
R. H. Robinson
P. J. Peoley
D. College Park
H. F. Woodruff
B. W. Berneman
B. J. Cole
Harrimans
Ames Catholic Cem. Asso
G. H
Maggie J. Hambleton
Benton Corrington
Lewis M. Hines
N& Se
PublicAuction Sale Near Ames and Gilbert Line
The undersigned offer a public auction northeast of Ames and southeast of Gilbert Station on Tuesday February 23 at 12 o'clock featuring 9 horses and mules aged 4 to 12, 60 shoats, brood sows, farm implements including 3 harness sets, wagons, binders, a manure spreader, cultivators, mower, rake, drag, planter, seeder, a rubber tire wagon and chickens. Auctioneers E F Posegate and Henry Dunhow. clerk B F Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Gilbert Station
E. F. Posegate
Henry Dunhow
B. F. Sheldon
Times-Republican Gets New Press For Westward Push
The Marshalltown Times-Republican reports steady growth as a larger faster press is installed to maintain quality news coverage. Publisher Fritz Norris stresses real news over sensationalism as readers continue to support the inland daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Republican
Marshalltown Times-Republican
T-R
West
Fritz Norris
The pen wiper and the man with dirty fingers
A brief, era-tinged observation contrasts a pen wiper who cleans his blotter with a man who rubs dirty fingers on his trousers, hinting at habits that mirror broader traits of the period.
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Ethel Winter
Hazel Richreading
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Song
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Harold Seymour
Lee Davis
Mansel Darner
Earl Noble
Forest Clark
Carl Wilson
Teddie Rich
Shovel Drill
Herman Cole
Edward Rutherford
Tommy Clark
Howard Shultz
P. O.brien
Vera Cruz
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Bosworth
Kodol
E. E. DeWitt & Co
Chicago
C. A. Gamble
Brotherhood of Yeomen
Willie
the Central
Goffee
Tone Bros
Des Moines
Towa
Sarre
Bell
John Allan
Depot
C.R. Quade
G. A. Brugger
U. S. Spring
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Mutual
Sopra
House of Representatives
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