Ames Third Annual Commercial Banquet Boosts City Growth
The Ames Commercial club held its third annual banquet at the armory on a Friday night with Judge C. G. Lee as toastmaster. Speakers lauded the college and town links, debated Ames street and a new post office, and urged city improvement while praising local industry and booster spirit.
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Armory
Frank Stultz
C. G. Lee
Grove
Commercial Club
President Storms
Storms
Iowa State College
Prof. Pommel
High School Building Repaired Linked to City Sewer
Superintendent King praises recent work at the Ames public schools noting a new boiler lowers coal use and heat is steadier. Sewer connections and revived basements improve sanitation and comfort, with classrooms running smoothly and teachers guiding productive lessons. Citizens urged to boost the schools.
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King
Public Schools
Ames
Farmers' Reading Circle Organized by Bennett Bros
Bennett brothers of Ames south organized a county wide farmers reading circle to promote agricultural interests. Prof R K Bliss spoke at Evergreen schoolhouse as the group planned weekly meetings now and monthly later, aiming to create auxiliaries across Story county.
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Reading Circle
Bennett Bros
Bennett Brothers
Ames
Story County
R. K. Bliss
College
Evergreen School House
Business League Aims to Boost Town Spirit in Story City
Story City residents push for a commercial club to lift local business morale. The article compares a city without a business league to a shirt without a collar button, urging unity and action to organize the effort.
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Story City
Rural Letter Carriers of Story County Meet in Nevada
Seventeen Story County Rural Letter Carriers met in Nevada on Washington's Birthday to discuss roads with Prof. T. H. McDonald and Iowan highway official as speakers. Bert B. Child was elected president and O. K. Helvig secretary. Resolutions praised the county officials and Business Men's league for hospitality and noted the death of Marshall Clark in Slater on December 3, 1906.
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Story County
Nevada
Washington
T. H. McDonald
College
Iown Highway Commissioner
McDonald
Bert B. Child
O. K. Helvig
Nevada Business Men's League
Green's
Court House
Bert
Business Men’s League of Nevada
Thomas H. McDonald
O. B. Peterson
Story County Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Marshall Clark
Slater
R. F. D. News
Chicago
Committee On
Knife Fight At Northwestern Depot Involving Two Workers
A disorder at the Northwestern depot Sunday morning drew attention as a Dago worker was chased by an Assyrian colleague armed with a foot long knife. Brawling occurred near the water tower before C and N W officials restrained the men with clubs and restored order.
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Northwestern Depot
Ames Methodists to begin wrecking old church for new
The Ames Methodist Memorial church will be demolished to make way for a larger building. Farewell services Sunday invite all former members to say goodbye to the edifice, with pastors from local churches supplying portions of the program.
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F. M. Cupps
Andrew M. Shea
R. C. Barrett
Baptist Church
W. S. Fowl
Church of Christ
Milton H
Congregational Church
Episcopal Church
Herbert A. Wilson
United Brethren Church
A. B. Storms
L.L
Epworth League
J. D. Cline
Herman Knapp
Geo. W. Jones
Jennie Beyer
Frank Perry
Old Methodist Memorial Church
Ames
H. D. Williams
Fort Dodge
Wm. Minchin
Kelley
D. W. Stiverson
Evergreen
Ames Oratory Winner Scores State Title at Indianola
F W Skelley of Lost Nation Iowa a senior electrical engineer at Iowa State College won the state oratorical contest in Indianola by three delivery votes and earns a hundred dollar prize plus travel expenses to the inter state contest to be held in May representing Iowa. He spoke America's Right to Live and the victory marks a historic win for ISC oratory prompting renewed support for the department from Ames and surrounding communities.
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Robert Cairns
O. H. Cessna
Cairns
Towa Street
Dr. Cessna
Dr. Beardshear
Iowa Street
Cessna
Chicago
F. W. Skelley
Lost Nation
Iowa
Shelley
I. 8. C. Inn
W. H. McHenry
Des Moines
Skelley
America
Ames
1. Ss. C
Former Ames Boy McCarthy Named Woolen Mills Superintendent
Albert H. McCarthy son of former Auditor C. G. McCarthy was born in Ames and educated in Nevada and Des Moines. After fourteen years in the navy he retires to lead the Woonsocket woolen and cotton mills in Rhode Island, with a noted service record in the Spanish war and the Philippines. General Lincoln lauds his perfect record.
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Albert H. McCarthy
Auditor of State
C. G. McCarthy
Ames
Nevada
Des Moines
Navy
Woonsockket
Woonsocket
Rhode Island
McCarthy
Philippines
Lincoln
Commercial Club Plans Weekly Saturday Farmer Meetings
Farmers propose a weekly Saturday Ames gathering with hall discussions on farm improvements stock matters and road issues guided by college professors and experienced farmers to advance annual road makers meetings and establish a town fixture with broad farmer attendance.
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Commercial Club
Ames
Butter Special Out Across Iowa Rail Tour
A butter special departed Des Moines heading east to Dubuque then west to Council Bluffs with Prof. G. L. McKay and Professors Holden and Bliss aboard for the journey. The train is planned to make one hundred stops along the route.
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Des Moines
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
G. L. McKay
College
Holden and
Bliss
Extension Department
Clear Lake to Disappear by Tiling Sink Drain to Squaw Creek
The Stanhope Mail reports a large tile will drain Clear Lake in Hamilton county, sending spring water into Squaw Creek and lowering the lake beds. The 14 inch tile from center of the lake to the creek will dry the lake, freeing acres of farm land and ending a former summer resort once popular with boats, dancing pavillions, and visitors from Boone and surrounding counties.
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Clear Lake
Squaw Creek
Ames
College
Stanhope
Clear Lake Township
Hamilton County
Iowa
Ok Lake
Ericson Boys
Boone
Hamilton
Covel
Huxley Gets New Interlocking Switch Project
The Milwaukee railroad plans an inter locking switch installation in Huxley. Materials are on the ground for the plant’s construction.
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Huxley
Milwaukee Railroad
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L. C. Tilden
Mr. Tilden
Elbert Hubbard
Tilden
G. C. White
New Postoffice
W. D. Rich
Seventh Congress
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Kellogg Street
Ames Street
Onondaga Street
Story Street
Duff and
Onondaga Streets
Kellogg Streets
Colonial
F. R. Conaway
The
Intelligencer
George Washington
George
Waterloo
Conaway
Sheldon
Elia Wheeler Wilcox
W. E. Harriman
Civic Improvements Society
Ames Commercial Club
Harriman
Curtiss
C. C. Deering
Boone County Telephone Company
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Fitchpatrick
A. Lincoln
Brooklyn Eagle
Enty In
Mafia
Ames’ Methodists
Memorial Church
Hallowed Ground
Zion
Indianola
United States Navy
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