Ames notes missives and moves in Milford and Cambridge
Miss Lena Potter hosts at M. E. Livingston home in Ames. Ruth Birney, a high school student in Ames, out with a severe cold. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon move from Ames to T. Hardcastle farm and will reside in Milford this year. Center Milford teachers Miss Glendora Bryant anticipate a swell time as mumps spread among friends. A two year old child of the Breese family on the W. H. Stultz farm in Milford scalded by boiling water. Fred Heileman dies at his daughter's home. funeral at M. E. church. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Aplan host Cambridge visit for Mrs. Grove. Farewell for A. A. Richardson family moving from Cambridge to a farm south of Huxley. H. E. B. Walker and W. M. Ballard buy Zook restaurant in Cambridge and relocate operations to larger rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Lyon
Ames
T. Hardcastle
Milford
Center School
Glendora Bryant
Des Moines
Fred Heileman
E. A. Kirk
M. EB
Elias Aplan
Cambridge
M. C. Grove
Apland
A. A. Richardson
Campridge
Huxley
H. E B. Walker
W. M. Ballard
Market Day Sale Promises Hundreds of Horses and Dinners
The town announces a March 6 market day with about one hundred horses slated for sale along with cows hogs and assorted items. The Ladies Aid will serve a chicken pie dinner by the Kelley ladies inviting all to attend amid news of local travels and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Kelley
J. M. Evans
Ames
W. L. Johnston
Cedar Falls
Mathis
Story City Notes On Local Business And Key Residents
The Story City Farmers Grain Co expects continued operation after an eight month existence with strong business volume. Cr J Charison suffered paralysis but is improving. Pensions for veterans like Capt W A Wier rise under a new law dated February 6. Oliver Jacobs joins the Navy and heads to Norfolk. Mrs Ben Swenson dies after months of stomach cancer. Carl Rasmussen returns from Minnesota amid talk of harsh winter. T P Johnson takes a summer position with Theo Hanson. Clarence Saldal becomes mail weigher for the Eagle Grove to Des Moines route. Local butter tub factory expands capacity with new machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Story City
W. A. Wier
Oliver Jacobs
United States Navy
Norfolk
Ben Swenson
Carl Rasmussen
Minnesota
T. P. Johnson
Theo Hanson
Clarence Saldal
Eagle Grove
Des Moines
Roland Mass Meeting Debates Fire Protection Plan
Citizens of Roland held a mass meeting Monday night to discuss installing fire protection for the city. Estimated outlay is about eight thousand dollars plus ongoing expenses.
Maxwell Area Society Notes and Local Changes
John Thompson near Maxwell realized over four thousand dollars at his sale held last week. Mrs. Wm Black is visiting relatives in Lee county Illinois this week. The aged aunt there is in very feeble health. Mr and Mrs F L Hall their son Willis and daughter Mrs Thomas R Mather and Mr Guy Elliott have left Maxwell for North Dakota. Celia Campbell has purchased the millinery stock of Mrs J W Kern and will run the shop. Kern will stay to assist in spring work. Payne Hickman and Miss Edna Smith were married at Maxwell the past week and will farm nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thompson
Maxwell
Wm. Black
Lee County
Ill
F. L. Hall
Willis
Thomas R. Mather
Guy Elliott
North Dakota
Celia Campbell
J. W. Kern
Kern
Campbell
Payne Hickman
Edna Smith
Nevada News Roundup: Obituaries and Local Happenings
Mrs James Blackman died at her Nevada home after a period of illness. She was nearly 73. Funeral services were held at the M E church. Mrs Phoebe Ashford died near Nevada last week. her funeral followed. The K P lodge in Nevada dedicated a new hall on the north side of the business street. The Women’s Relief corps hosted a George Washington party at the library for veterans and spouses. Nevada residents attended the Prince of India in Des Moines and praised the show. Bertha Vinje serves as deputy treasurer awaiting Fred Fawcett’s arrival. J A Mills of Nevada joined the swell set with a mumps lease on a room trim at the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Blackman
Nevada
M. E
Phoebe Ashford
P. Lodge
Women's Relief, Corps of Nevada
Des Moines
Ben Hur
Bertha Vinje
Fred Fawcett
J. A. Mills
Maxwell News Briefs Highlight Events In City
Maxwell reports a lucrative market day sale with stock moving and several thousand dollars in trades. The winter spelling contest ends March 8 with a prize. March 1 features a Maxwell orchestra concert and box supper. Ralph Bingham lectured Feb 22 to strong attendance. Mrs. D C Johnson of Maxwell gains fame for poultry works attracting many calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Ralph Bingham
D. C. Johnson
Front page notes and local changes at Cole the Banner
The Banner announces three articles on living bathing and advertising careers as it nears its rival status with Ladies' Home Journal. Pat Peakin buys Cole line from R Gamble and Gamble moves to San Francisco. Boone County Telephone withdraws exchange from Colo after a year of conflict. H M Dayton resigns as Colo mail carrier. Carrie Norman and Roy Perry wed at the bride's Colo home and will farm nearby Colo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cole
Ladies’ Home Journal
Pat Peakin
R. Gamble
Gamble
San Francisco
Boone County Telephone Company
Colo
H. M. Dayton
Carrie Norman
Roy Perry
Musicale at Ontario Church Promises Evening of Song
A town musicale is planned at the Ontario church this Saturday night hosted by the Johnson and Ashmore troupe from Boone with admission ten and fifteen cents. Doors open seven, show begins eight. audience urged to attend as guests enjoy a performance featuring Waltz Me Around Again Willie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Johnson & Ashmore
Boone
Willie
Property Transfers Including Multiple Asplat Lot Creations
A sequence of real estate deeds records owners selling or transferring parcels across Maxwell Burrig Nevada Gilpert and McCallsburg areas. Transactions include J W Croft to Elizabeth Bryant and others, Roscoe Nelson to Nellie Rainbolt, C G Wright to A H Fay, and several others with amounts from 1 to 4260 dollars. Properties cover lots and half lots in Maxwell, Burrig ad, Nevada, Gilpert, and surrounding blocks with references to platted subdivisions and quarter sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J W Croft
Elizabeth Bryant
Richardson
Ad Zearng
Roscoe Nelson
Nellie Rainbolt
McFarlan
Ad Gilbert
G Wright
A H Fay
Burrig
Nevada
C G Brown
Alice C Brown
Maxwell
F Persons
David E Garris
Martha J Smith
D E Garris
J K Hobaugh
H J Garlock
Drake
E O Dillin
McCallsburg
JI W Craft
Elizabeth Crum
Margarethe J Jorgenson
Heirs
Martin J Jorgenson
James W Shields
William H McBride
Jas W Shields
Cambridge Leaders Beat by Men in Des Moines Incident
The Cambridge Leader reports Tom Lundy and Wil Brennick from Cambridge were badly beaten by two Black men in Des Moines last week. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Tom Lundy
Wil Brennick
Path of
Des Moines
McCallsburg Bank Names New Cashier and Local Events
Nelson resigns as cashier of the bank at McCallsburg and Fred John of Nevada succeeds him. John previously worked in the county treasurer’s office and is described as well fitted. The Ladies’ Aid and husbands celebrated J Thomas’s wedding anniversary in McCallsburg. J G Camp gave a Co P church lecture in town. Mrs J A Boston, formerly of McCallsburg, dies in David City Nebraska on February 10 with many relatives traveling from McCallsburg to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Nelson
McCallsburg
Fred John
Nevada
John
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. Thomas
McCalisburg
J. G. Camp
Co. P
J. A. Boston
David City
Neb
Slater Notes Return of Brattebo and Local Events
Slater reports g. t. Brattebo has returned from Norway after a year away and is in good health. Miss Julia Wing of Kenyon Minnesota visited Tom Rawson home group at Slater. The M B church Home Mission society hosted a four supper on Washingtons birthday at Mrs B Petersons house. Knute Ersland left for Hardy Iowa to farm next season. A quarterly meeting of the M B church was held in Slater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Brattebo
Norway
Julia Wing
Kenyon
Minn
Tom Rawson
Slater
Home Mission Society
M. B. Church
Washington
Ontario residents face health and family concerns this week
Mr. Melvin Boasie grapples with a grip this week while Mr. Pheelix Allison’s baby suffers illness. The notice mentions Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wilson and their son in a developing local update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Boasie
Pheelix Allison
Mrs
Ed. Wilson and Son
Two New Experiment Station Bulletins From Iowa State College
The Experiment Station at Iowa State College announces Bulletin 86 An Investigation of the Commercial Feed staffs as sold in Iowa and Bulletin 87 Jondimental Stock Foods and Tonics. These bulletins, prepared amid a pending feeding-stuff bill, analyze mill feeds and stock foods, show composition, adulteration, costs, and manufacturing methods, and compare claims with experimental results. Obtain from O. F. Onurtiss, Director, Ames Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Iowa
O. F. Onurtiss
Ames
Shadowed official protests as subtreasury probe continues
Chicago reports ongoing subtreasury audit into a $173,000 loss with Deputy Assistant Treasurer Gideon P. Bantz joining Boldenweck on theories of error. George W. Fitzgerald claims persistent detective surveillance while Captain Porter exchanges staff. Jocko Briggs linked to jewelry store robbery in South Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gideon P. Bantz
Washington
Porter
Boldenweck
Sims
United States
Seward
Shirer
Frank C. Russell
Bantz
George W. Fitzgerald
Mr. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Indiana governor signs nine cent fare act
Governor Hanly has signed the nine cent fare act in Indiana. The measure carries no emergency clause and will take effect with the publication of the new laws, expected around May or June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Hanly
Exodus Alarm Over Antwerp Diamond Exodus
Workmen in Antwerp diamond factories are emigrating to the United States in large numbers. High wages in New York and Massachusetts attract labor, causing alarm for Antwerp's industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frussels
Antwerp
United States
New York
Massachusetts
Dynamite Arrives by Chicago Express at Grand Central
A dynamite shipment arrived at Grand Central station shortly before noon aboard the Chicago express. The explosive was four samples sent from the west to a local firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Express
Grand Central Station
Stevens Quits Canal and No Bids Placed
Chief Engineer Stevens of the Panama Commission resigns. It is decided not to accept bids for building the Panama Canal and no readvertisement inviting proposals will be issued. A full consideration of the subject will occur before changing the present plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Washington
Panama Commission
Panama Canal
Death of J Henley Smith editor Civil War era
J Henley Smith longtime editor and cofounder of the Atlanta Sun died at his Atlanta home at age 78. He previously edited The Con federacy in Atlanta during the Civil War and later guided the Macon Telegraph and the Savannah News. In 1869 he and Alexander H Stephens launched the Atlanta Sun, later merging with The Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Henley Smith
Atlanta
The
Confederacy
Macon Telegraph
Savannah News
Alexander H. Stephens
Atlanta Sun
Constitution
Indicted for Murdering Family in Chicago
Chicago February 27 grand jury returns six true bills charging Herman Belek with the murder of the Vizal family the father and mother Rose and four children Mary Tillie Rosie and Ella witnesses say Belek gave medicine and obtained 12000 in insurance and bank savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herman Belek
Martin Vizal
Rose
Mary
Tillie
Rosie
Ella
Belek
Painter Insanity Linked to Pay Raise at Hospital
In Kankakee Illinois on February 97 a painter named Phillip Couture at the Illinois Eastern hospital was declared insane after a wage increase from 35 to 8 dollars per month caused confusion. He was committed to the sane institution for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kankakee
Ill
Phillip Couture
Illinois Eastern Hospital
Notable deaths and political moves in brief
Colonel J H Ewing, publisher and banking authority, dies in Chicago. James Bryce is presented to President Roosevelt by Secretary Root as Britain’s new ambassador. Charles H Fischer Co Philadelphia piano firm fails with 110000 in liabilities. Paul Berak a 14 year old Chicago pupil kills himself after reprimand for English. The German American Mutual Fire Insurance Co of St Louis seeks creditors. Butte miners set $4 a day minimum pay, risking 20000 jobs. Santo Domingo treaty ratified by Senate. Missouri bill creases 2 cent fare violations with 100 to 500 fines for all roads. Judge Dunne sets March 5 for Abraham Ruef extortion trial. Joseph Leiter trial for criminal negligence in Ziegler mines opens at Duquoin. Secretary Shaw to become president of Carnegie Trust Co on March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Ewing
Chicago
James Bryce
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Root
Charles H. Fischer
Philadelphia
Paul Berak
At &. Louis
Butte
Mont
Senate
Missouri
Dunne
San Francisco
Abraham Ruef
Joseph Leiter
Ziegler
Ill
Duquoin
Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
New York
Perkins wins Appeal in Larceny Charge Over 1904 Campaign Funds
Albany Feb 27 The Court of Appeals ruled in favor of George W. Perkins vice president of New York Life and partner at J Pierpont Morgan & Co in the case charging grand larceny tied to payments from New York Life to the Republican national campaign in 1904.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perkins
Albany
N. Y
Court of Appeals
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
J. Pierpont Morgan & Co
New York Life
Weather forecast for the Midwest and Great Lakes
The forecast calls for snow and colder conditions across Illinois Indiana and lower Michigan with brisk to high winds. Wisconsin Iowa also expect snow and a cold spell with strong northerly winds in the north portion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Indiana
Lower
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Disorders in Biski District Stir Siberia Troops Sent
A dispatch from St. Petersburg dated February 27 reports serious disorders in Biski district of Tomyk province Siberia. Troops with five field guns have been sent from Barnaul to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Biski
Tomyk
Barnaul
Express Men Get Dynamite Scare
In New York a mishandled box at the American Express depot dropped three cylinders believed to be dynamite. An unmarked pasteboard box shattered during handling, spooking employees who placed the items on a desk. A clerk exclaimed dynamite, triggering a panic before authorities confirmed the contents as unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Express Company
Dodd
Wolfe
Bureau of Compostties
Fire Department
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Lena Potter
M. E. Livingston
Ruth Birney
Mrs. Starr
Lacona
Mr. Gao
EB. Starr
Mrs. Erickson
Sun
R. W. Crane
L. G. Rosenfield
Mr. Lingman
Mr. Warren
Newton
Roland
Parof
Alder Burke
Canada
Bertha Orthun
O. B. Christian
John T. Johnson
Iverson
Roalstad
A. M. J. Wilson
Poride
Bertha Olson
Carl J. Teig
Lakefield
Collins
Carl
Flave Jones
M. J. Lyons
Truesdell
F. A. Zenor
G. O. Truesdell
Zenor
Frank Brilley
L. M. Truesdell
Luther
Great Earor
Jocko” Briggs
Joseph
L. A. Horn
North
Clark Street
Savannah
Hilda
Savannah Lighterage and Transfer Company
Tobias Dalling
Ames Home
Frank Stults
Mutual
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