Winter School Starts Tuesday At Agricultural College
Schedule outlines daily activities for attendants at the Missouri College of Agriculture. Sessions cover soils, corn and stock judging, horticulture, veterinary lectures, and botany with notable speakers from state and national institutions. The program runs January through early February with sermons, meetings, and honors from Crop and University leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Hall
H. J. Waters
Mssouri College of Agriculture
Juesday
L. H. Pamseeture
Arsday
J.gen
Department of Hortié
Columbia
Day
A. E. Coe
Iowa
Cook Trophy
W. G. Whiting
Onawa
Urday
Caroline M
University of Wisconsin
Wis
A. B. Storms
Asa Turner
C. E. Cameron
J. c. Son
James Atkinson
Cedarville
Ohio
H. G. Men
Sioux City
Towa
Vnneau
A. Montgomery
Ureday
Mary F. Gar
Jacksonville
Uil
Asion
Poultry Show Draws Wide Bid for Ames Entries
Secretary Owner of the Ames Poultry Breed Association reports strong turnout for the Ames show with breeders from Blazer Madrid Woodward Ankeny Polk City and Des Moines among entrants. Natt Baldwin and J H Anthony of Sioux City plan strong showings with Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds as competition grows. Entries must be in by January 4 as the event aims for the largest in the state and serves as an advertising boost for Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Poultry Breed Association
Peter Olsen
Blazer
Madrid
Woodward
Ankeny
Polk City
Des Moines
Red Breeders Bulletin
Cedar Rapids
Ames
Natt
W. Baldwin
J. H. Anthony
Sioux City
Baldwin
Mr. Anthony
Rhode Island Reds
Fowler
Anthony
Rhode Island
Ames Commercial Club
Poultry Exhibition and Short Course at Ames 1908
Ames hosts its Second Annual Poultry Breeders Exposition with premium lists and daily demonstrations from January 7 to 10 1908. Classes cover clothing sewing foods and chemistry of foods with prizes totaling $5 000. The event draws Ames Commercial Club support and distant donations from Sioux City stockmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Steida
L. G. Michael
Amesto Neal Development
Caroline Cont
Ames Commercial Club
Sioux City
Ames
Ames Poultry Breeders Association
F. N. Fowler
Rules Governing Exhibition for Birds 1908
Entry deadline set for January 4 1908 with birds to be in Armory by Tuesday morning. Entries require proper banding or owner pays two cents per unbanded bird and superintendent registers them. An entry fee of 25 cents per bird and $1 for a pen. Prizes and premiums paid for chickens ducks turkeys geese. Shipping via American Express to Peter Oleson superintendent. Birds must be owner’s property and kept in natural condition with no feather pulling or coloring. Any diseased birds removed or returned. Association not liable for loss by fire or other causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory
Americar Express Co
Peter Oleson
Packing Plant Project Draws Regional Interest
Des Moines Commercial Club supports Kelley packing house. Boone and Ames clubs back a Des Moines Des Moines plan with Interurban General Manager Blake joining. Milo Ward urges steady promotion. Larrabee and local leaders seek a joint Ames Boone Des Moines effort to locate the plant near Kelley for regional economic boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Boone
Blake
Interurban
Intelligencer
Milo Ward
Des Moines Commercial Club
F. R. Conaway
Ames
Iowa
Conaway
Intelencer
Des Moines
Ring Out the Old and Ring In the New Poem
Alfred Tennyson’s verse urges ringing out the old year and ring in the new. It calls for casting out greed pride and war while welcoming truth peace and compassion as the coming year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truth and I
Innes Band One Day at Ames Chautauqua Next Summer
The Innes orchestra, a leading world band, is booked for a single day at the Ames Chautauqua, with five weeks of engagement planned next season. A special two-pullman train will carry the forty eight members, enabling comfortable travel and accommodations. Earlier Iowa State Fair bookings boosted gate receipts and showcased growth in the Chautauqua movement. The piece notes a prior September Ames visit and a subsequent Boone stop amid extreme heat. It closes with a historical muster roll recovery of Story County’s Kirkwood Guards from the Civil War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Innes
Ames
Omaha
Iowa State Fair Management
Iowa
Boone
Mr. Innes
Chautauqua
G. W. Crosley
Adjutant General's Office
Des Moines
Story County
Fort Sumter
Bette
Boone County
Third Iowa Infantry
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Kirkwood Guards
George W. Crossley
T. C. McCall
J. W. Bowen
Regt
John Scott
George Child
W. A. Wise
N. Jennings
Thomas Dent
S. A. Daniels
J. 8. Frazier
W. C. Shockley
W. H. McCowan
Geo. W. Crossley
Arrasmith
Brown
Z. A
Boynton
Q. A
Bales
James
Brouchard
J. W
Bliss
Harry
Baker
William
Brigss
Samuel
Craig
E. B
Campbell
R. J
Coldren
Co. T
R. D
C. V
Clark
John
Eos Chester
Casebolt
Robert
Hild
LeRoy
Deal
M D
Dailey
Wilson
Dye
J. M
W. J
Elliott
Eli
Ellison
C. F
Fitzpatrick
W. W
Freeman
Foster
M. E
Green
Grove
Gee
Hoag
Edward
Hunt
Frank
Harrison
Chester
Hally
H. H
G. C
Hoxie
M. B
Mitchell
H. R
H. B
Miller
J. H
McLain
Howard
Ard
Iowa Infantry
S. B. McCall
Kirkwood
Scott
McCall
Queal
Jerry Mark
Pete Hepburn
Iowa Cavalry
United States Service
Night Sky Notes Moon Mercury Pass Near Earth
Tonight and tomorrow morning describe sunset at 4 30 and sunrise at 7 21 with the moon rising at 7 am and 29 days old. Earth at perihelion occurs at 5 pm with sun diameter timing 32 minutes 35 seconds and a later 31 minutes 31 seconds. At 5 37 am the Moon passes Mercury from west to east as Quadrantid meteors may be visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Mercury
Night Before Christmas in Peoria Herald Transcript
A transcribed piece from the Peoria Herald describes a quiet Christmas Eve night. The family rests inside as a parent battles a cold, a meter hums unseen, and a child Bridget heads out to skate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Bridget
Peoria Herald Transcript
World Excursion Parties Planned by Ames Dam R. A. January 9 1908
The Ames Funnyville and Mirth dam R. A. will conduct excursion parties around the world on January 9, 1908. Events promise lively entertainment and community fundraising for the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Funnyville and
Mirthdam R. A
Volunteer Leader to Visit Ames in January
Maj. Gen Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America will speak in Ames on January 15 as part of a Midwest tour. He appears in Des Moines and Omaha earlier, with local organizers planning an Ames armory event under church auspices and governor oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballington Booth
Volunteers of America
William Booth
Salvation Army
Ames
Middle West
Fielding
J. L. Dowell
Des Moines
Iowa
General Booth
Omaha
Sioux City
Booth
Central Church of Christ
Cummins
First Methodist Ecurch
Armory
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
Ohio
General Booths
Brothers Reunite After Forty Years in Madrid Meeting
Angus Barkey of Richland Center Wisconsin and his brother James Barkley of Garden Township Iowa met in Madrid last week for an affectionate reunion. Barkey, 74, is four years older than James. Civil War split them. one remained in Wisconsin, the other settled in Iowa. Both are in fair health and enjoying renewed family ties after decades apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Angus Barkey
Richland Center
Wis
James Barkley
Garden Township
Wisconsin
Iowa
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LP Ames
Donovan
Ine L. Hunt
U. of W
Caroline L. Hunt
Miss Morrison
Ancée
Clio
Jay
Allo
W. M. Hays
Washington, D. C
Favor Packing Home Plant
Des
Christ
Alfred Tennyson
Famous Musical Organization
Sth
Henry M. Graves
6Th Corp
H. Cushman
Jasper
Ith Corp
John M Skiff
Sth Corp
H. McCowan
Story
Wm. H. Cummin
J. Ross Mars
Ll. Wagoner
Jesse Bowen
Geo
Barrett
Boot
Jesse Bennett
Booncg
Isso
Eees
Sree
Jno
C. Cottle
Marshall
Elisha B. Craig
Robert J. Campbell
Chambers
Castine
H. Caseboll
David H. Din
Michael D. Deal
Jacob Marye
Benj. F. Denton
Thos. M. Davis
Justus Dunn Jasper
Waward W. ‘Evans
Arshall
Chas
I Killison
Jas. H. Ewing
Fitchpatrick
Joseph H
H. Fitzpatrick
George W. James F. Guthrie
David V. Gilmore
Visaiah Garwood
Eph F
Samuel A Jones
George Jones
Edward DD
Isaiah N Johnson
John W. Kirkendal
James C. Livingston
Guilford Mullen
Charles B Maxwell
Joseph H. Miller
James H. Mitchell
James Mitchell
Nathan G. Martin
Samuel Marsh
George Ramsey, Jr
Isaac A. Riddle
Moses Hee Riddle
John Sessions
A. Spurrier
Joseph G. Spurrier
Edwin
Iker
Story Boone
Martin V. Walker
Abel R. Woodward
R. Ward
John L. Woods
Samuel P. Zenor
William K. Paxton
United States
Alexander
Bers
Keokuk
Zvous
Nevada
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