Iowa Senators Speak At Ames On Agriculture And Roads
United States Senator Cummins and Senator Lafayette Young addressed the Iowa State College short course in Ames. Cummins urged soil care, rural schools, and fair road and rail policies, while Young urged farmers to stay in Iowa, praising farm life and the era's opportunities.
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United States
Cummins
Iowa State College
A. B. Cummins
Agricultural Hall
Dean C. F. Curtiss
Senator Cummins
State College
Iowa
Pennsylvania
Common School
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts
Ames
New Pump In City Plant Boosts Water Output
A new Hill Tripp Thurst pump with a 25 horsepower motor began operation Saturday at the pumphouse near the tank. The plant now runs three pumps and can supply six hundred forty gallons per minute for firefighting, with a total output of four hundred gallons per minute from the new unit.
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Ames
City Water Tank Overflows Paralyzing Rail Service
Early Tuesday Ames residents were jolted awake as a city reservoir overflowed flooding C. and N. W. tracks. Trains were blocked in or out of yards while officials weighed possible city action, though the ice is expected to thaw soon.
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Ames
Northwestern
City
Paving Ordered by Vote Five to One in Ames
The Ames City Council approved a paving plan for residence streets with a five to one vote. A resolution of necessity will be prepared and February 2 set for protests on streets not wanting paving. Bithulithic paving chosen. streets narrowed to 30 feet with 26 foot roadway and two foot curb and gutter.
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Ames
Grand Avenue
Duff
Douglas
Kelleg Avenue
Ames Clergy Stricken By Holidays and Ills
Ames clergymen suffer from holiday fatigue linked to weather changes. Mr Minchin has temporarily lost his voice and may advertise for it. Father Jenier confined at home with autointoxication. Dr Crissman treated boils and is also confined with the new disease.
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Ames
Kitchen Range Explosions Hit Two Iowa Homes
On Monday morning two serious accidents in Story county stemmed from frozen water in water fronts of kitchen ranges at W. O. Ambrose in Nevada and Henry Garlock in Maxwell. When fired, both stoves exploded, shattering them. Garlock lost two fingers and a thumb, and kitchens sustained considerable damage. Water circulation through water fronts must stay clear to prevent such blasts.
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Story County
W. O. Ambrose
Nevada
Henry Garlock
Maxwell
Garlock
Beresford Wins $50 Prize for Farm Explosives Article
Rex Beresford, senior animal husbandry editor of the Iowa Agriculturalist, won a $50 prize for the best article on the use of explosives on the farm.
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Rex Beresford
The
Iowa Agriculturalist
Stay in Iowa and grow with the farming boom
A veteran journalist urges Iowa farmers and young men to remain in the state. He credits rising crop prices and strong markets for better farm life. He warns against chasing rainbow promises of land agents and mining schemes, urging honesty and local development.
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Iowa
Ames Short Course Over 600 Students Attend
A strong Ames Short Course opens amid a blizzard with 515 registered by Wednesday morning and growing attendance expected. Subjects include seed breeding, soils, poultry, animal husbandry, crops, horticulture, veterinary work, and home economics under Miss Virgilia Purmort. Highlights feature daily programs and the Grange gathering, with extensive displays from the extension department and livestock demonstrations.
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Ames
Iowa
Virgilia Purmort
Neal Knowles
W. R. Barney
E. R. Shoemaker
Kimball's
Dairy Farmer
Miss Field
Brown
Grange
Oliver Wilson
Asa Turner
Farrar
B. W. Crossley
Council Bluffs
the Country School
Jessie Field
Page County
O. H. Benson
Wright County
the Country Church
Richmond A A. Smith
Jordan’s Grove Baptist Church
Central City
Hadwin Williams
Sumner
Purmort
Des Moines
Literary Society
Madison
Wis
Fort Dodge
Des Moines and Southern Railway
Engineering
New Ag
John Gosling
Kansas City
Carpenter and Ross
Mansfield
Ohio
William Crown Over
Hudson
McCallsburg Fire Destroys Four Buildings and More
A large fire hit McCallsburg last night starting with an explosion in the basement of E. O. Dillin's general store. The blaze destroyed the store, Dillin drug store, a millinery shop, a residence owned by Mrs. Tressie Reed, and the telephone exchange cutting communications. Neighbors reported seeing a northern lights like glow.
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McCallsburg
E. O. Dillin
Dillin Drug
Tressie Reed
Ames
Dr Clyde Williams Rules on Committee
Two Iowa men were honored at the Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting in New York. Prof. A G Smith was elected vice president while Coach Clyde Williams of Ames joined the rules committee, a Western appointment and one of only two Iowa members. Williams, long a key football strategist, brings years of experience to the six member panel.
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Iowa
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
New York
A. G. Smith
The
State University
Clyde Williams
Ames
Williams
Mir
Twelfth Night Observed With Curious Traditions
A fragment recounts Twelfth Night customs tied to Christmas festivities, noting men carrying a flagon and neighbors refilling it, with reflections on a local operatic scene and the lingering question of choosing a queen.
Dr. Ben Budge Arrives in Ames to Practice Medicine
Dr. Ben G. Budge, a 1905 I. C. graduate and 1909 Northwestern Medical School alumnus, who has practiced at Wesley Hospital in Chicago, will arrive in Ames Friday to begin a medical practice.
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Ben Budge
Ben G. Budge
Northwestern University Medical School
Wesley Hospital
Chicago
Ames
Union National Corn Prize Won By C W Allen
The Union National Bank offered a $10 cash prize for the best single ear of corn grown in the county. Mr. C. W. Allen of Zearing won the prize at the Iowa Corn Growers Association annual meeting in Des Moines.
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Union National Bank
Iowa Corn Grower’s Association
Des Moines
C. W. Allen
Zearing
Best Man Officiates Wedding in Boone
Mr Charles Nowlin acted as best man at the Boone wedding of Miss Kathryn Conroy and Mr Samuel Gould of the C N W line. The ceremony took place Thursday with familiar local observers noting the groom’s railroad ties and the couple’s plans for a home in the city.
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Charles Nowlin
Boone
Kathryn Conroy
Samuel 8. Gould
Frightful Wreck Takes Two Lives Near State Center
A freight train collision half a mile west of State Center killed two men Earl Johnson of Clinton and Frank Smith of Tipton and burned their cars. The wreck occurred on a grade and curve as a second train failed to stop. Investigators seek why signals failed and the emigrant car occupant Smith was a Des Moines area brother-in-law of a local family. Traffic on the Northwestern main line was blocked until late yesterday afternoon.
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State Center
Earl Johnson
Clinton
Frank FE. Smith
Tipton
Smith
B. C. Billenbach
Des Moines
Ames
Northwestern
Tama
Jewell
Blizzard Weather Report From The North Might Return
Fragmentary weather notes describe a severe blizzard era with cold, low temperatures and references to storm paths across the Atlantic and Canadian northwest. The garbled text hints at a general pattern of heavy snowfall and travel disruption, with mentions of Rocky Mountain regions and unsettled barometer readings.
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Canadian Northwest
Rocky Mountain
Raib
Ature -Alves
Mani
Nose Nips Sir George Godfrey In Frosty Iowa Incident
A nose injury to Sir Mr George Godfrey at Iowa State College arose after a trip from Ida Grove to Ames. He wore a nose bandage for frost bite while the gagging anti swearing rules at the college were relaxed allowing exclamations of Oh Godfrey. The event affected his life prospects and prompted a speedy recovery note.
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George Godfrey
Sion
Iowlege
Ida Grove
Godfrey
Ames
Redmen Lease New Hall for Lodge Quarters
Robertson's hall becomes the latest lodge room site with the Redmen leasing the upstairs above the Intelligencer office to start once carpentry finishes. Partitions reduced with two rear rooms left. front room to host lodges lacking space and Yeomen expected to join. Knights of Pythias have leased the former Redmen and Yeomen lodge room.
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Robertson’s
Redmen
Intelligencer
George Roberton
Yeomen
Knights of Pythias
Injured Mrs George Receives Stitches After Ice Fall
Mrs. George slipped on ice at her home south of town on Thursday and cut her arm on a nail requiring ten stitches from Dr. Aplin. She is reported to be doing nicely.
New Farm Machinery for Agricultural Lab Work
The Department of Agricultural Engineering received two cars of new farm machinery for laboratory use. One device is a sprayer stream tester, another measures power applied to a pump handle, and a third tests automobile performance.
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Department of Agricultural Engineering
Stephenson Spends New Year's Day with Des Moines Relatives
E. C. Stephenson observed New Year’s Day visiting relatives in Des Moines, staying through festive hours with family members.
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E. C. Stephenson
Des Moines
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