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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
4
The Intelligencer is published every Thursday morning in Ames Story county Iowa with a subscription price of 1.00 per year in advance.
Congressman Haugen, visiting Des Moines for a Norwegian club address, declares the insurgent or progressive movement is nationwide and gaining ground from coast to coast. He asserts strong Western support and predicts the insurgents will win, countering claims of little eastern activity.
The Story County Medical Society met at the Mono club rooms with strong attendance despite a blizzard. Officers were elected: Maxwell Ames president, Connor Nevada vice president, Chamberlain Nevada secretary treasurer, Smith Nevada delegate, Bush Ames alternate. Dr Klimes spoke at the Methodist church on tuberculosis in livestock and its impact on hogs and people, stressing farmers’ shift to curbing diseased cattle after dairy and meat inspections.
The Scotch Society of Ames has reorganized as the Caledonian Association and plans a grand January 25 birthday celebration for poet Robbie Burns at Odd Fellows hall. Attendance limited to Scots due to hall size. invitations go to Scots and visitors from nearby towns are welcome. The program includes banquets, dances, songs, readings, and a closing Auld Lang Syne.
Miss Margaret Meeker now of Binghamton New York sent a dress to the National Corn Exposition in Omaha and won three prizes including a gold medal and a cash prize. Social gatherings follow New Year’s with dinners watch parties and club events in Ames.
Saturday evening at Ruth Bingham’s home the B B K club initiated Helen Fairfield. Mrs W J Kennedy chaperoned the group to a supper at the Iowa cafe afterward.
In Ames social notes Miss Nora Person announced her marriage to A L Hollingsworth for February 2 in a playful party at Mrs W A Morse 921 Douglas Ave The game The Art of Life used colored cards to reveal the couple and wedding details Luncheon followed.
Miss Elsie Lincoln visits Ames on Saturday en route to Des Moines to support state music teachers convention in Dubuque. Many locals travel, attend events, and receive health and education updates as residents resume duties and schools begin winter term.
Allan Sutherland writes in Harper's Weekly January 1 issue about Philadelphia garden lots on waste land. The project spent under six thousand dollars on land shaping and seed for the needy, and gardeners earned more than forty thousand dollars from their crops, with photographs illustrating the effort.
A report notes Iowa land shows 89.5 percent of acreage classified as improved. It details distribution of improved land across counties and implications for valuation and taxation.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor uses a new improved formula to cure the scalp and advance hair growth. The product is manufactured by the J C Ayer Company in Lowell Massachusetts.
An odd dwelling near Bilbao called Casa Barco resembles a steamship bridge. Likely built by a retired sea captain craving sea life, he promenades the lofty deck and surveys landlike waves, imagining orders from a steersman as if aboard a ship.
A man ignores the conductor and clings to a theater coupon ticket while a sharper reply prompts him to switch to the correct car ticket. He then realizes the coupon was wrong and yields, finally occupying his seat for all three acts.
A neighbor builds a close fence near a dining room window, darkening the room. Advice from a solicitor in London roars with satire as a joke about the legal remedy and costs.
The Bookseller notes that the first English dictionary by Cockeram appeared in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare’s death. It was a small pocket volume not claiming to cover all words, yet Shakespeare boasted the largest vocabulary and did not fret about spelling his own name.
In 1457 golf flourished in Scotland until a 1471 edict by James VI banned golf and football. He opposed the ban by playing golf himself and was regarded as a skilled player in that era.
In a humorous line from Puck, a boy explains to his father that he is a benefactor by boring knotholes into a large tree to provide holes in a baseball fence for poor boys. The note also adds Iowa has 13 900 stands of bees.
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