Commission Debate on City Government Form at Two Sites
Marshalltown and Ames high schools will duel Friday evening on the commission form of government. The debate covers advantages over the old system, election politics, and local civic issues with teams named Hauser Griggs Engberg and Flint Griffith Waser. Hungerford retires from Carroll Herald editor role. Paul MacLean assumes control and aims to restore health and sustain the paper.
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Marshalltown
Ames
Ames High School
Will Hauser
Muriel Griggs
Russell Engberg
Allan Flint
Clyde Griffith
Verne Waser
Ethel Grace Pike
Paul MacLean
The
Herald
Ames High Alumni Standout in College Debating Teams
Ames High School notes notable alumni in college debate and journalism. Howard Hill 06 on IowaWesleyan IBC debating team that beat State Teachers College. Hill recently won an oratorical contest. George Clark 05 editor of Grinnell College paper. Thomas McCall 05 earned a place on ISU debating team. Ben Read 05 secured a place on Grinnell debating team. All were former Disse ntters Debating Club members.
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Ames High School
Howard Hill
State Teachers’ College
George Clark
Grinnell
Thos. McCall
Ben Read
Chautauqua Oratorical Contests Continue
Chautauqua management will extend the high school oratorical contests which have proven popular. All county schools are asked to hold preliminary contests and select representatives for the Chautauqua.
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Chautauqua
Payne for Congress Generates Interest in But Not Decided
Friends of W O Payne editor of the Nevada Representative urge a congressional bid. He is anti Taft and could win if he carries Story county with cross faction support. Payne has not decided and the scenario could reshape the Iowa GOP nomination.
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W. O. Payne
Nevada
Congress
Iowa
Story County
Payne
Joe Cannon Announces Bid for Congress Again
Veteran politician Joe Cannon declares his candidacy for Congress. He frames a political comeback while critiquing partisan obstruction and urging reform in a period of national debate.
Ames Tourists to Circle Globe on Cleveland Steamer
Dr. Jennie Ghrist and Mr and Mrs Henry Woodruff depart from Ames for a around the world voyage aboard the Cleveland sailing February 5 1910 from San Francisco. Senator C J A Ericson and Dr and Mrs Smouse join in San Francisco. The itinerary includes Honolulu Yokohama Tokyo Osaka Kyoto Nagasaki Hong Kong Canton Manila Victoria Harbor Labuan Batavia Java Singapore Rangoon Calcutta Suez Cairo Naples Gibraltar Southampton New York with Oberammergau detour and shipboard lectures and entertainments.
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Jennie Ghrist
Henry Woodruff
West
San Francisco
Cleveland
Christ
Howard Garberson
Miles City
Montana
Woodruff
Variou
C. J. A. Ericson
Boone
Osaka
Kyoto
Nagasaki
Honk Kong
China
Canton
Manila
P. I
Victoria Harbor
Labuan
Borneo
Batavia
Java
Singapore
Rangoon
Calcutta
India
Diamond Harbor
Benares
Darjeeling
Agra
Colombo
Ceylon
Kandy
Bombay
Suez
Egypt
Cairo
Port Said
Suez Canal
Naples
Gibraltar
Southampton
A Cutting Affair at the College
The Short Course Meat Demonstration at Iowa State College proves highly popular with both students and Ames residents. Uncle Jim Gosling of Kansas City and Mr. Lewis of Chicago judge and compare meat from well fed steer carcasses to poorer stock, using Roan Jim as the ideal, with six hundred attendees learning to identify good meat and proper preparation.
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Ames
John’ Gosling
Jim Gosling
Kansas City
Lewis
Chicago
Animal Husbandry Department
Gosling
Mr. Young
Terry and Company
Mr. Gosling
Winter of 79 80 in Carroll County Iowa Debated
Ben Edwards disputes W F Steigerwalt’s claim that the winter of 79 and 80 was the worst in Iowa history. Edwards says records show unusually warm dry conditions with no snow until March and early seeding, noting a later winter following the presidential election as the true standout.
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W. F. Steigerwalt
Intelligencer
Iowa
Ben Edwards
Carroll County
California
Emerson on Truth and Personal Conviction
A compact reflection: the measure of character lies in holding to one’s own path regardless of others. Emerson suggests inner resolve distinguishes greatness from baseness in both life and thought.
Des Moines and Boone Boosters Raise Supply Origins
The Des Moines weekly asserts many Des Moines boosters buy their family goods in Chicago and New York, a politician draws large Des Moines funds while sourcing nine tenths of his supplies from Chicago. Boone boosters similarly favor Des Moines and Omaha, reflecting a common pattern in booster culture.
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Democrat
New Democratic Weekly
Des Moines
Chicago
New York
Iowa
Boone
Omaha
Boone Democrat
Capitol Installs Individual Cups in Des Moines Lobby
The Executive Council approves a plan to place individual drinking cups with an automatic vending unit in the capitol lobby at Des Moines. This aligns with the State Board of Health campaign to abolish the common drinking cup.Secretary Davison and the Executive Council are urged to study Ames sanitary drinking fountains ahead of cups.
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Capitol
Des Moines
Executive Council
State Board of Health
Davison
Ames
City Council to Act on Meat and Milk Inspection
The Ames city council plans an adjourned session tonight to decide on meat and milk inspection. Members note long consideration and urge definite action as the town aims to be as progressive as the college.
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Ames
New Term Opens With Record Ames Enrollment Hope
The Short Course of 1910 ends as regular students enroll for a new term at I. S. C. Athletic outlook is strong in track and baseball with high scholarship expected. Seniors face final term and graduation, bidding farewell to four years of school life and friendships.
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Missouri Valley
Ames
Ames Style Cultivation Boosts Iowa Corn Yields
The Sac Sun reports farmers near Sac City increasing corn yields from 25 30 bushels to 50 100 bushels per acre under Ames cultivation. T G Keir cultivated an 18 acre field to 1635 bushels 91 per acre after fall manure, spring top dressing, and extensive discing and five passes with a Tower cultivator.
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Ames College
Ames
Sac Sun
Sac
T. G. Keir
Sac City Canning Factory
I S C Basketball Tryouts Underway and Facility Woes
Aspirants arrive for I S C basketball practice under Clyde Williams. Captain Herbert, Joe Brown, Veltrup and others return as the school plans tryouts for guards and a strong center. Poor gym facilities in Engineering annex limit practice and may hinder the team’s season with games against Nebraska Missouri Iowa Drake and Grinnell, many at home on Margaret Hall floor.
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Clyde Williams
Herbert
To Veltrup
Mosher
Weiss
Walker
Jumbo Brown
Joe Brown
Sioux City
Schroeder
Williams
Te Veltrup
Teddy
Armory
The
Athletic Association
Engineering
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Drake
Grinnell
Margaret Hall
Robersons Buy Watkins Plant to Run Family Firm
George Roberson Saturday purchased the Watkins manufacturing plant and took possession. Roberson Brothers will run the business making machines and repairing autos, with plans to develop patents and specialize in machinery, possibly manufacturing automobiles later. Watkins innovations include a paper punch used in the state printers office, an automotive lamp, and a close quarter lawn mower awaiting further development.
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George Roberson
Watkins
Watkins Company
Roberson
Roberson Brothers
Des Moines
Robersons
Telephone Work Progress in Ames Project
Iowa Telephone Company crews to repair and consolidate lines in Ames this week. Fifteen to twenty men expected, with Don Lewis the paymaster basing in Ames until completion after finishing ongoing work in Vinton.
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Iowa Telephone Company
Ames
Vinton
Don Lewis
Public Meeting Called to Save Iowa Quail
Keokuk hunters convene at the suggestion of Game Warden Adam Weirather and Deputy Recorder Vaughan to discuss feeding the starving quail. The group aims to find ways to scatter feed this week, with possible plans modeled after Missouri. Reports show quail starving statewide due to lack of feed.
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Keokuk
Adam Weirather
Vaughan
Iowa
Missouri
County hunter licenses fund state, not local returns
The Manning Monitor complains that Carroll county pays about $1000 into the state treasury from hunter licenses yet receives little benefit. It urges a revision so at least half the revenue stays in the hunters’ home counties and proposes funding streams with Mississippi river fish stations to match collected license money.
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Carroll County
Manning Monitor
Spirit Lake
Union National Bank Reelects Directors and Officers
The stock-holders of the Union National bank re-elected the old board of directors and elected officers: President W M Greeley, vice-president E W Stanton, cashier Henry Wilson, assistant cashier C Liverly. They report the bank’s condition excellent as usual.
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Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
E. W. Stanton
Henry Wilson
C. Liverly
County Recorder Tesdall Seeks Renomination
County Recorder M L Tesdall announces his candidacy for renomination to the office he has held the past two years. He is described as a competent and faithful official and his supporters believe he should be accorded two terms.
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M. L. Tesdall
Feed the Quail Movement Urges Iowa Farmers Help Starving Birds
Charles B Howard, Ames phil anthropist, asks farmer boys to feed quail with cracked corn from their seed share. He explains grinding small ears, spreading four to eight quarts where birds roost, scraping snow beside hedgerows, repeating after storms to aid Bob White quail and other wild birds facing a hard winter.
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EB. B. Howard
Ames
Iowa
Burlington
January Yet To Come in the Town’s Time
Fragmentary note questions if the long awaited January arrival has truly begun and whether seasonal plans will proceed amid uncertainty. No further details available.
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Joe Cannon
Circle Globe
Senator Hiison
Roan
Jim
Emerson
Des Moines and
Boone Boosters
Watkins’ Plant
Roberson Bros
Union National Election
Tesdall
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