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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
5
Public notice item outlines advertising rates for entertainments concerts and meetings. Rates shown include per line charges and special fees for obituaries and condolence notices. Details indicate application requirements and weekly publication changes for notices and church club events.
Warren Burton visits Clinton yesterday and the city council adopts a city seal. The state college opens its term as students pour in and Prof. Beach and Kennedy attend regional meetings. Various visits, church services, sales, auctions, and social events fill the pages with births, marriages, and local business promotions.
The County Championship shoot on Friday January 12 saw about twenty contestants. Proctor won the medal with 41 of 50 points while Talbott 38 Alfred 35 Adame 4 Kooser 32 Lang 20 Leonard 21 Young 16 Eugene Smith 18 Cline 22 Dan Smith 12 Olare Smith 12 Akin 15 Bateman 21 Horton 22 Abrams 17 all posted scores out of 30 or 40. Several shooters did not compete enough to record scores. Next shoot planned within two weeks with practice emphasized.
Petition circulates to spare Mrs Totla who shot a dog in defense of her honor after a man’s death. She faces a Feb 15 hanging unless action halts the sentence. Sign at the post office or write to Gov Edward Stokes, New Jersey, to seek clemency.
L H Gapen of Illinois sued Helen Kooser and Sam Kooser near Ames over a land sale and commission. After discovery of an unrecorded but paid mortgage, two Ames and Des Moines bankers guaranteed payment. The court ruled for the Koosers, allowing retention of $600. Gapen had also sought a commission refund from Hemstreet.
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