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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1911
Page
1
Government census data show Ames city population at 4 223 in 1903 10 years growth of 74 percent. With college enrollment adding about 2 000, total residents reach about 6 223 in five years and near 10 000 by 1920. Organizing a Ten Thousand club is being discussed.
The 1911 annual meeting of the Town State Drainage association will be held in Mason City on February 14 and 15. Men posted on drainage topics will speak as experts discuss wetland drainage in Iowa. The program promises varied and informative sessions with brief discussions by leading Iowa drainage specialists and a focus on financing drainage improvements. Prof. W. H. Stevenson, secretary in Ames, will supply programs, and local boards are urged to send delegates.
In La Porte Indiana Interlaken School is described as uniquely practical under Dr Edward A Rumely aiming to train boys for self reliance physical vigor and leadership. The piece notes his background as physician and business executive and quotes his view on preparing youth for hard farm work beyond city life. Miss Esse Hathaway moves from Ames to Des Moines East High to lead English, replacing a long term supply teacher.
A brief notice from Ames highlights the city as a favorable spot for purchasing goods. Local merchants emphasize accessibility, variety, and competitive pricing advantageous to residents and visitors alike.
Iowa State College expands publicity by supplying American Press Association with Iowa tailored copy on agricultural conditions. Plate form material aims to bring the college closer to farmers. Prof C V Gregory edits the feature written by Iowa men. High newspaper demand for coverage of the state’s premier industrial school.
James McKenzie of the 4th Infantry fell through a cellar opening at his sister’s Ames home while checking a boiler flue. He suffered a compound jaw fracture and lost his lower teeth, was taken to Des Moines Methodist Hospital, and is listed as doing as well as could be expected.
The text urges merchants to use bold midwinter bargains and strong price cuts to overcome public inertia. It argues that clear black and white offers attract readers who recall ads later and that liberal advertising draws customers back to stores in the off season, boosting interest in staple lines.
Judge J L Stevens president of the state clay workers and brick men recently returned from Chicago where he spoke at the Middle West Clay convention and Illinois Clay Manufacturers association toast program Maid of Clay developed as a toast to the ladies He asserted Iowa’s Garden of Eden and that Adam and Eve’s clay came from Boone county.
The Methodist Brotherhood plans a church supper next Wednesday in the dining room. Brotherhood members will run the February mid week services, kicking off a yearly church campaign in Ames.
Ames plans a permanent wireless telegraph station to link with Great Lakes stations and coastal networks. A temporary aerial from the water tower to Engineering Hall will test feasibility, with Prof. A H Hoffman tuning the wires for concert pitch and M E Packman coordinating instruments for initial reception.
In a Human Life piece about Maine Governor Frederick W. Plaisted, the story recalls a confrontation after his swearing in as sheriff. A county judge sought clemency for a liquor conviction prisoner, claiming a local custom allowed discretionary release. Plaisted asserted the law and warned the county that rules would be followed for two years.
Negotiations began last week for a dual wrestling meet between Ames and Towa with Ames inviting the Hawkeyes to compete. The invitation has been accepted but no date has been settled.
Miss Lora Smith completed a nursing course at Iowa City and earned a diploma after an exam before the State Board. She plans to return to Iowa City in June for the closing exercises with her class. Buell Accepts Seattle Dredging Post With Roy Miller’s Pacific Coast Dredging Company. Advertise if you want rooms.
A letter to the editor discusses a proposed Iowa bill to gradually introduce agriculture and home economies into public schools. It requires teachers to pass exams in these subjects after June 1 1913 and mandates teaching after September 1 1913 with county superintendents enabling gradual adoption by 1915. P G Holden endorses a thoughtful, gradual rollout.
Over the next three months 20000 tuberculosis posters will be displayed on U S billboards under a National Association program. The campaign, begun a year ago with free space and printing, aims to reach over 400 towns and cities, with 2500 hung so far in 46 cities.
Cliff Scott, fresh from completing mechanical engineering studies, will join Republic Iron & Steel in East Chicago Indiana as center of a workers squad with eleven subordinates. The firm, capitalized at 50 million dollars, operates plants in Chicago Birmingham Youngstown and Pittsburg. He plans to attend Ames football games this fall and may visit Ames for Sunday worship. The Ames Glee Club concert in Des Moines Friday evening will feature the Soldiers Chorus from Faust The Alphabet by Zoeller De Coppah Moon by Shelley and an encore. Two special cars will shuttle Ames rout ers to Des Moines and back. the group leaves at 4:00 PM.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal hints at science aiding farm life and a debate about a hired man’s actions. The dialogue-style line suggests a humorous or editorial-yet-questioning tone about progress and labor on a farm.
Sergeant James Hays of the Second U S Infantry arrives in Ames for a month with Co C to train the 55th Regiment Iowa National Guards. Co C is near full strength, with vacancies likely to be filled before Monday’s drill. Interested young men may leave names for enlistment as vacancies occur. A military parade and minstrel show are planned for February 27.
Ames resident Miss Jennie L Gerrard long known in millinery moved to Wichita with her mother and started a Buff Orpington poultry farm. She won top prizes at Garden City and El Dorado shows. A Durango buyer offered 200 for a prize cockerel. Her health and finances improved as poultry outpaced hats.
A reader note on railroad securities notes that savings banks many states and insurers hold substantial gilt edged railroad holdings, while highlighting that these are not common stock. A professor mocks a lazy student with a sharp retort. Iowa brick makers will visit Ames after a Boone convention to inspect the college and its ceramics lab.
Shamrock II, a runt from the Donahue herd, was added to a three steer purchase for $100 each. Despite a rough start, college care and alfalfa helped him flourish, later selling for twice the original trio, reshaping views on merit and breeding at the institution.
Frank W. Shuff resigns from the college operating department to become manager of the Boone Electric Company, which owns the city lighting plant and street railway. Also notes Pellagra investigation in Sinois Peoria hospital. corn not cause. physicians seek $15,000 for further study.
Sam Steigerwalt, now in Boone, has been engaged by the Nevada city council to perfect plans and specifications for a sanitary sewer system. He is an Ames boy, an Iowa State College graduate, married to Miss Floss Perkin of Ames.
Sixty students and professors in Iowa City received typhoid vaccination to prevent the disease. Among them twenty are members of the junior medical class, taking part in the science backed health effort.
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