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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
7
Roger A Pryor, once a Confederate general and later a New York judge, could not tolerate mispronounced words. In a White Sulphur Springs visit, his wife recounts a playful episode where a Virginia girl’s mispronunciations turn into a lesson in correct accents.
At Perry the Central District Baptist association reports 10 of 37 churches in central Iowa without pastors due to unsustainable salaries amid high living costs. Rev. C. E. Lereau was elected moderator and Rev. C. J. Wright clerk as ministers struggle to meet expenses.
Washington reports the house passed a public building bill carrying 19,288,500 in authorizations for higher building costs plus 3,095,000 for continuing contracts. Taft will not appoint five court of commerce judges until December. The currency comptroller approves First National Bank Laurel Nebraska with 40,000 capital. A sugar fraud reward of 100,000 is authorized. Nebraska postmasters named at Anoka Boyd county St Michael Buffalo county Table Custer county. Diplomatic retirement of James Flynn Statesman noted. denial of a move to install Fred W Carpenter in Bolivia service.
The Iowa state Elks convention will be held in Marshalltown August 16 to 18 attracting 5 000 to 6 000 Elks and wives. Local plans include a $3 500 decorating budget, a parade Thursday with twenty bands, a banquet, racing program at the fair grounds, and access to the Elks clubroom. Led by Lloyd R Maxwell as president with J B Sullivan vice president J R Frailey secretary and A Henigbaum treasurer the city lodge hosts the event and Odeon theater will host convention sessions.
Judge Vermillion settles the John Junkin reward in the murder of Clara Rosen. Jacob Redman receives 700 dollars for turning over the diamond taken from the victim’s ring to the police. Ottumwa city and donors supply the funds. Junkin to be executed July 29 at Ft Madison penitentiary.
John Ulrich 25 of Mapleton died in a local hospital after opening a pimple on his right cheek. The infection spread through his body causing his face and head to swell as he suffered for several hours before death.
Wilfred Andrews a Van Horn youth was instantly killed when he stumbled and fell in a traction engine’s path near his home. His father was unconscious from an assault at the time of the accident. A prior death occurred years earlier when another son accidentally drank poison.
Dr. Carl Fisher, director of the 8. U. L. school of music, has gone to Europe and it is believed he may not return. No resignation has been tendered to the board of education yet.
Judge Joseph G Clarke sustained the validity of stickers used on ballots. He ruled that placing stickers with squares opposite printed candidate names is lawful.
News items report the Jeffries Johnson prize fight to be staged in Reno Nevada with Tex Rickard confirming the site. Also noted are Senate passage of a postal savings bill 44 to 24 and the House approving reclamation project continuation.
A Becken steiner hail prevention device from about fifty years ago used a sixty five foot oiled resin pole with a gilded copper top connected to earth by a galvanized wire and a buried metallic net. A similar apparatus has been claimed to prevent hail formation. Italy owns a centuries old Venetian lace handkerchief, preserved in perfect condition and valued at over $20 000, attributed to the era when point lace art emerged in Venice.
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