Ames Education Achievements Impress State Officials
The Iowa Educational Directory highlights Ames as high in education and growth. Ames ranks 42nd in city population yet 11th in high school enrollment and attendance, with 88 nonresident pupils last year and 147 enrolled previously. The district added over 17 000 in permanent improvements, debt up by 9 000, while levy for next year is 1 400 lower. The high school joined the Southwest Division of the State High School Debating League, signaling strong student spirit.
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Iowa
Department of Public Instruction
Ames
Towa
Ames High
Ames High School
Albia
Webster City
Amesas
Atlantic
Centerville
Cedar Falls
Fairfield
le Mars
Oelwein
Booneeae Um
Fast Company
Oskaloo
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Keokuk
Fort Dodge
North
Des Moines
City
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Iowa City
Muscati
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Universowa
Will County Invest In Story County Fair Grounds
The Slater News argues the July 30 vote on buying the fair grounds for Story County represents a choice between a potential loss and a future benefit. It notes the thirty acre parcel at four thousand dollars and urges careful consideration of long term value for Ames and the state education system.
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Story County
Nevada
The
Slater News
Professor Peck at Ames
Prof M E B Peck of Iowa Falls is visiting Iowa State College this week to arrange and distribute his South American plant collection. He holds a collecting commission from I S Co and may accept an assistant botanist post, though no decision has been made.
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M. EB. Peck
Iowa Falls
South America
I. 8. Co
Pammel
Pammels Book on Poisonous Plants Nears Publication
Prof L H Pammel of Iowa State College writes Poisonous Plants of North America to publish with Orange Judd of Chicago. Four hundred pages with illustrations. first edition about a thousand copies. The book aims as a veterinary text and to reduce livestock losses and human poisoning through knowledge and proper treatment.
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Orange Judd Company
Chicago
North America
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Pommel
R. E. Buchanan
Walter A. Stuhr
W. F. Coover
Pammel
Iowa
Free scholarships offered at State Fair for Story county youth
The State Fair August 23 to 30 awards scholarships totaling 500 dollars to top youths. Boys compete in stock and grain judging plus corn ear, with prizes 200, 100, 25 dollars. girls in home economics with food judging, 100, 50, 25 dollars. Entrants must be under 21 for boys and 15 to 21 for girls, enrolled at Iowa State College within a year of prize.
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Story County
Iowa State College
Cassidy and Thompson
Jamaica
Iowa
Mary F. Rausch
J. A. McLean
J. C. Simpson
State Agricultural Society
Des Moines
Ames party recalls Jamestown expo and Carnegie library row
The Ames delegation reports the Jamestown exposition with 45000 on Georgia Day, praising Southern hospitality and Missouri and Iowa buildings. They discuss Judge Lee and Galen Tilden and note that Ames will seek a Carnegie library expansion financed by a higher city-support tax.
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Ames
Exposition
Georgia Day
Gates
Georgia
Galen
Lee
Good Roads Convention Delayed By Street Work
Onondaga street packing resembles asphalt with tracks to be laid. Six horse teams were needed to break the surface for street car tracks, indicating local road work intended to endure.
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Onondaga Street
Ames Poultry Show Plans Garner Big Prizes in January
The Ames Poultry Association met last week to firm plans for the big show on January 18 3 and 10. Sixteen trophies are offered and some have been ordered. Matt W Bald win of Sioux City pledges a $25 trophy with others to follow. Ames aims to host Iowa s best poultry show next January with Secretary Fowler stating about 2500 birds on exhibit. Prizes from local business men and the Commercial club will be announced later.
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Ames Poultry Association
Matt W. Baldwin
Sioux City
Ames
Iowa
Janary
Fowler
Commercial Club
Ames Grows as Improvements Highlighted by Local Press
The Maxwell Tribune notes Ames is now on the map with Iowa State College as a chief attraction. The town’s high school ranks 11th in Iowa while Ames spends heavily on permanent buildings, promising rapid growth.
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Maxwell Tribune
Ames
Intelligencer
Iowa State College
Iowa
Sheppard
Ames to Des Moines car service eyed with Interurb line
Onondaga street track laying began with the Interurb company and Ames residents soon may ride to Des Moines in about ninety minutes. W R Dyer moved from Boone to Ames to run ticket sales and information at the A and C office on Ondaga street. He reports a few daily ticket sales and optimistic plans as the new road develops.
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Onondaga Street
Interurb
Ames
Des Moines
W. R. Dyer
Boone
A. & C. Road
Ondaga Street
Dyer
Des Moines Fourth celebration sparks railroad fire inquiry
Residents along the Newton and Northwestern line report a burned bridge near Ankeny possibly caused by a deliberate act or a bonfire. Passengers who approached the blaze smelled kerosene, ice water in cars ran out, and gravel and dirt were used to extinguish the flames. Authorities are urged to catch the culprits.
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Newton and Northwestern Railroad Company
Des Moines
Ankeny
Improvements for the Interurban Street Sidewalks
Construction on Onondaga street alongside the Interurban brings promised sidewalk improvements. Men tear up old crumbling paths and lay durable cement walks, a long awaited upgrade for foot traffic to and from the business district. Ames needs more sidewalks in several local areas.
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Onondaga Street
Ames
Rediscovery of Jamestown Marks Aug Chautauqua Notes
An Ames Chautauqua Aug 14 28 feature notes the republic learning from Jamestown's rediscovery and Virginian hospitality. The piece frames the old commonwealth as gentle and timeless through cultural observations.
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Ames Chautauqua
Rock
Republic
Jamestown
Ancient
Commonwealth
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