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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1910
Page
5
Ames brief records numerous visitors and happenings. Sheriff Warrick visited Ames on Tuesday. Des Moines figures and Des Moines business trips recur, with several residents in and out of town. A Chinese laundryman seeks a location, while a baker seeks space. Prof Green of Minnesota died. C O Alexander builds a new hydraulic silo in Glidden with hollow brick construction and water tanks.
Mrs Prof Holden and Dean Stanton visited Des Moines on Monday. Prof Major returned from Racine Wisconsin. Dr Stange was in Mason City on business Friday and Saturday. Miss Marie Reardon goes to Chicago for two weeks with relatives. Prof and Mrs A A Bennett enjoy an outing at Osakis Wisconsin. Mrs H H Moreland of Romeo Michigan visits Prof Erwin’s sister. Jack Watson and Prof Sam Beyer fished the past week. Prof J B Davidson leaves for Winnipeg to judge at the International Motor contest. Prof Wayne Dinsmore travels to New York for the Percheron Association and returns today. Guy Lambert 09 from Oklahoma A&M is visiting. Prof R L Webster on a week business trip in south state from Reinbeck. Prof and Mrs Burnett of Lincoln Nebraska visit during Graduate School at Prof Burnett’s sister Mrs P G Holden. Miss Ida Cook and Miss Agn3ss Farrity return from Barry Vermont after month with Mrs Fred Colburn. Mr and Mrs J C Cunningham of Manhattan Kansas stay with Prof Dimock during Graduate School. Miss Purdy resigns and joins Chicago University Domestic Art faculty with higher salary.
Wood Williams ceremony in Minneapolis July 9 performed by Dr. O H Cessna after a voyage west to California and Spokane. Also reports Sadie Trigloan and Fred Watts wed in Billings Montana on June 26, with Watts later moving west. plus Joseph Person and Dora Sharrett marriage in Walden Colorado as Mr Person takes charge of a local creamery.
Miss Florence Shockley and Louis Dorrance of Ames were married Monday at 4:30 PM in Justice Carswell's office. They were accompanied by Miss Daisy Shockley and David Shockley. The couple will reside in Ames where the groom works as a barber. News-Republican wishes them happiness.
A daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Marion Cupps and joined the Sunday School infant class. Also listed are births to the Korf, Moore, Greenlee, and Gray families with details on parentage and affiliations. A death for Mr. Conner is recorded, noting Canada birth, Ames residence since 1901, marriage in 1905, and funeral at the Catholic church.
Boone County records the death of Richard Hopkins at Zenerville after years of old age infirmities. Born February 18, 1835 in Pennsylvania, he was a farmer by trade and died in his 76th year. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 PM conducted by Rev Alber of Story City. burial in Ontario Cemetery.
Friday morning at 9 30 oclock at his home on E Boone street occurred the death of Mr Mike Conner a tower-
Mrs. Mike Conner and children thank friends and neighbors for help during their recent bereavement.
A Saturday gathering at the H. A. Cobb home in Jackson township on July 9 formed the first annual Jones Sawyer Cobb family picnic. An organizational meeting followed with officers elected including President H. A. Cobb Vice President Frank Sawyer and Secretary-Treasurer T. L. Jones. Numerous relatives from Boone Des Moines Onawa and Jamestown areas attended and a formal association was created with committees planned for future picnics.
A long list of residents and family names appears, including L. C. Jones, Montague and Cobb families, Agatha Montague, Iva and Virgil Cobb, T. L. Jones, and Nina Sawyer among others in Ames Davenport Movile and nearby Iowa communities, with associated towns Valparaiso Indiana Atlantic Iowa and Gilbert Station noted.
The Rebeckahs installed officers led by N G Jessie Adams and V G Emma Proper at the last meeting. Lillian Gamrath and Ida Grover were among officers installed. twenty four Rebeccas head to Boone for degree work tomorrow evening.
Boone Kelley Cambridge and Des Moines Yeomen enjoy a campus picnic with speeches music sports and visiting. The event aims to be a memorable addition to the order's history.
When digestion falters the bowels become deranged and the liver and kidneys congested causing diseases. The stomach and liver must be restored to health and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are advertised as easy to take and effective. Sold by all druggists.
Mr. A A Wettstein visited Story City last week to see the Parsons family regarding the serious automobile accident. Mesdames Ed Geise and Chas Kendel, daughters of owner driver Geo Parsons, have gone to Des Moines. Mrs Ned Young, Miss Margaret Kilduff with a broken collarbone, and Miss Buers Failor, among others, passed Ames on the way home to Newton. Miss Failor, most seriously hurt and unconscious for three days, is slowly recovering.
Captain Francis H. Lincoln is detailed by the war department to head artillery engineering for Boston Harbor defenses and will depart from Fort Monroe to Boston in August. He is noted as likely to celebrate with a tea party. Lieutenant Charles Lin coln is in Chattanooga observing Sherman’s route and will visit his father General J R Lincoln next week before inspecting National Guards in Wisconsin and Indiana.
The Representative Spelling contest at the Nevada summer school drew eighty eight participants on the final day. The lengthy event required a large add ition to the word list. Miss Lila Baker won first prize a latest edition International Dictionary. Miss Mary Shaw took second prize two Allen's Civics and Health and Dinsmore's Teaching a District School.
Receiver Sheldon toured Frasier week noting progress at the power plant with complete repairs expected in a few days. Local and interurban line service has improved, cars run on time, and traffic rises as the electric line regains its former reliability. A new time card is promised.
Dr A R Zumwalt of the Bureau of Animal Industry has been sent to Houston Texas to organize forces to begin fighting the cattle tick Local representatives canvass from house to house giving farmers instructions to prevent and exterminate the tick Zumwalt will supervise the effort with the aim of removing the area from the quarantine district
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