Lincoln Seriously Injured by Primer Explosion in Baltimore
Captain Francis H. Lincoln of the Coast Artillery endured a dramatic primer explosion accident during range finding instruction for Maryland National Guards in Baltimore. The blast injured his abdomen but did not prove fatal. a bronze blouse button diverted the blow. He rests under care of army surgeons and nurses.
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F. H. Lincoln
Baltimore
Francis H. Lincoln
Lincoln
Baltimore Sun
Coast Artillery Corps
Maryland
Fortieth
Coast Artillery
Morse
Gas Franchise Proposal Favors Boone for Ames Illumination
Col E G Pratt of Chicago and associates visited Ames to explore supplying gas, either from Boone or via a local plant. Residents prefer Boone due to lower costs and less odor, with gas seen as less essential than electricity. Pratt plans further talks with the council and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. G. Pratt
Chicago
Boone Gas Co
E. C. Brown
New York
George D. Roper
Rockford
Ill
Maple
Boone Company
Ames
Boone
City
Col. Pratt
Sheldon
de Moines Gas Company
Iowa
Grant Club
Des Moines
A. J. Graves
Ames Savings Bank
Keeping It From Sister W H Smith Reveals Secret Marriage
W H Smith explains his sister Linnie wished to keep her marriage quiet to avoid Toledo sister Emma learning of it. The couple planned a round the world tour with eight guests, were in Berlin, expected to sail from London late July, and return in August. The minister will file the ceremony with the county clerk as required.
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W. H. Smith
Intelligencer
Toledo
Ohio
Linnie
Emma
Indianola
Berlin
Germany
London
Harvest Time Is At Hand Weather Bulletin 1907
Weather crop bulletin for the week ending July 15 1907 reports near normal temperatures and usual sunshine with heavy showers on the 9th 10th 11th 14th and 15th causing 2 to 7 inches of rainfall in spots and flood and soil erosion. Across districts field work progressed three to four days with corn hay winter grain early oats and barley harvest underway. Southern oats show rank growth and rust risk. corn grew rapidly in well tilled fields. hay yield nearing normal. pasturage excellent midsummer. Potatoes garden truck and minor crops also favorable.
Construction Begins on New Addition at Church Corner
Work has started on a new addition to the Christian Church. The project is under way at the northeast corner of the main structure and proceeds with expected progress.
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The
Christian Church
Webster City Plans Sell of Electric Plant and Franchise
Webster City weighs selling its electric light plant to private bidders and granting a franchise to upgrade facilities. The Freeman Tribune notes local dissatisfaction spurred the move to form a company that would build a dam and use water power, supply city lighting, pump water, and charge up to 10 cents per thousand watts.
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Webster City
Freeman- Tribune
The Spring Incorporation for a Iowa Farm
The W W Spring Farming company is incorporated to keep the family estate intact as a farm corporation. W W Spring will transfer stock to his children as management shifts to heirs, with the farm operating under corporate reporting and stockholder oversight. The move aims to stock the place, improve it, and set a model for Story county farms under incorporation laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Spring
Iowa
Story County
Noxious weed squirreltail grass harms crops and stock
An interview with Governor Packard discusses the wild barley or squirreltail grass Hordeum jubatum. It grows six inches to two feet, forms dense clumps, bears small flowers in heads, and seeds are produced in stalks. The plant injures livestock through sharp awns and sore mouths, but thorough cultivation can exterminate it.
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Packard
Lowa
Ole O Roe as State Auditor Nomination Candidate
The writer argues Ole O Roe should receive the nomination for state auditor as he understands the business and is qualified for the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole O. Roe
Poison plant case and Iowa encampment plans reported
The article notes a McCallsburg poisoning of Northa Taylor after she ate wild buffalo bean fruit Astragalus caryocarpus. It covers Dr. Pammer’s query, family doctor intervention, and the plant’s poisonous distinction. It also previews National Guard encampment details from August fifth to twelfth with troop movements, Des Moines transport, and fare issues.
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Pammel
McCallsburg
Little Northa Taylor
Florence Taylor
National Guard
Iowa
Des Moines
Lincoln
Bishop
Slater
Body to be moved from Ames to Marshalltown for B. J. Blaney
The body of B. J. Blaney is to be removed from the Ames cemetery to the Masonic lot of Marshall Lodge No. 108 in Marshalltown. Blaney was the first master of the Marshall lodge over fifty years ago and signed the charter. he was buried at Ames by Arcadia lodge.
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Masons
B. J. Blaney
Marshalltown
Marshall Lodge No. 108
Blaney
Marshall Lodge
Ames
Arcadia Lodge
Lost umbrella teased by Hampton Chronicle advertiser
Tom Purcell of the Hampton Chronicle says his umbrella is missing and hints a clue may come when his preacher reads the ten commandments. The note mixes local press promotion with a playful mystery.
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Tom Purcell
Hampton Chronicle
Jamestown political leaders exit stage as special interests prevail
Governor Hughes criticizes leaders who served as clearing-houses for legislation while courting party factions and acting under special interest retainers, accusing them of placing private gains over party principles and public justice.
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Hughes
Jamestown
Iowa Professor Kennedy Tours Royal Live Stock Show in England
Prof. W. J. Kennedy of Iowa State College visited the Royal Live Stock Show in Lincoln and London Daily Telegraph notes the king's inspection of Kennedy and his prize Southdown sheep. Kennedy, now abroad for the government, shares in the royal tour and mingles with friends from Ames.
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W. J. Kennedy
England
Ames
Lincoln
London Daily Telegraph
Iowa State College
Travel Memoir From Dr Copestake Tour in England
Dr J G Copstake reports his Baltic voyage with 2500 aboard and an English wedding party at Windsor. He notes cargo including hides and wool for London fashion, weather foggy and damp, and plans to visit Windsor then Derbyshire. The Lord Mayor's daughter wed on the 27th with a grand piano and electric lights featured at a lavish reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copestake
J. GC. Copstake
England
Baltic
London
East India
Ceylon
Pacific
Windsor
Derbyshire
Electrolysis Dangers Highlight Interurban Water Pact
The Ames water system debate centers on Ordinance No 174 requiring Interurban rails to be bonded to prevent electrolysis. Officials warn of destructive currents from rails reaching water mains, risking gas leaks and pipe corrosion while promising remedies at the company’s expense if faults arise.
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Interurban
Central
Linebaugh
City Water Plant
Mr. Linebaugh
George
Interurban Company
All Ames
Ames Post Office Ordinance on Street Names and Numbers
Ames readers are told of ordinance 181 requiring street name postings at intersections and Philadelphia style house numbering. The plan allocates odd numbers on one side and even on the opposite, with 100 numbers per block and a ten day move-in deadline for new buildings.
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Ames Papers
Post Office
Philadelphia
Ames
Boone Street
Duff Street
Boone and
Onondaga
Onondaga Story
Story
Iowa
College
Corege
State
Ate
Sycamore
Pearl
Pearl Andette
Fayette
Agate
North
Duff
Douglass
Kellogg
Kellogg Burnett
Burnett
Clark
Lincoln
Hoggatt
Minkler to Leave Ames for New Jersey Field Work
F C Minkler returns to East after visiting Ames and Nevada with his parents. He will travel to New Jersey Saturday evening to join field work at the experiment station. He plans to return to Iowa in November to use part of the state Agricultural college funds for stock to bring back. He enjoys Jersey talk but comes to Iowa for the goods secured by the college.
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F. C. Minkler
Nevada
Ames
New Jersey
Agricultural College
Iowa
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Incorporation
Spring Farm
Stock Farm
L. H. Pammel
Little Dortha Taylor
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
Iowa National Guards
Northwestern Company
Company C
King ED
Peopl
East Ames
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