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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
1
Readers are urged to recruit five to twenty new subscriptions to earn extra votes in a piano contest. Bonuses include 10 000 votes per five names and 25 000 for ten, with twenty clubs earning 50 000 extra votes. The top twenty vote getters win prizes led by a $400 piano, with selection from remaining prizes. Voting ends August 10.
The Intelligencer and Ames merchants launch a voting contest ending August 10 with twenty prizes. A grand piano prize is on display, and voters earn coupons from merchants to help a contestant win. Prizes include suits, rugs, cookware, a two piano certificates, and more, with names of donors listed.
The Ames engineering crew visited Mr. W. H. Grover’s home on Wednesday evening to celebrate his birthday. Grover, returning late from Spirit Lake, arrived around midnight, but guests continued the celebration for a delightful night.
Weather bulletin for the week ending July 18 reports near ideal farming conditions with slight temperature deficiency and minimal rainfall. Rainfall was light and scattered, totaling under an inch in any location, allowing rapid progress in plowing belated corn, harvesting wheat oats hay and clover, while noting some wheat and oats losses from lodging and shelling in southern counties. Early corn tassels appear and overall crop condition is good though low lands are weedy and some rot in potatoes rots in overly wet districts.
The college harvest parallels biblical times with careful hand picking of oats rye barley alfalfa and other grains. Bundles are bound with ribbons and tagged with origin and dates while small boys escort them to a depository to protect from theft and decay.
For years the Ames veterans and the Ames chautauqua faced date conflicts due to the moon. This August two full moons fix the schedule with the chautauqua August 11–20 and the reunion August 31. Story City prepares a strong arrangement with committees led by P. A. Olson and H. N. Donhowe to welcome veterans and locals alike.
A letter from A. W. Harmon of Chicago Ohio responds to an invitation to a semi centennial event. He describes his unplanned attendance, the warm reception, and the helpful hospitality he received including a badge and outfit. He praises Ames and the college management and sends best wishes to all he met, especially Uncle Dan.
R. G. Rice, son of E. S. Rice, now located at 61 Hamilton Place New York. He works for an electric firm and transfers frequently, moving from California to the east. He also visited his sister Mrs. Ben Nowlin during the stay.
Rev. Robert Allingham, filling the Congregational pulpit this July, was summoned home by telegram upon the death of a young man in his Downers Grove church. He left after the funeral and returned to Ames Tuesday.
Veteran mail carrier Henry May was injured when he stumbled on his lawn and fell dislocating his collar bone. The accident will sideline him from work for several days.
Story City to celebrate the Fourth of July next year with a Commercial club committee setup to secure talent. A. B. Peterson S. R. Corneliussen and Alex Henderson lead the speakers group. The Herald urges regional towns to help and proposes a joint discussion between Senators Aldrich and Dolliver on Story City’s size. The committee targets big, memorable events.
C E Taylor recalls Ames history marking the 50th anniversary of 1859 with twenty thousand people at a July celebration. He notes old memories of Old Main and a hod carrier speaker, plus a school roll from 27 pupils to 2,700 pupils and 170 teachers today.
During G W Rogers absence, O W St John serves as station agent for the Northwestern system.
Edwin A. Nye profiles George C. White of Nevada Iowa a legislator who at forty seven leaves politics to study law at Drake and Yale then plans to open a Nevada law office His rebirth is framed as a challenge to Osler’s retired age and a manifesto for renewing youth through bold action and lifelong learning.
The Ames Intelli gencer recalls a 1909 January gale that toppled windmills and outbuildings and buried livestock. It contrasts it with a later winter, noting hundreds of cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs perished and even a chicken coop’s boards torn away.
The United Lutherans will stage their annual Song Festival in Roland Iowa on August 7 and 8. Arne A Nordskog of Ames will direct a chorus of about 200 voices drawn from central Iowa. Nordskog has led rehearsals at Slater Wilbert Stanhope and Story City. The festival occurs in a large tent at Roland with seating for three to four thousand.
The county institute at Nevada closes this week after highly successful attendance and work. Supt. Ira J. Scott energized the program and inspired teachers, while the strong faculty collaborated well. John J. Feroe praised Scott as a great organizer who has systematized the work for smooth operation.
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Arne A. Nordskog, district agent for United Wireless Telegraph Co., arranges two wireless instruments for Ames Chautauqua Aug 11 20. The Ames Intelligencer office will host the state’s first wireless telegraph station with a 25 mile range linking the Chautauqua grounds to the Intelligencer office and Des Moines stations. Nordskog plans lectures and demonstrations proving wireless communication during the event.
Season tickets for the Ames Chautauqua go on sale with high hopes for strong advance sales. Three fifty cent days feature appearances by William Jennings Bryan Dr William Dawson and the Earnest Gamble Concert Party, making a full Chautauqua pass a bargain compared with single admissions.
Tickets go on sale this week at Ames banks and stores. Season passes cost 2.00, reduced to 1.50 if bought by August 7. Single admission is 50 cents for Bryan Maybrick Dawson and Ernest Gamble Concert Party members, 25 cents for other adults. Only season and single tickets are sold. season offers best value for six regular or three special sessions.
The Chautauqua Sangerfest will present the Rose Maiden with at least 117 singers from Story County churches in Huxley Roland Story City and Bede Hamilton county plus guests. John J. Feroe directs with Selma Vaugness as musical director and soprano soloist. The program includes solos duets trios and quartets.
Many calls for tents are pouring in and interested parties should contact Edwin Rex, chairman of grounds committee, or the secretary immediately. Securing a tent on the grounds offers the best location to enjoy the Chautauqua experience, even for day visitors.
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