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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1904
Page
1
A Saturday in Ames drew many elderly locals. Names and ages range from 86 to 64 with total ages listing 1283 and an average around 72. The note wonders if such a record could be surpassed and cites a Watchman remark.
Des Moines reports a bright prospect for a fully satisfactory Iowa State Fair as the semi centennial celebration nears. Executive committee members W. W. Morrow C. E. Cameron and J. C O. Simpson lead efforts to ready the grounds, build a new hall of Agriculture Horticulture and Dairy Industries and improve walkways connecting the livestock pavilion with the main building for easier viewing.
A Montreal lawyer sues the Mississippi girl’s father for 2323.49 dollars claiming costs for gifts to the girl and expenses of entertaining her including postage on love letters and 2 dollars an hour for his time. The incident is noted as a bold display of nerve comparable to a Jersey arson convict who won insurance after destruction.
The Boone Republic and Journal report a policy shift at the State Agricultural College in Ames adopting new rules to govern purchases by a three member committee with two faculty and one trustee. All supplies would be bought via competitive bids, mirroring the board of control approach expected to pass next session.
Richard Hopkins, a Nevada high school graduate now an assistant professor in the Michigan State Agricultural College, returns home for summer vacation. He praises the Michigan institution highly, and his Nevada classmates plus friends rejoice in his success.
The new postoffice will be built at the corner of Onondaga and Burnet streets in the Harriman block. Construction is slated to start as soon as possible according to the Watchman report.
Excursion tickets on the Chicago and North Western Railway to Boston are on sale August 11 12 and 18 with return allowed until September 30 due to the G A R Encampment. Apply to railway agents for details.
The July 25 1904 Iowa crop bulletin reports a week of temperatures 8 to 4 degrees below normal with heavy showers on July 18 19 affecting about one fifth of the state. Heaviest rain measured 4 to 7.5 inches in Dallas Polk Jasper Warren Madison and Page counties. Hay damage was limited and overall losses modest while hay and grain harvesting progressed well. Oats barley corn potatoes apples and minor crops show good progress though rust on oats and wheat worries. The report also covers grain improvement efforts led by the Iowa Corn Growers Association including short courses stock and grain judging two week sessions from eight to ten nightly, and outreach via grain dealers trains and seed distribution across counties and railroads.
120 acres four miles north of Ames known as J. W. Freeland farm will be sold cheap to settle estate. 144 Z. K. Graves, trustee.
A new state law requires gasoline cans to be painted a bright red so contents are unmistakable. Dealers filling cans in improper shades face arrest and heavy fines, a response to recent accidents from confusing gasoline with kerosene. The measure, urged by safety concerns, is praised as a life saving solution.
The Chicago and Northwestern Railway publishes five detailed maps in its Lakes and Summer Resorts of the Northwest book detailing over twelve hundred lakes in Wisconsin and Northern Michigan with lakes trails channels camps and hotels. The volume lists hotels and boarding houses with capacities and rates and encourages travel to the North woods. Also note pasture opportunity of 320 acres near Ames offered by J. R. Munden.
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