Sensational Trial in Linn County Court
Dague Thompson faced trial in Marion on a charge of attempting to murder Miss Pearl Jones, his Cedar Rapids acquaintance. The case drew a packed courtroom with vivid testimony including a long letter from Miss Jones, and a verdict of guilty was returned on Saturday. Dague and his father returned to Ames as the judge prepared to sentence.
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Dague Thompson
Linn County District Court
Marion
Miss Pearl Jones
Cedar Rapids
Dague
Miss Jones
South Third Street
Dagne Thompson
Pearl Jones
Ames
Mekota
Underwood
Milo P. Smith
Lee
Redmond
Stewart
Thompson
Ames Defeats Iowa City 1–0 to Clinch Likely Title
Ames and Iowa City met on Decoration Day with Ames winning 1–0 as Voss walked a tightrope for the lone run in the first inning. Wessler later fanned 12, Brown excelled at the plate, Yank’s last college year ends as he signs with Omaha in the Western league.
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Iowa City
Ames College
Ames
Grinnell
Voss
Wessler
Brown
Yank
Omaha
Yeomen of Ames Entertainment and Box Social
The Yeomen of Ames present an entertainment and box social on Monday evening June 13 at Red Men’s hall to raise funds for library books. Ladies are urged to bring boxes and partners. committee organizing. Also Rathbone Sisters host a lawn social this Saturday at Mrs Len Morris’s home from 7 p.m. with strawberries cake and ice cream for 10 cents. all invited.
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Yeomen of
Ames
Red Mens Hall
Rathbone
Len Morris
Missing Ames man may be buried in this city
A Boone special notes a missing Ames youth named Martin Sorenson, once a butcher there, whose description matches a unidentified body buried here last year. The man traveled to Denver, then returned to Des Moines. his trunk was found at the Santa Fe depot in Kansas City. Exhumation is possible to confirm identity.
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Chris Sorenson
Boone
Martin Sorenson
State Papers
Ames
Jayne’s
Denver
Des Moines
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Sorenson
Car Load of Matches Five Cents at Novelty Store
A brief notice announces a car load of matches sold at five cents at the Novelty store. For readers seeking cheap household supplies this bargain highlights a limited stock sale at a local retailer.
Attempted Wreck of Motor Near City Hall
Tuesday evening an unidentified person or persons stretched a wire across the track and placed a plow and rubbish on it near the old city hall at Dou glass and Story streets at about 9 30. The motor struck the obstacle and its pilot was damaged. No suspects have been found and authorities believe the act was committed by youths.
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Douglass and
Story Streets
Old City Hall
Real Estate Transfers From Ames Listings
Jennie B A Giddings and h to Della J Morris wd 2000 lot 14 blk 1 Ames Eva F Peiffer and h to L Oliver wd swyphe 161 2 ft of w 38 ft of lot 38e sw 4 24 J A Fitchpatrick and w to O E Mark land wd 2520 all of w fr 1-2 ne and e fr-2 nw 5 88 22 lying s of the center of public highway.
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Jennie B A Giddings
Della J Morris
Ames Eva F Peiffer
L Oliver
Stock Wanted Pasture Near Ames For 320 Acres
Advertisement seeks a 320 acre pasture near Ames that is well watered. Property should be suitable grazing land about 2.5 miles from Ames. Inquiries directed to J. R. Munden.
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Ames
J. R. Munden
Art exhibit proceeds fund school pictures display
The funds from the school art exhibit, aided by the Nonpareil club, were spent on high grade pictures. One picture is hung in each room of the Third ward school, a picture in Beard shear building hall, two in the High School lower halls, and one in the High School assembly room. The artworks are framed in heavy oak and mark a creditable start to school room decoration.
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Third Ward
Beardshear
High School Receives Framed Carbon Photo of Parthenon
The graduating class presented the school with a large 28 by 35 inch carbon photograph of the Parthenon at Athens. It is framed in heavy oak and occupies a central place on the front wall of the assembly room.
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Congregational Church
Bryce Hutchison
Guy Graham
Jessie Minert
Messrs
Louis Doggett
Fred Wyggle
Athens
Winnebago County Excursionists Arrive in Ames Late
About 250 excursionists from Winnebago county Illinois arrived in Ames yesterday afternoon. The train was scheduled for 2 30 but reached Ames an hour late. The party was supervised by A J Kern Rockford county superintendent. They expect to return home this afternoon.
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Winnebago County
Illinois
Ames
A. J. Kern
Rockford
Low Rate Excursion Tickets For Cornell College Anniversary
Excursion tickets to Cornell College fiftieth anniversary and commencement exercises at Mt. Vernon Iowa will be sold June 11 18 and 14 with return until June 17. Apply to Chicago and North Western Railway agents. December 8 2.
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Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Chicago & North Western R’y
Ames Wins Second Place at State Field Meet Des Moines
The Iowa State Field meet in Des Moines featured Ames placing second with strong relay showings. Ames relay teams won both races and set state records, while individuals like Main Drake Hamilton and Sleeper led sprint and distance events, with Drake and Grinnell also posting notable results.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Ames
Main
Drake
Hamilton
Copeland
Templeton
Scott
Longshore
Benton
van Buren
Crane
Green
Cave
Sleeper
H. Thompson
Mellrath
Wilson
Ross
Burcham
Williams
Randall
Crow
Crawford
Coe
Henninger
Myler
Burrows
E. Davis
Barker
Wall
Barrett
Campbell
Dave
Swift
Kintz
Grinnell
Bevan
Packard
Ricker
Ulibarri
Crossan
Young
Miller
Heeren
Haan
Trigg
Jaqua
Clow
Jones
Pringle
Jeffers
Adamson
Thompson
Packer
Woodrow
Robinson
Moir
Community notices and local announcements from Ames
Chas. Matthews thanks neighbors for aid after illness. For sale the house he lives in and several lots on Town and College streets plus a top buggy. Churches invite to bac cal au rate services with no morning worship next Sabbath. evening services as usual. Ames to form infantry company to replace artillery. mustering tonight. Rifle contest at Cedar Rapids next week. Racine Goble and Mamie Hart to marry this evening.
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College
R. Cairns
M. E
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Market Price List of Farm Commodities from Local Exchange
The listing shows shell corn at 40 cents, ears at 40 to 43 cents, oats at 33 cents, wheat 64 cents, barley 41 cents, rye 50 cents, Timothy at 1.75 dollars per 100 pounds, butter dairy 12 cents, creamery 22 cents, eggs 13 cents, potatoes 1.35, new potatoes 1.35, lard 11 to 12 cents, hogs 4.15 dollars, sheep 0.50 to 4.00, chickens 6 cents, geese 6 cents, turkeys 10 cents, ducks 7 cents, veal 4.00 to 4.50 dollars.
Shod With Iron A Highland Robber Executed
A tale from Tales of a Grandfather recounts MacDonald the Highland robber who robbed a widow, had shoes nailed to her feet, and was later captured. King James I. ordered MacDonald and twelve followers to be shod with iron shoes, displayed publicly for three days, and executed.
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Sir Walter Scott
James I
Scotland
MacDonal
James
MacDonald
Thimble Irony Mirrors Big Language Critique
A matter of fact man denounces affectation of grand speech and recalls a young lady requesting a diminutive argentous truncated cone convex on its summit and semiperforated with indentations to borrow a thimble. The Louisville Herald quote emphasizes plain terms over pretentious jargon.
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Louisville Herald
Reading choices at the depot stand and a rheumatic cure tale
A depot news stand clerk offers a Sportin News copy for first class information or Herbert Spencer bound book as a provocation to a Pullman porter. In a separate vignette Uncle Ephraim claims a miracle cure for rheumatism but laments losing two dollars and fifty cents on crutches.
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Pullman Porter
Herbert Spencer
Washington Star
Ephraim
Chicago Tribune
Don’t Work or Eat When Tired, Warns Teacher
A cautionary note argues not to work while tired and to avoid eating poorly when fatigued. It stresses that working in a fatigued state harms both the task and the person.
Kiss Confession Snag Sparks Secret Gloria
Witty exchange quoted from Philadelphia Ledger as a playful remark on mutual share and affection. The line features a man declaring half of the kiss belongs to him and the other half to the woman.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Cossack Origin Meaning Highwayman on Horseback
The term Cossack, also spelled Xosak, denotes a horseman who roams as a highwayman. Its Asiatic origin links to historic cavalry traditions and frontier raids.
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Linn County
Benefit
J. A. Campbell
Ing
Chas. Matthews
Order of
Bower & Perkins
Racine Goble
Mamie Hart
Ames Markets
Ayers
Ayer
Susan Klopfenstien
Tuscumbia, A
J. C. Ayer .O
Lowell, Mass
Materi
Elgin
S. C. Jewelry Store
Cade & Steigerwalt
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