New Ames Office Block to Rise at Main and Kellogg
Ground cleared for 101 by 100 foot reinforced concrete office block with sixty two rooms on second and third floors. Ground floor bank corner occupied by The Story County Bank with separate entrances and modern vaults. Construction expected to start in July with completion anticipated soon after.
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Ames
Sheldon- Mann
Main and
Kelloy Streets
Proudfoot
Story County Bank
Kelloy
Main Street
Kellog
Mayor begins excavation for federal building site in Ames
The article notes Mayor Parley Sheldon and his grandsons started the first dirt removal on the new federal building project intended to house the Ames post office. Superintendent Bennish, carpenters, and foremen set up two work buildings, with progress tracked daily and favorable weather predicted for June 14. The piece also covers local events and various society notes from Ames, including a Methodist Sunday school picnic planned for Old Chautauqua grounds at noon.
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Federal
Ames: Post Office
Parley Sheldon
Bernice
Sheldon Hammer
H. E. Bennish
Kellogg and
Story
Veen
Methodist Sunday School
Old Chautauqua Grounds
Old Chautauqua
Ames
Ames Represented At Big Auto Races
A party from Ames made a 1300 mile trip to Indianapolis and Chicago in a 1911 Overland driven by Harland Ramey. The group, H M Mason B D Cramblil W W Talbott and L H Doggatt, reported average speed about 20 mph with two punctures. They praised Indiana and eastern Illinois roads while noting rough return trip conditions and a deadly Amplex crash they witnessed.
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Rame
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Ames
Sol
H. M. Mason
B. D. Cramblil
W. W. Talbott
L. H. Doggatt
Hatland Ramey
Indianapolis
Marshalltown
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Wheatland
Clinton
Chicago
Sterling
DeKalb
Albert Tresselt
Cottage Grove Avenue
Hammond
Whiting
Herbert
Valparaiso
Knox
Bass Lake
Logansport
Capital Avenue
Ames Bunch
Amplex
Greiner
Hobert
Maywood
DeWitt
Illinois
Mt. Vernon
Harland Ramey
Ames Auto
Ramey
Traffic runs on right in city under new ordinance
At a Monday council meeting in the council chamber a new traffic rule requires vehicles to keep to the right on main streets and face right when pulling to the curb. The city awarded a concrete bridge extension on Boone Street to Flutter Contractors and adjourned after approving bills and crossings. Ames High School defeated Boone High 8 to 2 to cap an undefeated season.
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Council
Boone Street
Ames to Hold Summer School on Agriculture and Domestic Science
Ames Iowas state college will run a June summer school from June 12 to 24 1911 to broaden knowledge in agriculture nature study and domestic science. Extension faculty and specialists will teach with lectures demonstrations and field work. Tuition is 3 with other expenses similar to the period Interested parties may contact Prof A V Storm for full details.
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Iowa State College
Ames
A. V. Storm
Iowa
New Department for Ames Teaches Agriculture Masters
The state educational board added an agricultural normal training department at Iowa State College in Ames to train high school agriculture teachers. The department opens in September to meet a rising statewide demand as teachers are scarce. The Cedar Falls Teachers College would house this course but Ames offers superior facilities. Also noted is the dissolution of the Fitchpatrick & McCall law firm with McCall continuing the practice and Fitchpatrick pursuing other titles.
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Agricultural Normal Training Department
Ames
State Educational Board
State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Ames Savings Bank Declares 8 Percent Dividend
At the ninth annual stockholders meeting held June 1 the Ames Savings Bank re elected directors and declared an 8 percent dividend on the $75,000 capital stock. Stockholders expressed satisfaction with the bank’s general business. H McDaniels suffered a slight stroke Sunday afternoon in the Hamilton block on Main Street losing use of his left hand temporarily but is improving. He was formerly a cook at the Station Lunch Room.
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B. F. Garner
Benson & Marxer
Des Moines
Ames Lodge
Ames Savings Bank
H. McDaniels
Hamilton
Main Street
Mr. McDaniel
Dr Will Smith in Ames Greeting Old Friends
Dr Will Smith, an I S C graduate class of 1909, visits Ames to reconnect with longtime friends. He is currently based in South Omaha and appears in town for familiar faces and local greetings.
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Will Smith
Ames
Dr. Smith
South
Omaha
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Goetze
Will Hauser
Jewel Song
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Lora Ricker
Lehman
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I. S.C. Veterinary College
Oscar Freed
R. A. Ricketts
Roy E. Brown
Floyd E. Buck
Louis E. Willey
Fred S. Ballard
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Frank Draggoin
Fred Schreiber
Watertown
Fred
Opendall
Iowa Guernsey Breeders’ Association
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H. H. Kildee
Dairy Farmer
Pew
Show Yard
Ring
Oda
Mr. Gordon
Phi Gamma Delta House
Shaw
Leek Avenue
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L. H. Doughty
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