Ames in Brief long list of local notes from the year
Local notes report events and travels around Ames. Bananas sold at a dollar a bunch. Ben Reed returns from Grinnell to Ames. Mr. Roland Wallace leaves for a Washington D C post. Knights of Pythias plan Memorial Day observance. B A Sayre marries in Des Moines after college graduate year. Clarence Banks visits his aunt in Ames. Harley McElyen to Chicago for Electric Telephone Co. Guy Brewer attends commencement but cannot speak due to cold. Clergy and Bishop McDowell address arrive. all receive platform honors. H L Munn returns from California with fish tale and photo. James Arrowsmith injured in fall from Ben Brenniman’s roof.
Local notes and social roundup from Ames 1907
Crutch aided recovery enables a resident to return to work at Corlett's planing mill making screen doors and windows. The U M R A. M. holds a Friday meeting. Children's day at U B church drew a large crowd. Lee will lead Baptist service this Sunday. Mrs Swender and Bernice visited from Carroll. Florence Brown to Omaha then Neligh for vacation. J P Jackson and Mrs Jackson leave for Farmersburg Indiana after three weeks in Ames, meeting many friends.
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Corlett
U. B
Baptist Arch
Mr. Swender
Bernice
Carroll
Miss Swender
Florence Brown
Miss Brown
Omaha
Neligh
Nebraska
J. P. Jackson
Alice Jackson
Col
8. P. O’brien
Farmersburg
Indiana
Ames
Rain Delays Excavation for Methodist Church Project
Heavy rain Sunday and Monday disrupted work on the new Methodist church site delaying progress on the excavation and groundwork for the structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Methodist Church
Market Day by Ladies Aid at Kooser’s Store
Mrs. A. A. Bennett leads the Markets Day event for the Ladies Aid Society of the M E church at Kooser’s store on Saturday. Proceeds support church work and community outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Bennett
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. EB. Church
Kooser’s
Tornado and Wind Storm Association Ad
Insurance ad from Des Moines offering tornado and wind storm coverage through A. J. Graves. Promotes reliability and low cost under the old line with contact notion for policy questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnd Storm Association of
Des Moines
A. J. Graves
Normal Next Week At Story County Institute
Story County normal institute will convene next week and continue for four weeks after the summer session. Several youths from the current high school class are expected to attend, including Vita Freed Ruth King and Pearl Banks.
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Story County Normal Institute
Vita Freed
Ruth King
Pearl Banks
Robinson
Des Moines
Miss Whitaker
Miss Schreiner
Mt. Pleasant
Albia
Miss Boyd
Grand River
Miss Gustafson
Dayton
Miss Padmore
Marshalltown
Mr. Wharton
West Point
Baker
Indianola
Wright
Beatrice
Neb
Terrill
Jefferson
Pike
Iowa City
Newell
Donaldson
Defiance
Miss Erwin
Villisca
King
Ames
Nevada
Normal Institute
Distressing Circumstance Spurs Paper Borrowing
In Shelby County a man who cannot afford a home paper borrows a neighbor's. Scarlet fever then hits the lender's family, and four of the borrower's children fall ill the same way, illustrating a troubling chain of events.
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Shelby County
Motors to stay unchanged through summer
Manager Wilkinson says the same motors will continue operating until the electric lines are finished unless a temporary removal of the 145 motor is needed to handle a large freight volume. Any change would be brief.
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Wilkinson
Knudson Couple Welcome Daughter
Mr and Mrs B A Knudson announce the birth of a daughter on June 8. The family welcomed the new arrival in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exvupson
B. A. Knudson
Sunday Sermon Draws Large Ames Audience on Moral Life
Parley Sheldon introduces Sunday who spoke for 1 hour 41 minutes in Ames. The evangelist urged personal accountability, warned of hell for wrong paths, attacked idle rich, youth exposure to trashy literature, grogshops, and Christian Science while praising sincerity and real-life pictures of society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parley Sheldon
Mr. Sunday
Greeley Farm
Ames
Chicago
Sunday Chatauqua speaker draws Ames crowd and funds
Mr Sunday spoke to Ames residents about teaching summers and future residence plans. Teachers dispersed to many towns for summer, with several married or relocating. The event, hosted by the women’s society, raised over $100 for the M E church fund.
A Young Cyclone Strikes Milford Township
A Sunday windstorm damaged several farms in Milford township. Barns were unroofed at multiple places including Sol Young Mattres and eman. A maple grove of about seventy five trees was ruined at Gilmore. Fruit trees suffered irreparable damage across the affected area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Milford Township
Sol Young Place
Mattres
W. J. Gilmore
Eman Place
Lee Smith Place
Stranger recalls old Ames business ties on a Norfolk visit
Twenty years ago a visitor asking for a local grocer named Hoover entered the Intelligencer office. The staff note he married a Hunter sister to the wife of Kooser and recalled a wedding trip through town. The visitor was C. by Sims of Norfolk Nebraska, stopping in Ames on business.
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Hoover
Hunter
Kooser
C. By Sims
Norfolk
Nebraska
Ames
New Time Card For Ames On Northwestern Route
The article notes a new time card on the Northwestern line with many changes. It says a detailed listing would be confusing, and the full card is printed elsewhere for travelers on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Yale Man Baker Alters Look to Hear Taft Address
Prof H P Baker and A T Erwin traveled to Iowa City on Wednesday to hear Secretary Taft speak. Baker, a Yale man, shaved his upper lip before the trip to avoid recognition, a change Ames friends noticed as they saw him without the sandy mustache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Baker
A. T. Erwin
Iowa City
Taft
Baker
Yale
University
Ames
Bananas Sold For One Dollar Per Bunch
Advertisement notes bananas at one dollar per bunch from Frank B. Spence with a catalog date 10-2¢ indicated, presenting a historical price line and vendor.
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Frank B. Spence
Robb Family Leaves Ames for Colorado Health Hope
The James Robb family departed Ames for Canon City Colorado this morning seeking climate benefits for Mrs. Robb. Friends regret their move but wish Mrs. Robb improvement and health. Length of stay in Colorado is unknown.
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James Robb
Canon City
Colorado
West
Million Rats Talk On Street Corner Lecture
Eugene Williams recalled a two mile long string of rats near a college site once described during a free street corner talk. He said the event happened by the old horticultural college where Jerry Sexton used to live, noting the unusually large rat sighting.
Rat herd and porch concert described at local gathering
The tale recounts a dense group of rats marching along a path and filling front yards as they performed an open air concert on porches. A narrator disputes a rival estimate of rat numbers and taunts a fellow about past pranks at Old Main.
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Jerry Sexton
Jerry
Old Friend of the Fentons Recalls Kansas City Tragedy
Dr Tom Fenton recently moved to the area and was close to Edward Fitzgerald the young man who died after a fall from a window at the Railway Y M C A building in Kansas City. Fitzgerald grew up in Eddyville where the Fentons were longtime neighbors and familiar with his family.
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Tom
Ft Gerald
Ald
Kansas City
Fitzgerald
Tulpa
Indian Territory
Tom Fenton
Edward Fitzgerald
Eddyville
Fentons
James H. Miller Obituary and Family Records
James H. Miller born May 28 1869 in South Dansville New York came to Iowa in 1887 and lived in Ames except a year in Freeport Illinois He married Alice M Nellis October 27 1891 they had two children both died in infancy Her death left him widowed He married Ada Hawley May 8 1900 who with two children mourns his death He died June 11 1907 at seven o clock Funeral at home with Rev J W Stiverson U B church and strange ceremonies attended by I O O F and American Yeomen members at the cemetery
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James H. Miller
South Dansville
Steuben County
New York
Iowa
Ames
Freeport
Ill
Alice M. Nellis
Ada Hawley
J. W. Stiverson
U. B. Church
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Ben Reed
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Roland Wallace
Washington D. C
Knights of Pythias of
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B. A. Sayre
Clarence Banks
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Harley McElyen
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Guy Brewer
Iowa Official Register
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BE. T. Hagerman
Nye
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Bishop McDowell
H. L. Munn
California
James Arrowsmith
Ben Brenniman
Joshua Cha
Sunbonnet Babies Co
Necareney
Tilden Brothers & Company
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Hell
Pete
America
K. W. Brown
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Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows Hall
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Christian Church
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