Creosote Treatment Project for Posts and Materials
Ames Experiment Station and the Forest Service of the U S Department of Agriculture will jointly test creosote preserving timber in 4000 to 5000 posts shingles sills and planks. Treatment is free to owners with station retaining some samples for study. Contact C A Scott Station Forester Ames Iowa with material supplies or requests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Horticulture and Forestry
Ames Experiment Station
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
C. A. Scott
Station Forester
Ames
Iowa
Creosote Treatment Drive Seeks Posts in Ames
Ames Experiment Station Forester Co. A Scott seeks local owners with fence posts or building materials to treat with creosote at no charge. About 4000 to 5000 posts or equivalents will be treated over the next three to four months as an experimental program. A small sample will be kept for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
New Sidewalks Planned by Ames City Council
The Ames council held a special meeting ordering numerous new sidewalks. Thirteen foot sidewalks will run on Onondaga street from Burnett to Clark with six foot walks to Hoggatt Ave. A cement requirement for all permanent walks was approved and additional sidewalk projects in park areas were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onondaga Street
Burnett
Clark
Hoggatt Ave
Greek Workman Buried Friday in Ames Cemetery
A Greek laborer who worked on the Interurban near Kelley died last week of heart trouble. Names of relatives and his former residence could not be learned and he was buried in the Ames cemetery Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley
Ames Cemetery
Illness Delays Watson Summer Plans in Louisiana Hospital
Mrs. E. B. Watson reports her husband is very ill in a Shreveport hospital with typhoid fever. The couple, formerly Miss Vera Kistler, had planned a northern summer before this illness altered travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EE. B. Watson
E. B. Watson
Shreveport
Louisiana
Mrs Tilden and Mrs Duncomb Attend International Congregational Council
Mrs Lydia Tilden and Mrs Duncomb left Monday for Edinburgh to attend the International Congregational Council in session from June 20 to July 10. They will join Rev T O Douglass and family from Grinnell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Council
Lydia Tilden
Duncomb
Edinburgh
International Congregational Council
Mrs. Tilden
Mrs. Duncomb
T. O. Douglass
Grinnell
Union Gospel Meetings and Calderwood Lecture Planned in Ames
The Ames Ministerial Association outlines summer Sunday programs at the park with leaders including H. D. Williams and W. Stiverson on select July and August dates. Hon W G Calderwood of Minneapolis, national Prohibition secretary, will speak on August 28 with time and venue to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames Ministerial Association
H. D. Williams
W. Stiverson
A. M. Shea
W. J. Minchin
J. Fowle
Walter
Chautauqua
Lang
J. W. Stiverson
Maquoketa Man Seeks Ames Flour Mill Investment
A. C. Hoot of Maquoketa Iowa met with a committee from the Ames commercial club to discuss proposals for installing a flouring mill here. Hoot recently sold his Maquoketa milling business and seeks funds via a stock company to build a fifty to eighty barrel mill, needing club support. The committee will report to the club at Friday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Hoot
Maquoketa
Iowa
M. K. Smith
P. Sheldon
J. J. Grove
Dr. Niles
G. H. Maxwell
Commercial Club
Smith and Davis
Dedicatory Services for Des Moines First Methodist Church
The new First Methodist Church in Des Moines, led by Rev. Hagerman, is completed aside from yard grading delayed by rain and was dedicated Sunday. An organ recital by Dr. Louis Falk of Chicago cleared 700 dollars. A Friday banquet in the dining room followed, with seating for 640. Five thousand dollar subscriptions and larger gifts helped cover the 160000 project cost, with 35000 of 40000 indebtedness already raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Des Moines
Hagerman
Louis Falk
Chicago
R. C. Barrett
Prof. Barrett
Henry Harris
Storms
Florence
Barrett
Miss Fleming
Bishop McDowell
Moore
Mrs Drake visits Nevada as city federation guest
Mrs. John R. Drake of Des Moines addressed the City Federation of Nevada during a recent visit to the state. In Nevada she stayed with Mrs. Adaline Payne and met leading club women, noting the federation's civic work including cemetery mortgage clearance a $150000 library project street waste baskets and a courthouse yard marker for the first cabin in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Drake
Nevada
Des Moines
City Federation
Adaline Payne
Pioneer Press and Club
City Federation of
Court House Yard
Glidden Applies for Divorce and Alimony
Mrs F C Glidden files for divorce from husband on grounds of ill treatment. She seeks alimony and custody of child Zelma. Formerly Ruth Roll of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. C. Glidden
Zelma
Ruth Roll
Prof. Herbert L. Houston Joins Ames Conservatory as Violin Instructor
Professor Herbert L. Houstan of the Conservatory of Music prepared extensively for his role as violin instructor. He trained from age eight in Indianapolis, Chicago, Sacramento, and Europe, studying under notable teachers and abroad four years. He will begin next fall with a summer class, having performed during Commencement week and at a Messiah concert, strengthening Ames music circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Houstan
Conservatory of Music
Indianapolis Conservatory of Music
Ferdinand Shafer
Edward Graham Cowley
Chicago Musical College
Jacobson
Houston
Sacramento
California
Europe
Prague
Bohemia
Seveik
John Kublik
Berlin
Anton Witek
Arthur Hartmann
Tan
Ames
Sargents and Mrs Sargent Head East for Two Month Tour
Are Touring Western States, Mr and Mrs Sargent and son George of Boone have gone east for a two month trip stopping in Portland Goldendale Salt Lake City and other points. Miss May Olney of Clinton joins the party traveling with the Sargents for the health benefit of Mrs Sargent, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clark of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
George
Boone
Portland
Oregon
Goldendale
Washington
Salt Lake City
May Olney
Clinton
Lillian
Sargents
Mrs. Sargent
Clark
Odd Fellows Decorate Graves in Memorial Services
Members of the I O C F lodge held memorial services Sunday afternoon at two o clock at their hall. H D Williams delivered the address at the Church of Christ. The lodge then marched to the cemetery and decorated the graves of departed heroes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
I. 0. C. Fr. Lodge
H. D. Wiliams
Church of Christ
Iowa County Hay Making and Replanting Highlight Week
Weather and farm notes for the week ending June 15 1908 in Des Moines Iowa show below normal temperatures and sunshine with mixed rainfall. Corn field work progressed with replanting due to wet conditions while many river bottom and undrained lands remain waterlogged. final acreage may match last year. Rust prevented by cool weather. small grain, grass, and potatoes thrived. cherries promising. apples light. GEO M CHAPFEL, Section Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa County
Des Moines
Iowa
Marion
Geo. M. Chapfel
Mrs. Burnell Recital At Congregational Church
Mrs Abbie Snell Burnell gave a morning recital at the Congregational church presenting the life of a Hindu girl in the first person. Dressed in Hindu costume she described her subject while explaining that after her missionary husband’s death she pursued this work for a living. The audience remained rapt throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
Abbie Snell Burnell
We Advance in Life We Learn the Nmit of Abilities
A brief quoted aphorism by Froude on personal growth and self awareness follows an earlier reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Froude
Iowa Railroad adds three new directors in 1908 Eldora meeting
At the May 26 1908 Eldora Iowa board meeting three men joined the Iowa Railroad board John W Rath Roger Leavitt and E E Hughes. Rath heads Rath Packing Company Leavitt is a Cedar Falls financier and trustee while Hughes leads Boone National Bank. A mice story from the Ag building follows with Prof Matt King and the janitor using poison and traps to prank him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Railroad
Eldora
Iowa
John W. Rath
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
First National Bank of Waterloo
Roger Leavitt
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls National Bank
Cedar Falls Savings Bank
Cedar Falls Trust Company
Townsend-Merrill Lumber Company
Dike and Hubard
Waterloo and
Cedar Falls Union Mill Company
Leavitt and Johnson National Bank
Cedar Falls Canning Company
E. E. Hughes
Boone
Boone National Bank
State Normal School
Iowa College
Grinnell
E. E B. Hughes
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Pere Marquette Road
D. R
Matt King
Prof
King's
Prof. King
King
Survey Route for Electric Line From Eldora to Ames
The Iowa Railroad Company completed a survey for an electric line linking Eldora Garden City and Roland to Ames. The route runs via Roland crossing North Street between Griffiths and Duff Hill and Duff Avenue near Dieffienbacher’s house to the Interurban station connecting with Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern. The final alignment may shift slightly but follows this general path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora
Garden City
Roland
Ames
Iowa Railroad Company
Story City
North Street
Griffith
Duff Hill
Duff
Kellogg Durland's Experiences in Ames Crautauque
The June Woman's Home Companion features A Modern Charlotte Corday a true story from Kel logge Durland renowned Russian traveler. He recounts experiences from the opening day of the Ames crautauque with a firsthand account of danger and discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg Durland
Woman's Home Companion
Charlotte Corday
Kellogge Durland
Partial Solar Eclipse Visible This Sunday
A partial solar eclipse will be visible on Sunday June 28 beginning at 8 30 a m and ending at 11 15 am The event will be nearly total and described as one of the most interesting natural phenomena in years for the local area.
Mustard Attempted Suicide in Third Ward Home
Mrs. George Pierce formerly Florence Shockley attempted self harm by taking mustard at her home in the third ward on Saturday evening. She aimed to frighten her husband to stop his drinking, took enough to make herself ill but not die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Pierce
Third Ward
Pierce
Florence Shockley
Slat Drop Deterred Burglary At Potter Home
A. L. Potter reports a burglary on Thursday night in which thieves took about 50 dollars worth of items including a camera and silverware. Potter says a loose bed slat fell and scared the thief, who even left the lights on and escaped through an open window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Potter
Mr. Potter
Pauline
Welch Harpist Williams Shines in Halifax Ovation
H J Williams the Welch Harpist, engaged for the coming Assembly, drew an ovation at a Halifax N S festival for his performance of The Dance of the Fairies a new piece by Hasselmann. He is the only harpist paid to receive a solo dedication from Hasselmann and will appear with Innes orchestral band on August 17 at Ames Chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Wiliams
Halifax
Haselmann
Williams
Monsieur Hasselmann
Mr. Williams
Innes
Ames Chautauqua
Vesper Service at Congregational Church Listed
Sunday June 21 at 5 P M the Congregational Church hosts a vesper service with organ, hymns, solos and quartets by James P Reed Mrs M Wood Mr Robert Clarke Miss Grace Tinsley and others. Program begins at 5 with selections from Chopin Mendelssohn and Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Church
James P. Reed
Jesus Christ
My Redeemer
Lord
D. Buck
M Wood
Miss Jennie Fedson Becomes Deputy Postmaster
Ames High School teacher Miss Jennie Fedson completes a year then assumes deputy postmaster duties at St Ansgar Osage News notes her career move and new post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Fedson
Ames High School
St. Ansgar
Osage News
District Convention Notes and Appointments
Mrs Anna D Elder of Boaz Alas attended General Conference and spoke briefly en route home. District president Mrs Jennie E Beyer was unable to attend due to illness and death in the family. New officers include Jennie Beyer Ames president I D Johnson Boone vice president and Westphall Carroll recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna D. Elder
Boaz, Alas
Jennie E. Beyer
Jesse S. Holingsworth
Des Moines
Miss Crowder
Boaz
Ames Queen Esther Circle
Florence Sterns
Janet Knapp
Maude Shea
Florence Willey
Jennie Beyer
Ames
I. D. Johnson
Boone
Westphall Carroll
Herman Knapp
J. M. Usry
Grand Junction
Marion Street
Ingenfritz
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Scott
Co. A, Scott, Forester
Ames, Iowa
Union Gospel Meetings
H. L. Houstan
L. H. Pammer
Iowa State College
Nova Scotia
Kansas
Nebraska
Welch Harpist
Vesper
the District Convention
M. EB. District Women’s Home Missionary Meeting
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