Ames Man Parr Named Director Of Indian Agriculture
Ames observer notes that A B Parr of this year’s I C S C class is bound for Calcutta to lead India’s agriculture as director of agriculture, supervising about 150 experiment stations with a $10,000 yearly salary and $5,000 pension. The piece also rebuts swiping notes in Ladies’ Home Journal and condemns the theft of a sick neighbor’s lily blooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. &. Parr
I. Ss. C
British India
EB. A. Parr
I. C
Parr
Edinburgh
Leipzig
I. 8
S. C
Ashley
Staffordshire
England
Ames
Calcutta
India
United States
Ladies’ Home Journal
Two Citizens Leave Ames for Long Trips Thursday
Van Chamberlain departs Ames Thursday for a western and northern journey to Portland and Nome in Alaska, aiming to learn northern travel skills and not swim. A. L. Potter plans a southern and eastern route from Jamestown through Kentucky to Montreal, visiting tobacco and cotton regions, with stops in Washington New York Boston and New Orleans en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Chamberlain
A. L. Potter
Ames
Mr. Chamberlain
Portland
Nome
Alaska
British
America
Potter
Kentucky
Jamestown
Washington
New York
Boston
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Lee
Bishop Potter
Ames Depot Park Flower Beds Draw Friendly Rivalry
Jerry Sexton comments on growing competition as he plants a flower bed in the Ames west depot park with Julius Erdmann guiding the work. The piece praises the Northwestern railroad for beautifying depot yards along its line and highlights Ames pride in its parklands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Thompson
Jerry Sexton
West Depot Park
Ames
Depot Parks
Northwestern
Mr. Sexton
Julius Erdmann
Gardner
Mr. Erdmann
Sextra
Pleasant Vacation Plans by Prof Hoffman and Friends
Prof A H Hoffman of the physics and electrical engineering department plans a summer boating and camping trip with two schoolmates along the lower Skunk River and the Mississippi near its confluence. The trio, famed for Hoffman's bass voice and his friends’ tenor and baritone, will entertain Ames audiences with D W Robertson's company at the Armory Opera House on Tuesday evening June 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Hoffman
Sigourney
Iowa Wesleyan University
Skunk
Mississippi
Mr. Hoffman
Ames
Hoffman
D. W. Robertson
N. L. Willard
America
Claude V. Lewis
W. F. Coan
Robertson
Iowa
Armory Opera House
Soldiers' Reunion in Cambridge August 21 22
The Story County Soldiers' Reunion will be held in Cambridge on Wednesday and Thursday August 21 and 22. A splendid program is planned to entertain the old soldiers and citizens are invited to enjoy two days of hospitality in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensware
Story County
Cambridge
Chicago briefs and national notes in brief
Mrs. Caroline Howell, a Christian scientist, committed death by own action at Chicago. Senator Foraker of Ohio sues a statement that evidence to date failed to convict negro soldiers of shooting up Brownsville. Chicago telegraphers await a threatened strike. Adams Express to distribute 24 million dollars in bonds to stockholders. A record heat day in Chicago linked to five deaths. George Bronson Howard defends himself at home in Baltimore against accusations by his wife. Rock Island Railway reports a large rise in earnings over last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Foraker
Ohio
Brownsville
Tex
Chicago
Adams Express Company
George Bronson Howard
Baltimore
Rock Island Railway Company
Do Not Neglect the Children This Season
Advice urges immediate attention to a child’s bowels and recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil. Sold by Loughran and Bauer and Joel Cagwin. Pucks soap advertised as the original Mechanic's Soap sold by grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Loughran
Bauer
Joel
Cagwin
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Scott
Darner Grocery
Emporium of Music
W. G. Stockwell
Honest
Puck Soap CO
Des Moines
Chamberlain’s
Times-Republican
Rockwell Phonograph
T.R
Caroline Howell
J. B. Kooser & Company
Cooley Stones
D. B. Cooley
Cooley H Sones
Cooley and Sones
Chas. Hamilton's Groceries and Queensware
Charles Hamilton
Register Life
State Insurance Examiner
Register Life Insurance Co
the Register Life
Davenport
A. W. van Houten
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