College Notes Highlight Des Moines Visits And ISU Engineering Praise
Mrs Bennett and Prof Kennedy visited Des Moines over the week while Prof Holden and Prof Atkinson returned from institutes. John Harlan stayed with his sister Miss Gertrude Harlan in town. Mrs Knapp attended a Des Moines reception with sister Mrs Wishard. Miss Estella Paddock visited Ames and Dubuque, and ISU engineering received commendations from the Iowa Brick and Tile Makers Association for sewage, coal heating, roads, and related practical investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Knapp
Des Moines
Wishard
Estella Paddock
Ames
Way Down East cast and ticket details announced
The play Way Down East features Anna Moore and a large local cast led by Lottie Rogers and Squire Bartlett in a community production. Due to high expenses the Women’s Association Clubs will raise admission to 35 and 50 cents with block tickets available for early exchange Friday the 13th at 9 am and cash sale Saturday the 14th at 9 am at Bosworth's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Bertha Embree
Seth
Geo. Pitser
Sanderson
Dwight Davis
Professor
Ed. Kooser
Hi Holler
Wetherwax
Rube
Constable
Dr. E. B. Cramblitt
Doc Wiggins
Quack
C. E. Haverly Hank
Eben
Zeke
Dorcas
Priscilla
Sam
Cynthia
Amelia
Mr. Daniel
Bosworth’s
Mrs Addie L Needham Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Addie L Needham, wife of W B Needham, died at 2 a m Saturday February 28 at 726 Marion Street after a nine month cancer battle. Born in Bristol Vermont 1847 she lived in Iowa since 1869. Survived by three children Alma Stewart Needham Sophia McGregor and Nellie DeFore. Funeral planned at home March 2 then Gilbert Congregational church with Pastor Mott Mitchell. Interment Gilbert Iowa.
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Marion Street
Addie L. Needham
W. B. Needham
Decedent
Vermont
Bristol
California
Iowa
Allie Stewart Needham
Henry, S. D
Mesdames Sophia McGregor
Nellie DeFore
Charles Defore
Allie
Congregational Church
Gilbert Station
Story County
Mott Mitchell
Gilbert Church
Gilbert
Boone Republican
Boston Harbor Ice Cut to Sail Britannia in 1844
Boston merchants voted to cut channels through six to twelve inch ice to allow the Britannia to sail on time. They hired ice cutters and used fresh water ice equipment to carve a ten mile lane within three days amid crowds, tents, and a festive scene on the harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frederick Tudor
Advertiser
Britannia
M. A. DeWolfe Howe
Atlantic
Public Auctions of Farm Livestock and Equipment in Iowa area
Multiple notices announce sales at Ames Ontario and surrounding farms in March 1903 1908. Livestock ranges include horses cattle hogs shoats with corn oats timothy hay and farm machinery. Terms are usual lunch provided and loans offered by F L Meredith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parley Sheldon
Ames
Joun H. Akin
O. D. Mathew
Cambridge
Nevada
Zook
M. G. Gattrell
Ontario
Epwin Rex
Ames High to Present Merchant of Venice Tonight
Tomorrow evening the Senior class of Ames High School presents Merchant of Venice with a full local cast led by Duke of Venice Lou Willey Antonio Harley McElyen Bassanio Floyd Williams Gratiano Louis Doggett Shylock Fred Walkey Tubal Frank McCall Launcelot Gobbo Glenn Fultz Portia Violet Beverly Nerissa Harriet Beyer Jessica Marie Melor Miss Placard Katie Born Polly Martha Coffin Mrs Gobbo Vivian Hutchinson and Policeman Robert Ricketts. Music by Cramblitt Orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchant of Venice
Ames High School
Duke of Venice
Lou Willey
Antonio
Harley McElyen
Bassanio
Floyd Williams
Gratiano
Louis Doggett
Shylock
Fred Walkey
Tubal
Frank McCall
Launcelot Gobbo
Glenn Fultz
Warren Smith
Portia
Violet Beverly
Nerissa
Harriet Beyer
Jessica
Marie Melor
Miss Placard
Katie Born
Polly
Martha Coffin
Ames Set for City Election March 30 1908
Notice to Ames electors that a general election will be held Monday March 30 1908 to elect a city Treasurer and one council member from each ward. Polling places listed at Motor Depot City Hall Daff Street Butler Carpenter Shop and Motor Depot on College Campus with polls open 8 a m to 6 p m. Mayor Parley Sheldon signs the notice dated March 4 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Geo. H. Tilden
Butler Carpenter Shop
Daff Street
College Campus
Parley Sheldon
Reduced Excursion Tickets to Marshfield Institute Fair
Excursion tickets to the State Farmers' Institute and Mid Winter Fair at Marshfield Wisconsin available via the North Western Line at reduced rates March 16 17 and 18 with return allowed until March 20 Apply to agents Chicago and North Western Railway for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Farmers’ Institute
Marshfield
Wis
Chicago & North- Western Ba Y
Lord Holt Refuses Spirit Message On Prosecution
A tale from Youths Companion recounts Lord Holt the eighteenth century lord chief justice dismissing a spirit’s command to plead not to prosecute. He asks if the messenger knows English law and directs that the message be sent to the attorney general. The story highlights adherence to fact over superstition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Holt
England
Babbage Challenges Poet Over Poem’s Population Claim
Sir C Babbage writes to the laureate after Tennyson’s poem A Vision of Sin noting the line Every moment dies a man Every moment one is born would unbalance world population. He suggests a revised line IEvery moment dies a man and one and a sixteenth is born with exact figure 1.167 and meters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
C. Babbage
Nets Lure Athletes In Snow Covered German Races
Races through deep snow in Germany attract crowds but are hindered by hidden nets. Athletes often stumble as the nets, unseen under snow, entangle feet and decide winners by luck or quick freeing rather than speed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Senate Journal Clerks Face Daily Insults
The Washington Post notes the senate journal clerks prepare the daily chronicle with care. Some senators move to suspend further reading, provoking murmured derision from clerks who hear “Another Insult” as the session ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerks of the Senate
Daily Chronicle of the Senate
Washington Post
Not One of Those Trouble Making Women
A Chicago Post excerpt recalls a woman who despised troublemakers and claimed she spoke of a friend yet would not detail it. The passage conveys social attitudes and gossip about reputations within a community.
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Chicago Post
From the Cookbook Atre new Wed You Don't Like the Jivintipes
A brief note from the New York Times mentions a cookbook by Mrs. Scorer and a chef named Mr. New Wed discussing dishes like Jivintipes and a bank attack metaphorically linked to a yardboard cover.
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Atre
Harry
New York Times
Mutual Insurance firms boast size and low assessments
The Iowa Mutual Tornado and Wind storm Insurance Association marks twenty years with 75 000 members and 152 000 in risks last year while nine assessments in twenty years average 42c per 1000 yearly. The Iowa Town Mutual Fire Insurance Association, sole resident property insurer in Iowa cities and towns, reports 28 000 000 in risks and 22 000 members with only three assessments in ten years at $1 per 1000. A. J. Graves promotes savings over old line insurance in Ames Iowa.
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Iowa Mutual
Iowa
A. J. Graves
Ames
Thompson & Graves
Help Wanted Ads Include House Work and Cooking
Classified notices show Wantep seeking a girl for general house work and a second cook at Newtson House with wages of 4.00 dollars. Additional line mentions Rhode Island Red eggs for sale by P. Co., Compton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
It P. CO. Compton
Newtson
Effusive Waggsby-Gracious Matrimony Quip
In a playful exchange the Baltimore American jokingly links the marriage of Got rox and Miss Blublud to future children who will inherit two powerful incentives to talk. The wag prompts ask why money and blood would make their offspring great talkers and predicts the rising generation will be tremendous talkers.
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Waggsby
Gotrox
Miss Blublud
Baltimore American
Unconsidered trifles used in practical fabrics and cushions
The article notes that in China thistle dawn mixed with raw silk fools experts in weaving and serves as a cushion stuffing substitute for eiderdown. It also mentions a humorous exchange from a fiction piece where Master Pickles suspects a kiss if he leaves Ada alone.
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China
Elephant Brand Tea Featured by T. J. Micier & Son
Local retailer T. J. Micier & Son markets Elephant Brand tea under a new promotion. Product labeling highlights quality and brand heritage aimed at attracting tea buyers in the regional market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Micier & Son
Ames Ordinance Creates Four Election Wards in Ames Iowa
Ordinance No 139 redefines Ames Iowa town limits into four wards named 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th for elections. Ward boundaries follow the Chicago and Northwestern Railway main line Douglass street centers and block lines within sections 3 and 10. Publication required and effective upon publication. Signed by Clerk A B Maxwell and Mayor Parley Sheldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Iowa, As Hereinafter Described. Section 8. That the 1St Ward
Chicagoorthwestern Railway
Douglass Street
A. B. Maxwell
Parley Shelden
Notice of Annual Election for Ames ISD 1903
Notice to qualified electors of the Independent School District of Ames Story County Iowa that the annual meeting will be held at City Hall Ames on the second Monday in March 1903 at 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm A director will be elected for three years to succeed B Read and another for the term of three years to succeed M K Smith The meeting will handle business legally before it 462 Cc G Leg Secretary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Story
Iowa
B. Read
M. K. Smith
G. Leg
Propositions for Ames Library Funding in 1908 Election
Notice to Ames electors lists two questions for the March 1908 city election. One asks accepting Iowa library statutes and a free public library. the other seeks acceptance of a $10 Carnegie donation for a library building under specified conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
Andrew Carnegie
Sheldon
Union Savings Bank of Ames Incorporation Article Notice
Articles of Incorporation for The Union Savings Bank of Ames Iowa list founders E W Stanton Alfred H Munn Geo Judisch Herman Knapp A L Sue H Westerman H L Munn F Curtiss W M Greeley and others. It outlines capital stock 25000 dollars 7 member board officers President Alfred H Munn Vice President Geo Judisch Cashier J Wester man annual stockholder votes place in Ames Story County with amendment procedures and publication notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Stanton
Alfred H. Munn
Geo. Judisch
Herman Knapp
A. L. Sue
H. Westerman
H. L. Munn
F. Curtiss
W. M. Greeley
State of
Iowa
Union Savings Bank of
Ames
Alfred H. Mann
P. O
C. F. Curtiss
P.O
W.m.greeley
Henry Wilson
F. T. McLain
Artgular
KE. W. Stanton
Weaterman
Geo, Jopisen
C.F. Curtiss
WM. Greeley
A.L Jopisen
B. McLair
Alfred H. Viunn
Jeo. Judisch
Hermon
A. Judisch
H Westerman
H. L. ‘Unn
Jory County
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College Notes
Prof. Kennedy
Holden
Prof
Atkinson
Farmers’ Institute
Missouri Valley
Messrs
Marshall and
Curtiss
Prof. Price
John Harlan
Toledo
Gertrude Harlan
Anna Moore
Lottie Rogers
Squire Bartlett
Jack Daniel
Bartlett
Nathan Lit
Tle
Dave Bartlett
Clark
Kate Brewster
Kate McMichael
Opera House
Frank Danforth
Indianola
Will Taylor
Will
Shorty
Methodist Church
C. L. Nye
John Wycliffe
Morning Star
Epworth League
B. A. Lockwood Company
Lockwood
Lee Lockwood
Register & Leader
Boston Harbor
Loughran & Bauer
F. L. Meredith
Ghe
SALE
Ladie
Home Insurance
Ed. F. Wright
White's Hardware
Barkhurst
T. J. Mitten & Son
B. A. Lockwoop Grain Co
E. Homes
Tom Thompson
Master Pickles
the Union Savings Bank
Iown
City of
County of
State OF Iowa
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