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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
8
The author argues newspapers should resist advertiser and capitalist influence. Miss von Petzhold calls for honesty and independence, urging a press that upholds conscience over self-interest. She notes newspapers influence 60 percent of Americans’ mental nourishment and emphasizes public demand for integrity.
Social notes show the Thursday Morning History club studying the French period 1635 to 1648 with topics on Richelieu, war shifts, and military leaders. Civic Improvement reports 27 new members and a total around 100 with $167.99 in funds, 45.50 donated for a band stand. Delegates named for Davenport biennial meetings.
Queen Esther circle meets Miss Ora Griffith Friday at 2 30. Organs and recitals shift as Miss Grace Delight Hoover postpones due to pipe organ installation at Methodist church. Y P S C E presents Obstinacy at Congregational Church Thursday evening with Pauline Potter Faith Clark Esther Livingston, Clausen, Jay Merrill and Borman in principal parts. Mrs Edgar Bartholomew hosts a card party for Mrs Laura Roper of Chicago. Mrs Ed Klove hosts five hundred at her home. Dr Louis Faulk will dedicate the new pipe organ March 22. Roy Riggs and Alice Lee wed at Mrs C C Richardson’s Des Moines residence March 10 1909. Parents of groom host reception at Riggs home this evening from 7 to 10 30. Groom and bride to reside on the Riggs farm.
At the eleventh annual Des Moines Women's Press club banquet 120 members and friends heard speakers on what the press ought to be. Miss Alice Tyler welcomed guests. Mrs. Freeman R. Conaway led toasts. Mrs. Benjamin F. Shambaugh traced Newspaper History. Hon. Paul E. Stillman and Hon. H. W. Byers spoke on Women of Iowa and Men of Iowa. Mrs. Horace M. Towner discussed The Relation of the Newspaper to Ethics. Miss Gertrude von Petzhold compared American and English papers.
In a Des Moines letter March 1 1909 John L Rendall argues Christian Science is biblical healing not extremism. He contends Emmanuel Movement misreads CS and asserts God’s healing power is universal and unchanging as taught in Scripture.
President Gates of Iowa College spoke at chapel. J B Hungerford of Carroll joined the college board of trustees. Emma McCarty helped shift post office administration to Parley Sheldon. Congregational ladies met Mrs Bosworth to boost the pulpit fund. B Read and H L Munn elected school directors. Deaths: W C Shockley Thomas Swan W H Osborn Herman Y De Bord Mrs Eliah Eckhard.
In 1889 events include Mrs Blackman addressing Presbyterian ladies in Gilbert, marriage of Mattie M Hiestand and George C Junster at Yates Center Kansas, school directors elected Henry Westerman and F N Fowler, Bradford Knapp resigning as secretary moving to Belmond, C G Lee elected, Mrs Kennedy assisting Nevada Congregational choir, Ames High School graduates Parley Adams Jessie M Kogle Walter P McGuire Estella B McCormick Roy O Brien, diplomas by Bradford Knapp, Nevada Ladies Quartette provided music.
In Ames on March 12 1908 the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity Black Hawk Club was formally instituted. The same issue notes deaths of Fred Wirth Harry McColly Wilton Hyatt and G E Farnum S E Hiestand recounts a prairie fire in Story County and reports Ames Savings Bank deposits 15713770 with business volume 20794930.
A box social at Mrs. Jane Carey’s West Milford home raised about 18 for the Ames Baptists toward constructing a new church this summer. Baby Dwight Lyon is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia. little hope for recovery. Mrs. Julia Armstrong visited Moville and Scranton recently. J W Bateman drills a new well on his farm. Mrs. C E Lyon and Mrs. Ed Miller help care for the sick baby. The Warren family hosted guests from Illinois and nearby towns. Will Warren returned from Mansfield. The Oxley Powell and H O Hardy households report grippe.
Jas M Rolph of River Sioux Iowa married Miss Margaret Hooper at the Methodist Parsonage Monday evening March 8 1909 by Rev Andrew M Shea. Rolph a prosperous lumber man and an exemplary young man. Hooper a young lady eminently fitted to grace this new home. Congratulations.
The Tuscola County Pioneer at Vas sar Michigan lauds the late Mrs. J Goodman Selden mother of Mrs. Charles E Caine of Northwestern avenue and wife of a U S post office inspector. She died suddenly at the family home on Hur on Avenue west born Roméo Michigan November 28 1843.
The obituary recounts the life of a woman who married Rev. Joseph Reid at 28 in 1871 and later, after widowhood in 1877, remarried Mr. J. G. Selden. She served as a ministerial wife in Manhattan Kansas and Vassar, earned local affection, and left behind a husband three children and three stepchildren along with sisters and brothers. Her home life, character, and Christian values are celebrated.
Ames Camp No 458 passes resolutions draping its charter for 30 days in memory of departed neighbor Frank J Gioats. The group notes the loss to the Camp and to his family and directs a copy of the resolution be entered in the minutes.
Bereaved family offered sympathy and a copy of resolutions, with publication in city papers. Committee members BE. L. Griffith Dr. O. L. Yeomans A. M. Shea expressed condolences and approved distribution.
Daily through March and April low rate tickets to the Pacific Coast on daily and personally conducted tours in tourist sleeping cars via the Chicago Union Pacific and North Western Line. For details write A Hutchison Manager Tourist Dept 212 Clarke St Chicago NL or contact nearest ticket agent.
An advertising copy touts Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup as the fastest remedy for colds. It promises prompt relief through a laxative action that clears the system and notes children prefer the maple-sugar taste. Sold by C. A. Gamble.
Among the state superintendents of Public Instruction, Professor Barrett's is the first death in the list of those holding office since 1872. The line recalls Alonzo Abernethy, Carl W. Von Coelin, John W. Akers, Henry Sabin, John B. Knoepfler, and John F. Riggs with their terms and current roles across Osage, Des Moines, Chicago, Cedar Falls, and New London.
The best known pills and the best pils made are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. They are small, easy to take, gentle and certain, and are sold by C. A. Gamble.
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