Dr Wilbert Harriman Dies After Long Illness At Ames
Dr Wilbert Eugene Harriman longtime college surgeon and professor at Iowa State Agricultural College died after a prolonged battle with a fatal disease His death followed his wife riding to the bedside and efforts by Des Moines and Chicago physicians The Ames community honors his fifteen years of practice and leadership in the state medical associations His legacy includes key public health work during the 1900 typhoid outbreak and improvements to Ames sewerage system His remains will lie in state at 411 Burnett Ave with services at the College Chapel and burial in the college cemetery.
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Wilbert Eue Harriman
New Hampshire
New York
Des Moines
Chicago
Harriman
Iowa
State Medical Society
Ames
Story County
Gilbert
Philadelphia
Board of Trustees
Dr. Harriman
A Tilden
Wilbert Eugene Harriman
Iowa State Agricultural College
W. F. Harriman
Ellen B. Mitchell
Illinois
Wisconsin
Cherokee
Hampton
Iowa Agricultural College
Welch Eclectric Literary Society
Sophmore
W. A. Rohlf
State University
State Board of Medical Examiners
Jefferson Medical College
Loretta Marie
Walter Franklin
Dorothy
State Agriculture Society
Department of Agriculture
Burnett Ave
College Chapel
College Cemetery
Ames Loses Out On Road Improvement Bill
Des Moines News reports the Bonwell road bill died in the committee on roads and highways. The measure would have put road control under the state college at Ames, a provision opponents argue is inappropriate for an institution already tasked with student welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Des Moines News
Committee Upon Roads and Highways
State College
Board of Trustees
Memorial and Decoration Day Orators Named
Capt. K. W. Brown is booked for the Memorial Day address Sunday at Farnhamville and the Decoration Day address the next day at Deniscon. Col. Lafe Young is booked to deliver the address at Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. W. Brown
Farnhamville
Deniscon
Lafe Young
Des Moines
Uncle Sam Pays $10 000 For Land
Col. Parley Sheldon arranged warrants totaling 10000 for land for a new federal building. The government required full abstracts and plots detailing transfers and boundaries. Warrants distributed to A A Zenor and wife, Archibald Bowman and wife, W Jay Miller and wife, and Emma O’Brien and husband with 30 days for possession.
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Parley Sheldon
Department of Justice
Sheldon
A. A. Zenor
Oliia
Archibald
Bowman
Elizabeth
W. Jay Miller
Ivah M
Emma O’brien
Geo. W
Zenor
Summer
Howard offers 750 acre Iowa farm for industrial school
Mr E B Howard and wife offer to donate a 750 acre Marshall county farm to the state for an educational industrial school. The plan includes an extension school of Ames College with a secondary normal agricultural and technical program and facilities for forestry, water power, seed farming and concrete building sites. The land is valued about 125 an acre and lies fourteen miles northwest of Marshalltown.
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E. B. Howard
State of
Iowa
Marshall County
Howard
Iown
Jenken Lloyd Jones
Chicago
Booker T. Washington
Tuskoogee
Ala
Senate Committee On Educational Institutions
Agricultural College
Ames
Ames College
Cedar Falls
Marshalltown
Iowa River Valley
Old Landmark Sycamore of Boone Street Falls
A tall sycamore between Ames and the college on Boone Street is cut down for a new bridge project. George Roberson received a quit claim to remove the tree, which contained nails and signs from many years. Dr. L H Pammel and others reflect on the tree’s historic role and rarity in the region.
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Steve Wood
Geo. Roberson
Boone Street
Ames
College
Squaw Creek
George Roberson
Dr. Pammel
Dan McCarthy
Story County
Zacchaeus
Dan Vorhees
Indiana
Iowa
L. H. Pammel
Northwestern Bridge
Skunk River
Red
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maine
Mississippi Valley
Alton
Europe
Livery Barn Project Awarded Onondaga Street
Frank Morris awarded contracts for a new nine thousand dollar livery barn on west Onondaga street. Ben Cole to handle stone and brick work while Mr. Northeast takes the carpenter duties. The two story building will include a basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Morris
West Onondaga Street
Ben Cole
Mr. Northeast
Copeland Starts Kansas City Serum Factory for Hog Cholera
J H Copeland, long associated with Dr W B Niles at the Ames government experiment station, has moved to Kansas City to lead a serum factory aimed at curing and preventing hog cholera. The firm plans wide distribution to southwest hog raisers and will follow the Ames plan. Copeland's family remains in Ames with two daughters finishing high school.
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J. H. Copeland
W. B. Niles
Government Experiment Station
Ames
Kansas City
Copeland
Niles
Carroll and
College Streets
Glidden tour auto contest visits Ames after Detroit start
G W Smithson of Studebaker and the Glidden auto tour passed through Ames on its Detroit to Denver endurance run. About 500 entrants begin after July 4 with 1000 points per car, averaging 20 miles per hour in good weather, three in bad. The Ames stop requests modest accommodations.
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G. W. Smithson
Studebaker Bros. Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Indiana
Detroit
Michigan
Denver
Colorado
Smithson
Ames
United States War Department
Fort Sheridan
Fort Leavenworth
New York
Paris
Party of Denver Democrates
Chicago
Boone
Des Moines
Boone and Story urged to unite for July fourth celebration
James McIntosh, sole survivor of the 1859 Boone Story Fourth of July celebration, proposes Boone and Story counties join for a semi centennial observance on July 4. He recalls attendees, notes a barn building, and asks ex Senator Ericson and Fitzpatrick to assist this year.
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James McIntosh
Boone County
Ames
Iowa Agricultural College
Daniel McCarthy
Boone
Story
Iowa
Dan McCarthy
News-Republican
Ames Intelligencer
Boone Counties
Jerry Black
Booneaboro
Ericson
Fitzpatrick
11Th St
Mr. McCarthy
McIntosh
Old Settlers’ Association
Senator Seeley Seeks Summer School Funding at College
Senator Seeley introduces a bill requesting a $5,000 appropriation to run a summer school at the college, aiming to use idle buildings during vacation. He notes Senate approval of expanding agriculture and domestic science courses to three state institutions and later to public schools. The bill also raises agricultural institute funding from $27,000 to $40,000 for the biennial period, with a maximum of $5,000 yearly for the summer session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Seeley
Senate
Iowa
Agricultural Institute
Accasia Fraternity Formed By Ames College Students
The Ames college Masonic club becomes a national fraternity named Accasia during a Saturday ceremony at the Masonic hall. Faculty and students with blue lodge Masonry credentials join, with a banquet afterward praised as a swell affair.
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Masonic Fraternity
Fred Ballard
Iowa and
Northwestern Streets
Craftsman
Masonic Hall
Ames
Dimples and Dumps: Caution Over Cautious Cook
A dyspeptic young man should beware of a fresh graduate from the cooking school. The piece hints at hidden danger in cheerful appearance and sweet confections, implying possible lethal misadventure behind a charming smile.
Organist Louis Falk Honored For Heroic Buffalo Exposition Courage
Dr. Louis Falk the Ames organizer and noted organist is invited to dedicate a new pipe organ at the Methodist church next Monday. At the Buffalo Exposition in 1901 he prevented a panic and saved many lives during a storm by playing fearlessly in darkness, improvising when notes failed.
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Louis Falk
Ames
Methodist Church
Temple of Music
Falk
Persistence and the Question of True Success
A concise meditation on whether persistence alone yields real success, proposing that effort must align with meaningful goals to produce lasting outcomes. The piece weighs ambition against results and suggests criteria beyond sheer perseverance.
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DR. WE. Harriman
Sam
Wabash
St. Louis
Harvey
Cordova
Erwin
Glidden
Masonic Club
Dr. Falk
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