Ames and Davenport Women Convene at State Club Meeting
Ames hosts a biennial Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs in Davenport May 18 to 21. Delegates include Book and Basket Club leaders Mrs George Hultz and Mrs Frank Linebaugh, Nonpareil Club, Civic Improvement Society, and PEO society officers. Local hosts plan luncheons, socials, and a closing musicale with 350 to 400 delegates, hotels, and homes opened for hospitality.
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Ames
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
Davenport
Book and Basket Club
George Hultz
Frank Linebaugh
Alfred Munn
Leland
Semmons
Williams
Civic Improvement Society
Jennie Christ
L. M. Gibson
Hardin
M. K. Smith
Tenth
Conaway
Rock Island
Moline
State Board of the
Federation
Waterloo
Oskaloosa
Board of Directors
P. E. O. Society
Curtiss
Grace Hultz
Ruth Tilden
Mary Linebaugh
Hattie McCarthy
Martha Wilson
Norma Beach
Mary Harriman
Daisy Stevenson
Augusta Pammel
Drake Women Form League to Raise College Standards
Drake University women create a league to uphold culture and right living on campus. It aims to socially taboo any student who goes out after night unchaperoned or wears sweaters in public to deter careless conduct among companions.
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Drake University
Fifteen Years Ago in Ames Highlights
From the Intelligencer March 22 1894. W E Harriman class 93 stayed over at the college en route to Gilbert to begin work as a doctor. Senior rhetoricals speakers listed and Brownlie back in college after ankle sprain. Spring term enrollment 617. School board reorganized with Mrs Whitaker elected president and Mrs Tilden temporary president praised. Obituaries note Mrs M M Eckard 75 and Wm C Shoockley 68. Marriages: Ole A Fritz and Agnes Halverson. George Savits to Abigail Nowning with Rev B B Clark officiating.
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Ames
Intelligencer
W. E. Harriman
Harriman
Gilbert
Bowen
Fanny Curtiss
C. G. Lee C. B. Weaver
C. V. van Epps
H. J. Rutledge
M. M. Eckard
Wm. C. Shoockley
Ole A. Fritz
Cambridge
Agnes Halverson
Radcliffe
Iowa
U. B. Parsonage
B. B. Clark
F. E. Gunder
George Savitts
Ogden
Ames High School Commencement At Opera House
The Ames High School class of 1899 graduated in the Opera House with Parley Adams Jessie McGuire and Roy O'Brien in the ceremony. Reverend Father Eckart visited town to raise funds for a Catholic church site.
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Intelligencer
John Lanning
Ames High School
Opera House
Parley Adams
Jessie McGuire
Roy O’brien
Father Eckart
Gilbert
Henry Woodruff
Washington Township
John T. Perry
Laura EK. Woodruff
Thomas
Orrie C. Cooper
Lola Compton
Groom
Wright
U. B. Church
Walter Evans
Placerville
Col
Rebecca Adams
Lee Smith
Milford
J. B. Shaw
Shaw
Nominations Adopted in Ames Civic Caucus
One year ago in Ames as recorded March 19 1908 the city council adopted a plan for nominating officers. A caucus drew 453 voters who made nominations. Other items include a fire drill at Central building a lecture on White Plague by A B Kepford and several social events and notices of deaths marriages and a flag pole at the college.
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College Chapel
Haydn
Ames
van Aaken
Intelligencer
Central Building
A. van Storm
A. B. Kepford
S. S
A. B. Storms
Cosmopolitan Club
T. J. Wilcox
Jerry Sexton
Armenia King
Nelson Taylor
Carl J. Roberts
Maude Thornburg
Roy Browhard
Olive Birney
Life of William L. Perkins 1872 1909 Ames funeral
William L. Perkins born Zanesville Ohio May 7 1872 died Ames Iowa March 9 1909 at home. He moved from Taylorville Illinois to Ames in 1883 became crippled early but stayed industrious cheerful and fond of neighbors. He enjoyed art and painting. Funeral held Friday at 2 pm at home with Rev. Walter J. Bowle and burial in Ames cemetery.
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William L. Perkins
Zanesville
Ohio
Ames
Iowa
Taylorville
Walter J. Bowle
The
Baptist Church
Mrs Emily Perkins Dies in Daytona 1909
Mrs Emily A Cleveland Perkins died suddenly in Daytona Florida on February 1 1909. She married Rev George G Perkins on March 6 1856 in Princeton Massachusetts. The couple observed their golden wedding in 1906 in Moline and she shared fifty years of ministerial burdens with her husband while living in Daytona as an invalid this winter.
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Ames
Independence
Ross W. Coutts
Grinnell
Rosena Stobbart
Centerville
Robert G. Coutts
Missouri
Central Ave
Ka City
Kansas
Themerlle
George Stobbart
South
Fifteenth Street
Union Pacific Railroad
Coutts
Iowa State College
Mr. Coutts
Grinnell Herald
Grinnell High School
Emily A. Perkins
Daytona
Florida
Emily A Cleveland Perkis
George G. Perkins
Princeton
Mass
Moline
Ames Pastor Perkins and Family In Ames History
The obituary notes Rev and Mrs Perkins lived in Ames in 1876 and Rev George G Perkins served as pastor of the Congregational church for five years. The deceased died after a stroke caused paralysis and he lingered only a few hours.
Marriage Age Is Increased
The article notes that the marriageable age for women has risen in recent years. It observes brides delaying marriage until after girlhood and many men delaying commitments until they reach a financial position typical of middle age.
Ken Laxative Cough Syrup advertisement claim
An advertising blurb extols Ken Laxative Cough Syrup as a fast remedy for colds. It pledges prompt action through a gentle laxative effect to purge illness from the system, noting especially that children prefer its maple sugar taste and that it is sold by C. A. Gamble.
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Kennedy
C. A. Gamble
Real friendship and health elixir advertisement
A Victorian style ad promotes De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills as unequaled for weak kidneys and urinary disorders. The copy claims antiseptic action and quick effect on backache rheumatism and rheumatic pains, urging readers to accept merchandise and recommending the product.
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de Witt
Cc. A. Gamble
Only Way to Get Him
A Pennsylvania man fell from a tree and dislocated his neck. He self‑redirected the injury back into place without a doctor. The account ends with a quip that fate will push him toward politics.
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Pennsylvania
A Word of Wisdom by Sidney Smith
A succinct maxim from Sidney Smith notes that happiness given today seeds lasting joy, as people recall past happiness and remain buoyed by its memory. The quote links present generosity to future contentment and personal well being.
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Sidney Smith
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New York Herald
Dr. Louis Falk
Falk
Weber
J. A. West
Rossini
Brewer
Borowski
Evening Star
Wagner
Pilgrim’s Chorus
Pamfare
Shelley
P. EK
Gibson
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Women’s Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
A.S. Griffith
Story Street
D. B. Corley
Shea
Lawin
Hummel
Ames Civic Improvement Society
Mono
L. Loughran
Girls’ Glee Club
Young Ladies’ Bible Class
Congregational Church
W. A. Morse
Alta Harvey
Myrtle Flint
Bessie Passmore
Muriel Griggs
Mabel Thomas
Anna Farnum
Leone King
Jesus
Robert T. Spur
Westerman
Methodist Church
Frances George
Mabel Thompson
Edith Ferguson
Florence Templeton
Bryce Hutchinson
Ruby Lynch
Hazel Brandt
Lyla Wygle
A. B. Maxwell
Clara McConnell
Mesdames Maxwell, Coffin, Tilden and Hultz
Roberta Hanna
Coe College
Opal Culp
Mesdames Maxwell
Judisch
Massa
Old Black Joe
Hoffman Maeeeiee
Miss Hanna
Gamer
Maxwell
L. C. Tilden
Margaret Hall
Marshalltown
Clio Hall
Welty
Holcomb
W.S. Burton
Methodist Ladies’ Aid Society
Ladies of the Christian Church
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Temple of Economy
L. Zenorr
DeWitt
Do. A. Gamble
Glee Club
C. D Thompson
Georgine van Aaken
Ingeborg Svendsen Tune
Pianist
Eight O’clock College
Bosworth’s
Drake
Semmons Dry Goods Store
Jeremy Taylor
Ll. Svelvestes
Northwestern Optical College of Minneapolis
Nibel & Weston
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