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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
5
Harold F. Clemmer appears as a piano dance soloist with details for booking by calling Mutual Telephone 318 for date and terms. This notice highlights a performer seeking engagements.
Miss Mary Fry is out of school due to measles. A long list of visits, travels, and illnesses follows, including Des Moines visits by Mrs. Burdick, May Reed, and Mrs. Fairfield, and lectures by Prof. MacMurray through Dakota. Local happenings include dances, weddings, and community events with many residents and students named.
The Christian church ladies announce an apron sale Thursday March 256 in the Odd Fellows hall. Sale starts at 10:00 a m and continues all day. Supper served from 5 to 8 featuring riced potatoes roast pork sweet potatoes corn bread pickles cabbage salad baked beans white bread and coffee. Supper 25 cents.
Mrs Mary Kintsley and EB 8 Wilson were married yesterday morning at ten o'clock by Rev Walter I Fowle. The ceremony took place at Mrs Wilson's residence on Onondaga Street in the presence of two witnesses. Wilson is a motor man on the Interurban. They will reside in Mrs Wilson's house.
A fire alarm summoned the fire company to White's hardware store Monday noon. Mrs. De Voreck, moving into the upstairs rooms, had bed clothes ignite and trigger the alarm. No damage to the building and her loss was small.
Murphy ice plant produced thirty tons of ice delivered around town yesterday morning. Mr. Murphy said the ice was not as clear as it will be later but the plant is working successfully.
Carrie R. Pike extends a cordial invitation to view new millinery designs on Friday and Saturday, March 96-27. The display promises stylish hats and latest trends for the season.
Public schools begin vacation Friday and continue for one week. Classes resume Monday, April 5. Most teachers will return home to rest across the state.
Supt. F. E. King leaves Friday for Osceola to judge the State Contest. He will teach next week at the Albia institute and visit his mother in Corydon before returning home.
A real nightingale has been imported to join the Girls' Glee club for a Saturday evening performance, adding a rare natural duet to the program.
Ames city council passed a resolution to submit a gas ordinance to voters. After proper advertising, Mayor Tilden will issue a proclamation for a vote around April 19. Citizens express enthusiasm. the plant will be built within Ames city limits, not in Boone.
Dr. John T. Butcher and his wife have spent twenty three years as missionaries in northwestern India where they built a Christian community with native helpers. They spoke at Chapel Sunday and the Methodist church Sunday evening before resuming their return trip to India after visiting relatives in America.
Samuel T. Worsing 72, former building contractor and Soldier from Boone, died at Mercy Hospital Des Moines after being struck by a car that skidded on a turn. He joined Company A Third Maryland Infantry in 1864 and was discharged in 1865. His widow Amelia Worsing of Boone and son Frank Worsing of Ames survive.
Daniel McCarthy toured Boone on a plan to mark the semi centennial of the Iowa State College site with a Boone Story counties celebration on July 4. Funds and land were contributed in 1859 and Boone Story counties supported the effort. J A Hull to speak. J L Blake offered transport and funds. Bosworth to organize committees for Story county participation.
The Queen Esther Circle hosts a musicale and box social at the M E church on April 1 to raise funds. Local residents invited to attend, with proceeds benefiting church programs.
Notice to qualified electors of Story County Washington township Iowa that a special meeting will be held March 29 1909 from 1 to 5 pm in J A Campbells Ames Iowa. Voters will decide whether to build a central high and grade school costing up to 3000 dollars at a specified location near Sections 21 22 27 and 28 Washington township.
The Omega Delta team won both basketball games against sororities. They defeated Kappa Delta 11 to 8 on Monday and beat Pi Beta Phi 20 to 0 on Tuesday.
A partial report credits Dean Stange with an act of saving in Fort. Dr C H Stange was called to the scene for medical assistance. Further details remain unclear from the readable text.
Dr Stange inoculated eighty one hogs near Ft Dodge with serum to fight hog cholera. Only one pig died, indicating serum as a promising remedy for the disease.
L. J. Baird who recently moved to Ames was in Clay County negotiating a deal on a 400 acre farm. He previously worked in real estate in Illinois and has not yet settled into retirement.
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 Cc A Gamble.
American Fidelity Co offering burglary, employer liability, automobile and plate glass coverage through McCartney and Judge, agents in Ames Iowa for business and personal risks.
Everett Kemp appears Monday evening at the Christian church to present an interpretive recital The Sevenoaks as the fifth number in the Union Lecture and Entertainment Course.
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