College Notes on Local Building and War News
The board of trustees' committee met to discuss contracts for new buildings and improvements. The second cast in the new foundry was completed Tuesday. The home field meet of the college Association is today, with progress impacting chances at the state field meet in Des Moines. obituaries, lectures, and local notices follow, including memorial addresses and community events.
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E.E. Boutelle
college + Association
Des Moines
Curtiss
Watson
Son
Central District Association of Congregational Churches
Ames
St.John
Congregational Home Missionary Society
Holman
Radcliffe
Boone stirred by anonymous letter and college notes
In Nearby Towns Boone is stirred over an anonymous letter to Mrs. King the widow of a sidier. The letter denounces government paupers and accuses Mr Miller of misdeeds. The Grand Army Post calls for an investigation while editor Trigg and Prof Curtiss are praised for agricultural education efforts. Public notices include race programs and local business ads.
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Boone
King
Sidier
Miller
Grand Army Post
Mr. Mil
Ted
Mr. Miller
J. S
Rockford Reguter Sa College
Register
Trigg
Plow Sharpening Offers Ready Service
Local ad notes plow sharpening and grinding services with express readiness. Mentions steam cleaning and quick turnaround for agricultural equipment maintenance.
Mud Lake Farm Case Draws Legal Fire in Des Moines Ties
D A Kent faces a district court suit over a $19,000 mortgage on Mud Lake Farm. Des Moines investors, who helped fund improvements, hold the mortgage. Legal observers expect Kent to lose but plan an appeal. Kent has spent years reclaiming the waste land and risking his resources.
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D. A. Kent
Mud Lake
Shee
Des Moines
Kent
Webster City Tribune
Special passenger train to Camp McKinley Des Moines May 8
A special passenger train will run Sunday May 8 leaving Ames at 10 40 a m and returning from Des Moines at 7 00 p m The round trip fare is 50 cents.
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Camp McKinley
Des Moines
Ames
Foley’s Honey and Tar Promoted for Grips and Cough
An advertisement urges readers who have the grip to take Foley’s Honey and Tar. It touts the medicine as a reliable lung remedy and claims to stop the racking associated with the disease. The ad is signed by M. Reap of Sleepy Eye Flour.
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Foley
Independent Workmen Head to Grand Lodge Meeting
The message urges independent workmen to travel on the Chicago Great Western Bay to Waterloo for the biannual Grand Lodge gathering scheduled May 17 to 21. It notes a low fare of one third for a round trip on a certificate plan.
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Chicago Great Western Bay
Waterloo
Grand Lodge
Grinnell and ISC Set for Saturday Baseball Suspected Match
Grinnell and ISC prepare for a 3 PM Saturday game on ISC ground. Grinnell is considered weaker than last year while ISC looks confident. the contest is expected to be hard fought.
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Grinnell
I. S. C. Cross
Latters
Loyal Workmen Eye Grand Lodge Meeting Travel
Announcement invites Loyal Workmen to the Grand Lodge annual meeting in Waterloo on May 10 and 12. It notes travel on the Chicago Great Western Bay at one and one third fare for the round trip on certificate plan.
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