Pioneer James Hull of Boone County Honored in Obituary
James Hull an early Boone County settler who arrived in 1846 before Boone and Story counties were settled died at Boone. He helped establish mills, claimed farms, and aided the transformation from prairie to a settled community. his family noted 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Services were conducted by Rev. G. F. Cannon.
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Boone
James Hull
Boone County
Story Counties
Prairie
McCarthys
O’briens
Rosses
Freeds
Aldermans
Boones Borough
New Philadelphia
Iowa
Senator Ericson
Des Moines
Mineral Ridge
Buchanan
Iowa State College
Ames
G. F. Cannon
Marion Street
M. E
Hull
Mr. Hull
Lincoln County
Catherine Crooks
Knox County
Ind
Hall
John M. Crooks
John Pea
Samuel Bowers
Crooks
Mrs. Hall
Jefferson County
Indiana
Mike Myers
Mrs. Hull
Geo. W. Crooks
Hulls
Court House
Herron
Choirs Gather for Sangerfest at Fieldburg Church
Preparations are complete for the Sangerfest to be held May 24 at Fieldburg church. The event will feature more than a hundred voices from the local choir and churches of Story City and Roland with Mr. John J. Ferroe of Ames directing the chorus.
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Huxley
Fieldburg
St. Petri
North St. Petri
Story City
Bergen
Roland
John J. Ferroe
Ames
Vegetable crop bulletin reports mixed fruit damage from late frost
Des Moines Iowa week ending May 4 1908 reports unusually cold dry weather with frost and occasional snow flurries. Damage to fruit varies with southern and central sections more affected while northern counties fared better. Small grains pastures and meadows are in good condition. corn planting to begin soon if weather improves. Geo M Chappel section director.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri Divide
Cherokee County
Geo. M. Chappel
High School Play Friday Evening at Armory Opera House
Seniors present Complications of Ellen a comedy in three acts set in Pleasant Hill New York 1905 at Ford home and garden. Cast includes Richard Fox Don Moxley Ruth Barrett Mollie Robert Shephard Max Ten Bych June Haverhill Dorothy March and John Hume. Local school notes training by Miss Brandt and the event tailors a lively student production.
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Ellen
Armory Opera House
Hume
Rector
Mrs. Ford
Rose of Low
Richard Fox
Don Moxley
Ruth Barrett
Mollie
Robert Shephard
Resakes
Albert Fowler
Max Ten Bych
Robert
Mleermee
Merrill Manning
June Haverhill
Wellesley
Mary Cox
Dorothy March
Max
Ford
Ee Mary Bryant
John Hume
St. Agnes
Henry Templeton
Ames High Commencement Plans For 08s 09s
Ames High announces a May commencement sequence with a Peace Pipe event on May 13 on the Squaw banks. The baccalaureate sermon is May 24 by Rev H D Williams. Seniors hold May 26 for dinner and May 27 for class day exercises, followed by May 28 commencement with an address by M R Lawlers of Davenport.
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Ames High
Squaw
H. D. Williams
Church of Christ
the Armory
State Center selects Prof. Barrett for commencement address
Prof. R. C. Barrett has been chosen to deliver the commencement address at State Center, marking a notable tribute to his academic leadership and public speaking. This selection highlights Barrett's prominence within the university community.
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R. C. Barrett
State Center
Dieffenbacher 76 Reflects a Life of Moving Trails and Matches
Joseph Dieffenbacher marked his seventy fifth birthday yesterday with a life story spanning Center county to Bald Eagle Valley. Born May 6 1833 he drove a stage line as a boy crossed the Alleghenies to work on a railroad and later settled in Iowa and Ames where he contemplates wrestling bouts with Gotch or others.
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JO Dieffenbacher
Joseph Dieffenbacher
Center County
Bald Eagle Mountain
Bald Eagle Valley
Pennsylvania
Allegheny Mountains
Chicago
Peoria
Iowa
Story County
Nevada
Dieffenbacher
Ames
Gotch
Prof Richard Burton to Speak at ISU Graduation Exercises
The literary societies of Iowa State College invite Prof Richard Burton from the University of Minnesota to deliver the annual address during commencement week on Tuesday afternoon June 2. Burton, a noted lecturer and author, serves as professorial lecturer at the University of Chicago and associate editor of Warner's Library of World's Best Literature.
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Richard Burton
Iowa State College
University of Minnesota
Burton
University of Chicago
Warner
Library of World
Rahab
Charles Dickens
Robert Browning
Robert Louis Stevenson
Father Stevens Dies at LaMoille Age 93
Isaac Loomis Stevens father of Judge J L Stevens of Boone and founder of LaMoille died at his sister’s home in LaMoille at age 93. A former Chicago & Northwestern roadmaster, he helped plat and settle LaMoille after first moving there in 1867. Survived by Judge Stevens and Mrs Carrie Lane, with nephew George Cull in the railroad service. Born Northfield Vermont.
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Judge Stevens
Ames
Isaac Loomis Stevens
J. L. Stevens
Times-Republican
Boone
LaMoille
Stevens
Chicago & Northwestern
LaMoisie
Carrie Lane
Lane
Fannie Cull
George Cull
Mr. Stevens
Northfield
Vermont
Science alumni occupy notable positions in public life
Graduates from the Science department include Herbert Osborn professor of Zoology at the University of Ohio and president of the American Microscopical Society. J. C. Arthur professor of Botany at Lafayette Indiana. W. A. Bryan president of the Survey and Discovery of Marine Life. Carrie Catt ex‑president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Frank Leverett with the U S Geological Survey. Virgil Snyder professor of Mathematics at Cornell. P H Rolfs director of the Florida Experiment Station. Fred Rolfs director of the Missouri Fruit Station. and others in forestry, botany, agriculture, and zoology across the United States.
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Herbert Osborn
University of Ohio
American Microscopical Society
Annals
Etomological Society of America
Mr. Osborn
Macmillan of
New York
J. C. Arthur
Lafayette
Indiana
That Place
Arthur
W. A. Bryan
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Islands
Carrie
Lane Chapman) Catt
National Woman’s
P. H. Rolfs
Florida Experiment Station
Fred Rolfs
Mountain Grove
H. S. Fawcett
EB. D. Ball
Utah Agricultural Experiment Station
Carlton Albaugh
U. S. Department of Agriculture
B. R. Hodson
Bureau of Forestry
Hitchcock
National Museum
Ed Sherman
Montana
Washington
Co. W. Malley
South Africa
W. Newell
Louisiana
Lutheran Church Adds Eight Foot Annex and Cupola
The Lutheran church plans an eight foot addition and a cupola to expand space for a growing congregation under Pastor Rev. G. O. Paulsrud.
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Lutheran Church
G. O. Paulsrud
Comeback of Colfax Couple At Boone Residence
Mr and Mrs Nathan Little former Colfax residents now reside in Boone Iowa after living in Ames and a year in Olathe Kansas The News Republican notes their return to Iowa and new home in Boone.
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Hlave
Nathan Little
Colfax Township
Ames
Olateh
Kansas
Iowa
Boone
News-Republican
Memorial Services at Congregational Church in May
Memorial services by the Ames G A R at the W R C are held this year at the Congregational church on Sunday May 24. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. Wm J Minchin.
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Ames G. A. R. T
Congregational Church
Wm. J. Minchin
Rides the Bike After Recovery
George Roberson has recovered enough to ride a two wheeled bike again though he no longer experiments with motorcycles and sticks to the old fashioned bicycle.
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George Roberson
Ames Citizens Send Birthday Greetings To Congressman Hull
Ames celebrates Capt John A Z Hull on his 67th birthday with a city telegram from the Commercial club and a Millionaire May Day party. Hull replies with gratitude noting the touching act of kindness from Ames citizens and asks that thanks be conveyed.
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Ames
John A. Z. Hull
Hull
Hul
Federal Building
Federal Building Committee
The
Commercial Club
City of Ames
Capt. Hull
City of
W. D. Rich
Dunham's concrete mixer a great industrial promise
Ames man J Dunham completed a working model of a concrete mixer that automatically measures sand and cement, mixing nine cubic yards per hour. Competent judges say it out classes all designs, costing about 225 dollars in production, and it will employ 25 to 50 finishers. The device, powered by a two horse engine, will be showcased on Onondaga street for W J Freed once weather allows.
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Ames
Co. J. Dunham
Mann Lumber Co
Dunham
Onondaga Street
W. J. Freed
Lecture Course For Next Year In Ames Churches
Ames young people organize a new year lecture course following a successful past year. The program features La Delle Fox Concert Company Frank H. Gamel Everett Kemp with Seven Cakes Lucian BE Followsbee the Colonial Saxophone Quartet and Victoria Lyman reader. Community support encouraged.
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Ames
la Delle Fox
Frank H. Gamel
Everett Kemp
Lucian BE
Followsbee
Victoria Lyman
Payne's Tribute to the McCarthys Golden Wedding
The golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Daniel McCarthy was celebrated April 26 at their Ames home with a large gathering of children in laws grandchildren and relatives. McCarthy came from Canada and Mary Ann Ross from Indiana where they met and married forming a long established Story county home.
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Payne
McCarthys
Daniel McCarthy
Ames
McCarthy
Story County
Canada
Mary Ann Ross
Indiana
Franklin Township
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