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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
8
Loughran and Bauer add a paper bailer to their equipment to bale waste wallpaper rather than burn it. Jas Woodward, city bill poster, opens a room beside the city laundry to bale old paper for shipment to paper factories. A cup of Bonana is a step forward on the road to health and happiness.
Ames High and state center girls compete in a triangular meet at the local high school grounds. The week features football and track results, tennis at I.S.C., and a Simpson High Meet where Jones tied a state pole vault record for Ames.
The district Missionary Society of the Methods Church held its Boone meeting where officers were elected and Ames chosen for the next convention on April 1912. Delegates totaled seventy four with fourteen arriving by auto from Perry. Ames will host the gathering with speeches by Rev J Brown and a game between Ames high girls and State Center in Alumni Hall.
A prominent Epworth League meeting at Ames outlined election rules and reported the largest attendance in years with about 75 members. The ballot included officers such as president C S Arthur and secretary Florence Holm, with several vice presidents listed and Bishop Perry Hotter among the organizers.
The Northwestern United Doctors announce a two day medical tour in Ames on May 22 and 23 offering free constitution examinations and advice with no charge beyond medicine. They claim dramatic cures for chronic diseases and urge sufferers to attend and provide results for word of mouth proof.
Citizens complain of tar from new pavement coating sidewalks and clothing. Shoemakers warn of ruined soles while merchants echo harm to business. The street commissioner sprinkling sand at corners briefly helps, urging frequent application. College Inn quarters shift as J. J. Lynch leases Wonderlick store. Spence vacates May 12, Lynch occupies June 1.
Summer tourist fares to the Pacific Coast from June 1 to September 30 are in effect daily. Liberal stopovers and return limits apply. Full details available from ticket agents of the Northwestern Line, in cooperation with American Medical Assn and National Education Assn in San Francisco and Los Angeles and International Sunday School Assn.
Real estate transfers show Emma Foster and trustees of Col legiate Presbyterian church Ames Iowa receive 7000 dollars for a tract in sub lot 1 of lot 13 and other transfers include Fred W Skiles to H B Mat many parcels for 10500, Isaac A Hall to J A Hansman 3000, David Ives to BW Clark 5000, Luther B Allen to J W Bateman 1862.50, and more. Local items note residents visiting Ames trips, a garage addition, tent for photos, Dolly Party at Mrs Saten, and a fire-loss adjustment trip to Nevada and Zearing with Story County Insurance directors.
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