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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1905
Page
1
An old advertisement promotes Booth's Select with fresh oysters every Thursday morning and Mc Mahon's Shell Oyster Crackers. It also markets a full line of fresh and smoked meats and invites customers to place orders.
Reports recount two railway wrecks leaving nineteen dead and many injured. The scene of destruction was observed as Halloween passed, while local officials search for a wanted citizen in a Boone county case.
Victor E Ballou traveled from Marshalltown to assist his ailing father V A Ballou of the Watchman The elder Ballou has grown weaker and a dropsical condition hinders his movement Friends in the newspaper world wish him a speedy recovery W B Gossard Kamrar and O Von Krog Elseworth filed for Hamilton county county superintendent with G D Thompson as chair The field is expected to be competitive with Prof Gardiner Jewell and Prof Holaday Stratford named as possibles
The late Geo W Catt of New York leaves five hundred fifty scholarships to Iowa State College to educate Iowa boys. The bequest becomes active after the widow Carrie Chapman Catt dies and directs funds to the college library of engineering in Ames.
Robert Shackleton born February 14 1838 in Bradford England died October 27 1905 at his Amos Iowa home. He married Harriett Carr January 19 1862 in Granger Ohio. He served in the Civil War Company D 178 Ohio Infantry and earned a honorable discharge June 29 1865. He was a respected Ellsworth Post G A R member and a devout but not formal church attendee. Survived by wife five children three brothers and two sisters. funeral at Boone Methodist church at 2 pm Monday with burial at Boone cemetery.
A reminiscence recalls the 1850 California migration from Illinois and the frontier Argonauts. It highlights Hank Monk and Horace Greeley, deeds of the Wiley family, and how the era shaped Lincoln Grant telegraph and progress, ending with reflections on modern advances and lingering memory.
A rural route notice reminds patrons that leaving a letter with a small postage amount causes extra effort for mail carriers. It urges buying stamps or stamped envelopes to help carriers during cold frosty mornings.
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