Northwestern Freight Wreck injures Ames interurban riders
A Northwestern freight train collided with an Ames Interurban car, killing no one but injuring twenty one passengers. Victims include Joe Connor who suffered severe facial injuries. Grace Williams with internal injuries. Prof. H G Bell with a broken leg. and multiple students from Ames and surrounding towns. Officials dispute the cause while crews aid the injured and assess responsibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Connor
Mr. Connor
Esther Livingston
Ames
Swaledale
Earl Baird
Prairie City
A. H. Kreul
Laverne
Ward M. Jones
M. M. Cruz
S. Creel
Jas
Robinson
F. M. Hanson
Jefferson
J. A. Cram
J. A. McLean
Jas, Robinson
Will Deal
Deal
Nate Tedrow
Jas. Earry
Tom Moran
George Young
Margaret Gilchrist
Bert Smith
Geo. Loud
Miss Shattuck
T. Lorenzo
Vv. Ferriols
Northwestern
College
St. Louis
Interurban
Talent Triumph in Three Iowa Towns Debates
Ames defeats Iowa State Normal School in Cedar Falls and Ames with wins in a two game debate series on the Personal Property Tax. Ames speakers Pullen Wheeler Herron and Rankin argued the affirmative and negative sides while judges and a banquet followed the Cedar Falls debates.
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Cedar Falls
S. C
Iowa State Normal School
Ames
Normal
H. W. Wagner
Ellis Rail
J. O. Rankin
Grover Alderman
Paul C. Cosgrove
C. F. Sweiker
G. C. Pullen
Delbert Wheeler
L.S. Herron
Virgil Simmers
Emil Trot
F. B. Bruins
W. O. Riddell
Des Moines
A. H. McVey
Charles Boardman
Marshalltown
N. E. Kendall
Albia
Tis
Cosgrove
Filipino Students Thank Ames S 8 Club for Aid After Accident
The Philippine students M M Cruz T Lorenzo and V Ferriols express gratitude to the S 8 Club ladies and others in Ames for help after a Saturday night collision between an interurban car and a freight train, noting their gratitude as strangers in a foreign land.
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M. M. Cruz
T. Lorenzo
V. Ferriols
S. 8
Ames
Philippine Islands
Woman Killed Crossing Northwestern Trestle Near White City
Mrs. Samuel Prentise about 60 was attempting to cross a Northwestern trestle to Buxton near White City when she caught her foot and was struck by a passenger engine. The impact crushed her hips and tore a hole in her side, causing instant death.
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Buxton
White City
Samuel Prentise
Wreck on Interurban Route Between Ames and Fort Dodge
The first serious wreck in the Interurban line between Mes Moines and Fort Dodge happened Saturday evening at 8 15. The college car scheduled to depart from Ames was involved in the incident.
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Iowa
Union Pacific
Council Bluffs
Main Line
Des Moines Line
Northern Line
Story Street
Tower House
Grinnell
Ames
Husky Cyclones
Iowa College
Giants
Lambert
Brundage
Reppert
Si Lambert
Mes Moines
Fort Dodge
Promise to Pay Good Enough Parity With Gold Cited
The Oskaloosa Herald notes public support for a government greenback maintained at gold parity, framing it as beneficial for the American people during the current period. The piece presents the plan as reassuring and solid fiscal policy.
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Oskaloosa Herald
Ames Poultry Show Cups Ordered for Prizes
The Ames Commercial club ordered twenty eight quadruple plate silver cups worth 300 dollars to be awarded as prizes by the Ames Poultry Association. Cups, engraved with class and winner, vary from 3 3 8 to 13 inches, mounted on ebony stands. The second annual poultry show will be January 7 to 10, 1908 at the Armory and Cole's Colosseum, with premium lists already issued and plans to surpass last year.
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Ames Commercial Club
John R. Keating
Ames Poultry Association
Commercial Club
Ames
Armory
Cole’s
Colliseum
Ames Fine Stock Show Sale Scoop
H N Donhowe of Story City plans Story county stock show and sale for breeders with county cooperation. He lists forthcoming auctions in Dec Jan and Feb including Briley Ames Crouthamel Barr Hanson Stewart O’Donnell & McCoy Mills with locations in Gilbert Story City Ames Colo.
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H.N. Donhowe
Story City
Story County
Donhowe
Albert G. Briley
Gilbert
A Story City
Peter "Eaeeea
Wm. Crouthamel
W. T. Barr
Ames
Post Hanson
Roland
Joe Stewart
O’donnell & McCoy
Colo
Bert Mills
Commercial Club Friday Meeting in Ames
The Ames Commercial Club will meet Friday evening to discuss the Ames fine stock show sale and matters regarding foreign immigration. The session covers upcoming events and policy concerns.
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Ames
Commercial Club
Government reports big corn yield
Preliminary returns to the department of agriculture show a U S corn crop of 2 553 732 000 bushels averaging 26 bushels per acre, with quality at 82.8 percent. This compares with 30.3 bushels and 89.9 percent last year, and 28.8 per acre in 1905 with 90.6 percent. About 4.5 percent, or 130 995 000 bushels, remained with farmers on Nov 1 1907, versus 4.4 percent in 1906 and 5.3 percent as the ten year average.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Careless Boys Shoot Girl in Des Moines Pond Incident
Two youths M. W. Young and L. Kidd were arraigned in Des Moines police court charged with carelessly shooting a girl near Maple Grove. Young fined five dollars and Leonard Young discharged with severe reprimand after the incident at the pond where hunting ducks turned into a dangerous accident. They confessed the injury was deplorable and regretted it.
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M. W. Young
L. Kidd
Des Moines
Young
Chautauqua Committee Plans Record Ames Attendance
The advertising committee of the Chautauqua Association met Saturday to launch a campaign for the 1908 session aiming for record attendance in Ames. The program committee is arranging top talent and a celebrated band, with an open date in August and hopes to attract audiences statewide.
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Chautauqua Association
Ames
Madame Calve Plans French Peasants Colony in Iowa Grapes
Madame Emma Calve, famed soprano, considers organizing a colony of French peasants in Iowa to work in grape growing near Council Bluffs. She plans frequent visits to learn fruit culture and join the short course. The article also recalls a humorous episode of Calve stealing a pumpkin for pumpkin pie during a country trip.
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Emma Calve
Iowa
Madame Calve
Madame Ve
Madame Rosalie Bonheur
Missouri
France
Bluffs
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Madam Calve
Ames
Sioux City
Mme. Calve
Robbery Attempt Fails at Darnum Bank
Yeggmen tried to blow the private bank of J. H. Eaton at Darnum on the Illinois Central. Two charges blew the outside door but could not enter to reach the cash.
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Yeggmen
J. H. Eaton
Darnum
Illinois Central
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Catlin
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Des Moines News
Flanagan
McCartney
Bair
Bleamaster
Philippinos
Ames Fine Stock Show Sale
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