Ames Seeks Federal Building Amid Postal Growth
Ames posts receipts near Boone while Des Moines plans top priority. A Commercial Club committee urges Congress to fund a new federal building as Ames postal business has doubled in five years, outgrowing cramped quarters and stressing staff.
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Des Moines
Congressman Hall
Ames
Boone
Webster City
Cedar Falls
Army
Bird Run
Hull
Samuél
Boone ’S
Fourth Ward
Department
Washington
Commercial Club
Congress
Federal
New Des Moines
Perry
Connor
Major Sheldon
Greeley
F. R. Conaway
M. K. Smith
W. D. Rich
Groves
Fowler
Ames Building Boom Accelerates Before Winter
Improvements throughout Ames race to finish before cold weather. New residences near completion include Rev H D Williams parsonage and Dr McWilliams on Douglas Street. Rev Walter Fowler Baptist parsonage on Kellogg advances. Ed Rutherford on Onondago Street enlarges home. College work continues. Central heating plant roof soon. forge shop to be enclosed. Agricultural Hall foundation advancing.
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Rev
H. D. Williams
Dr. McWilliams
Douglass Street
Pancy
Walter Fowler
Baptist Parsonage
Kellogg Street
Ed Rutherford
Onondago Street
Agricultural Hall
Ames Takes Part in International Show
The International Livestock show lists entries and notes Ames will send about thirty five head of stock with many faculty and students attending. The Dec 1 to 8 event awards Armour scholarships and cash prizes for best work in horses cattle sheep corn grains and forage exhibits. Ames team judges corn with Crossley Drennan Patterson Peters Quaife and Sexauer.
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Iowa State College
Armour
J. Ogden Armour
Ames
Bowman
Crossley
Drennan
Patterson
Peters
Quaife
Sexauer
Interurban Franchise Backed by Commercial Club
The Commercial club last Friday urged the city council to grant a liberal Interurban franchise. Members favored Onondaga street for the line with guarded extensions, paving the street, and placing Ames on a metropolitan basis at once. Council members sought concessions from taxpayers and property owners before acting.
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Commercial Club
Onondaga Street
Trolley Wires Are Strong Interurban Progress Report
Interurban railroad work advances toward Des Moines with trolley wires in place from Boone to Kelly. Manager Blake praises progress as labor demand remains high and campus cleaning proceeds. Cars expected in service soon after January 1. Boone election grants street use by 1378 to 168 votes. Active campus work starts Monday with trees cleared and a new bridge built south of the ditch. Teams operate between the dairy farm and the creamery.
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Boone
Kelly
Des Moines
Blake
City Library Needs Push for Liberal City Aid
Commercial Club backs full city relief for the Ames library, urging removal of water and light charges and sewer assessments. Rev Minchin and Judge Lee outline the library’s tight finances, demand more funds, binding of volumes, new juvenile and reference titles, and community pledges to boost service.
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Ames Commercial Club
William J. Minchin
C. G. Lee
City Library
Judge Lee
Minchin
Rts
Iowa Veterans Honor Vicksburg Monuments Dedication
The Soldiers Monuments tribute to Iowa Civil War dead at Vicksburg National Military Park unfolds today. Iowa veterans led by Capt J F Merry and the Blue and the Gray founded the park with state and national support, with a program featuring Gov Cummins and Major Byers among others.
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Iowa
Vicksburg
Vicksburg National Military Park
Vicksburg Park
J. F. Merry
Delaware County
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg Military Park
House Military Committee
J .A. T. Hull
D. B. Henderson
House
Senate
McKinley
Secretary of War
Old Vicksburg Battlefields
A. B. Cummins
Vicksburg Field
J. A. Fitzpatrick
Nevada
Jacksburg
Company C I N G Maintains High Indoor Drill
Captain Knapp reports Company C has a high grade year with outdoor drill closed. Indoor work continues all winter with fifty members active. On October 31 eight members earned marksman status for a 500 yard score. Listed are Un derwood Underwood Ball Neimeyer Dewey Knapp Schultz Scott Fultz. More men could have earned marksman ranks with continued 200 and 300 yard scores.
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Knapp
F. A. Underwood
Arthur P. Ball
Arthur Neimeyer
Fred 8. Dewey
Herman Knapp
Clyde EB. Schultz
Ja J. Scott
Glenn T. Fultz
Raise for Railway Men Across Northwestern Lines
The Northwestern Railway raises agent and operator salaries after推动 by the Order of Railway Telegraphers with secretary Ira Kempkes of Nevada. Minimum wages rise by five dollars monthly and higher-graded workers receive increases. Ames is excluded. Boone Des Moines Marshalltown Clinton Cedar Rapids Council Bluffs Jefferson Belle Plaine Carroll and Missouri Valley listed.
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Ira Kempkes
Nevada
Northwestern Railway Company
Ames
Boone
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Jefferson
Belle Plaine
Carroll
Missouri Valley
Boy Shoots Self. Teen Dies On Highway
Sixteen year old Wilbur Perry of near Woodward accidentally shot himself in the forehead while alone on the highway. He died six hours after the incident.
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Wilbur Perry
Woodward
The Secret is Out Advertising Your Hidden Shelves
A quirky notice proclaiming that revealing what you hide on shelves can draw attention to private goods. It suggests using advertising to alert people to concealed items in storage.
Story County Courts: Divorce Denied and Slander Trials Up
The Nevada district term heard a divorce denial for Mrs. Emma Schauper-Harris of McCallsburg and her husband Clayton Harris. Judge W D Evans presided. Judge Richard dismissed a child slander case about the Shel–dahl barn fire. Latham vs Crane drew Ames attention with McCarthy Lee Ames and Stevens Fry Boone for plaintiffs and Hume Hamilton Boone for defense.
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Nevada
Emma Schauper-Harris
McCallsburg
Clayton Harris
W. D. Evans
Roland
Richard
Johnson
Kalestad
Ames
West of Ames
Latham
Story Sunday School Holds Nevada Convention
The Story County Sunday School association meets at Memorial Lutheran church in Nevada with a full program. Morning sessions include devotional by Rev. A. M. Boyd, committee reports, officer elections, and talks by Mabel Sherk and Rev. D. J. Bunce. Afternoon events feature devo by E. A. Kirk, remarks by Rev. A. M. Shea, and talks by J. W. Bateman and others on Sunday school duties.
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Nevada
Story County Sunday School Association
Memorial Lutheran Church
A. M. Boyd
Home Department
Mabel Sherk
D. J. Bunce
E. A. Kirk
A. M. Shea
J. Ww. Bateman
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Ames’ Building Operations
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Wilson
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Ames City Library
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Stoddard
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Iowa Party
Warren Light Artillery
Alvah N. Frisbee
Henry Harrison Road
America
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Syston
Story County Courts
Story Sunday School
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