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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1908
Page
1
Ames High school girls host Nevada High school girls on the Ames grounds Saturday November 21. The Devil, a local dance team, will perform at the Armory Monday evening as the headline attraction.
Gen J B Weaver recalls Confederate boasts of Vicksburg and Lookout Mountain as impregnable. Iowa losses at Sherman's Heights and Rossville Gap are listed, with 291 and 446 total casualties respectively. The 45th anniversary keynote by Gen E A Carman honors Iowa soldiers and the 1906 monument dedication. Contends Lincoln pressed Chattanooga strategy. Grant’s command ultimately led to victory.
A benefit play titled Four Count of No Account will be staged at the Armory on Tuesday December 1 in a fully attended performance by a local young company. The farce involves Johann Kramer owner of The Lion's Inn and the Count Nogoodis of Paris, a mistaken identity plot with a tramp impersonating the count and a jail escape, ending with a mining boom saving the inn and a wealthy widow and her brother adding intrigue.
The Ames high school enrollment exceeds that of Burlington Clinton Fort Dodge Keokuk Mason City Muscatine Webster City and other Iowa towns. Ames outnumbers most peers in boys and overall high school pupils, though Burlington and Muscatine have higher total enrollments. Calls grow for a larger modern building and legislative changes to allow bonds for educational expansion.
Ft. Dodge and Ames high schools played a hard fought curtain raiser ending in a scoreless tie after two twenty minute halves. Ames youth Laithly led bold attacks with Van Auken Cameron and Tallman in support while Ft. Dodge relied on a rugged line and solid coaching. Ames faces Newton on November 26 following this display of restraint and skill.
At the request of Prof. H H Freer of Cornell College Supt F E Kine will address the annual meeting of Secondary Schools and Colleges of Iowa in Des Moines the day after Thanksgiving.
In Vidora a case before Judge Lee features Tig Fong Lee accused of distributing whisky to locals. The China man testifies his keg held Chinese medicine with a dried snake, not booze, and is acquitted of nuisance charges as the court accepts the remedy claim. The tale explores superstition and celestial faith surrounding the so called snake juice.
The annual Union Thanksgiving Day services will be held at the Baptist church Thursday Nov 26 at 10:30 with Rev W I Fowle pastor in charge and Rev Warner Johnson of United Brethren church delivering the sermon.
The post office closes at 11 A M and offers morning delivery only. It reopens at 7 P M with a single carrier delivery to residents and two to businesses. Office closed 11 A M to 6 P M. City carriers provide 7 to 7 20 P M window service. Rural carriers stay at windows during open hours. Station A follows same hours.
The historic Frans Molnar drama The Devil will be performed at Blood Will Tell drawing record attention. The production promises sensational scenes that critics say push boundaries and provoke strong reactions in the city theater scene.
Lee and his followers claimed a snake drove away evil spirits in whisky and cured rheumatism. He admitted keeping the key in alcohol and produced the snake in court to prove the claim, which persuaded the jury and led to his acquittal.
Railroads offer ten dollar round trips from Ames to the Chicago International Livestock Exposition with sale dates November 29 30 and December 1 2 and return by December 12. The expo runs November 28 to December 10 with improvements including new heating in the sheep section and upgraded judging rings. Transportation access via Stock Yards elevated line and remodeled street system enhances access to depots hotels and amusements.
Ames dominates Grinnell 53 to 0 as the Ames line and backs execute effective forward passes and onside kicks. Lambert Reppert and Knox shine with long gains and touchdowns while Grinnell struggles to move the ball despite determined play. Continued to page four.
A historical timeline lists notable birthdays, deaths, and events tied to November dates. It mentions Garfield Rubinstein Pierce Carpenter Hobart Hendricks and others, with notes on birthplaces, offices, and key milestones across years.
Alexander W. Regner, a Winstead laborer, left ten sticks of dynamite beside an ore rock under a chestnut tree while preparing to blow large stones. On return he found squirrels feasting on the explosive and likely hoarding much of it. Hunters fear consequences if a dynamite filled squirrel is shot.
A philosophical adage asserts that when a man lets his head and heart work together, he tends to stay poor. The saying emphasizes inner conflict between prudence and passion as a barrier to wealth.
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