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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1908
Page
1
George Chappel reports a sudden cold spell drives demand for winter wear across Des Moines area shops. Hardware, furnace and clothing retailers see crowds. shoemakers and mail-order houses suffer flip side as home trading rises. Overall, crops show mixed results but hay is strong, corn above last year.
The 1908 harvest reports credit Ames College supporters with boosting farmer profits by millions through a long corn campaign. The first Sept frost came Sept 27, leaving crops generally intact. drought earlier hurt pastures and fruits, but aided corn fodder value as 90 percent ripened or dented. Dr Chappe's weekly bulletin details conditions.
The Cosmopolitan club at the Association building presented a well organized evening. About thirty members from six countries Mexico Philippines Paraguay Argentina Switzerland and the U S took part. The Mexicans led the Saturday night program with readings music and a puppet set.
Wednesday October 21 is set as college day with a class parade in the morning and an address by Dr. Storms. An afternoon stunt committee will provide original amusements followed by the senior faculty baseball game. Evening features an outdoor play produced by Shirley Allen.
In district court Friday the Blake will contest verdict set aside the will. Minor heirs have ten days to file through counsel for a new trial. Ralph Aldrich, age 26, sentenced to ten years for forgery, sent Friday by Sheriff Ricketts to Anamosa reformatory as first offense offender under thirty.
In Clarion A F Porter shows a spring planted apple tree now in full bloom. Nearby M Russe ll displays a tomato vine over nine feet long bearing twenty seven large red tomatoes. The vine once held 116 tomatoes at once.
J M Rector born in Delaware county and a nephew of Mrs Senator Trewin of Cedar Rapids has drawn a trophy design for the National Corn Exposition judging contest at Omaha in December. The work features a large oat sheaf tied with oat stalks and may be adopted if affordable. Tiffany & Co in New York have been asked for silver pricing and Prof Bowman awaits Rector’s final approval.
Washington announcement confirms Herbert Austin McUne of Ames has been appointed second lieutenant in the Army after summer exams at Fort Leavenworth. The practice news appears in Tuesday's Register and Leader.
Iowa politics heats up with national figures like Seth Low expected in Ames. Low, ex mayor of New York and former Columbia University president, travels for the Republican committee to rally voters. An Armory venue may host the Oct. 17 event with attendance plans growing.
Mr. Be B Howard proposes using the college athletic field and new gymnasium for a Chautauqua auditorium and lectures, with estimated capacity for 3 500 to 4 000. Ames Winter Short Course offers a $300 silo prize to corn growers, plus judges and 15 ear exhibit rules. The piece discusses scheduling conflicts with Story County Old Soldiers Reunion Cambridge baseball, Maxwell settlers gatherings, and Nevada camp meeting, urging coordinated dates and special events to boost education and community.
The Dick bill provides 2 million dollars for the National Guard, prompting state plans to form a brigade with staff officers. General Lincoln declines the brigadier role, urging Col. Dows as a worthy choice who can bear the costs and responsibilities, while preferring continued leadership of his regiment.
Iowa Experiment Station publishes Bulletin No 100 detailing silo types advantages and disadvantages. It covers silage value for dairy cattle and potential for fattening steers sheep and hogs with construction tips and illustrations. Free distribution to farmers from C F Curtiss director Ames Iowa.
In the Glidden Graphic critique, Iowa laws including the anti-pass rule and two-cent fare curb Bryan's momentum toward the White House. The Mélsberg merger bill, advanced by Rock Island manipulators and vetoed by Governor Cummins, shows the party's burden. The piece urges review of recent Iowa legislature records and notes the state party leadership.
Prof M L Bowman of the Farm Corps Department spoke at Brookings South Dakota dedicating a new agricultural building at the county fair. Governor George I Crawford could not attend so Bowman was chosen to deliver the dedicatory address to the large audience.
The Iowa State Normal School at Cedar Falls urges reshaping public school curricula in a report approved by its board. It argues early lessons should include foreign language before geography and history, with advanced studies postponed, based on experiments at the normal school and aligned with State leaders' statements.
Taft visits Iowa energize the campaign as 200000 spectators hear him. B F Carroll opens campaign in Washington stressing differences with White and Bryan. White extols Roosevelt while Bryan attacks him. Muscatine workers gift pearl button souvenirs praising tariff. Upcoming speeches include Hughes in Sioux City and others across the state.
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