Trustees urged to build safer path to Ames college
Story county officials pressed the college trustees to open a safe route between Ames and the college to spare students from dangerous trestle crossings. They argued a short direct road across unfilled land would cut travel to two miles, replacing perilous two mile walks and costly railroad fares for workers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Silliman
Board of Supervisors
Story County
Ames
J. O. Michaelson
Silliman
Board of Trustees
College
Boone Street
Wilson Urges Tuberculosis Tests for Herds
Secretary Wilson and Dr. Schroeder call attention to tuberculin testing as a public safeguard. Schroeder warns milk as the main source of human TB, urging nationwide cow testing, culling infected stock, and compensation to owners. The Times-Republican questions state legislators and health boards on policy and enforcement.
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Wilson
Schroeder
Bureau of Animal Industry
Tama Jim” Wilson
Times-Republican
Closure of September Brings Record Cold and Frost
Des Moines Iowa September 30 closing week often cold with cloudiness six to eight degrees below normal. Weekend rainfall aided crops except northern frost caused damage to immature corn with 20 to 40 percent loss in the north and 10 to 30 percent in central belts while 90 percent of southern corn was mature. Early cutting preserved fodder and corn. season deemed erratic and exceptional noting climatic records. John R. Sage and Geo M. Chappel report.
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Des Moines
North Central
John R. Sage
Geo. M. Chappel
Hazing at Iowa State College Prompts Freshman Trials
Sioux City Tribune warns that efforts to curb hazing at Iowa State College fail. The piece predicts freshmen will endure ongoing rites as they mature, describing the practice as a process that ripens with time.
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Iowa State College
Sioux City Tribune
Pioneer Iowa resident Lydia Long dies at 96
Mrs Lydia Long died at her daughter Mrs Watson Bb Turner home in Maxwell on September 23. She moved to Iowa in 1854 and was among the early settlers of northern Polk County.
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Lydia Long
Watson Bb. Turner
Maxwell
Iowa
Polk County
John Chambers Iowa Governor and Indian Agent Leader
John Chambers, born Bromley Bridge New Jersey October 6 1780, rose to be Governor of the Territory of Iowa and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. He served in Kentucky politics, fought in the War of 1812, and led Iowa through federalizing the territory, shaping the 1842 43 Blue Book code and supporting a state constitution while opposing liquor sales to Indians.
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John Chambers
Iowa
Bromley Bridge
N. J
Kentucky
Harrison
Chambers
Great Britain
Henry Clay
Margaret Taylor
Ignatius Taylor
Hagerstown
Hannah Lee Taylor
Paris, Ky
Mississippi
Burlington
James K. Grimes
William Henry Harrison
United States
Robert Lucas
New Jersey
Mason County
Hannah Taylor
Washington, D. C
Congress
Territory
James Clarke
Lucas
Daniel Webster
Territory of
Mississippi River
Legislative Assembly
Iowa Leads Western States in Wealth of Citizens
At Atlantic City Iowa was praised as the wealth leader among western states with 1,500 banks holding deposits totaling 400 million dollars. The state’s wealth rose by 50 million dollars in the past year and per capita holdings average 200 dollars. Iowa’s banks now extend credit beyond state lines into commercial paper collateral loans and bond investments as manufacturing expands.
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Iowa
Atlantic City
N. J
American Bankers’ Association
E. H. Scott
Cedar Rapids
Scott
Security Savings Bank
Association
Plumber and Doctor Clash Over Hospital Plumbing
W H Grover superintendent of the college light and heating plant, was injured while arguing with Dr Tilden during a wrist procedure. Grover, held to the table, complained a doctor exploited his position to demand promises about plumbing work, then required surgical nerve manipulation before the job was finally completed.
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W. H. Grover
College
Dock
Grover
Des Moines Narrows in on Ames Junk Man Kolline
Des Moines police detain J K Kolline a well known Ames hermit and Junk dealer after he attacks a Des Moines jail cell breaking a bar and inciting a brief melee. County officials move him to Story county for mental evaluation as investigators note his religious delusions and violent outburst.
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Jack Kolline
Des Moines
Ames
Polk County
Kolline
President Roosevelt
Coffin
Brunnemer
Wilson Skinner
Tom Martin
J. K. Kolline
Samson
Official Hat Scale From Pittsburg Post Prompts Satire
The Pittsburg Post presents an Official Hat Scale with a fifty dollar hat as a concert, thirty dollar as a confection, and a two dollar hat as a sin and a shame, a playful rule suggesting why one would return home to mother.
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The
Pittsburg Post
East Indian Visitor Inspects Ames College
Mr. A. C. Ghosh of Bengal Calcutta India visited the Ames College campus last week. A Cornell University graduate he earned a B A from Calcutta University and studied law before entering Bengal Provincial College. He trained in American agriculture for two years and specializes in horticulture and agronomy. He plans to return to India next winter to teach at the Bengal College of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames College
A. C. Ghosh
Bengal
Calcutta
India
Ghosh
Cornell University
New York
Calcutta University
Provincial College
Government of
Bengal College of Agriculture
Tory County Sunday School Convention
The Tory County Sunday School Convention will be held October 17 and 18 in Ames. The event gathers local church groups for meetings, talks, and activities focusing on religious education and community outreach.
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Tory County
Ames
Seed Corn Week urged for Iowa farmers to save seed ears
The Iowa State College extension urges farmers to harvest seed corn by October 5 and dry thoroughly. It argues saving ears now boosts next year’s crop and wealth, advises selecting well matured ears from vigorous stalks, tying into 15 to 20 ear bundles, and hanging in attics for air circulation to prevent freezing damage. It notes Iowa’s 209,000 farms average 45 acres of corn and calls for cooperative seed saving.
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Department of Agricultural Extension
Iowa State College
The
College Extension Department
Iowa
Lowa
The Time to Open Iowa Street Initiative
A brief notice urges beginning work on Iowa Street at once to prevent delays and potential incidents. It calls for prompt action by officials and contractors to safeguard traffic flow and public safety.
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Iowa Street
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Benj. F. Shambaugh
Iowa Journal of History and Politics
Owa Wall Street
Ames Maniac
Royal Bengal
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