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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
1
Preparations underway for Ames 41st birthday celebration with stock parade and football events. Visitors can view exhibits, hear music by the college band, and watch a livestock parade at 1 00 p m while authorities ensure security and transportation for the crowds.
Commercial Club votes unanimously to back a franchise on Onondaga street for the Interurban line. J L Blake explains necessity of franchise while city rights and competition protections are urged. Council to draft ordinance, St Louis league delegates named, outlook described as enthusiastic for the year.
A new law requires township and county governments to pay for disinfection after a contagious disease in a home. The measure is framed as a public good and the public should bear the cost.
Frank Nelson cut his finger on a sliver last Monday and is troubled by bleeding as infection risk grows. Local note from Story City Hep reports the incident and continuing concern.
William G. Allen of Nevada writes in the Story County Aegis describing Ames as a brisk village near the Agricultural College farm at the fork of Skunk river and Squaw creek, eight miles west of Nevada by rail, with Congregational and Methodist churches and plans for a steam saw mill by Scott and Stevens.
A resident of Story City, J A Wellington, had a pocket book with valuable papers and $100 stolen. Reports say local thieves are active with several robberies nearby and chicken thieves raid farms in Hardin and Story counties, with 50 to 76 chickens taken from Tim Keefe’s Roaming property last week. Farmers fear further losses as raids continue.
Dan Diggins about 40 years old disappeared from his home near Il bert months ago. He suffered spells of insanity. Relatives searched unsuccessfully until last Friday when his dead body was found near La Porte Indiana.
A concise maxim from Socrates urges modesty in childhood temperance in youth justice in manhood and prudence in old age, reflecting a life-long code of conduct.
John Clinton of five miles west of Gilbert died Friday after a farm accident last Wednesday. He injured himself while lifting a pig over a fence, suffering a compound rupture that led to peritonitis. He left a wife and a four year old son. Funeral services were held Sunday at St Peters church Father Renier of Ames conducted the service.
P. D. Ozmans house two and a half miles north of town burned Sunday. Fire started in the kitchen flue and quickly consumed the upper rooms. Loss estimated at 1500 dollars with 650 dollars insured. The young couple faced heavy losses to rebuild their home and belongings.
Friday and Saturday saw heavy crowds at Story County and Ames Savings banks as taxpayers move to avoid penalties. Mayor Sheldon notes most taxes are paid, but a portion will face penalties, confirmed by Ames Savings bank.
Professor G L McKay met with Iowa Butter officials in Des Moines to push dairy law changes aligning with pure food rules. They agreed to seek a law at the next legislature requiring separators be scalded after each use and to license creameries pro rata to butter output.
W Hedrick sold an 80 acre Ames area farm for 120 dollars per acre to Charles Dudgeon. Jacob Ersland bought the Christianson property at Slater and will take possession December first after selling his old homestead to Oliver Mahoney for 115 dollars per acre. Otis Briggs place east of Nevada sold to C H Garvin for 125 dollars per acre, a 100 acre tract with strong improvements. Oley Fritz purchased the Levert Helland property near Slater.
A long notice details numerous real estate transfers including William D Hodge to JIL Stevens for thousands plus fractional lots in Ames City, Erick E Evans to O M Anderson for $2000, Ole A Fritz transfers, and other conveyances with lots, blocks, and quarters described. Includes names, prices, and parcel references across multiple tracts in Ames and surrounding parcels.
A lighthearted note contrasts romance with treats as a healthy girl seeks simple pleasures like ice cream and lobster salad, implying desire for comforting indulgences amid promises and glances.
Faculty oppose new campus plan as Olmstead landscape study endorses shifting the Agricultural building into a formal French style layout. Debate centers on preserving English informal grounds versus straight roads and classic landscaping to accommodate growth.
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