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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
2
The piece notes Ames readers, including students and workers, frequenting the city library for reference works and the need for updated collections. It laments campus changes, the planned Agricultural building, and a forthcoming board meeting amid debate over priorities and Roosevelt birthday programs.
Marie McIntosh is dangerously ill at Nevada. John Peck of McCalisburg visits Euclid Minnesota. C. H. Coffelt and wife own the hearing hotel. W. G. Wright of Nevada is laid up with a injured leg. C. H. Balliet of Omaha Neb visited his sister in Nevada Friday. Chas Olinger of Nevada is in Minneapolis and Bismarck on business. Miss Inger Severeid of Story City was a Minneapolis visitor last week. Henry Kloster returned to Huxley after illness in Washington. Mrs Will Thatcher and daughter of Zearing travel to Colorado this week. L O Lasseson of Story City returns from Minnesota trip. Mrs O A Goard of Roland visiting Northern Iowa and Minnesota.
The Ames City Band reports on residents and visitors. Drake University student Miss Malinda Skromme and many townspeople travel, visit, and relocate as people attend schools, churches, and farms across Minnesota and the Dakotas.
George McQuiston reports 65 Jersey Red pigs born in one day. Klump sells 180 Short Horns at State Center sale. Worsley ships horses to Chicago. Pincomb buys Illinois horses at $400 each. Harris and Riddlebarger return with four car loads to Nevada. Anderson buys 50 Texas calves for his farm. Wilson ships cattle from Ames in a large herd sighted on Ames streets. American Express sued in Fort Dodge over a hog valued at $1,000 killed in transit, Swiney Bros. alleging the wagon drop caused injuries. Iowa State College poultry project plans a 17 1 2 acre, cement-floored complex with incubator and 420-fowl capacity, near the Interurban line, under Prof. Pierce with Opperman supervising in Ames.
The college grounds were dedicated with a large celebration drawing visitors from central Iowa. An old fashioned barbecue and speeches created a festive atmosphere as attendees braved cold weather. The piece notes historical remarks about Republican speeches in Nevada and hints at ongoing exhibits for visitors.
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