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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
5
Ames prepares for visitors with flags and bunting while residents boost the college and town pride. Notes on local exams, new store on Hyland avenue, renovations, a derailed caboose, and plans to show Ames to guests accompany reports of health, weather, farming, and business updates.
Various Ames churches report Sunday services with Holy Communion at St John’s Episcopal Church and sermons at the Congregational, Catholic, M E and other denominations. Rev H D Williams preaches at several venues as choirs and Bible school draw crowds. Ground broken for a new Christian parsonage. funeral held for Mrs Jordan in Quincy.
A series of wedding notices from Nevada, Iowa Falls, Maxwell, Collins and surrounding areas lists couples married in September and October. Notable unions include Cora Patterson with R H Wingate in Gilbert, Homer Applegate with Eva Woodcock in Seattle, Edna Ruth Riddlesbarger with Perry A Satterlee in Nevada, Clyde Kinser with Ida Camac in Cedar Rapids, Maude Prather with Martin McCoy in Colo, Luella Black with Mead Tomlinson in Maxwell, Jessie Conn with Frank Bobo in Nevada, Lena Jones with Clarence Cheever in Cliterell Minnesota, Ella Cummins with W C Brouhard in Nevada, and others, with home plans and occupations noted.
The Lincoln church at Huxley is being repaired. Rev. R. B. Shaw of Nevada has been visiting in Kansas and Nebraska. The Presbyterian church of State Center has celebrated its 40th anniversary. Rev. A. Pruitt and family left Wednesday night for their new home at Irwin Iowa. J. J. Grove was in Des Moines Tuesday.
Marie McIntosh aged 13 years 11 months daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert C McIntosh of Grant Township died September 29 from cerebro spinal meningitis Funeral services were conducted Monday by Rev I O Simon of the Lutheran church Cooper Forbes Cooper son of Mr and Mrs Charles Cooper residing four miles west of Ames died Friday after a long illness His funeral was at St Peters Catholic church near Gilbert Father Renier officiated Forbes described as a young man of sterling character His parents brothers and sisters express sympathy from many friends
The Free Traveling Library of Iowa requests the return of Stevenson's Child Garden of Verse to Kirrie B. Freed, Librarian, for the public library.
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