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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1906
Page
7
The article describes a shift on campus from informal to formal landscaping under the Olmstead plan. It likens formal roads to orderly corn rows and laments the loss of the wooded dale as trees are felled for the classic landscape, with strong tone about aesthetics and tradition.
Dr. Storms states Olmsted Brothers do not urge abandoning the campus landscape but urge formal relations among Central Building Engineering Hall and the new agriculture hall. Site choices balance the main building and avoid staggered placement while preserving naturalistic, winding drives and park character.
Caleb Warner aged 70 is indicted in Boone for rape. Prohibitionists meet at Boone County convention on October ninth. The Gazette predicts Collins school girls will excel in basketball. Mrs Anna Wagley’s infant in Cambridge is dangerously ill with spinal trouble. A Milwaukee freight wrecked at Slater Thursday. Four cars now used for kindling wood. Harry McKee a socialist organizer spoke at Cambridge and Cole. Collins showed warlike mood as Tama reservation Indians camped nearby. Dogs scarce and hens missing since then. H N Donhowe investigated Alfred Overland death by automobile with no apparent blame. Story City Herald expects Milwaukee Road officers Earlings to support the widow. otherwise legal steps may follow.
The Ames City Council invites sealed bids by 8:00 p m October 22 1906 for construction of sanitary sewers and sub drains in several streets. Bids must include a five percent certified check retained as liquidated damages. The city will meet October 22 1906 to consider bids.
Andrew Townsend Hisey delivered a governor campaign speech in Ames on Thursday night at the Story County Bank Corner. About one hundred people attended the hourlong address.
The city council met Monday evening and adopted three ordinances. Resolutions dedicated Riverside Drive linking Boone Street between General Lincoln and Frank Graves homes. A grade was established on Birch Street. A permit was issued to J A Shugart to place scales at his feed store. Board adjourned until Wednesday at 1 pm with all members present except Jacobsen.
A letter to Mr Daniel McCarthy Iowa discusses long lasting paint performance. Samuel Henner of Hammond Illinois used Devoe lead and zinc paint seven years ago and the house still looks well. Devoe dealer Jacob Krall and distributor Loughran and Bauer back the claims.
Imperial Agricultural Attache Ola Kaumann visited Ames hosted by I. H. C. He spends five months in the United States studying agricultural conditions with headquarters in Chicago. In Ames he secured cuts and photos of Prof. M. L. Bowman for a corn book.
James Mauser of Climax Springs Missouri writes to thank the Intelligencer for improvements in quantity and quality across departments, praising the newspaper and sending regards to the editor.
The school board met Monday night with full attendance but no action taken. They debated the plumbing situation at the high school as several students faced decisions about the building.
A brief item notes a topic labeled 37 Out The Kind You Have Always Bought. The readable fragment suggests a discussion or reference to a longstanding requirement or standard associated with a familiar phrase. No names, dates, or places are clearly identified in the text.
Eastern Star tonight Mystic Encampment Friday G A R Saturday Highland Nobles Monday Odd Fellows Tuesday Red Men Wednesday
The I O O F grand lodge meets in Dubuque October 14 to 17 while the Eastern Star convenes in Mason City October 19. Rebekahs host Odd Fellows in Slater Friday. Arcadia Masonic lodge marks October 15 anniversary from 1868 with celebration plans. Knights Templars of Nevada held a smoker with speakers Ad dison McCall Mills Simser and Dr. Smith. Royal Arch Masons meet in Marshalltown this week. Ames delegates include F N Fowler Prof F C French and Dr C E Hunt. J A Wellington of Story City named district deputy. The fourteenth district covers Marshall and Story counties.
Considerable interest rises in high school lawn tennis as contestants vie for the title. The singles final pits Roy Brown for the seniors against Robin McKay of the sophomores on Wednesday night. Doubles follow Thursday with Brown and Gardner representing the seniors versus McKay and Cave of the sophomores. A pennant will go to the winning class for one year.
Farmers thresh in To ton with oats below expectations. W J Veneman collected four ears of Reed's Yellow Dent corn from Mart Applegate farm. Applegate yield likey near 100 bushels per acre. BE Fisher brings a Chinese cucumber weighing 17.25 pounds and 20 inches in circumference from Boone county.
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