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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1909
Page
8
In Ames, Congregational Church and Church of Christ announce services and Bible study plans. A town column reports on weddings, illnesses, funeral attendance, Sunday dinners, college day visits, rail career moves, fair attendance, and multiple neighbors visiting, traveling, or hosting events.
Dalas Center resident Lester Hester visited local friends last week while Fred Randall from Ames visited his sister Mrs. M A Lyon. The community hosted many visitors from Webster City Ames and Sioux Rapids. Ole Prescott of Milford, age 80, lingered after a wagon accident near Nevada with life hanging in the balance. A baby boy born October 2 died October 3, prompting community sympathy and a short funeral at Ames cemetery.
The event features Senator Cummins praising Ames College and its impact on farming, education, and domestic science. The football event ends in ties as Ames and Coe draw 11 5, with remarks on Iowa’s resources, roads, and population trends and Uncle Henry Wallace extolling Iowa’s statehood and farming future.
Andrew M. Shea leads as minister. Sunday School at 9 45 a m with F M Cupps lectures. sermon at 11 a m. Class meeting led by T dé Miller at 12 15 p m. Epworth League discusses The Forgiven Unforgiving at 6 20 p m led by L C Myers. sermon at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Walter I. Fowle leads a church program with Bible school at 9:45 and sermons at 1:00 and 7:30. Evening services feature B Y P U at 6:30 and a sermon contrasting The Philosopher of the Big Style versus The Man of Galilee in the second floor hall.
Sunday services at 10:45 in Smith's Hall with the subject Are Sin Disease and Death Real. Eleven words suggest a reflective gathering for worship and discussion.
College chapel announces that Dr Rev Van Pelt of Cornell will speak next Sunday. Rev Van Pelt is introduced as the new head of the Cornell academy.
Pleasant W. Bishop, minister, preached at Gilbert Iowa Cumberland Presbyterian church last Sunday. He will present a series on the world’s creation with daily paintings and explanations. Next service set for Sunday Oct 17 at 2 30. Miss Summy of Ames led the music and was praised.
The Hon. Mr. Lobeck of Minnesota, a Prohibition party legislator, will speak at the Lutheran church Sunday evening October 19. He is described as a leading temperance orator. Some members hope to arrange a second talk in Scandinavian the following evening but details are not yet settled.
Financial report shows balance on hand in 1908 and payments for improvements. Figures include totals and scattered monetary amounts indicating capital and expenditures for the Ames Chautauqua over the period 1908 1999.
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