Civic Improvement Society elects new Ames officers
In Mono club rooms the Civic Improvement Society elected new officers for the coming year led by president Mrs Ed Little and vice president Mrs Frank Linebaugh. The group praised outgoing president Mrs Christ for establishing a bandstand, fountains and a rest room. The society plans a downtown gym and pool and reports nearly five hundred dollars raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mono Club
Civic Improvement Society
Ed Little
Frank Linebaugh
Clara Little
Mano Club
Christ
City
Onondaga Street
Kellogg and
Douglass Avenues
City of
Ames
Social Farewell and Club Events Collected News
Methodist church to host a farewell for Rev and Mrs Shea next Tuesday at 7 30 pm in the assembly room all are invited. Chi Chi club hosted by Miss Florence Tunis Monday evening. Michigan faculty picnic at Prof Holden's residence with over forty attendees. Ontario Cemetery supper at the church next Wednesday 25 cents. Alumni Pi Beta Phi dinner hosted by Mrs Herman Knapp with twenty guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Holden
Ontario Cemetery Association
Herman Knapp
Pi Beta Phi
Personal mentions from Ames area notes and visits
Local items recount visits and activities of residents. Mrs H G Erb returned from Masonville Iowa after ten weeks with her son R J Erb, and his June butter output neared 59 000 pounds. A baby girl born to the Erbs on July 24 is the family’s first grandchild. Miss Sadie Dierks of Los Angeles dies. funeral in Clinton. Fort McDowell leaves for Crawford Nebraska to practice law. Mrs George Burton hosts visitors from Collins. Various residents take jobs, attend gatherings, and travel for business or leisure in Ames and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Erb
R. J. Erb
Masonville
Iowa
Erb
H. K. Campbell
Sadie Dierks
Los Angeles
Cal
Clinton
Campbell
Fort McDowell
Crawford
Neb
McDowell
Ames
George Burton
Myrna Fish
Julia Anderson
Collins
Marie Klinger
Lemmon’s
Jessie Parker
Lincoln in California Attends Guard Officers Meeting
General James Rush Lincoln with the Adjutant-General of Iowa attends a Los Angeles gathering of National Guard and Army officers to align guard standards with regular army requirements. Lincoln notes a pleasant California journey and reports scarce water along the Rio Grande in New Mexico.
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James Rush Lincoln
Iowa
National Guard
Los Angeles
Cal
Lincoln
California
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Squaw
Big Chief Flour Price and Guarantee Offer
Big Chief Flour offered at $1.45 per sack with a money back guarantee. Advertisement by J. B. Kooser & Co, listing a business address 27-21.
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J. B. Kooser & Co
Bold robbery shocks Boone as cider press vanishes
A large cider press, seven acres of property, a barrel of vinegar and a half-barrel of cider were stolen from James McCullough’s yard on North Division Street. A woven wire fence hole allowed the haul, with police investigating the bold theft described as among the town’s most daring in years.
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Boone
James McCullough
North Division Street
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
We express gratitude for the kindnesses shown during the long illness and death of our beloved mother. Signed by Mr. and Mrs F L Carpenter, Mr. and Mrs W R McKinley, Mr. and Mrs Cort Evans, and Mrs Nettie Reitzel.
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F. L. Carpenter
W. R McKinley
Cort Evans
Nettie Reitzel
Mrs Dyer to Lead Water Color and China Painting Class
Mrs Dyer will form beginning classes in water color and china painting starting Thursday October 21. The program targets beginners and will cover basic techniques and materials.
Robbery at Pike Avenue House Targets College Boarders
Bold robbers raided G. B Deacon’s home at 139 Pike Avenue Tuesday night. Two agriculture students who room there were robbed of money and clothing including a suit, watch, sweater, two pocket knives, and $15. A second victim, P H Hogrefe of Battle Creek, Neb., lost $5, and Thomas Batchelder of Clinton had $5 taken. The clothes were found the next morning in a neighbor’s yard. no arrests yet, but suspects may lead to an arrest soon.
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G. B Deacon
Pike Avenue
P H. Hogrefe
Battle Creek
Neb
Thomas Batchelder
Clinton
Hyzer
The Fighting Parson Comes to the Armory
The Fighting Parson arrives at the Armory on Thursday evening October 21. Producer F Mann reports strong audience interest and solid financial success from the Chicago opening as the show tours.
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Armory
Chicago
F. Mann
Dieffenbacher Dominates Story County Fair Exhibits
J M Dieffenbacher won forty four first premiums and five second on vegetables and fruit at the Story County fair. He also earned the Burpee premium of five dollars for best display from Burpee seeds, totaling forty two dollars and seventy five cents in winnings. He notes he has harvested seventeen bushels from a single Clinton grape vine with more to come, awaiting Dr Cessna final approval.
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J. M. Dieffenbacher
Diffenbacher
Clinton
Cessna
Conaway Named for Bishop by Des Moines Conference
The Ames Intelligencer editor F. R. Conaway, famed as a smooth politician, presented ministers at the Methodist conference with formal titles and the Dr designation. The Audubon Republican notes a solid vote for him if he runs for Bishop at the Des Moines conference.
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F. R. Conaway
The
Ames Intelligencer
Des Moines
Audubon Republican
Rev Dr Manning Honored At Annual Conference
The Ames Intelligencer reports that all attending preachers at the recent annual conference in Ames were conferred the title of doctor. The edict of Editor Conaway names Rev Dr W R Manning of the Mitchellville charge as part of the honor.
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Ames Intelligencer
Conaway
W. R. Manning
Mitchellville
Mitchellville Index
The Man with the Money
A quote on farmer business life noting farmers always have work and money drifting in for spending.
The Law of Life Is Strife Says Roosevelt Quote
Theodore Roosevelt argues that worthy life stems from labor and painful effort and grim energy and resolute courage. The line emphasizes struggle as a path to higher outcomes.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Cessna Heads to Denver for Winter Visit
Mr. Frank Cessna started this morning for Denver where he will spend the winter.
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Frank Cessna
Denver
Why does the man listening to a story always say
A man listening to a story often interrupts with a remark that shifts the topic. He says That reminds me to pivot toward a related or unrelated memory or anecdote. The pattern reflects cognitive association and a desire to connect or relate personal experience to the tale being told.
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Care Intelligencer
J. E. Campbell
Mutual
West Gate
Gertrude Bradford
Ferrand
College St
Canada Land
Saskatchewan
John Kent
West St
Geo. Roberson
Albert
Peter Paulson
Guthrie
Okla
Wottenwood
Cimarron
Red Rock
H. A. McCandless
Perry
Douglas Ave
Boone St
P. R. Shugart
E. Boone
Lost
St—Lady'’S
L. H
Onondaga St
Intelligencer Office
Iowa State College
A. H.T
Intelligencer
Linn Avenue
Virginia
Taurence Casselman
Meleano
N.bc
Casselmann& Co
Richmond
ADAMS
J.W. Adams
Cash Grocery
Peer Ohane
E Aodan
Book and Basket Club
Elmer Sowers
Pr. KE. O
P. EB. O. Society
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Mary C. Cattell
Hyland Avenue
Civic Improvement Society of
West Ames
Ira S. Shaw
West Street
Ames Social Affairs
J. D. Stilwell
Omaha
John Cole
Dan Stilwell
Sheeler
Kingsley
Levi Thomas
Christy
Miss Friday
Murray
Anna Nichols
Kathryn Cole
Galesburg
Ill
Misses Cole
Eagle Grove
I. J. Allen
Blanche Allen
Nevada
Bert Allen
Mary Belt
Frank Danforth
West
C. Crowell
A. B. Storms
Mina Green
Napier
Amanda Thomas
Harvey Morgan
Kellogg
H. W. Watts
Gen. Lincoln
Big Chief
Hart Schaffner
Marx
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Tilden Brothers & Co
Hart Schaffner & Marx
John Allan
Dutch Joe’s
Dyer
Bishop
Sarry
Gver
Scenic Theatre
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