Ames Sees Bold City Improvements Drive Growth
Ames rushes major upgrades with new educational and government buildings. High School work advances with a three story plan and a 70 yard auditorium. Central Heating Plant praised for power and reach. New Veterinary and South Side Ward schools near finish, Post Office shell advancing, gas plant upgrades ready, private homes under rapid construction as paving continues along Grand Avenue.
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Zitterell
Lincoln School
South Side Ward
College
Supt Benson
Benish
Olsan
F. Poteet
Fire Prevention Day Set For November First
Next Wednesday designated as Fire Prevention Day by the governor's proclamation. Public Schools will present facts on fire waste and prevention, urging citizens to foster care in homes and businesses, and to question Ames on how to prevent fires. Citizens urged to act as a single committee of one for fire safety.
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Ames
Miss Cassidy Taken Ill and Hospitalized in Des Moines
Miss Eva Cassidy, staying with her aunt on East Boone Street, fell ill Monday after days of mild sickness while working as a telephone operator for Iowa Telephone. Doctor diagnosed appendicitis and she and her mother, Mrs. C. C. Newhard, were taken to the Methodist hospital in Des Moines Tuesday morning. Dr. Smouse operated at 1 p.m. and she is reported to be doing as well as can be expected.
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Miss Cassidy
Eva Cassidy
Edward Coe
East Boone Street
Iowa Telephone Company
Christ
C. C. Newhard
Methodist
Des Moines
Smouse
G A R Opens Drive to Mark Unmarked Graves
The G A R posts begin securing military records for soldiers buried in Ames Bloomington Ontario and Evergreen cemeteries to obtain government stone markers. Messrs Thomas Miller A H Thayer and Dr J C Copestake chair the inquiry. Data gaps on death dates and commands slow progress as Nebraska enters the effort.
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Ames
Bloomington
Ontario
Evergreen
Messrs
Thos. Miller
A. H. Thayer
J. C. Copestake
Ames Odd Fellows at Grand Lodge event in Council Bluffs
Ames delegates attended the Grand Lodge of Iowa Odd Fellows sessions in Council Bluffs including Mrs. C E Holmes Col C E Lyman Col E Stayner Gen E B Lamberts Capt R D Gable and Wm Hulett The parade on Wednesday was a highlight with a long two mile line of march and the next Iowa Grand Lodge session set for Sioux City in fall 1912
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Grand Lodge of Iowa Odd Fellows
Council Bluffs
Order
Rebekah
Ames
C.E. Holmes
C. E. Lyman
M. A. Raney
E. Stayner
E. B. Lambert
R. D. Cable
Wm. Huleit
Iowa
Grand Lodge
Rebekah Assembly
Holmes
Lyman
Gable
Stayner
Hulett
Missouri
Coupell Bluffs
S. S. Stevenson
J. FP. McGinty
Knowlton
Rebekahs
Lena T. Ring
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Canton
Arcadia Lodge to Confer Third Degree and Halloween Event
Arcadia Lodge No. 249 A F and A M holds a special meeting Thursday at 4 00 p m at their lodge rooms to confer the third degree on three candidates with supper at 6310 sharp Past Master Charles Bolts from Virginia will confer one degree as in 1776. Eastern Star officers invite Chapter members and families to a Halloween party at the Masonic hall on October 31 1911 with additional invitations not offered.
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Arcadia Lodge No
Charles Bolts
Virginia
Eastern Star
The
Masonic Hall
Rebekahs Plan Meeting at Odd Fellows Hall
The Rebekahs schedule a meeting at Odd Fellows Hall for Friday evening with a candidate to be initiated and a full attendance of members urged.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Dairy Team Heads to Chicago for Practice Judging
Professor W. W. Kildee leads the college dairy judging team to Chicago and Lake Forest Illinois for practice before the big contest. Team members are James Watson A N Dunlop and G B Harmon, top scorers at Waterloo trials. Mrs Fay Cord Lagen of Ames leaves the stage to settle in New York City and assist her husband in booking tours.
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Chicago
W. W. Kildee
Lake Forest
Illinois
James Watson
A. N. Dunlop
G. B. Harmon
Waterloo
Ames
Fay Cord-Lagen
America
Europe
New York City
Professor Adolph Shane Returns to I B C Teaching
After weeks of illness Professor Adolph Shane resumes teaching in the Engineering department at I B C last week.
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Shane
Adolph Shane
Holden Urged To Enter Iowa Governor Race
A spring remark by Professor Perry Greeley Holden about running for governor sparked a statewide booster movement. Commercial clubs praise his rural development focus, industrial drive, and unpolitical leadership style, urging Holden to run to build a more prosperous Iowa with less partisan politics.
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Perry Greeley Holden
Earnie Moore
Cedar Rapids
Holden
Iowa
Goernor
Professor Holden
the Intelligencer
Ames
Holden for Governor echoed in Iowa campaign plea
Rumors point to Professor Holden as a gubernatorial candidate on a platform of Iowa for Iowans. The Des Moines Tribune urges a campaign focused on better towns, schools, farming, and local reform while cautioning about national political risk. Also notes Dr. R. E. Buchanan of Iowa State College authoring a 1500 page veterinary bacteriology textbook.
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Iowa
Des Moines Tribune
Professor Holden
New Ames
R. E. Buchanan
Special Convocation On Campus With Dr Spraks
A special convocation was held at 9:15 Monday in the Ag Assembly to hear Dr Spraks of the Pennsylvania Agricultural College. It drew the largest attendance for such an event and focused on shifting ideals of student life with strong, truthful remarks impressing the student body.
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Dr. Spraks
Pennsylvania Agricultural College
Special Delivery Rules for Immediate Mail Delivery
A detailed description of special delivery services and fees across post offices. It covers use of ordinary stamps with the words Special Delivery on envelopes, eight cent clerk fees, Sunday and holiday deliveries, hours of service, and procedures if delivery fails. It also explains forwarding limitations and rural carrier duties within route distances.
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United States
Ames
Ames Men Who Registered
By the middle of last week all the land seekers had returned from Gregory and Dallas South Dakota and were pursuing their ordinary vocations. Mrs Anna Graves Miss Le One Graves Messrs Ed Graves Frank Stultz Frank Sellers Frank Thies Russell Kenyon and Harry Tong W A Peny Arthur Buck T J Loughran Gene Burton Leo Burton J E Campbell and R H McCarthy.
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Ames
Gregory
Dallas
South Dakota
Anna Graves
Miss Leone Graves
Messrs
Ed Graves
Frank Stultz
Frank Sellers
Frank Thies
Russell Kenyon
Harry Tong
W. A. Peny
Arthur Buck
T. J. Loughran
Gene Burton
Leo Burton
J. E. Campbell
R. H. McCarthy
Ames Men Attend League Meeting in Davenport
Mayor Sheldon and Superintendent Linebaugh returned Friday from the League of Municipalities session in Davenport. Attendance was lighter than usual, doubtless because Davenport’s location discouraged representatives from smaller western cities and towns.
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Ames
Sheldon
Linebaugh
League of Municipalities
Davenport
Cornell banners linger in Iowa City after game
After the Cornell game in Iowa City fans collect leftover banners and yells from Ames, sparking interest in securing these mementos. The scene captures local enthusiasm and cross-town sports chatter.
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Iowa City
Cornell
Ames
New Fraternity Installed at Ames
Phi Kappa Phi established at Iowa State College as the first chapter west of New England. President Sparks leads the ceremony with a banquet and speeches on fraternity ideals and standards. Charter members total 29 with ongoing plans to expand faculty and senior participation.
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President Speaks
Allegheny Mountains
Phi Kappa Phi
Spraks
Pennsylvania State College
New England
J. E. Brindley
B. W. Stanton
Isearch
L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
W. Beyer
Democracy and ‘Fraternity
E. EB. Sparks
Ise
S.C
Made
C. Otis
A. Marston
C. A. Stang “Kennedy
W.H. Stevenson
H. Pammel
A Buchanan
L. F .Donald
F. A
A. W. Cox
L. B. Se
W. F. Cooper
A. H
Beyer
J. E. Kirkham
J. R. Lincoln
L. C. Burnett
Murphy
J. L.’ Jodidi
Frost Brings Large Cattle Run To Kansas City Market
Kansas City Stock Yards October 23 1911 cattle market notes show biggest weekly run of year, demand from country absorbs stockers and feeders, 28 000 cattle shipped to country, 900 carloads total. Prices steady with wide ranges for feeders stockers and cows, supply remains high with 30 000 head Monday run. J A Rickert market correspondent reports shipments to be shipped or fed, reducing holdover and stabilizing near term supplies.
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Kansas City
Kansas
J. A.rickert
Minchin Attends Two Chicago Conferences
Rev W J Minchin returned Friday from Chicago where he attended two conferences the National Brotherhood meeting and the American Missionary Association of the Congregational church sessions held at the First Congregational church The Register and Leader praised the Missouri game coverage as a fine write up with Mr Stevenson from the sports staff as spectator and contributor of the dops.
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W. J. Minchin
Chicago
National Brotherhood
American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
Register
Leader
Stevenson
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