Local notices and university talk from Ames and Nevada
The Intelligencer reports visiting friends, weddings and licenses issued in October. A letter from the University Association of Chicago defends its extension plan as a public education effort. Ames contest judges orations from six societies with J. R. Davidson winning first, Effie Curtiss second, and E. E. Sampson third after misreported results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Association of Chicago
Ames
Eorror Intelligencer
Chicago University Extension
United States
University of Chicago
Chicago
Peoples Institute
Bonney
International Council
Central States
the University Association
W. E. Ernst
Sec
J. R. Davidson
Benedict Arnold
Davidson
Effie Curtiss
Hamilton
C. H. Eckles
America
E. E. Sampson
Local notes from Nevada and Blairsburg
Miss Marie Mowland traveled to Nevada on Monday while Edith George has been ill for a week. Cecil Gossard of Nevada visits relatives and Rev. Julius Marks of Blairsburg will lead the Congregational pulpit Sunday. Mrs. R. W. Crane heads to Chicago to join her husband in their new home. The C. E. social earned funds for church lamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Gossard
Nevada
Julius Marks
Blairsburg
R. W. Crane
Chicago
Mary Jones Dies of Typhoid at Ontario Home
Mary Jones daughter of Geo Jones dies at her father’s home three miles north of Ontario on Thursday October 24 from typhoid fever. Funeral held Saturday in Ontario Christian church led by Rev Hickey. Born in Story county she taught in Story Sac and Buena Vista counties. She was twenty eight. Many friends mourn her loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jones
Geo. Jones
Ontario
Christian Church
Hickey
Story County
Sac
Buena Vista
Miss Jones
Death of Dr. Smith Leaves mournful void in Iowa medical circles
Irving W. Smith reports the death of Dr. Smith in California on the 29th. A member of the first class to graduate from the I. A. C. he practiced in Charles City and Ames before moving to California seeking relief from consumption. He died of fever, not tuberculosis, after mixed health outcomes earlier this year. Classmates and friends mourn his loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving W. Smith
Stalker
California
Dr. Smith
Smith
Charles City
Fairchild
Clinton
Ames
Calfornia
Early settler Reuben Tripp remembered in Story County death
Reuben Tripp born March 10 1828 in Columbia County New York. He moved to Cedar County Iowa in 1841 and married Mary Kelri in 1873. The couple later settled in Story County where Tripp died suddenly last Saturday morning. Funeral led by J K Hester at the Christian church drew a large crowd of friends admiring his manly and sociable nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Tripp
Columbia Co
New York
Iowa
Cedar Co
Mary Kelri
Story County
J. K. Hester
Christian Church
Boone Ames teachers take educational vacation trip
School staff from Boone and Ames traveled together on a special car last Friday to Chicago to observe new teaching methods. The vacation with pay benefits the students, while Supt. Miller, Principal Culbertson, and Mrs. Til den lead the excursion joined by several wives and other teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Boone
Miller
Culbertson
No. 2
Ames
Tilden
Greeley
Miss Sheldon
M. K. Smith and Son
H. P. McLain
Martin
English Journal for Agricultural Science Urged by Warrington
The Scottish Farmer reviews Mr. Warrington’s Ipswich talk urging an English agricultural journal for public access. It praises clear writing like American stations, notes many US scientists write in accessible language, and contrasts with limited English prose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipswich
R. Warrington
Oxford
Warrington
United States
Public Auction at Ontario to sale cattle and horses
W H Johnson will offer at public auction at his residence one and a half miles southwest of Ontario on Thursday November 7 forty head of cattle including six milch cows twenty five head of steers nine head heifers five horses will be sold. Irwin Randall Co sells scoop boards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnson
Ontario
Foreign workers and poll tax duties debated in Wallace's Farmer
A reader asks if a foreign monthly-hired worker owning no property and lacking papers is entitled to vote or must pay poll tax. Our attorney cites law protecting both alien and voter, stating the poll tax is a price for the country's protection and should be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.R. L
Wallaces
Wallace
Closing the Campaign Engagements of Capt Brown
Captain Brown has kept busy with 60 speeches in 60 days. He spoke in Benton and Keokuk Counties last week and in Guthrie and Woodbury this week, then filled second engagements in Stuart and Sioux City before closing the campaign at a Union Mass Meeting of churches in Council Bluffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Benton
Keokuk
Guthrie
Woodbury
Stuart
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Ferguson v Hinkle Horse Case Ends in Defendant Victory
Hearing before Justice Lough last Tuesday featured C G Lee and J A Baker for the plaintiff and G A Underwood for the defendant. The case claims Grandpn Hinkle rode the plaintiff's horse to water, the horse died from hard riding after watering, and the defendant won the jury verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferguson Vs Hinkle
Ferguson
Eloquent Bob Cousins Captivates Ames Political Meeting
The opera house housed a large audience on Thursday as Bob Cousins spoke on hard times and a protective tariff. Republican delegates and liberal factions attended while Hon. James Wilson chaired and a district representative targeted the opposition with sharp rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Cousins
James Wilson
Ames
Cousins
Lowa
Mammoth Uncle Tom's Cabin Co at Opera House Saturday
Gaylord Merrick presents a 25 member company with brass band orchestra jubilee singers ponies and more at the Opera House Saturday November 2. A noon street parade and free open air concert by the traveling group will precede the show. Seats on sale 35 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord & Merrick’s
Mammoth Uncle Tom’s Cabin Co
Opera House
Jubilee Singers
Ponies
Darkies
Blood-Bounds &c
Riverside and Peoria Stoves Promote Gift Robes
THURSTON GRAHAM advertises Robes at Cooley Jones for birthday gifts. They feature genuine Mohair plush chases and emphasize being best in the market for stoves and heaters in Riverside and Peoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Peoria
Thurston & Graham
Cooley & Jones
Thurston & Graham’s
Harper's Magazine to Feature William Black Novel Ariscis
The year ends with Harper's announcing a six part serial Ariscis by William Black. The heroine is a Greek girl from Aberdeenshire, with illustrations by W. T. Smedley in Scotland and London. In December the first installment will appear alongside Briseis and other attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
William Black
Ariscis
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
London
New York
W. T. Smedley
Briseis
Harper’s
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the Intelligencer
Hudson Bros. Publishers
Lee Will
Maxwell
Miss Fellows
Miss Leighty
Missouri
B. F. Winsett
James Milne
Presbyterian Church
Geo. W. Dyer
Prof. Weld
D. M. Grove
C. Hamilton
M. W. Bushman
Republican Party
Thos. T. Olson
Linda Tevitt
Nathan Bates
Ruth Alline
Wilson Sills
Florence Fisher
Zebina K. Graves
Sadie E. Freeland
John K. Elwell
Mary Ambrose
Geo. A. Clone
Sylvia L. Thompson
Martin Holland
Lillie Nelson
J. E. Drybread
Lorina S. Lockridge
Fred Reaush
Tracy Weigle
Frank Campbell
Lydia Lodhunter
S. R. Dennis
Phoebe A. Bowers
Credentials
Marie Mowland
Edith George
C. E. Social
Irwin, Randall & Co
Justices Court
Log Cabin
Adams Bros
Goble’s
Urer
Frank Patrick
Ames Iowa
S. G. Hamilton
Gable
Irwin Randall & Co
Z. Shugart
Mankato
Minn
Bingham & Co
Schuttler
Studebaker
Harrison
Thurston & Graham's
Forest Abe Jr
Callon
Frank Fowler
South Ames
Canier Bros. & Herman
Tomers
Schuttler, Studebaker, Harrison and O’brien
Union National Bank
W. M. Greeley
Henry Wilson
Ser
Atlas National Bank
Third National Bank
Valley National Bank
Des Moines
Read’s Market
M. Hemstreet
Lowe
Republican Rally
R. G. Cousins
Central
Intelligencer Office
Dos Palos
H. B. Marks
Morris Bros
Main
Ames, Iowa
New Bakery
AIVD
Confectionery Store
Perkins
Main Street
Ony
Snare
T. Ww. Sheldon
J. B. Elliott
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