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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
3
A broad roundup covers political shifts including Ostermann fraud trials and Roosevelt's progressive stance in New York, railway reductions in Illinois, notable arrests and fires, extreme weather, and major civic meetings as the Pacific Northwest battles unprecedented fire danger.
Des Moines hosts a veteran day with thousands honoring Civil and Mexican War survivors. Col Hepburn and other officials spoke as old soldiers enjoyed campfire and gate access, while a grand live stock parade showcased Percherons Shorthorns and cattle, concluding with the Lafayette six-horse team. Prizes went to C A Malone Atlantic S A Satterley Hartford and A L Plummer Altoona in farm exhibits. Boys judging winners named Harley Walker Ames and Kyle McKee Norwalk among top finishers.
The notice states that George P. Johnson has given his two sons William Johnson aged 17 and Ivar Johnson aged 12 their time and that they left home on July 10 1910. They are responsible only for their own debts and wages. All persons are to govern themselves accordingly. Ames Iowa July 21 1910.
The Washington state department disclosed the Japan Korea treaty making Korea a sovereign part of Japan under the name Chosen. President Taft’s keynote letter to William B. McKinley defended the Payne Tariff though noting possible changes. Neighbors found burglars in Brooklyn. a brutal attack in New Mexico killed G W Merchant Jr. and other items fill a wide news roundup.
George Beban and company bring a pulsating drama to Des Moines Orpheum the week of Sept 5. The Sign of the Rose centers on Rosie’s death by automobile and the heart broken father seeking one rose for his child. His performance as the grieving father earns high praise for emotional depth.
At the Press club building in Des Moines fifty representatives from Iowa commercial organizations organized the Iowa League of Commercial clubs with R. N. Carson of Iowa City elected president.
V Carlson a brakeman was knocked from a freight train at Moscow after missing a low bridge and seriously injured in Cedar Rapids on August 31.
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