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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1907
Page
7
The piece argues newspapers reach 5000 readers per 1000 subscribers and hand bills reach 300 to 400 readers if distributed well. It claims newspaper ads add 3500 readers per thousand of paper readers and estimates advertising yields from 20 to 100 dollars in value per invested dollar.
Local society items report receptions at Margaret hall and the Central college building, Elopements in Ames Nevada and Story County, a 91st birthday, and farewells as families prepare to move to Texas. Names include Mrs Fealing Mrs Canier Mrs M E Smith Mrs Fogel Rev Minchin and many more.
Local notes show Miss Dora Rice entertaining guests as Miss Zenorr of Harlan arrives for a visit. Many residents travel to Colorado Arizona and California for visits or funerals. Engagements marriages and society events link Ames Boone and nearby towns with names like Manning Smith Ristine Parker Cunningham Gardner and Bennett as plans for trips and a D A R conference unfold.
Judge Lee holds court at Ft. Dodge while Ames hosts the Poultry Show January 7 to 10. Lou Roberson repairs Colo Observer machinery. Ed Wilkinson returns to mail work. Payne of Nevada Re presents ill with malaria. Home news covers sales, signals on the O N W line, a residence transfer, and regional travels and reunions. Ads promote Pinesalve Carbolized for wounds and Kodol for indigestion.
Mrs Rachel L Smith died at her Ames home on Wednesday September 11 at eight in the morning. Born February 4 1852 in Xenia Ohio she moved to Iowa settling in Story County on a farm between Ames and Nevada. Survived by two sons Cyrus of Jefferson and William a Purdue University professor with the father and a third son Fred in Nevada. Funeral today at 2 pm from 704 Daff Ave with viewing 12:30 to 1:30. Burial in Nevada cemetery with pallbearers Hiram Minkler Wm Fry Robert Dodds John Born Chester Davis and Charles Minkler.
The full moon will rise September 21 and freshmen report hazy moonlight. A new student suggests starting two weeks earlier or pushing two weeks later to avoid long waits in damp grass while awaiting the moon.
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