Ames and Des Moines Interurban Timetable Update 1911
Interurban cars run from Ames to Des Moines at 7 10 daily except Sunday with additional noon and evening departures. Des Moines to Fort Dodge arrivals and departures listed, with numerous times and routes including West Gate closure. Local items note Mr Hurd’s long journey, medical tales, Huskers Liniment, and regional notices about Ames residents and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Mre
Boone
Des Moines
Fort Dodge
West Gate
Tax Collector Finishes Poll Tax Collections
C. E. Nichols completed five to six weeks of poll tax collection on Monday. Of 720 taxable men, seven paid. three of the remainder refused and will have the amount charged to their property. A total of 710 taxes at $2.50 each brought in 775 for the city coffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Nichols
Kiss Me in the Moonlight Prompted Clerk Confusion
A young clerk at an Independence sheet music shop faced an odd moment when a shopper asked, Have you Kissed Me in the Moonlight The clerk joked that it must have been the other counter since he had only been there a week. Mr and Mrs Thos Maroney and family visited Charley Halsted on Sunday.
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Thos. Maroney
Charley Halsted
Ames Welcomes New Music Teacher Miss Enid Higgins
Miss Enid Higgins arrives from Boston after completing a course at the New England Conservatory to join Miss Lidia Brown. Their Fletcher method studio opens at 1009 Kellogg Avenue, offering music instruction.
Cal Stewart at the Armory In Politics tour
Cal Stewart premiering his four act comedy In Politics with a sixteen member company in a scenic production. He headlines America’s greatest comedian with a busy schedule as crowds attend at the Armory on September 26. Also notice Chamberlain's tablets advertised for digestion and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal Stewart
Phonograph
America
Armory
May invention aims to change tire business here
Blacksmith J A Riggs has invented an automobile tire with two adjustable steel rims and twenty four springs that bear 160 pounds each, covered by heavy leather. Early tests are promising and experts predict a major industry innovation benefitting the automobile sector.
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J. A. Riggs
Ontario social notes and wedding report
Ontario community items note visits from Dr Hurst and Dr Ossie Freed along with engagements, baptisms and social events. The Sawyer Jones Cobb family reunion drew over sixty, while Carrie Stoll and Frank Wheeler wed at the Christian church with a noon ceremony and reception. Diarrhoea advice from Chamberlains is given and Des Moines firm moves to Ames with plumbing contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Hurst
St. Paul
Nina McDowel
S. P. Fried
T. D. McGrath
Mason City
Chas. Zenor
Boone
Ossie Freed
Huxley
E. M. Johnson
Chicago
Kate Ross
Bro. W. Mander
Deep River
Iowa
W. P. Kintzly
Pocahontas County
Royal Workers
Henry Cameron
Monie Beedle
Nevada
Miss Beedle
Sawyer, Jones and Cobb
Flave Jones
Thomas Jones
Moville
Marion Ailsworth
Near Percy
Montague
Luther
Carrie Stoll
Frank Wheeler
Ontario
Christian Church
Onti
Daisy Johnson
Ida Scott
Miss Ida Scott
Will Mander
Des Moines
Ames
E. C. Wonderlich
East
McCaulley Plumbing Company
McCaulley
Dandruff Cure Ad and Fall Festival Notice
An Ames ad promotes ZEMO scalp remedy and ZEMO SOAP from Loughran Bauer, claiming germ killing antiseptic cleansing. A Slater fall festival on October 4 features Senators Cummins Kenyon and Representative Prouty with Commercial Club behind planning for a large gathering. Mrs Bashford praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy sold by dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Loughran & Bauer Drug Store
ZEMO
Ames
Loughran
Bauer
Slater
Senator Cummins
Prouty
Kenyon
Commercial Club
Chamberlain
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Story County
H. T. Cook
Radcliffe
Hurd
Boone Ad
Oklahoma
Colorado
A. C
Missouri
B. G. Porter
Town State College
Sedalia High School
Pittsburg
Kan
Cuba
Armada Lora
Havana
Northwestern
Geims
Denver
Verland Limited
Los Aeres
Chi
Japan
Sedar Rapids-Ames
Ames-Carroll
Fast Mail Express
Os Angeles
Chicay
Minn
Ames-Des Moines
Eagle Grovi
Pan Amnes
Des Nes
Des Moines Xpress
Chicago-Des Moines
Des Moines Express
TEL
College OF Parra Te Und One
Steadfast Mills
Dept. A
Cohoes, N. Y
F. Bernick, Jr
Bernick
Electrical Engineering
Chicago Board of Underwriters
Frank Parsons
Low State College
Fleming Building
Orra Jones
Mrs. Jones
Coon Rapids
Capital
Black Silk Stove Polish Works
Sterling, Illinois
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