Fraudulent Alaska wheat claims debunked by Ames experts
Professor Frandson of Idaho’s Agriculture College warns readers against the $20 per bushel Alaska wheat promoted in popular press stories. Officials analyze yield claims, find exaggerated figures, note poor bread quality potential, and urge caution until milling tests confirm any merit.
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Frandson
Adams-Hobe Seed Grain Company
Juliaetta
Idaho
Moscow
Adams
Little Club
Alaska
Tragic Love Motive Ties Lucy Hanley’s Death
Lucy Hanley, near Prater, took her own life days after being stood up by engagement to Bert Willets. A bottle of strychnine lay beside her in the granary, a farewell letter to her parents included, and a manuscript that wove her life into a romantic tale. Her grief over a dying relationship and his drunken relapse led to the fatal act. she was described as bright yet morbid and discontented.
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Lucy Hanley
Prater
Slater
Lucy
Des Moines
Bert Willets
Semmons Studies the Steel Trust at Gary Indiana
W J Semmons spent days in Gary Indiana examining how the steel trust builds and runs towns. The $50,000,000 plant spurred a town of about 5,000 residents with 7,000 construction workers, modern utilities, and a single company run saloon.
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Semmons
Steel Trust
W. J. Semmons
Gary
Ind
Lemons
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Mr. Semmons
Harry Semmons
the College
Ames Sends Large Delegation to Nevada County Fair
A big delegation from Ames will attend the Nevada county fair Friday with a large turnout expected. The stock show is described as very fine and amusements as the best yet seen at the fair. Dr Storms will deliver the Friday address and Judge Lee will permit courthouse guests to visit the grounds with the delegation.
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Ames
Ambrose Johnson Returns to Scotland to Visit Mother
Ambrose Johnson of Zearing who has lived in Story county for forty years travels back to his ancestral home in Scotland to see his mother, whom he has not seen since coming to America.
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Ambrose Johnson of
Zearing
Story County
Scotland
America
There can be no affinity nearer than our country
A briefquote attributed to Piato noting that loyalty to one's nation supersedes closer loyalties or affinities. The line emphasizes national allegiance as the foremost bond above others.
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Piato
Football Season Opens Saturday at Ames
Dr Clyde Williams reports the fall football season starts Saturday with Morningside visiting Ames to challenge the state college team. He notes Morningside’s strong past battles and Ames’s veterans. Williams also expects Drake to field a splendid team under Coach Griffith and improve this season.
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Morningside
Ames
Clyde Williams
Des Moines
The
Register & Leader
Williams
Drake
Griffith
College political club forms for debate on tariffs and party action
Saturday evening a political club met in the college chapel with BE Reinhart as chairman. Speakers including Prof Brindley Judge Lee Ben Edwards Spinney and Conaway discussed tariffs reform corporate control and youth involvement in campaigns. No permanent club was formed and the group adjourned to Tuesday to decide whether the club would be partisan or non partisan.
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BE. G. Reinhart
3. B. Brindley
Judge Lee
Ben Edwards
L. B. Spinney
F. R. Conaway
Honey Hoard Found in Walnut Street Church Wall
Nicholas Kern at Waterloo discovered a store of honey in the Walnut Street Baptist church walls as the building is torn down. About three bushels of bees and 300 pounds of fine honey were removed after working inside the wall for three years near the top of a large art glass window.
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Nicholas Kern
Waterloo
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Burglar Hits Wettstein Tailoring Emporium for Suit Cache
A burglar gained entry through the rear door of Wettstein Tailoring Emporium Tuesday night and stole a $40 suit, a coat, and several customer garments left for pressing. The thief pried the pine door open with a jimmy and has not been recovered. Wettstein believes he knows the culprit and will pursue charges.
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Wettstein Tailoring Emporium
Jimmy
Wettstein
Great American Hen Vast Egg Production Estimated
A playful calculation praises the nation’s hens for producing about 1.3 billion dozen eggs in a year. If stretched end to end the chain could reach 288,818 miles to the moon and back plus more than half the world, totaling 492,424 miles. An omelet from those eggs could cover Manhattan Island.
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Iowa
Manhattan Island
Former Ames Man Crafts Introductory Zoology Text
Herbert Osborn of Ohio State University plans to publish Economic Zoology, an introductory zoology text with agricultural, commercial, and medical applications. The book targets first year university and college students and schools of medicine, and will include numerous illustrations. Osborn earned a degree from Iowa State College in 79 and previously taught zoology there.
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Ames
Herbert Osborn
Ohio State University
Osbern
Iowa State College
Mrs Miles Pearson Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs Miles Pearson returned home Wednesday after several weeks at the Methodist hospital in Des Moines. She reports greatly improved health and feels splendid, hoping for a permanent recovery. Accompanied by her daughter Miss Hsther Pearson, hospital superintendent, the Maxwell friends extend congratulations.
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Miles Pearson
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Maxwell
Hsther Pearson
Maxwell Tribune
Best government values collective welfare over injury
A quotation attributed to Soloz extols a government where harm to one concerns all, praising collective responsibility as a guiding principle of governance.
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Soloz
Smallest Parents Known Visit Ames by Major and Mrs Boykin
Major and Mrs Boykin, billed as the smallest parents in the world, visited Ames on Sunday. They traveled from Atlantic and paused at the depot to admire local scenery. Mrs Boykin stands 28 inches tall, weighs 37 pounds, and their daughter Lucele is two years eight months old and normal in size.
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Ames
Major
Slater
Fall Concert by Norwegian Composer Olaf Trygvasson
The Ames Choral Society plans a fall performance of Grieg s Olaf Trygvasson. Prof and Mrs Thompson describe Norway s music and scenery, noting Bergen and fjord country culture influences. They praise Grieg as a great composer and highlight the trip as inspiring for their musical appreciation.
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Greig
Olaf Trygvasson
Thompson
America
Balestrand
Stalheim
Choral Society
Ames
Kindleberger
Navy
Norway
Hardanger
Mrs. Thompson
Drought Pressures Iowa Crops As Weather Stays Dry
A Des Moines weather bulletin reports three weeks of drought with cloudless skies and temperatures near 90. No rain for twenty days stresses pastures and stock water while corn ripens and winter wheat seeding continues. hay and clover seed harvests progress under dry conditions. GEO. M. CHAPPEL directs the summary.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Geo. M. Chappel
Taft to Speak in Des Moines at Two Venues
Judge William H. Taft republican presidential candidate will address Des Moines audiences Friday evening at Foster's Opera House and the Auditorium Gov Cummins will preside at the Auditorium and Capt Hall at Foster's The event attracts large attendance from Ames with potential late Interurban service drawing several hundred more attendees
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William H. Taft
Des Moines
Foster’s Opera House
Gov. Cummins
Capt. Hall
Fosters
Ames
Farmers 10 Stand by the Mutual
The Farmers General Telephone Association with about two hundred members met in Odd Fellows hall and elected Edwin Rex as president J W Bateman as vice president W P George as secretary and Lee Smith as treasurer. They debated switching lines to Bell but voted to stay with Mutual for now and ordered service improvements. A committee was set to examine installing an exchange for the farmers.
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Mutual
Farmers General Telephone Association
Odd Fellows Hall
Edwin Rex
J. W. Bateman
W. P. George
Lee Smith
Mutual Company
Bell Company
Fall Has Arrived In Iowa
The article notes the autumnal equinox occurred two minutes before six yesterday morning marking a dry spell in Story county. Weather observers predict a storm may follow this sun moon cycle with a new moon due tomorrow at 10 15 am and local authorities warn moisture may not come until the next new moon.
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Iowa
Story County
Woman Burned While Canning Tomatoes at Home
Mrs BE W Sovereign of 1528 Story Street Boone was badly burned when a can of sealing wax over a hot fire spilled. The wind blew wax back onto her left hand, burning flesh to the bone on the palm and back. A doctor treated the injuries at home.
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BE. W. Sovereign
Story Street
Boone
Fort Dodge Line Men Strike Over Pay Demand
The Fort Dodge Des Moines Southern railway line men struck for higher wages. They seek 27 cents per hour, currently earning about 65 dollars per month, and say they work around the clock.
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Fort Dodge
Boonak
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway
Mrs Burton a Gasoline Victim
Mrs Sara Burton sustained serious burns from a gasoline stove flame singeing her arm and nearly reaching her eyebrows. She escaped with a narrow margin thanks to quick presence of mind and prompt action.
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Sarah Burton
Cattle Loss After Herd Breaks Into Corn Field
W T Cloud of near Zearing reports fourteen cattle in his herd broke into a corn field and eleven head died. Two veterinarians treated the animals but seven of the fourteen milch cows perished. Cloud estimates the loss at about $600 plus corn damage.
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W. T. Cloud
Zearing
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Agricultural Colon and Experiment Station
Idao
Conaway
Saturday Evening Post
Idaho Experiment Station
J. H. Frandson
Department of Darying
Ames Man Seed Trust
Made City
Nevada
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Herodotus
Mrs. Miles Pearson
Mrs. Boykin
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Taft
Farmers Telephone Company
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