Art collection aids Ames Schools through pictured works
The Book and Basket Club with Ames High School display ten pictures from Boston firm A. W. Bison and Co. to fund art purchases. Students studied and guided exhibits while Miss Pike organized evening concerts to frame works. Notable pieces include Watts Sir Galahad, Landseer The Twins, Hoch The Brook In Winter, Hobema Avenue of Palms, and Reynolds Age of Innocence. The set will tour school buildings to spread esthetic influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
M. J. Arams
High Schoool
Book and Basket Club
A. W. Bison and Co
Boston
Watts
Galahad
Landseer
Hoch
Carol
Hobbema
Miles Standish
Priscilla
Grand Canal of
Venice
Odin
Natu Douglass
Reynolds
Seeing Europe Second Letter of Robert W Baily
The Intelligencer prints the second letter by Robert W Bailey a former Ames college student who with thirty college boys sailed to Liverpool and back feeding cattle on board. He recounts visits to Shakespeare's house Oxford Windsor Castle St George's Chapel Rotterdam Brussels and Waterloo describes Warwick Stratford Stratford on Avon Magdalen College and Oxford Bodleian Library and Indian Museum notes Dutch currency exchange tram mishap and stops in Ostend Antwerp Liege Cologne Heidelberg and Cologne Cathedral. He chronicles canal views castles Rhine scenery and student duels at Heidelberg with vivid period flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert W. Baily
Ames College
Liverpool
Mr. Baily
Oxford
Windsor Castle
St. George’s Chapel
Rotterdam
Brussells
Warwick
Stratford-on- Avon
Geo. W. Childs
Philadelphia
Shakespeare
Queen Victoria
Avon
Memorial Building
Rubens
van Dyck
Reynolds
Cromwell
Kenilworth
Amy Robsart
Queen Elizabeth
Oxford University
Spain
Bodleian Library
India
Magdalen
Magdalen College
Deer Park
Magdalen Grammar School
Windsor
Magna Charta Island
Runnymeade
Gray
St George's Chapel
the Knights of the Garter
London
American Express Co
Waterloo
Liege
Cockerill Steel and
Cologne
Heidelberg
Heidelburg
America
Heidelberg University
Stadt Garden
Crop Results Reflect Mixed Oat and Rye Yields Near Ames
Farmers report variable oat stands with light straw yet heavy heads, yields ranging from 40 to 60 bushels per acre. Rye tops the list with Joe Grove’s white rye at 57 pounds per bushel and 366 bushels per acre by machine, while wheat shows promise with Joe Stewart’s 30 to 24 bushels per acre in trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank N. Fowler
B. A. Lockwood Grain Co
Wm. Randam
J. W. Mathews
Ames
Acre
Foster
Frank Cennon West
Cannon
Joe Grove
Fay Taylor
Joe Stewart
R. Maysouth
Saved by Single Match on Rail Line Near Palarm
A lone man lit a match to warn a passenger train after an attempt to wreck it was discovered on a curve near Palarm Arkansas. Large stones and railroad ties blocked the track as the train sped by and the man, his wife and others avoided disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Brian
Fort Smith
Palarm
Ark
Loan
Better seed rate advice for oats wheat and ty e
Farmers are urged to sow fewer bushels per acre using two to two and a half bushels of oats and 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 bushels of ty e instead of higher rates. With quality graded seed, lower sowing rates yield better results.
Nightmarish gas scare saves Derby dog and cat
Derby druggist John H Hartwell awoke from a nightmare to find his store filled with gas and his dog and cat seemingly dead. He revived the dog outdoors and the cat revived as air entered the store. Investigation found the gas leak caused by a disconnected stove tube. Gas lights burning alone prompted his timely arrival to prevent an explosion. Man, dog, and cat are ill.
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Europe
England
Holland
Shakespeare's Home
Antwerp
Astend
Ostend
Kursaul
Palais de Justice
Field of
John H. Hartwell
Derby, Conn
Atten Ane
Aacoivea
What Is
Castoria
Farm ‘Loans
The
Story County
Judisch Bros
Maple City
Wvvvarg
Monmouth
Illinois
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