Ames welcomes International Carpenters and Joiners tour
The International Convention of Carpenters and Joiners visited Iowa State College in Ames, with about 500 delegates arriving by eight cars. They toured laboratories, attended a luncheon in Margaret Hall, watched football and admired the engineering halls and shops. Delegates praised the college as a leading institution and expressed interest in Ames’ progress and civic improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Margaret Hall
Stevenson
Pew
Shane
Gray
Pammel
Stange
Miss Purmort
Stanton
Dean Curtiss
Sheldon
Bosworth
Commercial Club
Walker
Mars
Iowa
Ames
Carpenters
Wilbur N. Burkhardt
The
Register and Leader
Tribune
Iowa State Agricultural College
United States
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
J. C. Walker
Carpenters Convention
George Campbell
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Edwin Wood
Galesburg
Ills
Federal Building Plans Begin in Spring
Postmaster Haverly received a letter from the government architect saying plans will be ready for bids and work on the new federal building will start early next spring.
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Haverly
Montana family entertains Ames students with beauty
Mr H S Cook of Lewiston Montana tours the country with his wife and five daughters arriving in Ames to a crowd of about fifteen hundred ready to pursue new acquaintances. The ladies refused advances and impressed locals with modest behavior. They traveled from Detroit to New York and Boston before returning home, with Mr Cook hinting at sending the daughters to school next year.
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Cook
Lewiston
Mont
Ames
Detroit
New York
White Mountains
Boston
Montana
River Road
Floyd Campbell Embarks on Colorado Fruit Ranch Study
Mr Floyd Campbell of Ames Savings Bank departed yesterday for Canon City Colorado to learn the fruit business on a ranch owned by Mr King a brother in law of Mr W A McDonald 配
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Campbell
Colorado
The
Ames Savings Bank
Canon City
King
W. A. McDonald
Chautauqua Stockholders Meet Monday
The Ames Chautauqua Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting Monday October 3 at 2:00 p m at the Baptist church. Agenda includes electing fifteen directors and any other business properly coming before the meeting.
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Chautauqua
Ames Chautauqua Association
the Baptist Church
New Ames Hostlery Promises Quick Opening Near Intelligencer
Ames will host a new hotel or hostelry drawn by two horses and built on the vacant lot east of the Intelligencer office. Its architecture resembles the Boone portable hotel, and the Boone hostelry proprietor is said to be a stockholder in the Ames project. It will begin operation in a few days.
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Ames
Intelligencer
Boone
Boone Hostlery
Ames Enterprise
Ministers Favor a Hospital Plan for County Needs
At a Ames Ministerial Association meeting on Monday morning, leaders decided to hold a pre election service to present to the public the need for a county hospital and build citizen sentiment for the long sought facility.
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Ames Ministerial Association
Bloomington Revival Meetings Under Rev J T Houser
Revival meetings in Bloomington led by Rev J T Houser of the Christian church draw attendees from across the country. If attendance continues to grow the services may conclude Saturday evening.
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Bloomington
J. T. Houser
The
Christian Church
Waterloo meeting returns highlight local officials
Mayor Sheldon and Superintendent Linebaugh led a municipal meeting in Waterloo along with Profs Cleghorn and Ir win Dr Maxwell and Councilman Hullibarger all returning from the session on Friday.
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Sheldon
Linebaugh
Cleghorn and
Irwin
Maxwell
Hullibarger
Waterloo
College football schedule unfolds across Iowa and neighboring states
On Saturdays in October and November teams travel between Ames Des Moines Lincoln and Columbia with matchups including Coe at Ames Minnesota at Minneapolis Des Moines College at Ames Missouri at Columbia Morning Side at Ames Iowa at Saturday Nebraska at Lincoln Drake at Des Moines on Thanksgiving in Des Moines.
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Ames
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Des Moines College
Missouri
Columbia
Morningside
Iowa
Nebraska
Lincoln
Drake
Des Moines
Football Hype Roars Across Iowa Campuses
The Des Moines Tribune foresees a football season of chatter and mock dope from Iowa Ames and Drake. It notes quirky team habits plus injuries and policy like left sock rituals, a Drake quarterback collar fix, and many stars out until they prove conditions. The piece ends with fans awaiting Thanksgiving blowout news.
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Des Moines Tribune
Iowa
Ames
Drake
Fall excursions cancelled by Northwestern officials
Northwestern officials announced that fall excursions for the college are cancelled this year. They promise to resume next year, though current officials say running them this fall is impossible. Mayor Sheldon and Dean Curtiss were informed Saturday after a conference in Chicago appeared satisfactory.
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Colleg
Northwestern
Sheldon
Dean Curtiss
Chicago
Moves to Ames Owner Dan Harry Childs of Ames Poultry
Mr. Harry Childs of the Ames Poultry Company moved last week into the property at the corner of Clark Avenue and Eighth Street in Ames, which was recently vacated by Mr. W. A. Perry. Previously residing in Nevada, the move places Childs in the new Ames residence.
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Ames
Harry Childs
The
Ames Poultry Company
Nevada
Clark Avenue
Eighth Street
W. A. Perry
Hicks Addresses Emmetsburg Teachers on Child Development
Supt. F. W. Hicks travels to Emmetsburg Saturday to appear on the Palo Alto County Teachers Association program. He presents the subject The Physical Development of the Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Hicks
Emmetsburg
Palo Alto County
Teachers’ Association
Weston Market Sells to Gamrath and Sawyer
The Weston meat market at 221 Main St will transfer to Lew Gamrath and his son-in-law Ed Sawyer this week. An inventory sale is set for Friday with ownership likely changing Saturday. Gamrath is a longtime member of Sorenson and Gamrath market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston
Main St
Lew Gamrath
Ed. Sawyer
Gamrath
Sorenson & Gamrath Market
McCullough Visits Sigma Nu on Yale Return Trip
Mr. Thos. McCullough of Davenport, I. 8. C. 08, en route from the west to New Haven, Connecticut, visited the Sigma Nu house Friday. He has spent the summer on forestry work for the government and is returning to Yale for his second year of post graduate study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. McCullough
Davenport
Sigma’ Nu
New Haven
Connecticut
McCullough
Yale
Newman Society Meeting in Alumni Hall
The Newman society met in Alumni hall Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Mr. Andrew Stommelt gave an interesting paper and Rev. F. C. Renier gave a delightful talk on his trip abroad to the forty present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Society
Alumni Hall
Andrew Stommelt
F. C. Renier
Parish decides church fair延期 after holidays
At a meeting held at the Catholic parsonage Friday it was decided not to hold the church fair until after the holidays, the Armory being engaged until then.
Squires Completes Home Remodeling on Pike Avenue
Mr. H. W. Squires finished remodeling his home on Pike Avenue with an interior makeover, a new addition, and a porch.
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H. W. Squires
Pike Avenue
Charles B McDonald Completes Kansas City Auto Course
Charles B. McDonald has finished a six weeks automobile school course in Kansas City and returned to Ames on Monday.
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Charles B. McDonald
Kansas City
Ames
Ames Engineering Technician Works at Logan Court House
Mr. W. H. Best is in Logan this week wiring the court house for the Ames Engineering Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Best
Logan
The
Ames Engineering Company
Drowning of a College Alumnus in Madison Wisconsin
W E Edmonds a Mechanical Engineering graduate from the college drowned at Madison Wisconsin on Tuesday. He belonged to the Rho Sigma Gamma fraternity at 716 Fifth Street. Coe and C A Richmond traveled to Madison yesterday to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Edmonds
Madison, Wis
Rho Sigma Gamma
5Th St . S. Coe
C. A. Richmond
Madison
Silo advocate Horine tours farms urging stock producers
M. F. Horine of the Union Stock Yards Chicago travels the central west with his son promoting silos to farmers. He argues a silo on forty acres can exceed output from two hundred acres with old feeding methods and favors the Matt Kilgore Iowa design. He notes rising meat demand but falling hog and cattle output and urges timely purchases of lean stock from Chicago shipments to maximize profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. Horine
Union Stock Yards of
Chicago
Horine
Central West
Judge Lee Acts As Toastmaster At Iowa Postmasters Meeting
At the Iowa state convention of postmasters in Fort Dodge last week Judge C G Lee presided as toastmaster. He kept the program on track by dismissing long epistles and ensuring smooth seating and card duties. Delegates praised him yet hurried to applaud as he prepared to depart after promising to use influence for reappointments. The finale featured the song Blest be the tie that binds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fort Dodge
C. G. Lee
Boone Book Sets City Fulfillment In Fine Review
The Boone book issued by the News-Republican office last week is a handsome, well printed review of the year's work in Boone Iowa. It details booming manufacturing growth and city prosperity in an artistic presentation that will prove highly valuable to the town.
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Iowa
Boone
News-Republican
Window accident at home injures Kelso family
Monday afternoon at a front porch window Lillian Kelso slipped while playing with the baby and fell breaking the pane. She suffered a deep wrist cut while the baby was scratched and Mrs Kelso was cut on the head and hand. Dr Aplin treated all wounds and they are recovering well.
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Lillian Kelso
Lee Van Epps Injured by Train in Marshallstown
Lee Van Epps suffered severe injuries when his foot slipped on Saturday and he fell under a train car in Marshallstown en route to Clinton. His hand was mangled by the wheels, three fingers amputated, and he was cared for by his sister Miss Katherine and brother Edwold at the hospital before returning home with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee van Epps
Marshallstown
Clinton
Katherine
Edwold
Water Quality Report Urges Boil Order for Shallow Wells
Dr. Tilden finds water from two town pumping stations and the college analyzed as pure while shallow wells contain disease germs. He urges all users of such wells to boil water before using.
Electric shock hits sheep and man at college post
A sheep was electrocuted at an interurban post just south of the heating plant at the college. At the same location a man with an umbrella received a shock from a short circuited wire on the post.
Ed Groves Buys King Home on Grand Avenue
The King residence on Grand Avenue sold Thursday to Ed Groves of the south side. Groves will remodel during winter and plans to occupy the home in the spring.
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Ed Grves
King
Grand Avenue
F. E. King
Ed. Groves
Mr. Grves
Howard Hill Heads to Harvard to Study Law
Mr. Howard Hill left Sunday evening for Cambridge Massachusetts to enter Harvard for the study of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Hill
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Harvard
Sentence for Ames woman in seven year reform school term
Anna Sexe Kelley Henning, known in Ames and Story City for millinery schemes, pleaded guilty to cheating by false pretenses. Judge R M Wright sentenced her to seven years in the Anamosa state reformatory, with parole potential. She had obtained merchandise by posing as a relative and as a dressmaker employed by a physician’s wife.
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Anna Sexe-Kelley-Henningsen
Ames
Story City
Nevada
R. M. Wright
State Reformatory
Anamosa
State Board of Parole
M. A. Manning
Story County Wins National Meet At Rural Letter Carriers
Bert Childs of Nevada elected national secretary as W S Hoon returns from Little Rock where the rural letter carriers convention faced fights over Iowa Illinois representation and old officers. Delegates toured Hot Springs and Arkansas crops with rice and cotton samples and baths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Childs
W.S. Hoon
Little Rock
Iowa
Illinois
James
Nevada
Iowa Organization
Hoon
Arkansas
White Rivers
Hot Springs
Burial inquiry seeks Henry C. Nichols Ames 30 years ago
Commander T J Miller asks for burial location of Henry C Nichols a Twenty second Indiana Battery member buried near Ames about thirty years ago His wife Suzen Sutzen and daughter Mrs Lulu Halida are named Any information should be sent to Mr Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Miller
Henry C. Nichols
Twenty-second Indiana Battery
Ames
Suzen Sutzen
Lulu Halida
Miller
Robestown described as Gulf coast boom town in Texas
Van Chamberlain touts Robestown Texas as a bayside 14 miles from Corpus Christi with two railroads a dredged harbor expanding, good banks and a truthful local press. He praises its climate soil and money making potential claiming superiority to California for climate and winter resort appeal and preferring summer over St Lawrence and winter over Panama.
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Robestown
Gulf Coast
Texas
van Chamberlain
Corpus Christi
Van
California
Stt. Lawrence River
Panama
College Editorial Department at Iowa State College
At a Methodist Brotherhood meeting Prof C V Gregory outlined the colleges editorial department. He described its control of agricultural journalism and experiment station bulletins and its role in issuing state and national press material about college work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Brotherhood
C. V. Gregory
Iowa State College
Minister Fenner King Begins Ames Assignment
Mr. Fenner King arrived in Ames Thursday after visiting his parents in Escanaba Michigan. He left Friday for Collins to start his ministerial work for the upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fenner King
Ames
Escanaba
Michigan
Collins
Hog Promotion Train to Boost Iowa Hog Industry
The Iowa State College and Rock Island railway plan a special train October third visiting 130 towns to promote hog production. Seven lecturers will accompany the train with model pens and cooking demonstrations by two expert cooks. Prof. Bliss leads, with Miss Knowles directing Home Economics and assistants.
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Hog
Ames
Des Moines
Iowa
Corn Belt
Iowa State College
Rock Island Railway
R. K. Bliss
Messrs
George Godfrey
C. R. Bush
Miss Knowles
Department of Home Economics
Miss Purmort
Soils Train for C B and Q to Run Soiland Des Moines
Mr. G. BE. Stayner secretary of the Extension Department was telephoned Sunday by the C B and Q railway and met them in Des Moines Monday to run a Soil Special over that road leaving Des Moines October 10 for a two weeks trip. Prof. Snyder of the Soil Department will be in charge with two assistants. Prof. W H Stevenson will accompany part of the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. BE. Stayner
Extension Department
C., B. and Q. Railway
Des Moines
Snyder
Soil Department
W. H. Stevenson
Des Moines Association Holds Fall Congregational Meeting at Jewell Junction
The Des Moines Association of Congregational churches and ministers met in Jewell Junction over Tuesday and Wednesday with Rev. Arthur Metcalf of Webster City as moderator and Rev. James P. Burling of Des Moines as scribe. Delegates included representatives from Ames First Church and activities covered missions and church work expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewel
Des Moines Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers
Jewell Junction
Arthur Metcalf
Webster City
James P. Burling
Des Moines
W. A. Briggs
Jewell
Ellsworth
Lincoln
Genevieve Otis
Women’s Home Missionary Union
W. W. Pierce
First Congregational Church of
Ames
C. F. Curtiss
Harry Brown
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Ture and Mechanic Arts
Tildens
Maryland
International Convention of Carpenters and Joiners
Frank Linebaugh
Municipal League
Max Mayer
Iowa City
Mayer
Iowa Club
Federal Building
Coe and Ames
Coe
Prof. Hicks
Weston Sells
Lomonds
Madison Wis
Union Stock Yards
Judge Lee
Boone Book
District Court News
Centence
Story County
van Chamberlain's Town
State College
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