Great Excursions Arrive at Ames College Visit
Ames College hosts Great Excursions with Sen. Cummins and Gov. Carroll speaking Friday at 2 15 p m. Festivities include hockey, livestock parade, military drill, music, and a football game, with similar events Saturday featuring Hon Lafayette Young and a Coe Ames game.
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The
Chimes
Old Black Joe
Lead
Kindly Light
Assembly
Senator Cummins
Governor Carroll
Give Them A Place To Play Poem Urges Safe Youth Spaces
A poem laments city priorities that favor prisons and commerce over youth recreation. It argues for playgrounds and sports spaces to prevent later crime, urging action now to avoid a larger cost later. The piece emphasizes innocence, opportunity, and community responsibility.
Flag fund created for Iowa schools and public buildings
Hon Geo W Schee of Primgar Iowa places 15000 in trust as the Thirty third Iowa flag fund to buy flags for school houses and other public buildings in Mahaska Marion and Keokuk counties the counties from which the regiment was recruited.
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Geo. W. Schee
Primgar, Ilowa
Thirty-third
Iowa
Mahaska
Marion
Keokuk
Made Great Hit in New Ag Hall Assembly
Shildkret's Orchestra opened the new Agricultural Hall Assembly with the first college lecture course number. A thousand advance ticket sales exceeded capacity of 850, but extra chairs accommodated all attendees. Prof. A MacMurray urged cooperation and boosting the course as Redpath Grand Quartette scheduled for October 23.
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Shildkret
Ag Hiall Assembly
Ag. Hall Assembly
Agricultural Hall
A. MacMurray
Shhildkret
Redpath Grand Quartette
United Brethren Conference Merges Iowa and Des Moines
The United Brethren Church opens its Des Moines session as the first unified conference. Formerly two conferences, Iowa and Des Moines, merge into the Iowa State Conference of the United Brethren Church. Rev Dr Warner Johnson leaves Ames to attend the official board meeting, and local action seeks his return to Ames for the coming year.
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Johnson
United Brethren Church Conference
Des Moines
United Conferences
Iowa
Iowa State
United Brothern Church
Warner Johnson
Ames
Ames Day at County Fair Highlights Nevada Events
Ames day at the County Fair in Nevada features a special chartered train leaving at one o clock and returning at 5 45. The Commercial Club committee oversees arrangements for a large crowd. The Ames ball team faces Nevada with other entertainment planned as yesterday’s opening day reports praise the fair as better than ever.
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Nevada
Esat
Commercial Club
Ames
Cam bridge Leader editor recalls Taft in Des Moines
Editor Ole Langland reports Taft’s Des Moines visit with Senator Cummins during breakfast on Grand Avenue, noting he was not impressed and describing a humorous claim that he smelled waffles.
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Ole Langland
Cambridge Leader
Taft
Des Moines
Ole
Grand Avenue
Senator Cummins
Ames Growth and Projects Highlight Ames Iowa Boom
Ames Iowa shows rapid growth with new buildings including an Agricultural building and a Mechanical Engineering building under construction. The city lists major projects, utilities, rail service, schools, and a Census 1910 population around 5,000 with over 2,000 students. Information available from the Ames Commercial Club.
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Ames
Iowa
Congress
North-Western
Ames Union
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
America
The
Ames Commercial Club
Fall Athletics Start Tomorrow at Cyclones Home Opener
The 1920 Iowa State football season opens with Coe College at Ames this Saturday. Clyde Williams and staff aim to field the best possible team despite many new players, with key battles looming against Minnesota, Drake, Cornell, Grinnell, Missouri, South Dakota, and a November showdown at Iowa City.
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Cyclones
Clyde Williams
Iowa City
State University
Iowa
Minnesota
Drake
Griffith
Des Moines
Cornell
Coe
Ames
Mineapolis
Grinnell
Missouri
South Dakota
Town
Ames Man Invents Electric Signals
Mr and Mrs Nordskog and their daughter Ethylwynn will leave Ames for Seattle after a year in the east and central states. He filed for U S letters patent on an automatic black signal and intends to organize a company with a Seattle capitalist. He represented United Wireless Telegraph Co in three counties while awaiting patent news and will visit Denver Salt Lake City and Portland on the westward trip.
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Ames
Slater Inventor Showcases Ditching Machine Progress
Michael Michelsen, east of town, reports a ditching machine nearing practical readiness after summer work. Tests indicate the device performs as planned, with success boosting confidence for final adjustments. Outsiders have shown interest and will attend the upcoming thorough test.
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Michael Michelson
Mr. Michelsen
Night Clerk Voices Good Intentions About Delay
A Grand Junction, Colorado night clerk woke the traveler to announce a three hour train delay. The note praises the clerk's good intentions but suggests waiting longer would have been preferable.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Slater
Roland Quotes College-bound Twenty-Five This Fall
Roland sends twenty-five young people to college this fall. The list of colleges includes State University Drake Red Wing Sioux Falls and Jewell. A. Storm and Ira J. Scott should visit Roland to address the principal’s handling of a large knife at the school.
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Roland
State University
Drake
Red Wing
Sioux Falls
Jewell
A.¥. Storm
Ira J. Scott
Spiritless by nagging: wary horse training warning
A Zearing Advocate reprints a caution about breaking a spirited horse. Constant nagging, twitching lines, peevish urging, and wearing methods wear down the animal, slowing its pace and spirit over time.
Langendorff to Sing in Ames on November Sixth
The German mezzo soprano Madame Langendorff, praised by Musical America and valued by the Metropolitan Opera and Bayreuth Wagner Opera, appears in Ames on November 6 under R. E. Johnston. Her voice is a rich mezzo with broad range and dramatic power, capable of refined artistry as noted by critics.
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America
Frieda Langendorff
R. E. Johnston
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Wagner Opera
Bayreuth
Berlin Royal Opera
Simpson Auditorium
Anton Schott
Madame Langendorff
Ames
Pedagogues to Host Story County Teachers Meeting in Ames
Ames will welcome Story County teachers for a two day meeting Friday and Saturday October 8 and 9 with about 200 educators. County Superintendent I J Scott Supt F A Nims of Nevada and H W Dana of Cambridge organized a program with lectures by Prof Forest Ensign Iowa City and other speakers. Committees arranged reception rooms train meetups and a busy schedule including early morning business sessions and noon addresses by D E Brainerd Logan and W S Athearn.
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Lafe Young
Coe
Ames
United States
Albert B Cummins
B. F. Carroll
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Alice J. Robinson
Cummins
Intelligencer
Senate
Iowa
Washington
Hawkeye
Lincoln
Lown
Dolliver
Story County
I. J. Scott
F. A. Nims
Nevada
H. W. Dana
Cambridge
Mrs. Tilden
Kerstetter
Miss McBurney
Sowers
Miss Russell
Miss Wakefield
Miss Fenton
Miss Niles
Steigerwalt
Miss Greer
Robinson
Peyton
Barnes
Lanning
Simmons
Forest Ensign
Iowa City
Mayor Tilden
I. F. Meyer
Iowa Falls
O. H. Longwei
A. B. Storms
the Twain Nile
County
D. E. Brainerd
Logan
Dean Walter S. Athearn
Bell Company to Acquire Mutual Telephone Lines in Consolidation
The Bell and Mutual exchanges plan a merger, giving Ames Bell control and Boone Mutual. A meeting at Boone set the plan with phased transfer, possible quick hookup then full consolidation. Des Moines reps will map transfer while farmers’ lines may join or go independent. Ames awaits retention of operators, especially the young ladies.
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Bell Company
Ames
Boone
Mutual
Mutual Exchange
Bingeman
A. F. Bingeman
The
Des Moines
Mutual Company
Ames Churches Plan Meals for Two Excursion Days
Ladies from Ames churches will serve meals and lunches Friday and Saturday for visiting excursionists. Tents at Grand avenue and Onondaga street will host different denominations. Mor ris livery lot stand hosts Baptists with another stand near the station on Onondaga.
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Ames
Grand Avenue
Onondaga Street
Morris
Onondaga
Ames Church
The Loudest Smell vs The Most Harmful Ride
A concise reflection on how a vehicle with the strongest odor does not imply it causes the greatest harm. The statement contrasts sensory intensity with actual impact on people.
Bashful Men Avoid Proposing to Widows in Community
Read as a social note on local behavior, the text suggests many men too bashful to propose marriage to widows, reflecting gender and courtship norms of the period. It implies a pattern rather than reporting specific events or names.
Maxwell School Building Opens With Local Pride
The Tribune praises Maxwell's new school building costing 16000 dollars. It notes a south facing square design 54.3 by 83.4 feet with basement two stories and gym space, built with Maxwell bricks. Opening enrollment reaches 201 with staff led by W. H. Bowser and six teachers.
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Maxwell
The
Tribune
the Tribune
Maxwell Brick and Tile Works
W. H. Bowser
Mildred Maxwell
Helen M. Stone
Myrtle Anderson
Belva L. Swallwell
Alice W. Burney
Roland's Bridge Across Main Street To Be Concrete Arch
Roland awards the contract to Paul Nockling for a concrete arch bridge on main street. The 5x6x120 structure will include wings and a concrete railing, described as a pretty and substantial closure to the street.
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Roland
Paul Nockling
Zearing Advocate
Not the Capitals of the Country
Opinion urges teaching children that the capital city is not Providence or Danville, arguing common misperception reflects entrenched habit. The Sioux City Tribune frames the piece as a guidance on civic geography and critical thinking for youth.
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Providence
Danville
Sioux City
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