College Notes and Local Visits at I. A. C.
Trustees Saylor and Shaw visited the college Saturday and Sunday. Many faculty and students attended lectures, sports, and Y M C A activities. President Stafford of Wesleyan University will preach at chapel next Sunday morning. Field Day is slated for May 12 with potential record breaks and a flag ceremony planned for Decoration Day.
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Saylor and
Shaw
Grace Pillsbury
Eagles
Stafford
Wesleyan University
Mt. Pleasant
Comet Chapel
Saylor
Des Moines
Duroe
Sioux Rapids
Peterson
Lincoln
G. A. R. Post of
Ames
Board of Trustees
Ames Scene Notes Big Shoot and Busy Spring Activities
The Busy Bee reports Ames Gun Club will hold a big shoot on the 10th and lists local attractions at the Ames opera house. It notes rain improves farmers, school reopening reducing street activity, revival meetings ending, a new bicycle rider’s jab at rain, and local business updates from Bigelow & Smith and Grove Bros. Additionally Montgomery county transfers show 136 farms changing hands December 1 to March 22 with 16 511 acres sold at 45 70 per acre on average, many at 60 to 75 and some at 100.
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Ames Gun Club
Ames Opera House
Times
Ames Sports
Bigelow & Smith
Grove Bros
Baptist Church
Supreme Court
Clark
Ames
Northwestern Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Montgomery County
Recorder’s Office
Farmers and town notes from Story County 1895
The 1895 Franklin Two School Board meeting elected O. D. Allen as president and set yearly funding for schools and the teachers fund. Local items note weather with a 92 degree reading, seeding progress, potato culture tips, new store fittings, lectures, and various residents moving, illness, and politics in Ames and Milford.
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Franklin Two
O. D. Allen
New Shoe Department Promises Bargains for Ladies and Students
The notice advertises a new shoe department with affordable footwear including Ladies Fine Shoes and Little Giant School Shoes from Justin-Tilden Bros. & Co. Mrs Frank Shockley is reported to have found relief after long head troubles, crediting Dr Aplin in this city for treatment that led to her improvement.
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Henry Davis
Dr. Aplin
Justin
Tilden Bros. & Co
Frank Shockley
Des Moines
Aplin
The Two Frogs And The Milkman’s Butter
In a milk man’s bucket two frogs adapt to a new watery world. One quits and sinks, while the other keeps kicking until he forms a lump of butter and floats free. The tale ends with a moral to persevere in hard times and never give up.
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A. E. Slater
Mora
House Wives Attention Carpet Soap Ad
L M Bosworth sole agent for the Gold Brand Carpet soap offers a guarantee with each bar promising to clean carpets rugs and curtains without harming colors. This nationwide style ad targets households seeking effective cleaning products.
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L. M. Bosworth
Eastern Star Delivers Free Masonry Ala Lease Program
The Eastern Star hosted a program for members and guests featuring vocal and instrumental music. Recitations by Miss Fibbs and Mrs. Loud and a Flora Wilson solo drew applause, with Ruby Taylor, Eugene Taylor supplying mandolin and guitar. The event entertained yet left Masons puzzled by the secrecy of the “old girls.”
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Eastern Star
Fibbs
Loud
Flora Wilson
Ruby Taylor
Eugene Taylor
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I. A.C
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Chicago
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Elizabeth Hunter
Wall Lake
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Mev
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Iowa
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Mrs. Kooser
Alfred Patterson
Milford Kennard
Story County
D. M. Hayden
J. P. Watsons
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Bro. Geiger
Tupen Bros. & Co
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Milford
Jefferson
Northwestern
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Jeff City
Foster
Great Central Valley
Great Central Valleys
Pacific Coast
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Agcanirecr
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Bisbee & Potter
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Martin
Parley Sheldon
Pres
J. Shelden
Caen
Story County Bank
First National Bank
Knauth, Nachon & Kahne
New York
Marshalltown
Iowa National Bank
Arly Rose
G. Hamilton
Tldisch Bros
Lied Luc Es
W. FF
Fiichfalaica
Alloweet Wmatem
Harriet Santee
L. H. Santee
District Court of the
State of
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Adams Bros
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Scientific American
Samme
Broadway
Opera House
District Court
Robert M. Hunter
Lovetteh Oliver
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