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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1894
Page
2
A quiet week at the Iowa Agricultural College is followed by a rival debating contest set for tomorrow evening. News spans lectures, student visits, concerts, athletics, and campus happenings with notes on faculty travels, student illnesses, and local events.
The college athletic association advocates consolidation with everything to gain and nothing to lose. They plan a future lecture by Dr. Stalker to raise funds for improving athletic grounds.
Neighboring towns report Miss Alice Simmons will teach a fourth consecutive term in Porter district. J J Wiltse praised by Rev and Mrs Douglass who visited with a bouquet for J Wiltse. Oats in readiness for rain. Will Akin to farm remaining 35 acres rented by Mrs McCarthy.
Christian Church members voted last Thursday to exercise a thirty day option on a corner lot opposite M. I. Kistler’s residence east, at an asking price of 8500. The site will host a substantial new building as the church, led by Rev. J. K. Hesies, has doubled in two years. Material gathering will begin soon, after purchasing from Mrs. Ruth Cook. For trees and shrubs, orders may be sent to 2 A. J. Graves & Son.
A column urges readers to consider sowing green feed and clover hay to improve rations, notes the value of atmospheric nitrogen, and discusses fertilizer instincts. It cites Budd on Russian fruits, potash concerns, and coop banks, with comment on spring pigs and fall production, plus trainer notes from Gov Hoard and Ames agriculture.
Observers note success when improvements occur inside a breed while crossing breeds rarely yields profit. The author recalls twenty acres of mixed crops including potatoes oats barley peas and garden crops before a late unpleasantness. Baties cream at Sheldon's bakery.
A fragment notes a stenography class in formation at an office of J. H. Williams County Bank and a sale listing hats reduced from 75 cents to 50 cents or a dollar, with several local merchants like M. Soper, Lapres, and J. P. Watson offering straw hats and gloves at various prices.
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