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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1894
Page
2
Des Moines visitor Captain Whiting and Miss Pricilla Meissner are noted along with many campus guests. The choral union numbers about thirty and debates at the college draw judges from faculty. Sports report a Grinnell game win, while theatre ads promote She and Si Plunkard at the Ames opera house with named actors, dates, and prices.
The article covers suffrage meetings and campaigns led by Mrs Geddis and Mrs Nelson in Kansas, with Carrie Chapman Catt's shift to Kansas campaigning. It notes Iowa gains for Republicans, praise for Miss Anthony, and comments on temperance signatures. It also presents a lengthy theological argument defending Jesus as the Son of God, contrasting faith with scientific rationalism.
Cammack’s pitching and Brownlie’s work behind the plate showed skill despite arm strain and wild throws. The game, not a league affair, served as practice and revealed weaknesses. Next Saturday West Des Moines High meets I A S with strong players and a three o’clock kickoff. Support needed to keep IL A C competitive for the silver bat and funding.
The district seeks to enlarge public school facilities with options to add a new building near the brick school or extend the brick structure. Despite current high school taxes, locals praise the schools and push to maintain them. The district owes three thousand dollars, due in three years at 6 percent, with a bond election likely needed.
From neighboring towns, Calvin Finch's team ran away with the cultivator the other day, crossing several fences but causing no serious damage. A boy driving the lines slipped from the shoulder. The Congregational aid society women of Kelley met with Mrs. George Person. Dr. Templeton was visiting. turkeys are plentiful locally. Steele Smith stays with P. J. Templeton helping with spring work. A daughter is a few days old at Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rosenfeldt's home.
Wm Watts, a colored man, was bound over on an attempted rape charge involving Mollie Dunham, 16, daughter of E L and Mrs Dunham. The trial before Squire Loughran extended late, resulting in Watts posting 606 bond and being released to travel with a medicine company. The case involved a multi person scene and a Carr woman accused of inviting the two Negroes to her house during the incident.
Si Plunkard and his famous farmers return Saturday evening April 21 with the farmer’s band promising a novel street parade. The show will march at noon rain or shine led by the band whistling the mocking bird, and admission is 50 cents to all sections of the house. Dr. W McCaskey nears completion of a mammoth barn on a new College Park land parcel.
In Rev. Leon Harvey's recent discourse on Unitarians and Christ, the writer questions Unitarian beliefs arguing they affirm Christ yet reject miracles and divinity while imitating his example. seeks explanation or enlightened defense from supporters to clear the fog surrounding the topic.
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