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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1903
Page
3
U L will play ball May 23. Cornell and Ames meet in a home baseball game. Faculty visits and social events fill the week with lectures and campus notes. News covers staff changes, road projects, corn judging at the state fair, and building plans at the college.
On April 22 at the bride’s south side home Miss Julia Roland and Mr. Joseph Franka were married at 8 pm in a ceremony led by F. D. Ferrall of the Christian church. Myrtle Shugart played the wedding march as 36 guests attended.
Announcemen ts for the Iowa State College alumni tenth biennial reunion run May 22 to 25 at Ames. Highlights include dedication of a new engineering hall a junior class play and a baseball game between the college and Iowa University. A temporary dining hall will serve alumni and families since the old hall was torn down. The officers are President W Clyde Jones Chicago C G Lee Ames secretary Olive Edson Stevens Ames and an executive committee including Jones Armstrong and Deitz.
Martha J Brown widow of the late Rev L G Brown of Ames died at Mt Pleasant from cerebral hemorrhage on April 7. Her funeral was held April 10 from her Pear street home with Rev Chandler officiating. Interment at Ames cemetery. She leaves a sister and five sons including Dwight P and Clinton G. She was devoted and charitable.
Ames students prepare for Arbor Day and Louisiana Purchase anniversary while the school plans grounds work and welcomes inheritance of teachers. Juniors beat Story City 23 to 4, while track candidates excel in field events. Enrollment tops seven hundred as plants and desks expand.
A 10 year old bay horse weighing about 1600 pounds with mane cut off and a white stripe on the forehead disappeared from the owner's place two and a half miles northeast of Ames on Monday night April 20. A liberal reward is offered for the return. Ames Iowa April 22, 1903.
A seller offers large shamrock strawberry plants for sale at fifty cents per hundred. Addressed to Fenbacker, the ad notes a bulk price and location.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin promises headache relief and prevention when used as directed. Sold by L M Bosworth.
Due to LuElla Carans illness the couple asks neighbors on the north side to keep dogs indoors at night and limit barking during the day. They also request within two blocks neighbors delay beating carpets and pounding until the daughter improves.
An 19th century business item notes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a perfect laxative sold by L M Bosworth.
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