Ames High Plans Joint Meet and May Events
Ames High will join East Des Moines high at a joint home field meet in Nevada on Friday from 2 to 5 pm. Baseball meets Jefferson at Iowa State College on May 2 at 10 am with a return May 16. Junior and senior events follow, including a senior class play May 8 at the Armory and commencement May 28 with Matt R. Sawyer speaking. The Cycle Park Theatre’s Texas Ranger production praised by the Dallas News is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames High School
East Des Moines High School
Nevada
Jefferson High School
Iowa State College
Armory Opera House
Iva Brandt
Matt R. Sawyer
Davenport
C. 8. McAdams
Dallas
Texas
Cycle Park Theatre
Dallas News
A Texas Ranger comes to town for one night only
The New York production A Texas Ranger will perform at the opera house on April 24, a one night engagement. The show, staged at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York, drew citywide praise during its run. General Kuroki saw it here with American naval and military officers and praised its realism.
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New York
Opera House
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Kuroki
Knight Family Thanks For Kindness In Sickness Death
J W Knight and family express sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy shown during the sickness and death of their wife and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Knight
Local Farmers and Town News From Des Moines to K P Hall
Farmers busy in fields. Gilbert Produce with eggs. Dog catcher urged to pause. Miller Abrahamson laying a new floor. Mrs C M Abrahamson in Des Moines. Roy Shearer sells post card novelties. Jim Reynolds offers spring painting. orders six months ahead. Ed Holmes rebuilding cottage. Big Show at K P Hall Saturday night. City Hotel reports good trade. Rev Vernon Phillips gave a humorous yet inspiring lecture, The Mistakes of a Fool Killer, reflecting his artistry.
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Miller Abrahamson
C. M. Abrahamson
Des Moines
Roy Shearer
Jim Reynolds
Holmes
K. of P. Hall
City Hotel
Vernon
Phillips
Rey
A. E. Palmaquist
Community Club and Society Meetings in Ames
A dense society notices page lists dates for club meetings in Ames including Ellsworth Corps Feasts, Cemetery Association, Laura chapter O. B. I., Marion Rebekah Lodge, P. B. O., United groups, and several church auxiliary societies. It also notes social events: Merry Wives of Ames hosted by Mrs. Manning, invitations from Mr. and Mrs. Embree, May Morning breakfast at Margaret Hall, Civic Improvement society gathering, Priscilla Club calendar with a Knob venue, and Shakespearean interest among husbands. Local social headlines cover Knights Templar attendance, the Ex-Calibur Commandery, a Crucifixion oratorio at the chapel, and Miss Fannie Shinn’s dance class assembly with praise from pupils. The IL A. S plans a May Breakfast fundraiser, and an Odd Fellows Halls spring jubilee with 25 cent entry.
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Civic Improvement Society
The
Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Ladies Aid Society of the Congregational Church
Ladies Aid Socie
M. B. Church
Unity Club
Altar Society
Catholic Church
Priscilla Club
Royal Ziigabere of America
Red Men's Hall
Knights Templars
Boone
Nevada
Ex-Calibur Commandery
Alumni Hall
Fine musical and literary program by K K club proceeds for library
A musical and literary program is presented this evening under the K K club auspices to benefit the City Library. It will be held at the Congregational church with admission set at 25 cents.
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K. K. Club
Congregational Church
Barretts Cessnas and Knapps Host Shamrock Place Event
Mr and Mrs R Barrett Mr and Mrs O H Cessna and Mr and Mrs Herman Knapp will be at home Thursday evening April 30 to a large number of friends at Shamrock Place home of Dr and Mrs Barrett at the college.
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R. ©. Barrett
O. H. Cessna
Herman Knapp
Shamrock Place
Barrett
The
College
Home Missionary Meeting Scheduled for April 28
The Home Missionary society of the M. E. church will meet Tuesday April 28 at 3 p m with Mrs Ed Rayness. Mrs Wallis has the lesson and Mrs Westerman gives the paper. Social committee includes Mrs Jeffs Mrs Ring genberg and Miss Bauge.
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Home Missionary Society of the M. E. Church
Ed. Rayness
Wallis
Westerman
Jeffs
Ringgenberg
Bauge
College senior P. H. Ottosen named in army officer plan
P. H. Ottosen of Fort Dodge, a senior C.B.E. major in the battalion, has been recommended by President Roosevelt to take the July officer examination. He attends the college and has a solid academic and military record.
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P. H
Ottosen
Roosevelt
Fort Dodge
C. BE
Missionary Society Meats On Industrial Missions
This afternoon the Congregational missionary society will meet in the church parlors. The topic is Industrial Missions. Mrs. Raymond will discuss the value of industrial missions. Mrs. Hibbard will compare Industrial Missions in Africa. Miss Watson will cover Training for industrial work.
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Congregational Missionary Society
Raymond
Africa
Des Moines Wedding Of Albert Wells Ristine And Mary Cookerly
On Tuesday evening in Des Moines the marriage of Albert Wells Ristine and Miss Mary Cookerly took place at the brides parents home on Eighteenth street. Both bride and groom are prominent in state society and the wedding was of pari- or notable social standing.
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Des Moines
Albert Wells Ristine
Mary Cookerly
T. B. Cookerly
Eighteenth Street
Miss Winifred Tilden heads Chautauqua camp program
Miss Winifred Tilden the college sports director engages in Chautauqua work this summer organizing Seton Thompson Indian Camps from June 22 to Sept 1, about ten weeks. Two divisions led by captains report to a medicine woman with two hours daily of stories and games for children ages 6 to 14.
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Winifred Tilden
Redpath Management
P E O Society Hosts Evening at Alumni Hall
The P E O society held a guest evening in Alumni hall at the college on Tuesday. Husbands or friends of members attended a program of spring songs by Miss Elsie Lincoln of Des Moines with Miss Bertha Kersey as accompanist. The opening ballad My Mother Bids me Bind Hair was sung with grace and beauty, as Lincoln praised older composers as pioneers.
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P. E. O. Society
Alumni Hall
Elsie Lincoln
Des Moines
Bertha Kersey
Hayden
Lincoln
Long Earlier Concert and Commencement Plans Noted
A 1908 sequence recounts musical tribute to Prof Hansen of Brookings and a library benefit program at the Congregational church with Miss Lincoln leading a varied concert. It lists committee members and guests, then outlines the commencement week schedule from May 27 to June 4 featuring Peace Pipe, Memorial Day, Baccalaureate, Messiah concerts, Class Day, Alumni events, and an address by Ohio State University’s President William Oxley Thompson.
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Hansen
Brookings
S. D
Dakota
Miss Lincoln
America
Mesdames C. G. Lee
Parley Sheldon
R. F. McCarthy
Barrett
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
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Semmons
Texas Ranger
Gilbert
Gilbert Produce Company
Ellsworth Corps
Cemetery Association
the Foreign Missionary Society of the M. BE. Chur
Laura
O. ER. S
Merry Wives of
Ames
M. A. Manning
Daniel Embree
Margaret Hall
Mono
Dan McCarthy
Mr. McCarthy
Kate Sayles
Ristine
Southern Gypsum Company
North Holston
Virginia
Migs Cockerly
Woman's Press Club
Des Moiens
Capital
Fannie Shinn
Miss Shinn
Organ
Oggie
Mr. Hunt
Bese Reese Ees
Welch
Reuben
Prof
A. B. Noble
Youal Selo
Miss Moss Ee
Miss Dora Rice
Gladys Hultz
Marjorie King
Cora Willey
Turkey
Turks
Cee
Angelus
Sybil Senter
Miss Moss Coresernens
College Cemetery
Y. M
Y. W
Agnes Wetering
Garnet Hedge
Chicago
Frederick Martin
Clara Dutton Thompson
Ames Contralto
Alexander
Thompson
Vernon S. Phillips
Christian Church
Campbell
Campbell’s
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