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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
3
A long list of campus activities and visits fills the week. Notable items include Prof. Miller from Boone visiting, a tennis tourney with Coe, a Dutch band concert in the Christian church, and Rev. Judd from Des Moines conducting chapel. The Sophomore Seniors play the Freshman Juniors in a 10 cent admission game, while Ames beats Simpson 14 to 0 on the diamond.
A 1904 Iowa State College document shows President Storms and trustees moving to revise the 1898 college code as the institution grows. A letter describes plans to acquire two 24 pound howitzers with gun carriages and projectiles from the Rock Island and Lake Champlain arsenals, at the college’s freight cost, via General Crozier’s aid.
John T. Kyle and Henry Banks sign for a $80 transfer of lot 4 in section NW SW 1983 23. Libbie A. Hanegan deeds to Aletta H. Mc Farland a $250 transfer of lot 1 block 7 Duff's add Ames.
A summary note from Lei sure Hour discusses how organs degenerate when unused and asserts speech is not inherited. It cites historical claims of feral children unable to learn speech without social contact and notes parasitic insects that have degenerated body parts.
A curatorial anecdote from Exeter recalls a local belief that locked or barred doors hinder the dying soul. The minister visited a parishioner’s deathbed where the wife, expecting death the night before, left doors open, explaining the reason as a neighborhood superstition from the middle ages.
The tale recalls Robert Bruce's vow to liberate Jerusalem and his plan to send his heart there in a silver urn. Sir James Douglas carried the heart to a near Jerusalem site, died in Spain, and Sir Simeon Locard returned it to Scotland and buried it beneath Melrose Abbey’s altar.
The Portland Oregonian emphasizes Asia as the source of many modern concepts and technologies. It credits the Chinese with the compass gunpowder movable type paper printing and silk porcelain astronomy and mathematical advances influencing Western civilization. It stresses Asia as the cradle of the race and foundational for current society.
In a terse society note, Jack Miller failed to marry Miss Herring after Miss Salmon attracted him. Judith reports Mabel recalls his reaction with a wry remark, noting there are plenty of fish in the sea. The piece preserves light, dated tone.
A New York Press excerpt describes jewelers scales capable of weighing minuscule and vast loads with high accuracy. Experts discuss compensating alloys, practical durability, and global demand from chemists, jewelers, miners, and government offices, plus daily care and the habit of buying new weights or balances for reliability.
The unexpected death of Mrs H E Summers last Thursday night casts gloom on the campus. Funeral held Sunday at the family residence with college faculty as honorary pallbearers. Mrs Summers born April 1 1868 in Knoxville Tennessee, educated in Knoxville and Bethlehem, studied art, married Professor Summers, moved to Champaign Illinois, then Ames five years ago.
An athletic benefit is scheduled for April 29 1904 at the high school building. The program features the High School Orchestra and Choir selections including How We Hunted the Mouse and Jimmy Tended the Baby. Local performers include Mildred Herr Fred Walkey Violet Waltmire Ruth Watts and Louis Doggett among others with choruses and a Variety of readings and songs.
The county primary saw little opposition as all candidates ran unopposed. Delegates to the county convention split with anti-Cummins gaining eleven and Cummins nine. Cummins won in the Second Ward by almost two to one and also carried the Third Ward, while the First Fourth and township favored anti-Cummins.
Seed corn for sale Reids yellow dent and Iowa King tested 100 percent March 10 by W P Coon.
The Commercial club in Ames held a special meeting to evaluate a churn and separator factory led by L. M. Kelley from Cole. Proposals from other towns were considered but Ames was chosen for its rail access and location. A $25,000 stock company was proposed with $10,000 from the club and $15,000 from Kelley. A committee was formed to study and solicit subscriptions. The plant would start with about fifty workers and occupy a 24 by 90 foot two story building. Kelley plans to move equipment from Cole and begin soon after building.
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