Chautauqua Park to Open as White City for Ten Days
Grounds committee sets up 150 by 195 foot assembly tent at Chautauqua Park by Monday noon and campsites bloom into a white city. Governor Hanly opens with The Patriotism of Peace at 2 30 p m amid praise from Epworth Outlook. Dining tent under control of the Chautauqua Association promises wholesome meals and fair prices as season tickets are projected to be the largest in its history with visitors from Ames Nevada Story City Gilbert and more.
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Association
Chautauqua Park
J. Frank Hanly
Hanly
The
United Presbyterian
Pittsburg
Governor Hanly
Cleveland O
Epworth Outlook
A. J. Naly
Chautauqua Association
Property Transfers In Ames and Nevada Land Deals
A series of real estate transfers lists numerous Ames parcels sold or willed to various buyers including Lucian C Tilden Geo T Dixon E W Valentine H 3B Corlette and others. Transactions cover lots in Ames Maxwell Fair View and Cambridge areas plus adjacent Nevada parcels with prices ranging from $600 to $35000 and include several partials and percentages of lots with precise plot descriptions and additions.
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G Wing
Lucian C Tilden
Ames Lucian C Tilden
Geo T
A Dixon
Ames
Valentine
Corlette
Lee & Little’s
Add
Shranger
R Martin
Maxwell
Fannie Cairns
Fred Ballard
Cairns
North Ames
T L Wolkenhour
Ellen Wolkenhour
Fair
Ames Seeks Bids for Curbing Contract in 1908
The City of Ames Iowa invites bids by August 24 1908 for furnishing materials and constructing 9799 linear feet of 20 inch gravel concrete curbing to steel forms six feet long and six inches wide top. Completion by November 1 1908 with costs assessed to abutting property and cash at intersections.
Campaign for More Students at Ames State College
The Iowa State College announces growth highlights and urges high school graduates to enroll, stressing a one year preparatory program for small high schools. It cites enrollment increases from 1900 to 1907 and details entrance requirements and summer notices.
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Iowa State College
United States
State College
Commonwealth
Ames
State
P. S
Resolutions of Respect for Geo M Pitsor
Hall of Ames Lodge No 309 S O O F notes the death of Geo M Pitsor. The resolutions praise his virtues as a devoted parent and good citizen. Copies sent to the family and Ames Ames and the Ames Intelligencer for publication. record book entry made by C F Kooser and Wm Hulet.
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Ames Ames
Ames Intelligencer
C. F. Kooser
Rules From Ames Chautauqua Board On Seating
The board bans chairs in main tent aisles and prohibits rocking chairs there. Reserved space will be set aside for those who bring their own chairs. The rule is presented as a courtesy to the aged and infirm with priority seating.
College treasurer office closes afternoons August 12 17 21
Notice informs that the treasurer office at the college will close on the afternoons of August 12 17 and 21 to allow employees to attend the leading numbers of the Chautauqua. Other college offices may close similarly and city and college delivery wagons will not run those afternoons.
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College
Knapp
Proposals Sought for Ames Sidewalks and Crossings 1908
The city of Ames Iowa invites bids for permanent sidewalks and crossings to be finished by November 1 1908. Details include plan specs on file with A B Maxwell and bids must be sealed with a 10 percent certified check to City Treasurer M A Manning. City will pay cash for crossings and at street intersections. others via special assessment certificates bearing six percent interest.
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Ayer
Ames
Iowa
A. B. Maxwell
M. A. Manning
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Park
White City
Chautauqua
Tilden
Jennie Beyer
Y Beta
J. A. Campbell
A. M. Shea
Ethyl Cessna
K. W. Brown
Carrie Brown
Rev. Williams
W. S. Fowle
Ed. Rex
Ww. FP. George
C. R. Quade
Mr. Hardcastle
Campbell
J. C. Mather
L. M. Zumwalt
H. Ringgenberg
Co. Tallman
W. W. Childs
F. C. Tilden
Wm. Temby
F. R. Conaway
W. A. van Duzer
John Glidden
Y. Carey
W. A. McDonald
Hambleton
Jno
Miss Armstrong
Will Bower
Alexander
Loughran
Coulter
Nevada
Dean
Smith
Chamberlain
Story City
Ferguson
Gilbert
Frank Smith
Mr. Drake
Howard Adams
W. D. Elwell
Paul Smith
Homer
Yeomans
J L Stevens
J Minchin
Maria Read
R H McCarthy
G Lee
Ad Ames
Kyler
Stoddard
Stewarts
W Forman
Adolph
Anna K
Shane
St Eetos Drone
Ames, Low
Notige
Wm. Hulet
Frederick Innes
Danforth’s
Mrs. Buck
Wing
Nolan
Cramblitt
Shaw
Shugart
Danforth
F.D. Danforth
Parley Sheldon BK. J. Sheldon
S.A Keenan
Story Co
National Bank of Commerce
New York
Knautle, Kachod & Kubue
First National Bank
Chicago
Marshalltown
Des Moines Savings Bank
Des Moines
Ance
Black Eagle
Bosworth Drug Store
Geo. E. Baker
Ames, Lowa
Haverly Transfer
Sorenson & Gamrath
Nelson & Nible
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