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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
8
Ames owns and operates water and sewer systems, a sanitary disposal plant, and an electric light plant. Since 1896 the plant has expanded with new boilers and a fire pump, boosting capacity and safety. Revenue from street lighting, meters, and pumping totals show strong earnings as the city builds a day circuit and nears 6000 lights.
Milford horse display at the state fair. Nevada pumping station near completion with turnout for the county fair. Story City Shetland ponies at the fair. Colo checkers league forms with ten players. Several local incidents include injuries and fires. court actions. Roland canning factory prep. Nevada horseshoe tourney plans. Story county fair exhibits. a fatality near Slater involving a deaf and dumb man identified as Orin Dickerson of Winterset.
The Nevada Business Men's League issues a challenge to the Ames Commercial Club for a baseball game at Story County Fair Grounds on September 12, 1906 at 3:00 pm. The letter proposes a professional men only matchup and promises a return game in Ames. The Ames club notes most members are veteran players and hints the Nevada side may seek a quick reputation.
The Ames Commercial Club invites Nevada to play a base ball game on a date during the Fair with expenses covered and returns to be arranged on the same basis later. An excursion to the Fair is anticipated for the day of the big game and two additional games are planned. General J R Lincoln received a medal of honor from Iowa for long and honorable service at a Des Moines ceremony hosted by Governor Cummins.
East end of Onondaga street hosts a small cobbler shop with a long local record. Built by shoemaker Mr. Rigby over four decades ago, it later housed a law office before T. O. Hytland acquired it in 1884 and has run the business continuously. The elderly craftsman toils daily, accumulating a small reserve for hard times.
Evangelsits Rev A S and Rosa T Dean will lead a ten day tabernacle meeting at B A Lockwood’s lots on Boone Street from September 7 to 17. New song books The Golden Trumpet will be sold at the meeting and all are invited. By order of the Committe. Excursion rates to Boise City Idaho and Toronto Ontario offered by the North Western line for upcoming events with specific sale dates.
A large furniture car last Saturday held hundreds of exhibition coops for over two hundred fancy poultry varieties. The vessel, loaded by E G Roberts of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin, traveled to Des Moines for the state fair and nearly filled the car with ducks geese guineas turkeys and chickens amid extensive breeding.
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