Doors Shut by the Sheriff at Ashdown Restaurant
Sheriff Warrick closed the Ashdown restaurant and short order house Tuesday after George Robertson, owner of the building, filed a lien for about $300 in rent and water. The action aims to satisfy unpaid bills, with other creditors considering remedies. Ashdown has run several Ames businesses in recent years, with limited success.
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Lin Sheriff Warrick
Ashdown
George Robertson
Robertson
Ames
Missouri Valley Conference Plans and Basketball Schedule
In Des Moines last Saturday the Missouri Valley officials announced Ames eight MVC games including Nebraska at Lincoln January 21 22 and February 11 12 and Iowa visits February 15 and February 5. The meeting adopted rules on eligibility and nonretroactive residence, and set plans for future officials and meet venues.
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Missouri Valley
Ames
Missouri Valley Athletic Conference
Des Moines
Nebraska
Lincoln
Iowa
Missouri
Iowa City
Kansas
Woman Held On A Check Tangle In Ames Case
Mrs Markham of near Ames was charged with receiving money under false pretenses after cashing a bogus $4 check drawn on a nonaccount holder. The bank investigated when she could not explain how she obtained the check. She waived preliminary hearing and posted bond for the January grand jury term.
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Ames Savings Bank
Markham
Ames
Sylvester
Merrill Manning
Campbell
Grand Jury
Indian Agent in Omaha Probes Tina Belle Woodpark Case
Acting under the U.S. Interior Department, E. Van Wert of Omaha, a special Indian affairs agent, visited the city to gather information on Tina Belle Woodpark, the Indian girl outraged by laborer George Gilbert in October. Gilbert was indicted but the trial failed to prove with corroboration, and the judge freed him. The U.S. government continues to pursue the matter.
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U On States Department of the Inter.ior
E. van Wert
Omaha
Indian Affairs
Tina Belle Woodpark
George Gilbert
Gilbert
Uncle Sam
van Wert
Indian Girl Cared For As Investigation Proceeds
A man investigates a reported crime focusing on the alleged parentage and securing evidence. Meanwhile the Indian girl involved is cared for at the home of Marshal Thompson.
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Marshal Thompson
Skating Rink Promises First Masquerade Skate of Season
Manager Cole announces a December 14 masquerade skate at the rink. This first event of the season is expected to draw a large crowd and suitable prizes will be announced later.
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Cole
Schoolboy Missing and Girl’s Suicide Linked to Cheap Reading
In Grant township Callie Skiles sixteen fled after an evening with a cheap novel and was found dead by hanging. Freddie Schwartz, fifteen, from West Branch remains missing after leaving for school with a dollar for groceries. Doctors deemed Skiles’s death a deliberate act and no foul play suspected.
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Callie Skiles
Fred Skiles
Shipley
Grant Township
Lise
Aplin
Bailey
Nevada
West Branch
Schwartz
Freddie
Miss Skiles
Duchess
Vertha M
Skiles
Scott Leads the Cyclones as Captaincy Passes
In the annual election by the football men Scott was unanimously chosen captain to succeed Wilmarth. A senior and star center, he stayed for one more year after Coach Williams anticipated his departure, while Ames loses Heggen Johnston and Gray but retains veterans and a strong freshman class for a formidable squad next season.
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Scott
Wilmarth
Iowa
Drake
Williams
Ames
Heggen
Johnston
Gray
Ames Man Holds World Gun Record In Three Inch Gun
Leroy Van Epps son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Van Epps of College street Ames returned Monday after naval service. He enlisted two years ago and was released last week. In the navy he became an expert gunner and holds the world record in firing the three inch gun.
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Leroy van Epps
Lewis van Epps
College Street
Ames
U.S. Navy
Lee
Judisch Honored as Pharmacopoeia Convention Delegate
George Judisch of Judisch Brothers, pharmacists and lecturer in the Iowa State College veterinary department, has been elected a delegate to the convention to revise the Pharmacopoeia. The convention will meet in Washington D C in early May. The Pharmacopoeia lists medicinal substances with descriptions tests and formulas.
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George Judisch
Judisch
Prof Bell Accepts Maine Agronomy Post
Prof H G Bell, former farm crops instructor at L S C for two years, has been offered and accepted the role of professor in charge of the agronomy department at the State University of Maine Orono. He plans to start mid January at an advanced salary and many Ames friends extend best wishes to him and his family.
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H. G. Bell
Maine
H G. Bell
State University of Maine
Orono
Bell
the Times
Ames
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