Uncle Sam hires Prof. H. C. Pierce for poultry study
Prof. H. C. Pierce, head of Iowa State College poultry department, resigns to oversee a new Bureau of Chemistry project on poultry transport losses. He will head a ten man team in Philadelphia, traveling Kansas to Iowa monthly, investigating chemical changes in market poultry shipping. The college must fill his vacancy. Guy Clements works as a freight brakeman on the Northwestern between Carroll and Clinton.
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Ames College
Department of Agriculture
H. C. Pierce
Iowa State College
Ames
Prof
Pierce
Philadelphia
Kansas
Iowa
Cornell University
Guy Clements
Carroll
Clinton
State failed in corn case
Harry Kelley a Ames teamster was tried before Justice Campbell on a petit larceny charge after Davis alleged corn in Kelleys hayload. The defense showed state witnesses failed to prove theft and Kelley was acquitted.
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Harry Kelley
Ames
Campbell
Ira Davis
Davis
Kelley
P. P. Brown
Boy Sledding Injury on Hansen Hill
Edwin Holverson ten year old son of Mr and Mrs Tom Holverson of Nevada was knocked down by another sled on Hansen hill last Saturday afternoon. He sustained a fracture near the hip joint in one leg while pulling his sled back up the hill and did not see the approaching sled in time to avoid the collision.
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Hansen Hill
Nevada
Edwin Holverson
Tom Holverson
Big Engineers Meet in Ames Plans Highlight Annual Event
The American Society of Agricultural Engineers holds its annual meeting in Ames on December 28 and 29 with papers from national and international experts. Attendees include Wynn of Fort Wayne Electric Works, E D Boyer of Atlas Portland Cement, Frank D Blake of Deere and Company, and many professors from Minnesota, Colorado, Iowa State, and Ohio State. Formal day sessions occur in Agricultural Engineering hall with evening talks in Agricultural Assembly.
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The
American ~S of Agricultural Engineers
Ames
Pres. Wynn
Fort Wayne Electric Works
E. D. Boyer
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Frank D. Blake
Deere and Company
Moline
Howard W. Riley
Cornell University
H. B. Bonebright
Colorado Agricultural College
A. O. Fox
Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company
W. F. MacGregor
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
E. W. Hamilton
Thresherman Farmer
John T. Stewart
H. M. Bainer
H. C. Ramsower
University of Minnesota
Ohio State University
G. A. Ranney
International Harvester Company
A. Marston
King and Hamilton
Iowa State College
Hamilton
Northwest
Ranney
Smoke Triggers False Alarms as Fire Units Respond
A general alarm last Saturday and a Sunday false alarm drew Philadelphia volunteers toward the M. K. Smith home and later the Wm. O. Boyd house. Fire crews found no blaze at Smiths, while a hot water plant steam issue caused a mistaken attic fire report at Boyd residence. Neighbors mistook steam for flames, tying up crews and practice time.
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M. K. Smith
Smith’s
M. K. Gp
Cecile
M. K
Smith's
Wm. O. Boyd
Pratt Plans to Build Gas Plant in Ames
Edward G. Pratt of Chicago writes to Ames officials that gas mains have been laid out and plant construction will begin in spring to supply natural gas by July 1, 1910, under the March 24 1909 franchise. The plan follows nine month start from franchise grant and includes maps and machinery plans.
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Ames
Edward G. Pratt
Chicago
Lungren Edits I. S. C. Student During Editor’s Chicago Trip
A. F. Lungren, senior class member, edited the I. S. C. Student this week while Editor Wagner traveled to Chicago on an inspection trip with the senior engineers.
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A. F. Lungren
Wagner
Chicago
Prall heads to Rochester for student volunteer convention
J. C. Prall departs next Monday for Rochester New York to address the national convention of the student volunteer movement. A group of YMCA members from the college will accompany him to the meeting.
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J. C. Prall
Rochester
N. Y
Taken Back to the Asylum in Nevada Case
Carl Tally was arrested on a warrant for assault with vicious intent against Florence Knight, a ten year old Nevada girl. He was sent back to the Clarinda insane asylum and the charge dismissed as he violated parole after previous confinement for lewd conduct.
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Frank Berry
Nevada
Carl Tally
Florence Knight
Clarinda
Tally
John Ballard Returns Home After Illness
John Ballard leaves Eleanor Moore hospital in Boone after seven weeks of sickness following appendicitis surgery. He is back in his city home and expects to be up and about soon.
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John Ballard
Eleanor Moore
Boone
John
Griggs Heads to Washington for Civil Service Work
E. V. Griggs, ISU graduate and former mathematics instructor, will report to Washington D C within two weeks to begin civil service work at a salary of 1200 dollars per year. The Ames native, noted for his mastery of mathematics, had been connected with the college as an instructor since graduation last June.
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Civil Service Commission
E. V. Griggs
Iowa State College
Washington, D. C
Griggs
Washington
Foreign students host smoker for Ames Commercial club
To celebrate the Louisiana Purchase anniversary the Cosmopolitan club invited Ames business leaders to a smoker at the Odd Fellows hall. J B Haberkorn, J Galen Tilden, professors Schmidt Pierce, Parley Sheldon, and W O Payne spoke. Pedro Aguado sang with Will Tydeman on piano. Habana cigars and frappe were served. Small tobacco pouches from the Tilden store were given as souvenirs.
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Louisiana Purchase
Cosmopolitan Club
College
Ames Commercial Club
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ames
J. B. Haberkorn
J. Galen Tilden
Christmas Rush Subst Clerk Ross Poole in Post Office
Ross Poole serves as a substitute clerk at the post office amid the Christmas rush handling parcels and mail with orderly service.
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Ross Poole
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Christmas
Ames, Iowa
Uncle Sam
Boy Coaster
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
Tion
Agricultural Engineering Hall
Agricultural Assembly
New Agricultural Hall
Volunteer Fire Company
PRATT
Mr. Pratt
Ill
Prall
Insane Hospital
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