County Farm Improvement Plan Defeated in Story County Vote
Story county voters reject a county farm infirmary project and a new facility for the incurably insane by about 86 votes. Results show north county precincts largely opposed, south precincts mostly in favor, with 16 yes 10 no, postponing the proposed improvements and urging resubmission under better conditions.
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Story County
Board of Supervisors
Nevada
Lincoln
Collins
New Albany
Real estate transfers list in Ames and surrounding area
Clara Chance sells to F J and Alice Neasham south one fourth of lot 5 all of lot and north 5 feet of lot 9 block 15 Nevada. Frank N Evans and wife to W W Sylvester and M A Manning transfer Lots 3 4 sw se section 23 and more in sections 16 26 for 4080 and 424 etc. Several other deeds include transfers between Carl L Little E E Little Susan Bates widow and Anderson H Wills and KE Rawson and wife to Helen Halvorson as well as multiple Ames parcels between B E Little T J Wilcox L J Cole W W Sylvester M A Manning R H Inmand and William T Smith and Frank M Okey.
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Clara Chance
F. J
Alice Neasham
Nevada
Frank N. Evans
W. W. Sylvester
M. A. Manning
Carl L. Little
E. E. Little
Susan Bates
Anderson H. Wills
KE. A. Rawson
Helen Halvorson
Slater
B. E. Little
T. J. Wilcox
Lee & Littles
Ames
B. J. Cole
L. J. Cole
Hell's Full Remark Stuns Theater Audience
Bob Buchanan a Maxwell area native stars at Armory in Foxy Felix. During a stage trap gag the figure of Faust failed to descend fully to flames. A gallery boy yelled Were all right kids Hell's full drawing laughs from the audience and afters.
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Bob Buchanan
the Armory
Foxy Felix
Marguerite
Faust
Iowa Cafe Opens In Ames To Huge Crowd
The Iowa Cafe in Ames opened its doors to a large crowd with a Dutch Inn style dining room and a 40 seat capacity. Proprietors C. F. Beeler and W. B. Drake aim to offer extravagant meals at popular prices, emphasizing quality service and cleanliness. The dining room quickly proved popular, drawing praise from patrons for a homey, motherly meals feel.
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Ames
Iowa
C. F. Beeler
W. B. Drake
Local farmer bids on prize corn during Illinois visit
W. D. Meltzer touring Illinois towns attended a shipcorn show and placed bids on prize ears. He won two samples, a ten ear white corn and a ten ear yellow dent sample, now displayed in his harness shop window.
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W. D. Meltzer
Illinois
McClure's January issue offers fiction and world history
McClure's Magazine for January features timely articles and fiction. Lathrop and Turner recount coal discovery in Alaska and the Ballinger Pinchot era. Soskice profiles Eugene Azeff as a Russian spy in pay of the secret police. Paoli begins recollections on European kings and queens. Perceval Gibbon covers the Ferrer Trial. includes Italian child letters, stories by Herron, Day, Laughlin, Bennett's London comedy What the Public Wants, and a poem by Theodosia Garrison.
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McClure
John E. Lathrop
George Kibbe Turner
Alaska
David Soskice
Schuesselburg
Eugene Azeff
Revolutionary Party
Xavier Paoli
Europe
Elizabeth of
Austria
Ferrer
Perceval Gibbon
Spain
Stella Wynne Herron
Olaf Larsen
David Henry Day
Clara B. Laughlin
Arnold Bennett
Theodosia Garrison
Christmas Cantata at Christian Church
Bible school children present a free cantata Friday night at 8 oclock at the Christian Church. It is a Santa surprise party. All are welcome.
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Bible School
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Lincoln Milford
Nevada Township
Palestine
Richland
Sherman Story City
Union
Warren Washington
Dition Ames
William T. Smith
Frank M. Okey
W. T. Smith
Cole
Holland
Michigan
Isc
Lowa
S.l. Akin
Clifford Mack As
Willie Dowell
Girl OF
Eagle Ranch
Christian
Kelley
Golden Gate
Benson’s Cash Grocery
Ames, Iowa
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