Happenings Highlight Local Visits and College Matters
Misses Iva and Ora Brandt visit Des Moines for tea with a professor and Mrs Summers. Dr Storms attends the funeral of Judge Connor. The mining engineering department analyzes coal samples, and a White Shorthorn calf is donated for the International. A mammoth tusk is prepared for museum mounting after being found near Washta.
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Iva
Ora Brandt
V8 Tea
Des Moines
Dr. Storms
Judge Connor
Moines
West Virginia
Washta
Masquerade and community notices amid Ames events
A masque ball at the hall, illnesses including Opal Williams with erysipelas, and funeral of Clara Gerbracht at Ames. Local society items report visits, travel, a box supper at Jones schoolhouse, a surprise for Armstrongs before they move to Illinois, and updates on the Boone County Telephone Company and new subscribers in Ames.
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H. Shutes
Boone
Tom Armstrong
Illinois
Geo. Person
Fred Gerbracht
Boone Telephone Company
Boone County Telephone Company
Farmers & Merchants’ Mutual Telephone Company
Iowa Bell
Mutual
Boone County
Lowa
Ames
Telephones in Story County Rival Lines Compared
The story lists toll, city and rural phones for Independent and Bell lines in Story county. Independent serves 2,259 business houses and homes while Bell serves 77. Independent operates 18 toll stations versus Bell with 14.
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Independent
Bell Telephone
Story County
Bell
Bell Phones
Independent Phones
Town
Ames
Cambridge
Collins
Colo
Fernald
Gilbert
Baxley
Kelsey
McCallsburg
Newark
Isos
Maxwell
Shipley
Slater
Story City
Ae. Os Oe
Zearing
Wwe
Sas Vss
Lowa Center
Claude Law Missing After December Disappearance
Claude Law, once employed at the Health Institute, vanished December 23 while buying a Des Moines ticket en route to his Canby Iowa home. His worried parents, sending notices to Ames and Des Moines papers, seek public help to locate him after weeks with no trace or word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Law
Health Institute
Des Moines
Canby
Adair County
Rock Island
Ames
D. Law
Taxes, Taxes Complete Ames List at Story County Bank
A notice directs residents to Story County Bank for a full list of Ames and nearby taxes and where payment can be made.
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Ames and Vicinity
Story County Bank
Closing-Out Farm Auction Near Ames and Nevada
Auction set for Monday February 15 at the W. and Stultz farm five miles northeast of Ames eight miles northwest of Nevada and seven southwest of Roland starting 12 o'clock noon. Includes horses cattle hogs farm implements corn hay household goods and terms: cash for $5 or less and 12 months on approved notes at 8 percent with 2 percent discount for cash. Joan B. Rowland.
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W. &. Stultz
Ames
Nevada
Roland
McCormick
Milburn
Marshalltown
Rock Island
Thompson
Deere
Deering
Hocking Valley
Joan B. Rowland
Death of Clara Gerbracht at age 15 in Nevada
Clara Elizabeth Gerbracht daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Gerbracht was born August 7 1888 and died February 6 1904 aged nearly sixteen after typhoid paralysis and pneumonia. She endured a long illness with fortitude. Impressive Catholic funeral services were held Monday at 10 30 a m conducted by Father Renier with burial in Nevada Catholic cemetery.
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Clara Gerbracht
Fred Gerbracht
Ames
Nevada
Clara Elizabeth Gerbracht
Father Renier
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Barton P. Bigler
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A. B. Scott
Lehigh
Crooked Creek
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Verne Welch
C. A. Saunders
Manila
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Farm Mechanics
G. W. Brooks
Chicago
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Iowa City
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Storms
Curtiss
Marston
Holden
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Bissell
Stanton
W.S. Franklin
Bethlehem
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Rockies
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Wyoming
Prof. Franklin
Don Stanton
Kelley
Prosper Templeton
Mrs. ©. Foley
Renwick
Gossard
Mrs. Geo. Person
Ellen Person
Opal Williams
Dr. Templeton
Jones School
Frank Morris
Joan L. Brewer
Washington Township
the Times
John J. Repp
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Quaker City
W. M. R. French
Katherine Ridgeway Co
Ernest Thompson Seton
Benjamin F. Trueblood
S. C. Glee Club
College Book Store
Bartholomew
C. E
Brock
Coons
Emma
Dixon
C. O
Hodgdon
Holdridge
C. R
Hill
Levi
Keltner, al
Arrasmith, J. A
Bennett, Luke
Bates, Theron
Cramblet, W. A
Kaness, Geo
E. L. Sylvester
East Main Street
Canier Bros
Herman’s
Congress
Knfant
Cushionett
Itten Shoes
Misses Kangaroo Cf
Button
M. Hen
Red School House
Iowa
Dowdell & Millard
Loughran
Bauer Prescription Druggists
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