Ames Leads In Agricultural College Growth And Vehicle Innovations
The Iowa State College at Ames reports enrollment near sixteen hundred in regular courses and seven hundred sixty five in short courses totaling over twenty three hundred. The piece notes Ames as a leading agricultural and engineering school with veterinary and domestic science programs, resisting state board control. It envisions new touring wagons used as mobile market booths with sleeping compartments for Jamestown Exposition visitors.
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Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ames
United States
Veterinary Medicine
Thoroly
Iowa
Norfolk Question Sparks Jamestown Exposition Sleep Need
In Norfolk Virginia the dilemma of where to sleep during the Jamestown Exposition is discussed. The old man’s efforts and the saying Necessity is the mother of invention frame the debate about lodging arrangements and preparations.
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Norfolk
Commercial Club Plans Banquet and Ames Horse Sale
The Commercial Club met to finalize the February 22 banquet at Ames Armory and formed committees for amusements and final arrangements. Van Frey proposed Ames host a December state sale to attract five hundred thoroughbreds, requiring city care for the animals, and a ground survey was authorized to pursue the plan.
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Commercial Club
Ames Armory
Washington
van Frey
Ames
Iowa
Attorney Slattery Recovering at Home After Grippe
Attorney Slattery spent part of the past week confined to his home due to grippe but has regained strength and is able to be around again.
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Attorney Slattery
Stults Buys Ames Home Bakery Adds Bakery to Restaurant
Frank Stults owner of Stults Cafe has acquired the Ames Home Bakery from Dunlap Milling Co and will move stock to the cafe site. The oven will be set upstairs and operation expected in days. Baker Mr Clark named to run the shop as part of a planned boost to both businesses. Also discussed were telephone company changes for better rates and street hitching post removal if an electric line is built on Onondaga street, with possible relocation to Story street.
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Frank Stults
Stults
Ames Home Bakery
Dunlap Milling Company
Wakefield Dray
Rank
Clark
Ames
Frank
Mutual Telephone Company
Bell Company
Main Street
Onondaga Street
Story Street
Hank Coffeen Wins Five Dollar Brick Carry Bet
A noon wager at the college sees Hank Coffeen carry fifty bricks up a twelve foot ladder without dropping them. Danforth and Horneman bet and lose as Hank scales the ladder at the Y M C A building. Plans swirl about another bet on seventy five bricks.
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Horneman
Danforth
Hank Coffeen
Hank
College Depot
Social Gathering of the T S R s in 1907
In 1907 on February 7 the T S R s held a social at M. J. McCarthy and wife Mary's home. Guests came from Milford Grant Ames and Nevada. Music, gramophone songs, and a feast preceded a valentines game that paired partners, leaving attendees hopeful for long days ahead.
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M. J. McCarthy
Mary
Milford
Grant
Ames
Nevada
Gramophone
Michael
Annual Meeting of Story County Farmers' Telephone Co.
The annual meeting was held in the Odd Fellows hall last Friday with the Story County Farmers' Telephone Company reporting on operations and leadership.
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Story County Farmers’ Telephone Company
Odd Fellows Hall
Rabbit hunt ends without sighting game at college outing
Last Saturday a group of seven college instructors joined a rabbit hunt across the countryside but failed to spot live rabbits. Reports say rabbits were abundant yet sat in the sun and remained unchallenged. One rabbit was killed erroneously, but the victim proved to be a carcass laid out in the sun for days.
Flora DeVoss Company Stage Run At Armory Ames
Flora DeVoss company closed a week of repertoire at the Armory opera house in Ames. The troupe, in town six or seven seasons, delivered clean moral entertainments to full houses all week. Leading man Mr. Livingston impressed audiences, and officials indicated a likely return to Ames for another performance evening.
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Flora DeVoss
Armory Opera House
Ames
Louisiana
Livingston
Hunting for Trouble with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
Charles Walters of Alleghany Sierra Co says he has lived in California 20 years and still hunts for trouble. The advertisement claims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures burns sores wounds boils cuts sprains and piles quickly. Guaranteed by all druggists and priced at 25 cents.
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California
Charles Walters
Alleghany
Sierra Co
Walters
Missing tools spark Boone judge’s fifteen day sentence
A traveling camp outfit from South Dakota moved through Boone and borrowed a saw and an ax. The head of the household was given fifteen days to return the articles after a local officer escorted him to Boone and a judge assessed the light penalty. The son remains in town awaiting his release.
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F. E. Morris
Boone
South Dakota
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa House approves two cents a mile fare bill
The long discussed fare bill passed the Iowa House unanimously aside from two absentees. It now goes to the Senate, then the governor. The law will take effect July 4, after publication clause was removed. The weather aided the Duroc Jersey sale of 35 hogs, average price $65, with top bid at $200 for a hog sold to A L Mossman of Radcliffe.
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Iowa
Towa
House
Senate
P. Freed
A. L. Mossman
Radcliffe
Mr. Freed
Woodland Farm
Armory Rowdies Disrupt Show Crowd Causes Tension at Theater
Report details a group of about twenty young men occupying reserved seats at the Armory, resisting marshal intervention, provoking protests, and prompting calls for better order. The piece urges respect for performers and patrons to avoid giving the town a bad reputation and to maintain proper theater courtesy.
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Armory
Skin Disease Cured by Chamberlain’s Salve
Mrs Fan Nie Griffen of Troy Alabama reports a twenty year skin disease was cured after using two boxes of Chamberlain’s Salve. She had consulted several physicians without relief before trying the salve. The product is sold by Judisch Bros.
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Chamberlain
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Father Genius
Devoss Company
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