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Newspaper

Ames Times

Location

Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1905

Page

5

Vay Novelty Sales At £e1aen Bros Store

A local store advertises Vay Novelty items with prices listed. Customers see sales figures including 6.95 and 43c units as part of a promotional display.

Local MISCELLANY includes society meetings and notices

Ames news notes acceptances and plans from the Christian church meeting January 9 and 10, a Street Lighting committee appointment, plus various society gatherings at Adams hall and Laura Chapter O E S. Local residents report illnesses, moves, a court suit for damages, and school board tensions.

Short Course Opens At College With Record Enrollment

The fourth annual short course and winter school at the college opened Monday with rising enrollment. Corn judging fills the lower pavilion while stock and meat judging share facilities. A carload of fine horses arrived from McLaughlin stables. Domestic science enrolls thirty five with lectures in Margaret hall. Evening talks feature Dr Storms, Prof Curtiss, Mayor Sheldon, and Joe Trigg. Total enrollment reached 476 by yesterday noon.

Holden Farm Mechanics Building Rutherford Gay and Dinsmore McLaughlin Columbus Ohio John Gosling Kansas City America Ames Margaret Hall W. H. Warburton Iowa Corn Growers Association Storms Curtiss Sheldon Joe Trigg Weekly Register Iowa James Wilson Washington Trigg W. H. Stevenson Zinthee John Woodruff Day Animal Husband

Personal Parades Bring Falls of Stillwater Friends and Visitors

Iowa City notes list dozens of brief social visits and travel across Des Moines Cedar Rapids Boone Marshalltown Newton and nearby towns. Attendees include J Jacobs in Chicago Earl Bell in Collins J Judge in Chicago and many relatives at homes in Ames Boone Des Moines and Nevada.

Lizzie M. Allis L. J. McPherson Boone R. H. Stine Carroll Buell Fuller Des Moines F. D. Ferrall Dr. Keables W. S. Read E.S. Proper D. D. Proper

Scroggie Leaves Ames for Des Moines Publishing Venture

Retiring Ames public schools superintendent C. Scroggie joins Walter S. Athearn to publish Midland School and Home Study Magazine in Des Moines. Scroggie brings twenty years in education and prior publishing experience. The Midland Schools serves state and local educators, with wide circulation and notable editors. The Home Study Magazine targets aspiring teachers and at‑home study, circulating nationwide.

Register Scrog C. Scroggie Ames Des Moines Walter S. Athearn Midland School Home Study Magazine Scroggie Monticello Iowa Midland State Superintendent of Public Instruction All Laws Colleges Mehan Capital City Commercial College Cooper Seattle Wash Henry Sabin Home Study Canada South America Greenland Athearn

Iowa State College People Gain Notable Appointments

Prof. I O Schaub arrives to head soils at Iowa State College following Dr. Wilcox retirement. He is a North Carolina agricultural college graduate who studied at Johns Hopkins and worked with Dr Hopkins at Illinois. Benjamin Edwards becomes college custodian. Buckley assists before moving to a new electrical engineering post. Prof. L G Michael, appointed agricultural chemistry chief, comes from Michigan and Columbia to Ames. OC B Ellis remains as Michael’s assistant. Ed Webster, class of 1901, named chief of the dairy department in Washington with life-time civil service status after roles at Iowa State and Kansas Agricultural College and managing a Denver creamery.

I. O. Schaub Iowa State College Wilcox Professor Schaub The Agricultural College of North Carolina Johns Hopkins University Dr. Hopkins Solla United States University of Illinois Benjamin Edwards Dedham Carroll County Edwards Buckley L. G. Michael J. B. Weems Michael Michigan Agriculture College Columbia University Ames Weems OC. B. Ellis Ed. H. Webster Washington, D. C Webster Kansas Agricultural College Littleton Denver Col

Made a Lock For the Key at Temple Church Fleet Street

An old key and lock hang on the door of Temple church in London. The key weighs seven pounds and is eighteen inches long. The lock was fashioned for the key, not the other way around. Both dates trace back to the crusades and the church dates to 1486 built by the Knights Templars.

Tery Rita Coates Zearing Temple Church Fleet Street London Knights Templars London Standard

Inconsistent Woman Sparks Debate on Privilege

Quotations discuss a woman’s changeability and social expectations. The New York Press notes that while change is a woman’s privilege, one unnamed subject is unusually steadfast in disagreement, contrasting with common belief.

New York Press

Gooseberry Folklore Story Acknowledged by Agricul ture Officials

Officials in Virginia amused by a Collier’s Weekly letter describing a wife whose tame cat was buried under a gooseberry bush to enrich the soil. The correspondent notes the next season’s fruit became hairy and the catapillara on the bush described as hairy, suggesting an odd agricultural anecdote.

Collier’s Weekly Department of Agriculture Department Virginia

Who Is Lady Marris in County Lectures

Notices of domestic economy lectures at Farmers' institutes and the college short course school cite "Lady Marris" as lecturer. The true identity is unclear and may be a mistaken or fictional creation by a compositor, suggesting a typographical or editorial mix up in the typesetting.

Lady Marris

Wedding Bells On Campus Amid Mournful Toll

A wave of matrimony on the campus adds three tragic fatalities. J B Guthrie assistant entomology married Emma Brooks December 28 1904 at LeRoy New York and will live in a Morrison cottage. H P Baker forestry married Flora Paddock December 27 1904 at Saginaw Michigan and will reside downtown. Winfred Coover agricultural chemistry married a Miss Ricker December 28 1904 at Peru Indiana and will stay at the Mann home in Ames during the Manns California winter absence.

J. B. Guthrie Department of of Entomology Emma Brooks LeRoy N. Y John Morrison H. P. Baker Department of Forestry Flora Paddock Saginaw Mich Baker Winfred Coover Ricker Peru Indiana Mann Ames Califorals

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