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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1904
Page
3
Happenings report a Sunday visit to St Paul and several lectures at the experiment station. Notices cover faculty movements at the Iowa State College, farmers institutes, alumni district reorganizations, and upcoming events including a Des Moines meeting January 27. Also notes marriage rumors, new classifications, and a baseball league schedule for 1904.
Mr. BE L Sylvester of Nevada locates in Ames to start a marble monument business in the Lockwood building east room. He previously supervised work for Wm Smay of Nevada two years and cut the memorial tablet for the new Ames ward school. The local venture is praised for quality and expected to become a substantial city industry.
The Story County Shorthorn Breeders Association met in Nevada and elected E R Silliman president, Jas Hutchison secretary, Walter Morris treasurer, with directors J E Campbell Otis Briggs G H Maxwell E R Silliman and E G Templeton. It renamed to Story County Improved Breeders Association to include all pure bred stock breeders in the county. A special meeting is set for February 6 in Nevada to plan a large fall show and sale.
Public notice for a kidney health product promising quick cure and purification. Appears as an old advertisement offering to strengthen kidneys and restore health for 25 cents, credited to Loveg HRran & Bauer.
Classified notice seeking an exchange offer for a Ames residence in Grundy Grant? county and 160 acres in Greeley Kansas. Located box 747 Ames Iowa. Public notice of real estate swap opportunity with parties and locations identified.
John M. Clarke predicts in Harper's Weekly that Niagara Falls will vanish in about 3,500 years as the Canadian falls reach Goat Island and the American falls die out. He foresees a drying of the escarpment and eventual river reversal into Lake Erie with intermittent flows over the cliff. The article analyzes long term erosion and shifting water levels as the falls disappear.
A Northwestern stock freight train derailed in the Nevada yards Tuesday forenoon after the switch was left open. The engine turned upside down. Engineer Casey was lightly hurt while Fireman Casey suffered more serious injuries and was sent home to Boone. Brakeman B B Gorman died and will be held responsible.
A man asks what statistics reveal and another doubts that numbers show more than patience and industry by the data collector. The exchange frames statistics as a reflection of effort in record keeping.
A Chicago Tribune line notes a young woman at the piano who cannot sing the old songs as war bleeds into her memory. She finds small relief in new songs that prove even worse.
A reflective adage noting that honesty can hinder success. It contrasts perceived failure with integrity, implying that merit is not always rewarded and motivation stems from moral posture rather than worldly gain.
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