Train Hits Street Car in Des Moines Damaging Car
A Northwestern freight locomotive collided with a Des Moines 4th street streetcar Tuesday evening. The motorman conductor and two front car passengers narrowly escaped death as the car was torn to kindling and derailed the engine rear wheels. Involved were Conductor Moran Engineer Nate Tedrow and several military officers noted in the report.
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Des Moines
Nate
Northwestern
Aii
Northwestern Freight
Moran
Nate Tedrow
George EB. Baker
Lonely Truckee man seeks wife in mass mail call
John Grant of Truckee California posted a marriage ad in this paper inviting single women aged 18 to 30 to contact him. Hundreds of letters arrive from Maine to California as he reads hopeful notes and contemplates his future wife amid a flood of offers.
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John Grant
Truckee
Calif
John
Maine
Massachusetts
Golden Gate
Somone
Buzard’s Bay
Sag Harbor
Devil’s Lake
Kankakee
Kalamazoo
Dorothys
Emmas
Scenic Gives Civic Benefit to Fund Bandstand Upgrade
Promoters Thompson and Armstrong donate Scenic theater proceeds from next Monday for Civic Improvement Society to fund a permanent concrete bandstand. New film program plus several acts to start at 9 p.m. Admission 15 cents. Proceeds aim to bolster a larger fund for construction.
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Messrs. Thompson and Armstrong
Scenic Theater
Civic Improvement Society
Messrs. Thompson and
Armstrong
Citizens Reject Electric Plant Sale Proposal
In a quiet election Monday only 286 votes were cast. The proposition to sell the electric light plant to Edward G. Pratt of Chicago failed by a slim margin of ten votes, reflecting a cool headed, unbiased will of the people. Howard McCarthy switched barber shop employment from Rich to Snook last Saturday.
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Edward G. Pratt
Chicago
Howard McCarthy
Ames Should Be Cleaner and Better Maintained
Citizens urge Ames to address depot area litter trashy windows and weed growth. They call for garbage cans trimmed trees and removal of outdoor closets and manure heaps to improve air flow and sanitation before Chautauqua.
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Ames
Pocketbook Theft On a Cottage Grove Car
In Chicago Roy Howard and George Burton were robbed after boarding a Cottage Grove car near San Souci park. A 19 year old, Joe Romaberg, fled but was caught and pled guilty. He received the maximum sentence of one year and a $100 fine. the purse was not recovered. Burton had $15 cash and a $59 deposit check.
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Cottage Grove
San Souci Park
Chicago
Roy Howard
George Burton
Buron
Joe Romaberg
Romaberg
Howard
Burton
New Foreman of Bridge Division Elevated in Clinton Ad
W F Meiers former foreman of bridges and buildings for the Northwestern gains promotion to general foreman of the Iowa and Minnesota division with headquarters at Belle Plaine. He will move there immediately to begin new duties. The Ames community and Meiers' local ties are noted as factors in his advancement.
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Clinton Advertiser
W. F. Meiers
Northwestern
Tipton and
Anamosa
Clinton
Stanwood
Iowa
Minnesota
Belle Plaine
Will
Neck of the Woods
Cured at Sight of the Scalpel
L Ogle, a telegraph operator awaiting an interurban to Des Moines, suffered a sudden appendicitis attack and rushed to Methodist hospital. An anaesthetic began but he declared the pain had left him and the operation was indefinitely postponed.
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L. Ogle
Des Moines
Methodist Hospital
Ogle
Normal opened last Monday after summer school ends
About eighty young people attended the summer school at Nevada which closed last Saturday. On Monday the Normal Institute opened with one hundred forty teachers. Most summer students will join Monday's enrollment, boosting total attendance. An strong instructor corps aids County Superintendent Scott, with Ames figures listed as Mrs Mabel Clark Miss Mazie Shreiner Supt F E King Miss Maude Wakefield and Mr John Feroe assisting.
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Nevada
Normal Institute
Scott
Normal
Ames
the Normal
Mabel Clark
Mazie Shreiner
F. E. King
Maude Wakefield
John Feroe
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Mrs. Paxton
Barkus Willin
Solomon
Company C
State Range
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Hsterly
Hinz
Weston
Folkins
Driebelbliss
eElse
Foster
Phoid
Windy City
Will Meiers
City
Supt
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