Attachment Suit Filed Over $19,000 Notes on Farm
Sheldon and Sheldon sue J. E. Davis to recover 19000 dollars owed by Davis and M. K. Smith from a husking peg venture. Deeds for southern land were pledged to secure the debts, blocking sale of Davis farm in Franklin township. Davis had planned to sell before Colorado trip. bank seeks to hold the farm as security while settlement occurs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon &Sheldon
John Y. Luke
J. E. Davis
J. E& Davis
M. K. Smith
Smith & Davis
Sheldon & Sheldon
Colorado
Davis
Franklin Township
Joe Davis
Ames
Wedding of Joseph R. Person and Daisy D. Sharret
Joseph R. Person and Daisy D. Sharret wed July 12 at the bride’s sister’s home near Walden Col. with only immediate family present. The bride wore light blue messaline silk, the groom a dark business suit, ceremony by Rev Manning of the M E church. A three course supper followed and the couple moved to a furnished cottage for light housekeeping nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph R. Person
Daisy D. Sharret
Walden
Col
M. E
Manning
Iowa Corn Acreage Rises Despite Wheat Decline in United States
Des Moines reports show Iowa corn acreage up by 250000 acres to 8950000 this year from 8700000 last year. Wheat area falls from spring 308655 to 293780 and winter 200000 to 186370. total yield may still rise due to larger planted area. Executive council completes property tax valuation, railroads boosted by 236500. total valuation reaches 693000000 with farm, town lots, personal property, railroad property and utilities listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Climate and Crop Service Bureau
Iowa Executive Council
Iowa Corporations Remit Annual Tax to Secretary of State
Reports to Secretary Hayward indicate 6000 corporations in Iowa are submitting their annual tax of 1 dollar each, current as of the present time. The notice highlights ongoing compliance with corporate filings and revenue collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Iowa
Three Iowa Banks Incorporation Filings Reported
Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state for three new banks in Iowa. The German Savings Bank of Berlin lists capital of 25000 dollars, a Renwick bank lists 50000 dollars, and a Wellman bank lists 35000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowa
German Savings Bank of
Berlin
Capital
Renwick
Wellman
Iowa officials join Minnesota and others in wheat freight rate probe
Iowa Board of Railway Commissioners traveled to St Paul last week to confer with Minnesota and Dakota colleagues on proposed two cent per hundred weight wheat freight increases. An investigation of the rate changes followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dakota
Inter- State Commerce Commission
Iowa Board of Railway Commissioners
St. Paul
Las Week
Minnesota
The
Dakotas
Iowa Lists 803 Municipalities and State Review
Governor B F Carroll and Adjutant General Guy Logan reviewed the 54th regiment at Iowa City with staff in attendance. The unit totals 578 guards and 51 officers. John Junkin, convicted of Clara Rosen’s murder in Ottumwa, faces execution at Fort Madison prison Friday. after, Prof. Hoege of Des Moines will study Junkin's brain, having bought the body for 50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Carroll
Iowa City
Guy Logan
John Junkin
Clara Rosen
Ottumwa
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Prof
Hoege
Des Moines
Junkin
Funeral services held for Everett Lambert in Newton
Everett Lambert of Ames, a former Newton resident and college athlete, died after illness in Colorado and Idaho Springs. His funeral was held at Dr. E. F. Besser’s home in Newton with ministers G. F. Chambers and John Potter officiating. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, and fiancée. Interment in Newton cemetery with plans to move remains to a mausoleum crypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Lambert
E. F. Besser
Newton
Dr. Besser
William Lambert
Lambert
R. Lambert
G. F. Chambers
John Potter
Roy Gray Leigh Hough
Harry Show
Hugh Se@berger
Clarence Ritter
Dale Bergman
Bachelor Club
Ames
W. R. Lambert
Guy
Jay
Colorado
Idaho Springs
Denver
Iowa State College to Offer Two Year Course in Agriculture
The Iowa State College plans a September start for a two year agricultural course aimed at farm boys without a high school background who want practical farming training. The program complements existing four year and short course offerings, maintains high standards, and echoes demand for secondary agricultural education in public and specialized high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State College
Ames
United States
Sutherland Family Moves Into Ames Home This August
Rev Sutherland and family newly arrived in Ames rent the Bosworth house on North Douglass Avenue and will move in August first. Prof Barr and family vacate their current residence until September first and relocate to the Ash Avenue house now occupied by the Dinsmores who depart for Chicago. Mr Sutherland serves as general missionary of the Congregational church and has chosen Ames as the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev. Sutherland
Ames
Bosworth
North Douglass Avenue
Barr
Ash Avenue
Dinsmores
Chicago
Mr. Sutherland
The
Congregational Church
Milford Township Ditch Contract Awarded to Scot French
The board of supervisors met last Thursday and let the contract for a ditch in Milford township to Scot French for five thousand dollars. Grant ditch No. 35 is established as a branch of Grant No. 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Milford Township
Scot French
Ames Man Mr Mark Thornburg Accepts Teaching Post
Mr Mark Thornburg, a 1910 graduate and former stock judging team member, has accepted an instructor position in the A H department at I. B. S. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Thornburg
A. H
I. 8S. C
Thornburg
Graduate School Ends With Noted Lectures and Talks
Final week at the graduate school features lectures by authorities across plant science animal husbandry dairying poultry and rural engineering. Tomorrow Prof Hill of the University of Chicago will discuss the link between agricultural education and farming business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storms
Pommel
Piper
Taylor
Powell
Ewart
Day
Spillman
Mortensen
Rogers
Ayers
Pearl
Davidson
Hill
University of Chicago
Faculty Additions at Purdue and Ames Department Changes
Prof C W Arnett of Purdue University is elected to replace Prof Wayne Dinsmore in animal husbandry with livestock work and stock judging coaching. Mr Mark Thornburg has returned to Ames and is chosen as an assistant in the department though not yet official. Additional department changes are noted by the committee pending board action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Arnett
Purdue University
Wayne Dinsmore
Mark Thornburg
Ames
Death of Little Margaret Eller After Week Illness
Little Margaret Eller aged around one and a half, daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Eller, died Saturday morning at the Boone street home after a week with cholera infantum. Funeral Monday at 10 o clock at St Cecilia's Catholic church conducted by Father Fred Renier with burial in the Catholic cemetery. Relatives and friends from out of town attended including Mrs Fitzgerald of Dubuque and Mrs John Fitzgerald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Fred Eller
Boone Street
St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church
Fred Renier
New Catholic
Fitzgerald
Dubuque
John Fitzgerald
Notable Names Linked in Family Notice from Iowa Towns
Dyersville and Manchester individuals listed include Mrs John Miler and daughter Mrs Rose Hocka, Mr George Eller and sister Mrs Annie Leppard of Oelwein, and Mr and Mrs George Hedrick with daughter, plus Mrs Roy Dale of Boone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
John Miler
Rose Hockaday
Manchester
George Eller
Annie Leppard
Oelwein
George Hedrick
Roy Dale
Boone
Seventh district democratic convention endorses Price for Congress
Des Moines hosted the seventh district democratic convention on Thursday where Clint Price’s nomination for congress was ratified. The platform backed tariff reform for cotton and wool goods and free iron and steel, preferred direct senatorial election, income tax, and bank guaranty while denouncing the postal savings bank bill. Carl Little of Ames was secretary, W H Thompson of Collins a Story county resolutions member, Parley Sheldon of Ames spoke, and a petition circulated to standardize city avenues to thirty feet with twenty five feet parking on each side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Clint Price
Congress
Postal Savings Bank
Carl Little
Ames
W. H. Thompson
Collins
Story County
Resolutions Committee
Parley Sheldon
New Plumbing Business Opens Nearby In Soper Block
Boone businessman Mr. E. C. Wonderlich who bought the Soper building will open a plumbing shop in the Lockwood building just east of Ames Engineering. Wonderlich is an experienced plumber offering all types of plumbing work. Rev. A. M. Elliott of the 4th ward is at the Nevada sanitarium for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Wonderlich
Boone
Soper
Spence Fruit Store
A. M. Elliott
4Th Ward
Sanitarium
Nevada
Domestic Tech Faculty Chosen at Ames
At a faculty and finance committee meeting in Ames vacancies in the domestic science department were filled with Miss Virgil Purmort named head. New staff include Miss Katherine McKay of Winnipeg, Miss Grace FE Russell of Columbia University, and Miss Grace M. Viall. Building updates promise modern teaching facilities by December first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Ames
Department of Domestic Science
Virgil Purmort
Miss Purmort
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Agricultural College of Michigan
Tacoma
Martha Morrison
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Iowa
Katherine McKay
Winnipeg
Canada
Miss McKay
Dominion
Purmort
McKay
Grace FE. Russell
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Miss Russell
Dean Russell
Illinois College For Women
Jacksonville
Grace M. Viall
University of Chicago
Rockford College
Rockford
Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Bullock Family Moves to Wasser House on Kellogg Avenue
The Bullock family relocated last week to the Wasser residence located on North Kellogg avenue, establishing their new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bullock
Wasser
Kellogg Avenue
Grinnell Paving Visit Showcases Bid Bitulithic Roll
Ames officials toured Grinnell to view a large bitulithic paving contract covering fifty seven blocks and about 92000 square yards. The project uses a Warren Brothers bitulithic mixture on concrete, touted for durability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Warren Brothers Company
Boston
Grinnell Committee
Peter Emmel Dies After Long Illness at Ames Home
Peter Emmel born December 12, 1832 in Hessen Darmstadt Germany died Saturday at 5 15 AM at the Pammel home on Boone Street surrounded by his daughter Mrs Pammel and family. He built a leading Chicago decorative painting business after surviving the great fire and moved to Ames in 1902. He is survived by four of six children and was a longtime member and treasurer of St Paul German Evangelical Lutheran Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Emmel
L. H. Pammel
Pammel
Boone Street
Hessen
Darmstadt
Germany
America
Buffalo
Chicago
Caroline Grove
Augusta Pammel
Ames
R. G. Emmel
New Orleans
William Emmel
Zion City
U. S. Post
Custom House
Peter Emmet
St. Paul’s
Pittsburg
Pammel Rest
Rev Houser Takes Vacation Ties With Family In Iowa
The Rev. Houser left Monday for Vinton Iowa to join his wife and family who have been away for two weeks. He will spend vacation around Vinton and Cedar Rapids and plans to return in time for Chautauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Houser
Vinton
Iowa
Mr. Houser
Cedar Rapids
Chautauqua
Welcome Shower Brings Relief to Suffering Vegetation
A Monday afternoon shower provided welcome relief for people and plants alike. The rain was limited in extent but highly valued for easing dry conditions.
Notable Iowans Listed in Who's Who in America
The Who's Who in America edition lists Iowa with about 200 names. Ames figures include Spencer Ambrose Beach horticulturist Samuel Walker Beyer geologist Charles Franklin Curtiss agriculturalist Perry Greeley Holden agricultural editor James Rush Lincoln brigadier general Anson Marston civil engineer Louis Hermann Pommel botanist Albert Boynton Storms college president Henry Slijah Summers zoologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Ambrose Beach
Samuel Walker Beyer
Charles Franklin Curtiss
Perry Greeley Holden
James Rush Lincoln
Anson Marston
Louis Hermann Pommel
Albert Boynton Storms
Henry Slijah Summers
Mad dog bite prompts rabies scare in Milford township
Farm hand Henry Studer was bitten on the arm by a dog owned by J W Bateman at the Alice Bateman place. The dog was killed and tests were inconclusive for rabies, sending Studer to Iowa City for treatment. Bateman accompanied him and noted treatment is free, saving the patient over a hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Studer
Alice Bateman Place
Milford Township
J. W. Bateman
Studer
Iowa City
J W. Bateman
Mr. Studer
Chicago
Dooley Marries Rowland in Denver Ceremony
Married in Denver on Sunday July 24 1910 Miss Daisy M Rowland daughter of Mr and Mrs Thos Rowland of Ames becomes Mrs Chas C Dooley a dentist of Fruita Colorado. They plan to reside there after August 5 and Ames friends extend congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy M. Rowland
Chas. C. Dooley
Denver
Colorado
Thos. Rowland
Ames
Fruita
Miss Rowland
Read family members recover from abdominal surgery
Mrs. W. S. Read was taken to Des Moines last week and underwent appendicitis surgery on Wednesday. She is recovering and expected to come home soon. Her son Bernie recently had the same procedure and is now recovering as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Read
Des Moines
Hans Nelson Flies to Denmark After Lew Gamrath Tales
Hans Nelson departed Sunday night for New York to board a steamer bound for Denmark for a visit. The trip follows claims by Lew Gamrath of his own great times abroad, which allegedly influenced Hans to undertake the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Nelson
New York
Denmark
Hans
Lew Gamrath
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Person
Sharret
Office of Auditor of State
Margaret Eller
Grinnell
J. W. Horrabin
E. A. Perry
Judisch Bros
I. H. Shutt
St. Paul's Church
O. H. Cessna
Stevenson
Hibbard
Bennett
Noble
Spinney
Mundhenk
Rose Hill Cemetery
R. A. John
Rev. Houser
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