Burglars Target Tildens In Ames As Losses Mount
Ames residents report a spate of break ins with the Tilden family hit twice in one week. Thieves entered Lydia Tilden’s summer kitchen and Galen Tilden’s home stealing food and provisions then looted the Tilden store cash box and cash register. The upsurge follows earlier burglaries at Munn Lumber and shows growing boldness with limited police presence.
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Tildens
Lydia Tildens
Galen Tilden
Tilden
Mike Helland for Representative
The Slater News endorses M. S. Helland as Story county candidate for the state assembly. Born on a farm, he blends agricultural insight with business experience and a cautious progressive stance. Voters are urged to rally to his support for effective representation in the general assembly. 10 to 12 Friday at the S A E house. five o'clock moved to Northwestern depot and then Cedar Rapids. SA BE fraternity joined the family for the funeral Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slater News
M. S. Helland
State Assembly
Story County
State House
Iowa
Helland
General Assembly
S. A. E.house
Northwestern
Cedar Rapids
SA BE
Farm Sold At Public Auction Near City Limits
Referee W P Fitchpatrick from Nevada oversaw a sale of the Eastwood farm west of the college at public auction. The 60 acre property sold for 204 an acre to Bob McCarthy, with 30 acres on each side of the road, the bidding not spirited but considered a fair bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Fitchpatrick
Nevada
Eastwood
College
Bob McCarthy
McCarthy
Funeral for Student Fred Longhurst Held
Short services were held last Friday at 2 30 for student Fred Longhurst who died the day before with Dr O H Cessna officiating. The remains lay in state from morning until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Longhurst
O. H. Cessna
Des Moines Man Injures Arm After Street Car Fall
Elmer Sowers of this city, traveling for Hewitt wholesale grocery of Des Moines, misstepped from a street car in Des Moines Saturday morning and tore the ligaments in his right arm, suffering a painful wound. He is home resting for a few days. It was a near miss for a broken arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Sowers
Hewitt Wholesale
Des Moines
Professors Barr and Lambert Lead Mining Students to Idaho Springs
Prof W M Barr and E W Lambert leave tomorrow with fourteen mining engineering students for Idaho Springs Colorado. They will join a summer camp to tour mines and smelters and gain practical instruction in mining. Many students take summer work in mines and smelters and return for fall semester.
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W. M. Barr
E. W. Lambert
Tomorow
Idaho Springs
Colo
Honor Paid 10 Dead Heroes on Memorial Day
Memorial Day observances opened with a bright dawn as veterans and Relief Corps members attended services at the Baptist church and a large two church program at the Methodist. Gettysburg address by Dr. Copestake and memorial remarks by Chaplain Jesse Cole highlighted the program. The procession and cemetery services followed with guard from Company C I N G and faithful old soldiers remembering departed friends.
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Relief Corps
Baptist Church
Fowle
Methodist Church
Niva Nichols
Ronald
A. S. Liddle
T. J. Miller
Copestake
Luke
Miller
Jesse Cole
Marshalltown
Calvin Ringgenberg
Douglass Avenue
Ninth Street
Company C
Board Meeting at Cedar Falls Approves School Budget
At Cedar Falls the educational board last week adopted the budget as prepared by Secretary Stanton for the educational experiment station and agricultural extension departments. It discusses the two year agricultural course for farmers.
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Educational Board
Cedar Falls
Stanton
Mysterious Death of Mrs F P McOye
The death of Mrs F P McOye of Grant's Pass Oregon is reported as mysterious with a revolver found beside her body. The husband was away briefly and returned to find her dead. no powder burns and no clear motive. Lara C Beckwith born 1865 in Newton Illinois later moved to Story County. She married Frank P McOye January 24 1886 and died May 21 1910 aged 45 years 11 months 27 days leaving a husband a son and several siblings.
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F. P. MecOye
Grant’s Pass
Oregon
Shipley
Lara C. Beckwith
Newton
Illinois
Story County
Frank P. McOye
Pass
Grant
O. D. Mathews
Iowa
Edith F. Walsh
St. Louis
Fred S. Beckwith
Kendrick
Idaho
Elmer J. Beckwith
William Beckwith
Town of Jordan Destroyed by Fast-M spreading Fire
The town of Jordan, located west of Ames on the Northwestern, was nearly wiped off the map Thursday afternoon by a fast moving fire. The blaze consumed an elevator, general store, and lumber yard owned by J. W. Weikel, leaving only a blacksmith shop and a few residences. Insurance on the elevator was $12,000, with total loss around $20,000 due to lack of fire protection and strong winds.
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Jordan
Ames
J. W. Weikel
Weikel
Jameson & Co. Closes Out Sale as Ames Store Vacates
The clothing firm W. H. Jameson & Co. says it cannot renew its lease and must vacate October 1. A closing out sale has begun for its large stock. The owner will leave Ames as the building’s new occupant is not yet determined.
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W. H. Jameson & Co
Jameson
Ames
Illness Hits Tilden Re pairing Chief Mrs Longshore
Mrs Longshore of the Tilden re pairing department is quite ill and suffers considerably. A daughter living in California has been sent for to aid the daughter, Miss Margaret of Ames in caring for her.
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Trewin, Murphy and Funk
C. V. Gregory
John Clay
Buchanan
A. L. Bakke
Ada Hayden
Royal Jeffs
M. Evinger
Wisconsin
Carrie Waters
Ethel Cessna
Makepeace Morris
Odd Fellows Memorial Services Next Sunday
O. O. F. Memorial Ames Lodge of Odd Fellows will hold memorial services at the hall next Sunday at 2 30 p m Rev Warner Johnson will deliver the address After the services at the hall the members will march to the cemetery where they will decorate the graves of departed brothers Public is cordially invited and the members are urged to be present
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Ames Lodge of Odd Fellows
Warner Johnson
College Football Schedule Next in Athletics
The college gridiron season opens October first with Iowa facing Morningside and Ames meeting Coe and Drake playing Des Moines. The big four teams Iowa Ames Drake Grinnell announce unique matchups from October to November with rivalries against Minnesota Northwestern Missouri and more.
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Ames
Des Moines
Drake
Coe
Grinnell
Simpson
Missouri
Iowa
Purdue
Kaneas
Indiana
Penn
Commencement Week Schedule and Events Listed
The article outlines commencement week activities including a promenade by seniors, a term recital, baccalaureate in a campus tent with Dr. Storms on The Need of a New Idealism, YWCA YMCA exercises, literary society anniversaries, Martha grand concert, class day with The Education of Alonzo Applegate, Junior class play You Never Can Tell, Alumni Day activities, Sylvan Players performance Les Romanesques, the senior commencement address by Rev James Montgomery Fowler, a president’s reception, and the class of 1910 curtain. It notes Polk City Junction reflection on farm life and crowd weariness.
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Tommorrow
Storms
Y. W
Alumni Hall
Martha
Agricultural Assembly Room
Alonzo Applegate
Bernard Shaw
Armory
Ames
Basiness
John Nicholson Sylvan
Edmond Rost
James Montgomery F. Fowler
Bennie Read Undergoes Appen dicectomy After College Illness
Bennie Read son of Mr and Mrs W S Read of this city and a Grinnell graduate was brought home from college two weeks ago a very sick boy. He was taken to Methodist hospital Des Moines Monday where surgeons Christ Ames Smouse and Baker Des Moines operated for appendicitis. Word today says he is getting along nicely.
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Bennie Read
W. S. Read
Grinnell
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
John Mather Buys Ford With Hog Proceeds
John Mather of Grant township bought a five passenger Ford automobile using proceeds from hogs harvested this winter. Autos are becoming common among farmers, yet Mr. Mather and his family richly deserve the luxury.
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John Mather
Grant Township
Mr. Mather
Des Moines youths miss train and miss Ames run at forty miles
A group from Des Moines planned a stroll near Polk City after a train stop. They alighted with Larry Young and Cc. L. Narvis as the engine departed toward Ames at high speed, leaving them behind and ending the evening abruptly.
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Des Moines
Polk City Junction
Polk City
Larry Young
Cc. L. Narvis
Ames
Cessna to be Fourth of July orator at Nevada
Dr. O. H. Cessna will deliver the Fourth of July oration as Nevada celebrates the national holiday. The committee expresses gratitude for securing his address and looks forward to a fine speech.
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O. H. Cessna
Nevada
Dr. Cessna
Decoration Day Address Praised In Lake City
Capt. K W Brown of Ames delivered the Decoration Day address at Lake City Iowa and correspondents called it one of the finest ever heard there.
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K. W. Brown
Ames
Lake City
Iowa
Ames High School Class Day and Baccalaureate Weeks Events
Large audience attends Ames high school class day exercises in the Armory. A Sunday baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Storms titled Stopping at an Inn drew a record crowd. Alumni banquet served 148 with Howard Hill as toastmaster. Toaster topics included Welcome to the Puckwudgies and From Those in Control. Commencement programs promised for this evening at the Methodist church.
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Ames High School
Armory
Dr. Storms
Conaway
Miss Nichols
Dickey
Mr. Good
Miss Pike
Wood
Hoffman
Mr. Conaway
Prof. Dickey
Shane
Howard Hill
Puckwudgies
Thomas McCall
Clyde Griffith
A. B. Noble
Board of Education
Carrie Hunter
F. R. Conaway
Commercial Club
Semmons Introduces New Mitchell Five Passenger Car
Semmons unveiled a new five passenger Mitchell car to be used by his family and friends this summer. The vehicle is anticipated to provide enjoyment during upcoming months in the community.
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W. J. Semmons
Mitchell
Mr. Semmons
Bullock Family Child Undergoes Adenoid Operation
Mr and Mrs D J Bullock and their daughter Dorothy visited Des Moines for an adenoid operation on the child. The procedure was successful and the youngster shows rapid improvement.
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D. J. Bullock
Dorothy
Des Moines
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Iowa City
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Longhurst
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Tion
Cee
Des
Minnesota
Linois
Leander Clark
Nebraska
Cornell
Washington
FORD
Cessna
Semmons
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