Decoration Day Observed Across Ames Amid Rain and Remembrance
The text recalls a large Decoration Day ceremony at Ames Armory with W R C and citizens, including music by Crambill’s orchestra, readings, and a procession to the cemetery under rain. It notes a high turnout, a thinning veteran ranks, and the Grand Army ritual at the graves. It also mentions the Iowa G A R encampment in Dubuque and a June flag birthday address by Warren Lee Goss urging nationwide patriotic observances.
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Cramblll
Liddle
Andrew M. Shea
Elmer Kaye Smith
A. H. Buck
Walter I. Fowle
R. C. Barrett
Barrett
Grand Army of the Republic
Warren Lee Goss
National Patriotic Inspector
United States
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
Lakes
Pacific Sea
Congress
George Washington
Interurban trolley cars near completion on Onondaga Street
Work on the A and C Ry line between here and the college advances with a large crew laying rails and poles. Officials predict cars may run before the Fourth of July, while farmers urge removing Main street hitching posts for Story street racks to ease horse traffic.
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Onondaga Street
Main Street
Story Street
The Thirty Fifth Annual Commencement at Iowa State College
The thirty fifth annual commencement exercises at Iowa State College mark a milestone with a class of 138 graduates plus 11 postgraduates and 2 honorary degrees. Dr Storms delivered a memorable address on democracy and education as campus celebrations proceed with plays, concerts, and alumni events.
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Iowa State College
United States
Agricultural Hall
Ames
Storms
Moses
Hur
Judah
God
Aholiab
Ahisamach
Dan
Wm. F. Medowell
B. K. Klima
Elmer Ae
at _ Case
Abnormal Temperature Lingers as Corn Prospects Slide
Weather remains abnormally cool with an eight to ten degree weekly temperature deficit and heavy cloudiness in northern areas. Rainfall was ample though subsoil absorbed most moisture. pastures and small grain show benefit while corn progress is uneven and may need replanting and a warm dry spell to reach 1906 levels.
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Oxfords
Rich
JU Marlowe
Story County
Iowa
Department of Iowa
Dubuque
Ames & College
A. Canady Burton Blake
E. B. Lambert
Judge Strathmore
Fuhrmeister
Freeman
Bachhelder
Claude Strathmore
Louise Lawrence
James Howard Blake
Jessie Austin Fitzgerald Paget
G. Bader
Senator Stevens
Florence Walls
Kate Stevens
Ruth Egloff
Verna Erwin
G. T. Guthrie
Flora Maid
Drayman Jenkins
Mr. Canady
Canady
Money King
Miss Walls
Strathmore
Cardinal Guild
W. H.peters
Keokuk
Leonnard Paulson
Triumph
Minn
A. E. Berggren
Marshalltown
J. E. Waggoner
Primghar
Frank Miller
Webster City
L. C. Schantz
Wayland
W. G. Langwill
Panama
G. M. Wills
Eldora
G. R. Bliss
Corning
Cedar Rapids
Mutch
Reinbeck
David Gordon
David
C. C. Clausen
Mary
Gertrude Herr
J. H. Stanley, Jr
W. E. Packard
L. W. Ellis
E. N. Wentworth
Wussuckwhouek
College
Emma _ Rosen-Kerr
Rose Reichard
Geo. Ogden
Ida Morrison
Ogden
Fay Cord
Reichard
Smith
Milwaukee
R. B. Swift
Chicago
Ags
Nnd College
O. H. Cesena
Ames High School
Boone
Beulah
Willey
Dunham
Shannon
A. B. Storms
Lowa State College
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