Northwestern Railway time card goes into effect new schedule
The Chicago and North Western Railway adopted a new time card last Sunday June 9 causing widespread confusion at depots. Through trains were cut and local schedules adjusted with Nos. 5 11 29 15 10 and 6 altered or abandoned. A new card shows leaving times and notes the changes in service to Boone and the Bluffs. Memorial Day services by the Odd Fellows were held with Reverend Williams delivering the principal address and decorations at Ames cemetery.
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Northwestern Railway
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Boone
The
Bluffs
H. D. Williams
Church of Christ
Andrew M. Shea
Geo. W. O’brien
C. E. Hunt
Order
Ames Cemetery
Passing of G. A. Armstrong
G. A. Armstrong longtime Story county resident and county bridge builder died June 6 at his country home east of the city after years of illness. He was born December 15, 1837 in Marathon New York and moved to Story county in 1871. He leaves Julia Benedict Armstrong and four children Anna Emmett Leo and Mrs Taylor. Funeral was held June 8 at his home with Rev. H. D. Williams and interment at Ames cemetery.
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G. A. Armstrong
Story County
Mr. Armstrong
Armstrong
George Ambrose Armstrong
Marathon
N. Y
Fairview
Jones County
Iowa
Julia C. Benedict
Mrs. Taylor
Carroll
Anna Armstrong
Ames
Emmett
Nevada
Leo Armstrong
H. D. Williams
The
Christian Church
Ames Cemetery
Charles Armstrong
Martelle
James Armstrong
C. M. Post
Mar
Catherine Mary Dodds
Catherine Mary Kegley
Waynesburg
Lamar
Colo
Boone County
James Dodds
Dodd
Dodds
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Gilbert
W. J. Minchin
Congregational Church
Milford Copse Hit by Small Cyclone and Storm Damages
A brief June report notes a small cyclone struck Milford township about 3:30 PM on Sunday. widespread damage included uprooted trees, torn roofs, shattered outbuildings, and ruined sheds across several farms. The storm also caused extensive property damage but many farmers are insured. witness Wes Bateman described the wind’s strength and offered to repay to restore prior conditions.
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Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Milford Township
Wesley Bateman
Bateman
Allie Bateman
Lee Smith
Surrey
Jimmy Smith
Parley Sheldon
Elias Ballard
Halstead
Gilmore’s Grove
Wes Bateman
Wes
Armstrong Relatives Remember Deceased Family Ties
Telle, a sister, and John and Gene Armstrong of Martelle were nephews of the deceased. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Peet of Anamosa, old friends of the family, attended the gathering in memory of the departed.
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Telle
John
Gene Armstrong
Martelle
R. M. Peet
Anamosa
County Normal Institute Second Term Opens Next Week
The county seat will host the second term of the county normal institute in the Nevada high school building for one week starting Monday morning. The same instructors from the first term will teach, and the county superintendent urges all county teachers to attend starting Monday.
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Mam
County Normal Institute
Nevada High School
Rites Held For L. B. Peckham Baseball Leader
Marshalltown merchant and former Iowa State Baseball League president L. B. Peckham died Sunday night at 11 30 of Brights disease. A longtime retailer, he married Lydia Hamilton in Ames on Christmas Day 1886 and was a son-in-law of Charles Hamilton. His widow survives.
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L. 8. Peckham
Marshalltown
Peckham
Iowa State Baseball League
Charles Hamilton
Lydia Hamilton
Ames
Loud Rail Grievances Over New Northwestern Time Card
In a dispatch from a nearby county seat town east of the city, residents rail against the Northwestern time card. They complain trains No 3 barely stops the town and often runs late, leaving Marshalltown to Ames in an hour and thirty minutes, a journey noted as slow for Nevada.
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Northwestern
Nevada
Marshalltown
Ames
No. 3
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