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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
4
Local notices record farm hand and house help ads, building plans, a Yale law degree for Ina W. Jones, library hours, a surgeon’s appendicitis case, and several town personalities moving or entertaining. Other items note a dancing party, land buyers touring Dakota, church changes, a lightning strike, and school board hires.
E. G. Pratt of Milwaukee and Harry E. Morton of Boone asked a twenty year franchise for a local Ames gas plant to provide light heat and power. They estimate two thousand feet of mains and about two hundred initial customers with a two thousand dollar bond for damages. The proposal would issue stock to local residents and the matter was sent to Moon Hemstreet and Baker for study. If granted the price would be 1.35 to 1.40 per unit versus 1.40 1.50 in Marshalltown.
Board of trustees approves degree in agricultural engineering with a prescribed course. Graduates from engineering or agricultural programs become eligible after one year of advanced work. ISU aims to be first to offer and confer the degree. Train excursion notices announce low-fare trips via North-Western for the Christian Endeavor Convention and the National Educational Association with specific travel dates.
Harry Alberts died suddenly yesterday afternoon from a stroke of paralysis after being stricken Tuesday night. He leaves a wife and his mother Mrs. T. O. Hytland. Funeral arrangements were not yet set, with a full obituary planned for next week.
City of Ames Iowa orders property owners and responsible parties to clean rubbish and dirt along alleys within ten days from June 12. If not done the city will perform the work and bill the costs to the responsible parties. signed by Mayor Parley Sheldon and City Clerk A. B. Maxwell.
Balance sheet data for Union National Bank at Ames Iowa dated May 29 1905 shows assets including loans and discounts bonds cash items and reserves. Liabilities list capital stock surplus undivided profits and deposits with certificates of deposit and other payable items totaling 270278 90.
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