Ames City considers sale of electric plant to Pratt
At a June 15 1909 City Council meeting Ames Iowa debated a measure to sell the city electric light plant to Edward G Pratt and grant a 25 year franchise. The proposal includes property transfer valued at 45000 with staged payments, rates for lamps and meters, and city options to purchase after five years. An election proclamation set July 12 1909 for voter decision in four wards with designated polling places.
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Ames
Iowa
Edward G. Pratt
Ames ‘Times
Intelligencer
Ciy Council
Cciry
Blairs
Citv
Bradward G. Pratt
Fire Department
Sal
Madward G. Pratt
Iowa State College
City
Ech
Dav
City Hall
Coles Hall
Watkins Machine Company
A. B. Maxwell
Galen Tilden
Notice of suit in Story County court 1909
In Story County District Court Hannah R Schooler and H C Schooler are warned that on or before September 1 1909 the plaintiff will file a petition claiming 59 90 dollars with 6 percent interest since February 22 1907. If they fail to appear by September term noon judgment by default will be entered. Attorney Co H Pasley represents the plaintiff.
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District Court of Town
Story County
A. L. Potter
Hannah RR. Schooler
H. C. Schooler
Hannah Rk. Schooler
District Court
State of Town
Nevada
A. D
Co. H. Pasley
Ames City Resolution to Build Sanitary Sewers on Kellogg Ave
The Ames Iowa city council resolves to procure sanitary regulations for public health and authorize construction of first grade vitrified sewer pipe eight inch sewers and six inch agricultural drain sub drains. The works will follow specifications by the city engineer approved by council along Kellogg Avenue from Jackson Street.
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Grant Street
Kellogg Avenue
Washington Avenue
Jackson Street
Makin
Ames
Ames Times
Intelligencer
A. B. Maxwell
City
Iowa
How Gamble Found His Voice on the Concert Stage
Ernest Gamble, discovering a gift for music at age fifteen in Pennsylvania, studied with noted teachers in Chicago London Paris and Berlin. A bold audition at Chautauqua led Dr. H R Palmer to cast him, launching a career with the Gamble Concert Party at Ames Chautauqua.
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Ernest Gamble
Inenneylvania
Gamble
Whitney Mockridge
Chicago
Yeans
Europe
Blume and Wood
London
Sbriglia
de Reszki Brothers
Paris
Georg Ferguson
Berlin
Mr. Gamble
New York
Chautauqua
N. Y
H. R. Palmer
Dr. Palmer
Record Herald’s Global News Reach Highlighted
The article praises the Record-Herald for its extensive foreign and domestic coverage. It notes partnerships with the New York Herald World and Journal of Commerce and the Associated Press, emphasizing a vast cooperative news network.
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New York Herald
New York World
New York Journal of Commerce
Associated Press
Record-Herald
The Chicago Record Herald’s Global News Network
A praise of the Chicago Record-Herald noting its extensive news service with correspondents in every important U.S. town and a vast network across continents. It emphasizes cables, telegraph lines, and reporters under various conditions delivering comprehensive domestic and foreign coverage.
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Europe
Asia
Africa
South America
Australia
Chicago Record-Herald
United States
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