Attack on coal pricing sparks Ames school board debate
In a published rebuttal M K Smith faces criticism over coal costs for Ames schools. L G Hardin asserts Crowe Coal Company charged $2.00 per ton in Boone while Ames paid $3.20, arguing for local business insight on the school board. Hardin states facts were needful and promises substantiation.
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M. K. Smith
Crowe Coal Company
L. G. Hardin
Sre
Chicago
Ames
Boone
Ames School Board
Crowe
City of
the Times
Local residents and visitors tally in Ames events
Des Moines visitor R Scroggie spent the weekend in Ames. Mrs A E Giddings planned a two month stay in Nora Springs. Sheriff Ricketts and wife attended a Masonic banquet in Ames. Allen Budd visited his mother Mrs J L Budd in Shellsburg. Rev Walter Fowle enjoyed visits with Roscoe J Starr and friends. Milt Little returned from Sugar City Colorado after months away. Jessie Cole and Mrs A M Osborne visited Ed Tierney in Boone. Harley Stuckslager of Chicago stayed with his parents. Florence Brenneman and Winnie Cameron home from Cedar Falls. Rev A M Shea went to Jersey City for his brother-in-law's death. Soper and Boyd families attended the Ames banquet. George Arrasmith from Ashland Wisconsin visits Ames relatives. BE W Parnell and family move to Olds Alberta farm 160 acres. Editor Anderson of Indianola Herald in town. he is a candidate for state printer. Laura Corbin of West Liberty en route to Spencer for stenography work. Jim Hutchison from Ames southwest left for Gregory South Carolina to settle there. family to follow with goods for summer. Cogswell of Marion visited and attended the Masonic banquet. they plan to take charge of the Eastern Star home near Boone.
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George Arrasmith
Ashland
Wisconsin
Ames
BE. W. Parnell
Olds
Alberta
Canada
Mr. Parnell
Ames Happenings and Tragic Strychnine Death
The U S club held a dancing party in the armory hall Saturday night. Mrs Stevenson and Miss Ik entertained a small group at their rooms in the Lanphear house last evening. Des Moines bids opened for the central heating plant. Many students and faculty plan to attend Parsifal in Des Moines next Monday. Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Bugbee hosted a party Saturday afternoon. A dress event and talk are slated for next Sunday. Mrs Frances McMillan of Bellingham arrived to spend time with her sister Miss Vina. Gamma Alphas plan a dancing party next Saturday. New board rules were approved Tuesday. A mass meeting and remarks by Representative Whipple occurred in the chapel. R H Moffitt of Des Moines, civil engineer, will join a U S position in San Francisco. James Rowett will join a catch-India company and depart soon. The Freshman Sophomore reception at Margaret ball Saturday night was a notable success with a minstrel show and dancing. For sale 320 acres in the Red River Valley near Ames via Ames Savings Bank. Mr John Hoffmeister of Story county died from strychnine poisoning after leaving a poison stock in the home. The Hoffmeister family described a mysterious last day with the murder trial discussions in the evening. The funeral was held at Mackey. Mr and Mrs Eugene Williams celebrated their twenty fifth anniversary with a large gathering and gifts from friends in Ames and beyond. An Ames boy in Washington wrote of a grand parade, visiting the capitol and meeting Roosevelt, sending regards from East Capital Street.
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U. S
John Hoffmeister
Franklin Township
Story County
Hoffmeister
John
Lulu
Mamma
Thomas
Des Moines
Eugene Williams
Ada Griffith
Mary Cox
Koons
Williams
Ames
New York
Illinois
Webster City
Mason City
Marshalltown
Arcadia Lodge Hosts Banquet at Masonic Hall
A lively gathering of Arcadia lodge No. 249 A. F. and A. M. and the Order of the Eastern Star filled the Masonic hall Tuesday evening with over two hundred guests. A three course luncheon followed a social hour as Prof. Resier Zinthee Wettstein Woodruff and W. S. Tanner performed, marking the first banquet in some time and hoping for a repeat.
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Masonic Hall
Arcadia Lodge No. 249
Order of the Eastern Star
Resier
Zinthee
Wettstein
Woodruff
Senators Dolliver and Allison Reply to Ames Lecture Resolutions
Parley Sheldon reports letters from Senator Allison and Senator Dolliver dated February 21 and 22 1905 promising to present resolutions adopted after Captain Hobson's Ames lecture to the Senate for reference and attention. The exchanges confirm official acknowledgment and endorsement of the resolutions by both Iowa senators. The correspondence was sent from Washington D C to Mayor Parley Sheldon of Ames Iowa.
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Sheldon
Dolliver
Allison
Hobson
Washington
DD. C
Parley Sheldon
Ames
Iowa
Senate
Committee On Foreign Relations
Washington, D. C
MR. Sheldon
J. P. Dolliver
Rev Alfred Cordon Nichols Life and Death Sketch
Alfred Cordon Nichols was born August 24 1645 in Athenstown Vermont and died March 4 1905 in Ames Iowa aged 59 years 6 months 8 days. He traveled as an evangelist after finishing at the academy and left the ministry about 1890 due to illness. He leaves a wife two sons and two brothers. His remains go to Osage for burial beside his second son.
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Alfred Cordon Nichols
Athenstown
Vermont
Ames
Iowa
Orrin Nichols
Mary Bellows
Nichols
Iowa City
Osage
Ames Improvement Meeting Opens Civic Discussion
A Civic Improvement society meeting is set for Monday evening March 13 at the residence of Mrs. L. G. Hardin. Members are urged to attend as important business will be discussed.
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Civic Improvement Society
L. G. Hardin
Ames Adopts Fire Limit Building Regulations
The city council enacts Ordinance 154 regulating construction within Ames Iowa fire limits. Buildings must use non combustible roofs, brick stone or metal walls with specified thickness by story, fire walls, double metal shutters for alleys and roof openings, fire lined chimneys, and non combustible joist supports. Mayor Parley Sheldon and City Clerk Artest Maxwell sign.
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Ames
Iowa
Parley Sheldon
Artest
A. B. Maxwell
Ames Enacts Building Permit Ordinance Fire Limits
The ordinance prohibits any person firm or corporation or their agents from erecting or aiding erection within Ames Iowa fire limits without a written building permit. Violations carry up to a $100 fine and up to thirty days imprisonment, with removal ordered by the city marshall.
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City of
Ames
Lowa
Iowa
Parley Sheldon
Attest
A. B. Maxwell
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N. J
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Indianola Herald
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