College social notices and staff changes reported
The faculty club hosts a dancing party and Miss Georgetta Witter hosts S. B. club at Kellogg street. Hockey club girls dine with coach Miss Win Tilden. Prof R C Barrett buys Miss Lizzie Allis residence. moves end of term. Mary Rausch lectures in Spencer for Congregational Ladies Aid. Prof and Mrs Resler resign. board to fill vacancies. James Atkinson of Iowa Homestead visits. once an animal husbandry aide. Senioritas hold St Patrick luncheon at Harriet Beyer’s. Chas A Welsh of Boone dies at 26 from tuberculosis. Music department house becomes scarlet fever ward. six patients quarantined. Prof and Mrs T H McDonald return from Pittsburg road meeting. floods noted. Next Saturday hosts third college lecture by Frank Dixon, member of famous Dixon quartet. President Tisdell and Otto Gramm visit to inspect domestic economy dept. London cable to Prof Curtiss invites 18 year old boy to join April first for one year. rare entry inquiry. Topeka Capital reports Miss Gertrude Coburn to wed Theodore Jessup in Chicago this summer. Coburn family prominence noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetta Witter
S. 8
Kellogg Street
College
Spencer
Congregational Ladies’ Aid Society
Resler
Omaha
James Atkinson
Iowa Homestead
Senioritas
Harriet Beyer
Chas. A. Welsh
Boone
I. S
T. H. McDonald
Pittsburg
McDonald
American Roadmaker’s Association
Ohio River
Westinghouse
Frederick M. Tisdell
Wyoming Agricultural College
Laramie
Wyoming
Otto Gramm
Curtiss
London
England
Wray Wrayt
Board of Control
Topeka
Kas
Coburn
Ames
Gertrude Coburn
F. D. Coburn
Theodore Jessup
Chicago
Miss Coburn
Jessup
Western Electric Company of
Social calendar fills Ames with clubs and dances
Miss Ruth Barrett hosted Y Beta girls while Clover Club members met with Miss Jean nette Bartholomew. The Rebekah Auxiliary planned a Friday gathering at the Odd Fellows Temple. Delta Chis enjoyed 500 at a Talbott home. Mrs L G Hardin hosts friends at 1029 Douglas. Various church societies meet March 26 28 with programs on Work in the South and the Hawaiian Islands. A Clover Club and Cockle burrs party honored Lieut Rush Lincoln and Miss Jeannette Bartholomew. The 500 party featured St Patrick greens and prizes. The Salamagundi games night featured marbles and varied contests. An annual PEO musicale at the college presented In a Persian Garden with local soloists and rich oriental notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Barrett
Y Beta
Clover Club
Jeannette Bartholomew
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah Ladies
Odd Fellows’ Temple
Delta Chis
Kismet Club
Vernon Tinsley
Mabel Craig
Ames
Ernest Starck
Leisvelt
Orleans
Nebr
Miss Craig
Mary Craig-Johnson
Nebraska
Starck
Cody
Wye
Philatheas
Christian Church
Laura Clarke
Klima
Boda
Clarke Studio
Robert Lyon
Rachel Paxton
Rush Lincoln
Paxton
Julius Tilden
Ft. Dodge
Claude Campbell
Jewell
City
Clever Ames forger caught by bank officials
A college student using the alias C. F. Wright and Ralph Wilkinson fooled several Ames banks, cashing checks totaling about 95 dollars before police and bank staff uncovered the scheme. Authorities found 108 dollars hidden in the suspect’s room. the father, a Manteno banker, is en route to help settle the matter without court action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
C. F. Wright
Manteno
Ill
Story County
Ralph Wilkinson
Wright
W. E. Summerville
Union National Bank
Fair
Summerville
Story County Bank
Union National
Ames Savings Bank
Julia A. Holmes
Ames Social Notes Show Wide Circle Of Visitors
Mrs. R Phillips visited Boone to see her daughter. Numerous Ames residents and visitors are listed including Fred Anderson Gilbert and Postmaster Reynolds Gilbert. The column mentions travels to Chicago Des Moines Parkersburg and Salina and a fundraising play for the Ames Fire Department likely around April 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Phillips
Boone
Fred Anderson
Gilbert
Reynolds
Ames
L. O. Keedick
Chicago
B. D. Cramblil
J. P. Ashton
Ina
Harriett May
Cagwin
Perry Simmons
Iowa
Marcia Coggshall
Benton Stall
Elizabeth Conway
Luella
Sarah Kegley
Barnes
Albia
Maisie Schreiner
Beach & Bowers Minstrels At Armory Next Tuesday Night
Beach and Bowers will perform their minstrel show at the Armory next Tuesday night, as announced elsewhere in this paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach
the Armory
Belle of Richmond staged in Ames for band benefit
The Ames amateur cast presented Belle of Richmond as a band benefit last week. The production drew strong local support and the band received funds to start the season in good shape. Inspired by the success, several Ames youths planned another benefit performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ames
Madam Butterfly to Be Performed by Savage Opera at Foster's
Henry W Savage's English Grand Opera Company brings Madam Butterfly to Foster's Opera House for a single Tuesday performance. The 150 member company includes a 60‑piece orchestra and three conductors from New York's Garden Theatre engagement. Notable cast includes Elza Szamosy Rene Vivienne Florence Easton Dora de Filippio Harriet Behnee Estelle Bloomfield and Ethel Dufre Houston with tenors Francis MacLennan and Joseph F Sheehan in prominent roles.
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Foster’s Opera House
Earl W. Savage
New English Grand Opera Comany
Directrom
New York
Henry W. Savage
New English Gran Opera Company
Grand Opera
Garden Theatre
Europe
Walter Rothwell
Budapest
Madam Peers
Elza Szamosy
Ceini
Rene Vivienne
Suzki
Ethel Dufre Houston
Paris
Savage
English Grand Opera Company
Francis MacLennan
Joseph F. Sheehan
Madam Butterfly
Butterfly
Henderson Stock Company Aims for Jekyll and Hyde at Armory
The Henderson Stock Company presents Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde tonight at the Armory after a week at the opera house. Friday March 22 sees Robert Sherman company debut The Village Vagabond in Ames with tickets at Bosworth's drug store. Beach and Bowers Minstrels visit March 26 with seats also offered at Bosworth's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Stock Comany
Jekyl
Jyde
Armory
Opera House
Robert Sherman
Ames
Bob’’ Sherman
Bosworth’s
Armory Opera House
Henderson Stock Company
Beach & Bowers Minstrels
Coon
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Ress Goods
Jamestown
America
Semmons
Stor
L. G. Hardin
Douglas Street
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. G. Wallace
South
Cessna
Emma Beckman
Grundy Center
Laura Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Beckman
Women’s Missionary Society of the Congregational Church
Civic Improvement Society
Park
St. Patrick
Emerald Isle
D. Embree
F. Conaway
George Judisoh
J. E. Cagwin
Frank Graves
L. M. Hurt
Dunning
P E. 0. Society
E. W. Stanton
Fitzgerald
F. R. Conaway
J. R. Ward
J. R. Bradley
A.E. Hunt
Noble
Jennie McElyen Beyer
W. P. Coon
Milo Manning
Lincoln
John Hoggatt
Duff Street
Elmer Winters
Regulator
College Park
Hi Hollingsworth
Sta. A
Gertrude Bradford
Fair Store
M. J. Wragg Nursery Company
Lawton House
M. A. Ellett
Towa
Steigenwalt
Meeker
Harriet Duncan
Pasadena
Calif
Frank Danforth
Salina
Kansas
Fred Potter
Fred
Eagle Grove
Northwestern
Winona Craig
Des Moines
George Buck
G. K. Young
O’brien County
John Hecker
Monte Vista
Col
Lene Williams
Parkersburg
C. L. Atherton
Carroll
Atherton
Roy Howard
Parke- Davis Drug Co
Detroit
Dakota
W. S. Dawson
Will
Colorado
Waterloo
Landford
Nelson
Nelson Hotel
Story City
Ames Fire Department
Clark Conservatory of Music
West
Miller
M. E. Church
Sammy & Millers Harness Shop
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