Students Honor Patron Saint Parade at Iowa State College
Irish American Cedar Rapids files protest over mocking St Patrick parade at Iowa State College but celebration proceeds with planned events. Morning procession features St Patrick in a chariot as engineers and ags join a detailed parade, speeches, and a baseball game ending with the Engineers winning and earning the right to name St Patrick next year.
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State Board of Education
St. Patrick
Ames
Iowa State College
P. E. Wylie
Rex Edgecombe
Rex Beresford
E. E
Ireland
Ags
Douglass Avenue
Story County Bank
A. R. Squyer
Parley Sheldon
T. J. Maney
Rex Edgecomb
G. A. Underwood
C. H. Kemler
Sheldon
Excellent Music for Chautauqua
The Chautauqua program announces a fully arranged musical portion with contracts closed for top groups. From August 9 to 18 a varied lineup includes the Raweis Maori in costume, Midland Jubilee Singers, DeKoven male quartette, Royal Hungarian Orchestra, William Wellington Norton and his Chautauqua Orchestra, Emerson Winters Concert Company, and the Letter Carriers Band of Des Moines.
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Chautauqua
Lyceum
Raweis
Midland Jubilee Singers
DeKoven
Royal Hungarian Orchestra of
Budapesth
Hungary
James Thatcher
William Wellington Norton
Norton
Ames
Emerson Winters Concert Company
Letter Carriers Band
Des Moines
Stranger Ordered to Hospital for Insane
Sverre S Ostby, picked up near Kelley last week and held at the county farm, was examined by the insanity commissioners and found fit for treatment in a state hospital for the insane. The case was referred to the board of control to arrange state funding rather than Story county liability. No home or relatives could be located and he remains noncommunicative.
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Sverre S. Ostby
Kelley
Commissioners of Insanity
Board of Control
Story County
New York Y W C A Officers Installed 1911 12
The season's elected officers for the year 1911 12 include President Clara Robinson, Vice President Ruth Barrett, Treasurer Anna Wolfe, Secretary Mary Vaughn. Cabinet members cover leadership in membership Helen Wentworth social Osse Wilson Nellie Patterson Bible study Ruth Barrett mission study Zelma Zentmire systematic giving Esther Hartung religious meetings Flora Clyde finance Mary Bennett practical service visiting Julia Sauerburg intercollegiate Gladys Bonner.
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Clara Robinson
Ruth Barrett
Anna Wolfe
Mary Vaughn
Helen Wentworth
Osse Wilson
Nellie Patterson
Zelma Zentmire
Esther Hartung
Flora Clyde
Mary Bennett
Julia Sauerburg
Gladys Bonner
Prominent Chicagoans Pass Through Ames on Overland Limited
Twenty seven members of the Chicago Association of Commerce traveled through Ames on the Overland Limited on Friday morning en route to San Francisco for a departure to the Orient on Tuesday.
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Chicago Association of Commerce
Ames
Overland Limited
San Francisco
Orient
Rockford Student Injured in Campus Car Run
W A Kivell a Rockford student collided with a post while driving on campus Sunday evening sustaining a badly injured knee. He is confined to the college hospital.
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W. A. Kivell
Rockford
College Hospital
Ames Boone Debate Tomorrow Night Promises Competing Teams
Friday is set for a high school debate between Ames and Boone at 8 o clock in the Baptist church. Ames team comprising Lewis Sherman Will Hauser and Dave Holden faces Boone with Leslie Mackel Eugene Jones Edith Jones and alternates Elmer Fehleisen Mahoney Wells and Silliman. Judging panels include educators from Grinnell Marshalltown Webster City Perry Hast High Des Moines and West High. An Ames high school orchestra will perform and tickets reserve seating for Ames rooters.
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Ames High
Lewis Sherman
Will Hauser
Dave Holden
Boone
Clare Taylor
Russell Engeberg
Allan Flint
Supt. Henley
Grinnell
Prin. Nelson
Marshall
Gretta Mayhew
Ames Rooters
Boone News-Republican
Farmers Enjoy Annual Banquet By Country Cosmopolitan Club
The Country Cosmopolitan club held its annual banquet in the city library assembly room last Saturday with 12 tables of guests. Fred Randall acted as toastmaster while Medora Minchin performed, F R Conaway spoke, Homer Templeton read, Minchin addressed rural problems, Earl Temleton read, and Mrs A B Maxwell led songs. The group praised the club for improving rural conditions and urged continued prosperity.
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Country Cosmopolitan Club
Fred Randall
Medora Minchin
F. R. Conaway
Homer Templeton
Minchin
Earl Temleton
A. B. Maxwell
Leland
Randall
Herrick and Ball Wed in Des Moines Elopement
Mark F. Herrick and Vivian Ball married in Des Moines after eloping on Friday. Herrick is a fireman with the Northwestern. Ball has been employed in the Northwestern lunch room.
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Mark F. Herrick
Vivian Ball
Des Moines
Northwestern
Country Club Formation Reaches Permanent Status
A second meeting in Smith's hall approved making the proposed golf and country club permanent. J Y Luke was named president with H L Griffin as secretary. The grounds committee favored the McCarthy tract of 52 acres south of the dairy farm for incorporation. Adjournment set for March 27 for continued talks.
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Smith’s Hall
J. Y. Luke
H. L. Griffin
Prof. Shane
J. G. Tilden
McCarthy
Dairy Farm
Smith's Hall
Bootleggers Booted Out by Bill
A quartet of men set up a liquor operation on Main Street in a building owned by Capt. K W Brown. Marshal Ricketts, armed with a search warrant, raided the second story Saturday evening and seized a large supply of liquor. The offenders were ordered to leave the city within twenty four hours and departed Monday morning for parts unknown.
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Main Street
K. W. Brown
Marshal Ricketts
Board of Education Reapplies Three Members to State Board
Hon A B Funk Spirit Lake George T Baker Davenport and Thomas D Foster Ottumwa have been reappointed to the state board of education. Their appointment by Governor B F Carroll was confirmed by the senate in executive session Monday afternoon and they will serve six years starting July 1 1911.
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A. B. Funk
Spirit Lake
George T. Baker
Davenport
Thomas D. Foster
Ottumwa
State Board of Education
B. F. Carroll
Senate
Macklin Recovers From Successful Appendicitis Operation
W. E. Macklin a sophomore veterinary student has returned from Rochester Minnesota after a very successful appendicitis operation.
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W. E. Macklin
Rochester, Minn
Live Stock Special Leaves Monday
Northwestern railway company and the extension department of the college arrange a live stock and domestic science special train to depart Monday morning for the east. Professors Bliss Burger Holden Storm Bishop and Miss Knowles Rowan Watts lead lectures with demonstrations on hog cholera prevention, meat cooking, poultry and packinghouse processes, with stops at Nevada and Colo.
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Northwestern Railway Company
Extension Department
The
College
Northwestern
R. K. Bliss
A. A. Burger
P. G. Holden
A. V. Storm
E. C. Bishop
Neale Knowles
Gertrude N. Rowan
Helen Watts
Nevada
Colo
Ames Debaters Again Winners In State Debate Championship
The Ames team representing Iowa State College defeated Grinnell 3 0 at Des Moines and won the state debate title in a large Ames crowd. Speakers were T R Truax R C Pollock and E C Davis for Ames with M C Harrison E L Nelson and J I Brody for Grinnell.
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AMES
Iowa State College
Grinnell
Des Moines
Drake
Assembly Hall
T. R. Truax
R. C. Pollock
E.C. Davis
M. C. Harrison
E. L. Nelson
J. I. Brody
United States
Canada
U. S
Davis
F. R. Conaway
EB. G. Saunders
Council Bluffs
W. 8S. Allen
Fairfield
Z. B. Barber
Lincoln
Alumni Hall
Dr. Burton R. Rogers Speaks on Tuberculosis Plan
At the quarterly conference of Iowa superintendents the state institutions board began in Des Moines on Tuesday. Dr. Burton R. Rogers spoke on a plan for eradicating animal tuberculosis.
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DR. Rogers
Des Moines
State Board of Control
Burton R. Rogers
Interurban Official Resigns From Fort Dodge Line
J. O. Harrison, superintendent of motive power for the Fort Dodge Des Moines and Southern railway, tendered his resignation to General Manager Wallace on Monday morning. Resignation to be effective May 1. Harrison has served the interurban company for two years. successor not yet chosen.
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J. O. Harrison
Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern Railway Company
Wallace
Harrison
Roland to Vote on Light and Water Proposition
A special election will be held in Roland on April 18 to issue bonds for a water works plant and an electric light plant. The call approves bonds totaling 10 000 dollars for the water works and 8 000 dollars for the electric light plant.
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Roland
Honor students named from Iowa State College class of 1911
The list of honor students for the Iowa State College class of 1911 has been announced. Names include W. E. Wilbur from Omaha in Civil Engineering C. H. Cooley of Manchester Electrical Engineering A. H. Beital from Ames Mechanical Engineering Howard Vaughn of Marion Animal Husbandry Shirley Storm from Ames Home Economics Maude Arnold from Ames Science R. S. Porterfield of Sheldon Veterinary B. A. Stewart from Marshalltown Agriculture.
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Iowa State College
W. E. Wilbur
Omaha
C. H. Cooley
Manchester
A. H. Beital
Ames
Howard Vaughn
Marion
Shirley Storm
Rural Carriers to Get Wage Increase After July First
Rural carriers will receive $1,000 annually or $83.33 monthly starting after July 1. High living costs horse feed and gear prompted the recommendation to Congress. The department plans over 2,000 new routes, creating about 45,000 carriers serving roughly 4.5 million families or 22.5 million people daily.
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Congress
Department
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W. Farmer
Mr. Homestead
Heaven
Jimmie Watson
Opera
Cess
Stranger
Russell Engberg
Baptist Church
Board OF Education
R. C. Palmer
Theodore Macklin
P. E. Miller
J. Hoffman
C. Taylor
E. J. Anderson
Neering
B. A. Stewart
Marshalltown
Agronomy
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