Iowa Agricultural College Notes and Local Mayhem
Reports from Ames and nearby towns cover college life, student arrivals, and campus events. Mentioned are the Beardshear administration, the Trans Mississippi Exposition plans, and a Mills family record of Ames students. Local items include marriages, deaths, school directors, weather, and farm notes with numerous names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Beardshear
Iowa Agricultural College
W. J. Harris
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
State Agricultural College
Omaha
Visitors and health notes from neighboring towns
Mrs Brighmy of Ogden and Mrs Chet Davis with her sons visited the Sherman home on DPillarsday. Mrs Chas Barker is quite sick but friends wish her a speedy recovery. Mr and Mrs Geo Dodds received congratulations from friends on Sunday. Miss Kila Templeton visiting her brother and friends returned to Ames Saturday. Walter Morris and wife were visiting friends there early this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Davis of
Perry
Winslow
Newton
Cavell
Munn
Ames
Chet. Davis
L. Crane
Ray and
Clair
Brighmy
Ogden
Chet Davis
Sherman Home
Dpillarsday Last
Chas
Barker
Mrs. Geo. Dodds
Kila Templeton
Walter Morris
Stranger visitors bring baskets to Franklin township school
Miss Minta Tilden dismissed school for noon when district residents arrived with heaps of good things to eat. The scenes were orderly, with visitors sharing provisions and expressing gratitude for the unplanned generosity in the local school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Township
Minta Tilden
Mary Sweeney A Longtime Ames Resident Passes Away
Mary Sweeney born August 31 1832 in Vermont died after a long illness in Ames Iowa. She moved from Vermont to Wise County Illinois then to Ames with her sister Anna where they ran a business for years. The family arranged a funeral service at the M E Church and she was laid to rest beside her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sweeney
Vermont
Ames
Iowa
Wise
County
Illinois
Sister Anna
East Ames
Miss Sweeney
Mrs Cady
Calif
Sweeney
Wes
Mr. Jas
Geneseo
Lil
Sery
Thomas
M. E. Chure
Lyne
Jesus Christ
Also Mentioned on This Page
Story County
Department Store
DeOods
Baker & Glidden
Agi
I. S. C. Department
Ws. Anderson
Cvell
Iowa City
Webster City
Nils Hansen
Wilson
Geo. Roberts
Washington
Dodge Messenger
the Messenger
Des Moines
Senator Gear
Hull
Conger
U.S
China
C. H. Rogers
Mason City
Miss McCauly
Maxwell
Mr. Leathers
Mapleton
Mark Farr
Margaret Hall
Misses la Rue
Paddock
Stubr
Prof. Curtiss
A. H. Sheldon
Marshalltown
Harbert
Prof
Buda
Dr. Beardshear
Jefferson Bee
Marcy Mills
A. R. Mills
Lowa Agricultural College
Ada Mills
Misses Mills
Agricultural College
Ray
Marcy
Vera
Mills
Mill
Mr. Stout
Parkersburg
Mary
Miss Stout
Jeanette Stout
State Normal
Cedar Falls
Grant
Bertha and
Blanche Ballard
Mrs. Ed. McFarland
Odebolt
Grace Benjamin
The
Nevada Journal
Isaac
Yankee Street
Mr. Davis
Jason Billings
Tom. Opstivedt
Elizabeth Berhow
Carrie Opstivedt
Webster
Gilbert Station
George Dodds
Miss Effie Dunkle
Nevada
Rev. Henderson
A. W. Stewart
Lou Waldron
Boone
Jim Reynolds
J. T. Jacobson
E. G Arraswith
Lizzie Smith
Johnn Clemsons
Rev. Beecham
Chapel Ridge
Frank Bell
Frank
John M. Arrasmith
J. R. Sherman
Wen
Web
Wm. Allen
Colorado
Albert Lengren
J. K. Davis Hardware Store
Lem. Walters
Wm. Rath
Childrens Orphan Home
Malta
Hans Jacobson
Oscar Moorebust
Jake Jacobson
Baptist Church
Eli Posegate
Kossuth County
Glenda
Ralph Crane
Mabel
Blanche Rosenfeld
Arthur Stark
Mark Spohn
W. A. Gossard
Geo. Rosenfeld
Claude Crane
Messrs
E. Roland
Will Person
J. W. Lytle
Mrs. Lytle
Willie
Carl
the Baptist Society
Nellie Sheehey
Sunnyside
Nettie Kelley
Hutchinson
Mesdames Netterhoff and Sutherland
Mr. and
Mes. H. Cook
Adams Bros
Pruggist and Bookseller
City Meat Market
South Side
Main ST
R. IT
Sissod
Mises
A. J
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