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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1910
Page
9
Iowa State College students carried St Patrick Day pride through a campus parade and downtown celebration led by senior civil engineers. They wore green attire, mocked Irish tunes, heard city speakers, then returned for a baseball game, with professors reportedly lenient on exams.
Henry Wilson promotes council measures including improved fire protection and public utilities while urging votes. P. C. Flutter expands Ames concrete block manufacturing with a new hollow block plant and automated machines after a Chicago trip, relocating soon and promising strong output.
The school board elected Ethel Dodds and Genevieve Reinertson to continue for the spring term. A. D. Freed failed to qualify as director and N. Williams held over. Farmers report corn husked and fields prepared for oats while Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Rosenfeld aid community matters. Scarlet fever quarantine affects May Adamson and Cora Johnson families.
The Iowa State College branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Physics department announce the second annual electrical show in Engineering hall on April 18, 1910. Last year drew thousands and impressed visitors with new exhibits and facilities. The main feature is the gyroscope mono-rail in operation, plus about forty displays on home, store, and factory uses of electricity. Admission is free.
Giesha girls perform in fancy steps at the Girls Glee Club concert on March 26 in Ag assembly. The program showcases student dancers with the community invited to attend.
Rodgers sues George Cole of Roland for 5000 dollars alleging slander that he uses a team to haul chickens at night and will end in prison. He also seeks 80 dollars for the death of a horse after a halter was removed and a rope tied around its neck, causing the animal's death and time losses.
C H Pasley named by Superintendent Culbertson to conduct the census in Ames first and second wards. Frank Underwood to handle Washington township. As of press time the enumerator for Ames third and fourth wards had not yet been appointed.
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors who assisted us during our bereavement and to the fraternal orders for the floral offerings at our father's funeral.
The editorial questions whether the city will back the library and its public role, urging a vote for Wilson who supports the library. It also asks if the Ames and College car service meets its franchise obligations, citing clippings from local papers to tell the story.
The I. S. C. Student writes with humor and concern about the Ames and College Railway schedule. He cites delays from 20 to 30 minutes, flat wheels, derailments, and poor track conditions, urging action by students faculty or the Board of Education to restore a 20 minute service and improved service.
A box car from the freight service of the FD D M and company derailed on Main Street in front of the Ames Hotel last Saturday afternoon and sat derailed for about an hour while it blocked the track on the curve at the Y. The city ordinances limit street freight movement to 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. per Ames Times.
A 1909 Ames Times note describes an interurban coal haul through main street at ten o'clock and cites a city ordinance limiting freight movement to 11 PM to 6 30 AM. Citizens demand enforcement and question selective rule application, asking whose ox is gored.
The Ames and College Railway fails to meet its franchise duties and city council improvements are urged. The college electorate should study candidate positions and vote to influence local transit policy.
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