Civic Club Offers Prizes for Home Grounds and Gardens
The Civic Improvement club provides prizes to encourage beautification of yards and gardens this year. Four $5 awards will honor best front yard, back yard, flower garden, and vegetable garden, donated by local banks and businesses. Second and third prizes of $3 are offered by additional donors. The club also offers a basketball to each ward school contingent on grounds improvements. Local residents and visitors are noted, with several social items and upcoming events mentioned.
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Civic Improvement Club
Story County Bank
Ames Savings Bank
Tilden Bros
Fair Store
National Bank
A. L. Potter
W. J. Se
Obituary of James McCormick Diffenbacher
Aged Ames resident James McCormick Diffenbacher died Tuesday at 7:00 AM. Funeral services were held at his home yesterday at 3:00 PM. The body was taken to Boone for burial. Born May 6, 1883 in Meadville Pennsylvania, he leaves a wife and five children and was well known in the county.
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James McCormick Diffenbacher
Boone
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Ames
Englishman to Sing Norsk at Bergen Y P C A Meeting
Prof. Alexander Thompson of Iowa State College will lecture on Norsk Music and sing in Norwegian at the Bergen church Y P C A meeting next Sunday evening. Though English by birth he speaks Norwegian and is an avid admirer of Norsk music.
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Bergen
Alexander Thompson
Iowa State College
Thompson
Roland Record
Ames and Surrounding Towns Social Roundup
Oscar Gibson and Mrs. W Totten made regional calls in Boone and Nevada while Mrs. W S Pepper and Fern visited Des Moines relatives. Ames visitors included Mrs. E D Holmes Ava Robinson Mable Shepherd and Mrs T W Owen. The Homesteaders stage a three act play Brother Josiah with 15 and 25 cent admission. John A Hansman elected mayor of Gilbert Emil Mateison marshal.
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Ava Robinson
Mable Sheperd
Ames
T. W. Owen
Webster City
F. M. Bell
W. S. Pepper
A. C. Carey
Elliott
Iowa
Harry Dodds
T. F. Pell
Des Moines
P. Orning
Story City
Gilbert
C. O. Knutson
Medford
Oregon
Wm. J. Nicholas
Jackson
Brother Josiah
John A. Hansman
Emil Mateison
Marshall
Town Meetings Close After Weeks of Music and Sermons
The three week meetings closed Sunday night with good attendance and valued music and sermons. Miss Scottman of Slater visited Lida Anfonson. Mrs. Will Patten passed away Thursday night. Services were at Congregational church Saturday, with interment at Ontario cemetery. Neva Freed from Ontario visited Mabel and Blanche Rosenfeld. Mrs. Geo Starr learned her grandmother was ill in Tacoma, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Robinson hosted their daughter from Des Moines. Mrs. Bell of Colorado visits her parents. Nae sold his residence to Nels Anfinson and will move near Slater. Mrs. C C Stevens hosted Ensign and Boone’s daughter. Geo Person added a porch and bathroom.
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Frank Knox
Miss Scottman
Slater
Lida Anfonson
Will Patten
Congregational Church
Ontario
Neva Freed
Mabel
Blanche Rosenfeld
Geo. Starr
Tacoma
Iowa
Henry Robinson
Des Moines
Bell
Colorado
David Clayton
Nae
Nels Anfinson
Musical program at Congregational church next Sunday
The notice lists a forenoon service with Art Thou Wrong by Schnecker and Fear Ye Not Israel by Dudley Buck, a recessional by Kor en, and offertory solos by Mr. Clark and Mrs. Jud isch. Abide With Me by Metcalf closes the evening portion.
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Congregational Church
Schnecker
Mr. Clark
Israel
Dudley Buck
Koren
Mrs. Judisch
Metcalf
Births Report Two Sets of Twins and One Death
Birth notice records a daughter born Friday March 24 to Mr and Mrs Will Wetherall. A second birth reports twins born to Prof and Mrs A A Wells, who did not survive.
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Will Wetherall
A. A. Wells
Dramatic St. Elmo to Appear at Local Opera House
The season’s dramatic success St. Elmo will be seen at the opera house on Thursday April 7. The company is exceptionally strong and the management has spared no expense in assembling the cast and staging with special scenery and effects. Don't forget the date.
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Opera House
Reducing Corset Selling For One Dollar At Perrys
Readable line notes a reducing corset offered for one dollar at Perrys department store with emphasis on bargain price and location.
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Perrys
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Vinton
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Daisy
North Dakota
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Howard Sawyer
Ames Call
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Chicago
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Orville Swanson
Gunder Holmes
Oren Lake
Wall Lake
Besse Hail
Panora
Tessie
Irene Zenor
Zenor
James M. Diffenbacher
Oscar Gibson
Mrs. W. Totten
Nevada
Fern
E. D. Holmes
Clara and
Isabel Johnson
D. S. Dickinson
Evelyn Ferguson
Laverne
Mark Bishop
Kelley
Thomas Postgate
C. C. Stevens
Ensign
Geo. Person
Sioux City
A. B. Maxwell, M.D
Chas. J. Biewen
Ames, Iowa
Clara McConnell
Danie. McCarty
Ames, Ia
J. Y. Luge
McCarthy & Luke
Attorneys At Law
Earl B. Bush
Baker’s Jewelry Store
Foley
Bright
Cagwin’s Drug Store
Ben G. Budge, M. D
Hamilton
G. J. Snyder
Gamble’s Drug Store
Mutua
Mutual
Haverly Transfer
Kellogg
Judisch
Fish and Game
Geo. E. Baker
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