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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1894
Page
2
Town and college happenings include visits by alumni and students from Boone Waterloo and Des Moines. Events feature field day at the opera house a senior feast a 29 to 8 baseball loss and a large IAC field meet with a 1:45 program, plus a campus ghost prank and a violent Maxwell case ending with shots fired near Ames.
A lively Tuesday session features a two ring baseball match between North and South Sides with players such as Sheldon Merryman Cramer Kelso Sisson and Ewart McCarthy. The game ends in a fifth inning due to crowding concerns and mixed success. Also noted are a Memorial Sermon at the Baptist church on May 27 with Grand Army Post and W A C attendees and a BAY Ugabi Red Men Lodge entertainment that drew mixed attendance but positive reception for quality.
Obituary notice for Uncle Tommy Hughes. Reports on corn planting by M Gretten and Jack Spring, carpentry work by C D Plumb and Johnny Johnson, and a sociable at the valley chapel aiding the exchequer. Court case Iowa State vs Shockley ends not guilty. Underwood praised. Homeseekers' Excursions announced by Burlington Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway with round trip fares and 30 day tickets.
Weather is fine and crops grow well with corn thriving. A sociable at the Christian Church is planned for next Friday evening and Decoration Day exercises will start at 9 30 a m. Mrs E Thompson is ill. Hog shipments occurred last Saturday. Bigelow and Smith advertise goods including wash fabrics. Spirit Lake Iowa’s Hotel Orleans opens May 15 for fishing parties with extensive improvements by the B C R R and new lease held by C S and H H Abell. The lake’s steamer Queen will serve excursion parties from Orleans dock. Spirit Lake hosts Chautauqua society gathering in June and Knights Templar state conclave July 5 for five days.
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