Post Office Construction Set to Begin in Ames
Work on a $45,000 Ames post office will start one week from Monday under George W. Stiles Construction Co of Chicago. Henry Bennish will supervise from Eau Claire, with 15 to 40 workers, aiming for completion by January 1 1912 though contract allows June 1 1912.
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George W. Stiles
Geo. W. Stiles Construction Co
Chicago
Henry Bennish
Eau Claire
Wis
Stiles
The
Times
Kellogg Ave
Fifth Street
Thirch
Civil Service Room
Vermont
New Hampshire
Bedford
Ind
Watertown
Rock Island
Ha Claire
Northwest
May Day Revels at College Updated to Senior Tree Day
The college plans Senior Tree Day on the first clear evening next week at 6 45 on the central campus. Features include the May pole jesters crowning Miss Helen Burling as May Queen with Miss Helen White Maid Marion and Miss Polly Witmer crown bearer. Admission is 25 cents and bleachers will be used with auto space but no horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Burling
Helen White
Marion
Polly Witmer
Golden Wedding Celebration for Mr and Mrs Baker
Nearly one hundred friends gathered at the Bakers home on Douglass avenue to honor their fifty years of marriage. Mr. Baker, born 1837 in Indiana, and Mrs. Susan Everist Baker, born 1840 in Clinton County Ohio, celebrated May 12 1861 in Marshall County Iowa with a long career in the Methodist church and Ames residency since 1899. The mood reflected a community tribute with gold themed party favors and a two course luncheon.
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J. F. Baker
Baker
Douglass Avenue
Tadcol
Ona
Free Soil Party
Mr. Baker
Indiana
Clinton Co
Ohio
Susan A. Everist
Marshall County
Iowa
Watson Bell
Alma
Neb
Methodist Church
Upper Iowa
Smithland
Cole
Pleasant Grove
Ames
Boone Street
George &. Baker
George Raw
Paulinia
City
Paullina
Margaret Raw
Mills
Wilcox
Dwight
Marshalltown
Metcalf
Sioux City
W. T. Smith
Los Angeles
Calif
Blanche Wasser
Scovel
Leola Baker
Caroline Adams
Jennie McE Beyer
L .G. Hardin
Rey
Work on the New Gymnasium at the College
Construction on the new men's gymnasium begins this week under Supt. Thomas Sloss with brick work contracted to Heaps of Moline. The project aims for partial occupancy at semester start and full completion within a year, as part of a broader athletic facility overhaul including a new field, track, and a stock and grain pavilion for two year program students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Sloss
Heaps
Moline
Aggies
Dr. O H Cessna To Deliver Nevada High School Commencement
Dr. O H Cessna will deliver the commencement address before the graduating class of Nevada high school on June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Cessna
Nevada High School
Sheriff Warrick Recovers Stolen Mare Near Ogden
The fourth successful recovery by Sheriff Warrick occurred after a mare was stolen Thursday night from the Sylvester Scott place near Cambridge. By Friday night officers tracked the horse to a location near Ogden where farmer Wilcox purchased it for 90 dollars from a stranger calling himself Davis from Princeton Missouri. The mare is valued around 175 dollars, and the thief remains at large.
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Sylvester Scott Place
Cambridge
Warrick
Ogden
Wilcox
Davis
Princeton
Iowa State College Commencement Program Highlights
The schedule lists events from June 4 to June 7 including Baccalaureate by Acting President B. W. Stanton, Christian associations address, literary societies graduation, Junior Class Play The Private Secretary, Senior class plays Fired and Grand Concert, Class Day exercises, Senior banquet, and commencement address by Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn. President’s reception at The Maples follows.
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Iowa State College
Newell Dwicht Hillis
Brooklyn
the Maples
College prepares two year agriculture course with new instructors
The college plans a two year course in agriculture and will appoint several new instructors to handle the program.
Davenport man treks coast to coast on foot for year
Ed Woodruff of Davenport plans a plus 4000 mile trek from Chicago to San Francisco to New York and back to Chicago on foot within a year. He left May 2 and aims to return May 2 1911 with postmaster and state governor signatures. he must average 22 miles daily and funds come from a Davenport firm and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
San Francisco
New York
Ed Woodruff
Davenport
Woodruff
Post Office
Marshalltown
Ames
North Star Shoe Co
Des Moines
Miss Harriet Kintzley Captures Declamatory Contest
Miss Harriet Kintzley won first place in Ames High School declamatory tryouts at the Congregational church and will represent the school at Chautauqua. She earned a $5 prize, with Miss Hannah Valentine as alternate. The event featured seven contestants and separate results in dramatic and humorous classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Kintzley
Ames High School
Chautauqua
Hannah Valentine
Miss Kintzley
Miss Hoot
Miss Valentine
Miss Niles
Great Organist to Give Concert in Story City
Eyvind Amnaes the famed Norwegian organist tours the United States and will perform with Trernagle at the Methodist church in Story City next Tuesday May 23. Miss Ingeborg Svendsen Tune sings Amnaes songs in Norwegian with English translations. Judges and program details are provided as the concert's extensive Norwegian repertoire is outlined.
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Eyvind Amnaes
Kristiania
Norway
America
Story City
Methodist Church
Trernagle
Europe
Miss Tune
Ames
Calvin Ringgenberg
Calvin
Mr. Alnaes
Paris
Alnaes
Story County
Guilmant
Lidste Reis
Ingeborg Svendsen
Bjogren
B. Lemmens
Orgel
Hawkeye Realty Formed In Ames With 18000 Capital
Hawkeye Realty company is a new concern incorporated in Ames. Incorporators are R. L. Rutledge, A. F. Lungren, H. S. Hough, G. B. Houghton and William Wendt. Capital stock is $18,000.
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Hawkeye Realty Company
Ames
R. L. Rutledge
A. F. Lungren
H. S. Hough
G. B. Houghton
William Wendt
Baby Boy Born to Mr and Mrs Alvin Banks in Milford
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Banks in Milford on Saturday morning. The brief birth note records the new arrival and family in the Milford community.
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Mrs
Alvin Banks
Milford
Ames approves bonds for new high and ward school buildings
In Ames a special election authorized issuing 80 000 to 100 000 dollars in bonds for new school buildings. About 805 voters supported the measure with 55 opposing, 294 ballots cast with 14 spoiled. Women voters favored 80 to 10, and the south side school must be finished by next fall while the high school awaits occupancy. The current building will house grades due to crowding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Judge Wright declines injunction in Boone livery suit
In Boone district court Judge Wright refused Bateman & Son's request for an injunction restraining T. B. Barbour from operating an auto livery from the Kooser garage on West Main street. The Batemen had purchased the livery business from Cap Kooser. Barbour later bought Kooser's garage. Legal representation: Pasley & Lake for Barbour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Underwood
Batemans
Wright
Barbour
Pasley & Lake
Roney's Boys Give Two Excellent Concerts
Mr. Roney and his four boys presented two delightful entertainments at the Baptist church on Saturday and Sunday evenings. About eight hundred listeners enjoyed a sacred music program in a highly classical style, performed with well trained voices and choral vestments, leaving a lasting impression.
Will Gilmore to Teach at Canadian Agricultural College
Will Gilmore of Brunswick Tennessee who teaches at Brunswick has recovered from malaria and plans to join the Canadian Agricultural College at Winnipeg next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Gilmore
Brunswick, Tenn
Canadian Agricultural College
Winnipeg
Mrs Hubbard Returns Home From Iowa Sanitarium
Mrs Frank Hubbard who had been taken to the Iowa sanitarium at Nevada a week ago Sunday was brought home Friday. Her condition remains about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hubbard
Iowa
Nevada
Kennedy Plans Spring Stallion Shows Across Iowa
Prof. W. J. Kennedy intends to arrange multiple spring stallion shows in various locations across the state next spring. He notes such schemes have long succeeded in England and believes they will improve Iowa horses significantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Kennedy
England
Kennedy
Lowa
Judge Lee Dismisses Juror After Public Discussion
At Webster City last week Judge Lee learned a juror stood to hear a public discussion of an impending case. He called the juror in the next morning, severely reprimanded him, dismissed him, and sent him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Veterinary division studies common chick diseases
The Veterinary division of the college experiment station is working on common chick diseases and expects to publish valuable results around June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
College Experiment Station
Eugene Wilcox Accepted as Assistant at Interurban Depot
Eugene Wilcox has accepted a position as assistant at the interurban depot. The move marks a staffing change in local transportation operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Wilcox
Interurban
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Sium
Nevada Electric Light Plant
McCalisburg
Zearing
Roland
BE. W. Stanton
Christian Associations
Jennie Norelli
Czerwonky String
Continent
H. S
W. J. Minchin
Methodist
Salvator
Hazel John
Harriet Kintz
Jean Valjean
Frank Mixa
Trove
Anita Meltzer
Violin’ —Beulah Hoot
Laura
Niles
Elinora
Hanna Valentine
Music—Orchestra
Prof
R. K. Bliss
Iva Brandt
Mildred Semmons
Bach
N. Tjernagel
Handel
Grieg
Aases Dod
Death of
Aase
Peer Gynt
Part
Boone
Bateman & Son
Mans
Cap Kooser
Kooser
Roney’s Boys
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