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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
4
A farmer learns seed quality matters as much as a doctor depends on pure drugs. Mr. Alleman notes farm values, stating it will take $100 an acre to secure his land, with his brother paying $81 for one farm and $70 per acre for another.
A shop lists piano buyers over the last weeks led by Schulz pianos. Names include Dow Zenor Joe Sargant Netta Clark Jennie Lunde H E Ness and others. The ad urges callers to see why the Schulz piano is inside the instrument and promises to show the reason.
Ed Alleman of Ames closed a deal Saturday for Mrs. Iva B. Beaty’s 160 acre farm adjoining Buffalo Center at 81 dollars per acre. This is the third sale to one family in two weeks with all three farms to be occupied March 1 by new owners from Story County, noted as top local farmers.
A local notice states Wm Smay & Co offer reduced prices on monument work for immediate erection with foundations put in now. The firm emphasizes independent operation, guarantees on material and workmanship, and invites inquiries.
Mrs. Ben Read sustained a forehead contusion and severe jolt injuries Saturday night around 10:30 when she alighted from a college car returning from a reception at the Agricultural Hall. She has been confined to bed since but can stand now. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Greeley assisted her home and she expects to be out in a few days.
A weight social hosted by Circle Girls will be held Thursday November 11 at 8 p m in a Christian church. Admission is free and entertainment is provided. Everyone is invited.
Perry's advertises souvenir spoons available Friday and Saturday with emphasis on limited stock and special pricing for early shoppers. The item appeals to collectors and local buyers seeking keepsakes from the event at Perry's store.
Dr and Mrs Julius Tilden hosted twelve at dinner and cards on Saturday. Mrs L M Gibson marks her birthday with quiet at home and plans dinner hosting later. Various clubs meet including Women's Foreign Missionary Society on Nov 9 and Civic Improvement society delegating to the Dallas Center convention on Nov 11. Several professors and students attend the Des Moines teachers meeting, with K K club and T L Y club activities noted. Bird study by Win Tilden featured at a club evening with Miss Susan Kerstetter.
The D A R society met Monday evening with Mrs Budd as Miss Budd gave the paper Heroines of the Revolution noting heroic conduct of foremothers. A condensed state conference report and routine business followed. November meeting set for Mrs Marston's home. In library displays this week are 40 color and black and white reproductions from F Hopkinson Smith Gondola Days loaned by the state library commission.
Miss Blanche Hyler enjoyed a birthday surprise party hosted by Mrs. Joe Hyler at the Grant and Washington avenue home on Monday evening. About forty guests joined in the festivities, with ample refreshments and a generous flow of gifts for the celebrant.
A new organization named the Amateur Musical Club brings together college faculty not in the music department for mutual enjoyment and artistic advancement. Prof. H. G. Bell serves as president, Miss Caroline Laird as secretary, with about eighteen members meeting biweekly at members' homes.
A weekly program featured Mendelssohn with a life of the composer and selections while evenings were devoted to choral work. Miss Stella St John hosted eight girl friends, then held a Cedar Rapids move with her father. A Halloween themed house party followed with additional girls and later young men attending.
A reception at the M. E. church honored the new pastor Dr Crissman and his family on Tuesday evening. Handshakes opened the event followed by brief addresses from Parley Sheldon Dr Storms Rev Fowle Dr Christ M D and Dr Crissman. Refreshments were served in the church dining room.
The third annual Baraca banquet of the Ames Church of Christ was held last Thursday at the Odd Fellows hall. About a hundred couples attended as the young men invited their sister classes to join the celebration. W. T. Harrison of the Boone News-Republican gave a notable toast. The group, about forty members, plans further stunts soon, with weekly discussions Sundays 10 to 11 a.m. in the church parlors inviting other young men to attend.
Miss Adeline Carey hosted a Lezkim club Hallowe'en gathering at her northeast town home. Attendees enjoyed jack o lanterns, attic booths, a fortune teller and a snake prophecy tale by Carey, with a candlelit hall, dramatic Satan imagery, and supper, described as delightfully original.
The county board of supervisors traveled to Nevada Monday morning thinking they would hold the regular November meeting. They learned the election schedule had changed and there is no election this year. The November meeting remains in the law and will be held next Monday.
The Iowa Small Grain Growers Association announces its annual meeting at Iowa State College in Ames from January 3 to 15, 1910. A $2500 prize fund exists with various prizes for exhibits. Entries and inquiries are streaming to Secretary Bell, with the premium list to be printed by the fifteenth of the month.
The annual meeting of Maxwell Park Association stockholders will be held at the city hall on November 8, 1909, at nine in the morning for director elections and other important business. All stockholders are requested to attend.
Car of apples on track at Northwest ern freight depot offered at a very low price. Good winter hand picked stock. F. A. Woodruff notes. Mr and Mrs Harry Weiss moved from Boone last week into a Lee residence property. Missionary Circle of the Christian church to hold a weight social Thursday November 11 with program and supper.
Frank Cessna, born December 1 1885 in Crystal Lake Illinois died October 28 1909 in Ames Iowa after a long illness. He was a college athlete and Gamma Alpha member who pursued civil engineering and worked in New York Boston and Boston firms before starting a reinforced concrete contracting venture. Funeral services were held at his home and college cemetery with tributes from President Storms Dean Stanton and family present. Mr Collison a ISU veterinary graduate and former Panama railroad employee visited Ames en route home from Colon Panama and plans to practice locally after leaving government service.
The Ames library reported October 1909 visits at 100 percent of 1908, circulation up 51 percent, and reference work at 100 percent. F Hopkinson Smith prints loaned by Iowa library commission illustrate Gondola Days.
W H Jameson has secured a new clerk named J G Black from Richland Center Wisconsin. Black has begun work and plans to move his family to the area next week.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gater at their home on Sunday morning. The item notes a local dairy or farm price listing with “Duroc bears at farmers prices if taken soon” near 8S. P. Freed, 2 miles southwest of the college, with the date 28-1mo-pd.
Casual greeting for holiday portrait session at Campbell studio invites customers to book Christmas photos. Mentions a date placeholder and incentive to schedule in time for the season.
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