Maxwell Grove Ground With Privilege to Buy
Ames Chautauqua association met at a church to decide on a permanent site leasing 15 acres of Maxwell Grove northeast of the Beard shear school house for five years with a buy option before June 1909. Price is $6000 total or $400 per acre. a spur from the interurban railway is eyed as a potential investment.
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The
Christian Church
Maxwell Grove
Beardshear School House
Ames Chautauqua
Interurban and Street Railway Company
Interurban Tracks Raised at Duff and Onondaga Intersection
The interurban has elevated its tracks to grade at the Duff Avenue and Onondaga street intersection by city council order. Future passengers will avoid wading through mud to board cars at that wharf.
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Duff Avenue
Onondaga Street
Graduate Held For Stealing
H. F. Higgins of Keswick Iowa a college graduate now doing post graduate work was arrested last Saturday afternoon after a preliminary examination by County Attorney McCall he was taken to Nevada and jailed to await grand jury investigation during the current term The arrest resulted from the work of a Pinkerton man Concluded on page 8
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H. F. Higgins
Keswick
Iowa
McCall
Nevada
Pinkerton
Boat Sank on Missouri River Trip Ends in Sinking
Yankton reports two young men Art Funk and Bill Miller with Will Stevens from Texas bought a houseboat for a Down River trip to New Orleans. The craft capsized near Yankton after midnight, they escaped by swimming to shore but lost their belongings. A separate house incident left Mrs. Gilbert with badly burned hands from a gasoline stove polish explosion while cooking.
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Yankton
8. D
Art Funk
Bill Miller
Chamberlain
Will Stevens
Stevens
Texas
New Orleans
Lone Star State
Mustache Bet Settled Over Bryan Election Prediction
L M Gibson of College Inn wagered his mustache that Bill Bryan would win last Tuesday. After Bryan’s loss Gibson walked to the barber, shaved, wrapped the mustache, and delivered it to E W Valentine of the Fair store. The incident caps a quirky local bet tradition.
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L. M. Gibson
College Inn
E. W. Valentine
Gibson
Bill Bryan
Mr. Valentine
Big Milk Record Cow Attracts Attentive Billing
Mr. Thomas Rowland of Ames owns a Jersey cow six years old famed as a remarkable milk producer. After calving, the cow yielded enough cream to churn 16 pounds of butter in seven days, over two pounds daily, a potential income exceeding fifteen dollars monthly at current prices.
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Thomas Rowland
Ames
Jersey
Rowland
Hands Burned by Explosion in Kitchen Fire
Mrs. Pomeroy Gilbert of this city believed the stove fire was out and poured gasoline, causing an explosion that burned her hands. She was treated at a local hospital.
Bi County Churches of Christ Hold City Convention
The Bi county convention of the Churches of Christ meets at the Christian church with a full program. Ames and Ontario women give welcomes and devotions while Boone and Nevada members handle readings and reports. Committees are appointed and officers elected between music and talks on missionary work in Africa and South America.
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the Churches of Christ
Christian Church
Zenor
Boone
Newcomer
Ames
South America
S. P. Freed
Ontario
Houser
New Jersey Professor Sails to Paris for Horse Purchase
Prof. Fred Minkler of New Brunswick heads the animal husbandry department and travels aboard the Campania from New York on October 28 to select thoroughbred horses for the New Jersey Agricultural College. He will return early next month with two assistants.
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Fred Minkler
New Brunswick
New Jersey
C. M. Minkler
Paris
France
New York Harbor
Minkler
Agricultural College
Fred
New Jersey Agricultural College
Death of Dr Grafton, Cambridge physician, in Los Angeles
Dr Wm H Grafton a longtime pylisician in Cambridge died last week at his home in Los Angeles California. He was the father of the Grafton Bros who owned and edited the Story City Herald for many years.
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Wm. H. Grafton
Cambridge
Los Angeles
Cal
Grafton Bros
Story City Herald
Varela Returns from Des Moines Hospital Stay
Mr. J. B. Varela came home at week’s start after a week in Des Moines hospital for blood poisoning from a scratched hand infection.
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J. B. Varela
Des Moines
Ames Council Adopts Sewer Inspection Ordinance
The city council met Monday and approved an ordinance governing sewer inspections in Ames alongside routine business.
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Ames
Carter Named Publicity Head at National Corn Exposition
L. E. Carter known as Nick Carter, former bulletin editor and agriculture professor at Iowa State College, resigning last June to study journalism at Columbia, has taken a post as publicity expert for the National Corn Exposition in Omaha after a Colorado health rest.
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Bulletin
Cosy Haven
L. E. Carter
Nick” Carter
Iowa State College
Columbia University
Omaha
Carter
Colorado
Mrs Bryant After Divorce in Grant Township
Domestic tranquility in the H. D. Bryant household may end in divorce. Mr. Bryant says Martha Bryant left October 30 and has since been rumored to stay in Nevada or Pennsylvania, with a possible divorce filing forthcoming in district court.
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H. D. Bryant
Grant Township
District
Bryant
Martha Bryant
Pennsylvania
Deaths Mr McCoy Brother of Mrs Richter Dies in Des Moines
Mr McCoy died Tuesday evening at Methodist hospital Des Moines. The body was brought to this city and the funeral will be held tomorrow. Interment will be at Nevada.
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McCoy
Fred Richter
Methodist
Des Moines
Nevada
Ames Debaters Sweep Wins On Both Sides
Ames defeated State Normal school 5 out of 6 points in a debate on interstate transportation charters and then swept all three points at Cedifalls. Judges ruled 2 to 1 for Ames with teams led by Shumway Johnson Farmer and Willard Knoepfler Schweiker.
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Ames
State Normal School
Messrs. Shumway
Johnson and Farmer
Messrs
Willard
Knoepfler
Schweiker
Cedi’ Falls
Quaife
Ferrin
Hill
Association
Prof. McMurray
Department of Public Speaking
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the Farr
Schloss Bros. & CO
Baltemere and
New Tork
Coats
Faw
Ames, Lowa
Chautauqua Association
Beautiful Grove
Missouri
Ally
Churches of Christ of
Two Counties
Occa
Sion
Tripp
Wiliams
Frank Cobb
Reading
Shoemaker
Africa
GAY
DR. Grafton
Mrs. Bryant
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