Wreck on Ames College Line Hurts Many
A late evening collision in Ames between Northwestern freight 126 and the Des Moines Fort Dodge and Southern interurban car injured many, including Prof. J. G. Bell, janitor Mr. Connor, and students Esther Livingston and Grace Williams. No deaths reported. investigations probe derailer and signaling failures and blame.
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H. G. Bell
Iowa State College
Mr. Connor
Esther Livingston
Grace Williams College
F. M. Hanson
Jefferson
Jim Robinson
John Cramn
S. Creel
M. Cruz
Phillipino
Des Moines, Fort Dodge & Southern, Railway Company
Ames & College
Ames
Northwestern
Hoggatt Street
J. G. Bell
Farm Crops Department
Bell
Connor
Grace Williams
Nate Tedrow
Robinson
Iowa Railroad Commission
Cram
The
Con Game Won’t Work On Iowa Ames Football Clash
An Iowa City scrip argues a Des Moines venue for the Iowa versus Ames football game would profit Drake University, draining receipts and favoring Des Moines as a site while Ames questions promotion costs and home advantage. The piece mocks Des Moines sentiment and urges Ames to resist a Des Moines bid.
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Iowa City
Register and Leader
Des Moines
Drake University Athletic Association
Ames
Iowa
Drake
Des Moiens
City High School Debating Teams Picked After Tryouts
Candidates for the City High School debating teams were chosen after Monday alighted tryouts at the college. Girls formed a Junto group with Olive Siler Carrie Hunter and Bessie Mellor as top scorers. Boys formed the Dissenters with Irvin Meltzer Earl Smith and Albert Fowler leading. Judges praised the showing and a public entertainment will decide the state contest winners in about two weeks.
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City High School
College
Iowa State League of High Schools
English Department
A. B. Noble
Junto
Olive Siler
Carrie Hunter
Bessie Mellor
Lillie Hollinshead
Myrtle Hubbard
Louise Oliver
Barrett
Newens
Clara Baker
Irvin Meltzer
Earl Smith
Albert Fowler
Percy Ellis
Merrill Manning
Homer Templeton
Dr. King's New Life Pills Ad Promises Quick Cure
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Life Pills as safe gentle cleansers and invigorators. It claims to cure headache biliousness malaria and jaundice and urges purchase at any drug store for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Lincoln Assassination Memorial in 1865 New York Paper
Hauser exhibited a New York Herald issue dated April 16 1865 featuring full details on President Abraham Lincoln's assassination and death. The memorial front page is blacked with turned column rules, reflecting prominent figures' deaths amid extensive Civil War coverage.
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T. W. Hauser
New York Herald
Abraham Lincoln
New York
Foley's Kidney Cure Advertised By Cagwin
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney or bladder trouble not beyond medical reach, promoted by druggist Cagwin.
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Foley
Cagwin
Ames-Iowa game eyed. Drake fund boost planned
The Register and Leader reports Des Moines as the proper site for the Ames Iowa football clash. Ames objects to boosters playing its games while plans to pour funds into the Drake athletic fund proceed.
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the Register and Leader
Des Moines
Drake Athletic Fund
Ames
Chautauqua notes promise big Ames event in 1908
Advertising committee members met last Saturday to plan an energetic drive for the largest attendance Ames has yet seen. The program committee is at work and will announce attractions soon equal or superior to any previously offered.
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Slattery
Ames Chautauqua
Ames
Making Candy Now H F Jones Opens Home Kitchen
H F Jones opened a candy kitchen at the start of the week and began producing homemade candy on Monday afternoon. Nicholas, formerly running a Boone candy kitchen, now oversees the work. Chapped hands are quickly cured by applying Chamberlains Salve priced at 25 cents and sold by Judisch Bros.
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H. F. Jones
Mr. Nicholas
Boone
Judisch Bros
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Igon
MPR
Jamaica
Tone Bros
Psac
Austin
Judisch
Ames, Iowa
Royal Medicin
Marine Bidg
Chicago
A. L. Potter
DR. Pierre
DR. Pierre Chemical CO
Loughran
Bauer
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